Just as everyone thought that the crown prince wanted to go against Ye Chen, his voice echoed once again.
"Brother Ye Chen, I have heard your name a lot and know you have great medicine skills, so let me gift you this Phoenix Sky Dance martial technique as a strong bond for our future friendship," Ji Feng announced in an amiable tone.
Hearing him, everyone was stunned. They had all thought Ji Feng wanted to take revenge on Ye Chen, but it didn’t look like it from his voice.
Even Ye Chen couldn’t help but become surprised at his words.
However, he didn’t care too much and replied.
"Prince Ji Feng, if these words were said by a princess of the royal family, I wouldn’t hesitate to agree to it, but since that’s not the case, I will refuse it," he said bluntly.
He didn’t believe that Prince Ji Feng was sincere with his words. Not only he but many other top powers had the same thought.
After all, they had long known how the royal family handled things.
"Haha, since brother Ye Chen doesn’t want this gift, I can’t force him; however, I will still bid for this martial technique and will give it to you later," Ji Feng replied with a laugh.
No one could see his expression, so they were all skeptical about whether he was happy or not.
"Prince Ji Feng I don’t like free gifts, so let’s forget about giving it to me. Also, I haven’t given up on the bidding yet, so this martial technique doesn’t belong to you," Ye Chen stated as he heard his words.
After that, he didn’t hesitate and placed his bid.
"300,000 mid-grade spiritual stones!"
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He once again increased the bid by hundreds of thousands.
For him, spiritual stones weren’t something really useful. Moreover, all he had to do was sell one formula of any high-grade pill to Hong Fang. In that instant, a massive amount of spiritual stones flowed into his pocket.
So why not use the spiritual stones to make people who are after him regret? In this way they would be more inclined to attack him, which would give him an opportunity to earn some system points.
Of course he wasn’t arrogant to think he could handle everyone here. But most of the cultivators who had ideas on him were the Qi condensation stage experts.
They may be difficult to deal with, but as long as he increases his cultivation tomorrow at the mystic pond, he can at least sneak attack them, earning a lot of system points.
’This guy is really a troublemaker,’ Jing Xiao couldn’t help but shake her head with a sigh before glancing at Zhen Yunqi, who was calm as water.
’She really doesn’t give a shit about the crown prince and royal family,’ she thought to herself with a wry smile.
Meanwhile, everyone inside the auction hall was stunned after Ye Chen raised the bid by this much.
Just as he wanted, many cultivators hearts burned with regret, and all they hoped was to dismember Ye Chen.
For them, even ten thousand mid-grade spiritual stones would be considered rich, not to mention hundreds of thousands.
"Sigh… Since friend Ye Chen is stubborn and wants to acquire the martial technique by himself, I will back out from bidding for the sake of our future friendship."
At this moment, Ji Feng spoke softly.
But as usual, many top powers remained skeptical about his words.
"Is there anyone who wants to bid? If not, the Phoenix Sky Dance martial technique will belong to the esteemed guest inside No. 1 Dragon Hall," Qian Yuexi announced with a sweet smile.
However, no one spoke.
Although many had an idea of duping Ye Chen, they were afraid of him backing out suddenly, so no one took the risk.
In the end, Qian Yuexi could only bang the mallet with a disappointed look. After which she didn’t waste any time and continued with the next items.
…
"Prince Ji Feng, why did you let him win that martial technique? At least we should’ve pushed the bid further." The royal guard couldn’t help but inquire with a baffled look.
"There is no need to draw a clear line now; we should wait and see how he handles everything," Ji Feng replied with narrowed eyes.
No matter how he wants to attack Ye Chen, he can’t ignore Zhen Yunqi because she had cut his brothers in half and got away without even tiny resistance.
Hence, he had to be careful with everything, at least not to leave any evidence behind when he took action.
Thinking of this, his eyes flashed with a dangerous look.
…
"Ladies and gentlemen, here comes a great treasure: a tier-6 Molten Heart Spirit Fruit!"
"As long as you are an alchemist, blacksmith, or have any fire-related martial arts, this spirit fruit is beneficial for you for a long time, so don’t hesitate and bid for it!"
"The starting bid for this fruit is 150,000 mid-grade spiritual stones with the minimum increment of 10,000 mid-grade spiritual stones!" Qiang Yuexi announced.
Hearing her, many rogue cultivators could only sigh in jealousy. No matter how rich they were, they couldn’t compare to the sects.
Even some third-grade sects were able to take this amount of wealth. Of course they had to grit their teeth and take out every spiritual stone from their sect, which had been kept for generations.
Nevertheless, many did this as long as there was a promising genius.
But could they compare to second-grade and top powers? Definitely not, so no matter how hard they tried, the bid for Molten Heart Spirit Fruit kept increasing.
"210,000"
"230,000"
"250,000"
This time even the top families joined in, including the Wu, Mu, and Li families.
As for Su Qiming, he didn’t have any intentions to bid because he had gotten the news of Lan Ming’s mutated fire spiritual root.
Ye Chen would certainly bid for it, so why compete with him?
…
’Finally her luck blossomed,’ Ye Chen thought with a nod as he saw the appearance of Molten Heart Spirit Fruit.
He had already known that Lan Ming would chance upon a fortune, but what it was he didn’t know yet.
However, he did guess that her luck would blossom today. As for Zhen Yunqi, Li Mei, and him, it was all normal.
Because of it, he had held on to the five Heaven-Grade fishing chances.
Only when after his luck increases will he consider fishing.
"300,000!"
Soon the bid reached higher and higher.
If it were any other tier-6 spirit fruit, it wouldn’t garner this much attention. But this one was special as it can improve alchemy, forging, and the strength of fire-related martial arts.
Hence, many were bidding fiercely. Especially Zhi Qiang, a person from the Mu family, as well as the Li and Wu families.
The only top powers that remained silent were the crown prince, Sword Pavilion, Su family, and Wei Sun from the Buddhist Temple.
"400,000!"
It was at this moment Ye Chen placed his bid.
No one was surprised at his voice anymore. Although the bidding was interrupted for a while, many still placed their bids.
"420,000!"
The first one to raise the bid was Zhi Qiang; after him followed a person from the Mu family.
"450,000! I hope you two give up! The Mu family is determined to win this spirit fruit!"
"Humph! It’s just a Mu family. What right does it have in front of the Flame Dragon Sect?" Zhi Qiang couldn’t help but speak up angrily.
After getting silenced by Ye Chen, he had only bid and said a few words. But this time he can’t help but talk back.
"So what if it’s a Flame Dragon Sect? Don’t tell me you want to attack a pillar of the royal family so you could weaken them?" Mu Lie, an elder from the family, sneered coldly.
Others might be afraid of first-grade sects, but the Mu family wasn’t because they had a large number of alchemists and blacksmiths.
The royal family relied on them a lot for all kinds of pills and weapons. Because of this, there was no way the royal family would just sit by and watch, even if they were the ones who provoked trouble.
Zhi Qiang understood this, so his face became black. However, he still didn’t give up and was just about to bid when Ye Chen’s voice rang out.
"600,000 mid-grade spiritual stones!"
Ye Chen announced calmly, but this time his voice was deep.
There was no need to say any more words; he had already decided to buy this spirit fruit no matter what.
Hearing his voice, Zhi Qiang’s expression couldn’t help but darken even more.
Mu Lie’s face was also not looking good.
But before they could say something, a voice rang out from the No. 4 dragon box.
"650,000 mid-grade spiritual stones! You all better give up because I, the mad sword god, want it!" Cheng Hao’s domineering voice, filled with coldness, echoed inside the auction hall.