The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 376 - 375: This Auction Is No Good

Chapter 376: Chapter 375: This Auction Is No Good

Today’s auction was overseen by three Divinity Transformation stage experts, all from the major families of the Southern Region.

Earlier, the three had been invited by Chaoyan to the Second Floor’s Yi Wu Room to deal with the issue of the stolen invitation. One of them was the owner of an Artifact Spirit at the auction, who naturally knew who was in Room Jia Yi.

"The younger generation of the Nalan Family sure is lively," one of the Divinity Transformation experts commented with a laugh, "They’ve livened up much of the atmosphere here at the auction.

""True Lord thinks," continued another, "Chaoyan must be fuming with anger, haha, these youngsters really do have his old flair."

"Should we have someone check on it?"

"No need to bother, Chaoyan should handle it." This Divinity Transformation expert had already seen Chaoyan leave the Second Floor’s Wu Room and in the blink of an eye, he was at the entrance to Jia Yi Room on the Third Floor.

The attitude of the three was indicative of the auction house’s attitude.

In front of a private room on the third floor.

Chaoyan knocked on the door.

There was no response from inside.

Nalan Youfang and the others grew nervous, suspecting that someone from the auction house had come and quickly began consulting with Xie Jiuniang.

"Could the person knocking be from the auction house?"

"I don’t have any Top Grade Spiritual Stones, what should we do?"

"Me neither! Ah, this is terrible, we’ve really caused a big trouble now!"

"We need to quickly inform the elders in our family to handle this..."

Several of the group fumbled for their Sound Transmission Talismans, appearing to contact their family elders.

Nalan Youfang, who was relatively composed, turned to Xie Jiuniang, "Yuanxi sister, should we contact your master?"

"There’s no need to contact him, he’s already waiting outside for us to open the door." With the notification from Jian Lingyan, Xie Jiuniang knew since Chaoyan went up to the third floor, "Before we open the door, we need to agree on a story to deal with my master."

Upon hearing that Chaoyan was outside the door, everyone’s anxiety was swept away, and they instantly perked up.

A Nalan Family’s young lady patted her chest and sighed with relief, "So it’s not someone from the auction house, that’s good, I was almost scared to death."

"With an elder here, we have nothing to worry about."

"Hehe, were you worried? You were the first to bid just now."

"..."

Xie Jiuniang couldn’t help but ask, "Is this really what you’re concerned about?"

"What else?" Nalan Youfang replied, puzzled.

Suddenly, she slapped her forehead, "Right, I have to go open the door."

Xie Jiuniang quickly tried to reach out her small hand to stop her, but Nalan Youfang had already made her way to the front of the private room’s door.

It was she who had initiated this.

If the master were to inquire, she would have to take most of the responsibility, so she needed to think quickly of a way to settle this...

When the door opened, the man standing outside was none other than the tall and straight figure of Chaoyan.

Xie Jiuniang instinctively shrank her neck and stealthily moved back a few steps.

Chaoyan entered the private room with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Behind him, Nalan Youfang closed the door.

For the moment, Chaoyan did not begin to question or reprimand, but instead walked over to the front of the observation platform in the private room, slightly bowed his head and looked down at the situation in the main auction hall below.

The crowd in the hall was now causing a ruckus.

Some people were urging the auction house to verify the matter.

Initially, not everyone would have made such a fuss, but because there was no response from Room Jia Yi, it seemed as if they were affirming the claims that they had no Spirit Stones.

Chaoyan said, "Yuanxi!"

"Disciple is here, master," Xie Jiuniang replied, tensing up as she approached Chaoyan.

Chaoyan asked, "Now, how do you intend to conclude this matter?"

"Don’t worry, master, your disciple can handle this little issue." Xie Jiuniang appeared unfazed by the yelling crowd, "They’re just a bunch of incompetents making noise; acknowledging them would be giving them too much credit."

But she was calm.

The others didn’t know.

No one believed that Xie Jiuniang had the Top Grade Spiritual Stones to make the payment, including Chaoyan.

