"The starting price of the Technique is 50 Low-grade Spirit Stones! The price will increase by 2 Low-grade Spirit Stone every time! Let the bidding begin!" said the auctioneer enthusiastically. But a disappointed look was shown on the people's faces as well as on the auctioneer's.
Zhang Feng calmly collected his thoughts and waited for someone to bid. But no one took the initiative as it was an incomplete technique and the requirements were quite high to practice. Zhang Feng felt happy after seeing such an outcome. He had already practised 4-Bronze Bell Body to the First level. He needed some kind of treasure to break through to the 2nd level. He was worried that he couldn't find the complete technique in future but luckily that wasn't the case. Zhang Feng then cleared his throat and said, "52 Low-grade Spirit Stones!" His bid surprised quite a lot of people. Many people sneered," Here goes another guy overestimating himself! Tsk, kid these days are too overconfident!" Such disdainful comments were heard throughout the Auction House. Zhong Fei too got surprised after hearing Zhang Feng's bid. He then sneered and said," 54 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" Zhong Fei then gave a provocative glance at Zhang Feng. Zhang Feng gave an indifferent look to Zhong Fei and said," 56 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" At once Zhong Fei yelled," 60 Low-grade Spirit Stones!"
"62!" yelled Zhang Feng.
"66!"
"68!"
"70!" said Zhong Fei with a smirk on his face. Zhang Feng had already understood that Zhong Fei was doing this on purpose. "This Zhong prick is messing with me again. Sigh, I can't spend all my wealth on this. I need to do something," thought Zhang Feng. Zhang Feng then decided to trick Zhong Fei into quitting the bidding for the Technique. Zhang Feng acted as if he was contemplating whether to bid further or not. It looked as if Zhang Feng was on his last straw. Zhong Fei got nervous after seeing Zhang Feng's silence. He didn't need this technique at all. He just wanted to increase the price of it so that Zhang Feng needed to pay more Spirit Stones. "70 going once! .....Going Twice!..."
Zhang Feng showed a hesitating look before gritting his teeth and saying, "72 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
Zhong Fei sighed in relief after hearing Zhang Feng's voice. He then didn't bid and sneered towards Zhang Feng. He seemed to be smug that he had incurred a loss for Zhang Feng. "72 Low-grade Spirit Stones going once!...Going Twice!... And sold to the Young Master on the 3rd Seat!" said the auctioneer happily. She didn't expect to earn anything from this item. It was here since the last 3 auctions. No one was willing to buy it. But now that the item was sold, she was naturally very happy. The costlier the items were sold, the more the commission would she get.
Soon a maid came and brought the scroll to Zhang Feng. Zhang Feng got happy and felt as if a burden on his heart was lifted. The auction continued. "Moving on, the next item is a High-Yellow ranked 'Enlightenment Pill'. By taking this pill, there is a high chance for a breakthrough in the realm of Martial Arts! However, the grade of the technique should be below Profound Rank. Only then will it help in the understanding of Martial Arts. The starting price of the Pill is 200 Low-Grade Spirit Stones! There will be an increase of at least 10 Spirit Stones after every bid! Now, ladies and gentlemen, bid live you never did!" encouraged the auctioneer.
The audience was silent for a second before yelling in astonishment. This item carried a great deal of attraction to every cultivator below Purple Mansion Realm. Only when one reaches Purple Mansion Realm then can he practice Profound Grade Techniques. However, Profound Grade techniques are very rare and are only available in major Sects and Forces. So the majority of the cultivators even in Purple Mansion Realm practise Yellow Ranked Techniques. Now they have an opportunity to strengthen their comprehensive strength, so naturally, they won't give up the chance that easily. Zhong Fei initiated the bidding by saying 210 Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Soon people started bidding frantically and the price started rising rapidly.
"250!"
"260!"
"270!"
.....
"370!"
.....
"550!"
In the blink of an eye, the price rapidly rose to 690 and so on crossed the 700 mark. "This time my Lin Family must take this pill." said Lin Fan loudly. "Do you consider me as air Lin Fan? As long as this Young Master is here, you won't be able to get this pill! This pill should only be taken by my Zhong Family. Soon the bidding continued and the price crossed 1000 mark.
