Yu Linfeng seemed to have seen Fu Zhiwen's sort of situation many times before. Smiling faintly, he said, "Your life is worth countless top-grade Qi Stones. My Star Picking Tower cannot afford it!"
"Hee hee, Senior, look—he's started acting like a rogue and playing slippery!" Xiao E said with a hand over her mouth, smiling from upstairs.
Xiao Hua did not laugh. He merely asked, "How does this old man place a bid?"
"Oh? Senior..." Xiao E was utterly stunned. She stared at Xiao Hua in disbelief and hurriedly said, "You... you mean..."
"Just tell this old man how to bid!" Xiao Hua shouted sternly.
"Oh! Senior only needs to name a price!" Xiao E came back to her senses and hurriedly said. "Leave everything afterward to this servant!"
"All right~" At this moment, Yu Linfeng seemed to have lost patience with keeping up the pretense. He glanced at Fu Zhiwen and began, "This Lightning Derivation Wood..."
"One top-grade Qi Stone!" Xiao Hua's voice was not loud, yet it rang out with exceptional clarity, like a massive boulder cast into a deep pool. Yet when the boulder entered the water, there was utter stillness. It seemed everyone had fallen silent, and no one dared believe their ears. Even Yu Linfeng, who had seen much and encountered no few unexpected turns, stood dumbfounded for a moment before crying out in wild delight, "Th-this Senior has bid one top-grade Qi Stone! This is the first item in this auction to receive an opening bid exceeding one top-grade Qi Stone!"
Boom... Only then did the shockwaves from that boulder striking the water sweep through the entire venue. All of Ming Yue Palace erupted into unprecedented uproar. It was merely a piece of Lightning Derivation Wood, one that had failed to sell twice before,