BXBX NOVEL Chapter 71: Auction (2)
"You bastard, shut up. It\'s Miss Wang, do you want to kill us?" He said, and the man who had been scolded got scared.
He is a local, an Elder of one of the strongest local Families, the Lu Family, while the one who scolded him and frowned was the patriarch of the Lu Family. But, the Lu Family in front of the Wang…
They had better keep quiet.
So Elder Lu smiled sheepishly, and the patriarch spoke loudly.
"Miss Wang, I didn\'t expect you to be in the city. Long time no hear from you, I hope this spirit herb will help you to become a Spirit King soon." He spoke.
"Miss Wang? Could it be \'that\' Miss Wang we\'re talking about?"
"Miss Wang from the capital is back?"
"Shit, no wonder the Lu\'s are retreating, so it\'s her..."
Numerous similar words spread throughout the room.
And Tang Yin frowned.
Just as he was about to shout out his price, someone did, and the voice he heard was recognized.
\'Is it that lady?\' He thought, remembering the lady who invited him here when he was coming on the flying boat. But, seeing that the auctioneer was going to give a winner, Tang Yin stood up.
No matter who it was, this herb was his.
"1 million at..."
"1.1 million." Tang Yin said from his room, again bringing silence to the entire auction.
\'Anyone else?\' thought several upon hearing this.
Even Miss Wang was surprised.
"1.2 million." She replied quietly.
"1.5 million." Tang Yin said firmly, raising the price by 300 thousand gold coins in one go.
This stunned her.
\'Does this Young Master Tang really want to compete with me?\' Wang Yuwen thought in shock.
"Young Master Tang, could you please leave it to me? I can understand that you are rich, but I think this spiritual herb is really of no use to you. Instead, to me this herb is important right now, could you please lend it to me?" She asked politely.
Tang Yin smiled and shook his head helplessly.
"Miss Wang, I understand why you want this herb, but I need it too. And in me, it is a matter of life and death, so, I will only let you have it if you outbid me. Otherwise, I apologize." Tang Yin replied calmly, and Wang Yuwen frowned slightly.
"Young Master Tang, do you really want to make things difficult for yourself?" she asked, her politeness being lost a bit by the tone of voice she used at the end.
For her, this herb was important. If she could advance in her cultivation and reach the Spiritual King Realm in a short time, she could catch up with the great geniuses and manage to move up the favoritism ladder of her sect.
This was important.
Getting the elders to look up to her so that she could have a greater future was her wish. She needed to do this so she could get out of the hands of her family and do what she wanted.
And this herb was necessary for that, so she had to get it.
Of course, she could get high in cultivation without needing the spiritual herb, it would only speed up the process. But she is determined to obtain this herb, but she doesn\'t want to spend too much money.
1 million coins is too much for this, and is there anyone trying to raise it higher?
And in her own territory?
She can\'t allow it.
Tang Yin for his part, smiled.
"Miss Wang, we are at an auction. Here the highest bidder gets it, regardless of the rest." He replied.
He was still calm.
And Wang Yuwen frowned when she heard this and then wanted to test to see how much money this person who had no cultivation could have.
"1.6 million." She replied.
"1.8 million." Tang Yin said, leaving her stunned again.
\'Shit, 1.8 million for only 5 of these things? How rich is that bastard?\' thought many of the people present.
Of all the cultivation techniques he put up for sale, all but the last remaining one were sold, and also all the pills were sold. The prices of these things were not small, even more so considering that Tang Yin had quite a bit of money from before. If she wanted to test his wealth with that and using such an important herb for Tang Yin, then it was very wrong.
At worst, Tang Yin would raise the price even beyond his limits and give cultivation techniques or alchemical recipes as payment since it was allowed.
But now, he was far from reaching his limit.
Wang Yuwen felt a little annoyed as she noticed that this person\'s wealth was higher than she thought it would be.
"Young Master Tang, do you really want to fight with me? I think you know very well that it was me who invited you to this auction, which is an auction sponsored by my family, do you really want to?" She asked again.
This time, her voice was laced with a threat that was easily noticed by Tang Yin, who frowned.
