Chapter 1900: Chapter 1900: Magic Apostle (21)
Alice’s voice was trembling from behind.
She never imagined that one day such a large figure would be shouted out from her mouth.
In her lifetime, she probably will never see so many gold coins.
Those few quails behind her were almost like Alice, scared out of their wits.
Now those placing bids were all big shots, she even dared to challenge them.
Even if she won, could she have a good ending after leaving here?
The black market only sells, but doesn’t care about after-sales.
At that time, it would be both money and goods lost!!
"Xue Laiya... still... still continue?" asked Alice, trembling.
"Continue," Chuzheng was extremely calm, "Until we win the bid."
"..."
Alice gulped with difficulty.
"If you think it’s too hard to raise, you can increase a bit more." Chuzheng advised Alice.
I’d be very happy to lose a bit more.
Alice: "..." No, no dare.
The rest had already given up, now only the three major magic families were continually raising bids.
Sandwiched between them, Alice felt the terrifying gazes from different directions, almost unable to bear such pressure.
For the sake of her sister!
Alice took a deep breath: "One billion four hundred and thirty million gold coins."
At this time, the venue was quiet, the voice of the girl with a few tremors spread throughout the audience via amplifying magic.
The three major magic families probably hadn’t expected that today their biggest opponent wasn’t one another, but rather a little girl who appeared out of thin air.
"One billion four hundred and forty million gold coins!"
"One billion four hundred..."
An unexpected family backed out, likely due to an inadequate budget.
Charles sent someone over to warn Chuzheng not to continue.
Chuzheng ignored him, letting Alice proceed.
"Two billion!!" The bid was called by the Hoel Family in the west.
Chuzheng pulled Alice aside and handed her a number: "Three billion."
"Three... billion?" Alice was dumbfounded, coming back to her senses, she immediately advised, "Xue Laiya, it’s unnecessary..."
The distinction between two billion and three billion is an entire billion!
A billion!!!
Chuzheng: "Bid as I said."
"..."
Alice took a couple of deep breaths, calmed herself: "Three billion gold coins!"
"..."
The entire colosseum was silent.
Every spectator was stupefied, did they just have auditory hallucinations?
Directly adding a billion... is this person mad!!
The minimum bid increase was one million; everyone had been bidding that way, not wanting to spend more money.
And now you simply increase it by a billion.
How can anyone bid after this!!
Where did this wastrel come from!
-
"My lord, should we still continue?"
The people on Charles’s side didn’t dare follow immediately and consulted Charles.
A billion...
Charles’s face was extremely unpleasant.
Feeding and clothing her, however, now opposing him, well, what a Xue Laiya, raised for so many years, raised a traitor.
"Father, where did she get so many gold coins, could she be deliberately hiking the price?" Elsa completely didn’t believe Chuzheng had so many gold coins.
It’s not impossible for someone to hike prices, but directly raising by a billion, who dares to bid now?
If it truly fell into her hands, later unable to pay this amount in gold coins, would the colosseum let her off?
Charles pondered for a moment, then said: "Don’t continue."
"My lord... just... are we letting it go like this?"
Charles sneered: "Heh, who’ll hold it in the end isn’t certain."
Everyone understood Charles’s intention and didn’t continue.
The other family probably held the same idea as Charles and gave up bidding.
No one expected that the one finally winning today would be a little girl.
-
Chuzheng followed the person to settle the payment at the back.
The dragon was also brought over, glaring ferociously at Chuzheng.
Inside the narrow cage, the wings couldn’t be extended, truly aggrieved.
Chuzheng handed the card to the person across, then carelessly glanced at it.
The expression of the dragon was obvious—I will not bow down.
"Miss Xue Laiya, it is yours now." The staff handed a key to Chuzheng.
Chuzheng took it casually, put it away without looking, and brought out a piece of paper: "Do you have this person here?"
The other looked at it, didn’t deny nor confirm, merely smiled slightly: "Does Miss Xue Laiya need something?"
"I want to buy her."
"... Please wait a moment."
Probably considering she had just spent three billion, the other party went and called Wuno over.
"Miss Xue Laiya, our young master invites you."
Chuzheng raised an eyebrow, a Good Person Card arriving at the door... of course, I should go, can’t miss it!
Chuzheng let Alice wait here first, while she followed Wuno to see her card.
Wuno led her through several corridors, stopping in front of two huge doors.
The doors carved with ferocious demonic beasts, gilded and inset with various gems, hence, didn’t seem so frightening.
Wuno pushed open the left door, gestured for Chuzheng to enter.
It was a massive circular hall, with crystal-like luminous objects hanging from the ceiling, making the golden majestic hall fittingly admirable.
On the high seat of the grand hall, a young man sat cross-legged, hands pressed on his lower legs, swinging back and forth.
The young man had changed into another attire, more floaty compared to the previous tailcoat, still in white, embroidered with golden patterns on the jacket and cuffs.
The majestic hall, under his presence, didn’t seem ostentatious at all.
Chuzheng silently exhaled.
Seeing Chuzheng enter, the boy flashed a naive smile, then extended his hand to pick up the paper beside him, gently asked: "Are you intending to buy her?"
The boy turned the page towards Chuzheng.
The person on the paper was Alice’s sister.
"Hmm, will you sell?"
"Sell, of course." The boy placed the paper down, smiling amiably: "After all, my place is for business, if you want to buy, I certainly will sell. So... how much will you offer?"
"How much do you want?"
The boy murmured: "Can I name any price randomly?"
"Hmm."
"Then should I say?"
Chuzheng nodded, indicating for him to speak.
There’s plenty of money, totally fearless!
The depth of the boy’s pale golden pupils churned with a dark tide, yet his face remained innocent and naive: "I want to exchange for you."
"What did you say?" This little kid is playing big now! Even daring to propose such a condition.
"Is it not allowed? You said I could name any price." The boy suddenly acted wronged.
"..."
What’s wrong with this person?
Proposing such a condition, I haven’t said anything, and he’s already feeling wronged?
Chuzheng stayed composed: "This is an exchange, not naming a price."
"But you didn’t say it couldn’t be this way?"
"..."
The boy smiled with simple innocence, his voice lethargic: "If you want her back, there is only this one condition, accept, and I can let her go now, don’t agree..."
Chuzheng squinted: "Then?"
The boy blinked: "I’ll kill her."
Chuzheng: "..."
With this level of arrogance, why not ascend to the heavens!
Chuzheng’s tone was cold: "Do I look like someone who would sacrifice myself for others?"
The boy merely wanted to smile innocently, his eyes crinkling, not speaking.
That smile at this moment appeared somewhat sinister.
