Dandy Pill God
Chapter 199: Obtaining the Spirit Stone

Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Obtaining the Spirit Stone

"Oh."

Wen Lei nodded his head. He did not ask further questions. He already had a fairly good understanding of the conflict between Zhu Fei and the Lv family.

Moreover, before the auction began, he had already visited Xue Yuan together with Huang Su Yan, in the name of Song Yan.

The two parties had agreed that after the auction, Xue Yuan would send someone to take them back to Tiannan Province.

So even though Zhu Fei had grievously offended Lv Chenglong, Wen Lei was slightly worried, but he didn’t actually take it too seriously.

Because he believed that in the current Ancient Martial World, there was no one who would dare not give face to someone from the Treasure Pavilion, let alone the Lv family, which currently was only a semi-hidden family.

Seeing that Wen Lei did not continue to inquire, Zhu Fei naturally did not explain further.

In fact, his actions just now did indeed carry the intention to annoy Lv Chenglong.

He had already seen that Lv Chenglong was determined to get those two Healing Pills, which is why he added fuel to the fire.

The result? Zhu Fei was of course very satisfied. Didn’t he just gain an additional two million from his actions?

Of course, his behavior was only targeted at people like Lv Chenglong, with whom he had conflicts. He would not involve himself in other affairs.

After all, his actions, although not severely rule-breaking, would still potentially draw disapproval from others if repeated too frequently.

As time went on, the auction continued smoothly, item after item being auctioned off, deal after deal being struck.

When the auction reached the twentieth item, Zhu Fei’s three Healing Pills were successfully sold to a sect named the Overlord Fist Sect.

The transaction was for ten million, merely a million more than Lv Chenglong’s bid.

This immediately made Lv Chenglong, who was in his own box, throw another cup in fury, jumping up and down with rage.

"Hehe, next up is the twenty-second item—an auction for five Spirit Stones. I believe the function and preciousness of these items do not need further explanation," Fang Tong continued cheerfully. "The starting bid is two million, with each increment not less than two hundred thousand. Let’s start the bidding now!"

The moment Zhu Fei saw those five Spirit Stones, he immediately stood up from his seat.

His eyes tightly fixed on the five Spirit Stones, his face filled with excitement.

Seeing this, Wen Lei and Huang Su Yan next to him were first surprised, then both couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.

They had already seen Zhu Fei’s covetousness for those five Spirit Stones.

Although the five Spirit Stones were also highly tempting to them, they knew that they had already bought quite a few items previously and simply did not have the means to compete further.

Besides, they would not dispute with Zhu Fei over what he wanted.

"Three million!"

"Four million!"

"Five million!"

...

"Ten million!"

Clearly, as Spirit Stones were highly desirable, nearly everyone at the venue knew.

So, as soon as bidding started, the entire auction hall was thrown into a state of fervency.

In just over a minute, the price of the five Spirit Stones had skyrocketed to ten million.

Watching the scene of continually rising bids, Zhu Fei initially frowned slightly, choosing not to bid right away.

Because he knew he had to win the five Spirit Stones, he wouldn’t bid until he was sure he could secure them.

So, he waited for the right moment to make his bid.

It was only at this moment that Zhu Fei felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, I brought out some of my Healing Pills for auction; otherwise, those five Spirit Stones would probably have had nothing to do with me.

"One million one hundred thousand!"

"One million one hundred twenty thousand!"

"One million one hundred sixty thousand!"

...

The bidding was still continuing, but by now, people’s bids had clearly become much more conservative.

As Martial Artists, as members of Ancient Martial Sects and families, though everyone had their own secular businesses to run and were all wealthy,

when it came to items priced over ten million, aside from those sects and families with rich backgrounds, others were quite cautious.

"One million three hundred twenty thousand! Is there anyone who can offer a higher bid?"

Fang Tong looked over the crowd and asked again, "If not, then one million three hundred twenty thousand for the first time, one million three hundred twenty thousand for the second time, one million three hundred twenty thousand for the..."

"One million five hundred thousand!"

At that moment, Zhu Fei, without any hesitation, pressed the bidding button beside him and shouted out a price that surprised many people.

Fang Tong was also startled; the auction hammer he was about to drop paused mid-air.

However, his face soon showed a smile.

"One million five hundred thousand! Does anyone else need it?"

Inside Lv Chenglong’s box, Lv Wenhao looked at his uncle and hesitated before asking, "Uncle, it’s that kid Zhu Fei, should we...?"

Lv Chenglong looked at Lv Wenhao expressionlessly and eventually shook his head.

"No, we don’t have enough money on us. What if we call out a price and that kid decides not to go for it? You surely know what the consequences of that situation would be, right?"

Upon hearing his uncle’s words, Lv Wenhao involuntarily shivered, and a flash of fear crossed his eyes.

He knew that his uncle wasn’t joking around.

There had been similar incidents before where two people, due to conflicts, ended up bidding on the same item. Later, one of them didn’t have enough money, and to cause trouble for the other, deliberately raised the price.

But unexpectedly, the other party gave up on the bidding, and the one who had raised the price couldn’t pay, resulting in Treasure Pavilion treating it as an act of provocation and disruption.

In the end, that person, along with his family, vanished overnight.

This incident had caused quite a stir, and since then, no one dared to casually raise prices anymore.

Because once the price is raised, unless you achieve your goal, you have to buy it yourself; otherwise, aside from being eliminated by Treasure Pavilion, there would be no second outcome.

Whether you call Treasure Pavilion cruel or domineering, that’s just how the Ancient Martial World is.

A powerful entity must never be offended carelessly, for angering them could likely bring trouble to your own backing.

Looking at the box where Zhu Fei was located, Lv Chenglong and his nephew could only bitterly curse a few times, taking no impulsive actions.

They didn’t dare to gamble, nor did they have the capital to gamble.

They instinctively felt that as soon as they made a bid, Zhu Fei would very likely give up.

Indeed, as Lv Chenglong and his nephew thought, Zhu Fei was just waiting for them to bid.

He had already roughly calculated the money they had spent earlier.

If he could cause the Lv family to collapse for the price of five Spirit Stones, it would indeed be a very cost-effective deal.

After waiting for a good while, until Fang Tong’s final auction hammer fell and Lv Chenglong and his nephew had no more reactions, Zhu Fei knew that his scheme had come to nothing.

This made him slightly disappointed, but quickly, he transformed that slight disappointment into excitement.

Fifteen, got fifteen Spirit Stones.

Zhu Fei had already decided that once the auction ended, he would go back and immediately absorb the Spiritual Energy from these fifteen Spirit Stones, thus advancing his cultivation to the Qi Refining Eighth Level.