The Young Master Storms the City
Chapter 1037: Successfully Bid

Chapter 1037: Chapter 1037: Successfully Bid

Zhai Anping was even more furious.

Others had reasons to pull this youngster into their alliance, but this very youngster had thwarted his plan.

He simply couldn’t suppress the fury in his heart!

"Three thousand eight hundred spirit stones!" he bid, huffing angrily.

"Four thousand."

"Four thousand one hundred."

"Five thousand."

Hisss!

At this bid, everyone in the auction house inhaled sharply.

Five thousand spirit stones!

In some lower-ranked sects, that amount was enough to cover their entire annual Patron expenses!

The young masters from the Five Great Sects were also shocked, staring at Ning Fan in total disbelief.

"Kid, do you have that many spirit stones?" Zhai Anping ground his teeth and said, "Bidding blindly comes with a price!"

He felt that Ning Fan was just opposing him intentionally; why else would he not bid when others did?

And choose to bid precisely when he did!

"Thank you for your concern, Patron Zhai, I don’t have many spirit stones, but I surely have more than enough for this auction," Ning Fan said, chuckling.

Hearing this, Zhai Anping pondered for a moment and ultimately had to give up bidding.

The spirit stones he had brought with him were finite, and he had thought that securing the Magic Artifact was a sure thing; to his surprise, an unexpected competitor appeared out of nowhere!

The price Ning Fan offered had already exceeded his own limit. If he wanted to continue bidding, he would need to go back to his sect to retrieve more spirit stones.

But the Fuguang Sect didn’t have the time to wait for him; by the time he would have returned with more spirit stones, the auction would have been over for ages.

"Congratulations to this Daoist friend for successfully securing this auction item!"

As the host’s joyous voice concluded, so did the auction.

Apart from Zhai Anping, all the young masters from the major sects stood up and congratulated Ning Fan one after another.

In fact, their sects had already collected quite a few of Ning Potian’s magical artifacts or clues.

Coming to the auction for this Magic Artifact was just an additional security measure, or rather, one more clue in their search for Ning Potian.

If giving up a Magic Artifact of Ning Potian meant gaining the friendship of such a young, high-level Alchemist and master of medicine, it was definitely a good deal.

After all, in the grand scheme of things, the benefits brought by a high-level Alchemist would definitely far outweigh a single Magic Artifact.

The only one who was unhappy was Zhai Anping.

As he stood up, his eyes almost shot fire at Ning Fan.

His plans were ruined, the Magic Artifact was snatched away; it was as if he had lost his wife and his troops!

If it weren’t for being in Fuguang Sect’s territory, Zhai Anping would have liked to punish Ning Fan then and there!

"Hopefully, Daoist Xu will be careful on his way back to the sect. Many are eyeing this Magic Artifact," Zhai Anping said through gritted teeth.

Ning Fan replied with a faint smile, "Patron Zhai, rest assured, I certainly won’t let anyone take what is mine."

"Very well, very well, that’s great. Just how do you plan to settle the bill, Daoist Xu?" Zhai Anping scoffed.

He still refused to believe that Ning Fan could produce the five thousand spirit stones needed to pay.

Even if he was a high-level Alchemist, how long has he been at that level? Half a year? A year?

You know, the Five Great Sects would receive notification the moment a high-level Alchemist was born.

Even if the Feiyu Sect wanted to prevent their high-level Alchemist from being poached and used their power to conceal the news, it certainly wouldn’t be longer than that period.

To say he’d obtained the spirit stones by selling Top-grade Elixirs, that was even less likely.

If such a large number of Top-grade Elixirs were truly circulating in the market, the Five Great Sects would surely have received the news.

At this moment, Xiong Lin walked over with a chuckle.

"Did the young masters manage to acquire the items they desired at this auction?"

Zhai Anping sneered, "There was one I almost got, but then Daoist Xu outbid me with his vast wealth and took it right from under my nose."

Upon hearing this, Xiong Lin felt a bit embarrassed, but it wasn’t his place to say much.

It wasn’t wise to offend either side, for offending any could bring loss to the sect.

"Um... Daoist Xu, they are ready to process the payment for the spirit stones. Are you planning to use the proceeds from this auction?" Xiong Lin hastily changed the subject.

Ning Fan nodded, "Yes, let’s use the spirit stones from the auction of those Elixirs to pay for it."

"Wait a moment!" Zhai Anping was taken aback upon hearing this, "What auction Elixirs’ spirit stones?"

The other young masters also looked over in surprise.

Xiong Lin paused and then murmured, "Don’t the young masters know that all the Elixirs auctioned just now were concocted by Daoist Xu?"

He had seen Ning Fan chatting amiably with these young masters and assumed these young masters already knew.

"Those Elixirs were concocted by Daoist Xu?"

"Oh my... that must have taken a considerable amount of time, right?"

"Daoist Xu, how long did you use?"

All the young masters looked at Ning Fan intently, eagerly waiting for his answer.

Ning Fan paused briefly, then smiled, "It took just about half a month, which is quite a bit of time,"

Quite a bit?

You call concocting so many Elixirs in half a month quite a bit?

The young masters all had their mouths agape, their faces filled with shock.