HBWnovel Chapter 56 Starfusing Grass
Chapter 56 Starfusing Grass
chapter 56 starfusing grass
translator: borntobe
as soon as he heard that voice, long chen recognized that it was from xia baichi.
after she had lost the pill battle to him and angrily revealed the scandal between her and wei cang, it was as if she had completely disappeared.
now, it seemed that this idiot woman would not let him obtain the infant golden striped tiger so easily.
“3,500,000.”
“3,510,000.”
as soon as long chen countered, xia baichi immediately followed without hesitation. the rest of the crowd was completely silent.
in reality, an average golden striped tiger’s price was somewhere between two million to two million five hundred thousand. but due to the lack of supply, it wasn’t something that could be bought so easily.
as soon as the infant was taken from its mother, it had to be immediately sold off. otherwise, if even just a couple weeks passed, the infant would have grown too much, and the difficulty in taming it would shoot up, making it not worth the price.
that was why long chen’s bid of three million was actually quite reasonable. since such an opportunity was rather rare, it was worth it to spend a bit of extra money.
now that the price had surpassed three million five hundred, long chen had already given up on it. however, since it was xia baichi, he couldn’t just let it go so easily.
he needed to get the starfusing grass. it should be coming up extremely quickly, and if that idiot woman deliberately messed with him, the price of the starfusing grass might skyrocket past his reach.
“4,000,000.” long chen ground his teeth, and a trace of anger had entered his voice.
“4,010,000.” xia baichi seemed to have heard long chen’s anger. her mood improved greatly, and her voice even had some joy in it.
long chen was even more sure that this idiot woman was trying to mess with him. she probably wasn’t even interested in this golden spotted tiger; her target was him.
“5,000,000,” retorted long chen angrily.
“5,010,000.”
as expected, as soon as long chen put his bid, xia baichi’s voice would immediately follow. the crowd was watching both of the private rooms; everyone understood that the two of them were at odds with each other.
“that woman is a grand xia princess. but as for the other private room, it sounds like he’s very young. i don’t think i recognize the voice.”
“wow, do you even get any news? you don’t recognize the voice of phoenix cry’s number one warrior of the junior generation?”
with this reminder, that person immediately understood. no wonder the grand xia’s princess would go against him; so it was long chen!
on the day of the phoenix cry lantern festival, everyone had seen xia baichi lose to long chen, and she had fallen into disrepute. the reason everyone despised her now was because of long chen, so it was obvious that she was now aiming for him.
yao niqian looked from long chen’s private room to xia baichi’s private room. no one knew what she was thinking, but a bright smile appeared on her charming lips.
“baichi, don’t waste too much. the auction has just started, and we still have to see whether there will be other good things in the auction later. we can’t spend too much just for revenge against him,” xia changfeng advised xia baichi.
this was just the start. the best items had yet to appear, and if they were to run out of money too early, then they would only be able to watch as the precious items were taken away by others.
“no, i definitely can’t let him off after he humiliated me. i also lost the beast flame to that scoundrel. don’t worry, i’ll use my personal money. i definitely won’t dip into yours.” xia baichi was viciously glaring at long chen’s private room.
“then fine. but there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, so calm down a bit. just let it go if he raises the price again.”
seeing how obstinate xia baichi was acting now, xia changfeng also had no way to calm her down. he really didn’t have any way to handle this younger sister of his. after all, she was a pill apprentice who could even be counted as having reach pill adept, and that status was even slightly greater than his status of a prince.
“no need to go down.”
long chen shook his head. two beautiful maids came in with a long table and set it down.
there were dozens of rich dishes on the table. the smell coming off of them caused people to drool in anticipation.
but that fatty yu only foolishly looked at the two maids, completely forgetting his hunger.
“everyone, please eat. we’ll pour the alcohol.” those two maids paid no attention to fatty yu’s gaze. their gazes swept over long chen with some delight.
“oh, so it’s you guys.”
long chen was a bit surprised that these two were two of the four who had welcomed him when he had come to the huayun pavilion earlier.
“ah, young master long chen, so you actually remember us.”
those two women were excited to be in his presence. one of them cast a furtive look around and then actually took out a small book.
her face was completely red as she asked, “young master long chen, could you autograph this for me?”
long chen stared blankly. taking the small book, his eyes widened. a tall, handsome man with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, and dancing black hair had been drawn on the cover.
looking closely at that man, it was actually eighty percent similar to him; however, it was more handsome and dashing than he was.
“is this supposed to be me?” asked long chen doubtingly.
“you didn’t know about it?” not just the two maids, but even shi feng and the others were surprised.
“this is the hardcover limited edition of phoenix cry divine battle. it costs thirty-five gold coins! we used half our yearly salary in order to buy it. we’re begging you! please, can you sign it?”
flipping open this phoenix cry divine battle book and seeing what was inside, even he exclaimed in admiration. reading this book would involuntarily cause a person’s heart to be excited. even he had an urge to buy it.
seeing the writing brush the maids handed to him, long chen bitterly laughed, “did you guys plan this in advance?”
the two maids blushed. his guess was right on. the two of them had run over to send long chen dinner just to see him.
brandishing the brush, long chen wrote his name boldly atop the cover. back when he was unable to cultivate, his mother would always spend time teaching him reading and writing, so his calligraphy was extremely polished.
and now that he could cultivate, all strokes of his brush would contain a vigorous grandeur and were filled with a sword-like will.
the two maids were endlessly excited when long chen handed their book back to them. after thanking him vigorously, they hastily ran away. they didn’t even bother with pouring the alcohol. instead, they most likely rushed off to show it to their fellow maids.
“brother long, my family has collected several hundreds of that book. how about you help me sign each one?” shou hou rolled his eyes and laughed at him.
“give it up. with your carelessness, it’s better to just keep them in storage. aren’t you planning on selling the ones brother long signs for profit?” one of the other noble heirs in their group disdainfully said.
“nonsense, am i that kind of person?” shou hou angrily retorted. but looking at everyone’s disdainful expression, his confidence faltered and he spread his arms. “i’m just trying to figure out how much brother long’s signature is worth.”
“shut your mouth. let’s eat.”
long chen cursed and everyone laughed, starting to devour the food that had been brought over. after they finished eating, those two maids ran back and took away the dining table as well as offering the tea and fruits.
in less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the auction once more began. yao niqian’s charming voice rang out:
“the next item in the auction is thousand-year-old starfusing grass.”