"Isn’t that stating the obvious? Although this tea costs five thousand yuan, my grandfather’s tea leaves are more expensive than gold, diminishing with every sip. How can it compare?" Zhou Botong said proudly.
"That’s true, but you left out another reason. This tea is used to make money from big bosses, so naturally, the price has to be a bit higher. Otherwise, the big bosses wouldn’t even drink it," Lin Tian said with a laugh.
"Forget it, let’s not talk about that. Just look at the card in your hand," Zhou Botong urged impatiently, as he had seen more expensive teas before and was just speaking casually earlier.
Lin Tian picked up the card and looked at it again. As usual, the image on the card was a photo of a jade artwork nad "Outer Heaven Flying Immortal." This "Outer Heaven Flying Immortal" was not so martial arts move, but an actual flying immortal, a Fairy Flying Sky Map.
It was a jade carving of a Fairy Flying Sky Map, the fairy’s head surrounded by a halo, her face elongated, with a well-defined eyes, nose, and other facial features, her upper body semi-naked, and her legs slender. Her blue dress fluttered, and her sash danced in the air as she soared.
The entire piece of jade was originally half green and half icy type material; the fairy’s body was carved from the semi-transparent icy part, while her dress was from the greenish jade. Although the fairy was carved from jade, it was very lifelike. It captured everything a female should have, and the carving was even more perfect.
That was why Lin Tian had spit out a mouthful of tea earlier. Moreover, the flying posture of the fairy in the blue dress reminded him of soone—Qingyao, the seldom-seen zombie girl. Her flying posture resembled that of this sky map, no, even more beautiful than the sky map.
Lin Tian even suspected that perhaps ancient people had seen her flying in the sky and then used that as a template for artistic creation, evolving it into the concept of a Fairy Flying Sky Map.
"Brother Lin, what do you think?" Zhou Botong asked with a smile.
"It’s diocre. This is not how a Fairy Flying Sky Map should look. This artwork captures the form but misses the essence. The essence of a piece lies in its essence, and this one focuses too much on its form, too much on carving techniques, making it seem too deliberate, lacking in a seamless, natural aura," Lin Tian critiqued seriously.
He was telling the truth because he had seen the real Fairy Flying Sky Map, the zombie girl in flowing blue, descending from the sky, a sight Lin Tian was bound to never forget that night.
"Brother Lin, what do you an it’s ’not like this’? What do you an by ’a natural aura’? What are you talking about? Have you seen the appearance of a flying fairy?" Zhou Botong asked, puzzled.
Lin Tian looked disdainfully at this "Walking Encyclopedia," and said, "Even if I said I’ve seen it, you wouldn’t believe . Since you don’t believe, why bother asking? I think you should fix your face, it’s embarrassingly creepy. Otherwise, if Ou ngng sees you, your surprise for tonight might turn into a scare."
"Oh, Brother Lin is right, I almost ssed up the big event," Zhou Botong caught on, imdiately straightening his face to look serious.
Damn it, it’s just two people having a secret rendezvous at night, and yet he calls it a ’big event’. I despise you, Lin Tian thought irritably. Zhou Botong is blatantly hurting single dogs here, and it’s a critical hit.
Ignoring Zhou Botong, Lin Tian turned his attention back to the auction stage. At this mont, the staff had already removed the jade cabbage, placed "Outer Heaven Flying Immortal" into the showcase, then locked it up, and Shi Feifei pressed the lift button to elevate the showcase.
Under the beams of light, the Jade Fairy looked even more beautiful than in the photos, and both n and won in the hall gasped in amazent.
While everyone was focused on "Outer Heaven Flying Immortal," a female server walked out from a side door and approached Lin Tian’s table. Lin Tian turned his head and saw that it was Ning Luoxi.
"This is the information you requested," Ning Luoxi whispered, placing a folder down, nodded her head, and walked away nonchalantly.
"Brother Lin, what is this?" Zhou Botong asked curiously.
Lin Tian gestured with his hand for him not to ask, picked up the docunt, briefly glanced through it, and read all the contents.
So that’s how it is, Lin Tian realized, this No. 39 man was simply impersonating soone else, and where the real No. 39 had gone was not ntioned in the docunt, but one thing was certain, the No. 39 in this hall was fake.
This just made things easier, no need to check his financial status, Lin Tian could now confront him, a cold smile forming on Lin Tian’s lips.
"Brother Lin, you have a rather sinister smile. Is soone about to be unlucky?" Zhou Botong couldn’t help but ask.
"You’ll know soon enough, wait till I perform a little act for you, hehe," Lin Tian chuckled.
On the auction stage, Shi Feifei picked up the microphone and loudly said, "The second auction item is Outer Heaven Flying Immortal, I declare its starting bid is..."
"Hold on!" a voice called out from the corner, interrupting Shi Feifei.
It was Lin Tian who had shouted, holding the docunt, he stepped out from the corner and ca in front of everyone.
"Mr. Lin, as the auctioneer, what business do you have coming up here, please do not interrupt my work," Shi Feifei said, very displeased.
She had been disturbed by Lin Tian several tis already and had long harbored dissatisfaction towards him. Originally, knowing that Lin Tian had proposed the auction donations, Shi Feifei had a changed impression of him, but now he suddenly spoke up and interrupted, even walking up to the auction stage, which made her rather annoyed because she hates being disturbed during her work.
"I certainly don’t an to disturb your work, but since this is an auction, it must be conducted under the premises of fairness and justice, and I am here to rectify an unfairness that has occurred in the auction," Lin Tian said calmly, unfazed by her anger.
"What do you an? Are you questioning the fairness of the auction I am hosting?" Shi Feifei obviously misunderstood Lin Tian’s words, becoming even angrier.
"Lin Tian, although you are the organizer, you should not interfere with the auction without just cause, otherwise I really have to doubt your fairness and justice," Bai Yuze said with a faint smile, sitting in his chair.
"Yes, even the organizers shouldn’t act recklessly," Futian Shenyi chid in.
"What’s wrong with this young man? I heard from my grandson that he perford quite well in the morning. Doesn’t he know the rules of the auction? Even as the auctioneer, he should not arbitrarily disrupt the auction process without a valid reason," an elderly Chinese businessman said from upstairs, who clearly did not know Lin Tian before.
The words of this businessman represented the opinion of many, with many people not understanding why a normally good young man was suddenly acting so recklessly, which could bring negative impacts to Tianxue Jewelry and even the Xiao Family.
"Lin Tian, what are you doing?" Mrs. Xiao stood up from her seat, frowning as she looked down at Lin Tian, asking in bewildernt.
Although Mrs. Xiao knew Lin Tian quite well, it was because of this knowledge that she knew how bold he was. It seed there was nothing and no one in this world he feared, so she was worried that Lin Tian might do sothing inappropriate here.
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