"Damn it~" Xiao Hua nearly cursed aloud. There had just been a Soul-Devouring Talisman, and he had failed to snatch it up. Now he had spotted three unwanted gold foils, and before they had even warmed in his hands, someone else had taken a fancy to them! Wouldn't that mean another round of bidding? Was his luck simply terrible, or was the bastard beside him too clueless to know better?
Xiao Hua raised his head and cast a sidelong glance at the cultivator who had spoken. The man did not conceal his cultivation. He looked no more than fifteen or sixteen, yet his cultivation was quite impressive—already at the sixth layer of Qi Cultivation. He was surely a disciple of some sect! Still, judging by his somewhat constrained expression, he seemed to be... traveling beyond his mountain for the first time!
Just as Xiao Hua was about to speak, an older cultivator beside the young man lifted his arm and jabbed him in the waist, then snapped in a low voice, "Shut up!" He then smiled and nodded to Xiao Hua. "Fellow Daoist, my junior brother does not understand the rules. Please do not take offense. Just put away those gold foils and ignore him!"
Xiao Hua was delighted. Without replying, he took ten mid-grade spirit stones from his storage pouch and tossed them into the jade tray, then swiftly tucked the gold foils into his space. At that moment, he heard the young cultivator beside him ask in a hushed voice, "Senior Brother, I... I wanted those gold foils too. Didn't Senior An say that if two people took a liking to something at the same time, they could bid for it? Why wouldn't you let me bid?"
"What the hell do you know?" The older cultivator lowered his