Chapter 62
Chapter 62 End of the Auction
“Six hundred million . ”
That voice was extremely young and lazy . Everyone turned their heads to look at the private room it had come from .
When they saw it was Long Chen’s private room, a strange expression appeared on several people .
Back when Long Chen had been about to obtain the Starfusing Grass, Ying Hou had purposely said some things that had incited Xia Baichi to fight with him over it . Now from Long Chen’s words, it appeared he was looking for some revenge .
Several people were praising Long Chen inside . There were few people in the entire Phoenix Cry Empire who would dare compete with Ying Hou .
Ying Hou’s face darkened . He hadn’t expected that Long Chen who had been silent for so long would suddenly take this chance to look for trouble with him .
“Seven hundred million . ”
But at this point, he couldn’t cower . That medicinal pill was something he absolutely had to obtain no matter the price .
Otherwise, with his status, there was no way that he would thicken his face to plead with Wang Luyang . That medicinal pill was just that important to him .
A pleased smile appeared on Long Chen’s face . Now he could take revenge on Ying Hou for what he had done to him just before . He couldn’t help feeling fresh and brighter inside .
He had always been using divine sense to pay attention to Xia Changfeng’s private room . Having learned from them that Ying Hou treated this Flesh Bone Restoration Pill as a must have, if he didn’t go get some vengeance then he wouldn’t be Long Chen .
Although he knew offending Ying Hou was unwise, he didn’t worry too much about that . First he’d relieve some of his anger .
He didn’t believe that Ying Hou would actually go overboard against him for such a thing . With the alchemist guild behind him as a support, he had the confidence to provoke Ying Hou .
“Eight hundred million . ”
The Huayun Pavilion didn’t send any warnings to him despite his high bids . Yao Niqian was actually excited inside, however she hid her emotions extremely well .
“Master Long Chen bids eight hundred million . Are there any higher bids? If not, then this high grade Flesh Bone Restoration Pill will be handed to him,” announced Yao Niqian .
“Wait a moment, I doubt that Long Chen actually has that much money . He’s just making empty bids . ”
Ying Hou’s feminine voice now held a trace of anger . Although he had suppressed, people could still hear the fury in his voice .
“Is senior Ying Hou questioning our integrity?” Yao Niqian’s smile immediately receded and she angrily said, “Young master Long Chen is grandmaster Yun Qi’s student . Everyone in the Phoenix Cry Empire knows this . Before the auction, grandmaster Yun Qi transferred all his credit to young master Long Chen . Does senior Ying Hou still think that young master Long Chen is making empty bids?”
Yao Niqian’s words were rather blunt and impolite . Obviously Ying Hou had truly angered her by breaking the rules .
Now that she had the opportunity, she would naturally relieve some of her anger . She was a woman, and a women knew how to hold grudges . Once you angered them, they would no longer be that gentle and soft .
Everyone gasped when they learned that grandmaster Yun Qi had transferred his credit to Long Chen .
That meant Long Chen had the true support of the entire alchemist guild . That kind of guarantee meant Long Chen could reserve anything he wanted . Who dared to say he had no money?
But even Long Chen was dazed . How come he hadn’t known about this? But he quickly realized that Ying Hou’s actions had angered the Huayun Pavilion . They were supporting him in order to give Ying Hou a slap in the face .
Ying Hou’s expression was extremely ugly now . If what Yao Niqian had said was true then he really wouldn’t be able to compete against Long Chen in terms of financial resources .
“One billion . ”
Ying Hou pushed down his anger and raised the bid by a whole two hundred million . A billion gold coins! Just to buy a second tier medicinal pill! That was definitely unprecedented .
With Ying Hou’s financial ability, a billion gold coins was already several years worth of savings .
“Brother Long, how about you don’t bid again? It’s already quite frightening . ” Shou Hou was quietly shivering .
Back when Long Chen had bid they had all been completely shocked . A simple opening of his mouth was equivalent to a hundred million gold… even if it wasn’t their money, it was still breathtaking .
But Long Chen only smiled something . He was highly suspicious that Ying Hou was the one who had stolen his cultivation ability . Now it was just him getting back some interest .
“One billion five hundred million . ”
Immediately after Shou Hou finished, Long Chen raised the bid, almost scaring Shou Hou to the point of fainting .
Ying Hou had just raised the price by two hundred million all at once . But now Long Chen was even more vicious, directly raising the price by half a billion! He was clearly using Yun Qi’s money to suppress Ying Hou .
The crowd was completely silent . Even Wang Luyang was flabbergasted . That price had long since exceeded his expectations .
Although he only had a middle grade Flesh Bone Recovery Pill and it wasn’t inferior to the high grade pill, there was still a large chance of him being able to figure out the pill formula from studying it . Therefore he had also given up at this time .
Crack . The teacup in Ying Hou’s hand was crushed, and even the tea that splashed onto his body was completely unnoticed by him .
Blue veins were pulsing on his forehead . If he didn’t know that the Huayun Pavilion had a powerful backer, he would have already charged out to go kill Long Chen .
“Long Chen, you want to obtain this pill that badly?” coldly asked Ying Hou .
Long Chen laughed . He could tell that Ying Hou had spit these words out through clenched teeth . In other words, he was exceptionally enraged, probably even more enraged than Long Chen had been when trying to obtain the Starfusing Grass .
