Cultivation Pet Shop

This bid came from another one of the VIP rooms.

That meant that this bid came from another one of the twelve great factions.

However, Lin Fan didn't know which one since all of the VIP rooms had something blocking them.

Not to mention that he hadn't been able to recognize the different symbols that had been on the various doors. So he really didn't know the layout the different factions had been placed in.

After that bid had been made and seeing that no one else was making a bid, Shuang Dong knew that the situation was awkward, so she tried defusing the situation by saying, "It seems like VIP room 8 has made a bid for eighteen thousand and one low grade spirits stones. That's the highest bid we've seen so far, so it'll be eighteen thousand and one going once."

Shuang Dong knew how insulting it was to increase the bid by only a single unit, but as a professional, she wasn't going to let something like this trip her up.

She quickly changed the topic back to the auction by pushing it forward with an auction chant and putting pressure on the first bidder to continue the bid.

Seeing that Lin Fan didn't make another bid, Shuang Dong pushed the bid to a second call.

Lin Fan tapped his fingers on the armrest for a bit before finally pressing the button again, increasing his bid.

"Eighteen thousand and five hundred."

But before Shuang Dong could even acknowledge this bid, there was another bid that came in.

"Eight thousand five hundred and one."

Once again, it was an increment of only a single low grade spirit stone which made the scene very awkward.

It was clear that someone up there was targeting the first person who bid, but no one dared to comment since this was a matter that involved two of the twelve great factions.

Lin Fan knitted his brows, but this time his hand came off the armrest.

Since the other side was willing to go this far, he had no reason to keep going because it wasn't necessary for him to win this item. The only reason that he had wanted it was to help Angela with her recovery once she came back, but there were plenty of other herbs that he could use for that.

Seeing that there wasn't another bid that came from the first bidder, Shuang Dong didn't waste any time in locking down this first item.

However, she could tell from the crowd that the mood wasn't good because of what had just happened. But there was nothing she could do since she didn't receive any instructions from the hosts.

It seemed like they had just accepted what had happened and were moving on from it without acknowledging it.

Shuang Dong as a professional was naturally unhappy with this, but there was nothing she could do since this was the wish of the client. The only real thing she could do was continue to build up the mood of the crowd since that was also what the client wanted.

It was also the reason why they were holding these auctions before the main items, they wanted to build up the tension of the crowd to make them bid higher for the main items.

The next item was brought out as per Shuang Dong's instructions and soon the atmosphere from the first auction item was forgotten. However, there wasn't a single one of the VIP rooms that made a bid after that first auction item.

In VIP room 8, Lei Feng sat on his throne with a smile on his face as he looked at VIP room 2 which was the room that Lin Fan and Murong Yue were sitting in.

Unlike the rest of the people here, he as the organizer was naturally aware of who was sitting in which room. He knew immediately that it was Lin Fan who had bid for this since Murong Yue was from a family that didn't lack things like this.

The flames of rage already burned inside him towards Lin Fan, so in his impulse, he had made that bid.

Then when the second bid came from Lin Fan, he couldn't just back down since he had already made that first bid. So without any hesitation he had made the second bid as well.

Then when he didn't see that third bid from Lin Fan, he couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed since he wanted to keep stomping on Lin Fan with his bids. However, Lin Fan didn't make a bid, so there was nothing he could do.

After the auction for the first item was finished, Shi Yan said to him with knitted brows, "You shouldn't have done that."

Lei Feng gave a cold snort, but he didn't say anything since he knew that Shi Yan was right.

While it had felt good for him to do that, it had without a doubt damaged both the reputation of the Thunder Sect and the True Spirit Sect since they were the ones hosting this auction. For them to let this kind of behaviour slide, it really made others look down on them.

Still, Lei Feng didn't mind since there was nothing that they could do to them now, especially since their plan was progressing as planned.

Shi Yan had only said this to vent the slight bit of dissatisfaction that he felt, but he knew his place and didn't push his luck.

Though it was clear that the rift had been created between the two of them.

Shuang Dong didn't miss a beat as she auctioned off several more items, while also stirring the crowd up slowly with the increasing rarity of the items. Of course, the effects weren't as good with the incident of the first auction, but she was a professional without a doubt.

During this time, there were five more items that were sold and surprisingly, the Xu Family had been able to buy one of them.

The moment that the Xu Family made a bid, it was like there was an understanding between the other attendants of the auction and not a single person made a bid against them.

As if she was working with them, Shuang Dong also quickly finished off the auction and sold the item to the Xu Family.

Lin Fan knew that there must be something else at play, but for now, this was only secondary. This was something that he would have to deal with once the auction was over.

The seventh item was something that Lin Fan was interested in again.

"For the seventh item, it will be a rusted blade that no one has been able to identify, but the blade itself is stronger than any metal that has been found in this realm. Even a Nascent Soul Realm Expert wasn't able to make a dent on this rusted blade."

As Shuang Dong said this, there were many skeptical looks in the crowd, but there were also some people who looked like they were interested.

Shuang Dong knew that this wasn't something that would sell for a lot, so she wanted to quickly sell this off and get to the next item which she considered a big seller.

Shuang Dong quickly said, "The starting bid for this item will be one thousand low grade spirit stones."

At first there was no one who made a bid, but then there were a few people who tentatively made bids.

Of course, no one increased the price by more than ten spirit stones each time because to them, it was only worth that much. They had only bid just because they were curious about the blade itself, it wasn't as if they understood the value of the blade.

When the blade reached eleven hundred, all bids stopped because no one else was willing to pay anymore. The person who had even made that bid for eleven hundred had only done it to make it more interesting. However, seeing that no one else was going to bid, that person couldn't help feeling regret.

Shuang Dong knew that this was the most that she could get for this, so she started counting it down, but then there was another bid that came in.

"Twelve hundred."

Everyone turned in the direction that the voice came from and saw that it was the Xu Family Head before revealing surprised looks.

They never thought that the Xu Family Head would suddenly cut in here, but the person who had made the bid for eleven hundred let out a sigh of relief.

No one said a single thing after the Xu Family Head made his bid and Shuang Dong also quickly finished off the sale by saying, "Twelve hundred going once, twelve hundred going twice, twelve hundred going thrice, and sold!"

Then after closing the deal, Shuang Dong looked at the Xu Family Head with a bright smile.

The Xu Family Head just responded with a nod in her direction and didn't say anything else.

Of course there was nothing else for him to say since it wasn't him who had made the bid. He had planned on watching the fun when he suddenly received a message from Lin Fan.

The message told him to win this rusty blade and that Lin Fan would cover the cost required for it.

The Xu Family Head had been confused why Lin Fan had suddenly sent him this message, but he didn't think too much as he made his bid.

Lin Fan had given him the right to choose how much to bid, but he didn't want to bid too much since it wasn't his money, so he chose the safest amount that would scare off everyone else and it had worked in the end.