"Damn it, it has to be the Sun Moon Empire! And that little bastard!" Xuan Zi raged, all his earlier composure gone.
Although Mu En had warned him that the Star Luo Empire would probably make the first move and that he should simply watch, he still could not suppress the violence seething inside him.
He was a venerable elder of the Sea God Pavilion, below Mu En but above ten thousand others, the next in line to lead Shrek-yet a junior had run circles around him.
Humiliation!
"And the Star Luo Empire, too. Why insist on holding some auction? They should have just delivered it to us," Xuan Zi grumbled.
"Xuan Zi, place the bid. We're almost out of time."
Wang Yan looked anxious.
"I know, I know! What's the rush? When I was taking the continent by storm, Xu Jiawei was still running around in split-crotch pants..." Xuan Zi said impatiently.
Only in the final second of the countdown did he press the button.
Wang Yan: "..."
Why do I feel like this is exactly what an undercover agent would look like...?
"Very well, twenty-one million."
A smile graced Xu Jiujiu's lovely face, but inwardly, she was cursing Shrek for having no mother.
My imperial brother was right. These people have grown so used to their arrogance that they don't even treat our Star Luo Imperial Family as human.
How did you build Shrek's reputation? By piling up generations of prodigies! And now you're putting on airs? Give Star Luo students of that caliber, and Shrek would have been shoved aside to sip the leftover soup long ago!
Dai Yueheng, Dai Huabin, Chen Zifeng-if they were on our Star Luo Team...
But she could only dream.
The Star Luo Empire could not afford to offend Shrek. That