Chapter 57 (1/2)

Chapter 57

Chapter 57 Ying Hou’s Methods

Hearing that the thousand-year-old Starfusing Gra.s.s was about to be auctioned, Long Chen’s heart jumped . This was the real reason he had come to the auction; he absolutely had to obtain it!

If he could use thousand-year-old Starfusing Gra.s.s, he would be one hundred percent certain of being able to refine an upper quality Starfusing Pill . And such a Starfusing Pill would have a one hundred percent chance of resolving the foreign spiritual energies within Chu Yao’s body .

Originally, Long Chen hadn’t planned on using thousand-year-old Starfusing Gra.s.s; he had thought that just hundred-year-old Starfusing Gra.s.s was already good enough . After all, even just hundred-year-old Starfusing Gra.s.s was difficult to obtain . That was because Starfusing Gra.s.s was an essential ingredient in many different second tier medicinal pills .

It was also extremely hard to gather Starfusing Gra.s.s, so it was in extremely low supply . Using ordinary Starfusing Gra.s.s vs thousand-year-old Starfusing Gra.s.s to refine pills simply could not be compared .

For Chu Yao, he didn’t care how much money he had to fork over . Originally, he hadn’t thought that it would be a problem to obtain this Starfusing Gra.s.s, and thus he hadn’t attempted to try buying it through back channels .

But truthfully, that most likely would not have worked anyways . The Huayun Pavilion refused all backdoor channels, since if news of that leaked, it would hurt their reputation .

Although the Starfusing Gra.s.s was rare, it wasn’t as if there were many alchemists . Long Chen had been highly confident in purchasing it with his current financial ability .

But now that that idiot Xia Baichi had decided to start messing with him… if he let her realize what his goal was, then that idiot woman would force Long Chen to fork out all his money, bankrupting him of even the clothes he was wearing .

That was also the reason why Long Chen had shouted out a bid on every item before, no matter what it was . And as expected, she also shouted out a higher bid every time . He deliberately set himself against her, forcing her to lose money . That was him setting up for the Starfusing Gra.s.s .

“Ten strands of thousand-year-old Starfusing Gra.s.s, an essential ingredient for second tier medicinal pills . I don’t need to explain just how precious such a thing is . The starting price is five hundred thousand gold coins!” announced Yao Niqian .

“700,000!”

“800,000!”

… .

At least ten people immediately started bidding . Most of them were all elderly faces .

Long Chen was familiar with a few of them . They were all people he had seen in the alchemist guild . But they were all Pill Apprentices .

There were a couple unfamiliar faces, but they were most likely alchemists as well . Other people wouldn’t know exactly just how precious such an item was or how to use it .

“Two million!”

One of the seniors had shouted a bid of one million eight hundred thousand and suppressed all the other bidders . Yao Niqian had begun to start her count when Long Chen finally shouted his bid .

Originally he had been praying that Xia Baichi would shout a bid before him . If he then bid against that, it would be seen as him trying to provoke her .

That kind of situation had the highest chance of him obtaining it at the lowest price .

But it appeared that the Heavens were not in a listening mood . Despite being a Pill Apprentice, Xia Baichi had no interest in the Starfusing Gra.s.s, causing Long Chen to curse inside .

“Little idiot sister, do you want to come out to test the waters?” As soon as he shouted the bid, he also sent some indifferent words to Xia Baichi’s private room .

The crowd was quiet . Was Long Chen trying to use this as a pretext to intimidate Xia Baichi?

“Don’t take the bait Baichi . He’s intentionally trying to infuriate you . ” Xai Changfeng hastily tried to calm her down, afraid she would get angry and once more foolishly waste money .

“Do you think I’m an idiot? I won’t fall for such an inferior trick,” coldly replied Xia Baichi . She was filled with contempt for Long Chen .

Hearing her reply, Long Chen celebrated inside . Of course, he didn’t dare show that outside . In a peculiar voice, he said, “Little idiot sister, could it be that you’re embarra.s.sed about running out of money?”

“You! . . . don’t worry, this lady has enough money to bury you alive!” angrily retorted Xia Baichi . She actually ran out of her private room and cursed right at Long Chen’s private room .

A stately imperial princess actually revealed her vulgar, uncouth side publically . Everyone’s expressions were strange as they exchanged glances .

Xia Changfeng’s face darkened, hastily pulling the Xia Baichi who was cursing madly back into the private room . This time Xia Baichi had truly lost the Grand Xia’s face .

Seeing that the atmosphere had become a bit strange and suppressed, Yao Niqian hastily said, “Young master Long Chen bids two million . Are there any higher bids?”

“Two million going once . ”

“Two million going twice… . ”

Long Chen finally relaxed when he saw Yao Niqian begin counting down . It seemed he had managed to trick that idiot Baichi again .

“Two million going-“

“Three million . ” A soft voice rang out calmly from another private room .

Long Chen’s expression changed and he turned to look at that private room . If he hadn’t remembered wrong, then that was Ying Hou’s private room!

He wasn’t a Pill Cultivator and also wasn’t a merchant; he couldn’t possibly know the true value of the Starfusing Gra.s.s!

And Long Chen’s bid of two million already counted as a high price . Although the Starfusing Gra.s.s was rare, it was something that could be collected if given enough time .

If Long Chen wasn’t in urgent need of it, he also wouldn’t have offered such a price . But now Ying Hou had raised the price by fifty percent!

Although nothing could be obtained cheaply at an auction, this price was far too high . And more importantly, Starfusing Gra.s.s had absolutely no use to Ying Hou .

A cold light flashed in Long Chen’s eyes . This Ying Hou was even more difficult to handle than he had thought . He had underestimated him; as one of the three peak experts in the Phoenix Cry Empire, he was truly worthy of having his name stand alongside his father . He had easily seen through his rouse .