Let's keep them among ourselves!

Yu Bu'e's words left everyone in the auction hall baffled.

With people already willing to vouch for him, Yu Bu'e should have secured the item first and worried about the rest later.

Why did he have to be so honest?

Chen Sinian looked a little surprised but said nothing. Cheng Ruxin, on the other hand, was furious.

"Yu Bu'e! Can you stop embarrassing Yucheng No. 1 High School?"

"..." Hearing that, Yu Bu'e felt something was off.

Anyone who didn't know better might have thought Cheng Ruxin was the principal...

Luo Feixuan remained calm.

She had already anticipated how things would unfold, and everything was going just as she expected.

Zhai Zhili, meanwhile, looked rather excited.

Ignoring his surroundings and everyone else's stares, he shouted without the slightest concern for his dignity, looking almost deranged!

"Mr. Zhang, you heard him, didn't you? He admitted it himself! He doesn't have any money! Throw him out!"

Zhang Qiaosheng was starting to get a headache.

He knew Zhai Zhili and knew he was the illegitimate son the Zhai Family had only recently brought back into the fold.

As for Yu Bu'e, this was their first meeting, but Luo Feixuan had brought him, and both Chen Sinian and Cheng Ruxin were vouching for him.

He couldn't understand it. Was there something wrong with Zhai Zhili's head? Why was he so determined to pick a fight with the young man?

Still, with so many people watching, and as the head of the Brilliant Star Pavilion's Fish City branch, he had to resolve the issue now that it had been raised.

"Ahem, well... Mr. Yu, what exactly did you mean by that?" he asked cautiously.

Inwardly, he was still grumbling. With people vouching for Yu Bu'e, he had nothing to worry about. The young man could simply have taken the easy way out.

Why did he have to be so honest?

As for Zhai Zhili's demand... that he throw Yu Bu'e out?

Anyone with a functioning brain would never say anything that unhinged.

Uncle Zhao, who had greeted Yu Bu'e earlier, cleared his throat and shot Zhai Zhili a displeased look.

"What's all this fuss about whether he has money? It's only a few million! I'll pay for young Yu if I have to! Making such a racket-have you no manners?"

He had actually said that for Luo Feixuan's sake.

He was somewhat interested in Yu Bu'e, but that was all. Getting to know him later, if the opportunity arose, might be worthwhile.

But wealthy people were wealthy, not crazy. Why would they hand over a few million for a stranger for no reason?

Seeing this, Yu Bu'e hurriedly said, "I don't have any money, but I heard the Brilliant Star Pavilion's auctions also allow items to be traded..."

Zhang Qiaosheng's expression eased at those words.

"I see... Then may I ask what you intend to offer the Brilliant Star Pavilion in exchange, Mr. Yu?"

Zhai Zhili grew anxious. "Mr. Zhang, don't believe him! What could he possibly have that's worth anything? He's just a penniless orphan with no father or mother!"

After that remark, even more contemptuous looks fell on Zhai Zhili.

Chen Sinian frowned deeply, while Chen Sui, beside him, started cursing first.

"Bro, this is so annoying! Why is there always a dog barking at the Brilliant Star Pavilion's private auctions?"

In the past, Chen Sinian would certainly have reprimanded his younger brother for speaking like that.

Now, however, he nodded.

"Who knows? Maybe... someone forgot to leash theirs."

Zhai Zhili practically bristled with rage, but Lin Yuan grabbed his arm.

"Young Master Zhai, please don't do anything rash!"

He was already regretting sitting with Zhai Zhili.

Who could have imagined the man would be this brainless? There was no telling how many people he would offend at once. Did he not understand his own position?

Cheng Ruxin raised his voice and sneered, "Yu Bu'e may be an orphan, but that's still better than someone who isn't even sure who his parents are, right? Hah! Where do you get the nerve?"

Zhai Zhili slammed his hand onto the table beside him, his body trembling with anger.

Everyone knew his sore spot, yet apparently everyone dared to dance all over it...

This was more than disrespect. They were practically peeling his face off and trampling it underfoot!

Yu Bu'e wasn't distracted by Zhai Zhili's words.

