Ye Tian's words startled the other three people in the VIP room. He hadn't bid on anything, but when he finally did, it was with an air of absolute certainty—and such a massive price jump. Ye Tian's actions were truly impossible to predict.
"Young Master, are you certain you want to raise the bid by seventy thousand Spirit Stones?" Xu Chun asked, looking at Ye Tian with a puzzled expression.
"That's right. If you're going to bid, you have to show your resolve. Let the others know where you stand. Go ahead and raise the bid. I'm quite curious to see if this Demon Beast Egg is really what Xinlan says it is," Ye Tian said.
Xu Chun imdiately swiped her hand across the screen panel and quickly entered the enormous figure of five hundred thousand. The new bid instantly appeared on the massive screen in the main hall.
"The guest in VIP Room 3 has bid five hundred thousand Spirit Stones for this Demon Beast Egg! Do we have any bids higher than five hundred thousand?" the middle-aged man announced loudly.
Suddenly, everyone grew curious about the occupant of VIP Room 3. They hadn't made a single bid the entire day, but their first move was to raise the price by seventy thousand. It looked like they were determined to win this Demon Beast Egg.
"Who's in VIP Room 3? How dare they compete with ? Bid five hundred fifty thousand. Teach them to back down!" a young man in VIP Room 4 said to a flamboyant woman beside him.
The massive figure of five hundred fifty thousand imdiately appeared on the screen. All eyes were now fixed on the contest between VIP Room 3 and VIP Room 4.
"Young Master, soone just raised the bid by fifty thousand Spirit Stones. What's our next move? It seems they're just as determined to win this Demon Beast Egg," Xu Chun asked Ye Tian.
"Oh? Since they want to play, I'll play along. Add another hundred thousand. I want to see if they really have the guts to challenge ," Ye Tian said to Xu Chun.
Xu Chun imdiately raised the bid to six hundred fifty thousand Spirit Stones. Such frantic bidding was a first for this auction, and everyone eagerly awaited VIP Room 4's response.
"So arrogant? Are they getting cocky? I'll show them that not just anyone can compete with . Add two hundred thousand. Let's see if they dare to raise the price again!" the young man in VIP Room 4 said to the woman.
In the blink of an eye, the number on the screen jumped to eight hundred fifty thousand. A buzz of discussion erupted in the hall. Bidding wars between VIP rooms were always the most exciting part of an auction, as those guests were people of high status and imnse wealth, making for the best spectacle.
"Heh, it looks like the person in VIP Room 4 has really decided to pick a fight with . Xinlan, how should we play this?" Ye Tian asked Zhang Xinlan with a chuckle.
"Play however you want. As long as you're having fun, you can play him to death for all I care," Zhang Xinlan said.
Such words seed perfectly normal to Ye Tian, but to Zhou Hongtao and Xu Chun, who were unaware of Ye Tian and Zhang Xinlan's true background, they sounded deeply unsettling. To casually talk about playing soone to death... just what kind of status and financial power did that require?
The two of them stared at Ye Tian, wondering how much he would raise the bid this ti. But just then, in a dramatic turn of events, soone else joined the fray, raising the bid directly to one million.
The massive screen in the auction hall flashed with a purple light—a particularly dazzling one. A bid of one million was the exact threshold to trigger the purple glow.
And the one who had bid one million was none other than Young Master Ouyang, fresh from his dalliance with the handmaiden. He was the Young Master of the Ouyang Clan, one of the great clans of the Imperial City. It was just unclear why he had suddenly taken an interest in the Demon Beast Egg.
Since the identities of those in the VIP rooms were concealed, no one knew who was bidding, and it was impossible to find out on such short notice. The sudden entry of VIP Room 7 caught everyone off guard, but it also made the auction that much more thrilling.
"Young Master, should we continue bidding?" the woman in VIP Room 4 asked the young man.
"Since soone new wants to play, of course we'll oblige. It's been a while since I've had this much fun. It's only Spirit Stones, after all. Go straight to two million. I'd like to see who else dares to bid recklessly! I've got over ten million Spirit Stones on this ti. I can play this ga all day," the young man said with an air of indifference.
The woman imdiately raised the bid to two million. Everyone was stunned when they saw the new figure. A jump of one million in a single bid was sothing you'd expect to see on the final day of the auction, not the first. It was truly incredible.
"Young Master, what should we do? They've raised the bid to two million. VIP guests are only granted a line of credit of one million Spirit Stones. Anything beyond that must be paid for with personal Spirit Stones or by exchanging items of equivalent value," Xu Chun explained to Ye Tian.
"No rush. Let's see what VIP Room 7 does. If they don't raise the bid, it won't be too late for us to jump in. One Top Grade Spirit Stone can be exchanged for one million normal Spirit Stones, right? I have twenty Top Grade Spirit Stones right here. See if these can be exchanged for twenty million Spirit Stones." After speaking, Ye Tian took the Top Grade Spirit Stones out of his Storage Ring.
Top Grade Spirit Stones were exceedingly rare in the Celestial Dragon Empire. Even among the great clans, only a select few possessed any. Most people had only ever heard of them but had never actually seen one.
Top-Grade Spirit Stones, on the other hand, were not nearly as remarkable; they could be mined from most ordinary Spirit Stone Veins. Mining Top Grade Spirit Stones, however, was no easy feat. It was possible that the Spirit Stone Veins on the Celestial Dragon Continent were not yet mature enough to form them, which would explain their scarcity.
Ye Tian's Top Grade Spirit Stones, however, ca from his Storage Ring—a relic from the Holy Land. Top Grade Spirit Stones were plentiful in the Holy Land, far beyond anything the Celestial Dragon Empire could compare to.
Xu Chun couldn't help but tremble when she saw the Top Grade Spirit Stones Ye Tian produced. 'You really can't judge a book by its cover,' she thought. Although she knew Ye Tian and Zhang Xinlan had only gained access to the VIP room thanks to the Lotus Seed and the Lingling Short Sword, she never imagined they were this wealthy. The ability to produce so many Top Grade Spirit Stones at once wasn't sothing an ordinary family could achieve. The only ones capable of such a feat were likely the great clans of the Imperial City or even the Royal Family itself.
"Young Master, your Top Grade Spirit Stones can certainly be exchanged for the amount you ntioned. Since you have more than enough, let's wait for VIP Room 7's next move! We can hit them with a massive bid at the very end!" Xu Chun said, her tone now filled with excitent.
"Is two million supposed to be a lot? How dare they disrespect , Young Master Ouyang! Raise the bid to two and a half million Spirit Stones. Make sure they know I'm the one buying this for two point five million!" Young Master Ouyang said to the woman.
The figure of 2,500,000 Spirit Stones appeared on the screen, causing many in the crowd to burst out laughing. For soone to bid such a specific number—widely known as slang for "idiot"—they had to wonder if the bidder had lost their mind.
Ye Tian, however, didn't laugh. He said calmly, "Since the guest in VIP Room 7 is so enthusiastic, let's wait and see. If the master of VIP Room 4 doesn't bid again, we'll raise it by another two and a half million. Let's make it a matching pair of morons and see how they react."
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