Li Xiu kept raising the price, and after it exceeded 80 million, only Li Xianchun was still holding on and bidding against Li Xiu.
"Fourth Master, it's already 80 million, and Li Xianchun is still raising the price. Do you want to continue?" Wan Chaoxin reminded.
"If it weren't for the ancient gold box from the Demon Kingdom that Liu He bought, the ancient gold box from the Demon Kingdom that was taken out of the Tiantong City vault would not be expensive at 80 million. But who knows if Princess Tiantong's underwear or something would be found in this ancient gold box. It's indeed abnormal for Li Xianchun to gamble like this." Sun Wuxi also said.
"It doesn't matter, let him be." Li Xiu raised the price again.
Li Xianchun seemed to hesitate for a moment, and after looking at Han Minghui intentionally or unintentionally, he actually raised the price again.
Soon the two people's bidding reached 100 million. When Li Xiu was about to increase the price, he saw Han Minghui stand up and walk towards him.
"Director Li, I have two words to say to you." Han Minghui came to Li Xiu and said.
Wan Chaoxin looked at Li Xiu, and when he saw Li Xiu nodded, he moved aside and left the seat next to Li Xiu for Han Minghui.
After Han Minghui sat down, she took out a few signs and handed them to Li Xiu.
"What does Vice President Han mean by this?" Li Xiu looked at Han Minghui with some confusion. These brands were all the things that Han Minghui had bought after he had taken a fancy to them, including the box of magic books and the golden toilet.
"I originally wanted to give these to President Li after the auction was over, but now I have a few words to say to President Li, so I sent them over first." Han Minghui said as she placed the sign on the coffee table between the two of them.
"No reward without merit. It seems that there is no such deep friendship between us?" Li Xiu said.
"I'm sure Director Li has heard about my plan to ask someone to help kill the demon spirit. If Director Li is interested, this will be considered a deposit. There will be a generous reward after the task is completed." Han Minghui said bluntly.
Li Xiu looked at Han Minghui who seemed to be sincere, and after a moment's silence, he said, "I know what happened. You can take the things first. I need to think about it."
"Waiting for good news from General Manager Li." Han Minghui said nothing more. She took the sign and returned to her seat.
"Is Han Minghui trying to say that Li Xianchun's price increase has nothing to do with her?" Wan Chaoxin was so smart that he had already understood the purpose of Han Minghui coming here at this time.
"That should be it." Li Xiu nodded.
"Can we believe what she says?" Wan Chaoxin said.
"It doesn't matter whether you can believe it or not." Li Xiu didn't care. He raised the sign and continued to raise the price.
This time Li Xiu only added one million. Everyone looked at Li Xianchun, and Li Xianchun raised the sign again.
Li Xiu had no intention of giving up, and when the price reached 130 million, he said, "This is my final offer. If Patriarch Li is still interested in it, I will have to give it up."
"A gentleman does not take away what others love. Since Chief Li likes this ancient gold box from the Demon Kingdom so much, let's give it to Chief Li." Li Xianchun looked like a gentleman.
Sun Wuxi cursed in a low voice: "Old fox, if you really wanted to give in, why didn't you do so just now?"
"Congratulations, Chief Li, for winning this ancient gold chest from the Demonic Kingdom in Tiantong City." The auctioneer excitedly banged the hammer.
I originally thought that after Liu He had bought the ancient gold box from the Demon Kingdom, the price of this one would not be too high. I didn't expect that it could be sold at a high price of 130 million. This was already unexpected. The higher the auction price, the more commission the auction would get, which is naturally a good thing for the auctioneer.
After Li Xiu came on stage, he said directly: "Since Patriarch Liu has opened it, I will open this one as well. I hope my luck will be better."
After hearing what Li Xiu said, the auctioneer stopped the staff member who was about to help Li Xiu carry the ancient gold box and said with a smile, "Of course, you can open the box immediately after Mr. Li pays."
Li Xiu didn't waste any time and paid the money directly. Then he walked to the ancient gold box and reached out to press on it.
