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"Huh? You're not bidding anymore at two hundred and fifty thousand taels?"

The First Prince successfully bid for the Phantasmal Sea Worm, but he was somewhat surprised; he had originally predicted that Wen Shuai should be able to go up to three hundred thousand taels or more.

"It's good that he's not bidding anymore!" A playful smile hung on the corner of Wen Man's lips, "Twenty-odd thousand taels will delay Du Yu's refinement of the Primordial Pill by a few months, or even half a year; this deal is quite worth it!"

Time is money.

Especially at Du Lao's current age, the possibility of successfully breaking through to the Perfected Innate Realm decreases with each passing day.

The First Prince triumphantly bid for the Phantasmal Sea Worm, not forgetting to flaunt it to Wen Shuai: "Third Brother, why did you stop bidding halfway? Are you perhaps short on funds? Didn't I tell you before, if you don't have enough money, just ask your older brother; we're all family, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Humph!" Wen Shuai merely gave a very "angry" cold snort as a response.

"Haha..." The First Prince laughed even more triumphantly, "Originally, I, as the older brother, should have let you have what you wanted, little brother. But unfortunately, your Imperial Sister-in-law just happened to want to drink Phantasmal Sea Worm congee recently... Alas, I can't help it!"

"Hehe!" Wen Shuai chuckled dryly twice, no longer speaking.

"Smug, he's really too smug!" In the private room, Sun Ji couldn't help but grumble.

"Let him be smug!" Xu Ming said with a smile, "He'll have a hard time later!"

"Right now, my guard should have secretly delivered that Phantasmal Sea Worm to the people of the Nine Cauldrons Merchant Association; it should appear at this Treasure Competition soon!"

In the following Treasure Competition, several more top-grade weapons were put on display one after another.

Although they were said to be top-grade weapons, they were only considered top-grade among 'ordinary iron'; compared to Treasure artifacts, they were worlds apart. Therefore, they couldn't be sold for very high prices at the Treasure Competition; they were scattered for ten to twenty thousand taels.

"The following treasure is a low-grade Treasure artifact!"

Treasure artifact!?

The few pieces of ordinary iron just now didn't stir up much excitement, causing the entire Treasure Competition to enter a low ebb. However, immediately afterwards, with the appearance of a Treasure artifact, the enthusiasm of the Treasure Competition immediately surged again.

"This Treasure artifact is a three-foot-long green-edged sword, crafted by the famous forging master Tian Juzi! The starting price is one hundred thousand..."

"Tian Juzi?" Xu Ming had of course never heard of this person, "Licking Tangerines?"

In the end, this low-grade Treasure artifact forged by Master Licking Tangerines was sold for a price of one hundred and eighty thousand taels.

"The next treasure... Hmm? Cough cough..." Li Wenshi's expression suddenly became somewhat awkward, "Sorry everyone, a mysterious person has just sent another Phantasmal Sea Worm to participate in the Treasure Competition..."

Another Phantasmal Sea Worm appeared?

Instantly, the expressions on many people's faces at the Treasure Competition became incredibly interesting. Because just a few treasures ago, the Imperial Family's First Prince and Third Prince were fiercely competing for a Phantasmal Sea Worm; the market price of fifty thousand for the Phantasmal Sea Worm was directly contested to two hundred and fifty thousand.

And now, another Phantasmal Sea Worm appeared?

Many people couldn't help but turn their gazes towards the First Prince's private room, wanting to see what the First Prince's expression was like now. However, the private rooms of the Treasure Competition had very good privacy; those inside could see outside, but those outside couldn't see inside.

"Li Wenshi!" The First Prince's voice sank, "Are you making a fool of me?"

Li Wenshi repeatedly said: "Your Highness, how would this old one dare!—I guarantee with the reputation of the Nine Cauldrons Merchant Association that this Phantasmal Sea Worm was really just sent over by a mysterious person!"

"Humph!" The First Prince gave a cold snort, no longer speaking.

The Nine Cauldrons Merchant Association, one word worth nine cauldrons; the reputation of the Nine Cauldrons Merchant Association was the best guarantee in the Flying Cloud Kingdom! Since Li Wenshi had used the reputation of the Nine Cauldrons Merchant Association to guarantee it, then it meant that this Phantasmal Sea Worm was really just sent over by someone.

"What bad luck!" Wen Man couldn't help but curse, "It's rare for something like a Phantasmal Sea Worm to appear at the Treasure Competition even once a year, but today they're appearing one after another!"

The younger brother beside him comforted: "Perhaps someone present originally had a Phantasmal Sea Worm in their possession; now that they see you and the Third Prince bidding the price so high, they're popping up to try and make a profit!"

"Humph! Dare to swindle me! Don't let me know who did it, otherwise, I will make them wish they were dead!" One could imagine how angry Wen Man was at this time.

However, Wen Man also knew that if the seller was intent on concealing their identity, then even he would not be able to find out any information about the seller from the Nine Cauldrons Merchant Association. In other words, he was stuck with this loss!

"The starting price for this Phantasmal Sea Worm is also fifty thousand..." Li Wenshi didn't introduce it much. He was also quite embarrassed to encounter this kind of situation; saying more was useless, it was better to let the two wealthy patrons decide for themselves.

