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Chapter 331 - 294: Humiliating Oneself

Chapter 331: Chapter 294: Humiliating Oneself

Watching Ye Fan’s unruffled face, everyone else, except Ye Long, was also shocked!

The Plant Essence was simply too precious, so precious that it could drive cultivators mad!

Even mercenary corps like "Adventurers" would sometimes go to all lengths, engaging in bloody battles with competing corps to obtain a piece of Plant Essence!

Ye Fan suddenly produced four pieces of Plant Essence, the shock this brought to everyone was simply indescribable!

Moreover, as far as they knew, Ye Fan was only at the Early Innate Realm. If he possessed Plant Essence, he should have consumed it early rather than saving it for the auction.

What they didn’t know was that Chu Ji had given Ye Fan two pieces of Plant Essence, namely the "Five-Colored Flower" and the Fire Spirit Ginseng.

Ye Fan used the Five-Colored Flower as the main material to refine six Returning Essence Pills. Then, he planned to consume the Fire Spirit Ginseng to break through to the Innate Great Success Realm. Unfortunately, after he had finished making the pills, there was little time left, and he directly followed Chu Ji to the auction house, having no time to consume it.

"Mister A6 has offered four pieces of Plant Essence. Is there a higher bid?"

In the quiet hall, Long Yue’s voice rang out again, her tone still containing some of the lingering shock and even more, envy!

In her view, whether Ye Fan owned four pieces of Plant Essence or exchanged for the Black Iron Gloves, both were enough to make others envious!

"I really didn’t expect him to have four pieces of Plant Essence!"

"Yes, producing four pieces of Plant Essence all at once is something even a Supreme Strongman of the Gang Qi Realm couldn’t do!"

"I thought Ye Long, with the Black Iron Fist set, could easily claim third place in the Qing bang contest, but now it seems uncertain."

"Right, although he is the Ao Xiang Organization’s second-ranked genius and received key training from the Yanhuang Organization, it was already impressive that they provided three pieces of Plant Essence for him to exchange for the Black Iron Fist set."

...

As Long Yue’s voice trailed off, the cultivators below gradually recovered from the shock and started whispering among themselves, their gazes shifting back and forth between Ye Fan and Ye Long.

Hearing the discussion of the crowd, as he watched Ye Fan’s calm face, Ye Long felt as if he had been slapped publicly by Ye Fan, his face turning extremely unsightly, and his facial muscles were even slightly twisted!

"Four pieces of Plant Essence, once!"

On stage, Long Yue looked at Ye Long with sympathy.

As a member of the Yanhuang Organization, she had heard that Hong Lie had specifically applied for three pieces of Plant Essence to help Ye Long make a name for himself in the Qing bang contest.

Now, with Ye Fan presenting four pieces of Plant Essence, Ye Long lost his eligibility to bid!

Crack!

Hearing Long Yue’s words, Ye Long was so angry his fists clenched audibly!

"Four pieces of Plant Essence, twice!"

Seeing Ye Long’s nearly crazed expression, Long Yue sighed inwardly and spoke again.

The scene remained silent.

"Four pieces of Plant Essence..."

"Five pieces of Plant Essence!!"

The next moment.

Just as Long Yue was about to announce the third time, signaling the Black Iron Fist set would belong to Ye Fan, Ye Long, as if receiving a massive shock, gasped heavily and suddenly shouted.

"Uh..."

Perhaps not expecting Ye Long could produce five pieces of Plant Essence, everyone below was dumbfounded as they looked at Ye Long!

Meanwhile, Ye Fan slightly furrowed his brow.

To him, while Plant Essence was precious, even without consuming it, he could still compensate through diligent cultivation or by exchanging the Returning Essence Pills and Nirvana Pills at other auctions of the Five Great Alliances.

But...

There was only one set of Black Iron Fist!

Initially, seeing the change in Ye Long’s expression, he thought securing the Black Iron Fist set was almost certain, but he hadn’t expected Ye Long to offer five pieces of Plant Essence at the last moment!

Would the Yanhuang Organization provide him with five pieces of Plant Essence?

At the same time, Chu Ji, with a hint of doubt, looked at the excited Ye Long, and then turned her gaze toward Hong Lie on stage.

By the light, Chu Ji immediately noticed Hong Lie was also shocked as he stared at Ye Long.

"Do you have five pieces of Plant Essence?"

Realizing this, Chu Ji’s mind raced, and she coldly asked Ye Long.

Do you?

Hearing Chu Ji’s words, the cultivators below were also puzzledly looking at Ye Long.

In their eyes, the probability of the Yanhuang Organization using five precious pieces of Plant Essence to exchange for a set of Black Iron Fist for Ye Long was very low... very low...

After all, although Ye Long was a Martial Arts genius of the younger generation in the Yanhuang Organization, he was only ranked second—the top Martial Arts genius in the organization was Leng Feng, who was taken as a Direct Disciple by ’Yan’!

Moreover, given the preciousness of Plant Essence, even for Leng Feng, it would be difficult to get the Yanhuang Organization to use five pieces of Plant Essence to exchange for a High-level Magic Artifact!

In such a situation, unless Ye Long had some extraordinary encounter, obtaining Plain Essence himself, it was unlikely he could gather five pieces of Plant Essence!

