"Hiss! It’s that madman!"
"Yeah, it looks like the winner is decided."
The auction hall couldn’t help but become noisy as they heard Cheng Hao’s voice.
He was, after all, a mad sword god, and his name wasn’t just for show. Many feared him not because of his background but because of his sword skills, which could be considered inhuman.
Also, he had some screws loose in his mind, as he would pick a fight whenever he wanted, just like how he did it yesterday in front of the Su estate.
It would’ve been fine if he was just sparring, but no, this guy would use his opponent as a wooden figure to try out his new sword skills. In this process, the opponent would end up badly, especially if they have a lower cultivation.
Hence, many were afraid to provoke him. Mainly people with the professions, as they have a weak body.
In this group were Zhi Qiang and Mu Lei, who were both alchemists. Their expression couldn’t help but become uglier after hearing his words.
Although Cheng Hao might not kill them because of their background, they would surely not end up good if they gave him a reason to fight.
Thinking of this, they both hesitated and considered whether to bid or not.
Of course, if they were hesitating, it doesn’t mean Ye Chen would also.
No matter what, he wanted to acquire the Molten Heart Spirit Fruit.
"700,000 mid-grade spiritual stones! This spirit fruit isn’t going to anyone else but me!"
He placed his bid with a bold statement.
Hearing him, the first ones to get angry were Zhi Qiang and Mu Lei. But before they could speak, a cold voice filled with malice rang out.
"Humph! Are you sure you want to compete with me? The mad sword god! If you back out now, I might forgive your offense, but if you don’t, then don’t blame me for what happens afterwards!" Cheng Hao stated with a threat.
"Oh! I am scared! What am I going to do with a mad sword dog after me? Well, why don’t I kill this mad sword dog? So, I won’t be scared of his threat anymore?" Ye Chen sneered coldly in response.
Hearing this, the whole auction hall couldn’t help but freeze. Even Zhen Yunqi’s eyelids twitched at his words.
"Hahaha! Good! Good! There has yet to be a young one who will speak like this to me! But boy, you better be prepared for consequences! I bid 750,000 mid-grade spiritual stones!"
Cheng Hao laughed with malice while announcing his bid.
"Don’t worry, a mad sword dog can’t make any waves! I bid 800,000 mid-grade spirit stones!" Ye Chen announced immediately after that.
While the people inside the auction hall couldn’t help but become shocked at their words as well as their bids.
A tier-6 spirit fruit only costs about three to four hundred thousand. Even when auctioning the tier-6 spirit, it won’t go past five hundred thousand.
Although the Molten Heart Spirit Fruit was different, the cost still shouldn’t go above seven hundred thousand, as it was too much.
Not many powers could take out so much money for just a single spirit fruit.
"Damn it, that bastard must have gotten millions of spirit stones from the Su family!"
"Yeah, I hope he will keep everything in his spatial ring; it would be easy for us then!"
Many couldn’t help but display greed.
"820,000!"
"850,000!"
"870,000!"
"900,000!"
Both Ye Chen and Cheng Hao kept bidding.
This time Cheng Hao was only incrementing by a small amount, clearly hesitating to raise the bid further.
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Although he really wanted that Molten Heart Spirit Fruit so he could focus on his fire sword technique, spending one million just for this wasn’t worth it.
After all, he was paying from his pocket.
Hence, after the bid reached 950,000, he gave up.
"Boy, you better think twice before using this Molten Heart Spirit Fruit; if not, you will burn yourself or others to death!" Cheng Hao reminded with a serious tone.
If anyone didn’t know about what happened earlier, they would think he was reminding kindly. But clearly that was not the case, as he wanted Ye Chen to keep the spirit fruit in his spatial ring.
Later, once everyone attacked Ye Chen, he could go and grab it.
"Mad sword dog, have you forgotten I, Ye Chen, am a master at medicine? Let’s say this is a mere tier-6 spirit fruit; even if it was a tier-9 with a destructive force, I dare to eat it without worrying about the consequences of dying," Ye Chen stated with a chuckle.
While hearing him, Cheng Hao’s expression couldn’t help but turn dark. However, he only thought he was boasting to anger him.
"Humph! We will see if you dare to consume or not." He snorted coldly and became silent.
After which, Qian Yuexi hurriedly announced the winner of the bid and moved on to the next items.
There were a lot of weapons, armors, and pills. However, they didn’t have any use for Ye Chen, so he didn’t bother to bid and just chatted with Li Mei, Lan Ming, and the little girl Wang Yiyi, who was glaring at him from time to time.
"Senior brother, how many spiritual stones do you have now?" Li Mei couldn’t help but inquire.
Ye Chen had bought many herbs and spirit fruits from the beginning of the auction, also spending almost one million. Now the spiritual stones might not be enough for the next items, and it was just as she expected.
"I only have two hundred thousand spiritual stones remaining," Ye Chen replied with a calm look.
There were only a few things that he bought overpriced, while others were bought normally with minimal competition.
But even so, the amount of spiritual stones was too low for him to bid on anything.
"Brother Chen, how are you going to bid on good items then?" Lan Ming couldn’t help but ask with a guilty look.
She knew he bought the Molten Heart Spirit Fruit for her, but because of it, Ye Chen can’t bid any further even if there was an item he wanted.
Watching her like this, Ye Chen smiled faintly and ruffled her hair.
Just as he was about to reply, the door of the box opened, and Hong Fang came inside with a smile.
"Little friend Ye Chen, why did you call me? Do you want my help with something?" he inquired.
Just a while ago, a female servant had come into the box to deliver the items Ye Chen had won through bidding. This was the service only given to the people inside dragon boxes, and when the female servant delivered, Ye Chen had asked her to invite Hong Fang.
The female servant knew he was an important guest, so she didn’t delay and conveyed his words. After which, Hong Fang arrived within a few minutes.
"Yes, I do want your help with something." Ye Chen nodded and took out four blank papers.
After which he used his spiritual consciousness to write the formula of the tier-6 cleansing pill on every paper.
"Manager Hong Fang, these are the formulas for the tier-6 cleansing pill. You should keep one of them and auction the other three," he said without any change in his expression.
While after hearing his words, Jing Xiao, Wang Yiyi, Lan Ming, and Hong Fang couldn’t help but become shocked.
One had to know that tier-4 cleansing pills provided a lot of help in cultivating, especially if you have a low talent; you can take these pills and cleanse your body while also expelling pill poison.
This will increase the cultivation speed significantly, not to mention their physical strength will also grow stronger.
However, there was a limit to its effects. Especially since only foundation establishment cultivators and below can experience the effect of cleansing.
But with a tier-6 cleansing pill, this limit will change to nascent soul cultivator!
This was big news since many old fogies would be able to break through further. Not to mention it would be easy to create a bunch of core formation experts.
If anyone got to know there was such a formula to be auctioned, it wouldn’t be just some elders from top powers but leaders who would be coming here.
It might sound exaggerated, but for top powers who want to create an army of core formation experts and want a large number of nascent soul cultivators, it was very important.
They won’t mind going to war because it can change the rankings of top powers.
"This… Little brother Ye Chen, you have given me quite a difficult task, haven’t you?" Hong Fang couldn’t help but smile wryly.
"Manger Hong Fang, if someone inquires about the source, just say my name. By the way, inform Old Wei Sun and Su Qiming not to bid on these; I will give them to them later," Ye Chen said with a nonchalant look.
Watching him like this, Hong Fang could only nod helplessly, and after saying a few words, he left the dragon box with a serious expression.
"Looks like a great storm is about to begin," he muttered with a sigh.