Chapter 111: Mutation

  Long Xiao Tian glanced at Cai Chunhua with disdain: "If you don't raise the price again, Yu Guanyin will be mine."

  Cai Chunhua's small face turned pink, her hands clenched into fists, and she glared fiercely at Long Xuetian: "I'll give 220 million."

  "Is this all you've got? How stingy! I'll put in 2.5 billion." Long Xuetian sneered.

  Cai Chunhua's body swayed and almost fell to the ground.

  "Director Cai, are you alright?" Guo Dongming asked with concern.

  Cai Chunhua took a deep breath, pointed at Long Xiao Tian with one hand, but her eyes were fixed on Guo Dongming: "I'm now doubting whether he has the ability to take out 250 million!"

  Guo Dongming looked at Long Xiangtian with difficulty: "Boss Long, look at this matter..." Guo Dongming actually had some doubts in his heart. Long Xiangtian was a figure in Lanzhou City, but suddenly taking out more than 200 million, Guo Dongming really didn't quite believe it.

  Long Xiao Tian's heart was also a bit hairy at this time, just now loudly bidding, completely following Lin San's arrangement, it was not his own intention at all. Long Xiao Tian couldn't even take out 10 million, let alone 250 million. When he heard that Guo Dong Ming wanted to investigate his property, his expression suddenly became somewhat unnatural.

  "Boss Long?" Seeing Long Xiao Tian's silence, Guo Dong Ming couldn't help but call out.

  "Hmph! You can't afford it, can you? Can't take out that much money?" Chūn Huā sneered.

  Long Xiaotian furrowed his brow, just about to speak, when he suddenly felt something extra in his hand. He looked down and found a bank card.

  "Give them this bank card to check." Lin San said calmly.

  Long Xiaotian was taken aback, looked at Lin San with a puzzled expression, curled up the corner of his mouth, as if he had something to say.

  "Believe me." Lin San smiled slightly.

  "Boss Long?" Guo Dongming urged again.

  Long Xiaotian let out a breath and waved the bank card in his hand: "The money is inside."

  Guo Dongming turned his head and glanced at a girl holding a tray.

  The girl walked over and took the bank card from Long Xiao Tian's hand.

  "Oh? Is it a Swiss gold card?" Long Xiao Tian took the bank card and flipped it over, his face revealing a hint of movement.

  When Guo Dongming said "Swiss Golden Card", Cai Chunhua was also stunned.

  Guo Dongming inserted his bank card into the card reader on the wooden counter (the wooden counter was equipped with a card-swiping machine, which was convenient for clearing auction fees), and after the card reader beeped, a string of numbers appeared on the screen. Guo Dongming took a glance and immediately froze in place.

  "Guo Ge, what's wrong?" asked Cai Chunhua in puzzlement.

  It took a long time for Guo Dongming to come back to his senses, looking at Long Xiaotian in disbelief: "There's 1 billion US dollars on the card..."

  "Huh?" Long Xiang was stunned, turning his head to look at Lin San who was sitting steadily in the chair, his eyes full of surprise. He didn't expect Lin San to be so wealthy.

  "What?! Guo Ge, you didn't see it wrongly, did you?!" Cai Chunhua exclaimed.

  Kuo Tung-ming smiled wryly: "If you don't believe me, you can come up and see for yourself."

  Cai Chunhua opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.

  Guo Dongming calmed down his excited heart and looked at Long Xiao Tian: "Boss Long, you're really hiding your wealth, taking advantage of so much money, I reckon you're the real richest man in Lanzhou..."

  "Mr. Guo is being too polite, since you've investigated my assets clearly, can we proceed with the auction now?" Long Xiangtian said expressionlessly.

  "Ah, of course, Director Cai. Boss Long has already bid 250 million, are you going to raise the price?" Guo Dongming really hoped that Cai Chunhua would continue to compete with Long Xiaotian, so he could make a big profit.

  Cai Chunhua gritted her teeth: "I'll add another 50 million."

  Kuo Tung-ming's face lit up with joy, and he turned his head towards Lung Hsiao-t'ien.

  "280 million." Long Xiao Tian stretched out his hand and flicked off the dust on his sleeve, saying calmly.

  When she heard that Long Xiao Tian had come out with a price of 280 million, Cai Chunhua's face suddenly turned pale and her body trembled slightly.

  Since learning that Lin San had $1 billion on his bank card, Long Xiao Tian completely put his mind at ease and no longer took Cai Chun Hua seriously.

  "Director Cai? Are you going to make an offer?" Guo Dongming looked at Cai Chunhua hopefully.

  Cai Chunhua took a deep breath, shook her head: "I'm out." After saying these three words, the blood in her body seemed to be drained, and she fell heavily onto the chair.

  When Cai Chunhua dropped out of the bidding, a hint of disappointment flashed across Guo Dongming's face. That's just how people are - they're never satisfied.

  "Boss Guo, Cai has already dropped out of the bidding, shouldn't the Yu Guang Yin belong to me now?" Long Xiao Tian glanced at Guo Dong Ming on the high platform.

  Guo Dongming smiled and said, "Dragon boss, don't be in a hurry, let me ask according to the rules." After finishing, Guo Dongming asked: "Is there anyone else who wants to continue bidding? This Jade Guanyin is a rare treasure that can't be found for thousands of years, it's a pity if you miss it..."

  Guo Dongming asked repeatedly for over a dozen times, but no one else came out to bid. Guo Dongming let out a disappointed sigh and held the Jade Guanyin above his head, loudly declaring: "This Jade Guanyin now belongs to Boss Long!"

