The moment the rune pen appeared, He Qingxue's gaze was focused on it. Her eyes were filled with passion.
Although her understanding of runes was much higher than the average person, she had never used such a high grade rune pen before.
Of course, it did not matter to her whether it was high grade or not. What she fancied was its performance. Such a rune pen's success rate when drawing runes was many times higher than those ordinary rune pens.
It was also because of this that rune masters would think of ways to obtain a good rune pen.
"Young miss, the remaining valuables in the team might be able to bid for this rune pen. Give it a try." At this moment, Elder Dong's voice sounded from the side.
Elder Dong had always been by He Qingxue's side. How could he not know what He Qingxue was thinking?
Hearing this, He Qingxue immediately retracted her gaze and shook her head. "Elder Dong, those valuables are still useful. We can't use them on this. I just feel that this pen is a little special. I don't like it."
Although she said that she didn't like it, how could Elder Dong not see that He Qingxue was reluctant to part with it.
However, since his own young miss had said so, and the valuables were indeed useful to them, he could only remain silent.
Lin Long, who was at the side, smiled and did not say anything.
At this time, the auctioneer's loud and clear voice resounded from below, "Using the Underworld Shadow Golden Wolf's fur to make a rune brush, matched with the best quality Molten Gold Ink, starting price 5000 cloud coins …"
This starting price was just a symbolic price. The real price would naturally not be so low. Just like the 《Withered Leaf Palm》.
"I bid 100,000 cloud coins." Just as the auctioneer's voice fell, someone immediately raised the price by who knows how many times.
Of course, this did not scare off the other people who wanted to bid for this rune pen. This was because the value of this rune pen was far above that.
"I bid 500,000 cloud coins."
"This young master bids 600,000 cloud coins."
"What is 600,000 cloud coins? This sect master bids 1,000,000 cloud coins."
…
At the start, there were many people bidding. However, as the price increased, the number of people bidding decreased. In the end, there were only a few people bidding against each other.
And looking at these few people, they seemed to have steeled their hearts to buy this rune pen.
When the price reached two million, the crowd quietened down.
The one who made the bid was a big fatty. He couldn't help but feel a little proud of himself when he saw the situation.
"Two million going once …"
"Two million going twice …"
Just as the auctioneer was about to call out for the third time, just as the fatty thought that he had finally won the bid, a voice rang out.
"This Young Master offers three million."
"The VIP guest in Room 201 bids three million." The auctioneer's voice rang out.
Upon hearing such a price, the crowd went into an uproar. They didn't think that someone would raise the price to such a high level. Was he trying to slap that fatty to death?
However, when they thought that the ones bidding were the rich and powerful, they felt relieved.
It wasn't that there weren't any people bidding before, but it was just a few sporadic shouts. This made the others think that the people in the private rooms had no interest in the rune pen. Who would have thought that they would suddenly make such a move.
When the fatty heard such a price, his face immediately turned ashen. Although he had enough money to continue bidding for a while, he knew that his little bit of money wasn't enough to compete with others. Furthermore, if the rune pen were to be bid any higher, it would obviously exceed its value.
After sighing, the fatty could only give up on the rune pen.
Just when the crowd thought that the price would be set at 3,000,000, a voice rang out. "3,500,000."
"The guest in Room 308 bids 3,500,000." The auctioneer immediately shouted.
The one who made the bid was naturally Lin Long. He could tell that the one who made the bid was Rong Ping. Rong Ping wanted to regain his face with the rune pen, so how could Lin Long let him succeed?
Hearing Lin Long's bid, He Qingxue knew that Lin Long was bidding on her behalf. She quickly said, "Young Master, this rune pen is too expensive. You can't spend so much."
Lin Long frowned. "Miss He, we've known each other for so long. Don't I even have the right to give you something?"
"It's just that …"
He Qingxue wanted to say something, but Lin Long interrupted her. "Miss He, there's no need to discuss this anymore."
Seeing how determined Lin Long was, He Qingxue could only shut her mouth helplessly. She had finally experienced Lin Long's overbearingness. If it was Rong Ping and the others, she would have firmly rejected him.
However, Lin Long had helped them so much. She really didn't know how to put on a straight face and reject him.
In fact, she was very happy when she heard Lin Long's bid. However, she had no choice but to reject the rune pen because it was so expensive. After all, such a price was not just a simple favor.
Just when He Qingxue's thoughts were flying, the voice of the rune master sounded again. "The guest in Room 201 bids 4,000,000."
Obviously, Rong Ping from Room 201 had made another bid in this short period of time.
"5,000,000!" Lin Long said without hesitation.
"5,500,000!" Rong Ping did not back down.
