Everyone was stunned.
The royal academy teams from the Heaven Soul and Dou Ling Empires gnashed their teeth, and the representatives of other powers like the Body Sect also had displeased expressions.
From the moment Xu Jiawei brought out this Glazed Jade Tea, he never intended for it to fall into the hands of anyone from the original Douluo Three Empires. Instead, he planned for the Sun Moon Empire to buy it at a high price, while he found opportunities to stir up the situation himself.
He hadn't given other factions time to prepare funds from the start. The only thing Xu Jiawei hadn't anticipated was Ning Tian, this little rich young lady.
Facing the frenzied bidding of Ning Tian and Xiao Hongchen, the leaders of the other factions broke out in a sweat, their faces contorted in savage expressions as they held their bidding devices.
Damn it!
Is being rich really so great?!
In less than three minutes, the price of this Glazed Jade Tea soared from eight figures to nine figures. Hundreds of millions of gold soul coins strung together in a single number, shocking the auction house into silence, with men shedding tears and women weeping.
In the Shrek private box, there was also a deep silence.
And if one were to say whose emotions fluctuated the most in the box, it would undoubtedly be Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan.
No need to mention Jiang Nannan. Having grown up in poverty, she had more than once felt disheartened over money and resources, even leaving indelible psychological scars. This also led her to develop a slight obsession with money.
Looking at the terrifying nine-figure price on the screen, Jiang Nannan's eyes glowed, her little head feeling dizzy.
Money, money.
So much money!!!
Huo Yuhao was much the same; his life experiences bore a striking resemblance to Jiang Nannan's. Both had mothers, but Jiang Nannan used her own body to get the Profound Nether Sect to save her mother, while Huo Yuhao watched helplessly as his mother was beaten to death by servants of Duke White Tiger's mansion, at Dai Huabin's instigation.
He, too, had a love for money, though he didn't express it as overtly as Jiang Nannan.
And this was his first time looking at Ning Tian from a different perspective. Only at this moment did Huo Yuhao suddenly realize that Ning Tian's charm was actually so immense.
Indeed, she was a beautiful girl who connected with people through billions!
If his competitor wasn't Lin Yun, Huo Yuhao felt he might have developed other feelings for Ning Tian. After all, having such a rich young lady as a partner would undoubtedly be a huge help to him.
With money came resources, and with resources, he could grow at the fastest speed and possess enough strength to go back and seek revenge.
Even during the process of revenge, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect could provide him with immense assistance.
But alas, Ning Tian's eyes were solely on Lin Yun.
Huo Hang was once again envious.
Another person whose emotions fluctuated greatly was Wang Dong, but his emotional turmoil wasn't because of Ning Tian, but because of Huo Yuhao.
As early as half a month ago, he had already been considering whether to restore his original appearance.
Seeing Huo Yuhao's gaze linger on others always made Wang Dong feel agitated and sour, and this feeling inexplicably intensified, causing him to sometimes even lose control of his emotions.
This time, seeing Huo Yuhao looking at Ning Tian with constantly shifting eyes, Wang Dong once again lost control of his facial expressions.
"No, I can't wait any longer. As soon as the competition ends, I must revert to my female form!"
"Huo Yuhao!"
"You can only look at me, only have me in your eyes! I will never allow it, never allow anyone else to exist in your eyes!"
Lin Yun, on the other hand, had nothing to say. Gold soul coins didn't have that much utility. Whether in Ning Tian's eyes or his own, gold soul coins were just a string of numbers; their usefulness was ultimately limited.
Money is a good thing, indeed, but not everything can be bought with money, especially in a world of supernaturals, where many resources must be exchanged through bartering.
Gold soul coins?
Just a pile of scrap metal.
Under this mindset, it was destined that Ning Tian wouldn't treat money as money. The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect had plenty of money, but immortal herbs were treasures they had sought for ten thousand years without success.
If they could exchange gold soul coins for the chance to evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, what if they lost everything?
Ning Tian could do that, but Xiao Hongchen could not.
He didn't have that much cash on him. Being able to bid up to this point already showed the deep reserves he possessed as the direct grandson of the Mingde Hall Master.
Xiao Hongchen had already sold almost all the soul tools he could sell. The remaining ones were absolutely forbidden to be sold, as they involved the Mingde Hall's confidential technologies. Even though he and Ning Tian were red-eyed with competitive bidding, he had not lost his rationality to sell those soul tools.
"Forget it, Laughing. If you can't buy it, then don't," Ma Rulong, the captain of the Sun Moon team, sighed, reaching out to pat Xiao Hongchen's shoulder.
Meng Hongchen, sitting on Xiao Hongchen's other side, also reached out and tugged at his sleeve, looking at him with concern.
"Hmph, the so-called immortal herb is merely a legend of the Douluo Continent's three great empires and Shrek Academy. Who knows if it can really evolve a martial soul?" Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists tightly, his face flushed and his breathing ragged.
"Since I can't buy it, then I won't. In the end, it's just a medicine; I don't care for it!"
Although he said that, the other members of the Sun Moon team in the private box could hear the strong sense of unwillingness in Xiao Hongchen's words.
But at this moment, they didn't dare to cross Xiao Hongchen. He had already lost in bidding to someone else, and his boasted financial power had been utterly defeated. If they were to mock him further, Xiao Hongchen might truly lose his mind on the spot.
After glancing at the numbers on the screen, Xiao Hongchen, though filled with unwillingness, could only accept it.
180,000,000
One hundred eighty million gold soul coins!
This was Ning Tian's final bid, a price that had stifled all other competitors present.
In terms of financial power, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect had truly never been inferior.
And in the end, this Glazed Jade Tea unsurprisingly fell into Ning Tian's hands. Ning Tian, having acquired this immortal herb, was in excellent spirits. That night, she even treated the Shrek team to a magnificent feast.
Xu Jiawei was in a bit of a pickle.
Since Xiao Hongchen didn't buy the Glazed Jade Tea, all the high-tier soul tools from Mingde Hall that he had mortgaged at the Starlight Auction House were naturally not sold and were all taken back by him.
Didn't buy the item and still want to make a profit off me?
Dream on.
As a result, Xu Jiawei, who could have taken this opportunity to heavily reap high-tier soul tools, not only had his original plan completely ruined but also suffered the painful loss of a large batch of soul tools that were originally within his grasp.
Furthermore, even his subsequent plans would likely be unable to proceed.
No, not likely—it was certain. From the moment Ning Tian bought the Glazed Jade Tea, no matter how perfect Xu Jiawei's previous plans had been, he could only completely overturn them!
(End of Chapter)
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