The Price Skyrocketed
An old man in the seventh VIP seat stood up. His deep eyes stared at the Scorching Scorpion's fire source, and his voice slowly came out, "Everyone, this old man is Nan Bahu, please give me some face!"
There was an old man sitting in VIP seat number seven.
This old man's gaze was deep and his entire body emitted a domineering aura. Beside the old man sat a young man with a cold expression.
The young man was about fifteen or sixteen years old. His eyes were slightly closed and he didn't pay attention to the bustling auction hall. Instead, he was cultivating. A black True Energy revolved around the young man's body.
The old man would occasionally look at the young man with a praising gaze.
"Thirty-five million taels!" After shouting out a price, the old man spoke again, "Everyone, this old man is Nan Bahu. Please give me some face!"
"Hahaha, since Brother Bahu has spoken, it's naturally easy to negotiate. Our Shen Family will give up!" A middle-aged man's voice rang out from one of the VIP seats.
"Haha, thank you, Brother Shen." Nan Bahu laughed.
"Since the Nan Family Head has stepped forward, our Yun Family will also give up."
"Our Seven Treasure Pavilion will do the same."
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Some of the VIP seats rang out. Clearly, Nan Bahu's power was not small. Many people knew to back off.
"Nan Bahu is so domineering!"
Seeing this, Luo Zheng frowned.
"Nan Bahu is the Nan Family Head of the Guizhou County. The Nan Family is currently ranked fifth among the first-rate families. Moreover, there are two First Grade Generals in the family. They are only one step away from being conferred the title of Marquis. The Nan Family also has a high chance of becoming a super family. Many people will try to curry favor with them in advance. Moreover, these people don't have the intention to compete for the Scorching Scorpion's fire source. They are just doing a favor. "
Mu Lan's charming face revealed a faint disdain. Although she had an easy-going temperament, the extraordinary aura of an ancient family still faintly leaked out from her body.
"Number thirty-five, forty million taels!"
At this moment, another person joined the competition.
"Hmph! Forty-five million taels. "Nan Bahu's voice was unhappy as he also raised the price by five million taels.
However, there were many people who weren't afraid of Nan Bahu. Immediately, another person called out, "Number seventeen, forty-eight million!"
"It's only been a few bids, and it's already risen to 48 million!"
"I think the Nan Clan is determined to win this time. It will be difficult for others to compete with them. I heard that the Nan Family has produced a disciple with astonishing talent. His martial arts talent and weaponsmithing talent are both astounding. However, in order to prevent this disciple from dying prematurely, the Nan Family has kept him in the family to train and forbade him from leaving. They even did not allow him to participate in the Five Beast Army's assessment. "
"Yes. If you have no intention of pursuing an official career, it doesn't matter to the disciples of the Nan Family whether they join the Five Beasts Army or not. After all, with the Nan Family's strength, they can provide any elixir or martial arts. There is no need to join the Five Saints Army."
Some of the well-informed people were discussing in low voices.
In fact, it was indeed so. Clans with formidable resources wouldn't put all their eggs in the same basket. Normally, they would divide the genius disciples of the clan into two groups and leave one group to be fostered in the clan.
After all, the Five Beasts Army had two Blood Purge assessments every year. The competition was extremely intense, and one could die at any time.
"D * mn it. How dare he not give me face. Nan Gaoli, go find Manager Miao of the auction house. I want to see who dares to compete with me!"
Nan Bahu's face was gloomy. He looked like a ferocious tiger looking for food. With an ominous glint in his eyes, he bid again. "50 million taels!"
"Yes!" Behind Nan Bahu, a young man, Nan Gaoli, nodded and walked out quickly.
As for the youth who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, he remained unmoved. He didn't even move his eyes. Nan Bahu looked at the youth with a gentler gaze. "Yutang's talent is unparalleled. It will be a small matter for him to be conferred the title of Marquis in the future. Perhaps there will be another Prince Nan among the Princes with different surnames who have fought in five dynasties!"
Following that, VIP seats number 17 and 35 still refused to budge an inch. They continued to bid and the price was raised to fifty-three million taels.
"It looks like I don't even need to bid. This price will exceed all my assets. I really didn't expect the competition for the Scorpion fire source to be so intense."
Luo Zheng shook his head and bitterly smiled as he watched the others bid. He didn't even have the chance to speak.
"Hehe, little brother Luo Zheng, at least you called me big sister. I still have 15 million taels of pocket money. If you need it, I'll lend it to you so that you don't have to sell your underwear later."
Yu Tinglan had been busy looking after the White Nightmare Bear, but she also paid attention to the situation of the auction. She knew that Luo Zheng had taken out the Golden Horned Python's spine to auction.
"En, Luo Zheng, I can also take out 10 million taels."
Mu Lan gently brushed her hair behind her ear and said with a smile.
The two genius girls of the ancient clans were heavily nurtured by their families. Their cultivation resources were provided by their families, so they didn't need to worry. However, they only had some pocket money on them. Their net worth couldn't be compared to Luo Zheng.
"15 million taels of pocket money?! That's enough to crush a group of people. "
Luo Zheng smacked his lips and said, "Let's talk about it later."
He was slightly touched in his heart. Although he knew that the two girls were sincerely helping him, Luo Zheng didn't want to use their private savings. It wasn't because he was afraid of owing a favour, but because he didn't have the habit of using women's money.
A man's dignity had to be maintained.
"You're really shameless."
The two girls looked at each other and smiled. They could roughly guess Luo Zheng's thoughts.
In the seventh VIP seat.
"Patriarch Nan, the seventeenth VIP seat is occupied by Yao Yuanqing and a few other blacksmiths. The thirty-fifth seat is occupied by a few elders of the Yu Family."
Manager Miao of the Purple Cloud Auction House received a million taels of gold and whispered in Nan Bahu's ear.
Although the Purple Cloud Auction House strictly prohibited the disclosure of customers' information, as long as the price was enough, it was still possible to buy it.
"Hmph, they're just a few blacksmiths. Their financial resources are limited. They're nothing to be worried about. As for the people of the Yu Family … "Nan Bahu smiled coldly and turned to the young man called Nan Gaoli," You go to number thirty-five and tell them that I'm very unhappy. Tell them to restrain themselves. "
The Yu Family was ranked in the middle of the first-rate clans. Nan Bahu didn't put them in his eyes.
As expected, after the price of the Scorpion fire source reached 55 million taels, the seventeenth VIP seat began to hesitate. The thirty-fifth seat simply gave up and no longer made a sound.
The price stopped at 58 million taels.
"Damn it, the people of the Purple Cloud Auction House actually dared to sell out our information!"
"This Nan Bahu is tyrannical and simply lawless. Does he think that the auction house is opened by his family?!"
The faces of the people in the thirty-fifth VIP seat were very ugly, but they didn't dare to make a bid.
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