Dragon's Origin

Chapter 312: New Discoveries Lead to New Changes (Part 1)

The moment he opened his mouth, the price increased a hundredfold. This was clearly a blatant disregard for face. The three members of the Dai family looked towards the private room of the Worry-Free City Lord. Though they couldn't see the person's face in the darkness, the three of them were instantly filled with anger.

However, that was all. Anger was anger, but within Worry-Free City, they didn't dare to do anything to the Worry-Free City Lord, nor could they. He was openly displaying his attitude, and they could only watch in anger, helpless.

"Two million!" The Tang family wasn't willing to be outdone, immediately adding another million.

"Two million one hundred thousand!" When it came to the third, it was the Song family. However, the Song family didn't particularly kick them when they were down, only symbolically adding ten thousand.

"Two million two hundred thousand!" As soon as the Song family finished speaking, the Qiu family followed closely, adding another ten thousand.

Now, the Dai family understood. The Tang family and Worry-Free City, the two families that had gained the most this time, were directly helping Wang Sheng raise the price by one million each. The rest were probably tacitly agreeing to raise the price by ten thousand. In other words, if the Dai family wanted that boundary marker that originally belonged to them, they would probably have to pay at least three million gold coins.

Three million gold coins, this price was five times more expensive than buying the detailed itinerary of Wang Sheng and his group. But the Dai family had to grit their teeth and accept it. Otherwise, some of these families would definitely be happy to raise the price even higher, leaving the Dai family with nothing.

Buying back their own boundary marker was humiliating, but it was better than not getting it back at all. Especially since there were probably other hidden marks or secrets on this boundary marker, who knew what secrets might be hidden inside. The Dai family absolutely had to have it, whether they wanted it or not.

Seeing the price increase by ten thousand from each family to three million two hundred thousand, the person in charge of the Dai family added the price without even thinking, "Three million three hundred thousand!"

"Sold!" As soon as Lu Wenhou heard the Dai family's bid, he immediately hammered the gavel without even thinking.

There was no re-bidding from the crowd, nor was there a process of confirming three times before the sale. It was that simple and crude.

"Congratulations, Mr. Dai, on purchasing this boundary marker." Lu Wenhou was definitely accompanied by the little beauty Ling'er. Ling'er held the boundary marker, her face full of smiles as she delivered it to the person in charge of the Dai family.

"Hmph!" The person in charge of the Dai family was full of anger, not concealing it at all. He snorted coldly, not even giving the beautiful Ling'er a pleasant look.

"Dissatisfied?" Ling'er was quick-witted. Except for having been at a disadvantage in front of Wang Sheng and being respectful in front of Lu Wenhou, when had she ever suffered anyone's bad attitude? She withdrew her hand, taking back the boundary marker that was about to be delivered, and turned to Lu Wenhou, saying, "Young Master, there was a problem with your auction procedure just now. There weren't three calls before the hammer fell, so it doesn't count. It should be re-auctioned. Also, our family hasn't bid yet. Has the Young Master forgotten?"

"That makes sense!" Lu Wenhou said with a smile on the stage, "Take it back, re-auction!"

The three members of the Dai family watched helplessly as the little beauty Ling'er took back the boundary marker that had already been delivered to them and placed it back on the auction stage.

"Sorry, sorry, this is my first time hosting an auction, and I forgot the rules. Let's start over." Lu Wenhou apologized to the crowd below with a smile, not even looking at the ugly faces of the three members of the Dai family. "Starting price, ten thousand gold coins, please bid!"

"One million gold coins!" Ling'er was right next to Lu Wenhou, sweetly announcing, "Yu Bao Hall bids one million gold coins!"

"Two million!" The bid came from the Worry-Free City Lord's private room immediately after.

"Three million!" The Tang family bid with a smile.

"Three million one hundred thousand!" The Song family bid.

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Still following the order of bidding just now, the amount of each bid remained the same, but because Yu Bao Hall was added, there was an extra million, and in the end, it became four million two hundred thousand gold coins.

Everyone looked at the three members of the Dai family, waiting for them to bid. The three of them were full of anger, but they could only watch everything happen.

"Four million two hundred thousand, is there anyone who wants to bid?" Lu Wenhou was now like a qualified auctioneer, shouting to create an atmosphere, and especially called out to the Dai family twice.

Seeing that the Dai family didn't make a sound, Lu Wenhou said with a smile, "Is there anyone else? Four million two hundred thousand, going once! Ling'er!"

Hearing the young owner speak, Ling'er didn't say a word and sweetly announced again, "Five million two hundred thousand!"

"Five million two hundred thousand, going once, is there anyone who wants to bid?" Lu Wenhou's gaze once again turned to the three members of the Dai family, the mockery on his face undisguised.

"Five million two hundred thousand, going twice, is there anyone who wants to bid?" When he said this, Lu Wenhou's gaze had already turned to the Worry-Free City Lord's private room.

"Five million three hundred thousand!" The person in charge of the Dai family finally couldn't bear it anymore and added the price. If Lu Wenhou continued to call out like this, and the Worry-Free City Lord added the price again, it would probably be more than six million gold coins. The Dai family had money, but they couldn't withstand such a toss.

"Five million three hundred thousand, going once, five million three hundred thousand, going twice, five million three hundred thousand, sold!" Lu Wenhou called out three times and finally hammered the gavel.

It was still Ling'er who delivered the boundary marker. This time, the Dai family didn't dare to do anything impolite to Ling'er. One of them even stood up and greeted her with a smile, taking the boundary marker. As for snorting coldly, they had to swallow it back, no matter how unhappy they were.

It was a joke. Just because they didn't give Ling'er a good look when she delivered it the first time and snorted coldly, Yu Bao Hall added two million gold coins. Who didn't know that Ling'er was Lu Wenhou's lifeline? Daring to give Ling'er a bad look was giving Lu Wenhou a bad look. It would be strange if Yu Bao Hall didn't jump out.

The person in charge of the Dai family was full of unhappiness, but he could only wait until he got the boundary marker and paid the gold coins before expressing his anger at a certain place or a certain person, but he didn't dare to target Ling'er anymore.

The families were watching the three members of the Dai family as if they were watching a play. Some families, such as the Shi family and the Gan family, were even looking at them as if they were looking at enemies. If it hadn't been for Dai Laoqi of the Dai family's bewitchment, how could their people have gone crazy and followed Dai Laoqi away? They had offended Wang Sheng for nothing, and even lost their lives. Was it easy for a family to cultivate an eighth-level or even ninth-level expert? And they were buried just like that?

The Dai family was very unhappy, but they didn't dare to provoke everyone in the auction house. They could only wait for the Worry-Free City Lord to give an order to open the auction house before leaving first.

The families left happily, the Tang family directly taking Tang Laowu back to their family's residence to ask for details. Lu Wenhou didn't know what agreement he had reached with the Worry-Free City Lord, but he directly took Ling'er straight to the City Lord's Mansion, probably fortunate enough to hear a detailed explanation from the red-brand killer.

As for the people of other families, they quickly returned to their residences, wrote down what they had seen and heard in secret language, and sent it back by carrier pigeon.

In the midst of their busyness, the families didn't forget to verify whether living in the ice and snow would cause eye problems.