Cultivation Pet Shop

In a different room in the auction hall, there was a person sitting on a throne watching the auction hall under them.

While this person was watching the auction hall, he had a smile of disdain on his face, as if he was looking down on ants.

However, while this person was enjoying himself, there was someone that suddenly came into the room. This person quickly came up to the throne and fell to one knee as he said, "I have something to report."

The person that had suddenly come into the room was the staff member that had led the way for Lin Fan and Murong Yue.

As the person in the throne turned to look at the staff member, his face was revealed. It was no one else but Lei Feng who had organized this auction.

He looked at the staff member before saying, "Go ahead."

After receiving permission, that staff member stood up and came right up beside Lei Feng, whispering in his ear.

As the staff member continued whispering, the expression on Lei Feng's face turned darker and darker until there was a chill that seemed like it could freeze everyone that was released from him.

That staff member couldn't help swallowing the rest of his words and jumped back away from Lei Feng. His legs gave out under him and he started trembling as he looked on at Lei Feng with eyes filled with terror.

He couldn't help turning to the person who had been standing on the side the entire time.

However, it was at this time that Lei Feng slammed his fist down on the armrest of his throne as he roared out, "I want someone sent in to watch them immediately! If you don't tell me what's happening in that room within the next minute, I will take your head!"

The staff member immediately gave a tremble when he heard this and bowed his head to say something, but the other person in the room cut in.

That person said, "Young master Lei, you can't do this."

When that person refuted him, Lei Feng immediately turned to look at that person with a dark look on his face as he asked, "Why not? This is the territory of my Thunder Sect isn't it? Why can't I do that?"

That person gave a sigh before saying, "Young master Lei, you know why we can't do this. There are no benefits to doing this."

Lei Feng would have normally lost his temper with anyone else, but when facing this person, he fell into deep thought. Then after a while, he said, "Have someone watch over the entrance of their room and tell me if anything happens." Then he narrowed his eyes to look at the person who had been standing on the side and said, "Is that good enough for you."

That person gave a nod before saying, "Thank you young master Lei."

Lei Feng just gave a snort before turning back to look down on the hall, but it was clear from his expression that he was in a bad mood.

That person rubbed his temple before waving his hand at the staff member, telling him to go take care of this matter.

The staff member acted like he had just been pardoned as he gave a bow to that person before leaving the room.

That person gave a sigh before sitting down in his own seat.

That person was no one else other than Shi Yan.

He really regretted not taking care of Lin Fan earlier, he never thought that this kid who he could have taken care of back in the Hunters Exam would come to bite him in the butt after all this time.

But that was just how it was.

Sometimes the unexpected became a reality.

…

Back in Lin Fan's room, the two of them had been sitting there waiting for the auction to start.

From time to time, Murong Yue's eyes couldn't help drifting to Lin Fan, sneaking a peek.

As for Lin Fan, he was looking down at the people streaming into the hall.

Since he had been in Harmony City for a while now, he had slowly been learning who was who, even if they were a small faction.

Most of the people that came seemed to be from Harmony City, but there were also people that Lin Fan didn't recognize, which meant that they were probably from other cities. As for which cities, that would depend on which one of the twelve great factions that they were under.

Lin Fan also noticed that the Xu Family Head was here, but that was to be expected since Lin Fan was the one who told him to come after the Xu Family had received their invitation.

After all, it would be too strange if the Xu Family didn't come and he didn't want anyone knowing that they were working for him just yet. Well, anyone other than the Hunters Organization.

As time passed, eventually the entire hall was filled and it was time to start the auction.

When the auction started, the lights in the hall dimmed and there were stronger lights that appeared that illuminated the stage.

From behind the curtain that was on the side of the stage, there was a beautiful girl with ice blue hair in an ice blue dress that came up onto the stage. She walked across the stage until she was in the center and then revealed a smile on that ice cold face of hers.

It was like a flower that bloomed after a cold winter, welcoming the spring sun. It was so warm that it was even able to melt the coldest hearts.

There were a few people under the stage that started to call out when they saw this.

"Miss Shuang, I love you!"

"Miss Shuang, please marry me!"

Even Lin Fan couldn't help staring at her in a daze for a bit when he saw her smile.

That was until he felt a sudden pinch in his leg which caused him to turn to look at Murong Yue who had a hand outstretched. Seeing the slightly bitter look on her face, he was a bit confused, but then he asked, "Who is that?"

Murong Yue gave a cough to calm herself before saying, "That's Shuang Dong from the Golden Auction Hall. She's the number one auctioneer in Harmony City, so hiring her isn't cheap. It seems like the Thunder Sect has really gone all out with this auction."

Lin Fan looked back down at her, but this time he looked at her with a different look in his eyes.

For some reason, he felt that her smile was a bit lonely.

After a small pause, Shuang Dong suddenly lifted the mic off the stand that was placed there and brought it to her lips. In a voice that was so sweet that it could even give people cavities, she said, "Welcome one and all to the Thunder Sect and True Spirit Sect's auction. I'm sure that you've been waiting a long time, so let's get started."

Then with a snap, there was a cart that was pushed out from the back to the center of the stage. Once it reached the center of the stage, the person who pushed it out lifted off the cloth covering it and revealed the contents.

However, this wasn't what everyone had come to buy, rather it was only a single herb that was placed on the cart.

It was a single piece of normal looking ginseng, but in the center, there was a very realistic face that almost looked like it was screaming out in pain.

Everyone was surprised at first, but they quickly understood what was happening.

Lin Fan muttered under his breath, "So they're building up tension first by bringing out smaller items…But this isn't a bad item."

Shuang Dong didn't miss a beat as she said, "The first item that we have up for auction is a Human Faced Ginseng. This is a rare herb in the Child Soul Realm that has a strong nurturing effect…"

She continued on to describe the effects of this herb before saying, "The starting price for this first item will be ten thousand low grade spirit stones. Please make your bid now!"

There were people down below that immediately lifted their plaques to make bids for this item.

This was a Child Soul Realm Herb, for these lower grade families of Harmony City, this was not something that they could get that easily.

Something like this was easy to get for the twelve great factions, but these weaker families only had experts that were barely in the Child Soul Realm at best. Most of these families didn't even have a Child Soul Realm Expert, so how could they get a Child Soul Realm Herb?

The price jumped up at irregular intervals because this was a free bid auction, but most of the increments were at least a hundred low grade spirit stones. Most of them were actually higher than a hundred low grade spirit stones.

The price continued to climb until it reached around fifteen thousand low grade spirit stones, at which point the bids slowed down.

After all, they were only lower grade families, which meant that they couldn't spend too much on this side item. They all needed to save their wealth for the tokens that would come out later.

It was at this time that Lin Fan made his move.

He tapped the button on the armrest of his chair and made his bid, "Eighteen thousand."

Lin Fan directly increased the price by three thousand low grade spirit stones which was without a doubt a large blow for these lower families. Not to mention that they knew that these VIP seats were saved for people from the twelve great factions, so no one dared to go against them.

But right after Lin Fan made a bid, there was another bid that rang out.

"Eighteen thousand and one."