Although Your Excellency had produced a treasure that tempted me, how would you respond if I simply refused?
Lin Ziyi looked at the middle-aged man's astonished expression and could not help but chuckle inwardly.
He had refused because he did not want the other party to think he could be bought so easily.
Though he was quite interested in this divine artifact, he would never lower his lofty bearing because of it.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered. The smile on his face only grew wider.
"Please do not misunderstand, sir. This is merely a small token of appreciation from our auction house.
"We do not expect you to do anything for us because of it. We simply hope you will not hold that servant's offense against you.
"After all, our auction house does not wish to make an enemy of a Titled Douluo..."
Lin Ziyi looked at his sincere expression, fell silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"Fine, then. I'll accept your goodwill.
"As for that tactless servant of yours, I have already punished her.
"Surely your auction house will not blame me for meddling?"
The middle-aged man hurriedly waved his hands. "Not at all, not at all! Your punishment was entirely justified! It was our auction house that failed in its management..."
Lin Ziyi glanced at Tushan Lingling.
Little Fox immediately understood and stepped forward to take the treasure chest from the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man took the opportunity to secretly glance at the fox woman whose beauty could topple kingdoms.
Although he could not sense the slightest fluctuation of Soul Power from her, he knew full well that she was a genuine Titled Douluo!
Moreover, she had become powerful enough to conceal her own aura!
To reach such a level, she must have spent many years immersed in the realm of Titled Douluos!
Yang Bingchun had already told him everything about the conflict that had occurred in the private room earlier.
After learning that one of them was a Titled Douluo, and that the latter three Spirit Rings were even Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings, he immediately decided to build a good relationship with the two of them!
Even if they could not become friends, they absolutely could not become enemies!
Otherwise, it would be a devastating blow to their auction house!
After accepting the middle-aged man's gift, Lin Ziyi's attitude softened slightly.
"If there is nothing else, we'll be leaving first."
The middle-aged man immediately made an inviting gesture. "Allow me to see you both out."
Lin Ziyi flashed his palm. "No need. I do not want others to pay too much attention to us."
With that, Lin Ziyi left the auction house with Tushan Lingling under the middle-aged man's watchful gaze.
The middle-aged man watched their retreating figures, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
To his left, an old man dressed in a blood-red robe asked in a deep voice, "His Highness, should we send someone to follow them?"
The middle-aged man addressed as His Highness decisively rejected the suggestion.
"Do not do something so foolishly self-destructive!
"No matter where those two came from, it is far better to maintain a good relationship with them than to make them despise us!"
The old man in red lowered his head submissively.
"However..." The middle-aged man suddenly changed his tone. "While we cannot tail them, we can still conduct a general investigation.
"Send people to search the city for their whereabouts, but remember not to deliberately follow them.
"With a Titled Douluo's strength, they would certainly be able to easily detect anyone tracking them.
"Then they would surely suspect our motives and form a bad impression of us..."
To the middle-aged man's rear right, an old man with deep nasolabial folds spoke in a hoarse voice.
"It seems His Highness intends to use their strength to force the Old King to pass the throne to you ahead of time."
The middle-aged man curled his lips. "My aged father is still far too conservative.
"He clearly possesses sufficiently powerful military strength, yet he has always remained cowering in this tiny corner of land!
"Xue Ye is clearly his own cousin, yet he gave him only a small kingdom as his fief.
"Since my decrepit father is unwilling to embrace broader territory, then I, his son, shall accomplish that great goal in his stead!
"If we can obtain this Titled Douluo's help, we can immediately put the next phase of our plan into action..."
The middle-aged man stared in the direction Lin Ziyi and Tushan Lingling had vanished, his gaze gradually turning fervent!
After leaving the Meow Meow Auction House, Lin Ziyi was in an excellent mood.
Not only had he rid the world of a woman who looked down on others, but he had also obtained a divine artifact crafted by Divine Craftsman Lou Gao!
Although Tushan Lingling protected him, if he faced the combined attack of several Titled Douluos in the future, Little Fox might not be able to look after him in time.
Now that he had this Mystic Ice Sacred Armor, his ability to survive would be greatly improved!
That man who claimed to be a major shareholder of the auction house was rather generous. At a glance, he was clearly someone who did not lack money!
Lin Ziyi developed a faint trace of goodwill toward him...
It was already afternoon.
Lin Ziyi took Tushan Lingling to a café for a cup of Kopi Luwak, then planned to return to the hotel.
However, just a few steps after reaching the street, an extremely familiar young girl's voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
"Praise the Mist! Praise the Mist!! Praise the Mist..."
Upon hearing the call, Lin Ziyi immediately recalled the little purple-haired girl seated in the fourth seat at the Misty Auction House!
She had also been the final bidder for the first auction item, Rat-Rat I Duck!
The other party was now crying out the incantation that could summon him in an extremely anxious voice. She had clearly encountered something very urgent!
Lin Ziyi immediately shouted in his heart, "System, quickly pull the person chanting the incantation into the Misty Auction House!"
After saying that, he immediately had Tushan Lingling take him back to the hotel at top speed!
At this moment, on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The little purple-haired girl watched in terror as her Soul Emperor-level guard was smashed into a meat patty by an enormous fist!
Blood and chunks of flesh splattered across her entire body, staining even her eyes red!
She clutched the Rat Head Duck she had obtained from the Misty Auction House tightly in her hand, but her eyes were filled with despair...
Earlier, because her Soul Power had reached level thirty, her family had sent a Soul Emperor powerhouse in his sixties to bring her into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts.
However, she had never expected that what should have been an entirely safe undertaking would be completely changed by the appearance of a terrifying "gorilla"!
A hellish scene soon unfolded before the twelve-year-old girl, assaulting her young heart!
Even after her Soul Emperor-level clansman unleashed his Sixth Spirit Ability, he still had no power to resist the "gorilla" before him, whose body was covered in magma-like patterns. He was directly pounded into pulp...
At the critical moment, the little girl could only take out the Rat Head Duck she had obtained from the Misty Auction House.
Using its Twist Right and Wrong effect, she temporarily threw the "gorilla" into confusion!
She then seized the chance to shout "Praise the Mist" three times!
Yet what left the little purple-haired girl in despair was that the Rat Head Duck's effect was seen through by this seemingly crude yet shrewd "gorilla" in less than ten seconds.
Her actions only enraged it further!
The "gorilla" let out a sky-shaking roar, violently beating its exaggerated pectoral muscles as the entire forest trembled fiercely!
The next moment, it suddenly leaped into the air, clasped its fists together, and smashed down at the little purple-haired girl like a diving crow!
Feeling the fist wind rush at her like a flaming meteor, she had already decided what animal she would reincarnate as in her next life in that instant!
However, at the final moment, large amounts of black mist suddenly emerged across the surface of the little purple-haired girl's skin!
As the black mist surged forth, the enormous fist also smashed viciously into her body...
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