"Fair and Reasonable" Transaction (Please Follow and Recommend)

"What was Dugu Bo doing here?"

Yu Xiaowei was completely baffled. Strictly speaking, he and that old fellow had only met once.

Although he had taken the opportunity to extort three medicinal herbs from him, since he did not know which ones were "store jade, retrieve gold" and which were "store iron, retrieve silver," he had simply agreed with Dugu Bo that during his next treatment, he would pull the herbs out and chew them on the spot.

Their deal had been entirely voluntary. There was no commercial fraud involved, so why would someone come knocking to collect a debt?

But with a Titled Douluo at the door, he did not dare refuse to open it.

When the private room door opened and Yu Xiaowei saw the sparsely haired old man outside, he blurted out, "Senior Old Poison, what happened to your hair?"

"I'd like to know too. Ever since you treated me, my hair has been falling out in clumps every day. Even Yanyan has started disliking me for becoming ugly."

Dugu Bo walked in irritably and casually sat down on the sofa, frightening Ning Rongrong into quickly getting up, clutching Yu Xiaowei's arm, and hiding behind him.

"Nuclear radiation really can cause hair loss."

Yu Xiaowei explained with a helpless laugh, "But if you want to treat the poisoning, you have to accept nuclear radiation."

Behind him, Ning Rongrong gently poked him and asked in a low voice, "Um, Brother Xiaowei, Grandpa Bone has also been trying to figure out why he's losing hair lately. That wasn't your doing too, was it?"

"..."

Yu Xiaowei hurriedly changed the subject. "Senior Dugu, did you come looking for me? Didn't we agree on one treatment every seven days? Too much nuclear radiation isn't good."

"I didn't come for that."

Dugu Bo waved a hand, then jerked his chin toward the Soul Bone on the auction stage. "I came for that."

Yu Xiaowei asked in confusion, "Senior, if you've taken a liking to it, then just place a bid. Why come looking for two juniors like us?"

"Well..."

Dugu Bo rubbed his hands awkwardly.

"Today, this old man happened to see a Soul Bone that suits Yanyan very well, happened to see you here, and happened not to bring many Gold Soul Coins today."

"So you happened to come borrow money from me?" Yu Xiaowei asked with a strange expression.

Who would believe it? A dignified Titled Douluo, too poor to even come up with over a million Gold Soul Coins.

"Exactly."

"I don't have any money. I only came here to watch the excitement."

"..."

Dugu Bo's old face reddened. Borrowing money from a junior was humiliating enough, but the crucial thing was that he had failed to borrow any.

"However..."

Yu Xiaowei changed his tone and deliberately paused mysteriously.

"However what? Hurry up and say it!!!"

Dugu Bo said anxiously.

Downstairs, only the Fire Leopard Sect and the Wind Sword Sect were still bidding. Both sides were taking longer and longer to consider their bids, clearly indicating that the auction was nearing its end.

If he could not borrow money now, he would completely lose his chance at this Soul Bone.

Yu Xiaowei shifted aside, revealing Ning Rongrong behind him to Dugu Bo.

"Ask her. She has money!!"

"She is...?" Dugu Bo asked doubtfully.

"Before you knocked on the door, did you not even know whose private room this was?"

"Wasn't it your Yu Clan's? I only came over because I saw you here."

"Hehe..."

Yu Xiaowei wore an expression of knowing it. Dugu Bo was covered in poison, solitary and arrogant by nature, and usually did not get along with the other major clans. This was probably his first time even coming to an auction house.

"Ahem."

Yu Xiaowei cleared his throat and introduced her.

"This is the precious daughter of Ning Fengzhi, Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the granddaughter of Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong. So, Senior, you know who to ask now, right?"

After saying that, he even winked at Dugu Bo.

Looking at Ning Rongrong, who was hiding behind Yu Xiaowei and watching him cautiously, Dugu Bo covered his forehead and let out a long sigh.

He had originally thought that the pretty little girl beside Yu Xiaowei was also a junior from the Yu Clan. He had never expected her to be Ning Fengzhi's daughter. He had truly embarrassed himself badly today.

"Um, little friend, I wonder if you... could..."

Dugu Bo stammered, his face flushed red as he wished a crack in the ground would open up so he could crawl inside.

Seeing his appearance, Yu Xiaowei was already laughing himself senseless inside, but outwardly, he moved closer with a serious expression.

"Senior, just tell me how much you need. I'll make the decision for Rongrong."

"You?"

Dugu Bo shot him a suspicious glance.

"Yeah, didn't you want that soul bone? If you can't bid on it yourself, I'll bid for you. You can pay me back afterward."

"This..."

"Senior, don't hesitate. Look, the host is about to bring down the hammer. It'll be too late in a moment."

Just as Yu Xiaowei had said, the Fire Leopard Sect had already bid 1.45 million Gold Soul Coins, while the Wind Sword Sect had not responded for quite some time. If they hesitated any longer, the soul bone would belong to the Fire Leopard Sect.

Dugu Bo gritted his teeth and said decisively.

"Fine. Help this old man win that soul bone. However much it costs, this old man will repay you later. This time, I owe you a favor. If you ever need help in the future, come directly to this old man."

"Now that's more like it, Senior. I like your temperament."

Yu Xiaowei laughed heartily and high-fived Dugu Bo three times. Then he turned to Ning Rongrong and declared grandly.

"Rongrong, bid three million Gold Soul Coins. Let's see who dares compete with me for this soul bone today."

The smile that had just appeared on Dugu Bo's face instantly vanished. Before he could stop her, Ning Rongrong had already pressed the bid button.

"Yu Xiaowei!!!"

An enraged roar echoed through the entire private room.

As Ning Rongrong announced a bid of three million Gold Soul Coins, the entire venue fell silent.

Even Lei Tianhe was stunned by the price.

Although it was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, it was severely damaged. The auction house had only valued it internally at 1.2 million Gold Soul Coins. Reaching 1.45 million had already exceeded their expectations.

Yet the Ning family's private room had just offered the astronomical price of three million.

Inside the Fire Leopard Sect's private room, a middle-aged man with short fiery-red hair cursed furiously.

"Didn't you say the Ning family only brought some little brat? Damn it, who made that bid? Have the Ning family gone insane? They actually want to fight for a soul bone of this quality?!"

A young man beside him asked, "Grandfather, should we keep bidding?"

"Bid my ass! Three million Gold Soul Coins for a piece of junk like that—do you take our family for suckers?!"

"But what if a child just pressed it randomly? What if they don't actually have that much money?"

The middle-aged man sighed. "The auction house has rules. If you win the bid, you have to pay. Whether she has the money right now or not, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will settle the bill."

"Forget it, forget it. This soul bone was never meant for our family."

Lei Tianhe came back to his senses and quickly called out.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect bids three million Gold Soul Coins. Any higher bids?"

"Three million Gold Soul Coins, going once. Three million Gold Soul Coins, going twice. Three million Gold Soul Coins, going three times."

"Sold! Congratulations to the honored guest from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. This Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone now belongs to you."

Inside the Ning family's private room.

Dugu Bo grabbed Yu Xiaowei by the collar and lifted him into the air, gritting his teeth as he said.

"You little bastard, you set me up."

Yu Xiaowei was completely unafraid. He spread his hands and said.

"Senior, it was a fair and willing transaction."

"This junior will be waiting for you to repay those three million Gold Soul Coins, along with that favor you owe me."