Third update, another chapter coming later
"Zhang Keren, don’t push it too far!" Zhang Zide glared at Zhang Keren in front of him, angrily shouting.
Hearing Zhang Zide’s words, Zhang Keren’s face still wore a faint smile, "Young Clan Leader, you are not yet the clan leader, is it really appropriate to address me by my name directly?"
"Besides, the rules of the Gambling Treasure Conference are such that one can bid for the desired items, have I violated any rules?"
Hearing Zhang Keren’s words, Zhang Zide was angry but helpless against him.
As the Clan Leader of the Northern Division Clan, Zhang Keren held a very high status within the Eight-Armed Sea Clan.
Among the entire Eight-Armed Sea Clan, the leaders of the four divisions are second only under the clan leader. Even the great elders of the clan are subordinate to them.
Added to that, what Zhang Keren was currently doing was within the rules, so there was no way to fault him.
It was for these reasons that Zhang Keren adopted such methods to infuriate Lin Qian.
Seeing Lin Qian’s troubled expression, Zhang Keren felt extremely pleased inside.
Back when the portal to the Small World was open, Lin Qian successfully helped Zhang Wenxuan to improve her realm by one Small Realm, which indirectly was a slap to his face.
Since those days, every time he encountered Zhang Zhiyi, he had to endure scoffs and ridicule.
And the cause of all this was this Human Clan boy, so making him uncomfortable was also a pleasure.
Moreover, Lin Qian had threatened to slaughter Wu Chunshan, who was an ally of his Northern Division Clan; such words, weren’t they a loss of face for him?
The more Zhang Keren thought about it, the angrier he became, thus when Lin Qian raised the price to two million Mid Grade Soul Crystals, he bid again.
"Two million and fifty thousand Mid Grade Soul Crystals!"
"Three million Mid Grade Soul Crystals!"
"Three million and fifty thousand Mid Grade Soul Crystals!"
"Five million Mid Grade Soul Crystals!"
"Five million and fifty thousand Mid Grade Soul Crystals!"
After stating his price, Zhang Keren provocatively looked at Lin Qian, whose eyes were nearly shooting out flames, with a bring-it-on attitude.
Not only was Lin Qian infuriated, but Ye Xin and the others around him were also very upset.
"Who would have thought, the clan leader of one of the great four divisions would stoop to such shamelessness," Zhang Qi gritted his teeth, at the same time turning his gaze towards Lin Qian.
Lin Qian had even asked Zhang Zide and Li Yunfeng to bother Zhang Tianxin and Zhou Yian about the Body Refining Scripture, clearly, this scripture was very important to him, otherwise, he wouldn’t search for it so fervently.
"One million Top Grade Soul Crystals!" Just at that moment, Lin Qian’s face churned as he breathed with the Soul Device, furiously blowing bubbles continuously, showing his intense emotions.
Ye Xin tugged at Lin Qian’s arm in surprise, "Little Qian, this is really not worth it!"
However, Lin Qian did not respond to Ye Xin, but glared at Zhang Keren, his chest heaving in apparent rage.
"Hmph, this Body Refining Scripture is indeed very important to him," thought Zhang Keren. Outwardly, he calmly said, "10.5 million high-grade Soul Crystals!"
After Zhang Keren released another blue glow, he calmly waited for Lin Qian to raise his token.
But at that moment, the bubbles expelled by Lin Qian’s breathing Soul Device on his face suddenly returned to normal, and his previously heaving chest also calmed down.
Lin Qian’s eyes gleamed with a teasing look as he tucked the token into his chest and gave a saluting gesture to Zhang Keren, "Clan Leader Zhang is wealthy and mighty, I am no match, so I will leave it to you."
Zhang Keren’s face froze, then he hurriedly looked towards the counter. He saw that the scripture, enveloped by the shrinking Array barrier, was flying towards the central layer of the counter.
This meant that he had bought the Body Refining Scripture for 10.5 million high-grade Soul Crystals.
Not just Zhang Keren, even Ye Xin and the others were stunned. No one had expected Lin Qian to suddenly back down.
Just now, full of fury and losing his sense to blindly raise the price, and in the blink of an eye, he was smilingly conceding to Zhang Keren, with not a hint of anger in his eyes.
"You... why did you give it up to me? Isn’t this Body Refining Scripture something you urgently need?" Seeing Lin Qian give it up, Zhang Keren was clearly anxious.
Lin Qian chuckled coldly, looked at Zhang Keren in front of him, "If I were you, I would have sent an Artifact Refiner to bid against me, at least that would seem more genuine. Unfortunately, Clan Leader Zhang seems to have a deep prejudice against me, insisting on coming personally to humiliate me."
"Little Qian, what’s going on?" Ye Xin, seeing Zhang Keren’s ashen face and hearing Lin Qian’s words, was very curious.
"That Body Refining Scripture is fake, probably just a worthless scripture. I guess it is merely a scripture of the Basic Three Realms level, or perhaps a Nirvana Realm level soul skill, but it is definitely not a Body Refining Scripture. It’s just unearthed from Ancient ruins."
"The characters on the cover of this scripture have been changed using Artifact Refining techniques, and there are slight traces left on it. So, this Body Refining Scripture is really just covered in a false skin."
"Moreover, Brother Zhang’s grandfather knows I am looking for a Body Refining Scripture. He would surely have asked the leaders of the four major divisions, the smaller divisions, and clan leaders to help look for it. Thus, my need for a Body Refining Scripture is not exactly a secret."
"There would undoubtedly be someone, using this as an opportunity, deliberately trying to mess with me."
At this point, Lin Qian suddenly raised his arm, pointing towards the east.
Ye Xin and the others quickly looked in the direction Lin Qian was pointing, and saw a group of people in blood-red robes leaving the area, disappearing from their sight after a short while.
"Bloodthirsty Hall!" Seeing the departing group, Li Yunfeng’s eyes narrowed, and he let out a low grunt.
"This Body Refining Scripture is likely forged by someone from Bloodthirsty Hall and placed here. Anyway, since I urgently need this scripture, I will definitely find it."
"Bloodthirsty Hall can’t kill me here, but they also don’t want to swallow their pride, so they’ve tried to find a way to disgust me, but they can’t directly appear to do so because they belong to Human Clan."
"The Human Clan here can’t act against the Eight-Armed Sea Clan, but if they act against the Human Clan, the Eight-Armed Sea Clan wouldn’t care. If I asked Zhou Yi An to help, then Bloodthirsty Hall would likely have a headache."
"They naturally had to find someone from the Eight-Armed Sea Clan who was discontented with me to collaborate with. Of course, that would be you, Clan Leader Zhang." Lin Qian said, looking at Zhang Keren’s ashen face, "After the bid, there are only three breaths’ time to bid, and you just happened to appear by my side, which is too much of a coincidence."
"You assumed I desperately needed the scripture and would do whatever it took to buy it, so you kept raising the price along with me. When I abruptly raised it to 10 million high-grade Soul Crystals, adding to my furious appearance, you probably thought I had lost my senses from anger and would continue to raise the price, so you kept following the bid."
At this point, Lin Qian deliberately removed his breathing Soul Device, grinned, flashing a row of pearly white teeth at Zhang Keren: "Who’s really disgusting whom, it’s really hard to say." Experience new stories on NovelHub.Côm