Rong Ping could naturally tell that it was Lin Long who made the bid. Therefore, he would not admit defeat so easily. As the young sect master of the Luo Yue Sect, if he lost to Lin Long from a small family, he would not have the face to stay in front of Wu Peng anymore.
After a slight smile, Lin Long made another bid. "6,500,000."
There was a special rune array on the side of the private room facing the auction hall. This rune array had the effect of increasing the volume of the sound. When the people inside made a bid, they did not need to be loud for the people below to hear them.
"Wow, the price is directly raised by 1,000,000. It's obviously much higher than the market price of this rune pen."
"It's not worth it to bid for it at such a price."
"It seems like the two people above must have some conflict. That's why they're competing for this rune pen."
…
The bids of the two people caused a commotion among the people below.
At this moment, the price had already reached 8,000,000. The one who made the bid was Lin Long.
"Young master, this price is too ridiculous. It's much higher than the market price." At this moment, He Qingxue could not help but say.
"A mere 8,000,000 is nothing. Back in the day, this young master casually spent over a hundred million …"
Over a hundred million?
The corners of He Qingxue's and old man Dong's mouths couldn't help but twitch. Although Lin Long seemed to be boasting, they faintly felt that such a thing really did happen.
After a moment of silence, Rong Ping gritted his teeth and said. "9,000,000!"
He increased the bid by 1,000,000 in one go, intending to directly crush Lin Long. He did not believe that Lin Long would have any more cloud coins to compete with him.
To be honest, this price had completely exceeded his expectations. If it was really sold at such a price, he would definitely vomit blood. However, in order to win back a round in front of He Qingxue, he did not hesitate.
Previously, when he saw He Qingxue's portrait that Wu Peng brought, he swore that he would obtain this woman no matter what. Therefore, how could he give up so easily?
At this moment, the door of room 201 was suddenly opened. Then, a middle-aged man in his forties without a mask walked in.
"Who is it?" Rong Ping immediately turned around and glared at the person. No matter who it was, barging in like that was completely ignoring him as the young sect master of the Luoyue Sect.
Seeing that it was one of his own, his expression softened a little. However, he was still extremely displeased. "Uncle Ke, what's the matter?"
"Young sect master, this price is too high. It's not worth it. Moreover, if we sell it at this price, we won't be able to bid for the treasure that the sect master wants," Uncle Ke said anxiously.
Originally, he was sitting below. He did not expect the usually calm young sect master to shout out a price on a rune pen. Therefore, he hurriedly came up to stop this behavior.
"Uncle Ke, am I in charge here or are you?" Rong Ping said coldly.
"Of course it's you." Uncle Ke was slightly surprised.
"Then why aren't you getting lost!" Rong Ping said angrily.
"This?" Uncle Ke did not expect Rong Ping to change into a completely different person today. He could only sigh and leave.
At this moment, Lin Long suddenly said, "Auctioneer, can we stop for a moment?"
"Of course, but every time we stop, we will have to pay a thousand cloud coins. Moreover, we only have half an incense's time." The auctioneer replied with a smile.
"No problem." Lin Long said.
"Alright, then we will stop for half an incense's time." The auctioneer immediately said.
Hearing that Lin Long wanted to stop, the people in the venue immediately started discussing. To them, Lin Long must have stopped because he realized that he did not have enough money.
As for Rong Ping, he immediately smiled, "Kid, you are still lacking compared to me."
To him, Lin Long's pause was no different from admitting defeat. He even started fantasizing about how he would use the rune pen to embarrass Lin Long in front of He Qingxue.
When He Qingxue heard that Lin Long wanted to stop, she thought that Lin Long was going to give up. She immediately heaved a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Lin Long called the waiter outside in.
"Sir, what can I do for you?" The waiter asked with a smile.
"En, I would like to ask, can I know what treasures are going to be auctioned?" Lin Long asked.
He Qingxue and Elder Dong looked at Lin Long in confusion. They did not know why he asked this question.
"During the auction, our auction house is not allowed to reveal the specific treasures that are going to be auctioned, but …" The waiter said with a twist.
"But what?"
"Since you are a VIP with a gold card, you are allowed to look at one type of treasure. However, you have to pay 100,000 cloud coins." The waiter said.
"What? Just taking a look costs a hundred thousand cloud coins?" Elder Lin Long immediately frowned.
"I am sorry, this is a rule set by our hall master." The waiter said apologetically.
However, Lin Long waved his hand, "So be it."
100,000 cloud coins was nothing to him.
"May I know what type of treasure mister would you like to look at?" The waiter asked after transferring the cloud coins from Lin Long's gold card.
"A type of rune pen." Lin Long said.
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