Auction ends

The voice was very young and filled with a lazy tone, causing everyone to look up one after another, turning their gaze toward one of the private rooms.

Some people recognized that the private room was the one where Long Chen was located, and then looked at the private room where Marquis Ying was, with many faces showing a strange expression.

Previously, when Long Chen was bidding for the Star Melting Grass, Marquis Ying had tricked him, allowing Xia Baichi to seize the opportunity to make Long Chen take a hard fall; now, Long Chen's tone was clearly that of someone looking to settle the score.

Many people secretly admired Long Chen in their hearts, as there were not many people in the entire Phoenix Empire who dared to challenge Marquis Ying.

Marquis Ying's face sank within the private room; he had not expected that the usually silent Long Chen would actually cause trouble for him at this moment.

"Seven hundred million."

However, at this moment, he had no way to retreat; he was determined to obtain this Medicinal Pill at any cost.

Otherwise, given his status, he would not have had to shamelessly lower his head to Wang Luyang; this Medicinal Pill was too important to him.

A look of satisfaction appeared on Long Chen's face; back then, Marquis Ying had stabbed him with a soft knife, and this time he finally had the chance to retaliate, so he felt incredibly refreshed.

He had been using his Divine Sense to monitor the movements in Xia Changfeng's private room, knowing that Marquis Ying was determined to obtain this Muscle Growing and Bone Molding Pill; if he did not take revenge now, he would not be Long Chen.

Although he knew that offending Marquis Ying now was very unwise, Long Chen could not care that much; he had to vent the frustration in his chest first.

He did not believe that Marquis Ying would dare to do anything outrageous because of this matter, and furthermore, he had the Alchemist Association as his backing, so he had the confidence to do this.

"Eight hundred million."

Seeing that there was no warning reaction from the Huayun Pavilion when he made a fake bid, Long Chen simply continued to shout his bid loudly.

Seeing Long Chen come out to cause trouble, a flash of excitement appeared in Yao Niqian's eyes, but she concealed her emotions very well.

"Very well, eight hundred million. Young Noble Long Chen has already bid eight hundred million. Are there any higher bids? If not, then this High Grade Muscle Growing and Bone Molding Pill will belong to Young Noble Long Chen," Yao Niqian's voice rang out again.

"Wait, I suspect that Long Chen is just making a fake bid; he does not have that much money at all."

Marquis Ying's usually gentle voice now carried a hint of anger; although he was trying his best to suppress it, it could still be felt by others that he had finally become enraged.

"Is Lord Marquis Ying questioning our integrity?" Yao Niqian's smile immediately vanished, and a hint of anger appeared as she said:

"Young Noble Long Chen is Great Master Yun Qi's student, which everyone in the entire Phoenix Empire knows. Long before the auction began, Great Master Yun Qi handed over his own trading limit to Young Noble Long Chen."

"With Great Master Yun Qi's trading limit, does Lord Marquis Ying still think that Young Noble Long Chen is just making a fake bid?"

Yao Niqian's words were very impolite; obviously, Marquis Ying's previous actions had made her very disgusted, as Marquis Ying had broken the rules after all.

Now that she finally had the opportunity to vent her anger openly, and since Yao Niqian was a woman—and women are usually very vengeful—her words naturally were not going to be gentle.

Hearing Yao Niqian's words, everyone could not help but gasp; one had to know that Great Master Yun Qi had given his own trading limit to Long Chen.

That was equivalent to Long Chen having the entire Alchemist Association as his backing. With this guarantee, Long Chen could basically sweep the floor; who would dare to say he had no money?

Long Chen himself was also stunned; how did he not know about this? He immediately realized that Marquis Ying's actions had annoyed Huayun Pavilion, and they were supporting him in order to slap Marquis Ying in the face.

Marquis Ying's expression was extremely ugly; if it was really as Yao Niqian said, then in terms of financial power, he was simply no match for Long Chen.

"One billion."

Suppressing the anger in his chest, Marquis Ying raised the price by a full two hundred million gold coins at once. One billion gold coins to buy a Tier 2 Medicinal Pill was absolutely unprecedented.

Even with Marquis Ying's financial resources, this one billion gold coins was his savings from many years, enough to make his heart ache for a long time.

"Brother Long, let's stop bidding; it sounds scary," Monkey said, trembling from the side.

Every time Long Chen shouted a price, their hearts would skip a beat. Every time he opened his mouth, it was one hundred million gold coins; although it was not their own money, it was enough to make them forget to breathe.

Smiling slightly, Long Chen thought to himself: This Marquis Ying is very likely the person who framed me; right now, I am just collecting some interest.

"One point five billion."

Just after Monkey finished persuading him, Long Chen called out this price, almost scaring Monkey into fainting on the spot.

Marquis Ying had just raised it by two hundred million, but Long Chen was even more ruthless, raising it by five hundred million directly; this was clearly an attempt to crush Marquis Ying to death using Yun Qi's money.

The entire venue was silent, and even Wang Luyang could not help but have his expression change several times; this price also exceeded his budget.

Furthermore, he already had a Medium Grade Muscle Growing and Bone Molding Pill in his hand; although it was not as good as that High Grade one, as long as he studied it carefully, there was still a great possibility of researching the Pill Formula, so he ultimately chose to give up.

"Snap."

The teacup in Marquis Ying's hand was crushed into powder, and he did not even notice the tea splashing onto his body.

The veins on his forehead bulged; if he did not know that Huayun Pavilion had an astonishing background, he would have almost rushed into the private room to kill Long Chen.

"Long Chen, do you want this Medicinal Pill that much?" Marquis Ying said coldly.