" 1050! " yelled Lin Fan. "1100! " said Zhong Fei as he directly increased by 50 Spirit Stones. "You.... " Lin Fan had only brought 1100 Stones with him. Now that the price was beyond his range, he was very helpless and could only watch as Zhong Fei took the pill. The auctioneer looked very happy after seeing the price. "1100 going once!.... Going twice! Suddenly a voice echoed through the Hall, " 1110 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" People looked towards the voice and were surprised to see that it was Zhang Feng who spoke. Zhong Fei had a ugly face as he looked towards Zhang Feng with hatred. He knew that Zhang Feng was retaliating for the previous thing which he had done. He immediately yelled, "1120!"
"1130!"
"1140!"
"1150!"
"1160!"
"1170!"
"1180!"
"2190!"
"2200!" yelled Zhong Fei without realising the mistake he had made. Zhong Fei didn't hear Zhang Feng speak again. As he got puzzled, suddenly something dawned on to him. The color drained from Zhong Fei's face as he realised that he had been tricked by Zhang Feng. He looked at Zhang Feng with a murderous gaze. "Brat! You dare-" Just as Zhong Fei was about to speak, he got interrupted by Zhang Feng."What did I do wrong? I played fair. It's your own fault for being in such a situation." said Zhang Feng playfully. The auctioneer had her eyes popping out from her eyes. She was breathing heavily with deep breaths. "2-2200 Low Grade Spirit Stones! Haha! As expected of Young Master Zhong! Extraordinary indeed!" said the Auctioneer before Zhong Fei could refute. Zhong Fei had a ugly look on his face after hearing that. He couldn't refuse the auctioneer now. This was a matter of his own face now. Zhong Fei gritted his teeth and asked the servant beside his to go to Zhong Family and get some more Low-Grade Spirit Stones. The servant nodded and quickly went off. "Damn brat! I will make sure that you never see the sun tomorrow!" Zhong Fei glanced at Zhang Feng with killing intent. As soon as the auction was over Zhang Feng quietly sneaked out of the Auction House after paying the Spirit Stones for the Technique and receiving the stones from Silver Poison Basilisk. Zhang Feng knew that Zhong Fei would make trouble for him so he had already decided to take off before he takes the initiative. It was not that Zhang Feng was afraid to face Zhong Fei. Zhang Feng just wanted to cultivate quietly till the day of assessment and take part in it.
But now that seemed unlikely. He had already offended Zhong Fei and now it looked that the coming days won't be peaceful if he Zhong Fei finds him. Zhang Feng quickly returned to his own room and locked the door. "What a bother! Now I should first cultivate the 1000 Faced Transformation so as to be careful in future!" sighed Zhang Feng. The technique had been divided into 4 parts. The first part allowed the person to change the face. The 2nd part allowed the voice to change. The 3rd part people to unable to trace the Qi. So if someone wants to find him after he did something it would not possible. The 4th part allowed to change the Qi itself. Each person has a unique Qi but after practising till the 4th part, one can change the Qi itself. This was a heaven defying feature of this technique. Zhang Feng sat down crosslegged and began to cultivate the 1000 Faced Transformations. He cultivated the first two parts in 2 weeks. If Gu Di knew this, he might spit out old blood.
Meanwhile, Zhong Fei was searching for Zhang Feng throughout the city. He didn't even know the name of Zhang Feng. So finding him among millions of people was extremely hard. "Dammit! I didn't expect the brat to sneak away!
But no matter where you are, I will find you. Even if you hide now, you can't hide forever. There will be Sect Assessment after one month. That time you will surely come out." thought Zhong Fei as his eyes flashed coldly.
Meanwhile, Zhang Feng was back in the inn and was looking at the complete 4-Bronze Bell Body Manual. "After the 4th layer, the body will turn to real bronze? Haha! That will be quite good to see. But now to breakthrough to 2nd layer I need a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure that aims at Body Refining. Sigh, I hope that I will find it soon. But now I should start impacting Condensing Energy Realm before the assessment starts." Soon Zhang Feng organized his thoughts and took a deep breath. Zhang Feng sat cross-legged and ran the Chaos God Scripture. The surrounding Qi rapidly converged and zoomed to towards Zhang Feng as he started absorbing it.
Quote: "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing..."