The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

Chapter 191: Crazy Bidding

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

There were two items on the auction stage.

One was a small open box with a milk-white pill inside, which was fragrant. This pill was the Youth Returning Pill that Feng Xi wanted to buy, which could make people younger. Feng Xi heard that it was the only Youth Returning Pill in the world, because the chemist who made the pill had passed away, and he didn’t leave any information about how to produce it.

The other thing was the potion, which was thought to be the perfume by Feng Xi, was called Earth Potion. This Potion was found from stalactite holes that were five thousand meters deep.

After being refined by the nature, a natural Potion would form in such stalactite holes. However, the process of formation was slow. Only after five thousand years could a small bottle of Earth Potion be formed. Nevertheless, the effect of Earth Potion was amazing, and not everyone had the fate to get it. Allegedly, there was always a Demon Beast guarding such kind of stalactite hole. If someone wanted to get the Earth Potion, he/she needed to defeat the Demon Beast.

The Earth Potion could not only restore the user’s skin to the white and smooth skin of the young age and kept forever but also strengthen the body. If the user absorbed the Earth Potion successfully, his/her body could resist an attack from a Lesser Heaven God master. Therefore, the Earth Potion was an extremely rare and perfect treasure.

In this case, not only women were interested in the Earth Potion, but everyone in the hall wanted to get the bottle of Earth Potion. Compared with the Earth Potion, the Youth Returning Pill seemed not to be precious enough.

“Both two items were from the same store. The store owner guessed that there wouldn’t be many people who wanted to buy the Youth Returning Pill, so he asked the auction to bundle Earth Potion and Youth Returning Pill and sell the two items together. This method can avoid unwelcome items from being auctioned at a low price. Many people know this method, so no one is confused.”

“It’s so cunning!” Tugging his sleeves, Feng Xi finally figured it out when he heard the explanation of King of the Netherworld.

What a pity! If the two items were not bundled together, they could get the unwelcome Youth Returning Pill at a low price. Unfortunately, the owner of that store was not an idiot. He took out an item, that attracted everyone, and auctioned it with an unattractive item together. After figuring it out, Feng Xi decided to learn this method. If he participated in other auctions in the future, maybe the weeds could also sell at a high price.

If the others knew what Feng Xi was thinking, they would be shocked and speechless.

Hearing Feng Xi’s words, King of the Netherworld patted his head consolingly, “Merchants always focus on interests. Besides, you want to buy both, right? It’s convenient to auction together.”

“You’re right, my boss.” Feng Xi replied after thinking for a moment.

While Feng Xi and his boss were talking, the old man on the auction stage introduced the sources and functions of these two items. Then, he slammed a hammer on the wooden platform and said, ‘The base price is nine million crystal, auction begins!’ Hearing that, the people in the hall begin to bid, but most of their targets were the Earth Potion.

“Ten million.”

“Twelve million.”

“Fifteen million.”

…

“Thirty million!”

The crazy bidding rose the price of the Youth Returning Pill and the Earth Potion to a terrible level. As the price rose, fewer people were bidding. In the end, only the members of rich families, who sat in the front row, were bidding for it. However, many people were shocked that a noble was still unwilling to give up and continued to bidding with those rich families. Every time she bid, the price would rise a lot.

Finally, the noble lady stood up and arrogantly glanced at the people in the front row. Then, she slowly opened her mouth and said, “Fifty million!”

Hearing this price, everyone couldn’t help but discuss it with others in shock.

This woman directly rose the price from thirty million to fifty million. With such boldness and confidence, it was obvious that this lady must be very rich. No wonder this noble woman’s price was much higher than that of others. From her arrogant attitude, she was not only showing her wealth but also provoking those people from influential families in the front row.

In fact, the Earth Potion was not worth fifty million, but unwilling to surrender, the people in the front row refused to give up. Besides, some people had no choice but to continue bidding because of the orders from the hostesses of their families. If the hostesses knew their husbands give up to bid, those men would be in trouble.

Now that the noble lady raised the price of Earth Potion to fifty million, which was too high. Some of the families could afford it, so they had no choice but to give up.

In the end, there was only one family in the front row biding for the Earth Potion with the noblewoman.

