บท 16: Auction (END)
"I bid 400,000 pres"
"I offer 450,000 pres"
"My Bu family offer 600,000 pres for this manual" a strong voice echoed in the middle of the fierce bidding war. The one who shouted was a man with relatively huge build. His muscles were bulging as his suit were having a hard time.
"My god it is the Bu family!" one of the guests shouted when he heard the man declared that he came from the Bu family.
"It seems that even the Bu family from the capital attended this auction. With them here, getting this manual had become even more difficult" another man said as he helplessly sigh. He knew that his chance of getting the manual had fallen to rock bottom.
"Do you know them?" this time Li Ming didn't ask Chen Yu. The one he asked was Xie Ming who also came from the Xie family which where in the capital.
Xie Ming's expression looks serious as he stared at the direction where the Bu family is located. "The Bu family, unlike our Xie family is just a new family that suddenly gained power in the capital. Their influence in the capital suddenly increase in this several years that passed. The reason for their sudden rise is Bu Gonglu, Bu Gonglu was their current patriarch and also like our headmaster, he also reach the Martial Lord realm. With him reaching the Martial Lord realm, many powers and families sided with them and supported them entirely. Even with our Xie family's military power and years of years in the capital, we still come up short with them as we currently didn't had any Martial Lord in our family. The only thing that was keeping our place in the capital was my grandfather and those soldiers who were extremely loyal to us"
Li Ming didn't ask anymore and just continues to watch.
"Little Bu, don't you think that it was a little inappropriate for you to mention your family in the presence of this old man" the one who spoke was the headmaster of the Battle Front Academy.
When the members of the Bu family heard the disrespectful words, they wanted to know who spoke so that they can teach whoever it is a lesson. But when they saw that it was the headmaster of the academy, they all shut their mouths. It is very known in the country about the conflict between the Battle Front Academy and the Bu family of the capital. "So it is the headmaster, I apologize if I ever offended you with my wording. This one is Bu Leng, I am also Bu Gonglu's younger brother"
As the one named Bu Leng apologized, everyone could feel his anger in his voice which he even tried to hide but can't do it. As Bu Leng was the younger brother of Bu Gonglu, he always bath in his brother's glorious name. Whenever he went, people will always be respectful to him. Because of this, he became extremely arrogant and always does what he wants knowing that his brother will definitely support him. Heng, even if he wanted to steal someones wife the other party could only grit their teeth and agreed to it.
But right now, as Bu Leng wanted to dominate the auction, he just can't. Several years ago, his brother Bu Gonglu secretly challenged the headmaster in a fight. The two of them disappeared one day before returning back. When they came back, everyone realize that they fight and the winner was very clear. Bu Gonglu was severely injured and one of his arms were missing while his whole body was covered in blood. The headmaster on the other side, though he received some injuries as well as his whole body were full of cuts. It was only superficial wounds, this indicates that the headmaster was stronger and defeated the patriarch of the Bu family. It is also because of this that Bu Leng feared the headmaster.
"This old man offer 650,000 pres. Everyone you can bid if you wanted the manual. As long as you have enough money, you can win it" Yan Fenfang gives the headmaster a nod as she felt grateful that he intervene. She was scared at first when she heard that the Bu family bid and was forcing others to surrender with the tone of their voice. She feared that the manual will get sold for 600,000 pres. If that really happens, her losses will definitely be huge as the resources they put in getting this manual was quite a huge amount.
"I offer 700,000 pres" when the guests heard what the headmaster said, they all sigh in relief. Especially those who came with a huge amount of money. Earlier, they were afraid that they would offend the Bu family if they bid against them so they stopped bidding. Now with the headmaster's words, they all knew that even them could win as long as they had enough money.
"I bid 900,000 pres" Bu Leng shouted clearly irritated by the fact that he can't easily take the manual. He was staring coldly towards the headmaster who completely ignored him. 'When will this old man die, the earlier he dies, the better it is for our Bu family' inside his mind, he already killed the headmaster several times.
"This old man offers 950,000 pres" the headmaster instantly said after the Bu family. In the area of the Bu family, the air around them were already cold. Bu Leng was extremely angry as his veins already bulge from his body as he clenched his fist so hard that his nails buried into his palms.
"Headmaster here offered 950,000 pres, is there anybody who wanted to offer a higher price?" with her expression full of excitement, Yan Fenfang shouted and her eyes glanced around stopping where the Bu family are located.
"I offer 1.2 million pres" just like what she expected, the Bu family bid again.
In the area where the Bu family was, a middle-aged man look at Bu Leng and said, "Second Master Bu, the total money we bring today was only 2.5 million pres. If this continues, we will definitely lose because of running out of money"
"2.5 million pres is the only amount our Bu family had given to us. But do you really think that that old man had so much money in him. At most he can only bid a couple more times before running out of money" Bu Leng said confidently. Unlike their Bu family, the academy is not rich and even if they had some money, it won't be able to compete against their Bu family.
Just like what Bu Leng said, the academy can't compete against them in terms of wealth. Because the academy's income mainly came from the students who were enrolling there and nothing more. Most of the academy's income were sent to different department for their employees salaries while the other were put for research purposes.
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"I offer 2.3 million pres" with his loud voice, Bu Leng shouted which seems to shake the whole place. But after several seconds of waiting, the confident smile on his face turned even wider. He glanced at the headmaster who were casually stroking his white beard. Bu Leng knew that he wins, although it was only an auction their Bu family still wins against the headmaster which clearly boosts his confidence which were already in the sky.
"Is there anyone else like to bid higher?" Yan Fenfang spoke but no one continued to bid. "The I will begin the countdown"
"2.3 million pres, once"
"2.3 million pres, twice"
"2.3 million pres, thrice. Item sold, the Bu family is the successful bidder for our last item in the auction for today. To those who bid for their items, our people will escort you to a place where you can claim and pay for your items" with a delighted expression in her face, Yan Fenfang hummed as song as she goes down the platform.
Chen Yu who were taking pictures of Yan Fenfang for unknown amount of time were depressed when she goes down. But just thinking of those treasures that he shot, his whole body trembled in excitement. 'I will definitely become rich this time'
Ding... Mission: Take the Immortal Manual.
Ding... Reward: 100,000 system points.
In his way to the backstage, a system notification sounded inside Li Ming's head. His expression didn't changed but the air around him suddenly turned cold which makes the man in front of him shivered as he felt death was so close to him.
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