  "Wow wow wow......" The scene suddenly erupted in a warm round of applause.

  The auction of Jade Guanyin has ended, and the auction is over.

  Guo Dongming handed the Swiss gold card that had been swept clean of auction funds to Long Xiao Tian, and politely invited him: "Boss Long, later I'll also be hosting a cocktail party, why don't you stay behind and have a couple of drinks?"

  Long Xiao shook his head: "No, I still have something to do, I'll leave first and come back another day to bother Old Man Guo." After finishing speaking, he walked towards the door with Lin San.

  Guo Dongming personally escorted Long Xiao Tian and Lin San out of Cui Yu Ge, seeing them off as they drove away.

  On the bus.

  Long Xiao Tian handed over both Yu Guanyin and Swiss Gold Card to Lin San, opening his mouth but hesitating to speak.

  Lin San glanced at Long Xiao Tian: "Are you wondering where I got so much money from?" As he spoke, Lin San casually stuffed the Swiss gold card into his pocket and then picked up the Jade Guanyin to examine it carefully.

  "I'm just a bit curious..." Long Xiang Tian's expression was somewhat awkward.

  "The money is from abroad." Lin San said this and then lowered his head to continue admiring the Jade Guanyin.

  Seeing Lin San didn't want to explain, Long Xiao Tian knew better and shut his mouth.

  More than an hour later, the car stopped under Lin San's building.

  After exchanging a greeting with Long Xiao Tian, Lin San got off the car and went straight upstairs.

  After seeing Lin San go upstairs, Long Xiao Tian slowly drove away.

  As soon as he entered the house, Lin San immediately walked over to the sofa and sat down, placing the Jade Guanyin on the coffee table for a closer examination.

  The surface of the Jade Guanyin was still emitting a soft green glow. Lin San tried to place his hand flat on the green light, and a cool sensation spread from his palm to his heart.

  "What is the origin of this Jade Guanyin? How can it emit such a pure and sacred aura? Is it an object from the immortal realm?" Lin San muttered to himself.

  The overall structure of the Jade Guanyin is perfectly flawless, it should be carved out of a whole piece of jade, and the overall construction and facial expression are similar to those of the Guanyin Bodhisattva seen by Lin San on TV.

  Lin San hesitated for a moment, reached out to press his hand on the head of Yu Guanyin, slightly closed his eyes, recited a mantra in his heart, and began to try to absorb the immortal energy inside Yu Guanyin's body.

  Today, Lin San spared no effort in buying the Jade Guanyin, and what he valued was the immortal energy inside the Jade Guanyin. For several months, Lin San had been practicing his immortal skills every day without interruption, but there was not a bit of progress. Lin San wanted to cultivate to the tenth layer of Qi Refining Stage, try to condense the Golden Elixir, but no matter how hard he tried, his realm was stagnant and not advancing. At this time, Lin San finally understood what Guangyuanzi said: "The spiritual energy in the mortal world is too thin, it's simply not suitable for practicing immortal skills."

  Just when Lin San was extremely depressed, he discovered the jade Guanyin emitting a sacred aura. This made Lin San ecstatic and he directly spent 2.8 billion to buy it at a sky-high price. The purpose was simple: to absorb the sacred aura inside the jade Guanyin's body and help himself improve his cultivation and condense the golden elixir.

  A strand of extremely pure and unparalleled immortal energy slowly flowed into Lin San's dantian, which quickly spun around, transforming the absorbed immortal energy into his own.

  Watching the dantian grow bigger and bigger, Lin San's face couldn't help but reveal a hint of excitement. It seemed that he had gambled correctly, absorbing the immortal energy within Yu Guanyin's body really could help him improve his cultivation realm.

  Time slowly passed by, Lin San closed his eyes slightly and continuously absorbed the immortal energy of Yu Guan Yin.

  As a large amount of immortal energy poured into his dantian, Lin San's realm began to change slowly. "Boom!" A loud noise echoed in Lin San's mind as he directly entered the later stage from the middle period of the tenth layer of Qi Refining and Foundation Building. His realm was still rising bit by bit, and it seemed that he was about to reach the Great Completion Realm of the later stage. Just at this critical moment, an abnormal change occurred.

  "Ah." The immortal energy within Yu Guanyin's body suddenly vanished without a trace.

  "Huh?" Lin San, who was just extremely excited, suddenly froze for a moment, glanced at the Jade Guanyin under his hand, and couldn't understand why the immortal energy inside the Jade Guanyin had suddenly disappeared? Just now, there was no sign of it at all. Could it be that the immortal energy inside the Jade Guanyin had been absorbed by himself? Suddenly, a huge suction force came from the body of the Jade Guanyin, and the immortal energy in Lin San's body rushed towards the Jade Guanyin like a bursting river.

  Lin San was startled and hurriedly tried to pull his hand away from the Jade Guanyin, but the Jade Guanyin held his palm tightly, no matter how hard Lin San struggled, he couldn't pull it back. In just a moment, one-third of Lin San's immortal energy had been sucked away by the Jade Guanyin. At this time, a flash of fear flickered in Lin San's eyes, and with a light shout, he raised his idle left hand and heavily slapped the Jade Guanyin's body.

  "Crack!" A crisp sound, a faint crack appeared on the surface of Yu Guanyin, and the speed at which Lin San's body absorbed the immortal energy also slowed down a bit.

  Seeing his method was effective, Lin San's face suddenly lit up with joy, and he raised his left hand to wildly smash the Jade Guanyin.

  Every time Lin San threw a punch, another crack appeared on the surface of the Jade Guanyin, and gradually, the smooth surface of the Jade Guanyin was covered with fine cracks.