"Five million Gold Soul Coins!"
Before long, the bidding for the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had reached five million Gold Soul Coins. On the Douluo Continent, ninety-nine percent of Soul Master factions couldn't produce that sum.
The bidder was Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, whose eyes were already bloodshot and whose face plainly showed a murderous chill.
Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen refused to believe it. He was a dignified Titled Douluo at the pinnacle realm and the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the third-ranked sect under heaven. How could he fail to win even a single item at the Lin Auction House?
He had already given up on three items.
Even if they beat him to death, he, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, would not give up on this fourth item.
"Five million one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"
After Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen made his bid, Bibi Dong, who wanted to help Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan obtain the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, continued bidding. Her offer was only one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins higher than Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen's. Unhurried, she was prepared to play this game with him slowly.
After Bibi Dong bid, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, determined to obtain the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, prepared to bid again. Before he could open his mouth, however, he received another voice transmission from Ning Fengzhi: "Patriarch Yu, wait!"
The moment Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen received Ning Fengzhi's voice transmission, his brows furrowed.
Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen immediately sent a voice transmission back to Ning Fengzhi.
"Wait? Wait for what? Sect Master Ning, are you trying to persuade me to give up again? If so, say no more. This time, I, Yu Yuanzhen, will never give up!"
As Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen transmitted his message, his displeasure, annoyance, and impatience were plain to see.
Ning Fengzhi quickly replied by voice transmission: "Patriarch Yu, you've misunderstood. I'm not trying to persuade you to give up. I only want to tell you that, in terms of wealth, your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is far inferior to Spirit Hall. Even with the help of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it will be difficult to wrest the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from Spirit Hall's hands. If you want to obtain it, you'll have to rely on a plan. For example, you could find a way to make Bibi Dong willingly give it up to you."
After sending his message to Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, Ning Fengzhi smiled, the corners of his mouth curving into a subtle arc.
After receiving Ning Fengzhi's answer, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen frowned even more deeply.
Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen fell into deep thought.
He pondered what Ning Fengzhi had meant by those words and what his purpose was.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration streaked through Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen's mind, and he hurriedly asked Ning Fengzhi by voice transmission, "Sect Master Ning, do you have a way to make Bibi Dong give me the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum?"
Ning Fengzhi nodded to Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen.
He then told Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen his so-called plan through voice transmission.
"You remember your son Yu Xiaogang, don't you?"
"He was Bibi Dong's first love."
"I vaguely remember that Bibi Dong was very, very close to him back then."
"Tell Bibi Dong that you're bidding for the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum not for yourself, but for your son Yu Xiaogang."
"If Bibi Dong still has your son Yu Xiaogang in her heart, she might let you have the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."
After hearing Ning Fengzhi's so-called plan, the corners of Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen's mouth twitched again and again despite himself. At a loss for words, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen sent Ning Fengzhi a voice transmission, questioning him.
"Sect Master Ning, no matter how close my son and Bibi Dong were, she wouldn't give me the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, would she? It's an Immortal Herb, after all! A treasure even more precious than a Soul Bone!"
"Give it a try. You'll know if you try. If you don't, what else can you do? Stand by and watch the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum fall into Bibi Dong's hands?" Ning Fengzhi urged Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen.
"All right, I'll try."
After finishing his conversation with Ning Fengzhi, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen looked at Lin Yuan and spoke. "Five million two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"
After calling out his bid, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen looked at Bibi Dong. Gazing at her, he spoke with grave, unyielding resolve. "Bibi Dong, I'm telling you, I won't give up on the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. For my son Xiaogang, I'll obtain it even if I have to stake my life! My son Xiaogang may be trash for a time, but he won't be trash forever! With the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, I'll change his fate and turn him from trash into a genius! A genius without equal in the world!"
Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen's words startled Bibi Dong, leaving her stunned. "You're bidding for the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum not for yourself, but for Xiao... for your son?"
"That's right! It's for my son Xiaogang! Every father is great! For my son Yu Xiaogang, I won't give up competing for the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!" Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen answered Bibi Dong without hesitation. As he spoke, he was utterly solemn and earnest, and his gaze was almost unbelievably resolute.
When Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen finished speaking, Bibi Dong fell silent.
The silent Bibi Dong was very happy and delighted.
Bibi Dong had thought Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen was bidding for the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum for himself. She had never expected it to be for her first love, Yu Xiaogang!
So be it. She, Bibi Dong, would let Yu Yuanzhen have the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
Xiaogang, with the Sunflower Manual, an internal cultivation technique, and the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, you'll surely have a place among the future powerhouses of the continent's Soul Master World! I hope that day comes soon! After saying this to herself, Bibi Dong fixed her beautiful eyes on Lin Yuan.
Looking at Lin Yuan, Bibi Dong said, "Boss Lin, since Patriarch Yu is so devoted to his son Yu Xiaogang, I'll reluctantly oblige him and withdraw from the bidding for the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. It belongs to Patriarch Yu."
Lin Yuan looked at Bibi Dong with an expressionless face.
Right now, he really wanted to slap Bibi Dong to death.
You believe whatever someone tells you?
Your love-addled brain really is worse than a pig's!
Beside her, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was dumbfounded.
Come on, sis, I've been with you all these years, with both merits and hard work to my name, and in the end I'm worth less than an enemy's son? You just gave up the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum I've dreamed of, just like that? You let the enemy have it?
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan looked toward Qian Renxue.
He was considering whether to throw in his lot with Qian Renxue and follow her from now on. Qian Renxue probably wouldn't screw over her teammates so badly, would she?
While Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was dumbfounded, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen was dumbfounded too.
Had he known, wouldn't it have been better to bring up Yu Xiaogang sooner?
If he had brought him up sooner, he, Yu Yuanzhen, could have paid fewer Gold Soul Coins!
In the end, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen won the Immortal Herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum at auction.
"Next is the seventh item!"
With that, Lin Yuan walked over to the next glass display case.
Before lifting the red silk cloth covering the display case, Lin Yuan glanced at the Snow Empress.
Here it comes?! The Snow Empress rejoiced.