The Crazy Long Family Head

After the heads of the seven great clans entered the auction house, they walked straight to the foremost seats in the VIP section and sat down, right beside Long Xuan.

Sensing the aura of Spiritual Sea Realm experts radiating from the seven of them, Long Xuan immediately felt immense pressure, as though sitting on a bed of needles.

His worries had been correct. In such a short time, Spiritual Sea Stage experts had already been drawn here. If this dragged on for a few more days, it would surely attract a whole group of Gu Kings.

He did not dare guarantee that all his preparations could fool a Gu King's eyes.

Seeing this group of big shots enter, the Rogue Cultivators who had been bidding most fiercely immediately wilted. They had originally still been hesitating, but now they did not dare bid at all.

"Long Family Head bids 1.1 million Spirit Stones. Is anyone else bidding?"

Qian Jinjin swept her gaze around the room and called out, "1.1 million Spirit Stones, going once! 1.1 million Spirit Stones, going twice! 1.1 million Spirit Stones, going three times!"

"Sold! Congratulations, Long Family Head!"

Qian Jinjin brought the little golden hammer down on the table, and the matter was settled.

At the same time, the maid carrying the jade tray descended and completed the transaction with the Long Family Head on the spot.

"Hehe! Long Family Head, I intend to save my Spirit Stones for the final auction item this time, so I will not compete with you. Otherwise, you would never have gotten it at such a low price. I simply wonder whether, after wasting 1.1 million Spirit Stones the moment you arrived, you will still have the qualifications to compete for the Fossil Ore Vein."

Beside him, the Feng Family Head, who had always been at odds with the Long Family Head, said with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"Hehe! You need not trouble yourself over that. My Long Family has vast estates and abundant wealth; we have Spirit Stones in abundance. Does one million even count as Spirit Stones? It is merely a drizzle. Tossing it out means nothing."

After inspecting the Spirit-Gathering Pill, the Long Family Head stored it in his storage pouch. He shot him a sidelong glance and spoke in a disdainful tone.

He sneered inwardly. How naive. The Fossil Ore Vein is worth an astonishing fortune. How could someone like you possibly win it?

All the merchant associations in the far west had come. No matter how many Spirit Stones you had, could you possibly have more than several merchant associations combined?

Even if you smashed your pots and sold your iron to obtain the Fossil Ore Vein, were you so certain the other factions would not covet it? This was a resource capable of sparking a war.

Setting aside whether one had enough Spirit Stones to win it, even if one did, whether one could hold onto it was another question.

Compared to the other family heads, the Long Family Head was far calmer. He had not been blinded by the enormous temptation.

Naturally, he too coveted the Fossil Ore Vein, but he would not charge ahead recklessly.

The Feng Family Head also glanced at him from the corner of his eye and sneered. "Your Long Family, vast estates and abundant wealth? Who does not know that your Long Family is an outsider? You have been building your lineage here for less than two hundred years. What foundation could you possibly have?"

"I think you know perfectly well that you are the poorest, so you want to withdraw from the competition. You certainly know yourself well."

"Who says so? The Fossil Ore Vein will definitely fall into my Long Family's hands. Do you believe that?"

Just as the two traded verbal blows, the second auction item entered the hall.

When Qian Jinjin lifted the red cloth covering it, another bottle of Spirit-Gathering Pills appeared before everyone's eyes. Quite a few people were instantly shocked. There was another bottle? Since when could Spirit-Gathering Pills be mass-produced?

The second auction item had exceeded everyone's expectations, causing many hearts to burn hot once more.

This was the auction house's brilliance. When auctioning the same item, they would never tell you exactly how many there were.

Otherwise, everyone would harbor thoughts of withdrawing from the competition, thinking perhaps the second item would be cheaper. With a fallback option, they would not bid so fiercely. Things were precious because they were scarce; buyers could never be allowed to know the exact quantity.

Without even thinking, before Qian Jinjin could announce the starting price, the Long Family Head impatiently blurted out, "I bid one million Spirit Stones!"

Although he was already a Spiritual Sea Stage expert and had no need for Spirit-Gathering Pills himself, as the helmsman of a great clan, he had to consider the Lineage first.

