142: Chapter 141: I’ll Sell Myself, Not the dicine!
142: Chapter 141: I’ll Sell Myself, Not the dicine!
“Beauty, your pale complexion and haggard appearance suggest that you might be encountering so trouble.
If you don’t mind, could you share with what’s bothering you?
I might be able to help!”
Having witnessed the whole scene, Li Chen decided to approach Miss Situ, who wasn’t short on cash, to pitch his Gathering Peak Pill.
Seeing Li Chen’s sly grin, Situ Xiaoyue naturally pegged him as a playboy trying to hit on a pretty girl and couldn’t be bothered with him, replying irritably.
“What trouble I may have is none of your business.
If I tell you, can you solve it?”
Li Chen, inexplicably scolded, was left speechless.
“Beauty, the world is so wonderful, yet you are so irritable.
That’s not good, not good at all!”
Situ Xiaoyue rolled her eyes at Li Chen: “Crazy!”
Throwing out those words, she turned to leave.
But just as she turned around, she suddenly felt her arm tighten.
She looked over to see that Li Chen had grabbed her arm.
Her expression instantly turned icy as she commanded sternly: “Let go!”
Before she finished speaking, she lifted her elbow and slamd it heavily into Li Chen’s chest.
However, at that mont, she suddenly felt her body lose balance, with her center of gravity lurching forward, and she ended up falling straight into Li Chen’s arms.
Looking at the blushing Situ Xiaoyue, Li Chen smirked and said, “Beauty, what does this an?
I’m a decent man—I sell drugs, not my body.
Oh no, I ant I sell dicine, not myself!”
Situ Xiaoyue, taken aback, asked with so surprise, “You sell dicine?”
Li Chen nodded and, imitating the sales ads on TV, began to seriously pitch his product.
“Yes, Gathering Peak Pill.
Kids beco smart and astute after taking it, won retain their youth forever, n beco sexually invincible, the elderly gain longevity, and martial artists significantly increase their cultivation, even breaking through the Life and Death Mysterious Gate to attain Innate status.
A drop-dead discount price of just 998…
oh spit, just 20 billion yuan, it’s worth it for you to own!”
Hearing Li Chen call out such an exorbitant price of 20 billion yuan right off the bat, Situ Xiaoyue was sure she had encountered a lunatic.
Seeing the disbelief written all over Situ Xiaoyue’s face, Li Chen rubbed his nose and spoke earnestly, “Miss Situ, this Gathering Peak Pill, I spent an entire day and night refining it, and I assure you its efficacy is second to none—even that crappy Small Rejuvenation Pill.”
“Considering you’re my first custor, I’ll give you a 20% discount, just 16 billion yuan.
What do you think?
Seeing as I am so sincere, why not take a bottle?”
Situ Xiaoyue stared at Li Chen for a good while, crossing her arms and laughing coldly, “Heh heh, your joke is so cold!”
With that, she stopped paying attention to Li Chen and turned to walk towards the living room.
Watching the retreating figure of Situ Xiaoyue, Li Chen shook his head helplessly.
“Sigh, rather spend 20 billion on a low-quality Small Rejuvenation Pill than buy my top-tier Gathering Peak Pill.
Definitely sothing wrong with her brain, needs fixing!”
…
At ten o’clock in the evening, the auction officially began.
The opening act was a gambling on stone session, a ga popular in Myanmar and Southern Yunnan.
Due to its highly stimulating nature, gambling on stone beca wildly popular among the rich and powerful once it reached inland.
Moreover, the Chinese revere jade, and cultivators have a particular fondness for jade, flocking to it eagerly.
At this mont, on a stage carpeted in red, twenty or so jade rough stones of various shapes were displayed.
So jewelers and stone betting experts, with their years of professional experience, were critically assessing these rough stones.
Among them, the one placed in the center stood out the most.
It was a 188-pound rough stone shaped sowhat like a chubby baby, of excellent quality, with a vibrant jade coat and clear stripes, and under the crystal chandeliers, it shone with a holy light, glittering brightly.
“This is the best-quality jade rough stone I’ve seen in thirty years of my career.
There’s a high chance of it turning green, and it might even be Imperial Green!” exclaid a well-known expert in the gambling on stone circles.
Several other jewelers, whether insiders or outsiders, also chid in with enthusiastic agreent.
Just then, a long-legged girl in very light clothing stepped forward, pointed at the jade rough stone, and said, “The opening bid for this jade rough stone is 9 million yuan, with each bid increase no less than 100 thousand yuan.
The highest bidder takes it!”
Her words had not even landed when people couldn’t wait to bid.
“9.1 million!”
“9.5 million!”
“10 million!”
“20 million!”
…
The price of the jade rough stone shot up like a rocket, fueled by a crowd of tycoons, soaring crazily.
Li Chen was also among the crowd, with Moo Xi on his left and Lin Xuanfei on his right.
