Chapter 1214 - 962 Reasoning

The middle-aged man stopped making idle talk and simply kept raising the bid, soon the price had reached 230 million. As the first precious item to start the auction, this price was already astounding. Although the middle-aged man and the fat man raised the bid each time, he would consult with those around him for a long time. Clearly, if the money was invested in business, the outcome might not necessarily be worse. Was it worth it?

Finally, when the middle-aged man called out a price of 250 million, the fat man shook his head and said, "Alright, this price is already high enough. This Elf beauty is not to my taste, I prefer them more voluptuous. You go ahead and give it your all, but you’d better be very careful. What if that crystal case breaks on the way, do you think the Elf beauty will kill every member of your family?"

The middle-aged man sneered and said, "You needn’t concern yourself with that, I’ve just hired the renowned Flying Serpent Mercenary Corps as our escort at a great expense. I believe the strength of the Flying Serpent Mercenary Corps is enough to shut up some short-sighted fools."

"Flying Serpent Mercenary Corps, what’s that?"

One of the young people who had been discussing asked.

"My god, you don’t even know that, how ignorant can you be?" Another person mockingly whispered.

"Cut the crap, tell me already!"

"The Flying Serpent Mercenary Corps is composed of retired soldiers from various countries, all with rich combat experience. In recent times, a group of soldiers from the two great Empires joined them. It is said that they brought with them a lot of the previous generation’s Divine Armor and a group of nine-star Mages. Now, the fighting power of the Flying Serpent Mercenary Corps is only just below that of the two great Empires. Of course, their price is also staggeringly high."

"I see, no wonder this guy is so confident."

The fat man said nothing, just pursed his lips and kept silent.

"Haha, it looks like these two lords have already decided the winner? But according to the rules, I still have to call it out!" The auctioneer raised the gavel in his hand.

"250 million, the first time! Any other nobles wish to bid? 250 million, the second time! Any noble still interested in this Elf beauty? 250 million, the third time! Then congratulations..."

"300 million!"

Long Yi raised his hand.

All eyes in the room suddenly fell on Long Yi.

"You!"

The middle-aged man immediately tensed up, his eyes fixedly staring at Long Yi.

"Ahem, it looks like someone else is also quite interested in this Elf beauty," said the auctioneer, obviously delighted, as someone emerged at the last moment.

"Brother, what you’re doing is not quite appropriate," the middle-aged man yelled from afar. Long Yi also took the form of a middle-aged man at this time, which is why he called him ’brother’.

"Why isn’t it appropriate? I quite like Elf beauties too," Long Yi said with a smile.

"Didn’t you hear our conversation just now? This is for the Ancient Powerhouses," the middle-aged man’s gaze turning dark.

"I heard it." Long Yi nodded.

"And you still dare to compete with me!" the middle-aged man roared.

"But what’s that got to do with me?" Long Yi said indifferently.

"Hahaha! Well said! Haha! Very well said!" The fat man before belted out in laughter while clapping his hands.

"I suggest you retract your bid, or perhaps, when you leave here today, there might be an accident," the middle-aged man outright threatened.

"Esteemed sir, please calm down. It’s wrong to try to bid through direct verbal threats at our auction house," the auctioneer said, having seen too many such people, so he just smiled and spoke.

"Shut up! You idiot too! Just hit the gavel and be done with it! Why call out one, two, three? Are you plotting something with him!?" the middle-aged man shouted.

"Look, it’s like this," Long Yi said with a smile, "if you have money, then you can continue to bid against me. If you don’t have money, then please get lost, alright?"

Everyone surrounding them was extremely wealthy, and the one thing they couldn’t stand the most was being told they didn’t have money. Long Yi’s words directly pointed out the most crucial fact: if the middle-aged man had enough money, he wouldn’t care at all about Long Yi suddenly entering the bidding war.

Clearly, cash was a problem for the middle-aged man at this moment.

He turned around and engaged in a very intense debate with the person next to him, with most of the issues revolving around the question of whether it was worth it. The people around him loved to watch this kind of struggling scene, so no one urged the auctioneer to proceed, and the auctioneer was more than happy to witness this spectacle.

"300 million and ten thousand!"

Finally, the middle-aged man spoke up.

"400 million," Long Yi said with a faint smile.

"What! You!" The middle-aged man was flabbergasted by Long Yi’s bid, raising it by a full hundred million at once! This was simply ridiculous! Who bids like that?

"Do you have any more money?" Long Yi didn’t bother with small talk, directly asking.

"I..."

"500 million." Before the other could even respond, Long Yi once again elevated the bid.

"Ahem, dear sir, the other party hasn’t raised their bid yet," the auctioneer kindly reminded.

"I know, I just randomly added that for fun, you don’t need to worry about me," Long Yi said.

