Chapter 59 (1/2)

Chapter 59

Chapter 59 Earth Cla.s.s Battle Skill

In her hand was a thin book . When it appeared, the whole crowd went silent for a moment before exploding into startled cries .

Most of the people present all knew that every three years the Huayun Pavilion would have their final auction item be a Battle Skill . Counting the time, this was precisely the third year .

If it was just an ordinary Battle Skill, it wouldn’t have attracted so many startled cries . However, it was no ordinary Battle Skill . It was an Earth cla.s.s Battle Skill!

Earth cla.s.s Battle Skills only existed in legends . They could only be found within the hands of sects that were isolated from the mortal world .

It was rumored the Phoenix Cry Empire’s most precious treasure was just a portion of an Earth cla.s.s Battle Skill . Only the imperial disciples could learn it .

Thus, for most people, Earth cla.s.s Battle Skills were things they had only ever heard of in legends . Now that they could personally see it, although they knew such a thing would not be obtained by them, it still was something that caused their hearts to jump wildly .

“Earth cla.s.s Battle Skill – Three Style Parting Wind . Starting bid of twenty million . ”

An Earth cla.s.s Battle Skill did not require much introduction . Just the ‘Earth cla.s.s’ introduction was enough .

“Thirty million!”

Xia Changfeng’s bid came from his private room . That was the first time Xia Changfeng had partic.i.p.ated in the compet.i.tion since the golden battle armor .

Furthermore, he immediately increased the price by ten million . That kind of money spending style was quite shocking .

Although Long Chen was attracted to that Battle Skill, he knew that it was impossible for him to obtain it . Xia Changfeng’s thirty million bid was nothing; it was just the beginning .

“Fifty million!”

An aged voice came from inside another private room . That guest in that room had never revealed himself to the crowd so no one knew who was inside .

Long Chen realized that that old man had probably come here expressly for that Battle Skill . Perhaps now was the time that all the hidden tigers partic.i.p.ating in the auction would now reveal themselves to compete .

“Sixty million!”

This time the voice was extremely sharp and uncomfortable listen to, like the sound of metal sc.r.a.ping against metal . It came from a bearded, middle-aged man in the corner of the crowd .

“Eighty million!”

This time it was the soft feminine voice of Ying Hou .

Now the crowd was extremely quiet . Other than Xia Changfeng, the mysterious elder, the bearded man, and Ying Hou, no one else had enough money to compete against such a high price .

“One hundred million!”

Xia Changfeng took a deep breath and shouted out this price .

Long Chen sighed in admiration . The Huayun Pavilion truly had a shocking amount of wealth . Just a copied, handwritten Earth cla.s.s Battle Skill could be sold for over a hundred million .

What was even more shocking to think about was that they could copy it countless times and auction it over and over at different places . As for the people who managed to obtain it in the end, they would all hide it away deeply so no one else could take it from them . Maybe they would even kill anyone who knew about it .

This caused Long Chen to become more and more interested in just who was the secret support of the Huayun Pavilion . Whatever the origin of that support was, it even allowed them to take out such a precious item without being afraid of others attacking in greed .

Xia Changfeng’s hundred million bid might be shocking, but it was immediately followed up .

“110,000,000!”

This time it was the mysterious elder in the private room . Considering that he had refused to show himself up till this point, it seemed he would not easily give up on obtaining this Battle Skill .

“130,000,000!”

That bearded man was also unwilling to appear weak . Considering the current point in the auction, only bids by increments of ten million were worth anything .

The rest of the crowd was completely silent . Only the astronomical bids continued to ring throughout the room .

“150,000,000!”

“160,000,000!”

“180,000,000!”

Such high numbers actually tested a person’s mental fort.i.tude . Although it wasn’t their money, when Fatty Yu and the others heard them, it made it hard for them to breath .

Sweat was dripping of Xia Changfeng’s forehead . He had managed to learn through a secret backchannel that the auction this time would have an Earth cla.s.s Battle Skill .

Thus he had brought all the money he had to increase his credit limit . But in total he only had two hundred million . Since the price was already at one hundred eighty million, it seemed that his two hundred million wouldn’t be enough .

“Baichi, how much more credit do you have?” he asked of Xia Baichi .

Looking at her crystal card, she replied, “I still have three hundred sixty million . ”

Xia Changfeng was overjoyed . “Good sister, your brother’s money won’t be enough soon . Lend me some money and I’ll return it when we get back to the Grand Xia . ”

Xia Baichi hesitated for a moment before saying, “I can lend it to you, but you must hand over Long Chen’s head to me within a short time . ”