After enjoying his fill of the audience's reaction, Lin Hong turned his gaze to Lin Fan.
However, seeing Lin Fan's reaction, he couldn't help knitting his brows.
That was because he didn't get the reaction that he wanted from him, but rather he just saw Lin Fan sitting there with a calm look on his face as if he didn't care about any of this.
Lin Fan might have had a calm look on his face, but deep down…
He was filled with disappointment.
This was just too cliche, too boring!
He had wanted Lin Hong to do something interesting, but it seemed like he had completely underestimated the intelligence of this young master Lin Hong.
Someone of his capacity was only capable of something of this level, he wasn't able to do more…
But that was fine since this was easy for Lin Fan to deal with.
So Lin Fan just casually reached his hand out and pressed the button on the armrest of his chair before saying, "One dragon vein."
The crowd had been filled with whispers as the auctioneer had been making a show out of the bid, but it immediately fell silent once Lin Fan's voice rang out.
They could easily tell that this was a different voice because it was completely different from the voice from before.
The voice that had bid ten thousand low grade spirit jade was frivolous like that of a young master, but this voice…it was calm and cold, just like a blade that was waiting to be sheathed.
No one dared to question this voice and many people even began wondering just who would have a voice like this.
But the beautiful auctioneer was a professional, so she quickly took this bid and started the count.
In the room, Lin Hong looked at Lin Fan with shock before quickly saying, "Cousin, you can't just make a bid like that. Do you know how precious dragon veins are? Even I don't have something like that."
Then he quickly added, "If it's found out that we made a bid without having enough to pay, that will hurt the reputation of the Lin Astral Family and we will be punished when we get back."
He said this in a very concerned voice as if he was worried about Lin Fan, but in truth…he was just worried about himself.
After all, if they were punished over this, he would surely be implicated since he was the one who had brought Lin Fan to this place. So in the end, all he cared about was himself and how to avoid being implicated by this matter.
Seeing that calm look on Lin Fan's face when he asked this, Lin Hong couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.
It was almost as if Lin Fan didn't care about this matter at all.
Lin Hong cursed the one that taught Lin Fan about dragon veins since it was clear that he didn't also teach him the value of these dragon veins.
So Lin Hong said, "Cousin, you might not know this, but…"
Lin Fan cut him off by looking at him and saying, "Who said that I was expecting you to pay? If there's something I like, then I'll buy it myself."
Lin Hong's chin dropped when he heard this, but then he quickly revealed a look of disdain.
Buy it himself?
Was he joking?
Did he really expect that they would be fooled into thinking that someone from the boonies like him would have something like dragon veins?
Dragon veins were the main currency for large deals in Astral Kingdoms because they were the ultimate form of life energy. After all, dragon veins were representations of life energy of planets.
The term dragon veins came from veins of life energy that made up the reserves of a planet's life energy supplies. So all of the life energy that was on a planet would normally come from this dragon vein.
This meant that as long as one had these dragon veins, they would be able to bring life to desolate planets and create new worlds.
But these dragon veins were used like spirit stones for powerful cultivators when it came to these Astral Empires.
As for how these dragon veins came about, there were plenty of planets that were destroyed for a variety of reasons. However, even after the planets were destroyed, it wasn't as if the dragon veins would disappear.
These dragon veins were the concentration of a planet's life energy, so even if the planet was gone, it would take a long time for these dragon veins to scatter.
Once the planets were gone, it wasn't as if people were going to just leave these dragon veins floating in space, so they developed ways of harvesting them. Then the Astral Empires of the human race found a way to store these dragon veins in crystal form, making them easier to carry and to use, either for cultivating or restoring desolate planets.
As for the value of these dragon veins…they were equal to ten thousand peak tier spirit jades and that was only a low grade dragon vein.
That was because as long as the dragon vein was used, there was the chance of earning more than that back by developing a planet and harvesting spirit jades from it.
