"..."
For a moment, the auction hall fell silent.
The elder on the sparring stage twitched the corner of his mouth, looking up at the private boxes.
You dare to speak your mind!
Manager Wang, standing beside him, rubbed his forehead. The bad thing had finally happened.
As expected of the Nanjiang Bandit, they were practically robbing him blind!
A Liang and the other two turned their heads, their expressions bizarre as they said,
"Chen Pi, those are usually lines for the villain..."
"Can a law-abiding citizen not say them?"
Chen Shu shrugged, appearing as innocent as can be.
As the entire hall remained silent, someone finally broke the stalemate.
"Ten million!"
The participants in the auction were all prodigies, some of them Silver-ranked. Naturally, they wouldn't fear Chen Shu.
"Looks like I didn't scare them!"
Chen Shu shook his head, unfazed, thinking it was just a casual shout.
"I bid thirty million, just to call it out first. You won't have a chance later!"
"I'll take it for fifty million!!"
"Take it for what? One hundred million!"
"..."
In a very short time, the price of the Lord material skyrocketed to four hundred million, and it was still climbing.
"Holy crap, is it that expensive?"
Chen Shu's expression jolted. He hadn't expected this item to be so costly.
"What did you think?"
A Liang turned his head and said, "There are very few forces in the country that can hunt Golden Lords!"
"That's not right. The academy's exchange price was only over a thousand academy points?"
Chen Shu's expression was puzzled, and he couldn't help but ask.
As soon as he said this, the three of them looked at him with a 'swish' of their heads.
"You can exchange for Golden Lords?!"
A Liang's eyes widened in shock.
"Uh... you can't?"
Chen Shu was slightly taken aback, and then he understood. It seemed to be his privilege!
In fact, at present, he was the only one in the entire school who could purchase it.
However, the students who had witnessed Chen Shu using the Golden material earlier were not surprised.
Because the seniors all knew that the academy's monsters had this privilege.
For example, Ling Chen, who had already graduated, but his purchase price was much higher than Chen Shu's...
"You can buy Golden Lords at such a cheap price?!"
The three of them immediately pounced, grabbing Chen Shu by the neck and shaking him back and forth, their eyes filled with envious red light.
"Alright, alright!"
Chen Shu coughed and said, "I can exchange them for you!"
Only then did the three of them release their grip, their eyes immediately lighting up with excitement.
But then A Liang shook his head and said,
"Forget it. We don't want to see you lying in a coffin."
"Hmm?"
Chen Shu suddenly understood. Whoever gave him the privilege was either Liu Feng or Qin Tian.
But neither of them was someone to be trifled with...
He had originally wanted to exchange for Golden materials himself and then sell them to the outside world.
Now, it seemed that it was not feasible...
Just then, the auction below had ended. It was finally won by someone from box number one for six hundred million.
Although the auction had caused the materials to be priced at a premium, it still proved the preciousness of Golden Lord materials.
It was evident how much of a bargain Chen Shu had received at that time.
"Now for the second auction item, twenty Black Iron-grade Beast Taming Pearls, starting at five million!"
Although it was not on the same level as the first auction item, as a hard currency in the beast taming world, it was even more sought after.
For a time, the atmosphere in the auction hall was heated, and countless people had their desire to spend ignited.
Following that, one auction item after another was presented.
All sorts of materials, Lord cores, potions, and more were available.
"I can't afford what I want, and I don't want what I can afford..."
Chen Shu lay on the sofa, looking extremely bored. He was purely there for the excitement.
But just then, another auction item was presented below.
A blue stone, radiating a brilliant light, immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Everyone, this auction item is not in the auction catalog, mainly because we don't know what it is..."
The elder cleared his throat and said, "We have conducted multiple appraisals, but we still haven't gotten a result!"
Someone below spoke, "Could it be a special material? If a contract spirit swallows it, it can increase a certain attribute?"
"In fact, it's not..."
The elder's expression was a little awkward, and he said, "Actually, a Golden contract spirit has already swallowed it."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression became strange.
Could it be...
"That's right, it was completely expelled by the contract spirit intact..."
"Holy crap!"
Everyone couldn't help but express their disgust. Were they auctioning feces here?
The elder said, "Alright, we have decided to auction it to the destined person today, with a starting price of ten million!"
The originally bustling auction hall instantly turned cold.
Someone muttered, "Low EQ: a sucker. High EQ: a destined person..."
The elder said, "Ahem, does no one really want it?"
"Ten million!"
Just then, a voice came from box number nine, spreading throughout the entire hall.
"Holy crap, someone actually wants it!"
"Could it be that they recognized the item's purpose?"
"Are you stupid? Various appraisal institutions couldn't figure it out, and you think someone can?"
The people below started discussing, not understanding who wanted to purchase it at a high price.
"Chen Shu, are you crazy?"
A Liang and the other two turned their heads, their eyes filled with confusion.
Chen Shu smiled without saying anything, and before his eyes, there were three options.
[Option One: Bid for the key in front of you to open the Flame Ruins in the future! Completion Reward: Large amount of Beast Taming Power]
[Option Two: You have no interest in treasures and decide not to bid! Completion Reward: Automatic clearing of your card's balance]
[Option Three: The stingy you decides to turn into a bandit and carry out a direct forceful robbery. Completion Reward: A pair of gleaming silver handcuffs]
Sometimes, the system's options were not just for him to choose,
but to provide extremely important information, such as when he had encountered life-threatening crises in the past.
"This is actually a key to the ruins!"
Chen Shu's eyes were filled with excitement. He had made up his mind to get it.
Every ruin was unique, and the conditions for opening them were also unique, which could not be identified by instruments.
"Ten million once!"
"Ten million twice!"
"Ten million..."
Just as the hammer was about to fall and confirm the bid, a nonchalant voice came:
"Twenty million!"