Liu Zhaodi had already made her plans; now it was just a matter of whether the female lead would get jealous!
"fine!"
Jiang Yuan calmly stood up. The subsequent blow had no effect on him; he simply chose to appear disheveled for the sake of the show.
After receiving Jiang Yuan's reply, Ning Yanlan suppressed her anger and sat down. Then Jiang Yuan leaped onto the auction stage, laid out the amplification skills, and said, "The starting price for each set of the three amplification skills is three hundred seventh-tier Holy Spirit Stones. Please place your bids!"
Seeing Jiang Yuan return to the auction stage, the people calmed down. They all knew that he was likely a shill, but who was he? The Oath was a team that had killed ninth-tier spirit beasts. If they were to become shills for such a small gain, wouldn't they be making a fool of themselves?
The calm lasted only five seconds before the first bid was offered.
"I'll pay three hundred and ten yuan!"
The people who opened the bidding were the young couple behind the Ji family.
"Isn't that Ji Zhe?" Someone recognized the boy in the couple; it was him who had called out the price.
"Yes, Ji Zhe was once a rising star in Nancheng, but now he's become someone's vassal, shamelessly following a woman around all day!"
"Who can argue with that! But it's understandable. What good is Nancheng's own strength now? The key is having a solid backer! Ji Zhe lost his status after his father's death, so his position naturally plummeted!"
The group discussed Ji Zhe.
“How much does that gigolo have? I’ll pressure him and humiliate him!” one man sneered, then quoted a price.
"I'll offer three hundred and eleven!"
Ji Zhe remained calm despite the price increase, and continued, "Three hundred and fifteen yuan!"
"Three hundred and sixteen!" The man pressed on relentlessly, refusing to pay the higher price, since he was only one yuan more expensive than me anyway.
The others seemed to realize that the two were competing, so they tacitly remained silent. They also wanted to see what price the first set would fetch so they could have a better estimate for the later sets!
Ji Zhe didn't want to give up. He was just about to speak when the girl beside him stopped him and raised her voice, saying, "Three hundred and fifty seventh-tier Holy Spirit Stones!"
After quoting her price, Ji Tiantian glanced disdainfully at the man targeting Ji Zhe, then sneered, "What's the point of haggling with this poor guy? We have plenty of Holy Spirit Stones; we're not afraid of not being able to buy what we want!"
Ji Zhe was stunned when he heard that the bidding price had increased by one-tenth of the starting price. He felt helpless about Ji Tiantian's willful behavior, but he truly loved this willful girl. No matter how unreasonable she was or how much she made him angry, he would always choose to forgive her in the end.
"Hey, you, a girl from a branch of the Ji family, dare to look down on me? What, you want to compare your living expenses, which you get from your parents' charity, with the hard-earned money I make with my life?" the man sneered.
"My Ji Zhe has plenty of Holy Spirit Stones. You poor bastard, how dare you compare yourself to us!" Ji Tiantian said arrogantly.
"Very well, I'll go with her today!" The man couldn't stand the provocation. Everyone in the city knew Ji Tiantian's personality; she was competitive and unwilling to lose.
"Don't blame me today, Ji Zhe, you'd better prepare to bleed a lot!"
The man quoted a price directly: "Three hundred and sixty yuan! This time I won't add it up one bill at a time. I want to see if you're just putting on a show!"
"Four hundred yuan!" Ji Tiantian raised the price wildly without even thinking.
"Four hundred and twenty!" the man continued, convinced that Ji Tiantian wouldn't let this go and would eventually catch up.
Ji Tiantian didn't immediately raise the price, but instead said sarcastically, "Is this your limit? Look at how nervous you are, your face is red and your neck is bulging. You probably took out your life savings!"
"Hmph, you don't need to worry about whether I have money or not. Take care of your own pocket first! If you don't have money, why are you pretending to be something you're not? You're nothing special, even if you're the eldest daughter of a branch of the Ji family!" The man retorted sarcastically.
"Really? I'll buy this for my Ji Zhe even if it costs a thousand Holy Spirit Stones!" Ji Tiantian stretched out her hand and mocked, "I'll offer four hundred and fifty. Shouldn't you be a little short of cash, you poor bastard!"
"Five hundred!" The man gritted his teeth and shouted out the final price. He had his eye on what Ji Tiantian had said earlier, so he was determined to make her bleed a lot.
"Oh!"
Ji Tiantian stood up and laughed heartily. Ji Zhe was already trying to stop her, as buying a set of seventh-tier Holy Spirit Stones for five hundred yuan was obviously too expensive. However, Ji Tiantian ignored him and continued to act in her usual way.
"Sigh, it's still the same!" Ji Zhe had already given up because he knew Ji Tiantian; she wouldn't be willing to lose to anyone else, even at an insignificant auction.
Ji Tiantian stood tall and proud, seemingly proclaiming her victory.
"Alright, you win. This set of amplification skills is yours!"
One sentence sent Ji Zhe's heart plummeting. He was prepared for the other party to maliciously inflate the price, even if it went up to a thousand, it wouldn't change the outcome. Who told him to fall for such a spendthrift woman!
"Wait, did Tian Tian give up?" Ji Zhe looked up abruptly because he realized the meaning behind the words. It was obvious that Ji Tian Tian had stopped bidding!
"Aren't you going to raise the price?" The man opposite was practically going crazy. He only wanted to raise the price to annoy Ji Zhe because of their bad relationship, but he really didn't intend to bid on this kind of thing.
Given his abilities, even if he were given such a top-tier enhancement skill, he wouldn't be able to utilize it to its full potential, let alone at such an exorbitant price.
“My husband and I are poor, so this thing is yours! Of course, the condition is that you can come up with five hundred seventh-tier Holy Spirit Stones!” Ji Tiantian smiled smugly.
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