After Li Xiu pressed down the pattern on the top of the ancient gold box, the box immediately cracked like petals, breaking and falling layer by layer, soon revealing the space inside.
Everyone stretched their heads to see what was inside the ancient gold box.
Some people even prayed in their hearts that if another box of Princess Tiantong's underwear was unearthed, this magic treasure auction would be enough to go down in history, and they would be able to talk about it for a long time when they were chatting over wine.
Unfortunately, to their disappointment, the contents of the ancient gold box were clearly not underwear, but a large object that looked like a vase.
"What is that?" Everyone was looking at the things in the ancient gold box. It looked like a strange jar, or a tripod incense burner.
Generally speaking, tripod stoves are usually made of metal. This thing looks like a tripod stove at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that although it has three legs underneath, it is shaped like an urn on top. The whole thing looks like a clay product rather than a metal stove.
What is even more strange is that the top of the tripod jar is closed, with no mouth or lid, but there are nine holes of different sizes on the body of the jar.
The largest hole is as big as an adult's fist, and the smallest hole is only the size of a bean. The holes are obviously curved, so you can only see the hole but not what is inside the jar.
The four sides of this gray-black tripod pottery jar are carved with patterns similar to human faces, but they are not normal human faces. They are very abstract carvings, and the positions of the facial features are distorted.
But no matter how these four facial patterns are distorted, the position of the eyes is quite eye-catching and you will be attracted by them at first sight.
Everyone looked at it for a long time, but no one could figure out what the three-legged pottery jar was, and it was difficult to estimate its value for a while.
Li Xiu had already prepared himself mentally for the possibility that there might be clothes or something like that in the ancient gold box, but he didn't expect it to be something like this.
With a thought, he reached his hand through the largest hole, as if he wanted to touch what was inside the pottery jar.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Xiu's arm as he inserted it. The hole was quite deep, and most of Li Xiu's arm was inserted in it, so nothing could be seen from his face.
After a while, Li Xiu seemed to touch something and pulled his arm out.
The moment Li Xiu pulled out his arm, everyone felt a flash of light before their eyes, and a dazzling light shone from between Li Xiu's fingers.
Li Xiu took a look at the thing in his hand and put it into his pocket almost immediately. Then he picked up the half-man-high three-legged pottery jar with one hand and walked away.
The auctioneer and some people didn't see clearly what the glowing object in Li Xiu's hand was. While they were still wondering, Li Xiu had already walked out of the auction hall carrying the three-legged pottery statue.
But when Li Xiu left, several big guys stood up with their eyes wide open, looking in shock at the direction where Li Xiu left.
Those big guys seemed to realize something and quickly restrained their expressions. They looked around, and when they found someone in the same situation as them, they were shocked when they looked at each other.
This included Han Minghui and Li Xianchun. Han Minghui felt as if her brain had exploded at this moment.
"The divine jewel... that turned out to be the divine jewel... I emptied my family fortune and sold all my favors and face. All I wanted was to kill the divine demon and get the divine jewel. Damn it, there turned out to be the divine jewel in the ancient gold box of the Demon Kingdom... I..." Han Minghui now wished she could slap herself twice. If she had known this would happen, why would she bother? She only needed to open her own ancient gold box and all the problems would be solved.
Now that she has paid so much and asked someone to help her kill the divine demon, it is still unknown whether she can get the divine gem, and the probability will not be too high.
When Liuhe opened a box of underwear before, Han Minghui was secretly glad that she did not open the box herself. She felt that it was a wise decision to auction the ancient gold box from Tiantong City.
But now she felt that she was really stupid. Her dream and family honor were right beside her, but she took such a big detour and went far away. Han Minghui was so depressed that she almost wanted to vomit blood.
Li Xianchun was no less depressed than Han Minghui. He had already been competing with Li Xiu to that extent. As long as he persisted a little longer, the divine gem would be his.
That is the divine gem. As long as you get it, one hundred or two hundred million will be nothing. You can make huge profits a hundred or a thousand times by just reselling it.