Chaoyan knew her assets were substantial, but some things, like Spiritual Marrow and the like, must not be exposed in public.

Before Chaoyan could say anything.

At that moment, someone in the hall began to stir up trouble: "Is the auction house playing dead? Does Suite Jia Yi actually have the Spirit Stones or not? Hurry up and give us an explanation."

"Exactly, go and check already!"

"Someone’s bidding randomly and disrupting the auction, shouldn’t there be a punishment?"

"Could it be someone arranged by the auction house trying to artificially hike up the prices..."

Some people were particularly eager in causing a commotion, as if by doing so they were demonstrating their own prowess.

At this point, Xie Jiuniang crossed her arms over her chest and loudly challenged True Lord Mei Fu: "Mei Fu, what are you dawdling for? So much time has passed, why haven’t you announced the deal as successful? Hopefully, there’s no one with insufficient Spirit Stones purposely having you drag out the time."

The noise in the hall instantly quieted down.

"Ahem!"

True Lord Mei Fu explained, "It’s nothing like that; the commotion earlier just took me by surprise."

Xie Jiuniang’s voice rang out again across the entire venue: "This auction is unacceptable; questioning whether someone has Spirit Stones in the middle of the auction, what kind of practice is that? Those who doubt I have the Spirit Stones to pay can simply choose not to bid. Once the transaction is successful, won’t everyone know then? If I remember correctly, isn’t payment for the auctioned items supposed to take place on the spot?"

Suddenly, Chaoyan let out a light laugh.

That laugh spread throughout the entire auction, causing the ears of those below the Nascent Soul level to buzz.

What did this indicate?

It indicated that someone of the Divinity Transformation level was present in Suite Jia Yi, not just a group of youngsters.

The people who had just been clamoring instantly fell silent.

They almost wished they could become invisible to escape the embarrassment of their own earlier comments.

Those who had kept silent all along scoffed inwardly, a bunch of fools being manipulated by someone from one of the upper floors’ elegant suites.

The person able to be in Suite Jia Yi, how could they be simple? Even if it was a group of children, they would have a strong background, not to be trifled with by the others.

People in the elegant suites also quieted down.

Tell them not to bid, is it possible?

Impossible!

They had mobilized all their family’s Spirit Stones just to bid for the Semi-Immortal Artifact. If they missed it just like that, it would be a complete joke.

They didn’t dare to gamble!

Because ordinary people could not get a suite like Jia Yi.

"Dang!"

A sound came from the auction platform, rousing everyone in the hall.

True Lord Mei Fu said with a smile, "Suite Jia Yi bids fifty Top Grade Spiritual Stones, for the first time."

"Dang! Dang!"

"Fifty Top Grade Spiritual Stones, for the second time!" True Lord Mei Fu’s voice spread throughout the entire auction venue.

The surroundings were deathly quiet; some couldn’t help but hold their breath.

True Lord Mei Fu’s attitude made it clear—the auction house had ignored the requests of the people just now, and the auction continued.

Take it or leave it!

After all, the auction house wouldn’t lose anything!

True Lord Mei Fu then struck the gavel three more times in quick succession.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

"Fifty Top Grade Spiritual Stones—"

"Hold on!"

Someone from Suite Jia Er interrupted True Lord Mei Fu in time, "Fifty Top Grade Spiritual Stones, plus one hundred thousand Superior Spirit Stones."

"Dang!"

True Lord Mei Fu announced loudly, "Another bid has been made..."

People below were discussing quietly among themselves.

"Is that it?"

"They’re not pursuing the matter with the people in Suite Jia Yi anymore?"

"Psh, why pursue it? Now that I think about it, the people in Suite Jia Yi weren’t wrong; what evidence is there to question them midway? If you don’t trust, you don’t have to bid." This person hadn’t spoken up earlier.

Someone mocked, "Why didn’t I see you say so earlier?"

"I thought as much but didn’t say it out loud, that’s all."

"Hmph..."