Chapter 147: Chapter 147 False Magic Artifact?_1
For a moment, the air was thick with tension.
Many small buyers pressed down their agitation; the competition between the big shots was not something they could interfere with.
Inside the private room, Luo Qiuyu’s face was flushed with excitement. She couldn’t care less about Ye Fei beside her and was about to make a bid.
"It’s fake."
A faint voice drifted over, causing Wei Qiuyu to start.
Turning to Ye Fei, she realized that he had opened his eyes at some unknown time and was looking disdainfully at the abacus that everyone revered as a Magic Artifact.
And Luo Qiuyu heard the two words very clearly. Her expression became complex as she asked,
"Mr. Ye, are you saying that this item is fake?"
"Mhm," Ye Fei nodded.
At the auction, wealthy buyers had started calling out their bids, one huge number after another being announced.
In front of them, money seemed not to be currency but merely a number.
Everyone was determined to win, even if it meant risking half of their wealth!
"Just by activating it slightly, it made me feel refreshed and clear-headed. If placed at home, it could surely lead to longevity and even immunity from all poisons!"
The rogue seller was almost overjoyed as he heard the numbers being called out, but in front of everyone, he had to put on a pitiful facade of "reluctantly selling a family heirloom."
He also noticed that among all the private rooms, there was only one that never placed a bid.
They had not made a sound from the beginning to the end.
He had done his research; in that room was another big spender.
The man was very confident in his methods and didn’t want to let such a juicy target slip away.
He didn’t use a microphone, but instead raised his voice and said,
"What does this brother mean by not bidding? Could it be that you look down on the ancestral Magic Artifact from the Tian Family of Mingyun State?"
The man’s voice was loud, instantly filling the venue.
Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing, which was the private room where Wei Qiuyu and Ye Fei were sitting.
Inside the room, Wei Qiuyu knew without thinking that they were now the center of attention.
She panicked for a moment.
Not because everyone was watching her, but because if she let the Magic Artifact slip away without making a bid, the news would be disastrous for her.
She looked at Ye Fei, seeking help, only to see him suddenly stand up and mutter to himself,
"Since you’re looking for death, you can’t blame me."
After speaking, he pulled aside the partition of the private room and stared directly at the man on the stage.
"Do you really want me to explain the reason?"
The man was taken aback by the question and suddenly felt somewhat guilty.
But then, thinking of his thorough preparations, he puffed up his chest with renewed confidence.
"Of course, but if it’s because you don’t have the money and don’t want to bid, then pretend I never asked."
No sooner had he spoken than the audience erupted in laughter.
Ye Fei was unfazed, watching the auctioneer and enunciating each word,
"This Magic Artifact of yours is fake."
"What?!"
Suddenly, the auctionhouse erupted into chaos.
"How could it be fake? You must be out of your mind! We all witnessed the master activate the Magic Artifact with our own eyes, not to mention its effects!"
"Right, it’s just that you, young man, are jealous because you have no money and want to sabotage the master’s good fortune!"
"Jealousy is such a disease—by the way, can Jin Yun Auction House do a proper background check? How can just anyone walk in?"
Instantly, all fingers pointed at Ye Fei, subject to the crowd’s denunciation.
Wei Qiuyu, equally worried, looked at him and felt some remorse.
If she had not invited Ye Fei, none of this would have happened...
But Ye Fei didn’t care and simply looked at the man, asking with a chuckle,
"Do you really want me to take action?"
The man stiffened his neck, "I’m afraid you don’t have the guts!" Without saying more, Ye Fei stood in the private room and waved his hand grandly. An invisible "Boom" sounded in the void, unheard by everyone else because Ye Fei had used a secret method.
In an instant, Ye Fei’s enchantment erased the lingering Spiritual Power on the abacus!
"May I ask the master to activate the Magic Artifact for everyone to see again?" Ye Fei’s voice rang out.
The seller let out a strange laugh, full of mockery,
"Why wouldn’t I dare? Country bumpkin, you better look closely!"
When the abacus was in his hand, the man instantly felt that something was off, but he still infused it with Spiritual Power.
Everyone quietly waited, expecting that wonderful feeling to arrive.
However, after a long while, no one felt that refreshing sensation.
"Master, what’s the matter?"
The host next to him couldn’t stand by and said something as a reminder.
The man’s face turned pale, and his lips trembled.
"How is this possible..."
"How is it not possible?" Ye Fei’s voice came through the private room, reaching everyone’s ears.
"It was merely tampered with by you to carry the aura of a real Magic Artifact, nothing more. I simply erased it, and now it has become nothing more than an ordinary abacus."
With that said, everyone came to understand.
This seller from Mingyun State, he really thought they were fools!
"Catch that bastard, don’t let him get away!"
"Dared to trick me? Today I’ll show you how many eyes Lord Ma has!"
Suddenly, a few burly men charged from backstage.
The leader, without a word, delivered a ferocious punch to the seller’s face, sending the man flying backward, crashing through countless chairs, and embedding into the wall!