That is a priceless divine gem. If the Li family can get the divine gem, Li Xianchun will not even consider selling it. This divine gem can create a divine-level strongman for the Li family.
Then the Li family, which had suffered severe damage due to Li Changyin's rebellion, could immediately make a comeback and become the head of the four major families again.
Li Xianchun slapped himself hard. Why didn't he add a little more money when Li Xiu expressed his intention to withdraw? It was just a little bit short!
While Li Xianchun was still regretting, some people had already quietly left, and it wasn't just one or two people who left.
When Li Xianchun found that Han Minghui had disappeared, he immediately reacted and rushed out without hesitation.
Li Xiu had not walked far when he was caught up by Han Minghui and others.
"Mr. Li, please stay. Can we talk?" An old man from the Sun family chased after Li Xiu and said.
"Please go back, we can talk later if you have anything to say." Li Xiu did not stop at all, but instead quickened his pace.
Han Minghui knew that if she pursued Li Xiu now, not only would she not be able to discuss matters, but she might also be misunderstood by Li Xiu. She stopped and said, "Director Li, please go back first. I will visit you later."
The other big guys also reacted and said they would visit Li Xiu in Courtyard No. 7 later.
"Okay." Li Xiu just responded without stopping, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Han Minghui and the big guys looked at each other, each making their own plans in their minds, and then turned away without saying a word.
By the time Li Xianchun chased out, not to mention Li Xiu, Han Minghui and the others had already disappeared.
Li Xianchun gritted his teeth and chased directly in the direction of Yard No. 7.
There is no wall that is impenetrable in the world, not to mention that the things Li Xiu took out from the three-legged pottery jar were seen by many bigwigs, and the matter soon spread secretly.
Although this news was only heard by some bigwigs in Changshengtian, within a very short period of time, many bigwigs already knew that Li Xiu had opened the divine gem from the ancient gold box.
After Li Xiu returned to Courtyard No. 7, he directly put away the divine gem.
Of course, he did not take out any divine gem from the tripod pottery jar. This was originally his own. He had just secretly used the power of the casting soul to make the divine gem wrapped in gold foil invisible. He pretended to grope inside, but in fact he took off the gold foil on the outside of the divine gem and pretended to take out the divine gem from it.
Even if others sensed the fluctuations of his light energy, they would only think that he was on guard against danger in the three-legged pottery jar. They could not see the invisible divine gem and could never imagine that someone would play such a trick.
After all, there is no reason for others to do such a thing. If those other big guys got the divine gem, they would definitely hide it so well that even they couldn't find it. How could they show it to others?
Therefore, no one suspected that Li Xiu was involved in this, and everyone was secretly planning how to get the divine gem from Li Xiu.
It would definitely not be possible to rob someone by force. Not to mention how powerful Li Xiu was in the City of Light, as he killed hundreds of blood angels with one sword. No one would dare to run to the general's No. 7 courtyard to kill people and steal treasures under the president's nose.
Of course, if one could obtain the Divine Gem and be promoted to Divine status immediately, it would be worth taking such a risk.
However, Li Xiu's strength is so strong that even a Soul Forging-level boss is not sure of defeating him in a short period of time, not to mention that Li Xiu has a technician team under him. The strength of the technician team should not be underestimated. Even the Han family, the leader of the four families, has no confidence that they can take over the No. 7 Courtyard and the technician team in a short period of time even if they try their best.
Li Xianchun chased to the outside of the door and wanted to see Li Xiu. Originally, he planned to meet Li Xiu even if he had to force his way in. He wanted to talk to Li Xiu no matter what to see if he could buy back the divine gem, even if there was a slight chance.
But when Li Xianchun knocked on the door and saw the old man opening the door, he was stunned.
"Mr. Jia... why are you here..." Li Xianchun's face suddenly changed when he saw Mr. Jia.
The City Lord's Mansion has been guarding the gate for sixty-three years. Who doesn't know the gatekeeper Lao Jia?
