As Princess Xu Jiujiu’s voice fell, VIP Room No.
2 made the first bid.
“100 million.”
VIP Room No.
3 followed with a bid.
“110 million.”
Both sides were tit-for-tat, neither willing to yield to the other.
The entire venue only had them bidding.
The other factions had clearly given up.
The price being too high was one aspect.
Having other thoughts was the other aspect.
And just as the price was raised to 180 million, Qian Daoliu saw that the timing was about right and placed a bid directly.
“200 million.”
The entire venue fell silent instantly.
Inside VIP Room No.
2.
Jing Hongchen, who had originally felt that victory was within his grasp, saw his expression change.
He could not understand, and his tone carried a hint of anger.
“What is the meaning of this from Emperor Xu Jiawei?”
“Isn’t the 100,000-year soul beast embryo something he put up for auction himself?”
“Why does he want to participate in the bidding?”
Xiao Hongchen sat to the side, his expression also very unpleasant, and he let out a cold snort.
“Damn it, I fear he has gone back on his word halfway through.”
“What should we do now?”
“The venue is his; he can bid however he wants.”
Xiao Hongchen was about to go mad with anger.
Because this 100,000-year soul beast embryo was meant for his own Fusion.
Once he succeeded, he would become a twin spirits user.
And he would obtain a 100,000-year spirit ring and Spirit Bone.
In the future, his prospects would surely be limitless.
But now, this sudden turn of events had reduced his hope.
“Hmph!”
Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes, his face gloomy.
After thinking for a moment, he raised the bid again to 210 million.
But soon, VIP Room No.
1 raised the bid again to 230 million.
Jing Hongchen’s expression became increasingly gloomy, and he continued to raise the bid.
Not long after.
The price of the 100,000-year soul beast embryo reached 450 million.
This greatly exceeded Jing Hongchen’s expectations.
He had originally thought that 300 million should be enough to secure it.
As a result, they had been competing until now.
His family’s assets had almost been completely emptied.
The things he carried on him, including some core spirit tool technologies, even if all were taken out for collateral, could only scrape together 50 million at most.
Xiao Hongchen slammed the table hard.
“Damn it!
This is bullying!
This is too much bullying!”
Meng Hongchen was also indignant on the side.
“Grandfather, stop raising the bid.”
“It is obvious that they want to sell and buy it themselves; no matter how much money you offer, it is useless.”
Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen took a deep breath.
Anger flashed in his eyes.
“Good, good, good!
What a great Star Luo Empire!
What a great Emperor Xu Jiawei!
I will see in a moment if you can produce so many gold coins!”
As he spoke, he stood up directly and walked out of VIP Room No.
2.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen hurriedly followed.
…
At this moment, inside VIP Room No.
1.
Seeing that VIP Room No.
2 was no longer bidding, Qian Daoliu slowly let out a breath of stale air, feeling an immense sense of heartache.
A full 450 million gold coins.
This had almost emptied half of his family’s assets.
Hopefully, there won’t be any trouble.
Fortunately, with Princess Xu Jiujiu’s words on the screen, this auction finally came to an end.
“Since there are no guests continuing to bid.”
“Then this 100,000-year soul beast embryo belongs to the distinguished guest in VIP Room No.
1.”
“I ask that this distinguished guest please move to the backstage; we will exchange money for the goods.”
“I hope…”
And just at this moment.
Suddenly, Jing Hongchen appeared on the screen.
He directly interrupted Princess Xu Jiujiu.
“I raise an objection!”
Looking in the direction of VIP Room No.
1, Jing Hongchen said loudly: “To the guest who bought the 100,000-year soul beast embryo, I question whether you can even produce 450 million gold coins.”
“If you have nothing to hide, then come out and pay in front of me.”
Subsequently, his tone changed.
“Of course, you can also choose to remain silent and not come out to confront me.”
“But you must think clearly about the consequences of such a choice.”
“For the Star Luo Empire to pull such a trick, I fear it will make the entire continent hold it in contempt.”
Although Jing Hongchen did not point it out directly, the meaning was already very clear.
The people here were not fools and could naturally hear what he was implying.
At this moment, except for the Shrek group who knew they had no money to participate in the bidding and had left early, the expressions on everyone’s faces were very colorful.
They could not help but discuss.
“The Star Luo Empire’s behavior is truly ugly.”
“They released the information to attract us over, only for them to bid on the 100,000-year soul beast embryo themselves.”
“If you didn’t want to sell it, you didn’t have to; was this necessary?”
“Could it be that they are toying with us?”
Jing Hongchen looked at the people below, who had all been successfully stirred up by him, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
Before coming, he had investigated the financial situation of the Star Luo Royal Family through various channels.
The Star Luo Royal Family invested a large amount of military spending on the border every year and definitely could not produce so many gold coins right now.
After all, this was cash flow.
Looking at the entire continent, although there were some factions that could directly produce so many gold coins in one go, they certainly did not include the Star Luo Empire, which was strapped for cash after using almost half its wealth for military spending.
Therefore, Jing Hongchen had the confidence to stand here.
He was not afraid of offending the Star Luo Royal Family.
Not to mention that he had made full preparations before coming and was carrying many powerful spirit tools on him; if he wanted to leave, those few Titled Douluo of the Star Luo Royal Family could not stop him.
The key was, could Emperor Xu Jiawei really show such courage?
He represented the Sun Moon Empire and the Sun Moon Royal Family.
Unless Emperor Xu Jiawei wanted to start a war.
Otherwise, he would definitely not dare to make a move against him in front of so many people.
So, Jing Hongchen was not panicking at all right now.
…
At this moment, inside VIP Room No.
1.
Emperor Xu Jiawei listened to the commotion coming from outside.
He only felt a throbbing headache.
This was truly bad.
He had never expected that Jing Hongchen would actually put forward a request for a face-to-face transaction.
If they could not produce 450 million gold coins today.
If he lost face, that would be one thing, but the Star Luo Royal Family would also lose face.
This was the worst-case scenario he had anticipated.
If they didn’t go out, they would surely be branded as cowards in the future.
Emperor Xu Jiawei felt a tightness in his chest.
He could not help but look at Qian Daoliu, who had remained calm throughout, and said: “Brother Qian, please tell me first how many gold coins you can specifically produce right now.”
“I will see if we can pool it together in a moment to see if we can make 450 million.”
“As long as we deal with Jing Hongchen, whatever money is spent will be returned later.”
Dai Hao said from the side: “450 million is not a small number; I fear no one can produce it all at once.”
“But using items as collateral will also work.”
“I have a 50,000-year Explosive Flame Tiger Right Arm Bone in my hand, and a 30,000-year Red Sun Lizard Left Arm Bone.”
“Added together, it should be worth about 50 million plus.”
“Counting the gold coins I have with me, scraping together 70 million should be no problem.”
Emperor Xu Jiawei nodded slightly upon hearing this.
“Hmm, I should be able to scrape together about 200 million.”
“It depends on you, Brother Qian.”
Qian Daoliu looked at the two of them, who looked like they were worried to death, and chuckled.
“You two are worrying too much; I said long ago that if the money is not enough, I will naturally give up.”
“Since I have the confidence to call out this price, I certainly will not be unable to pay it.”
“Let’s go.”
“I have indirectly caused the Star Luo Royal Family to lose reputation, so I have an obligation to resolve it.”
He stood up unhurriedly.
With his hands behind his back, he controlled his spirit power to open the VIP room door and walked out slowly.
Emperor Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao looked at each other.
They stood up and followed.