So the middle-aged man in black steeled his heart and finally made a painful decision.
He struggled to suppress his anger, keeping a straight face, and said with a smile, "I miscalculated. This young master is indeed formidable. I concede defeat and now announce my withdrawal from the bidding for this item."
The middle-aged man in black's actions greatly disappointed the audience. He had just been so confident and assured that the cauldron was his for the taking, but this was the result.
At this moment, everyone below the stage stared at Jiang Chen, all very puzzled, wondering if Jiang Chen really had the strength to take down this cauldron, or if he was just doing it for fun.
The auctioneer asked again, "Twenty million spirit stones already, is there anyone else bidding?"
The entire room was completely silent; you could hear a pin drop. No one answered him.
Without further hesitation, the auctioneer loudly announced:
"Twenty million per time!"
"Twenty million twice!"
"Twenty million three times!"
"make a deal!"
The auctioneer finished speaking in one breath, his heart filled with excitement, almost unable to contain himself. He seemed even more excited than Jiang Chen. He hadn't expected the price of this cauldron to be almost double. He was so lucky!
"Congratulations to this young master for winning another prize. After the discount, the total price is sixteen million spirit stones," the auctioneer said with a fawning smile.
There's a reason why the auctioneer acted this way. In the auctioneer's eyes, Jiang Chen was like a big spender who came to give him money.
Jiang Chen smiled as he went on stage to accept the large cauldron, while on the other side, Gu Changqing waved his hand, and 16 million top-grade spirit stones appeared directly on the auction stage.
Instantly, the auction stage was piled high with top-grade spirit stones, emitting a dazzling light.
Everyone present (except Gu Changqing and Jiang Qingcheng) stared wide-eyed at the sight, their mouths agape in astonishment. They were all shocked, never expecting that this young man was actually so capable.
My goodness, this is the first time in my life I've seen so many spirit stones. It's made my life worthwhile.
The auctioneer was extremely excited to see so many spirit stones and hurriedly gathered them up, fearing that someone might covet them.
In a short while, the auctioneer had gathered up the spirit stones and said with a bright smile, "Next, the auction will continue. Everyone, please be patient and don't miss out. Be calm and wait, there will definitely be even better treasures to come."
Next, the auctioneer brought out a number of good items for auction.
During this time, Jiang Chen bought any treasures he fancied without hesitation, being very generous and not feeling the slightest bit of heartache. Anyway, he didn't have to pay for the spirit stones himself, so he just enjoyed spending them. Before the auction ended, Jiang Chen had unknowingly bought half of the items.
The others present couldn't help but twitch their eyelids, shocked wave after wave, and they all guessed that Jiang Chen was probably a hidden tycoon, otherwise why would he spend spirit stones so lavishly? He must be a young master who has a mine at home and doesn't have to worry about food or drink.
What they didn't know was that these spirit stones weren't paid for by Jiang Chen, but by Gu Changqing, who was standing next to him. If they knew that, who knows what kind of incredulous expressions they would have.
After the auction ended, Jiang Chen and his group left the auction house. Before leaving, each of them received a small gift promised by the auctioneer. They went home satisfied. The auction wasn't a complete waste of time, as they had all received some small gifts. Regardless of their value, everyone had a gift and was certainly very happy.
As Jiang Chen walked out of the auction house, he said excitedly, "Thank you so much, brother-in-law! If it weren't for you all, I wouldn't have been able to bid on so many treasures. I'm sorry to have troubled you with all that spending. I wonder if you feel uncomfortable about spending so many of my spirit stones!"
"You're really being petty and misleading. Do you think I'm such a stingy person? If I were, I wouldn't have spent so many spirit stones on you. I have plenty of spirit stones right now, so what you spent is nothing. I didn't even care," Gu Changqing chuckled, speaking with complete indifference.
"You ungrateful brat! Only your brother-in-law treats you well, but your sister treats you badly? Hearing things like that really makes me angry," Jiang Qingcheng said, pouting and looking annoyed.
"Wow, brother-in-law, hearing you say that puts my mind at ease. It seems you're even more powerful than I imagined. You must have countless spirit stones, just like your cultivation level, and you probably can't use them all!" Jiang Chen said excitedly.
"Don't bother guessing, because your brother-in-law probably doesn't even know how much gold and silver he has, right?" Jiang Qingcheng smiled and said jokingly.
Little did they know that Gu Changqing, Jiang Qingcheng, and Jiang Chen's conversation had been overheard by several men dressed in black robes, who immediately hatched wicked schemes.
These men in black had just come out of the auction house, as they were carrying small gifts from the auction house owner. They had entered the auction house to join in the fun, not to bid on anything. Even if they wanted to bid, they didn't have enough spirit stones to spend.
Besides joining in the excitement, their main reason for entering the auction house was to steal. Taking advantage of the large crowd, they managed to steal quite a few items. They had already noticed Jiang Chen at the auction house; he was extremely conspicuous, the most eye-catching person in the entire auction house, and it's safe to say that few people failed to notice his presence.
The group looked at each other for a few seconds, exchanged a few words, and without needing to discuss it, immediately knew what to do.
Unfortunately, this time they encountered no ordinary person, no one they could bully, but a top-notch expert, a first-rate powerhouse.
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