Ji Wuchang calmly watched everything happening in the auction house. In the blink of an eye, six or seven items had already been auctioned off.
In his previous life, Ji Wuchang had attended many auctions, so he naturally knew the proceedings well. The better the item, the later it appeared!
"Wuchang, if anything catches your eye, just tell me. I'll bid for it!"
Ji Ping spoke to Ji Wuchang with a smile.
Ji Wuchang nodded, his gaze fixed on Xiao Fan below the entire time.
If this fellow did not speak, he naturally would not speak either.
Although he did not know how many fortune points this fellow had, the number was definitely terrifying!
The other party was someone blessed with tremendous fortune. Only the things that caught his eye were interesting!
What Ji Wuchang needed to do was intercept his opportunities and pocket whatever caught his eye.
Ji Ping glanced at Ji Wuchang and sighed inwardly.
He very much hoped to strengthen his bond with Ji Wuchang. After several years apart, he felt that Ji Wuchang had changed far too much.
Yet the more this was so, the more clearly Ji Ping saw Ji Wuchang's potential!
If Ji Wuchang firmly supported the Ji Family in the future, the family might well have nothing to worry about for centuries!
"Distinguished guests, next we will auction something that even our auction house cannot identify!"
After Liu Dandan finished speaking, a maid brought up a tray bearing a pitch-black wooden box the size of two palms!
The moment this item appeared, Ji Wuchang immediately noticed Xiao Fan straighten from his previously languid posture.
Ji Wuchang's spirits lifted. He involuntarily sat up straight, then looked at the pitch-black wooden box on the auction stage.
Ji Ping glanced at the wooden box and frowned slightly. He thought it was nothing more than an ordinary wooden box.
However, he immediately noticed Ji Wuchang's expression. A thought stirred in his mind, and he instantly knew what to do!
"Distinguished guests, this box is made of bogwood. It should originally have held some valuable item, but that has been taken away!"
"There is no starting price for this item. Anyone who likes it may bid freely!"
As Liu Dandan's words fell, everyone in the auction hall withdrew their gazes. What use was a box?
The venue fell completely silent, leaving even Liu Dandan, standing on the auction stage, rather embarrassed!
"I bid five low-grade spirit stones!"
Just then, Xiao Fan spoke. Although his words were steady, Ji Wuchang could still hear a trace of excitement in his voice.
"Ten low-grade spirit stones!"
Ji Wuchang was just about to speak when Ji Ping placed a bid!
Hearing that voice, Xiao Fan could not help frowning. He recognized it as the voice of the Ji Family's head.
But Xiao Fan was determined to obtain this item. During his travels, he had heard something.
An ancestor of Heavenly River City's Feng Family had left behind a secret realm containing a terrifying secret method that allowed one to kill enemies above one's realm.
The Feng Family of Heavenly River City had been wiped out, and someone had seized the map contained in the bogwood box.
But the person who seized it had thrown away the box and taken only the map, only to discover that the map was completely blank.
Later, word spread that the true map was hidden within the bogwood box.
Xiao Fan had been asking around about this matter all along. He himself had never imagined that, after so many twists and turns, this bogwood box would actually appear at the Notables Auction House.
"Fifteen low-grade spirit stones!"
Xiao Fan bid again!
Ji Ping had originally thought it was merely a box and that no one would compete after he made an offer. He had not expected someone else to bid.
"Twenty low-grade spirit stones!"
Hearing Ji Ping's bid, anger surfaced in Xiao Fan's eyes, but he still said, "Twenty-five low-grade spirit stones!"
"Forty low-grade spirit stones!"
Ji Ping's expression grew serious, and he raised the bid by fifteen low-grade spirit stones outright!
Ji Wuchang watched below. He saw Xiao Fan turn toward private room number one on the second floor, his eyes seeming to blaze with anger!
"Forty-five low-grade spirit stones!"
Xiao Fan spoke through gritted teeth.
"Fifty low-grade spirit stones!"
Ji Ping was also frowning slightly now. A lousy wooden box had actually fetched such a high price.
Xiao Fan fell silent and did not bid again.
At this moment, Xiao Fan's heart seethed with murderous intent, but he had no choice but to suppress it for now.
He could not be certain whether this wooden box was the one, and the Ji Family seemed determined to obtain it. Continuing to compete would not be worthwhile.
Moreover, Xiao Fan had his eye on another item coming later. If he spent too many spirit stones now, he would not be able to afford that item!
Ji Family, just you wait! Once I win the competition, you'll obediently spit out everything you took today!
At this thought, Xiao Fan instantly felt considerably better.
Liu Dandan was a little stunned now. She had originally expected ten low-grade spirit stones at most, yet it had fetched fifty, far exceeding her expectations!
"Congratulations to private room number one for successfully securing this wooden box for fifty low-grade spirit stones!"
As Liu Dandan finished speaking, the contest over the wooden box drew to a close!
Soon, a maid delivered the wooden box to private room number one, and Ji Ping gave her fifty low-grade spirit stones.
Ji Wuchang looked at the wooden box in his hands, then cupped his fist toward Ji Ping. "Thank you, Family Head!"
Ji Wuchang did not examine the wooden box. This was not the place to examine it either, so he put it directly into the system space!
Hearing Ji Wuchang's words, Ji Ping could not help smiling, feeling that everything had been worth it!
The auction continued. Pills, cultivation methods, law artifacts, and other items appeared one after another. Although they were all of the lowest grade, the bidding was still fiercely enthusiastic!
"Distinguished guests, the next item we will auction is a Thunder Spirit Pearl."
"A senior of our Notables Auction House obtained this Thunder Spirit Pearl from a lightning ruin."
"The power of lightning contained within it is equivalent to an all-out strike from someone at the Qi Refining sixth layer!"
"The starting price for this item is thirty low-grade spirit stones, with each increase no less than ten low-grade spirit stones!"
Hearing Liu Dandan's words, Ji Wuchang's ears rang.
He understood something: the all-out strike Xiao Fan had unleashed in his previous life had not been his own strength at all, but this Thunder Spirit Pearl!
Using the mighty power of lightning within the Thunder Spirit Pearl, he had injured him in a single blow while also damaging his meridians!
This Xiao Fan had begun scheming against him very early on, yet he had not noticed a thing.
His defeat in his previous life had been no injustice!
At this thought, even Ji Wuchang had to admire Xiao Fan. He knew how to endure, how to scheme, and how to win women's favor!
No wonder all sorts of brainless women always appeared around him.
Ji Wuchang swept his gaze over Xiao Fan, brimming with murderous intent.
Xiao Fan, what you did to me in my last life, I, Ji Wuchang, will repay in this one. I'll turn your own methods back on you!
Forget about the Thunder Spirit Pearl. I'll take it off your hands!
Ji Wuchang murmured inwardly. The instant Liu Dandan finished speaking, he straightened in his seat and spoke calmly!
"One hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones!"