After Caroline struck the gavel, the spiritual herb was given to Jeremy."Did you see that? These people from VIP Room One can't even match my bid!" Although Jeremy was unhappy that he made a loss, he could only suck it up and put on an indifferent facade. With his hands behind his back, he made a point to mock Severin's group."Disgusting!" Despite knowing that Jeremy was saying that out of pure spite, Megan was still a little upset at his remark. She went to pour herself another glass of red wine and continued to drink.Diane looked at them and said to Megan, "Let Severin make the bids after this. You're not very familiar with the value of these items anyway"Okay. I'll let him do it." Megan wanted to goad that fatso again, but she decided not to continue anymore after she lost her pride from her earlier attempt."Let's continue with the fourth item!" Caroline smiled and took out another spiritual herb. "This is a third-grade medium-rank spiritual herb known as… The starting bid
Jeremy was frowning too. "What with the people from VIP Room One? They just engaged in a bidding war with me for that third-grade low-rank spiritual herb, but now they're keeping quiet over this third-grade medium-rank spiritual herb? Is it possible that they were never here for the spiritual herb in the first place?""Nine million dollars!"The price had soared to nine million dollars after an intense bidding war among the people downstairs. The price was not expensive for most people, and one could say that it was far lower than the supposed market price.Finally, Severin stood up with a smile and said, "Ten million dollars!" It was a jaw-dropping bid that was one million spiritual stones more than the previous bidder. Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard that huge increase in bidding."The person in VIP Room One has finally spoken, and he raised the bid to ten million! Shall we raise any further, sir?" One of the people who had participated in the bidding earlier immediately
Severin smirked as if he did not take Jeremy's words seriously. He smiled and raised the bid by three million. "Then I'll bid fifteen million dollars! The ball is in your court now! Don't let me down.""This is no time to be impulsive, sir. He's obviously setting you up! It will no longer be worth the price if you raise the bid beyond fifteen million dollars," the bodyguard had to remind Jeremy again.Although Jeremy was very upset, he could only grit his teeth in anger. He eventually smiled at Severin and said, "Hehe, did you think you could set me up? You just want me to keep raising the price so you can cop out at the last minute. I'm not an idiot. I won't enter a bidding war with you. You can take that herb for fifteen million dollars. I don't need that many spiritual herbs. I am from a first-class family anyway.""You're right! We can't let him fool us again!" the bodyguards echoed Jeremy's sentiment and buttered him up."That's fifteen million from Mister Severin! Does anyone
The woman in the purple dress noticed the same pattern too. She frowned as soon as she saw the old man frown, and she immediately said to him, "Are you saying that he might want to outbid us for the furnace that we came here for?"The old man nodded. "If he is an alchemist as we suspected, then yes, I believe he'll be interested in that furnace too."After thinking for a while, the girl smiled and said, "Sigh, we don't need to be afraid of him right, Mister Musa? He might be interested in that furnace, but he probably won't have as many spiritual stones as we do. I mean, he already spent about a hundred million spiritual stones, so he probably won't have the funds to outbid us later. Ordinary alchemists won't be able to use that furnace either. The minimum proficiency to utilize it to its fullest is at least second-grade high-rank. Otherwise, it'll be a waste of its potential."Musa could only smile bitterly. "Haven't you noticed? He only bids for spiritual herbs that are at least t
The spiritual herb was soon delivered to Severin."That's amazing, Brother-in-Law! We got this on the cheap, didn't we?" Megan asked with a smile.Severin answered, "We did. There are a lot of valuable items here, and it's almost like we're building up our own stock from the auction.""The next item to be put up for auction is very valuable, though some people might not find it valuable at all," Caroline began.Caroline's introduction left Sheila scratching her head. "How can something be valuable to some and have no value to others? It's really weird.""This here is an cauldron. It's a third-grade spiritual tool that can increase the success rate of one's pill refinement by fifteen percent. More importantly, it is a triple-chamber cauldron. This means that there are three inner furnaces of which one batch of the same material can be placed in each respective chamber. This comes to a total of three batches, thus allowing the alchemist to refine three pills simultaneously. Though i
Severin had an excited look on his face because he believed that no one aside from him would want to bid for that. It would subsequently allow him to get the furnace with ease. Unfortunately, he was taken by surprise when the purple-clad girl in VIP Room Three took a step forward and said loudly, "Three hundred and thirty million!"Everyone gasped when they heard that. The girl had raised the starting bid by thirty million dollars right from the get-go."This is the first time that the people from VIP Room Three joined the auction. Boy are we in for a treat!" Someone exclaimed in surprise when they heard that the person from VIP Room Three had made a bid."Whoa! That pretty lady in VIP Room Three has her eye on the cauldron! Is she still an alchemist?" Jeremy's eyes widened in surprise as he looked at the beautiful woman standing on the next-door balcony."Three hundred and thirty million dollars! Anyone higher bids from the floor? This young lady seems to be very knowledgeable! Sh
The audience engaged in a lively discussion after she made her bid."Haha, now we're talking! I can't wait to see the look on Mister Severin's face after he loses out on this!" Jeremy felt as though he had an outlet to vent his anger even though he did not participate in the bidding. After all, Severin had cut him off several times already."Eight hundred million! The young woman from VIP Room Three has made a bid of eight hundred million high-grade spiritual stones! Do we have nine hundred million?" Caroline could not hide the excitement in her voice. She believed that the person who put it up for auction would be very happy after knowing that the cauldron was appreciated by those who knew its value and ended up being auctioned for a high price.Severin, on the other hand, smiled indifferently and said calmly, "I'll offer one and a half billion!""Did I hear that correctly?! Mister Severin has made a massive bid of one and a half billion!" Caroline became increasingly excited. Sev
"Diane, did you see that? They raised the bid to 2 billion spiritual stones now! It won't work if we raise the price by a little. The others must know the value of this item too! But I know Severin is going to be the last one laughing!" Megan giggled.Meanwhile, Caroline was stunned. Normally, she would be in charge of controlling the flow of the auction and also lit up everyone's enthusiasm. Before she could do her job today, the bidders from VIP Room One and VIP Room Three had already started increasing the price to 2.5 billion spiritual stones."3 billion!" Stephanie yelled out while staring at Severin.Once again, the price shocked everyone."Oh, my god! 3 billion spiritual stones! This is crazy! Who is in VIP Room Three? I don't think I have ever seen them before.""Totally crazy. They didn't participate in any bidding before this and I thought they were only acting posh and wanted to show off their wealth. But I'm so wrong!"The crowd had gone crazy. They did not think they