\'So, this miss is from the Desert King Family? Shit, what an important status she has.\' Tang Yin thought with a frown.
He had heard that the family that sponsored this place was the Desert King Family, the Wang Family.
But only now did he realize that this girl was a member of that family.
It is troublesome. According to all the people of this city, the Desert King is the most powerful person in all these four desert cities.
Moreover, the fact that this person who had been invited by Miss Wang herself, was competing with her for one of the auction items left many of those present in shock.
"Young man, do you think you can oppose the Wang\'s!? Stop fighting with Miss Wang or my Lu Family will give you what you deserve!" Elder Lu shouted from another room, and his words were followed by the words of other elders in other rooms.
Tang Yin simply shrugged his shoulders.
If he gave up now, when would he regain his cultivation? How long would it take for that Spirit Grass to grow back?
At best, if it was cultivated well, it might take five years or more to grow back. If not, it could take up to 10 years.
Who knows when he would see it again?
Under no circumstances will he lose this much-needed herb for himself.
"As I said, if Miss Wang wants to compete with me for the spiritual herb, then she can do so. Or maybe the auction rules don\'t exist in this auction?" Tang Yin said, and at the end, he left a question.
"Miss Auctioneer, can you repeat the auction rules?" he said again.
This stunned everyone present.
No one expected this person to have so much guts to say that, even when many of the powers in the city were shouting at him, could he be a powerful cultivator? Thought many of them, and it was what left them silent, not knowing if they should support Wang Yuwen in this or if they should remain silent.
The auctioneer did not know how to respond to this.
On the one hand, there were the rules of the auction, and on the other hand, there was the Miss Family who created and made this auction possible. There was her employer, basically.
What was she to do?
But, the rest of the organizers noticed that this was bad, and seeing that the lady didn\'t know how to solve this, one of the more senior auctioneers went up and motioned for her to get off.
The man then took control of the auction, and as soon as he did, he looked into the room where Tang Yin was.
"Mr. Tang Yin, may I ask you to stop trying to buy this herb? As you well know, it is important to our lady, we cannot let her down. Of course, we also know it is important to you, so we will give you monetary compensation, how about 1 million spiritual gold coins?" Spoke the auctioneer.
Clearly, they didn\'t want this to go any further and wanted to resolve this in the best way possible.
One million spiritual gold coins would be given to him if he chose to stop trying to get it. He would lose nothing; he would gain 1 million spiritual gold coins.
Who could refuse this?
Tang Yin could.
He really didn\'t mind this in the least.
"I\'m sorry, Sir. But as I said before, it\'s very important to me this spiritual herb. I cannot stop." Tang Yin replied firmly.
Wang Yuwen became even angrier now.
"Young Master Tang, are you serious?"
"Of course, I am. I can\'t joke about something like that."
"What if I take away your auction token? You won\'t be able to continue participating if I do that and since I issued it, I can do that, if you choose to stop now, I can still forget this."
Wang Yuwen was visibly angry in her room, almost fuming, and blurted this out, which stunned everyone here.
Taking away the auction token from a person who was actively participating in it?
It had never happened before!
But certainly, if it did, he wouldn\'t be able to participate!
\'Shit, would Miss Wang be able to do something so shameless?\' thought many here.
Even Tang Yin was shocked.
"Miss Wang, you really don\'t care about your family\'s reputation, saying that?" Tang Yin asked in surprise.
"Heh, reputation is something only winners can talk about." She replied, and Tang Yin smiled.
"You\'re right, then send someone to take this token away from me. It doesn\'t seem to be worthy of being held by me." Tang Yin replied calmly, leaving Wang Yuwen stunned.
"Are you serious, Young Master Tang Yin?" She asked, even angrier than before.
They were challenging her in front of so many people!
Shit, no one had ever dared to do something like that before!
"Of course, it\'s just that, you still can\'t take me out. As one of the sellers in this auction who has an item in the last section of the auction, you can\'t take me out. So, you can take your token with you if you wish." Tang Yin replied with a calm smile and sat back down.
This angered Wang Yuwen even more.
\'This bastard is making fun of me!\' She thought with great anger.