Nie Li had no reason not to go, either. Perhaps there would be some unexpected surprise, anyway.
They climbed into the carriage. Credit where credit was due, the Heavenly Marks Family's horse really was huge.
Once they arrived at the Red Moon Family's auction, the servants heard that they were from the Heavenly Marks Family and immediately escorted them to a private room on the second floor.
Everyone could see that the Heavenly Marks Family had the Alchemist Association backing them now, so they could not afford to offend them.
Nie Li stood by the second-floor railing, looking down at the venue that had already been arranged. He marveled that a wealthy, prestigious family certainly knew how to put on a grand show.
Just then, Chi Feng, patriarch of the Heavenly Leader Family, which had always been on good terms with the Heavenly Marks Family, came over to greet them. Nie Hai was all smiles, too. Clearly, the two families got along well.
And, as usual, someone arrived to throw cold water on things.
Lei Zhuo, head of the Iron Gate Family.
He was bald, and the moment he arrived, he mocked the Heavenly Marks Family as nothing more than the Alchemist Association's lackeys. Then he added sarcastically that, with the Heavenly Marks Family throwing its wealth around now, it seemed none of this auction's treasures would be going to the Iron Gate Family.
Nie Li jumped straight in, saying Lei Zhuo was right. The Heavenly Marks Family had nothing these days-nothing but money.
Seeing such a young boy dare to talk back to him, Lei Zhuo immediately scolded him for having no respect for his elders, then used the opportunity to sneer that the Heavenly Marks Family's younger generation was apparently this spoiled and arrogant.
Nie Hai shot back