To throw away a thousand gold
As they spoke, Ye Fei had already walked into Qi Chuchu's private room. However, he did not sit together with Qi Chuchu.
Despite Qi Chuchu's strong invitation, Ye Fei decisively chose to ignore Qi Chuchu's resentful gaze when he saw that there was only enough space for one person.
He and Feng Siniang, one on the left and one on the right, stood at the entrance, acting as "door gods". However, this was also in accordance with the rules of participating in the auction.
The manager of the Merchant Alliance naturally turned a blind eye to this. He even hoped that the fight between Ye Fei and Ma Zai would be as intense as possible.
"Hehe, I couldn't tell that little brother is actually quite shy." Qi Chuchu covered her mouth and giggled. She seemed to be interested in Ye Fei.
The way she called him 'little brother' was so soft that Ye Fei had the urge to beat her up. Unfortunately, Qi Chuchu was a woman, so Ye Fei could only endure it.
"Now up for auction item number 95, an Earth Fire Essence that can increase one's cultivation. If this item is used together with the Blood Jade Golden Lotus, it can allow one to break through to the next realm."
Just as Ye Fei entered the private room, the auction had reached its most precious part. This was especially so for the Earth Fire Essence. Not only could it raise one's cultivation level, but it could also allow a Martial Ancestor Realm expert to break through when consumed together with the Blood Jade Golden Lotus.
Just this point alone was enough to drive many Martial Arts Grandmasters who were stuck at a bottleneck and unable to break through crazy. Before the auctioneer of the Merchant Alliance could finish his introduction, there was already a flurry of bidding from below.
"I'll pay 5,000 Spiritual Crystals. The Li family is determined to get the Earthfire Essence. Please give us some face."
"Brother Li, it's not that we don't want to give you face, but the treasure is too rare. My son has been stuck at the seventh-layer Martial Ancestor Realm for a long time. With this Earth Flame Essence, he would surely be able to achieve a better result in the inner disciple trial of the Sacred Area. Eight thousand Spiritual Crystals!"
"Nine thousand!"
"Wait a minute, I'm Ma Fengfeng, the 58th disciple of the inner sect. Give me some face and give me 10,000 contribution points. How about that?"
The Earth Fire Essence was too precious. Not only were the various aristocratic families of Taixuan City fighting for it, even the disciples of the Mountain River List were not willing to be outdone, and joined in the fight.
Ye Fei's heart skipped a beat. When he was in the Seven Treasure Forest, besides searching for the Seven Star Flower, he had also accidentally obtained the Blood Jade Golden Lotus. If he could obtain the Earth Fire Essence as well, he would definitely be able to break through to the eighth-level Martial Ancestor Realm.
"I must obtain this Earth Fire Essence." Ye Fei's eyes flashed with a fiery passion as he was about to bid. At this time, Ma Zai's cold voice suddenly sounded from the Sky No. 1 box.
"Four thousand contribution points. I want this Earth Flame Essence. Everyone, please give me, Ma Zai, some face."
The entire auction hall fell into a dead silence. Originally, the starting price of the Earthfire Essence was 5,000 Spiritual Crystals or Contribution Points.
Ma Zai, on the other hand, was competing at a price that was a full thousand points lower than the starting price. How was this an auction? This was simply daylight robbery.
When the manager of the Business Alliance who was in charge of the auction heard Ma Zai's bid, his face almost turned green. He was helpless. The person who said that was Ma Zai, the expert ranked third on the Mountain River List of the Taixuan Holy Land. Who would dare to reject him?
Even though they knew that Ma Zai's actions were no different from that of a bandit, those who were bidding still kept their mouths shut and did not dare to bid again.
No matter how angry the manager of the Business Alliance was, he had to keep a smile on his face. He straightforwardly announced, "Senior Ma Zai has bid 4,000 Contribution Points for this Earth Fire Essence. Is there anyone who bids higher than 4,000 Contribution Points? If not, this Earth Fire Essence will belong to Senior Ma Zai."
At this point, the manager of the Business Alliance almost cried. The starting price was 5,000 Contribution Points, and Ma Zai had actually bid 4,000 Contribution Points for it. That meant that the Business Alliance would not only not earn a single cent from this treasure, they would also lose 1,000 Spiritual Crystals.
Ye Fei was also very surprised. He was secretly surprised at Ma Zai's good calculations. It was no wonder that this person would run to the auction every two to three days.
"8,000 Contribution Points!" Just as everyone thought that this Earth Fire Essence would definitely belong to Ma Zai, Ye Fei spoke up nonchalantly. Furthermore, he doubled the price the moment he opened his mouth.
Ye Fei's voice roused the spirits of many people present. Finally, someone who dared to compete with Ma Zai had appeared. Although they didn't dare make a sound, many of them started to silently cheer for Ye Fei in their hearts.
Ma Zai was even more furious as he walked out of private room number one. He glared at Ye Fei and said, "Ye Fei, you dare to compete with me?"
"This is an auction. What we compete with is money. Why wouldn't I dare compete? If you don't have the money, then scram to the side. Don't obstruct me from auctioning this treasure!" Ye Fei retorted sharply.
Since the two of them were destined to be enemies, he naturally wouldn't be polite.
When Ma Zai heard this, he was so angry that his entire body trembled. Unfortunately, both of them were inner sect disciples and simply couldn't fight in the sacred land. No matter how angry he was, Ma Zai could only swallow his anger.
"Ha ha! Do you think I don't have the money? I have so many Contribution Points that you will faint! Don't think that you have the right to compete with me just because you got lucky and completed a mission and earned some Contribution Points. 10,000! "Ma Zai started to bid normally.
"20,000!" Ye Fei didn't even blink as he doubled the price.
"30,000!" Ma Zai was enraged. He couldn't wait to drag Ye Fei out and beat him to death. He could have bought the treasure at a low price of 4,000 Contribution Points, but Ye Fei had forcefully raised the price to such a high price.
"40,000!" Ye Fei didn't feel that Ma Zai wasn't angry enough. He directly increased the price by another 10,000 Contribution Points.
This was a classic example of being rich and overbearing, throwing money away like this. It scared many of the similarly rich super family clans. They even felt their breathing stop.
One had to know that the normal price of an Earth Fire Essence was about 20,000 Contribution Points. However, Ye Fei had directly doubled the price. How was this an auction? This was simply flaunting his wealth.
However, no one present thought that Ye Fei was being arrogant. Instead, they were all secretly cheering for Ye Fei in their hearts.
"Well done. There's finally someone who can take care of Ma Zai."
"Hahaha, I never imagined that Ma Zai would have such a day. All these years, he has relied on his strength to take advantage of many people at auctions. It's about time someone took care of him."
"Ye Fei, you can do it. We support you!"
It wasn't just the auctioneers who thought this. The Chamber of Commerce's president, who was hosting the auction, also deliberately sped up his speech to cheer for Ye Fei. "40,000 Contribution Points going once. Going twice. Senior Ma Zai, if you don't increase the price, this Earth Fire Essence will belong to Senior Ye Fei."
"Hmph, 40,000 Contribution Points just to buy an Earth Fire Essence. Junior Brother Ye, you are indeed rich and overbearing. Unfortunately, these Contribution Points should be the limit of what you can take out, right?"
Ma Zai didn't continue bidding. Instead, he estimated that he had already "emptied" all of Ye Fei's Contribution Points. He suddenly put away his anger and became arrogant. He even looked at Ye Fei as if he was looking at a fool.
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