Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 329 – A way to end earlier

The competition had dwindled from thousands to just a dozen people.

The price of the Sea-Splitting Warblade continued to climb.

Lin Jichen glanced at the time; it was almost noon. He was contemplating whether to log off and have lunch. Gu Qiuxue had mentioned she made a lot of delicious food today, and he was eager to have a feast.

But at this rate, the auction wouldn't end before noon.

As Lin Jichen hesitated, Jiang Luoyu noticed his expression and asked, "Something on your mind?"

Lin Jichen smiled and nodded, "My sister called me for lunch."

Jiang Luoyu smiled, "Do you want to finish watching the auction first?"

"Yeah, but it looks like it will take a while. It's fine, I'll just tell my sister I'll eat later," Lin Jichen replied casually.

However, Jiang Luoyu seemed to have an idea. She calmly instructed Su Wanling, "Wanling, let's speed this up."

Su Wanling immediately understood and raised her bidding paddle again, "One hundred thousand."

Whoa!

Everyone was stunned. An increase of twenty thousand in one go? That was intense...

This wasn't just twenty thousand Chinese Yuan; it was twenty thousand Spirit Stones, equivalent to four million Chinese Yuan.

With Su Wanling's bid, the remaining bidders gave up.

Spending twenty million on a piece of equipment was too extravagant; money didn't grow on trees.

Moreover, if they spent one hundred thousand Spirit Stones now, what if better equipment came up later?

Thus, the Earth Grade item was successfully claimed by Jiang Luoyu.

Lin Jichen was both amused and exasperated. He hadn't expected Jiang Luoyu to expedite the auction in such an "unconventional" manner just because he mentioned wanting to finish early for lunch.

"Don't misunderstand, even if we bid until the end, it would probably reach this price anyway. Besides, I'm a bit hungry too and wanted to finish early for lunch," Jiang Luoyu winked at Lin Jichen.

Lin Jichen was speechless. Maybe this was the dilemma of the wealthy—their money was simply too much to spend!

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The auction continued.

A large number of Mysterious Grade equipment were presented one after another.

The atmosphere grew more lively, with everyone eagerly bidding.

But Su Wanling seemed to be at odds with everyone. For each piece of equipment, she would raise the bid significantly right from the start.

For a Mysterious Grade item with a starting price of five thousand, she would immediately bid ten thousand, regardless of whether she liked it or not.

Everyone was frustrated.

A guild leader stood up, pointing at Lin Jichen, and shouted, "Lin Jichen, are you colluding with the Moon Shadow Guild to inflate prices? This auction is too dishonest!"

Before Lin Jichen could respond, Jiang Luoyu said domineeringly, "If I were inflating prices, would I use such a crude method that you could see through? The items you didn't bid on all went to Moon Shadow. The highest bidder wins; what's wrong with that?"

The guild leader retorted angrily, "Who bids like that? How many items has Moon Shadow won? Do you even have that many Spirit Stones? Is there some secret deal between you and Lin Jichen?"

Jiang Luoyu, expressionless, replied indifferently, "Don't use your narrow perspective to judge the vastness of the world. If you can't afford it, it just means you're poor, nothing more."

"You!" The guild leader was so enraged that his face turned red, but he had no choice but to sit back down, fuming.

Others also gave up bidding. After all, it was a dagger, and not many people used it. They decided to let Moon Shadow have it for a hundred thousand.

The female host immediately announced the final item.

[Earth Grade Weapon: Evil Soul Broadsword]: Strength 85, Critical 55, each critical hit causes a 3% bleeding effect, stacking up to 30%.

Comes with [Rock Solid] and [Wind Break] skills.

Requirement: Golden Core Realm blade users.

Another Earth Grade weapon!

But as soon as it started, Su Wanling raised her paddle, "One hundred thousand!"

The guild leaders almost spat blood. How many Spirit Stones did Moon Shadow Guild have?

But this time, no one wanted to give up.

It was the last item. They had missed out on two Earth Grade items; they didn't want to miss the last one.

"One hundred and ten thousand!"

"One hundred and twenty thousand!"

"One hundred and thirty thousand!"

...

Perhaps provoked by Su Wanling, or perhaps not wanting to be outdone, many guild leaders started bidding in increments of ten thousand.

Surprisingly, Su Wanling stopped bidding, seemingly giving up on this item.

They guessed right. Jiang Luoyu had instructed her to stop bidding for this item.

It wasn't that they were out of Spirit Stones, but Jiang Luoyu didn't want Moon Shadow to take all the good items, fearing it would deter people from attending Lin Jichen's future auctions.

She didn't want to ruin Lin Jichen's auction business.

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