This family was the richest one among every family in the front row, which was well-known in the Nine Gods City. In the Nine Gods City, this family almost had all properties of a street, which could earn a lot of profits every year. Usually, this family would always get the best items of the auction, so this family always felt superior. In addition, this family was provoked by the noble lady this time, so it would not give up.

“Fifty-five million!” The representative of the family slowly increased the price after thinking for a while.

“Seventy million!” The noble lady showed a sarcastic smile as if she was satirizing the other party’s cowardice.

The latest bid from the noblewoman made the representative shocked and terrified. It seemed that the noble lady didn’t care how much money she would spend to buy the Earth Potion. Every time she raised the price a lot, so it was obvious that she was trying to probe the limit of this family.

Continue rising the price was meaningless for this family. That was because no matter how much the representative rose, this noble lady would not give up. In this case, although the hostess of his family ordered him to take the Earth Potion back, his family was no match for such a rich lady in terms of bidding. After thinking for a while, this representative decided to give up.

Seeing that everyone had given up, the noble lady finally showed a victorious smile. Looking at the old man standing on the stage, she became much more arrogant than before.

The Earth Potion was not the best item of this auction, but such a price was far beyond its value, which had already satisfied the auction. Seeing that it seemed that no one wanted to bid with the lady, the old man was about to hit the hammer three times to decide the final buyer. At this moment, he was interrupted by a casual voice.

A young man in red sitting in the last row raised his hand and said, “One hundred million.”

Hearing what the young man said, the old man was so shocked that the hammer in his hand almost fell to the ground. If the others didn’t look at that young man in shock, he would believe what he heard was an illusion.

Among the people present, the noble lady was the most excited one. Glaring at that young man in red, her beautiful eyes were full of anger.

That man was a super dark horse, who didn’t bid until the last moment. Some strange people liked to do this, because they wanted to see what expressions would the others show, when their belongings were robbed by someone. Fortunately, such people were still very rare.

According to everyone’s opinion, the young man in red was not this kind of person. Instead, he just waited for the others to finish the bid and then compete with the last one. Such a method was more effective and wise.

Moreover, this young man was also a rich guy, who was even more reckless than the noble lady, raising the price from seventy million to one hundred million.

“One hundred and ten million.” The noble lady knew this young man was different from others, so she raised the price slower this time. She didn’t add twenty million as she did before, but her beautiful eyes were still full of anger.

The young man in red was not as patient as the noble lady was. His price shocked everyone again. “One hundred and fifty million.”

The young man in red was Feng Xi. In fact, he couldn’t hold it in at first, but King of the Netherworld didn’t let him bid, so he had no choice but to endure it. Initially, he thought that the noblewoman was very generous, but now he just wanted to take the items back to Uncle White as quickly as possible, so he raised the price to one hundred and fifty million.

Although Feng Xi liked collecting treasures, he was not a stingy person. Therefore, he wouldn’t be reluctant to buy something for Uncle White.

As for the noble lady, she felt humiliated and her beautiful face was twisted. Biting her lips, she said hesitantly, “Two hundred million.”

With a smile, Feng Xi looked at her. “Two hundred and one million.”

“What?” The noble lady suddenly turned around furiously, but she didn’t raise the price anymore. She dared to bid crazily just now because that price wasn’t her limit yet. In her opinion, no one would spend two hundred million to buy a bottle of Earth Potion and a Youth Returning Pill, so she was confident. However, she didn’t expect that a dark horse would appear at the end and even dared to mock her.

At this moment, everyone knew that two hundred million was the limit of the noble lady. The elder at the auction stage was so shocked that he became already numb. He immediately hammered down, announcing that Feng Xi would obtain the Earth Potion and the Youth Returning Pill. Seeing that, the noble lady was furious but couldn’t do anything to change it.

The transaction mode was paying the money and delivering the goods at the same time. When the old man gave the Earth Potion and the Youth Returning Pill to Feng Xi, he transferred two hundred and one million to the old man immediately.

After getting the two items, Feng Xi and his partners didn’t stay at the auction. Instead, they left the auction hall under everyone’s gaze. However, to everyone’s surprise, the noble lady also got up and followed them out with a long face.