Chapter 110 - 110 Bidding war (1/2)

Shun Long smiled mockingly at the starting price that the 'Treasure Pavilion' had set for his wine.

''Master, I'm sure that they are intentionally trying to bring down the price of the wine so they can get it cheaper as well.''

With that mocking smile still on his face Shun Long replied

''Perhaps if I have put for auction both of the barrels, then this could work. But now ...? There is no chance for this cheap trick to cause any waves today. There is only one barrel, and whoever wants it will obtain it. If the 'Treasure Pavilion' thinks that this can do any harm today then they really are a bunch of fools.''

When the people in the outer seats heard that the wine would be sold for spirit stones, they were dazed as they had expected everything in a sect auction to be purchasable with sect points.

However, the Elders in the private rooms had been informed beforehand, so all of them had brought large amounts of spirit stones with them, as the bidding war then started

''1100 spirit stones!''

''1100? Hahaha, Lu Niu are you dreaming? 1500 spirit stones''

''1800''

''2000''

The price for the wine was climbing at an alarming rate, but Shun Long was still casually sipping his wine as he enjoyed the show. Little Black had almost finished his wine barrel by now, and looking at the relaxed Shun Long he asked

''Master, are you certain that you want to challenge that Fu Peizhi in 3 days from now? Why not just fight him after you get a little stronger? We still have 3 months until this 'Vermilion realm' opens, so even if you decide to fight him near the end of the 3 months, there will still be plenty of time.''

Shun Long however shook his head at little Black's question as he said

''I too would have preferred to go in seclusion after today's auction but... it may create problems in the future.''

Shun Long saw that little Black didn't understand what he meant so he continued explaining

''The real issue lies with the arena rules. Only those ranked 101-200 are allowed to challenge the top 100 people in the arena.

If I go into seclusion while I'm still ranked 93rd, there is no doubt that I will receive plenty of challenges and I will either have to accept all of them or lose my rank.''

Little Black nodded his head as he said

''But the worst that can happen is for master to fall below the top 100 ranks then right? Master will definitely be able to reclaim a spot in the top 100 after exiting seclusion.''

Shun Long smiled after he heard little Black's words and said

''The arena rules state that one can refuse a challenge if he has already fought for that day. Even if I'm strong enough to claim a spot in the top 100, if people abuse this rule near the last days of the selection and I end up being unable to successfully challenge someone in the top 100, then I will still be the one who loses out.''

Little Black seemed to have just realized that such a 'loophole' existed in the arena rules. However, this didn't answer all of his questions so he continued

''But still, how is it going to help if master challenges Fu Peizhi?''