When they bought them, they had all felt as though they had lost everything. Only now did the three realize that I had tricked them. Meanwhile, the Leaping Qilin Society had naturally made a fortune, and their gratitude toward me flowed on endlessly like a mighty river. Even the auction maid smiled knowingly whenever she looked at me, wearing an expression as if we were all one family. I estimated that the money I had emptied out of Qianshan City during this period had returned to Qianshan City by another route.
"Young Sister Zhilin, although I spent thirty or forty pieces of jade treasure, every one of them spent more than fifty pieces of Tianyuan jade treasure because I deliberately raised the bids. I wonder whether the Leaping Qilin Society has a rebate system for shills? If so, I'll keep playing the shill. If not, I won't bother with the next treasure and will go straight home." I gave a sly chuckle.
Young Sister Zhilin did not notice anything amiss at first, but while she still wore an utterly ordinary expression, the auction maid had already grown frantic and said, "Immortal guests, please wait a moment. For the next item, we would like to seek the president's opinion."
The immortal guests in the hall naturally understood what this meant, so hissing and jeering broke out everywhere. Some even cursed me for being shameless. But with Young Sister Zhilin standing beside me, no one dared come over and cause trouble. After all, I was now the Leaping Qilin Society's specially protected favorite.
Young Sister Zhilin giggled and said, "I have to admit, you really are clever. I underestimated you before. But with cultivation like yours, why are you so fearless?"
"How do you know this is all the cultivation I have?