The auctioneer glanced at the backstage staff, who immediately checked Long Yi’s deposit and capital status and nodded. Clearly, Long Yi had the capital to play this game.

Originally, when Long Yi had scoured the plane for those ancient Mages, they had banded together to put an incomparable price on Long Yi’s head—a price that even made Long Yi gasp. Later, when Long Yi showed up at their doorstep, he first crushed the heads of several Mages and looted their treasuries. Then, he made every following Mage buy back their lives at that astonishing price.

So, Long Yi was now very rich; he had more money than he had ever dared to dream of.

The middle-aged man was seething with anger. He immediately took out some magic equipment and started to contact some people. After a moment, a confident smile returned to his face.

Without a doubt, someone had provided him with financing, so he decided to continue playing this game.

"Ten billion."

The middle-aged man had not yet spoken when Long Yi raised the bid again.

The entire venue fell silent.

Even if the precious items below had not yet been presented, this bid could at least reach the top three levels!

At that moment, the middle-aged man’s face turned ashen. Ten billion was a figure he could never follow, no matter what.

The auctioneer immediately turned to look at the backstage staff, who nodded vigorously, confirming that Long Yi had the capital.

"Haha, who would have thought, the very first item could cause such a fierce battle! So, sir, are you sure you want to raise the bid to ten billion?" the auctioneer still couldn’t believe it.

"Yes, I’m sure," Long Yi said.

"Well then, ladies and gentlemen, as per professional habit, I will still call it out once more. Ten billion for the first time! Ten billion for the second time!"

Just as he called out for the second time, a staff member hurried onto the stage and whispered a few words to the auctioneer, who was immediately so surprised that he was rendered speechless.

"This is the situation: the consignor of this item has decided to cancel this auction, and the Elf beauty will be given to the gentleman as a gift. The gentleman only needs to help him pay the liquidated damages for the auction cancellation, which is five percent of the highest bid, that is, fifty million," the auctioneer said.

With these words, the whole place was in an uproar.

What started as a heart-stirring contest of wealth had turned into such an outcome, something no one could have ever imagined. Especially the middle-aged man who had previously been threatening Long Yi, his face was filled with astonishment.

What in the world was going on?

"Furthermore, the consignor just asked me to tell everyone that he is just a Nameless nobody, who doesn’t wish to get involved in any trouble. Ten billion might very well cost him his life, so he has decided to forgo this auction," the auctioneer continued.

So that was it! He was afraid of dying!

People immediately understood the consignor’s mindset. This lucky bastard must have used despicable means to get an Elf to this place. He did not choose to auction her at some super Empire’s auction house but came to this middle-sized country. His only goal was to avoid trouble. He was probably thinking of earning a small fortune safely and then flying far away with the money. But what he didn’t expect was that there would be such a generous super-rich man in this small country! Ten billion! Although the number sounded staggering, he had no means to keep that money safe. To say the least, there were no fewer than ten people in the auction house who knew his identity. If any one of them let slip some word of mouth, he would surely be dead. Money is good, but life is better.

Realizing all this, the middle-aged man was immediately furious! If only he had the resolve! Clenched his teeth! And shouted a price that would scare everyone to death, he did not believe that a stranger would dare to compete with him! Then he wouldn’t have to pay too much money to take the Elf beauty away!

But by now, it was too late.

"Since it has become a private consignment, sir, are you willing to pay the fifty million in liquidated damages for him?" the auctioneer asked.

Long Yi had not expected things to turn out so smoothly. He immediately nodded, and that sum was directly deducted from the deposit he had paid.

"Then congratulations, sir, the Elf beauty belongs to you! We will complete the transfer backstage..."

"There’s no need for that trouble," Long Yi said as he walked out from the crowd, approached the stage, but before that, he had already taken out the fighter-jet-shaped pendant that was hanging around his neck.

Upon seeing the fighter-jet pendant, a change occurred in the Elf’s eyes—subtle, yet Long Yi keenly captured this shift.

"Open the crystal casket. It’s not something a civilized person would do, to have a beautiful girl standing there like this," Long Yi said.

The auctioneer immediately laughed and said, "Maybe you didn’t hear me clearly before, sir. Elves are a very powerful race. If she leaves the crystal casket, her strength may not be below that of the legendary Long Yi."

Long Yi, however, shook his head, saying, "Rest assured, Elves are a very reasonable race; they won’t attack without good reason."

Of course, the auctioneer wouldn’t agree, as it was a very dangerous proposition.

"You’re mistaken about something," Long Yi said helplessly.

"What is that?" the auctioneer asked.

"The reason this Elf lady is standing here and hasn’t left is not because your crystal casket can really hold her, but simply because she doesn’t want to leave," Long Yi said. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes at Qidian. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)