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——(POV third person)——

Li Huang wasn't one to create a problem with someone but if someone has a problem with him, he has no problem facing them.

He didn't know why, but for some reason, Huizheng was trying to go back and forth with him in this auction, and from the reaction that his group showed when he tried to mock Li Huang, it was obvious that they knew about the reason too.

Li Huang kept this information in the back of his mind so that he can do some research on it later, now he had a bid to place.

"10,000 high-grade spirit stones.

" Li Huang said and while he was talking, deposited the spirit stones into the storage ring.

Huizheng who could see the number on the podium could understand that he was wrong to assume Li Huang didn't have much money to play with. What was harder for him to accept was the fact that he became the laughing stock of everyone after what he said.

It was not a matter of showing Li Huang that he shouldn't look down at him, Huizheng wanted to win this auction at any cost.

"11,000 high-grade spirit stones.

" Huizheng said and added the 5,000 high-grade spirit stones to the storage ring.

"This is going to take a while…

" Li Huang muttered as he could see that Huizheng would not back down

"15,000 high-grade spirit stones.

" He bid again.

…

A few minutes passed and these two were still bidding on the Tribulation Blood Stone. There were still many items in the auction but the crowd was absorbed in this clash between an heir to one of the 9 big families and this unknown man. The identity of this man was one of the most asked questions in these minutes.

"127,000 high-grade spirit stones.

" Huizheng said as he was clenching his fists. Not even in his wildest dreams, he would be willing to waste this much money on an item that is not worth much in his eyes. At this point, he was just making the price higher so that Li Huang would be losing more money, and deep down, he didn't want to win as this much money would go to waste.

"130,000 high-grade spirit stones.

" Li Huang said and deposited the 3,000 high-grade spirit stones in the storage ring. Li Huang could see that this was way beyond Huizheng's comfort zone when it comes to spending money so he was expecting him to step down any round now.

Huizheng wanted to increase the price when one of her partners sent him a sound transmission. The next instant, Huizheng was grinning but he hid it fast and turned to face Li Huang to throw a jab at his pride as a man.

"You can have this rock. It must be fun to play around with your father's money.

" He said with a mocking smile. He knows that Li Huang is using his family's money, or else he wouldn't be wasting this much money on this item.

Li Wanrou and Hu Anjing who have seen Li Huang from a young age and know about his situation wanted to rush there and shove Huizheng's tongue in his arse. Li Huang on the other hand didn't feel the need to get physical and calmly answered him.

"Well, I come from a family of geniuses, my ancestors were geniuses, and even after all these years, we are still producing more geniuses. The fact that you can't use your father's money or your family's for that matter, just goes to show that they were not… that talented.

" Li Huang said.

He had enough of Huizheng and didn't let him continue insulting him like a child. After saying his he took the item from one of the auction servants as he was the winner for this item.

Huizheng on the other hand was stunned by the answer that Li Huang gave him. He was about to lose control of his anger when a hand on his shoulder, one on his back, and the hand that was intertwining her left hand's fingers with his right hand's fingers cooled him down. After taking a deep breath and closing his eyes for a few seconds he opened his mouth and said two words.

"Thank you.

" He said. He knew that this was not the time to say anything and let Li Huang be for the time being, he had enough time to get back at him.

"It is worth 130,000 high-grade spirit stones, right?

" Cai ZhenKang couldn't help but ask when Li Huang was storing the Tribulation Blood Stone in his storage ring. In fact, this was the question that everyone had in mind as the price started pretty low when you compare it to the final price.

"Do I look like someone who would waste money?

" Li Huang asked as he was pretty sure that he has never wasted money in his life.

Those of the group who were with him in the Eternal Wail Trial looked at each other and remembered the number of items, pills, potions, and scrolls that Li Huang used there and couldn't help but nod without any hesitation.

"Wha— When?

" Seeing this Li Huang was taken aback and said.

"Did you forget the trial?

" Cai ZhenKang said. He couldn't understand how Li Huang had forgotten such a thing.

"Come on, we would have died there otherwise.

" Li Huang said a little disappointed as he couldn't believe that they were calling that wasting money. Even the scrolls that he threw at Jin Fen were more of assurance and definitely were not a waste.

"Well, I can't argue on that.

" Hu Anjing said.

"Money is useless to the dead.

" Li Wanrou also nodded and said.

"…So was it worth it?

" Cai ZhenKang asked with a bit of excitement as he kind of liked the auctions and the process of buying something when others are also competing for the same item.

Li Huang grinned and looked at Cai ZhenKang.

"Let's just say that I would be willing to pay ten times what I have paid for this.

" Li Huang said and Cai ZhenKang grinned too.

"Tell me that you are interested in more items.

" Cai ZhenKang said. He didn't want the fun to end soon so he was hoping that Li Huang would have more items to bet on as he had no item in mind, and the only item that caught his eyes was already in his storage ring.

"Of course I have! From this point on almost all of the items are mine.

" Li Huang said. He didn't put many thoughts on his wording or else he could see that his wording would imply that those items are already his. Well, if you take his wealth into account, it is not far from the truth that he can win all of them.

Cai ZhenKang laughed and nodded to his words.

…

"10,000 high-grade spirit stones.

"

…

"All of the scrolls for 90,000 high-grade spirit stones.

"

…

"300 high-grade spirit stones.

"

…

The last day of the open auction continued with Li Huang buying everything that he had his eyes on.

At first, some of the people would try to compete with him to buy these items but when Li Huang let someone else win the overpriced auction, nobody would try to make Li Huang overpay for something if they were not really interested in the item.

The next item was one that Li Huang had put for sale, it was the rings of trust that he and Hu Anjing got in that particular formation that pissed them off.

"This next item is a set of two rings that would teleport you to the other person who is wearing it in the case of fatal danger. This is a great item for partners, the starting price is 10,000 high-grade spirit stones.

" The auctioneer said and the bidding started.

"20,000 high-grade spirit stones.

"

"23,000 high-grade spirit stones.

"

"50,000 high-grade spirit stones.

" Said someone with the voice of a teenager.. Everyone was silent for a few seconds and tried to locate the one who bid for this ring.