"Fifty thousand!" Wen Shuai immediately shouted.

After shouting, he didn't forget to add: "Big Brother, I think one Phantasmal Sea Worm is enough for Imperial Sister-in-law to nourish her body, right? If she eats too much..."

"One hundred thousand!" Wen Man was really angered.

He wouldn't allow Wen Shuai to comfortably buy the Phantasmal Sea Worm, not after he'd spared no expense to compete for it in order to prevent Wen Shuai from getting it; but in the blink of an eye, another one appeared. And the key was, he had to continue bidding; because if he didn't bid, the situation would be—he would have spent two hundred and fifty thousand to buy a useless worm, while Wen Shuai would have only spent fifty thousand to buy what he urgently needed.

If that were the case, Wen Man would definitely go crazy.

"Since Big Brother is so generous, I can't appear too stingy—two hundred thousand!"

Ten thousand grass mud horses galloped through Wen Man's heart: "Two hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Two hundred and sixty thousand!"

"Two hundred and eighty thousand!"

"Is there a need to be so desperate, Big Brother?"

"I have money, is it any of your business?"

"If you force me, I'll just... give up!"

"Haha!"

"How ruthless!"

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Inside the private room, when Wen Shuai shouted these words to the outside, Xu Ming and Sun Ji both burst into laughter.

The happiest person was none other than Xu Ming. He bought it from the Divine Item Shop for one thousand hanging points, and with a flip of his hand, he sold it for a high price of three hundred thousand taels. What a profit!

"Wen Shuai, call your subordinates over and help me sell another one!" Xu Ming said with a smile.

It was rare to encounter such a fat sucker, how could Xu Ming be willing to let it go so easily?

"Alright!"

After a few more rounds of the Treasure Competition, suddenly, Li Wenshi's expression became incomparably awkward again: "Well... another mysterious person has sent a Phantasmal Sea Worm..."

Pfft!

The First Prince, who was drinking fine wine, spat it out directly upon hearing this—was the Nine Cauldrons Merchant Association trying to kill him today?

Two Phantasmal Sea Worms had already cost him five hundred and fifty thousand; but now, a third one appeared?

"Isn't the Phantasmal Sea Worm very rare? How come they're appearing one after another today?" The value of the Phantasmal Sea Worm itself wasn't actually very high, otherwise the Divine Item Shop wouldn't only sell it for one thousand hanging points; it was only because it was very rare that the market price was around fifty thousand taels of gold. "Could it be that someone in the Great Desert stumbled upon a worm nest?"

"Big Brother, you're not going to compete with me for this one, are you?" Wen Shuai's tone was full of mockery, as if to say—man proposes, but God disposes!

"Two hundred thousand!" Wen Man, in a fit of anger, shouted out two hundred thousand directly without even waiting for Wen Shuai to bid; now that things had developed to the current situation, he would never let Wen Shuai buy the Phantasmal Sea Worm comfortably. "If you want it, then raise the price; if you don't want it, I'll buy it back to feed the dogs!"

"Uh, Big Brother, your dogs have really good conditions..." Wen Shuai said, and then he really didn't raise the price.

"What! ?" Wen Man was stunned, "You're not raising it?"

Actually, Wen Man really didn't plan to take this Phantasmal Sea Worm.

He felt that it was worth it to spend two or three hundred thousand to prevent Wen Shuai from buying the Phantasmal Sea Worm; spending five or six hundred thousand was a bit of a loss; and spending seven or eight hundred thousand was simply a huge loss! Because although the Phantasmal Sea Worm was rare, if someone really offered three or four hundred thousand to buy it, there would be people who would search for it.

Wen Man's bid this time was purely to disgust Wen Shuai and make Wen Shuai spend more money.

But...

Wen Shuai actually didn't raise the price?

"Um..." After another while, Li Wenshi's face was already suffering from embarrassing cancer, "The following treasure is also a Phantasmal Sea Worm!"

"Fifty thousand!" Wen Shuai shouted, "Big Brother, how about buying another one to feed the dogs?"

The people at the Treasure Competition all turned their gazes towards Wen Man's private room, wanting to see how this super sucker would react. However, everyone waited for a long time, but there was no reaction from Wen Man's private room.

"What a pity..." Xu Ming shook his head regretfully, "I originally wanted to fleece him a little more!"

"Haha..."

Compared to the atmosphere on Xu Ming's side, the atmosphere in the First Prince's private room was so gloomy that the air temperature had dropped several degrees.

The First Prince discovered that he was completely an idiot today, a jumping clown! He wanted to prevent Wen Shuai from buying the Phantasmal Sea Worm, but as a result, Wen Shuai bought it at the market price of fifty thousand, while he spent seven hundred and fifty thousand to buy three to feed the dogs.

What a doggone waste!

"Your Highness, don't be annoyed!" The guard beside him advised, "Let him be smug for now, they'll have their time to cry during the gambling battle later!"

"Humph, that's right!" Wen Man's cold gaze flickered, "That Xu Ming must not be kept alive. If we can take the opportunity to kill him today, losing a few hundred thousand wouldn't be too painful!"

The First Prince would eliminate any threat to his throne as soon as possible; obviously, Xu Ming, who was standing on Wen Shuai's side, made him feel threatened.

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