The growth of the younger generation was the key to a clan's future. A genius's time could not be delayed; they absolutely could not remain stuck at one realm for too long.

Therefore, he wanted as many Spirit-Gathering Pills as there were. He would not be stingy in the slightest. In his eyes, no matter how many Spirit Stones they cost, they were worth it.

At this point, the Feng Family Head said nothing more. In his view, Long Wanli had gone mad, daring to waste so many Spirit Stones before the Fossil Ore Vein had even gone up for auction.

Seeing the Long Family Head bid again, the Rogue Cultivators behind him gritted their teeth in hatred, yet did not dare say anything.

Their status was low, and they did not dare compete with great clans, but there were plenty of people who did not fear the status of a great clan's family head.

"I bid 1.3 million Spirit Stones!" A fat man in the crowd shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Long Xuan looked over and immediately grinned when he saw the man. Although the man had disguised himself so that no one could see his face clearly,

Long Xuan recognized him at a glance as Qian Duoduo. His round figure was only one aspect, merely a reference. The crucial thing was his cultivation progress. A person's appearance could be altered, but their cultivation progress would absolutely not change much in a short time.

For humans and Gu insects, progress represented maturity before adulthood. After adulthood, progress became a countdown to one's lifespan.

This fat man's disguise technique was superb enough to fool others, but it could never fool him.

Long Xuan found it strange. Even people from the auction house could participate in bidding? If so, would this fat man also join the bidding when the Fossil Ore Vein was auctioned? That would be interesting.

The Long Family Head frowned slightly. He had not expected someone to truly fear him so little. Quite bold. After turning back to look at the fat man, he continued, "I bid 1.4 million Spirit Stones!"

Once his words fell, Qian Duoduo did not continue raising the price.

Others did not know the inside story, but he knew there were four full bottles of Spirit-Gathering Pills. There was no need to lock horns with the Long Family Head. The third and fourth bottles might be cheaper. As a manager of a merchant association, he had fallen into the same mindset as countless buyers.

No one had even dared bid the sky-high price of 1.1 million Spirit Stones, let alone 1.4 million.

Without surprise, the second bottle of Spirit-Gathering Pills also fell into the Long Family Head's hands.

However, when the little hammer came down and the third bottle of Spirit-Gathering Pills was carried up on a jade tray, everyone completely lost their composure.

There was more! There was actually more! Would this ever end? Could this be a dedicated Spirit-Gathering Pill auction? Countless people screamed inwardly.

The Long Family Head froze for a moment, and a grave look began to appear in his eyes.

As the head of a clan, he was highly knowledgeable. He knew well that ordinary alchemists could not produce so many Spirit-Gathering Pills. Even the highest-ranked second-grade alchemist in the far west absolutely did not have the ability to refine so many Spirit-Gathering Pills.

This was enough to show that the alchemist's skill was exceedingly superb. They were very likely a third-grade alchemist, or even a fourth-grade alchemist. Since when had such a major figure come to the far west?

The thought of finding an opportunity to befriend them arose in his heart. Alchemists above the third grade were enough to be treated as honored guests by every faction. As long as one was a family head, befriending such a major figure was part of one's duty.

Who knew whether this alchemist possessed some secret pill formula that could help a Spiritual Sea Stage expert break through to the Marrow Cleansing Stage? If they did, befriending such a person might very well allow the Lineage to gain another Gu King, raising its strength to another level.

The number of experts was always the most important matter for a clan, without exception. He could not help but take it seriously.

"I bid one million Spirit Stones!"

Once again, before Qian Jinjin could call out the starting price, the Long Family Head directly interrupted and named his bid.

Everyone in the back was about to go mad. Again? Would this ever end? Did he intend to sweep up every last Spirit-Gathering Pill? Was he not afraid such greed would choke him to death?

Qian Duoduo shouted through gritted teeth, "I bid 1.3 million Spirit Stones!"

"1.4 million Spirit Stones!" The Long Family Head raised the price decisively, not giving anyone the slightest chance to catch their breath.