Chapter 152: The Xi Family Wants to 'Make a Move' Again

  When the price was raised to one hundred thousand gold coins, the bidding voices in the venue suddenly stopped.

  Although many people still don't want to give up, there's no way. One hundred thousand gold coins is an insurmountable barrier for most small and medium-sized forces. They may feel resentful, but they have no choice, as they simply can't come up with more gold coins.

  Xu Gongzi's pleased eyes scanned the entire scene, seeing no one competing with himself, and couldn't help but let out a cold hum of satisfaction.

  "Elixir, I must get it!" Permitted Gongzi growled in his heart.

  "This elixir is indeed a good thing, but I bought it and didn't have much use for it, so I won't participate in the bidding." Hong Fei smiled with a face full of wrinkles, as if he had unintentionally said something.

  Hong Fei was the president of the auction house, but he had always been single and had no children. His strength had long since entered the realm of a spiritual master, so buying this spiritual liquid really didn't have much use.

  Liu Xuan, on the other hand, cannot participate in the bidding. As the president of the auction house, if he participates in the bidding for the items, it will inevitably lead to rumors and someone may say that he is maliciously driving up prices, which would have a great impact on the reputation of the auction house.

  "110,000 gold coins!"

  After a few moments of silence in the venue, this time the price increase came from Li Tianlun, the president of the Extreme Challenge Hall. As the president of Yu Shui City's Extreme Challenge Hall, Li Tianlun's assets had always been shrouded in mystery, and no one knew exactly how much money he had.

  Hong Fei had jokingly asked about his assets before, but Li Tianlun didn't explicitly say anything, only saying that he was actually a poor man. Of course, no one would believe him.

  Xu Gongzi saw that the person sitting in the first row was competing with himself, and he couldn't help but feel a little weak. Those who could sit in the front row were all people he couldn't afford to offend. However, if he let him give up like this, he also felt somewhat unwilling. He also knew Li Tianlun, and Xu Gongzi had some understanding of the various Holy Hall executives in Yushui City.

  After gritting his teeth, Master Xu finally sat back down again. Anyway, apart from this one bottle of spiritual liquid, there were still three more bottles left. If he couldn't buy this one, there would be opportunities later on.

  It's not worth committing a crime for buying Ling Ye just to offend Li Tianlun. Besides, even if he continues to bid, it's not necessarily that he can outbid Li Tianlun.

  After Xugongzi stopped bidding, others in the venue naturally didn't continue to participate in the auction either.

  "Xia Feilong, Wang Yue, I'd like to discuss something with you two." Xi Potian's eyes suddenly flashed and he spoke in a low voice to the other two family heads beside him.

  "Huh?" Xia Fei Long's heart skipped a beat, "This Xi Po Tian, what kind of trouble is he trying to stir up again?"

  Wang Jiazu Wang Yue burst out laughing and said: "I don't know what orders does Xi Jiazhang have?"

  Xī's eyes flashed with a hint of sinister smile on his face, "This spiritual liquid, after Li Tianlun bought one bottle, there are only three bottles left. Rather than us three families fighting to the death, why don't we make a deal, each buying one bottle?"

  Wang Yue's eyes lit up and he thought to himself, "This is actually a good idea!"

  Xia Fei Long pondered and said: "Then this second bottle of spiritual liquid, for whom?"

  "Haha, Xi Zong, don't blame me for not trusting you. With your character, it's highly likely that you'll go bad once you get the spiritual liquid. You've done something like this before, haven't you?" Xia Feilong chuckled to say.

  His face fell, but he didn't refute. Among the three family heads of Yushui City, he was indeed the most despicable and sinister, which could often be heard in the mouths of many ordinary people in Yushui City.

  Wang Yue's face trembled slightly, his eyes shifting. "How about this: let Xia family's Xia Zong buy the second bottle of spiritual liquid first, then our Wang family will buy the third bottle. As for the last one, naturally it should be bought by Xi Zong."

  "That's unfair!" Shi Potian angrily exclaimed.

  "Unfair? Heh heh, Clan Leader Xi, you just spent 180,000 buying a Blood Lingcao. I don't believe your family has that much gold stored up to spend like this. Hmph, if it's really not enough, we can all rely on our own abilities. I don't mind buying two more bottles!" Xia Feilong said with a glance at Xi Po Tian, his tone not very polite.

  He had no good feelings towards Xi Po Tian. Among the three major families, the relationship between the Xi and Xia families was the worst. Even in the Holy Temple Conference, the opinions and views of the two family heads were always opposite. The two people could be said to be like fire and water. Especially after Xi Qiu Shui, Xi Po Tian's son, was killed by Xia Yan with one sword, Xi Po Tian wanted to destroy the Xia family even more.

  "Xī zú zhǎng, zhè......" Wáng Yuè furrowed his brow and shook his head with a sigh.

  It seems that if Xi Po Tian doesn't agree, he will also resort to his own methods.

  "Congratulations to Yu Shui City Extreme Challenge venue director Li Tianlun, who successfully bought the first bottle of spiritual liquid with 110,000 gold coins!" Mo Jiafen announced the ownership of the first bottle of spiritual liquid at this time.

  His face was ashen, his expression gloomy, and a fire of anger surged in his heart, but he had no way to vent it.

  Xia family recently won a lot of gold coins in the extreme challenge arena, and they already had an advantage over the Xi family. Just now, Xi Po Tian spent a huge amount of gold coins to buy a Blood Lingcao that was far from its value.

  If they were to compete, the Xi family would definitely lose to the Xia family. As for the Wang family, although they lost some gold coins in the extreme challenge arena, they didn't suffer any significant losses.

  His eyes rolled a few times, and Xi Po Tian gradually suppressed the anger in his chest.