Lin Xuanfei, oblivious to stone gambling, thus remained silent, simply fluttering her watery eyes as she stared at the sharply contoured side of Li Chen’s face.
To her, Li Chen was much more pleasing to the eye than any jade rough stone.
Compared to Lin Xuanfei, Moo Xi had a slightly better understanding of stone gambling.
However, that understanding was just superficial.
Seeing that Li Chen was staring at the jade rough stone, she blinked and asked, “Are you interested in that jade rough stone?
If you are, I can bid for it!”
Li Chen thought for a mont, then shook his head and said, “It’s nothing more than a useless piece, no need to bid for it!”
Having said that, he closed his eyes resolutely, no longer paying attention to the outside noise, completely exuding the aura of a transcendent hermit.
In fact, he had already extended his consciousness to closely examine the jade rough stone that was drawing the most attention.
Indeed, its surface patterns were clearly visible, and its seller’s appeal was excellent; it could be considered the high, rich, and handso of the rough stone world.
Unfortunately, despite the glittering exterior, the substance was poor; inside was only a thin layer of Spiritual Power, a true definition of sothing neither useful to keep nor worth discarding.
However, such a “useless piece” had already been hyped by local tycoons to an outrageous price of eighty million, and it seed there was potential for the price to climb even higher.
“One billion!”
Just then, a domineering voice, like a blockbuster bomb, suddenly erupted.
Upon hearing this price, everyone present decisively shut their mouths and turned uniformly to look at the source of the voice.
“Who is this guy, acting so badass?”
“Shh, keep it down.
He’s the Young Master of the Huiji Wang Family, Wang Tianming, the third-generation steering person of the Wang family!”
“Is it that Wang Tianming, who is praised for his monstrous Martial Arts talent, who reached the Inner Strength Peak at only twenty-five?”
“Wow, the Wang family’s young master is so handso!”
Many rich young ladies and noblewon looked at Wang Tianming with heated gazes, almost wishing they could strip themselves bare on the spot and invite him to deeply favor them.
…
Wang Tianming’s bid of one billion imdiately sent the other tycoons into retreat.
Actually, it was not because they couldn’t afford the price.
The most important reason was that Wang Tianming had recently beco a disciple of Master Nan Yi from Dragon Tiger Mountain, and his prospects were imasurable.
To offend such a rising dragon over an uncertain jade rough stone was an unwise move.
Everyone present was clever; how could they make such a low-level mistake?
Seeing this scene, Li Chen couldn’t help sighing, “Ah, what an idiot!”
Wang Tianming was an Inner Strength Peak Martial Artist with exceptionally acute hearing.
Li Chen’s words entered his ears without missing a single one.
His gaze suddenly turned icy, locking firmly onto Li Chen.
“Brother, what did you just say?
Could you speak up and repeat it?”
When Wang Tianming spoke, everyone’s gaze, following his line of sight, turned in unison to Li Chen.
Li Chen curled his lips and said earnestly, “I said, having a brain is a good thing; I hope you have one!”
Hearing Li Chen’s words, everyone present was shocked.
“Who is this guy, speaking so sharply?”
“Seems to be called Li Chen, the one who earlier in the living room, knocked down the Duan family’s wolf cub with a single punch.”
“Hehe, if he thinks he can do whatever he wants just because he defeated the Duan family’s wolf cub, then he’s greatly mistaken.
The Huiji Wang Family is not to be compared with the small Duan family.
Wang Tianming is a true dragon among n; although the wolf cub from the Duan family is strong, he is nothing in Wang Tianming’s eyes!”
“Ah, such a pity for this young man.
Who to provoke if not Wang Tianming!”
…
While everyone was looking at Li Chen with sympathetic eyes, one person’s clear eyes flashed with a complex light.
This person was Situ Xiaoyue!
Regardless of whether Li Chen was crazy or not, the re fact that he dared to confront Wang Tianming was enough to earn Situ Xiaoyue’s respect.
Wang Tianming’s gaze suddenly turned frosty as he asked coldly, “Kid, do you know who I am?”
Li Chen, unwilling to show weakness, t Wang Tianming’s gaze and said lightly, “I know, you’re the Huiji Wang Family’s Young Master Wang Tianming!”
After that, he casually retorted, “And do you know who I am?”
Upon hearing Li Chen’s counter-question, all those present were startled, whispering among themselves about Li Chen’s identity.
Anyone brazen enough to confront the Young Master of the Huiji Wang Family was definitely no ordinary person.
Wang Tianming also felt a ripple in his heart and asked tentatively, “Oh, may I ask for your distinguished surna, brother?”
Li Chen thought for a mont and replied, “No need for formalities, my surna is Li.”
As he spoke, the corners of his mouth curved into a mysterious smile, and he casually asked, “By the way, do you know who the Chinese Richest Man is now?”
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