Chapter 1725 - 5: Two Paupers
When they saw Lin Feng.
Nalan Huai and Zhang Xu’s faces both suddenly sank.
Who the hell is this brat?
He actually dares compete with them for the mermaid?
As people with status and face in Beiman State, Nalan Huai and Zhang Xu prided themselves on knowing all the Direct Lineage young masters of the various Top-level forces.
But they clearly had no impression of Lin Feng at all.
...
Could he be a Foreign Cultivator?
The two of them couldn’t help muttering in their hearts.
The headquarters of the Jiuzhou Alliance and the Heavenly Frost Building were both in Beiman State.
So Nalan Huai and Zhang Xu were basically local tyrants.
Now they were being suppressed by a Foreign Cultivator like Lin Feng.
Nalan Huai and Zhang Xu absolutely couldn’t afford to lose this face.
Nalan Huai said in a sinister tone, "Brat! Who are you?"
Lin Feng said blandly, "If you’ve got the money, bid. If you don’t, then quit. What are you asking who I am for?"
"Brat! Do you know who we are? You actually dare stick your foot in halfway?" Zhang Xu swept a cold glance over Lin Feng.
"Since when does your granddaddy care who you are? The rules of the auction house are, highest bid wins! Now you two, one sentence after another, are you trying to threaten me or what? Is the auction house not going to step in about this?"
Lin Feng curled his lip.
The people from the auction line all smiled bitterly at once.
Zhang Xu and Nalan Huai both had extremely extraordinary status; the auction line didn’t want to offend people like them, so now they could only pretend they hadn’t heard Lin Feng’s words.
"Here in Beiman State! Who dares drive this Young Master away? It’s you, brat! You don’t know the first thing about the rules! In Beiman State, you’d better behave yourself. No matter if you’re a dragon or a tiger outside, when you come to Beiman State, even if you’re a dragon you’ll coil up for me, and if you’re a tiger you’ll lie down for me."
Zhang Xu was insanely arrogant, staring at Lin Feng with an indifferent expression.
"Brat, you should know what to do now, right? No need for the two of us to remind you anymore, right?" Nalan Huai said with a cold smile.
"Hahahaha, you two broke-ass losers don’t have the strength to compete with your granddaddy here, so shut the hell up while you can, or roll as far as you can. Don’t buzz in front of your granddaddy like a couple of flies!"
Lin Feng looked at Zhang Xu and Nalan Huai with utter disdain.
In Lin Feng’s opinion, it was already him being nice not to bully others.
How could he possibly let others bully him?
Zhang Xu and Yuu Wenhuai, those two, what the hell were they, to dare act tough in front of him?
...
"Brat! Are you looking for death?" Zhang Xu’s face suddenly darkened, a chilling killing intent flashing in his eyes.
Lin Feng looked at Zhang Xu coldly and said, "Trash like you even dare talk to me like that? If you didn’t have the Jiuzhou Alliance at your back, you wouldn’t even be qualified to speak to your granddaddy here!"
As soon as Lin Feng said this, the whole auction instantly fell silent as a grave.
Everyone stared at Lin Feng, dumbfounded.
Every single one of them couldn’t help feeling puzzled inside.
Who the hell is this guy?
How could he be this arrogant?
Does he not know the saying ’the strong dragon does not crush the local snake’?
Of course, for those Cultivators who were just here to watch the show, they were only afraid the trouble wouldn’t be big enough.
The bigger this got, the better.
Anyway!!
This had nothing to do with them.
The bigger the scene.
The more lively it was.
The more exciting it was to watch.
"Good, good, good! Brat! I’ll remember you!"
Zhang Xu looked at Lin Feng with gloomy eyes.
Then he shut his mouth and stopped talking.
The funds he could call on were only about forty million.
Lin Feng had directly added another ten million to raise it to the sky-high price of forty million.
Zhang Xu simply didn’t have the capital to keep competing.
Nalan Huai was the same; he let out a few sinister laughs, then pulled back his gaze.
"Nalan Huai and Zhang Xu are both not the broad-minded type. Just wait and see; this won’t be settled so easily."
Some Cultivator immediately whispered.
"There’s definitely more drama later. That young master probably has no idea what kind of methods Zhang Xu and Nalan Huai have. Just wait to see how he deals with Zhang Xu and Nalan Huai."
Another Cultivator spoke up too, his tone quite excited.
These people were all waiting to see the conflict escalate further.
...
"This Young Master has raised the price to forty million Source Crystal Stones! Is there any bid higher than forty million Source Crystal Stones?"
The beautiful female auctioneer asked with a smile.
Forty million Source Crystal Stones was absolutely a sky-high price.
No one continued to bid.
...
"Forty million, first call!"
"Forty million, second call!"
"Forty million, third call!"
"Sold!"
...
The auction hammer in the female auctioneer’s hand came down.
In the end, the price of this mermaid was fixed at forty million Source Crystal Stones.
The auction ended here; the Cultivators who had successfully bought items all stayed behind, needing to go pay the Source Crystal Stones and collect their goods.
The Cultivators who hadn’t bought anything left one after another.
Some people didn’t leave, though.
They were waiting to see the next round of conflict between Lin Feng and Zhang Xu and Nalan Huai.
Lin Feng was led by a female deacon of the auction line to a VIP room.
Very soon, the president of the auction line arrived.
The president of the auction line looked about fifty or sixty, with a shrewd look all over his face.
This man was called Yan Ziming. When he saw Lin Feng, he cupped his fists and said with a beaming smile, "Haha, I’ve kept Young Master waiting! I truly feel bad about that."
"You’re too polite." Lin Feng also cupped his fists in return.
"I wonder how I should address Young Master?" Yan Ziming asked with a smile.
"Lin Feng."
"So it’s Young Master Lin! Being able to conclude this deal with Young Master Lin today is also a kind of fate. In the future, if you have anything where I might be of use, Young Master Lin, please don’t stand on ceremony." Yan Ziming said with a smile.
This man was also someone who’d seen a lot of the world; with one look he could tell Lin Feng was not ordinary, and wanted to make friends with him.
"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist." Lin Feng offered his thanks.
Yan Ziming smiled and said, "Young Master Lin is too courteous. Friends ought to help each other, and besides, I haven’t actually helped with anything yet, have I?"
Lin Feng smiled faintly and didn’t continue the topic with Yan Ziming.
He took out a storage ring and said, "The forty million Source Crystal Stones are all inside."
After taking the storage ring, Yan Ziming seemed to trust Lin Feng quite a bit and didn’t even check it. He smiled and said, "That mermaid is in the side hall next door. Young Master Lin, please come with me."
Lin Feng nodded and went with Yan Ziming to the side hall, where he saw the Little Mermaid placed inside a glass vessel filled with water.
The Little Mermaid’s body was tightly curled up, not daring to look at anyone. Clearly, she was both terrified and panicked right now.
Lin Feng put the Little Mermaid, glass vessel and all, into the Mountain River Ring.
Yan Ziming said, "That Zhang Xu and Nalan Huai are both not broad-minded; I fear they will be unfavorable toward Young Master Lin. Young Master Lin can leave through our auction line’s secret passage; I guarantee you won’t run into those two."
Lin Feng smiled and said, "No need for that! If they don’t come, then fine! But if they do come! The forty million I spent today, those two will be picking up the tab for me."
Hearing this, the corner of Yan Ziming’s mouth twitched violently.
What did this Young Master Lin mean? Could it be he was planning to rob Zhang Xu and Nalan Huai?