Chapter 67 – p2
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Mu Zhi’an leisurely took a sip of tea. Hearing that no one below was continuing to bid, he couldn’t help but inwardly laugh.
Of the one hundred thousand spirit stones he had taken from Old Man Huang last time, he had used nearly half of them himself, but there were still fifty thousand left, which was a considerable fortune, enough for him to live extravagantly for a long time.
He didn’t know what that root was for, but if Ye Yu wanted it, he would fight him for it.
The chosen one was a big fat sheep, and there was still a lot of wool to be sheared from him.
Mu Zhi’an took the teacup handed to him by the maid and slowly took a sip of tea.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a crisp and sweet voice coming from not far away, “One thousand spirit stones.”
Mu Zhi’an subconsciously looked in the direction of the competing bid.
That voice… it was Ye Lingxuan!
Was she speaking up for Ye Yu… Mu Zhi’an felt a bit sour.
Then, he suddenly thought: If I speak up and bid, will she give up bidding?
However, no matter what he thought, there was no way Mu Zhi’an would take the initiative to bid this time, even if it killed him.
After all, as soon as he called out, the fact that he was at the auction house would be exposed.
“Keep bidding, no matter what price the other party raises it to, continue to bid higher,” Mu Zhi’an turned to the maid beside him.
After saying that, he put down his teacup and left the private room, lifting the curtain.
“One thousand one hundred spirit stones.”
“One thousand two hundred.”
As the maid’s voice once again raised the price, Ye Lingxuan’s voice also rang out from a certain private room.
Mu Zhi’an narrowed his eyes and focused on the private room in the corner, muttering to himself, “Over there?”
He immediately quickened his pace and headed towards the private room where the Ye sisters were.
At the same time.
The fair and lovely Ye Qian sat obediently in the rather spacious and tidy private room. She turned to the purple-robed girl beside her and said softly, “Sister, why are you bidding on that kind of thing?”
“For Ye Yu?”
Ye Lingxuan glanced at her sister and said, “No matter what, Ye Yu is a member of the Ye family. Although we haven’t had much contact with him in recent years, since he wants it, let’s get it for him. It’s better to give it to a relative beside us than to a complete stranger.”
She would be leaving Tianxuan City soon, and after that, it would be even more impossible for her to have any contact with Ye Yu. Just consider it a parting gift.
Ye Qian fell silent.
Then, she mumbled, “Who knows where Brother Mu ran off to, he clearly agreed to meet with us.”
Ye Lingxuan snorted. “I could tell long ago that he’s not a good person, so how can we expect him to show up on time?”
Ye Qian held her sister’s arm and glanced at her, saying, “Then why did Sister spend so much time getting ready early in the morning?”
Ye Lingxuan smiled faintly, “Qian’er, don’t you dress up a bit when attending an important occasion like this?”
As she spoke, she lightly touched Ye Qian’s soft and supple lips with her finger, saying, “On the contrary, you usually only do some simple makeup when going out, but today, you’re even more meticulously dressed than me.”
“Could it be… that you specially dolled yourself up for Mu Zhi’an?” Ye Lingxuan narrowed her eyes and smiled.
Ye Qian lowered her eyes slightly and said softly, “What is Sister talking about? My reason is the same as Sister’s. I simply dressed up a bit because I’m attending the auction.”
Ye Lingxuan took in Ye Qian’s reaction at a glance. She picked up her teacup, leisurely took a sip of tea, and continued, “Regardless of what you think, that Mu Zhi’an is not a good person. Didn’t he agree to meet us today but still failed to show up?”
“Who knows, he might be getting intimate with another woman right now.”
Ye Qian’s small face showed a trace of disappointment, but she didn’t argue.
After all, it was a fact that Mu Zhi’an had agreed to meet with them but hadn’t shown up. Perhaps her sister was right.
At this moment, a new bid came from the private room not far away, “One thousand three hundred spirit stones.”
Such a price had already far exceeded the psychological limit of most young cultivators. It wasn’t that they didn’t have that many spirit stones, but rather, spending so much on a withered root was really not worth it.
“One thousand five hundred.”
Upon hearing the competing bid from the private room, Ye Lingxuan’s delicate eyebrows furrowed. Her anger flared up.
Ye Qian gently placed her small hand on the back of Ye Lingxuan’s hand and said, “Sister, calm down. It’s not worth spending so many spirit stones to buy a medicinal ingredient that has no use.”
Helping Ye Yu for the sake of the times they had played together in the past was fine, but if it cost too many spirit stones, it wasn’t worth it.
“I want to see what the other party’s psychological limit is,” Ye Lingxuan said indifferently.
Clearly, this young miss from a mysterious faction had gotten riled up and was unwilling to admit defeat.
She parted her cherry-like lips, about to speak again.
At this moment, the curtain was suddenly lifted.
The two subconsciously raised their heads and saw a handsome youth standing in front of the private room, showing an apologetic smile. “Sorry, I’m late.”
Ye Lingxuan was surprised at first, but her tone quickly turned cold. She said indifferently, “Young Master Mu, I thought you hadn’t planned on coming at all.”
“I couldn’t find you earlier. If I hadn’t heard you bidding, I probably wouldn’t have found you until the end of the auction,” Mu Zhi’an smiled.
He paused, then continued, “If I hadn’t come over, you two might have raised the price to tens of thousands.”
“If it really went up to tens of thousands, even I would feel the pinch to some extent,” Mu Zhi’an added.
The sisters glanced at each other, both seeing the surprise in each other’s eyes.
So the one who had been bidding against them just now was the young master of the Mu family?
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At this moment, below the stage, Ye Yu looked up at the sexy woman in the black cheongsam on the high platform, his eyes filled with urgency.
“Strange… why did Sister stop bidding? Could it be that she ran out of spirit stones?”
If possible, he didn’t want the Dragon Rising Root to fall into someone else’s hands no matter what… Because that would be a waste. Only those with extremely high aptitude for alchemy could nourish the Dragon Rising Root.
Once someone else obtained it, the Dragon Rising Root would be nothing more than junk.
Only in his hands could the Dragon Rising Root possibly be restored in the future… Ye Yu firmly believed this in his heart.
If there was no other way, he would borrow some spirit stones from Lingxuan.
No matter what, he had to win the Dragon Rising Root first. This item would definitely be a great help to him in the future… Ye Yu stared at the withered root on the high platform with fiery eyes, making up his mind. He quickly walked towards a certain private room on the second floor.
“It should be here… I seem to have heard Lingxuan’s voice coming from here just now.”
Ye Yu looked at the private room in front of him and stepped forward, about to lift the light curtain.
At this moment, a voice floated out from inside the private room:
“Sister Qian, I already said that I’ve been looking all over for you two since I entered the auction house. Does Sister Lingxuan not believe me, and you don’t believe me either?”
“You have the scent of another woman’s rouge on you. You were probably just getting intimate with some girl at a brothel or somewhere, right?” Ye Lingxuan’s voice was crisp and ethereal.
“That’s probably the scent of your own rouge, smell it if you don’t believe me…”
“Young Master Mu, please behave yourself!” Ye Lingxuan’s tone was stern, but there was no discernible anger in her voice.
Hearing the occasional sounds of playful scuffling coming from the private room, Ye Yu’s heart sank. He abruptly lifted the curtain.
