In the end, Xiao Zhan rejected Xiao Yan and Xiao Tian's request to borrow gold coins!
There was no other reason. As their father, Xiao Zhan believed he had to instill good spending habits in his two sons: buy only what was right, not what was wrong!
Clearly, in Xiao Zhan's eyes, spending a whopping ten thousand gold coins or so on a worthless stick would only make the Xiao Clan a laughingstock!
Ever since the lovely Miss Ya Fei announced the start of bidding, the entire hall had been utterly silent!
Clearly, a worthless stick that could not conduct Dou Qi was not worth even a single gold coin to them! Of course, if it really cost just one gold coin, they could still buy it to play around with.
Ya Fei had known this would happen. It was just as she had expected.
Having failed to borrow any money, Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan stretched their demonic claws toward Xun'er.
"Xun'er, lend me some gold coins!"~
Xun'er's big, limpid eyes widened. She had no idea what the two brothers were playing at. Were they going to bid on that worthless stick?
"Little Brother Er Huo, you need to develop proper spending habits from a young age! That stick isn't worth spending a fortune on." Xun'er rejected Xiao Yan's request.
"Brother Tian, how much do you want to borrow?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yan's mouth twitched. How could the gap between one person and another be so vast? Still, his big brother actually wanted to buy it too, which left him thoroughly puzzled.
"Big Brother, you want to buy this thing too?"
Xiao Tian nodded emphatically. "I think this thing has a lot of research value. It could serve as a dog-beating stick, specifically for beating Ah Huang, Da Huang, and San Huang."
This turned a certain direct descendant's face green. If not for the inappropriate setting, he would have nearly burst out cursing, "You two brothers have gone too far! You've eaten so many dogs raised by my family! Don't you have any compassion for animals?"
Xun'er was a rich little girl. That was an indisputable fact!
With thirty thousand gold coins borrowed, Xiao Tian felt thoroughly confident. He raised his hand and called out, "8,001 gold coins!"
Everyone was amused by Xiao Tian's bid! Still, this auction had no restrictions on how much each bid had to increase.
"Hehe! The Xiao Clan really is rich!" A member of the Jia Lie Clan immediately bid, "Ten thousand gold coins!"
"Twenty thousand gold coins!" An idiot from the Ao Ba Family Clan joined in the fun too.
Xiao Tian seethed inwardly. You bastards!
"Oh, oh, you've sunk your teeth into this, have you? Then twenty-five thousand gold coins it is."
If twenty-five thousand gold coins could secure the Adamantine Staff, then whether it was real or fake, those ancient Chinese seal-script characters alone made it worth Xiao Tian making a bid.
"The Xiao Clan truly is lavish! Forty thousand gold coins!"
The idiot from the Ao Ba Family Clan stirred up trouble again. "Sixty thousand gold coins!"
Xiao Tian smiled brightly and lowered his hand, chuckling casually. "You idiots from the two great clans, carry on."
"Hahaha!"~
An uproar of laughter instantly echoed through the hall!
The heads of the two great clans wore dark expressions, wishing they could give their juniors a beating right there!
In the end, the two clan heads apologized on their behalf and backed out of the transaction, stating that they would not buy it.
In Wutan City, the T. M. Auction House still needed the three great local clans to show it some respect, so it let the matter slide.
"Since no one wishes to purchase it, this item will have to go unsold."
Seeing that it was about to go unsold, Xiao Tian did not bid either, planning to buy the Adamantine Staff in secret.
Xiao Yan transmitted his voice. "Big Brother, aren't you going to raise the bid? This thing is actually very valuable. Beating dogs with it really would be a mere trial of an ox-cleaving blade."
"Little Brother Er Huo, not so. I think it's just right for beating dogs!"
After the auction ended and they returned to the clan, Xiao Tian put on a black robe, used the Transformation Technique, then stealthily slipped out of the Xiao Clan and hurried to the T. M. Auction House.