If the cultivators below were merely skeptical, then Long Yue, acting as the auctioneer, was almost certain Ye Long didn’t have five pieces of Plant Essence!

While confirming this, Long Yue couldn’t help but remind him, "Mister A7, are you sure you want to use five pieces of Plant Essence to bid for the Black Iron Fist set?"

No response.

Ye Long looked up at Hong Lie with a pleading face like a begging dog!

In his view, given Hong Lie’s status within the Yanhuang Organization, it was somewhat possible for him to apply for two more pieces of Plant Essence!

Stepping back for a moment, even if Hong Lie couldn’t secure them, he could still acquire two Plant Essences from the five Great Elders of the Yanhuang Organization—he knew that all five Great Elders possessed Plant Essences!

Hmm?

Noticing Ye Long’s gaze, including Ye Fan and Chu Ji, everyone seemed to realize something, and they all cast their eyes towards Hong Lie.

On the stage, Hong Lie’s expression was somewhat ugly!

Although he was the captain of the Yanhuang Organization’s Law Enforcement Team and a Direct Disciple of Yan, the maximum he could help Ye Long apply for was three Plant Essences!

And given the rarity of the Plant Essences, if he wanted to get them from the five Great Elders of the Yanhuang Organization, he must pay a price!

This price was something that he, ranked first below the Gang Qi Realm, was not willing to pay!

Moreover, Ye Long’s action of bidding for five Plant Essences without his consent somewhat displeased him!

In the end, he saw that Ye Fan was determined to get the Black Iron Fist set. Now that Ye Long was putting all his hope on him, never mind whether he could find another two Plant Essences; if he helped Ye Long secure the Black Iron Fist set, he would completely offend Chu Ji!

If so, he should give up pursuing Chu Ji for the rest of his life!

"Xiao Long, give up!"

A few seconds later, under everyone’s watchful eye, Hong Lie spoke, his tone somewhat somber.

"Mas... Master!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Long trembled, then looked at Hong Lie with a face full of reluctance.

"I told you to give up!!"

Facing Ye Long’s coercive behavior, Hong Lie grew angry, suddenly shouting loudly.

Click!

Confronted with Hong Lie’s roar, Ye Long was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat, and then as if all the strength had been drained from his body, he slumped powerlessly into his seat, muttering dejectedly, "I... I give up the auction."

"Bidder A7 withdraws from the auction, according to auction rules, the Black Iron Fist set will be awarded to bidder A6 for his bid of four Plant Essences," announced Long Yue.

Sensing this, Long Yue also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Let us congratulate Mr. A6 with a round of warm applause!"

"Clap clap—"

Following Long Yue’s words, applause erupted in the auction hall.

After a good ten seconds, the applause died down, and everyone’s gaze once again focused on Ye Long, murmuring quietly to each other.

"In my opinion, Ye Long never had five Plant Essences to begin with!"

"Isn’t that obvious? If he did, why would he need to beg Hong Lie?"

"Judging by Hong Lie’s outburst just now, it seems even he couldn’t produce five Plant Essences, right?"

"Really don’t know what Ye Long was thinking, clearly having none but still pretending to be rich, and now he’s become a laughingstock."

"Impulse is the devil; maybe he really wanted those Black Iron Fist sets too much?"

"Crunch!"

Those murmuring comments, like a series of resounding slaps on Ye Long’s face, appeared as mocking faces in his vision, making him feel like a clown, with rage soaring in his heart as he clenched both fists tightly, his facial muscles completely distorted, subconsciously turning his head to look at Ye Fan!

Under the lights.

His eyes faintly reddened, filled with a sinister look, as if an Evil Ghost wished to take Ye Fan’s life!

"If you can come up with six Plant Essences, I don’t mind giving up the Black Iron Fist set to you," Ye Fan said with a smile, emphasizing the word "give."

Give.

Remember, just moments ago, Ye Long had also used this word, looking at Ye Fan with a victor’s unique gaze, filled with mockery.

And now, in just a few minutes, Ye Fan returned those words to him exactly as they were!

"Sss~"

This stark contrast made Ye Long feel as if he had plummeted from Heaven into Hell, shivering with anger!

Seeing this, Ye Fan smiled and shifted his gaze away, ignoring Ye Long completely.

"Huff... huff... huff..."

Ye Fan’s dismissive gesture further incensed Ye Long, making him resemble a completely enraged beast, seemingly ready to launch a fatal strike at Ye Fan at any moment!

"What, you want to fight over it?"

Just then, Chu Ji, sporting a seductive smile, stared at Ye Long, but the coldness in her smile was like a steel blade pressed against Ye Long’s throat, scaring him to the point where he didn’t dare even fart.

He had a thousand reasons to believe that if he dared to make a move on Ye Fan here, Chu Ji would absolutely obliterate him to ashes!

Stepping ten thousand steps back, even if Chu Ji didn’t make a move, he had violated the auction and Yanhuang Organization’s rules and would inevitably pay a heavy price!

"Master Chu misunderstood, I wanted to congratulate my cousin Ye Fan on winning the Black Iron Fist set," Ye Long struggled to adjust his emotions, squeezing out a smile uglier than crying.

"Congratulations?" Chu Ji looked at Ye Long with pity, scoffing, "Does my family’s Xiao Fan even care?"

No response.

Ye Long’s face squeezed tight, tighter than a virgin’s thighs!

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