Chapter 194: Lin Yang Starts Bidding

Chu Yue burst into the auction venue in a flurry.

Her pale yellow gauze long dress flowed like moonlight, swaying lightly with her hurried steps, and the embroidered lilies on the dress seemed to tremble along.

Her jet-black hair flowed wildly, a few strands falling beside her snow-white cheeks, accentuating her current anxiety and anger.

Just stepping into the hall, the fervent auction atmosphere instantly enveloped her.

Chu Yue's eyes shone like clear springs; at a glance she locked onto the Lion King Bone on the stage, thinking to herself, 'This Lion King Bone, I, as this miss, will surely obtain it!'

After all, her cultivation had recently been stuck at a bottleneck, making no progress; if she could use this Lion King Bone to enhance her talent, breaking through the bottleneck would be a piece of cake.

Furthermore, Hua Xiangxi and Jiang Yuehuo have been helping that brat bully me; once I obtain the Lion King Bone, I will surely make them look at me with new eyes!

Thinking of this, a flash of determined resolve crossed Chu Yue's eyes.

Immediately, her eyes deepened, and without hesitation she shouted loudly, 'I will bid, I will raise the price, I will add ten thousand spirit power!'

After shouting, she felt elated and proud, thinking that her opening bid of ten thousand spirit power would surely suppress everyone present.

And Chu Yue's bid was indeed like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, shocking everyone present into speechlessness.

The entire auction venue instantly fell into dead silence, everyone's gaze fixed on her as if drawn by a magnet.

Chu Yue felt somewhat doubtful; she had shouted ten thousand spirit stones, which was already a lot, but there was no need for everyone to be so surprised, right?

This scene seemed even more excessive than she had imagined.

Immediately, the crowd not only expressed surprise but also burst into a heated discussion.

Chu Yue faintly heard someone shouting 'Awesome', 'Impressive', 'Domineering', and similar praises.

Hearing these voices, she felt even more delighted and proud.

She secretly thought, this shock was not excessive, after all, ten thousand spirit power was an unimaginable huge sum for some ordinary sects.

These people usually could only look up to her; who could have such a lavish spending demeanor?

Thinking this, Chu Yue wished she could lift her tail up to the sky.

However.

Just as she was immersed in her self-indulgence, the auctioneer on the podium suddenly boomed, 'One million ten thousand spirit stones, first call.'

'One million ten thousand spirit stones, second call.'

'Is anyone else raising the bid?'

Chu Yue heard these words.

Instantly, her expression froze, and the smug smile on her face stiffened.

Her face full of confusion, she muttered to herself, 'How did it become one million ten thousand?'

'What on earth is going on?'

'I clearly only added ten thousand spirit stones; how did it suddenly become so much?'

Chu Yue was almost dumbfounded.

It turned out that, because she hadn't managed to book a heavenly-character-sized private room, she had gone to argue with the attendant for a while.

After finishing the argument and rushing over to the auction, she had no idea the price had already skyrocketed to this extent.

She had originally planned to add ten thousand spirit power just to show off.

Who would have thought that, before this, the Lion King Bone's price had already been raised to ten million spirit stones?

And she herself added another ten thousand spirit stones on top of that.

This price had long since far exceeded the Lion King Bone's intrinsic value.

What's worse, if no one bids higher on the third call,

then she would have to spend one million ten thousand spirit stones to buy this Lion King Bone—such a cost is truly enormous!

Seeing this, everyone gave Chu Yue a thumbs-up.

They whispered, 'This miss dares to compete in bidding with President Jiang and Shopkeeper Hua; such courage is truly admirable.'

'I suppose she must have considerable backing behind her.'

'You're blind, can't you see? This person is none other than Chu Yue, daughter of the Sect Leader of the Central State Great Dao Sect!'

'The daughter of the Sect Leader of the Great Dao Sect, one of the Five Great Sects of Central State, Chu Yue?'

'You're saying she's Chu Yue?'

'Good heavens, it really is her!'

'No wonder she dares to challenge Shopkeeper Hua and President Jiang; if she is Chu Yue, she indeed has that capability!'

'In that case, Shopkeeper Hua and President Jiang probably won't bid again; they should at least give Chu Yue some face.'

Everyone chatted back and forth, speculating about what would happen next.

But Chu Yue's bid was, in the eyes of Jiang Yuehuo and Hua Xiangxi, utterly insignificant.

The two were fiercely competing for affection, vowing to personally secure the Lion King Bone for Lin Yang.

Immediately, they merely glanced at Chu Yue with indifference.

Then they vied with each other again.

Just as they were preparing to continue raising the bid,

at that moment,

The ever-silent Lin Yang stood up and spoke slowly, 'Alright, you don't need to keep bidding.'

'I will bid for this item myself.'

Having said that,

He, wearing a splendid robe, slowly walked out from the private room.

As soon as Lin Yang appeared, the audience erupted in exclamations one after another.

'Is this the man that President Jiang and Shopkeeper Hua have been trying to win over?'

Do we even need to guess? They're all in a private room; besides him, who else could it be?

Damn it, this brat, besides being a bit handsome, what gives him the right to earn the favor of the two peerless beauties of the Three Provinces?

Everyone's faces were full of envy and jealousy, chattering away, as if they had overturned a vinegar jar.

Chu Yue heard the voice, and following everyone's gaze, she looked toward Lin Yang, and a surge of hatred instantly welled up in her heart.

Isn't this the person who threw me out of the Heavenly Character Room No. 3 private chamber?

I hate him to the bone!

She gritted her teeth in thought.

Lin Yang, however, paid no heed to the crowd's criticism, merely quietly gazing at the Lion King's bone on the podium.

That Lion King's bone exuded a rich fire-attribute spiritual energy, exactly what he urgently needed for alchemy.

Immediately, he spoke lightly and calmly, shouting: "10,150,000 spiritual stones."

This bid was neither too much nor too little, exactly meeting the auction's requirement of a starting bid of fifty thousand spiritual stones.

Upon hearing this bid, the crowd fell into silence once again.

They all understood in their hearts that Lin Yang was obviously aiming for Chu Yue.

The crowd couldn't help but break out in a sweat for him.

Doesn't he fear the Great Dao Sect behind Chu Yue?

At the same time, in a Heavenly Character private room, Ah Jiao, her face flushed with embarrassment, said to Jiang Suan, who was playing with crickets nearby:

"Young master, your friend has gotten together with Chu Yue."

Jiang Suan stopped his motion of teasing the crickets, falling into thought for a moment.

Immediately, he asked: "Have they gotten together?"

"Is there still a spot for me? I also want to join in."

Ah Jiao's face turned even redder; she knew the young master's words, though they sounded like some lascivious remarks.

But the actual meaning was to take advantage of the situation to put pressure on Chu Yue.

She hurriedly replied: "Young master, for now there is none."

"However, Ah Jiao will always keep an eye out, to find an opportunity for the young master."

Jiang Suan nodded satisfied and said: "You handle it, I'm at ease."

Immediately, he resumed playing with the crickets.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Chu Yue did not feel relieved because someone had bid and taken the high-priced Lion King's bone.

On the contrary.

The anger in her heart burned fiercely.

Because the person who took the Lion King's bone was actually Lin Yang, and he merely bid according to the asking price, fifty thousand spiritual stones.

This clearly was bullying to an extreme, deliberately targeting her.

With new and old grudges, Chu Yue couldn't swallow this anger.

She immediately gritted her teeth and shouted angrily: "10,250,000 spiritual stones."