Long Chen smiled; he could hear that Marquis Ying's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, which meant that he was currently very unhappy, even more unhappy than when he himself was auctioning the Star Melting Grass earlier.

"It's alright, this thing is of no great use to me," Long Chen responded indifferently.

"Then you are intentionally making an enemy of me?" Marquis Ying took a deep breath and said angrily.

"That cannot be said that way. I am auctioning this thing for a few reasons: First, even if I bid high to get this ancient pill back, I will not lose money. If I present it to my teacher, he will not be embarrassed to scold me, and might even praise me a few times."

"Second, you tricked me earlier, which made me very unhappy. My temperament is very strange; my mouth likes to eat everything, except for taking a loss."

"Third, as one of the pillars of the Phoenix Empire, my father, Marquis Zhenyuan, guards the border, fights bloody battles on the battlefield, and has made great contributions to Phoenix, but my family is destitute, and we can barely afford to keep a few dozen servants."

"And you, Marquis Ying, are as famous as my father, yet you spend all day idling in the imperial palace, but can scrape together so much profit."

"So I am very curious about how big the gap between people really is, so I wanted to test how rich your family's assets are, Lord Marquis Ying, and how many times more they are than my Long family's?" Long Chen said with a grin.

More than half of the people present were from the Phoenix Empire; although Long Chen's words were spoken with a smile, everyone could hear the resentment in Long Chen's heart.

Marquis Zhenyuan is one of the three great protectors of Phoenix, and despite contributing the most, he has been subjected to such unfair treatment, which indeed makes people feel indignant.

"In other words, you are going to fight me to the end?" Marquis Ying's eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent as he looked at the shards of the cup in his hand and said indifferently.

"That cannot be said that way. Perhaps if you bid one more time, or if certain people could tactfully express their apologies, my Long family is upright and honorable, and I might consider withdrawing from the competition," Long Chen said.

"Hahaha, good, truly like father like son; the younger generation is to be feared. I admit defeat for this fall today, so I will shamelessly bid one more time—one billion, five hundred million, and one hundred thousand," Marquis Ying laughed.

The whole audience could not help but be shocked; they did not expect that Long Chen had actually forced Marquis Ying to lower his head. Marquis Ying's words about admitting defeat had already explained everything.

Long Chen smiled slightly; it seemed that this was already Marquis Ying's bottom line. By adding one hundred thousand, the meaning was clear: if Long Chen bid again, he would give up.

And the result of him giving up would likely be him becoming desperate like a dog jumping over a wall. Long Chen knew when to stop, so he did not continue to bid.

Today he could be considered victorious; a powerhouse as famous as his father had been suppressed by him, and in such a grand occasion, it could be considered as venting his anger.

With his current strength, he dared not push Marquis Ying too far; otherwise, if he was pushed too hard and killed him without leaving a trace, even the Alchemist Association would have no way to pursue it.

Even if it was investigated afterwards, he would already be dead by then, so what would be the point? Revenge must be taken one step at a time.

Yao Niqian finally returned to her previous smile, and seeing that no one in the audience was competing, she began the countdown.

Finally, Marquis Ying got his wish and obtained the Muscle Growing and Bone Molding Pill. Suddenly, colorful confetti flew throughout the venue, and amidst the melodious music, a dozen young girls dressed in colorful clothes danced gracefully.

Amidst Yao Niqian's charming words of gratitude, this Huayun auction finally concluded, and the guests slowly exited the auction venue.

Long Chen was not in a hurry to leave; instead, he waited until everyone had left before taking his group out of the private room.

However, as soon as they left the private room, they encountered a few people; those people were none other than Xia Changfeng, Chu Yang, and Xia Baichi and their group.

"Long Chen, don't be arrogant just because you have Yun Qi backing you. The Empress Dowager has already decided to marry the Third Princess to my brother; from now on, she will be my brother's woman, so stop dreaming like a toad wanting to eat swan meat," Xia Baichi snorted coldly when she saw Long Chen arrive.

"Eh, aren't you that woman who slept with her Master? Now that your Master is gone, don't you need to go and serve him in bed?" Before Long Chen could speak, Monkey had already interjected.

After all, having hung out with Long Chen for so long, he had much more confidence; he felt that if he did not cause some trouble while being by Long Chen's side, he always felt uneasy in his heart.

Xia Baichi's face changed; Monkey's words were equivalent to a slap, fiercely striking her face.

That day, when Xia Baichi was distracted, many people had heard the words she said, but no one dared to say it out loud. Xia Baichi was still deceiving herself by thinking that others were too far away to hear clearly.

"You are courting death."

Just as Xia Baichi was about to make a move, she was suddenly held back by Xia Changfeng; after all, this was Huayun Pavilion's territory, and they could not make a move here.

"Long Chen, Chu Yao is destined to be my woman, so do not have any delusional thoughts. I am a Great Xia Prince, and you are just a Young Noble; our statuses are too far apart," Xia Changfeng said indifferently.

Long Chen seemed as if he had not heard Xia Changfeng's words; he knew that their purpose in coming over was just to provoke him.

He had long received news that this provocation could not hurt him. Long Chen suddenly glanced at a guard behind the First Prince and said: "I seem to have seen you somewhere before."

That guard smiled indifferently and said: "I am the First Prince's guard, so it is normal to have seen me."

"I mean, a more special place, for example—near the arena," Long Chen said, looking at him.

The guard did not speak and did not even look at Long Chen.

Long Chen smiled slightly and said to Xia Changfeng: "Your complexion is dark, which is a sign of impending disaster; you had better be careful."

After speaking, leaving behind the ugly-faced Xia Changfeng and the others, Long Chen took his group out of the Huayun Pavilion, but as soon as they exited the main gate, Fugui came running over:

"My lord wishes to see you."