Everyone had their eyes on Zhao Li , thinking what he'll do next . The bid has already surpassed the original price by several times. It was not worth it to keep going.
"700,000" but Zhao Li still continued forcefully with a frown.
Everyone thought that he was trying to save his face by doing so, if he lost this bid to some unknown junior, he would be losing more than just a Pill.
Lin Feng also thought the same and thought everything was going according to his plan.
"800,000" Li Feng knew that it was time to close the bid if Zhao Li kept bidding the same.
' These young masters of Big sects really have a lot of money to throw just to save their face, such idiots.' he thought to himself
"850,000" this time Zhao Li increased the bid by only 50,000. Everyone knew that he was reaching his limit by now.
"900,000" Lin Feng also saw that Zhao Li was reaching his limit so he offered a last bid.
People were already dumbstruck by this show by now. They could understand why Zhao Li was doing it, he wanted to give this pill to his junior and save his face. But why did Ling Feng keep provoking him again and again?
Was there some hatred between these two? It seemed most likely.
Zhao Li couldn't take it anymore, he stood up and cupped his hands towards Lin Feng " Fellow Daoist, it's not worth going this far just for this pill. Brilliant Saber Sect can afford the loses but Raging Flame Villa is afterall only a second rate sect, you should think about others before taking any actions. Don't be so small minded."
"920,000 and I hope it's the final bid "
His words sounded true to others , Brilliant Saber Sect was afterall a First rate Sect, even if Zhao Li suffered some loss, it could be managed. But Raging Flame Villa was only a second rate sect. It might not be able to cover such an amount. They thought that Lin Feng would concede now after thinking properly.
"1 million"
But contrary to everyone's expectations, Lin Feng increased the bid to 1 million!! That was an outrageous price for this Pill. It was 20 times the real price ! Everyone thought that he was crazy.
" No need to say sweet words. I am using my own money for this auction, unlike you who is just using his sect's money to show-off."
His words made the crowd gasp. His own money? When they looked over to Gao Jin, they saw that he didn't deny it and what he said was true.
" This kid has over 1 million in his pockets? That's one-tenth of an annual budget of any Second rate sect. "
" He's filthy rich, even the Holy Son might not have such personal money."
" Is Holy son going to bid again?"
But this time Zhao Li didn't raise the bid " I have already reached my personal limit, and I don't want to use Sect's money for personal matters, so I have to give up now.
Though I must say that I'm impressed with Fellow Daoist to have this much success at such a young age. "
He turned to Dazi and said with a polite smile " I have a request to Miss Dazi, I hope that if there's a batch of such Pill next time she can inform me in advance so I would be well prepared and won't embarrass myself like this."
After that he sat down and filled his glass of wine next to him and took a sip before closing his eyes.
" Holy son is too modest."
" Yeah, I thought he just wanted to save his face, but it seems he really wanted to gift this pill to his Junior brother."
" He didn't let his anger cloud his judgement and use his sect's money. Nothing less expected from the Holy Son."
" He's really a role model for youngsters."
Dazi came forward and returned his polite gesture " I will remember Holy son's request. Any more bids?"
She didn't even bother to wait for any reply this time " Since no one else is bidding, this Pill goes to Fellow Daoist Lin Feng. Congratulations."
She herself delivered the pill to his seat, as per rule any bid of 1 million and above were required to be personally delivered by the host. She didn't stay any longer and went back.
Lin Feng got the Pill but he was not happy. He had mixed feelings about this, like he had won but lost at the same time. Everyone thought he was just some stupid brat who must have come across some opportunity and made this much money. But he ended up wasting this much because he was small minded.
Lin Feng could feel everyone's gaze on him, as if he could read what other people were thinking of him. It made him feel angry and upset.
Su Mei was also upset with Lin Feng, he had provoked Zhao Li for no reason and wasted so much money. Even Gao Cai was feeling a little disappointed in him.
Like this the Auction continued, Zhao Li made some bids in between and no one interfered this time . Lin Feng just sat quietly, still upset about his lose.
Finally, the time for main items came which made Lin Feng feel a little relieved. He just hoped that his items could fetch a great price to cover his credit and have some extra money.
The first item was a slime cicada , it was a great soul nourishing herb. And a major ingredient for some soul nourishing pills.
Zhao Li offered a reasonable price of "500.000" and got it easily.
Many people noticed the most items he bid were related to Soul nourishment.
" Did he injure his soul during Cultivation?"
" But he looks fine to me."
" If it's an internal injury, we can't see it. "
" Hmm, let's not jump to conclusions."
The second item was a Rank-8 80% purity Blood essence Pill.
" 80% purity! " There was an uproar once again. This pill was ten times much more precious than the Harmony pill.
It was a lifeline pill for experts in Tribulation Transcendence expert. They needed to recover the lost blood essence during the Tribulations. And this pill could recover 80% of it !
Everyone was bidding like crazy but the main bidding was going through VIP rooms. Zhao Li didn't try asking anyone to give him face this time because he knew that this Pill was very useful to every sect.
Even if they give up considering his status, they might hold some grudge against him. So he bid straight and everyone was grateful to him.
