The hall had fallen silent as the outcome drew near. The moment that voice rang out, it carried throughout the hall and instantly drew everyone's gaze.
When they saw who had spoken, every face filled with shock.
It was Xu Yi!
It was the Xinfei Merchant Guild!
Their shock instantly gave way to deep bewilderment.
How much had Xu Yi just bid? One million eight hundred thousand gold coins!
What gave him the confidence to name such an astronomical price? Where could the Xinfei Merchant Guild get that much money?
Although Xu Yi had just produced five Gold Banknotes issued by the Chimera Chamber of Commerce totaling five hundred thousand gold coins, no one truly considered the Xinfei Merchant Guild a serious bidder. They had merely assumed Xu Yi was there to join in the fun.
No one had expected the Xinfei Merchant Guild to step forward after even the Leo Merchant Guild had given up.
President Morgan looked at Xu Yi, feeling the unease in his heart grow stronger.
By any reasonable reckoning, the Xinfei Merchant Guild could not possibly come up with so much money.
Yet when he had seen Xu Yi produce those five Gold Banknotes from the Chimera Chamber of Commerce, President Morgan had suddenly felt that tonight might not go as smoothly as he had expected.
Sure enough, the Leo Merchant Guild had stepped forward first, forcing the price a full three hundred thousand gold coins above the figure President Morgan had originally settled on. Now Xu Yi had jumped in at this critical moment.
"One million eight hundred thousand gold coins?" President Morgan looked at Xu Yi and smiled. "President Xu, it's not that I don't believe you, but can your Xinfei Merchant Guild really come up with that much money? I suspect you