"I'm old, and my arms and legs are useless, so I retired and came to work for Director Li to make a living. Thank you for letting me guard the gate of Courtyard No. 7. The head of the Li family has just taken charge of the Li family and is not busy at home. How come he has time to come to Courtyard No. 7?" Old Jia asked with squinted eyes.
"You come to No. 7 to guard the gate?" Li Xianchun was extremely shocked.
The president's personal gatekeeper actually ran here to guard the gate for Li Xiu. This made Li Xianchun, who had previously suspected that Li Xiu was the president's illegitimate son, even more certain that there must be an unspeakable relationship between Li Xiu and the president.
"What's the matter with Master Li?" Old Jia asked impatiently.
"Mr. Jia, I'd like to meet Chief Li. Please pass the message on." Li Xianchun had to say it patiently. He didn't dare to knock on the door guarded by Mr. Jia.
"When the general came back just now, he said that he would not see any guests today, no matter who comes. You'd better go back." Lao Jia said lightly.
Li Xianchun gritted his teeth and wanted to say something, but Lao Jia had already closed the door.
"No, I must find a way to meet Li Xiu. I can't miss this opportunity." Li Xianchun seemed to have thought of something and turned around and ran away.
After Li Xiu returned to his room, he placed the three-legged pottery statue on the table and examined it carefully.
This three-legged pottery jar is half a person's height. The place where the lid and the mouth of the jar should be is also closed, with only nine holes of different sizes on its body.
Just now, when Li Xiu pretended to take out the divine gem, he had already explored the largest hole. The strange thing was that although the tripod jar looked round, its diameter was only a few dozen centimeters. He put most of his arm in, but was unable to reach the bottom. This was a bit strange.
Because of time constraints, Li Xiu was not in the mood to continue exploring, so he just pretended to take out the divine gem and that was it.
Now looking at this three-legged pottery jar again, I find it even more miraculous.
He measured with his arm outside. With the length of his hand that he had just put in, he should be able to touch the bottom or the wall of the jar.
Li Xiu put his eyes close to the hole and looked inside, but because the hole made a bend inside and his eyes could not turn, he could not see anything.
He looked at the other eight holes. They were all the same size and turned a corner inside, so he could not see the end of the holes.
Li Xiu gathered light energy on his arm and reached his hand into the largest hole. One was to explore, and the other was to take out the gold foil that had fallen off inside.
He stretched his arm inward in a little bit, ready to face danger at any time, but nothing happened.
Li Xiu stuffed his entire arm in, but still didn't touch the end of the hole.
The hole only makes a bend nearby and is straight inside. Given the length of Li Xiu's arm, there is no way he would not touch the wall of the jar.
Moreover, Li Xiu did not touch the gold foil that had been peeled off from the divine gem. He stretched his hand inside again, but still could not touch anything. It was as if there was infinite space inside this three-legged pottery.
"Could it be that this thing is really a treasure?" Li Xiu found a small mirror and put it into the hole, hoping to use the refraction of the mirror to see what's inside.
But everything reflected in the mirror was black and I couldn't see anything.
Li Xiu thought about it, found another roll of steel wire, and then used the steel wire to probe inside. At first, Li Xiu was quite careful, fearing that the steel wire would be damaged, but after he had pushed the steel wire inside for about two meters, he still felt that he had not touched the bottom.
Li Xiu sped up and stuffed the steel wire in. He stuffed the entire roll of 200-meter steel wire in, but it still didn't reach the end.
After pulling out the steel wire, I tried it in the other holes. The result was the same. No matter which hole it was, it seemed like there was no end. There was no reaction at all after stuffing 200 meters of steel wire in.
"What the hell is this thing?" Li Xiu thought to himself and took out the Food Knife.
"Old Luo, look at what this is?" Li Xiu activated the Food Knife, allowing the Evil King Luo inside to sense the existence of the three-legged pottery jar.
After King Eluo sensed the three-legged pottery jar, his food knife suddenly trembled violently and he screamed, "Oh my God, where did you get this thing? It's killing me!"