Ye Rulong

"Young hero." Seeing Lin Bai and the youth return, Aileen happily went up to greet them.

From their earlier conversation, Aileen had learned that if the poison was cured, Lin Bai and the youth would definitely come back to buy the rusted sword.

This rusted sword was worth a full thousand spirit stones.

If it sold, how much commission would she receive? Just thinking about it made Aileen excited.

Aileen was also deeply puzzled. A bandit had brought this rusted sword in to sell a few days ago, and the Treasure Pavilion's appraiser had directly bought it for five hundred spirit stones.

She had racked her brains but still couldn't figure out what was so good about this rusted sword.

"I'll take this rusted sword. I won't haggle with you—how about a thousand spirit stones?" Lin Bai said to Aileen with a smile.

Aileen was overjoyed. "All right, a thousand spirit stones it is. The Treasure Pavilion is also willing to make friends with the two of you."

Just then—

"Oh? Isn't this the eldest young master of the Lin Family, Lin Bai? Didn't they say you awakened a Yellow Rank One martial soul and were so ashamed that you jumped off a cliff to kill yourself?"

At that moment, a strikingly heroic man walked up behind Lin Bai.

Lin Bai turned around and recognized him.

The eldest young master of the Ye Family, Ye Rulong.

Ye Rulong had always been at odds with Lin Bai. Lin Bai had rarely bothered with him, so he said to Aileen, "I'll give you a thousand spirit stones. Give me the sword."

"All right." Aileen smiled.

"What sword? I'll take this sword."

Just as Aileen removed the rusted sword, Ye Rulong spoke with a laugh.

When Aileen heard this, she realized there was a rival bidder. That meant she could sell it for an even higher price, so she smiled and said, "Young Master Ye Rulong, this one costs a thousand spirit stones."

"Hahaha, isn't it just a thousand spirit stones? I'll offer eleven hundred. This young master has plenty of money." As he spoke, Ye Rulong waved his hand and took out a thousand spirit stones from his Storage Bag.

"Ye Rulong, I was the one who decided to buy this sword first," Lin Bai said coldly.

"So what if you took a fancy to it first? You haven't paid for it."

"Besides, Lin Bai, do you have a thousand spirit stones?"

"You're a good-for-nothing. Would the Lin Family give you a thousand spirit stones?" Ye Rulong sneered.

Ye Rulong and Lin Bai went head-to-head, immediately drawing quite a crowd.

Many people began whispering among themselves. "Isn't he that good-for-nothing from the Lin Family? A Yellow Rank One martial soul—what a disgrace."

"It really is Lin Bai. Didn't he kill himself?"

"He disappeared for two months, yet he can't even afford a proper sword and can only buy a rusted one. What a pity—the former eldest young master of Spirit Rhino City has fallen so low."

Ye Rulong laughed. "Since ancient times, treasures have gone to the highest bidder."

"If Young Master Lin can't offer a higher price, then please have this lady give the sword to me."

Ye Rulong said this to Aileen.

Aileen also smiled. "Indeed. At the Treasure Pavilion, treasures always go to the highest bidder. If this young hero cannot offer more than that, then the sword will belong to Young Master Ye Rulong."

When the youth heard this, he grew anxious and tugged at Lin Bai's sleeve. "Big brother, my sword..."

"Don't worry. I'll help you buy it." Lin Bai comforted the youth.

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Lin Bai's lips.

Ye Rulong had clearly come looking for trouble.

Since that was the case, Lin Bai no longer needed to hold back.

"I offer twelve hundred spirit stones," Lin Bai said to Aileen.

When Aileen heard this, her heart leaped with joy. If these two started fighting over it, wouldn't this rusted sword sell for a sky-high price?

"Thirteen hundred spirit stones," Ye Rulong called out smugly.

"Fourteen hundred spirit stones." Lin Bai answered casually.

"Fifteen hundred spirit stones." Ye Rulong spoke with leisurely confidence.

Lin Bai shook his head.

When Ye Rulong saw this, he thought Lin Bai was about to give up and laughed. "Hahaha, Young Master Lin, stop forcing yourself. How could you possibly have a thousand spirit stones? You good-for-nothing, hurry home. Stop coming out to make a fool of yourself."

"I shook my head because bidding like this is too slow."

"Three thousand spirit stones." Lin Bai called out the price in one breath.

When Aileen heard "three thousand spirit stones," her eyes went wide with shock. Then her face filled with delight.

"This young hero has offered three thousand. Young Master Ye Rulong, are you going to raise the price?" Aileen asked Ye Rulong.

Ye Rulong's expression turned ugly.

Three thousand spirit stones could be said to be quite a fortune.

"Aileen, don't rush. Of course Young Master Ye Rulong will raise the price. He's the eldest young master of the Ye Family—how could he possibly fail to produce even three thousand spirit stones?"

"Isn't that right, Young Master Ye Rulong?"

Lin Bai said this with a smile.

How could Ye Rulong fail to hear the mockery in Lin Bai's words? His face flushed red with anger as he said, "Lin Bai, don't get cocky. I, the dignified eldest young master of the Ye Family, can't produce three thousand spirit stones?"

"I refuse to believe that a good-for-nothing from the Lin Family like you can produce that many spirit stones."

Lin Bai feigned surprise. "Oh? Young Master Ye Rulong, you really can't produce three thousand spirit stones? You're so poor."

"You're so poor!"

"You're so poor."

Poor?

The eldest young master of the prestigious Ye Family of Spirit Rhino City had actually been called poor.

Upon hearing this, Ye Rulong nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. He gritted his teeth and said,

"You bastard, stop making trouble here. If you have the ability, take out three thousand spirit stones!"

"I'm telling you, once you name a price at the Treasure Pavilion, if you can't produce that many spirit stones, be careful—you'll be severely punished by the Treasure Pavilion!"

Ye Rulong firmly believed that Lin Bai did not have three thousand spirit stones.

He was the eldest young master of the Ye Family, and after awakening his martial soul, he had received the family head's full attention. Whatever number of spirit stones he wanted, he was given. Even he couldn't produce three thousand spirit stones.

What was more, Lin Bai was a good-for-nothing. How could he possibly have three thousand spirit stones?

"If I can produce them, will you eat shit?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.

Ye Rulong snapped angrily, "If you can produce them, I'll kowtow to you three times in front of everyone!"

"Then it's a deal." Lin Bai smiled.

Aileen said, "Then please pay the spirit stones, young hero."

"I wonder if the Treasure Pavilion accepts monster corpses?" Lin Bai asked Aileen curiously.

"We do, but young hero, we don't have much interest in monsters at the first or second level of the Martial Dao Realm." Aileen smiled as usual.

"You don't accept monsters at the first or second level of the Martial Dao Realm?" Lin Bai frowned.

"Hahaha, did you hear that, Lin Bai? Don't take out those monsters you killed at the first or second level of the Martial Dao Realm and make a fool of yourself." Ye Rulong laughed wildly.

Lin Bai thought it over carefully. Monsters at the first and second levels of the Martial Dao Realm were no different from ordinary beasts, so those monsters had no value to the Treasure Pavilion. That was why they refused to accept them.

"All right. In any case, I don't have any monsters at the first or second level of the Martial Dao Realm."

"Aileen, take a look and see how much these monsters are worth."

Lin Bai raised his hand and waved. A huge pile of monster corpses poured out of his Storage Ring and piled up inside the Treasure Pavilion.

The moment these monster corpses appeared, a thick bloody aura immediately filled the entire Treasure Pavilion.