Chapter 91: Big Stir!

  In the next room, Meng Haizhou and Li Zhen were so angry that their noses were crooked, and their not-so-handsome faces instantly turned green! To say that one hundred and several tens of millions of silver coins was a small amount for them, although it wasn't a small sum, it wasn't too large either, still bearable!

  But last time at Qianjintang, those kids lost so badly they almost got stripped naked! And now we're really strapped for cash! But this piece of jade coral is something they must get on this trip!

  Every time before the auction, Sheng Baotang would send a list of auction items to each family in Tianxiang City three days in advance. As soon as Li You Ran saw the name of the jade coral, he immediately gave an order: no matter what the cost, he must get this jade coral!

  In fact, the auction list also had a copy at Jun's house, but Jun never participated in such events, so the list stopped at the gate of Jun's house. Therefore, Jun Mo Xie didn't know about this matter. Moreover, Jun's unintentional collection of medicinal materials was extremely secretive, and only three or four people in Jun's household knew about it; if not for coincidentally going to find Tang Yuan, even the Huo Jing Pavilion might have been missed...

  This jade coral is precious to other cultivators, but it's just an auxiliary item for cultivation. However, for Taishi Li Shang, who has lost his spiritual energy, it's a real-life treasure that can prolong his life! It even brings hope for re-cultivation! Because Li You Ran learned from a reliable source that if this jade coral is used in a special way to absorb the heavenly and earthly primordial energy inside, it may even have the possibility of reconnecting the severed spiritual pulse for someone like Taishi Li Shang who has lost his spiritual energy, and there's great confidence in this!

  But few people know about this! Li You Ran has been secretly searching for a long time, but she still hasn't found any trace of Yu Shanhu.

  If Master Li's body can hold on for a few more years or even decades, it will have a huge impact on the Li family. So this jade coral is just an mysterious decoration for other families, but for the Li family, it is related to the future of the whole family!

  Now that this thing has suddenly appeared, it is undoubtedly a windfall for the Li family! So the Li family is determined to get this jade coral, and Li You Ran has given Meng Hai Zhou and Li Zhen a death order! If not considering that Li You Ran's personal appearance would be too big a target, and would instead be hindered by others, I'm afraid Li You Ran would have already sat here!

  Meng and Li joined forces, planning to use the prestige of their two great families to call out a high price early on, which should be enough to scare off the other buyers and secure the treasure for themselves. The two young masters had made thorough preparations for this matter! Who would have thought that at this critical juncture, such an annoying fat man would pop up, and what's more, he was their old nemesis!

  Moreover, there was a Junmo Xie who had an extraordinary perception and had already sensed their intentions. However, this was something they were not aware of!

  Even the seasoned auctioneer on stage was startled by Tang Yuan's sudden shout.

  After a long time, a gritting sound came from the next room: "I'll give 1.2 million taels."

  Li Zhen and the other person had no choice but to grit their teeth and make an offer, however, the silver they brought was still enough. This 12 million taels were still within budget, as for suddenly adding another 2 million taels, it didn't mean to scare off Tang Bao's son!

  Before this voice had even fallen, Tang Yuan was already shouting with a hoarse throat: "Ah! Two million taels!"

  Fatso's yelling was truly exhilarating, this kind of empty talk that raises prices without even using real money is especially great when it makes those few annoying guys lose big, it's... awesome!

  Li Zhen and Meng Haizhou next door almost vomited blood!

  This time, Li You Ran only got 2 million taels of silver, and the two of them felt they had made a big profit at the time. After all, this jade coral is rare, but its bottom price is only 100,000 taels of silver, and the maximum price should not exceed 400,000 to 500,000 taels of white silver. Two million taels are absolutely excessive! The two even considered how to secretly take a portion of the silver and put it in their own pockets to make up for the loss last time. Who would have thought that Tang Pangzi, this troublemaker, would stir up the situation, and after just one bid, the price was raised to its peak? If they continued to shout, the remaining silver would be paid by themselves!

  As for going back to find Li You Ran to reimburse... this idea hadn't even occurred to either of them.

  "Two million four hundred thousand taels!" This was Li Zhen's voice. It could be heard that the young master of the Tai Shi Fu had already become furious, his small face turned from green to blue and was trending towards purple. "Tang Yuan, do you really want this jade coral so much? This thing is completely useless to you!"

