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Chapter 172 Auction Fight



The auction officially began.

The host took the stage, delivered an opening spiel, and immediately moved on to introducing the first item up for bid.

As Li Xiaoyao had expected, the main attractions at today's charity auction were various pieces of jewelry and calligraphy paintings.

After all, the items up for auction were private donations from tycoons of various industries.

You couldn't expect a newly rich individual to have much taste; outside of antique calligraphy paintings and jewelry, they truly had nothing else.

"This is a Precious Sword from the Tang Dynasty, engraved with the Beidou Seven Stars Formation, said to have been forged by the Tang Dynasty's celestial master Li Chunfeng..." The host rambled on for quite a bit before finally saying, "This item has been generously donated by the organizer of today's auction: the chairman of Jiangdu Industries, Mr. Dou Qing, at great personal sacrifice. The starting bid: one Xuan Country Currency!"

Since it was a charity auction, all the items started with a bid of one Xuan Country Currency.

Li Xiaoyao's eyes lit up when he saw the Precious Sword.

"This sword is extraordinary!"

"I can sense a stream of Spiritual Energy emanating from it!"

"It must truly be a relic from the Tang Dynasty, and it's normal for ancient items to retain a trace of Spiritual Energy."

As he thought this, Li Xiaoyao looked up to find the price of the sword had already been bid up to three hundred thousand.

Li Xiaoyao, with an indifferent voice, said, "Three hundred and fifty thousand."

"Four hundred thousand!"

Someone immediately raised the bid, but as soon as the words left their mouth, the person next to them pushed them slightly and whispered a warning, "Are you crazy? The person who just placed the bid is with Mr. Cheng. Do you really want to offend him and Mr. Cheng?"

The man who raised the bid, a middle-aged man in his forties, also turned to look back and saw Li Xiaoyao sitting there with an indifferent expression.

Scared to the core, the man thought Li Xiaoyao's expression was one of anger. He quickly stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, sir, I didn't know it was you who placed the bid."

He quickly addressed the host, "I'm not bidding anymore, I'm out."

The host was also bewildered, looking at Li Xiaoyao at the back of the hall and thinking to himself, just what sort of background did this young man have?

Typically, at auctions, the closer to the front one sat, the more impressive their identity and status were, and those in the very back row were generally the ones with the lowest status in the auction hall.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

But now, a big boss from the third row was apologizing in a low voice, looking terrified to a young man sitting in the last row.

This scene utterly astonished the host.

However, to others, this scene seemed entirely normal.

While they might not know how impressive Li Xiaoyao was, they did know that Mr. Cheng by Li Xiaoyao's side held a powerful and fearsome influence throughout Lu Province!

The host only paused for a few seconds before he started the count, "Three hundred and fifty thousand for the first time, three hundred and fifty thousand for the second time..."

Just as the host was about to bring down the gavel, a discordant voice suddenly rang out from below, "Three hundred and sixty thousand!"

At that instant, everyone's gaze followed the sound.

The man who raised the bid was sitting right in the center of the first row. Some of those with a keen mind instantly remembered that this was the man who had been personally accompanied by Dou Qing earlier.

Many others sighed internally.

"Even if it's Dou Qing, how does he compare to the Cheng Family of the Lu Province military region? He's still far behind."

"It looks like a good show is about to unfold!"

The one who raised the bid was indeed Master Wu.

Master Wu initially had no interest in the sword, but Li Xiaoyao's sudden bid had piqued his curiosity.

Li Xiaoyao was a Cultivator, this much he was certain of.

An item that caught the attention of a Cultivator was unlikely to be ordinary.

Although Master Wu couldn't see what was special about the sword, since Li Xiaoyao was interested in it, there must be something special about it.

He thought that this young man might have come to the auction specifically for this sword.

With that in mind, he was even more determined to secure the sword for himself.

As for whether he would offend the Cheng Family or Li Xiaoyao by doing this, it was not within Wu Zhenren's considerations.

To Wu Zhenren, a Qi-Training Mirror Cultivator was not worth mentioning, not to mention that, in his heart, Li Xiaoyao was already a dead man.

"Four hundred thousand!" Li Xiaoyao continued to bid, not giving up despite Wu Zhenren's interference midway.

Wu Zhenren turned back to glance at Li Xiaoyao, smiled faintly, and said, "Four hundred and ten thousand!"

"Four hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Four hundred and sixty thousand!"

"Five hundred thousand!"

"Five hundred and ten thousand!"

No matter how much Li Xiaoyao raised the bid, Wu Zhenren would only add ten thousand more, a behavior that to outsiders clearly seemed like suppressive tactics against Li Xiaoyao.

Li Xiaoyao finally could not help but frown, initially thinking that perhaps Wu Zhenren, like himself, had noticed the trace of Spiritual Energy within the Precious Sword.

But upon closer thought, Li Xiaoyao felt that it was very unlikely.

It was because he possessed willpower that he detected the uniqueness of this Precious Sword. Ordinary Cultivators could not develop such willpower. For instance, Cheng Dongliang, who had shown a puzzled expression when Li Xiaoyao bid for the Precious Sword, indicating that Cheng Dongliang failed to see its special traits.

If Cheng Dongliang, whose Cultivation Level is similar to Wu Zhenren's, could not discern the special nature of this Precious Sword, then it was natural that Wu Zhenren could not either.

If that was the case, why was he competing with himself for this Precious Sword now? And each time with a bid only ten thousand higher than his own?

Perhaps it was a deliberate provocation?

Li Xiaoyao speculated, wondering if Wu Zhenren had been brought in by Ling Ziyun to target him.

Aside from this, Li Xiaoyao could not think of a second reason.

"One million!"

Li Xiaoyao directly added five hundred thousand, his gaze towards Wu Zhenren cold and distant.

Wu Zhenren, unflustered, said, "One million and ten thousand!"

The auction hall was deathly silent, the atmosphere increasingly tense and strange.

Even Cheng Dongliang began to suspect something amiss at this point.

Li Xiaoyao's eyes narrowed slightly as he said, "Ten million!"

"Wow!"

The audience at the auction burst into whispers.

Even if the Precious Sword truly dated back to the Tang Dynasty and had been crafted by Li Chunfeng, it was by no means worth ten million.

Everyone could see that Li Xiaoyao was truly infuriated and determined to obtain this Precious Sword at any cost.

However, Li Xiaoyao's determination was of no consequence to Wu Zhenren.

Still with an air of indifference, Wu Zhenren said, "Ten million and ten thousand."

Without hesitation, Li Xiaoyao said, "Thirty million!"

"Thirty million and ten thousand!"

All of a sudden, Li Xiaoyao stood up from his seat, his expression icy, and continued to bid, "Eighty million!"

The auction hall was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop; nobody dared to breathe too loudly for fear of drawing Li Xiaoyao's wrath and bringing disaster upon themselves.

Wu Zhenren maintained his calm demeanor and said, "Eighty million and ten thousand!" Your next chapter is on empire

"You win," to everyone's surprise, Li Xiaoyao, after hearing Wu Zhenren's latest bid, chose not to continue the bidding war; instead, he gave a slight smile and teasingly said to Wu Zhenren.

With a face of astonishment that soon turned somber, Wu Zhenren, now sobered, realized that he had been played...

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