In the end, Zhao Li got the pill for 4 million. It just showed how much important it was to all as everyone was bidding to their limit. Though they lost, no one criticized Zhao Li, it was a fair bid afterall.
Below, Lin Feng was smiling "Finally! You idiot, that pill was given by myself only. Now I'll get your 4 million and taking out the 1 million , I will still have 3 million and there is one more item left, I will be rich as I leave this place."
Dazi went to Zhao Li's seat and handed him the pill placed inside a box made of 5000 years old Black wood which itself was something worth 500,000 . Normally they would give the box with the pill after adding it's price.
But Zhao Li already had one himself so he refused, he took the black wooden box from his storage ring which made everyone shocked.
Dazi was shocked too , even their Main Auction Hall of this World which was located in Heavenguard City had only one 20,000 years old Black wood box. What Zhao Li took out was the same !
Its worth was in tens of millions, where did he find such treasure?
Zhao Li saw that Dazi was confused so he explained " I found this box in a secret Realm years ago. "
She came back to her senses and placed the pill inside the box Zhao Li was holding, but as soon as the pill touched the Black wood it started dissolving and in seconds changed to a puddle of blood.
Everyone had their eyes poped out! What just happened? The Rank-8 80% purity Blood essence Pill melted like snow ?
Zhao Li stood up, he had an ugly expression " Miss Dazi, what's going on here ? Is this some joke ?"
His words made everyone realise that the Pill might have been a fake all along!!
Dazi was nervous " Holy son , please calm down. I am also confused as much as you"
Zhao Li was not happy with her answer " What do you mean you're also confused? Is this not your responsibility to ensure that all goods are safe before delivering it."
Dazi was seriously confused, she didn't know what just happened and how to explain this.
The man standing on the stage who was a late stage Tribulation Transcendence Realm expert arrived next to Dazi.
"Holy son , we apologise for the inconvenience but this matter is not that simple. Can I ask you to show me the box you have?"
" Oh, you're saying I tempered with the Pill? First, I recieve a fake product and then I'm being accused of tempering?"
Zhao Li was annoyed by now.
The expert gave a bow while clasping his hands "That's not what I mean Holy Son, please help us Investigate this matter so we can find out the truth."
" Hmph, take it " he gave the box to the expert.
He examined it closely for a while then handed it back to Zhao Li.
" There's nothing wrong with it. I think I understand what's going on here."
" Then please explain us too." Zhao Li kept the box back and asked a little irritated.
" The Blood Pill is a Yin-attirbute Pill while the Balck wood is Yang-attribute used to suppress the pill . Normally we use 5000 years old Black wood because we only get low purity Pill. But your box is made of 20000 years old Black wood which has a stronger Yang-attribute. So when the Pill came into contact with the box , Yang suppresed Yin and it was melted."
Everyone nodded, this explanation seems reasonable. It seems that the problem was the expensive box.
Lin Feng was laughing hard on his seat " This idiot. Who asked him to show off, hahahaha"
Zhao Li smiled too " But then according to the senior's explanation, today's Pill was supposed to be a 80% purity pill. I don't think that's a low purity pill ?"
When everyone heard his words they were shocked!! It was not that the box was expensive but that the pill was cheap.
Simply it was a fake !
All eyes turned to the expert waiting for his reply.
He himself was caught off-guard. He didn't realise this before but the Pill was really fake.
Zhao Li spoke again " Senior, your auction claims to certified but I don't think that's the case anymore. You just sold me a fake Product."
The expert was sweating buckets by now, if this matter was not solved properly the reputation their auction held would be tarnished.
Zhao Li saw him breaking down and gave him a way out "But I have always trusted Million Treasure Auction Hall, I know that you won't cheat people so it must have been a mistake on your part. Instead the person who gave you this pill to auction is the one who committed a fraud. He used a loophole and sold you a fake Product."
Hearing his words everyone thought that Holy son was really humble, despite being cheated he didn't blame the auction or try to embarrass them but gave them a way out.
The expert obviously understood this too, he was secretly grateful to him. When he thought about the guy who gave him this fake Pill his eyes were filled with hatred.
He moved his gaze towards Lin Feng and everyone followed his trail and saw that this was the brat who wasting too much money earlier. No they understood from where he was getting that money!!
Lin Feng saw everyone's looking at him and full of despair. It was not supposed to be like this. The Pill he gave was 100% real because he was the who concoted the Pill with the help of his master.
But he can't tell that everyone as that would expose his secret , the only thing he could do was tell everyone that he was scammed too by someone and didn't know anything about it.
But before he could say anything, Gao Cai came forward to his defence " You all are really shameless people. How can you accuse Brother Lin like that. I know , all of this is made up by that bastard Zhao Li because he's jealous of Brother Lin.
I'll tell you something, that Pill can't be a fake because Brother Lin refined it himself. He's a genius who you all are jealous of. Hmph!"
' You Idiot !! ' Lin Feng was cursing her inwardly for being so stupid
Her words made everyone laugh, no one believed that he could refine a Rank-8 pill by himself. He's too young to be a Master Alchemist.