As long as they could nurture a high grade planet, they would be able to earn their investment back countless times.
So dragon veins were considered the most precious currency in these Astral Empires.
They were even highly valued by the Lin Astral Emperor and were considered a military expense, so they weren't easily circulated.
So of course no one would believe that Lin Fan would have any.
Lin Hong quickly put away his look of disdain before saying, "Cousin, I don't know how you think you will pay for it, but this is not important. The important thing is that we won't be able to provide the dragon vein now and we will get in trouble if we can't pay."
Lin Hong then tried to offer him a way out by saying, "How about I go talk to the manager and smooth this matter over. I'm sure that it was just a mistake and as long as we talk to the manager, we'll be able to negate…"
Before he could finish, he suddenly closed his mouth and swallowed his words as his eyes popped out.
That was because he had seen the crystal that Lin Fan was currently holding in his hand.
This crystal had appeared out of nowhere, but he had been shocked the moment that his eyes fell onto it.
That was because whether it was in terms of appearance or aura, this was something that he immediately recognized. Others might now have seen this item before, but as members of the Lin Astral Family, he naturally recognized it.
This was a true dragon vein crystal.
It hadn't been a lie when Lin Fan had said that he would be able to pay for it because he actually could pay for it with this dragon vein crystal.
But where had a hick from the boonies gotten a dragon vein crystal?
It was like showing up at a meeting with the newest edition item just to find that someone else already had an even newer edition of that item that hadn't been released yet.
It was a feeling of being one upped that they couldn't accept!
It was like being slapped to the face without any preparation!
This was a feeling that these young master and young misses from the Lin Astral Family didn't like. In fact, they hated it very much since it was a very large blow to the pride that they had built over the years.
Lin Hong pointed at the dragon vein crystal in Lin Fan's hand and said in a stammering voice, "Cousin, where, where did you get, get that?"
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes and said, "Does it matter where I got this? Or are you doubting how I got this?"
Lin Hong and the other juniors from the Lin Astral Family couldn't help being taken aback when they heard this. Then when they felt the aura that was coming from Lin Fan, even though they were at a higher level of cultivation than him, they couldn't help taking a step back.
These eyes, these cold and uncaring eyes, it was as if they were being cut by a thousand blades being stared at by these eyes.
Even if they were geniuses from the Lin Astral Family, they really couldn't handle this.
After all, these were young masters and young misses who had never experienced real danger before. Even when they went out for experience, they had always been escorted by experts of the Lin Astral Empire and had never been in any real danger.
So when they faced this killing intent that was honed in the real world, they really couldn't stand firm with their weak wills.
Not to mention that Lin Fan's killing intent was something that was refined after being trained by the system. It was something that far surpassed the killing intent of normal people, so the shock that they felt was much stronger than normal.
It was a good thing that the weaker ones had been sitting or they definitely would have collapsed from the shock.
Lin Hong quickly raised his hands and said, "Cousin, it's not like that at all. We're just surprised that you had a dragon vein crystal."
Lin Fan looked at him with those narrowed eyes and said in a cold voice, "Is that so?"
Lin Hong quickly nodded and said, "Of course, of course."
Lin Fan just silently watched them for a while. During this time, they felt the pressure on them grow even stronger as Lin Fan's cold gaze was on them.
They really wanted to turn their eyes away, but Lin Hong didn't have a choice since he was the one that Lin Fan was talking to.
After a long period of silence, Lin Fan finally said, "Alright, if you say so."
When the Lin Astral Family juniors heard this, their faces couldn't help turning red.
After all, the way that Lin Fan said it made it clear that he didn't believe them and he was even looking down on them.
As prideful members of the Lin Astral Family, how could they accept this?
Being shamed by someone that they had taken as their junior and their inferior?
But right now, it wasn't time to rip off all face with Lin Fan just yet.
After all, Lin Fan had a higher position than them and before they suppressed him, it was impossible for them to come out on top.
So they had no choice but to endure it all.
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