Scholarly Factions Clash

By the time Chu Fei arrived at the auction hall, the bidding price for the Wisdom Crystal Ball had already risen to 4.3 trillion and was still climbing.

Chu Fei entered the auction venue using Qian Yufeng's auction permit, with Jiang Shumin following beside him.

Wei Hang and Qian Yufeng waited at the entrance, ready to receive them.

When they reached Bai Jie, she was placing a bid, raising it by 100 billion to 4.4 trillion.

Seeing Chu Fei, Bai Jie wanted to stand, but Chu Fei waved a hand. "Just keep bidding."

Bai Jie was somewhat uneasy. "Master, I... the most money I'd ever dealt with before was five million in compensation. Now I..."

Chu Fei waved again. "Bid without worry. I'm so poor now that all I have left is money."

Jiang Shumin chuckled, then sighed and sat silently in her chair. What Chu Fei said sounded satisfying, but it stung a little.

The venue remained fairly quiet. There were murmurs, but they were subdued. Only the bids on the large screen flashed continuously.

Chu Fei looked at the high-definition image of the "Wisdom Crystal Ball" displayed on the screen.

Though it was called a crystal ball, it was not transparent. It was a silver-gray sphere set within a base fashioned as two coiling dragons playing with a pearl, the Crystal Ball enclosed at the center. Every scale on the coiled dragons looked like an electrode or contact point.

The pedestal was a cloud-shaped sculpture, inscribed with a line of text: Three Talents Cultivation Academy Quantum Computer Storage Device.

The introduction that followed confirmed that the brand name of this quantum computer storage device was indeed "Wisdom Crystal Ball." The auction house had not just made it up.

It was merely a storage device without computing capabilities, essentially