Ling Chengxiong and Zhang Xiuwen were naturally filled with unwillingness, but two hundred and ten divine stones had indeed exceeded what they could bear.
It was not that they were unwilling to bid, but they still could not accept bidding any higher than this price.
All in all, this Body Integration Wind-Generating Pill recipe was not something they absolutely needed.
They certainly had divine stones, but anything beyond this price was out of the question.
For a time, Zhang Xiuwen and Ling Chengxiong secretly shook their heads and could only give up.
Yet just as everyone thought the recipe was about to fall into Guan Ying's hands, and even the female host was about to bring down the hammer, a voice suddenly cut in—gentle, yet forceful.
"Two hundred and fifteen divine stones!"
The sudden sound of that voice turned what had seemed a settled outcome into something baffling and unpredictable.
"What!"
Quite a few people were utterly shocked. Someone actually dared to contend with Guan Ying for something? Even Zhang Xiuwen and Ling Chengxiong had already given up. Who else would dare oppose Guan Ying at such a time?
Instinctively, everyone wondered whether it might be some young master from an enemy family.
But when they looked, it was not a private room belonging to an enemy family, but rather someone whose name and origins were utterly unknown.
Guan Ying, seated in the Guan family's private room, darkened in expression and could not help saying, "May I ask this brother's honored name?"
"Just a nobody, not worth mentioning. Young Master Guan needn't ask." Yang Chen spoke lazily.
Guan Ying was full of curiosity, but the private rooms at this auction had restrictions set up around them. Divine sense could scarcely probe through them clearly. Unless the other party was willing