Seeing how grim my face had become, Old Man Jin burst into loud laughter and cast a smug look at Huang Ling. The young man immediately gave the old man a thumbs-up. "Brother, we've got this in the bag. I told you this kid must have sunk a fortune into bidding for this Innate Embryonic Breath. Luckily, you were sharp enough to join forces with us earlier and drain a good deal of his Heavenly Origin Jades. At this crucial round, we pooled the Heavenly Origin Jades the three of us had left and competed against him. Now we've caught him completely off guard. Let's see how he's going to fight us for the Innate Embryonic Breath!"
The beautiful Kong Mu also smiled knowingly. Although she did not speak much, if she had been made to smile, she was clearly delighted deep down.
"This is outrageous! Hey, girl arbitrator, is it really allowed for the three of them to pool their money and bid against me for one item? Isn't that going too far? It must violate the auction rules, right?!" I ground my teeth and glared at the young maid holding the sphere in her hands.
The maid glanced at us, then timidly said, "Immortal Xia, the rules don't seem to say that you can't pool your money to jointly buy an auction item. If you can't afford it, how about the next item?"
"You!" I glared at the girl through clenched teeth, frightening her into immediately avoiding my gaze.
"Hahaha! Hahahaha... Wonderful! Only now does this old man understand what it means to hold one's head high again! Kid, you're still too green to play with old immortals like us!" Jin Tao laughed heartily, wearing a leisurely, self-satisfied expression.
Huang Ling also chuckled and said, "Even if you