  "I spent 180,000 gold coins on the Blood Ling Grass. This matter will definitely be criticized by the elders when I return to the Elder's Council. If I can get this rare spiritual liquid, it will shut those elders up." Xi Po Tian thought to himself, "For now, I'll just have to endure it and wait until I get my hands on the spiritual liquid. This Xi Po Tian is always making things difficult for me, humph, let's see how long you can keep being arrogant."

  After much deliberation in his mind, Xi Po Tian finally made up his mind.

  "Alright, I'll go along with what you said. However, after you've bought the Spiritual Liquid, don't cause any trouble for me when I'm bidding on it!" Xi Po Tian said to Shen Yan and Xia Fei Long and Wang Yue.

  "Haha, don't worry, I'm not as despicable as you." Xia Feilong said with a smile.

  He was delighted to be able to buy the elixir without having to fight hard for it.

  Wang Yue also said: "Xi family head can rest assured, I and Xia family head have bought the spiritual liquid, absolutely will not go to bid for the fourth bottle of spiritual liquid again."

  Having obtained the guarantee from both of them, Xi Po Tian's complexion gradually returned to normal, and he nodded.

  "One hundred thousand gold coins!"

  Xia Fei Long directly added the gold coins to one million, he knew that slowly adding them had no meaning. Those small and medium-sized forces and merchants would definitely not give up bidding early. Only when they reached one million gold coins would they retreat.

  As expected, when Xia Fei Long reported a price of 100,000, the crowd in the venue immediately fell silent.

  "The Xia family head offered a price of one million gold coins. Is there anyone who can offer an even higher price?" Mo Jia Feng stood at the front desk, repeating his words once again.

  Xu Gongzi wanted to make an offer, but he was also somewhat embarrassed.

  "The Xia family, isn't someone I can afford to offend either. Although my Xu family isn't in Yushui City, but Yushui City is adjacent to Huacqing City, if I were to offend the Xia family, I'm afraid that in the future..." Young Master Xu slightly shook his head and gave up bidding again.

  The second bottle of spiritual liquid was successfully purchased by Xia Feilong for 100,000 gold coins.

  When the third bottle of spiritual liquid was auctioned off, Wang Jiaolong, the head of the Wang family, also bid 100,000 gold coins.

  Beside him, Xi Po Tian's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and the blue veins on his arm bulged high.

  Watching Xia's family buy the spiritual liquid, the hatred in his heart also rose continuously.

  "110,000!"

  Xu Gongzi finally couldn't bear it and took action!

  This was the second to last bottle of spiritual liquid, if he didn't make a move now, he might not have another chance. Mr. Xu also figured it out, that the three major families of Wang, Xi and Xia's Jade Water City must have colluded with each other, one bottle per family. If he gave up this time, it would be hard to get the fourth bottle in his hands. Therefore, Mr. Xu gritted his teeth and shouted out 1.1 million.

  Upon hearing that someone was competing, Wang Yue involuntarily raised his eyes to look at the person who had called out a price, his eyebrows rising slightly as some anger ignited within him.

  "Xia family's bidding, you don't bid, wait for Wang family's bidding, then you follow the bidding! Hmph......" Wang Yue's mind flashed for a moment, and he continued to say in a low voice: "1.2 million gold coins!"

  This third bottle of spiritual liquid is absolutely essential.

  The Xia family has already bought a bottle of spiritual liquid, and if the Wang family can't buy one, it will be very disadvantageous to them. As for the fourth bottle of spiritual liquid, he had promised not to bid on it. Therefore, no matter what the cost, Wang Yue would definitely buy the third bottle of spiritual liquid.

  Seeing someone competing with the Wang family, Xi Po's heart was somewhat pleased. He was that kind of person who hoped others would suffer a loss. Others suffering a loss, even if he didn't gain any advantage, would still make him feel very pleased.

  "1.21 million gold coins!" Young Master Xu almost gritted his teeth as he reported the price, and at this moment, he was also under immense pressure in his heart.

  "How detestable!" Wang Yue cursed under his breath.

  "Thirteen thousand!" he shouted loudly, his eyes fiercely staring at Master Xu, as sharp as a dagger.

  Xia Yan saw this scene and couldn't help but secretly laugh, this young master Xue actually got into a fight with Wang Jia's thug!

  "One hundred and thirty thousand!" Mr. Xu still didn't seem to have any intention of giving up.

  Everyone in the venue turned their eyes to the two bidders, and many people began to discuss it.

  "One hundred and forty thousand!" Wang Yue called out the price again with almost no pause.

  The current Wang Yue, his eyes almost spewed out fire. Wang Yue was the kind of person who found it extremely difficult to express his emotions, even if he had a fiery temper, he would remain very calm. But now, he also seemed somewhat unable to restrain himself.

  Xu Gongzi felt two piercing gazes fixed on him, as if they wanted to devour him whole, and his entire body broke out in cold sweat.

  "Looking at the situation, if I really buy this bottle of spiritual liquid in the end, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to Huqing City!" Mr. Xu also wasn't stupid and started considering his own safety, "Forget it, let's give up!"

  Shaking his head, Master Xu stopped bidding.

  Wang Yue also slightly let out a breath and retracted his angry gaze.

  The third bottle of spiritual liquid was bought by Wang Yue, the head of the Wang family, for 1.4 million gold coins.

  Now, it's down to the last bottle of elixir.

  "This seat will decide everything, it must be a fight for the last bottle!" Xia Yan thought to himself.

  He also saw that the Shi family, Wang family and Xia family had discussed it beforehand, each person buying a bottle.

  "Heh heh, Xi family, ah Xi family..."

  A hint of cunning flashed in his eyes, and Xia Yan shifted his body, sitting up a bit straighter.

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