“Well, actually this thing is pretty much useless to me,” indifferently said Long Chen .
“Then you’re purposely making an enemy of me?” raged Ying Hou .
“You can’t put it that way . I have several reasons for wanting to obtain this thing . Reason number one is that it’s an ancient pill . Even if I have to pay a high price for it, it’s still worth it . If I bring it back to my teacher he also wouldn’t scold me . In fact he might even praise me .
“Reason number two is that you pissed me off just now . My temperament is a bit strange . I can take anything, but I can’t take a lose like that .
“Reason number three is that just like you, my father is also one of the three great supports of this Phoenix Cry Empire . He spends his days guarding the wild border, fighting against enemies constantly, completing heroic contributions . But my family became penniless, unable to even keep a dozen servants .
“But you, Ying Hou, who are on the same level as my father, who lazes his days in the imperial palace, actually has this much money .
“So I was curious just how big the difference between us was . Just how rich is senior Ying Hou; just how many times more money does he have than my Long family?” smiled Long Chen .
The majority of the people present were members of the Phoenix Cry Empire . Although Long Chen had been laughing as he said those things, everyone could hear his resentment .
“So you want to fight with me till the end?” lightly asked Ying Hou as he looked down at his broken teacup, killing intent surfacing in his eyes .
“Not really . Maybe if you increase the price again you’ll win; or maybe if some people are able to tactfully display their own apologies, then my Long family will consider it and withdraw from this competition,” said Long Chen .
“Hahaha, fine, a tiger father truly has a tiger son . The younger generation truly does surpass the old one . I admit defeat today . Allow me to shamelessly make one last bid – one billion five hundred and one million,” laughed Ying Hou .
Everyone was stupefied, never expecting that Long Chen would actually be able to force Ying Hou to bow his head . Ying Hou’s admittance of defeat already said everything .
Long Chen smiled slightly . It appeared he had already reached Ying Hou’s bottom line . His adding of a paltry one million obviously meant that if Long Chen were to make another bid, he would give up .
But if he did give up, he would not hold back from taking extreme measures . Long Chen knew when to quit while he was ahead, and so he didn’t increase the bid again .
Today already counted as his victory . An expert on the same level as his father was pushed into defeat by him . Moreover he had also managed to release some of his anger in this grand setting .
But his actually strength still wasn’t enough . He couldn’t force Ying Hou too far, otherwise if Ying Hou was truly angered, he would make him disappear without leaving behind a single trace . Even the alchemist guild wouldn’t be able to investigate it .
And even if they did investigate at that time, he would already be dead, so there was no point . Revenge had to be taken one step at a time .
Yao Niqian had returned to her smiling self . Seeing that no one else was competing, she began to count down .
Finally Ying Hou had his wish fulfilled and obtained the Flesh Bone Restoration Pill .
Confetti suddenly started to rain down and music began to play . A dozen colorful young maidens danced gracefully .
Yao Niqian gave a gracious thanks to everyone for participating . This time’s Huayun Pavilion’s auction had finally ended . The guests slowly started to leave .
Long Chen wasn’t in a rush . He waited till most of the crowd had left before exiting his private room .
But as soon as he walked out, he ended up running into several people . Those people were precisely Xia Changfeng, Chu Yang, and Xia Baichi .
“Long Chen, don’t think you can be arrogant just because of Yun Qi’s support . The Empress Dowager has already decided to give the third princess to my brother . In the future she will be brother’s woman, so a lowly peasant like you should stop having any intentions about her,” sneered Xia Baichi .
“Oh, aren’t you that woman who was sharing a bed with your master? Now that your master has left, don’t you need to go attend to him?” Before Long Chen even had a chance to say anything, Shou Hou had already retorted .
Having muddled along with Long Chen for so long, he had become much more confident . He wouldn’t be able to feel at peace without causing a bit of trouble .
Xia Baichi’s expression changed; Shou Hou’s words were a vicious slap in the face for her .
Back on that day, Xia Baichi had gone crazy and admitted to some scandalous affairs in front of many people . However no one dared comment on it to her face . In the end, she had actually ended up fooling herself into thinking that they hadn’t heard her due to how far the crowd had been .
“You’re asking for it!”
Xia Baichi had just been about to charge over when Xia Changfeng pulled her back . After all, this was the Huayun Pavilion’s territory, and fighting was prohibited .
“Long Chen, it is already set in stone that Chu Yao will be my woman . Don’t have any fanciful thoughts . I am the Grand Xia’s prince, while you are just a noble heir . Our statuses are far too different,” indifferently said Xia Changfeng .
Long Chen seemed to not even hear what he said . He knew the reason they had come over was to provoke him .
He had long since heard this news, so that provocation was unable to hurt him . Long Chen suddenly saw one of the guards behind the crown prince and said, “I seem to have seen you before?”
That guard smiled slightly . “I am the crown prince’s guard, so it’s normal for you to have seen me . ”
“No, I think I’ve seen you in a very particular place . For example, near the martial arena . ” Long Chen looked closely at him .
That guard didn’t reply, merely looking back at Long Chen .
Long Chen smiled slightly and said to Xia Changfeng, “Your face is turning black; a great calamity is about to befall you . Try to be careful . ”
After saying that, he brought his friends out of the Huayun Pavilion . But as soon as he left, Fu Gui ran up to him .
“The boss wants to see you . ”