He took out the box he had prepared beforehand. "There are eight Meridian-Opening Pills in here."

Zhang Qiaosheng looked a little surprised.

Everyone else in the auction hall widened their eyes, looking delighted.

"Eight Meridian-Opening Pills? Could they be the same kind Young Master Zhao and the younger Young Master Chen took?"

"Of course they are!"

"If that's the case... these Meridian-Opening Pills are really something!"

Zhai Zhili hadn't expected Yu Bu'e to produce so many Meridian-Opening Pills at once either.

He froze for only a moment before recovering and letting out a cold laugh.

"They're just Meridian-Opening Pills. How much could they possibly be worth?"

After saying that, he shot Lin Yuan a meaningful look.

Although reluctant, Lin Yuan forced himself to back him up out of deference.

"Exactly! How much could Meridian-Opening Pills be worth? If you ask me, Mr. Zhang, you'd better think this through! They're not easy to price!"

Zhang Qiaosheng's eyes, however, were shining.

He had also heard about what had happened with the Zhao Family's son and Chen Sui.

Quite a few people had already tried to find out indirectly whether those two Meridian-Opening Pills had come from the Brilliant Star Pavilion.

Although Zhang Qiaosheng was eager to make money, he didn't dare feed those people nonsense.

The Brilliant Star Pavilion certainly had no shortage of Meridian-Opening Pills, but even their best pills couldn't let someone with mediocre martial talent open three or four spirit meridians in one go!

So what if they were expensive? They were perfect for capturing the high-end market!

In truth, making money was secondary to the Brilliant Star Pavilion.

More importantly, Meridian-Opening Pills of such high quality could elevate the Brilliant Star Pavilion's standing!

Take Zhao and Chen Sui, for example. Although they had paid for their pills, they still developed a favorable impression of Yu Bu'e.

Wasn't that exactly what the Brilliant Star Pavilion needed?

Just then, Zhao suddenly stood up and hurried over.

He looked at the box in Yu Bu'e's hands, struggling to suppress his excitement.

"Well... young Yu, are these Meridian-Opening Pills the same kind my son took before?"

Yu Bu'e looked at Luo Feixuan beside him, and she nodded with a smile.

"Uncle Zhao, the Meridian-Opening Pill I found for you before came from Yu Bu'e."

"Good, wonderful! Haha! I'll take these Meridian-Opening Pills. However many you have, I'll buy them all!" Uncle Zhao said excitedly.

A middle-aged man looked puzzled. "Zhao, what do you need so many Meridian-Opening Pills for?"

"What the hell do you know? My younger son already... Ahem, never mind. It's nothing. I just like them. Is that a problem?"

Zhao was a businessman, after all, and he thought fast.

If the others learned that his younger son had opened all twelve spirit meridians in a single night thanks to Yu Bu'e's Meridian-Opening Pill...

They would go mad fighting over them!

The most important thing in making money through business was having information others didn't.

Why would he broadcast it to everyone?

Unfortunately, most of the people present were shrewd operators.

A moment's thought was enough for them to figure it out.

"Zhao, you can't keep all these Meridian-Opening Pills for yourself!"

"Exactly! Young Yu, I'll take two!"

"Me too... Haha, my nephew hasn't taken a Meridian-Opening Pill yet, as it happens!"

"If you ask me, forget trading them for anything. Let's just keep these Meridian-Opening Pills among ourselves..."

Everyone hurriedly crowded around Yu Bu'e, leaving Zhang Qiaosheng anxious.

He couldn't really let them divide the pills among themselves!

Just then, Manager Wang hurried over and whispered a few words into his ear. His eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands.

"Everyone, I've just received word that Elder Guan is here at the Brilliant Star Pavilion right now! Why don't we invite him to appraise these Meridian-Opening Pills?"

The noisy crowd instantly fell silent.

"Elder Guan? You mean Elder Guan, the 'Divine Hands'?"

"Elder Guan is actually in Fish City? I hadn't heard a thing about it!"

Yu Bu'e instinctively looked toward Luo Feixuan. She nodded with a smile and spoke softly.

"What a coincidence!"

Yu Bu'e grew suspicious.

Could there really be such a coincidence in this world?