"Jiang Fan?"
"Why are you here?"
The person he had bumped into was none other than Jiang Li.
At this moment, Jiang Li was also extremely surprised to see Jiang Fan. Without even realizing it, he had completely revealed his true nature. He no longer called Jiang Fan "Brother," but addressed him directly by name instead.
Jiang Fan cast him a faint glance.
"Why are you here? That's why I'm here too!"
Jiang Li was just about to put on a show when he suddenly spotted Jiang Zhihe sitting far away in the main hall. His smile immediately turned strange.
"What's this? Your injuries have healed?"
"How does it feel to be homeless during this period?"
"Tsk, tsk. Why are you dressed like a refugee from outside the city? Since you're not at home and can't wear my old clothes, does that mean you have nothing to wear?"
Jiang Fan's clothes had been bought casually in the Outer City. In truth, they were much the same as what most people in the Outer City wore.
But in Jiang Li's mouth, he had become a refugee from outside the city.
Jiang Fan knew that Jiang Li was trying to provoke him.
But at this moment, his heart remained completely unmoved.
Now that he had severed ties with that family, he naturally would not let the injustices of the past trouble him anymore!
He gave Jiang Li a cold look.
"You'd better shut up right now!"
"Otherwise, say one more word and I'll tear your mouth apart!"
Jiang Fan's icy tone made Jiang Li freeze.
But his long-standing oppression of Jiang Fan gave him courage once more.
He pointed at Jiang Fan and laughed loudly.
"Hahahaha, that's the funniest joke I've heard all day. I could laugh about it for an entire day!"
"You're a good-for-nothing who can't awaken, and you still want to fight me?"
"I can knock you flat with one hand!"
"I'll give you some advice too. This is an auction, not a place you can come to. Go back and stay in the Outer City!"
Jiang Fan narrowed his eyes.
His body moved, and in an instant, he flashed in front of Jiang Li!
The next moment, both his hands formed claws and clamped around Jiang Li's neck.
In an instant, Jiang Li's face flushed crimson!
"You have a death wish!"
Jiang Fan now treated Jiang Li completely like an unrelated stranger.
Since Jiang Li dared to provoke him like this, Jiang Fan did not mind teaching him a lesson.
"Sir, the auction is about to begin!"
"Please come this way!"
Seeing that Jiang Fan was about to apply more force, the attendant beside them cleverly interrupted him and made an inviting gesture.
At the same time, he lowered his voice.
"Sir, our auction house doesn't allow private fights!"
"Otherwise, it'll be very troublesome!"
"If you have some grudge between you, you can settle it after the auction ends!"
Jiang Fan stared at Jiang Li for a while, staring until the hairs all over Jiang Li's body stood on end. Only then did he release his hand and turn away.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Jiang Li remained where he was, gasping for breath!
The attendant deliberately slowed down a few steps. Before leaving, he turned around and gave Jiang Li a cold glance.
"This gentleman is a very important customer invited by our auction house!"
"No one else has the right to ask him to leave!"
With that, he turned and walked away.
Jiang Li was left standing there, completely dumbfounded.
What had that attendant meant? Jiang Fan was the auction house's most important customer?
What gave him that right?
As soon as he recalled Jiang Fan's terrifying expression just now, an intense chill filled his heart!
It was as though he had returned to the days when Jiang Fan's achievements had kept him firmly suppressed.
His face turned so ugly it seemed almost ready to drip water.
Jiang Fan had originally thought that the attendant would arrange a private room for him.
Unexpectedly, he ended up going to Lu Bo's room in the farthest corner.
The moment he realized it, he felt slightly embarrassed.
It seems I was thinking too much!
The value of auctioning a single bottle of medicine was still not enough for the auction house to give him a private room on the second floor.
He had merely benefited from Lu Bo's presence!
When Lu Bo saw Jiang Fan arrive, he gave him a slight nod.
After Jiang Fan sat down, he spoke.
"The auction is about to begin!"
"The Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups arrived an hour early. It seems they really value this medicine!"
Jiang Fan nodded slightly.
"It's the product they need most right now. How could they not be anxious?"
Lu Bo rarely smiled.
"Originally!"
"Our auctions are attended only by individual customers or people with criminal records! The Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups would never deign to come here!"
"But this time, we've benefited from you!"
"They came for this bottle of medicine, so we'll put your medicine up as the final item!"
"As compensation, we'll reduce our twenty-percent commission for this auction to ten percent!"
Jiang Fan immediately understood what he meant.
Underground auction houses were places where all sorts of people came and went. It was rare to have major customers like the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups.
The Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups' target was Jiang Fan's bottle of medicine. By putting it up for auction last, the auction house could let the groups look over the earlier items first. Perhaps it could even get these distinguished guests to spend some money.
Otherwise, if they auctioned the medicine right away, what reason would there be for the distinguished guests to stay?
"That naturally won't be a problem!"
Time quickly reached eight o'clock that evening.
The host's voice had already spread through the underground auction hall.
"Esteemed guests,
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to this auction..."
Lu Bo stood up and waved to Jiang Fan. The two of them went to sit at a table beside the window.
Looking through the window, Jiang Fan saw that the auction hall was already packed with people.
Jiang Fan glanced around and asked, "Are the people from the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups down there?"
Lu Bo shook his head.
"Of course not!"
"They're in the private rooms diagonally across from us!"
Jiang Fan looked over and saw figures moving behind the windows of several private rooms.
Lu Bo explained, "Our distinguished guests must receive distinguished treatment!"
"If we make these honored masters comfortable and they happily spend some money here, tonight's session might be enough to match an entire month of our revenue!"
Jiang Fan clicked his tongue inwardly.
He did not know how much revenue the underground auction house made in a month.
But judging by its scale alone, it definitely would not be a small amount.
To spend enough in one night to match the underground auction house's monthly revenue—how rich did they have to be?
As the two spoke, the host had already finished his opening remarks.
"Now, let us welcome our first auction item..."
Following his voice, a wooden crate was carried up by two burly men.
Once the crate had been set down, its door was opened.
A tiny tiger slowly lifted its listless head from inside.
The host walked closer and announced loudly, "Our first auction item is a King Kong Tiger cub. It was born only recently and is about a month old!"
"The King Kong Tiger has an extremely tough body and powerful defensive abilities..."
When Jiang Fan saw it, his heart jolted, and he could not help asking, "That's a King Kong Tiger, a cub of a second-level mutant beast!"
"What use is there in buying it?"
This little tiger was only a month old. How many pounds of meat could it possibly have?
Even if they used mutant beast essence blood to prepare it, there would be far too little.
Lu Bo watched the situation in the hall and said indifferently, "Naturally, they'll buy it to raise as a pet!"
Jiang Fan was instantly dumbfounded.
"Doesn't the law prohibit privately raising mutant beasts?"
Lu Bo chuckled softly.
"Not allowing people to raise them doesn't mean no one raises them!"
"Likewise, prohibiting buying and selling doesn't mean no one buys or sells them!"
"Our underground auction house makes its living doing exactly this kind of work!"
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