  "Nonsense! How do you know this thing is useless to me? If it's useless to me, why am I bothering to talk to you? Do you think you're handsome or something?!"" Tang Yuan snorted, stomped his foot, and his entire body shook violently, even causing the private room to shake twice. He bellowed: "Three million taels!"

  The sound of heavy breathing and gasping for air from next door was even audible in this well-insulated private room.

  Meng Haizhou's voice was clearly somewhat stuttering: "Three million five hundred thousand taels!" It is unknown whether he was angry or what.

  As soon as the words came out, he immediately rushed out of the private room and arrived at the door of Tang's private room, twisting his face: "Tang Baozi, you have already asked my family for 2 million taels of silver for that matter before, which is far beyond your loss. What do you want to do? You should know that people can't be too extreme! Leave a line, and it's good to meet in the future!"

  "What's going on? You two are really too strange. Tang Yuan first quoted a price, and it was one million taels without anyone haggling over the price. It was clear that he had already gotten what he wanted, but you two deliberately raised the price to go against him, with malicious intentions. Everyone can see through this; how did it become Tang Yuan's fault now?" Before Tang Yuan could even open his mouth, Jun Mo Xie had already cried out in surprise: "Have the Li and Meng families lost all sense of reason?"

  As soon as he spoke, a girl's voice suddenly exclaimed from the Tianxiang Royal Box opposite: "It's Jun Moxie." It was Dugu Xiaoyi's voice. The voice was full of joy, full of delight, full of... relief.

  "Mind your own business! This has nothing to do with you, stop meddling in other people's affairs!" Meng Haizhou's face turned iron-green. It was this guy who ruined things last time, and afterwards he was severely punished by his family, not only did he fail to steal the chicken but also got extorted 200,000 taels of silver by Tang Yuan, and even now his injuries had not fully healed, at this moment seeing these two together again made him so angry that he couldn't breathe.

  "My business is the Third Young Master's business! Don't waste words, if you want something, take out your silver and pay up. If you don't have any silver, then get lost!" Tang Yuan puffed out his chest and bellowed loudly: "This young master will spend 4 million taels of silver! Who dares to compete with me? I may not have anything else, but I've got money! Let me tell you, I'm so rich it's burning a hole in my pocket!! What are you going to do about it?"

  Now, everyone saw it; on one side were the Meng and Li families, on the other were the Jun and Tang families; this was clearly a clash between the young masters of these four big families; everyone wisely shut their mouths.

  Now that Lord Jun has just bathed the capital in blood, who dares to come out and get killed on the streets where the blood hasn't even dried yet?

  He cursed loudly, and Meng Haizhou stood outside the box, trembling with rage. He really wanted to leave immediately, but he didn't dare disobey Li You Ran's instructions when he arrived. So he gritted his teeth and swallowed his anger, saying: "I'll add 5 million taels! 5 million taels of silver! Tang Yuan, you have the guts to increase it again!"

  You secretly narrowed your eyes, subtly detecting Meng Haizhou's excited emotions; seeing that he had already approached the point of exhaustion, knowing that this was probably the highest number that Meng Haizhou and Li Zhen could come up with! If Tang Yuan continued to shout, it would likely become true and fall into his own hands. He gave a signal to Tang Yuan.

  Tang Yuan smiled in agreement and burst out laughing: "The Meng family is indeed rich and arrogant, 5 million taels of silver! To pay ten times the price for a jade coral worth only 500,000 taels, I admire you. This young master doesn't have enough money, so I'll let it go this time." As he said that, he leaned in close to Meng Haizhou and whispered mysteriously: "Meng, actually, I didn't bring any money today, I was just shouting for fun earlier."

  Meng Haizhou's eyes suddenly widened, his face turned pale, and his fingers trembled as he pointed at Tang Yuan. After a long while, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell backwards, collapsing to the ground.

  "It's too weak, just saying it casually. How could you really not bring any money?" Jun Mo Xie shook his head repeatedly, watching Meng Haizhou fall heavily to the ground with a thud, and said disdainfully: "Can't even bear such a sentence, truly despicable."