Female Novel
Chapter 147 Tit For Tat
Chapter 147 Tit for Tat
"After tearing the Suppressing Talisman, it can release an attack powerful enough to kill aTransmutation Force expert in seconds," Lachlan explained the function and usage of the talismanhe made himself using Dragon Gaze Heavenward Technique's drawing method. He sealed adragon's energy inside the talisman, which could unleash an attack with 80% of his full strength.
After listening, the middle-aged man looked skeptical and said, "I cannot make a judgment on this.We need someone to appraise it."
A moment later, he returned with the talisman and sighed, "Sir, our people cannot identify thistalisman. However, we can confirm that there is energy fluctuation present in it so we will allow youto auction it."
"What is your starting price?" asked the middle-aged man.
"Let's start at 5 million," Lachlan thought for a moment before answering.
"5 million? That's high," said the middle-aged man skeptically.
"Is there a problem? If this talisman works as I described then isn't it worth that much?" Lachlanraised his eyebrows.
"Well... no problem then. I was just surprised," chuckled the middle-aged man self-deprecatingly.
If this talisman could really kill a Transmutation Force expert in seconds like Lachlan claimed, thennot only was 5 million reasonable but even 50 million would be worth paying for it!
The auction started promptly at nine o'clock in a grand hall decorated elegantly and luxuriously withtemporary seating arranged below an auction platform. A projection device was set up on stage soevery item being sold would be projected onto large screens for guests sitting far away to seeclearly.
Lachlan and Mason sat down according to their assigned numbers when suddenly Lachlan sawSummer walking into the hall looking stunning as ever! Perhaps sensing his gaze instinctively or bycoincidence, she turned her head towards him with playful smile forming on her sweet face.
Frowning slightly, Lachlan looked away thinking how small their world really was sometimes...
The woman who was skilled in underhanded tactics and almost killed Liam, as well as beingpowerful, had also appeared here.
Next, the auction officially began.
The first item up for auction was a set of ancient martial arts used to liven up the atmosphere onsite.
According to the auctioneer's introduction, this was a set of martial arts that could truly allowwarriors to cultivate inner strength. The starting price was 8 million dollars.novelbin
In the end, it sold for a staggering 15 million dollar, bought by a martial arts gym owner.
This made Lachlan secretly click his tongue in amazement and think that there were no cheapgoods at this auction.
"Don't worry brother-in-law. I prepared 20 million today. That spiritual stone will definitely be yours,"Mason said reassuringly when he saw Lachlan's expression.
"No need! I have money now myself. It's just that one set of martial arts costing over 10 million isreally frightening!" Lachlan shook his head and exclaimed in surprise.
"This is an ancient martial art that can cultivate inner strength, not some fancy moves with nosubstance. This price is actually normal!" Mason said seriously.
Hearing this, Lachlan thought to himself: if he took out any one of his cultivation techniques from hismind casually, it would also be worth millions?
Last time he gave Reeva the Fierce Phoenix Heart Sutra; wasn't it also worth over 10 million?
When should he ask that little girl for money...
The next few items up for auction were rather ordinary and didn't cause much excitement or interestfrom Lachlan either.
"The next treasure is a special jade! The veins of this jade come from an ancient warrior familyhidden away from society which has been guarding their land for generations."
"Its vitality thrives by absorbing natural energy year after year until it forms into such special jade!After having enough power as warriors, they can absorb its spiritual energy to assist their cultivationor even help them breakthrough!"
"This spirit jade starts at two 22 million! Each bid must not be less than500, 000 each time! Biddingbegins now!"
As soon as the words fell off the lips of the auctioneer, they lifted off red cloth covering it, revealingpalm-sized crystal clear greenish-blue gemstone shimmering with colorful light like iridescentfeathers under sunlight.
Lachlan's eyes lit up with excitement upon seeing it because he could feel rich spiritual energycontained within - exactly what he had been searching for - Heavenly Spirit Jade!
However, Lachlan did not rush to make an offer but decided instead to wait and see how thingsplayed out.
After the auctioneer finished introducing the item, there was a commotion in the room, followed byan awkward silence.
"22 million for a piece of jade?"
"Even if it's imperial green glass seed, it's not worth that much!"
"What kind of spiritual jade helps with breakthroughs? Only fools would buy it!"
Many people were discussing and dismissing the spiritual jade.
Although there were martial artists present at the scene, their strength was not enough to absorbspiritual energy from within the jade. Therefore, they weren't very interested.
Lachlan felt speechless and thought to himself that he might have to be this "fool."
"Well since no one wants it, give me your starting price. I'll take a look at it," Lachlan saidnonchalantly as he raised his bidding sign.
However, right after he spoke those words, a voice filled with playful mockery rang out, "23 million!"
The bidder was none other than Summer.
She looked towards Lachlan's direction with a smirk on her face. "I also want to study it."
Lachlan furrowed his brow feeling annoyed. He kept his cool as he continued raising his bid, "25million!"
"30 million!" Summer didn't back down either.
Lachlan gritted his teeth as he called out, "32 million!"
"35 million!"
"38..."
"40 million dollars!!"
Summer didn't even wait for Lachlan to finish before shouting out her bid confidently.
This woman had challenged him head-on! The room erupted into chaos as everyone stared atSummer and Lachlan in disbelief.
No one could have predicted that such a small piece of jade would fetch such an astronomicalprice.
At this point, Lachlan turned pale knowing that Summer had gotten under his skin!
"How much money do you have? I still have 20 million left! If you really want this piece of spiritualjade, let's go all-in against her," Mason whispered through clenched teeth beside him.
"Forget about it..." After changing expressions several times over, Lachlan shook his head finally.
The price had already reached 40 million dollars; just thinking about made him feel like having livertremors!
Although he held 50 million dollars in cash himself, Lachlan did not want to risk going back decadesdue to one single piece of stone.
Even if he couldn't get the Heavenly Spirit Jade, Lachlan could still search for other spiritually-richtreasures.
"40 million once!"
"40 million twice!"
"40 million three times! Sold! Congratulations to the beautiful lady at number 85 for winning thisspiritual jade."
The auctioneer exclaimed excitedly.
Meanwhile, Kayden sneered, "Looks like Willis is a little too naive. He's made quite a few enemies.Even buying a piece of rock has people going against him."
"Yeah, Kayden. Everyone wants to step on someone like that. Hahaha..." The influencer next to himgiggled.
The auction continued.
It must be said that this Graham family auction had many items that were unavailable even withmoney from outside sources - martial arts techniques, elixirs and special weapons...
Not having won the Heavenly Spirit Jade left Lachlan feeling disinterested in these items until hisown "Suppressing Talisman," which he had entrusted to the auction house himself, was brought upon stage. That was when he perked up again.