Chapter 1096 (2/2)

He had not even looked at Mu Chen once despite having disrupted Mu Chen’s flow. It was as if Mu Chen was not even worthy of his notice. His attitude shocked many masters in the loft. He and Mu Chen clearly had a past together.

“This b*stard!” Nine Nether’s beautiful eyes were furious and steely cold. Xia Hong was clearly against Mu Chen. He obviously did not want Mu Chen to get what he wanted too easily.

Compared to Nine Nether’s fury, Mu Chen’s expression was calm. He had clearly already predicted the worst case scenario, and he merely looked at Xia Hong calmly, then smiled and said, “Fifteen million.”

The stone pearl in Xia Hong’s hand rolled slightly, and without raising his head, he said, “Sixteen million.”

The pavilion was in an uproar. If the previous contest between Mu Chen and Mubai had been considered friendly, then this contest between Mu Chen and Xia Hong was carnage.

Wearing a cold expression, Nine Nether clenched her jade-like hands, and a scary spiritual energy fluctuation surrounded her like an aura. Behind her, Bai Lao, Shi Wang, and Tan Qiu were wearing similarly bleak expressions.

“Seventeen million.” Mu Chen’s tone remained calm, and his face, expressionless.

The figure he gave shocked the entire crowd, and even the revolving black pearl in Xia Hong’s hand paused. He raised his head, finally looking at Mu Chen, and with a thoughtful expression, said, “Our friend is indeed wealthy and overbearing. If that’s the case, I’ll concede today and stop contesting for the ancient scroll.”

The people listening smacked their lips. They could clearly tell that Xia Hong had no interest in the scroll and merely raised the price so that Mu Chen would have to pay more. Indeed, his plan worked well, since he got Mu Chen to pay 5,000,000 more drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.

“Many thanks to the Fourth Prince, then.” Mu Chen was seemingly indifferent towards the sympathizing gazes of the crowd, and he even smiled at Xia Hong, saying, “I do hope the Fourth Prince will not regret letting me have it later on, or this 10,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid will seem a small price to pay.”

Mu Chen’s words raised eyebrows. The masters in the crowd clearly thought he was being arrogant. Xia Hong’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he felt a little uneasy, but he quickly pushed down that tiny niggling feeling. Even with this ancient scroll, what could a fellow who was a mere Half Grade Nine do to him? When the Great Xia Dynasty’s army arrived, this fellow could be crushed to death at any time. So he merely chuckled, and the edges of his lips curled in contempt. “If that’s the case, I’ll be waiting, so don’t disappoint me.”

Mu Chen merely smiled without saying anything, letting him have the last word.

“What an annoying fellow!” Nine Nether said coldly. While 5,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid wasn’t a small amount, what really made her furious was Xia Hong’s underhanded tactic.

“Does he really think our Daluo Territory is a pushover?” Tan Qiu was also enraged. Daluo Territory was not like before, and while their foundations were lacking compared to the Great Xia Dynasty, in a fight, the Great Xia Dynasty would not have the upper hand, either.

Faced with their fury, Mu Chen just waved his hand dismissively and smiled. “No big deal. As I said, there will come a day when the Fourth Prince regrets allowing me to have the ancient scroll.” He spoke with confidence, as he could vaguely sense that the Nine Dragon Devouring Fairy Array was extraordinary, and if he managed to comprehend it, its value would be incomparable to over 10,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.

Mu Chen’s confidence made Nine Nether and the rest heave a sigh of relief. While they weren’t too clear about the potential of the Nine Dragon Celestial Devourer Array, Mu Chen’s words made them believe it would be extraordinary. As they were talking, Han Fei, who was on the balcony, had already ended the auction for the Nine Dragon Celestial Devourer Array, and after ordering someone to hand it over to Mu Chen, had started the auction for the third item.

It was a slightly defective and extremely ancient Super Power Art of extraordinary power, but Mu Chen was not interested in bidding, as he didn’t want to bite off more than he could chew. He didn’t have enough free time to collect so many defective items to peruse and research one by one.

The defective super power was finally auctioned off at the price of 18,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to Miss Qin Ya of Tianya House. The atmosphere in the pavilion suddenly turned tense after the defective super power was auctioned off, and countless gazes fixed on the fourth silver plate.

Most of the powers who came here were not interested in the first three items, but rather were aiming for the item which had been the subject of hot debate in the city over the past few days.

On the balcony, Han Fei turned solemn upon noticing the interested gazes on him. He personally held up the silver plate, and with a glow, gradually revealed the item within.

A mottled gold token amulet was lying on the silver plate, and the blurred outlines of two archaic words could vaguely be seen. On closer inspection, those two blurred outlines sharpened into the words, “the second.”

Mu Chen’s eyes flashed. It was the second hall master’s token amulet!