Asura Mad Emperor

Chapter 345 Shooting Oneself in the Foot

Neither of them was willing to admit defeat, competing fiercely as the price rose alternately. After the Eldest Prince of Fu Xi had insufficient collateral items, he took out a fiery red Spirit Fruit from his Storage Bag to use as a mortgage.

The price of that Spirit Fruit kept soaring.

In the end,

when Qinchuan uttered 23 million, the venue had already fallen silent. Everyone held their breath and watched the two with great tension, not daring to speak loudly for fear of breaking their imposing presence.

By this time, the price had already reached 23 million.

The Eldest Prince of Fu Xi had a total of 3 million Mysterious Crystals on hand, plus two Supreme Treasure Spirit Fruits, each of which could be mortgaged for 10 million Mysterious Crystals, making the Mysterious Crystals he could wield exactly 24 million. By now, he could only raise the bid one more time.

At this juncture, his face had already contorted terribly, with anger and resentment gathering together.

But inside, he was immensely pleased, "Hmph, a couple of kids who don't know the immensity of heaven and earth actually dare to play mind games with this prince. You think you can win the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit without paying a heavy price? Dream on."

Since he began raising the bid, he had shown a pained expression on his face, and his hesitation and unwillingness had become more and more apparent as he raised it to 23 million.

He intentionally conveyed to Qinchuan and others a confusing message that he was running low on Mysterious Crystals, while in fact, he was raising the price little by little.

The onlookers noticed the change in the Eldest Prince and started discussing it.

"The Eldest Prince of Fu Xi is probably thinking of giving up."

"23 million, plus the 16 million he took out earlier, even the extravagantly wealthy Eldest Prince of Taiyuan might find it hard to cope with!"

Everyone shook their heads and sighed.

But before the crowd's words had finished, the Eldest Prince clenched his teeth, seemingly having made a difficult decision. His expression firmed up, and he shouted another price.

"25 million!"

The Eldest Prince of Fu Xi once again took out a Spirit Fruit from his Storage Bag, lustrous and translucent like emerald jade, similar to the two Spirit Fruits he took out earlier, differing only in color, apparently of the same kind.

The Glazed Heavenly Blue Fruit also had another name, called the Wood Spirit Fruit, and the fiery red Spirit Fruit was known as the Flame Holy Fruit or Fire Spirit Fruit.

And his last Spirit Fruit, named the Sea Spirit Fruit, was also known as the Water Spirit Fruit.

This Water Spirit Fruit was rarer than the Fire Spirit Fruit and Wood Spirit Fruit he had previously taken out, and thus more valuable. But at this point, the Eldest Prince of Fu Xi had gone all in, taking out all three Spirit Fruits he had.

And upon the Eldest Prince of Fu Xi revealing this Spirit Fruit, the crowd once again let out a surge of exclamations.

"Boom—"

"So powerful!"

"I had heard that the Taiyuan Ancient Country was rich in Mysterious Crystal Mines, with a vast amount of Mysterious Crystals hidden underground. Seeing it today, it's indeed true. The Eldest Prince can take out 50 million Mysterious Crystals on him! Truly terrifying!"

He produced this Spirit Fruit partly to raise the bid and, at the same time, to prevent Qinchuan from suddenly stopping the bidding like earlier, hence he took the initiative to take out this Spirit Fruit.

He was essentially telling Qinchuan, "This young master has three Spirit Fruits on hand, possessing 34 million Mysterious Crystals. Now that the bid is only at 25 million, there's still room to raise."

If Qinchuan wanted to trap the Eldest Prince of Fu Xi, seeing that he had taken out another Spirit Fruit, he would surely raise the bid again, sinking the prince into a deeper loss of Mysterious Crystals.

But the next moment, Qinchuan's words left him standing there dumbfounded.

Qinchuan leisurely said, "Since the young master of Fu Xi has come from afar, and holds such affection for the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit, showing an unyielding attitude, then this young master can only reluctantly part with it and let the young master of Fu Xi have it."

The Eldest Prince of Fu Xi was instantly struck dumb, his eyes wide open, frozen like a wooden chicken. He stammered incoherently.

"You... you... why haven't you continued to raise the price?"

It hadn't occurred to him; he had already shown his limit of thirty-four million Mysterious Crystals. With several million still within his capacity to afford, why did Qinchuan suddenly stop raising the bid? Even if Qinchuan really wasn't going to buy it anymore, given that they had already torn face, shouldn't he continue to call out a few more bids?

Qinchuan heard this and let out a mocking laugh, shaking his head as he spoke.

"I must say, your acting is just too crude! To think of conning this young master out of Mysterious Crystals, you'll need a few more lifetimes of cultivation. To actually use the strategy that this young master has employed against me, you must have lost your mind."

Qinchuan had activated his Innate Pupils, and with Nine Lives Reincarnation, his control over details and understanding of the human heart were unrivaled at the time.

From the very first bid Fu Xi made, Qinchuan had already seen through the prince's intentions.

Since Fu Xi wanted to trap him for his Mysterious Crystals, he decided to use his plan against him, pretending to be desperate for the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit from beginning to end to lull Fu Xi into complacency.

And when Fu Xi made that last bid, Qinchuan saw through his thoughts even more clearly. He immediately stopped raising the bid, trapping Fu Xi once again.

"You... you... you..."

Fu Xi was so angry he was gasping for air, his breath heaving, barely able to sputter out the word 'you' three times.

Qinchuan looked at Fu Xi as if he was looking at an idiot.

"Prince Fu Xi is so wealthy and powerful that spending twenty-five million for a Blood Stone Spirit Fruit shouldn't lead to mere bidding without buying, defaulting on the debt, right?"

Qinchuan casually cleaned his ears and spoke with composure.

Li Zhi, who stood by his side, echoed his sentiments, displaying his trademark smile, his eyes shining brightly as he addressed Fu Xi.

"As the Eldest Prince of the Taiyuan Ancient Country, surely you wouldn't stoop to such despicable actions, would you?"

Although he said this, his undertone made it clear to the onlookers that Li Zhi seemed almost eager for the prince to back out of the deal, which would turn into a huge joke for the Taiyuan Royal Family.

"You—"

At this moment, Fu Xi felt a fire of rage building in his chest, unspeakable frustration and anger boiling inside him.

Twenty-five million Mysterious Crystals were not a small sum. Adding on the sixteen million from before, the total was forty million Mysterious Crystals. Even for him, the Eldest Prince of the Taiyuan Ancient Country, it was a staggering amount that could significantly hurt his financial standing.

For a moment, he did consider repudiating the debt, but Li Zhi's words snapped him out of it.

If he defaulted on the debt now, the reputation of the Taiyuan Royal Family would be severely damaged.

In front of everyone, Prince Fu Xi internally bled, swallowing his pride and forcefully maintaining composure as he completed the purchase of the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit.

Seeing Prince Fu Xi complete the transaction,

Qinchuan then started clapping, repeatedly praising with the word 'good', and said. Explore more at My Virtual Library Empire

"Good! Good! Good! Worthy of being the Eldest Prince of the Taiyuan Ancient Country, truly impressive! Spending forty million Mysterious Crystals to purchase Blood Stone Grass and Blood Stone Spirit Fruit."

Qinchuan's lips curled slightly as he emphasized the words 'forty million Mysterious Crystals' slowly and heavily, deliberately provoking him. Then, he made a gesture with his hand, and a medicinal herb appeared in his palm.

The herb was vermilion all over, its body circled by fiery red Great Dao Principles. On the upper half of the medicinal herb, a fist-sized vermilion fruit was clearly visible—it was the Blood Stone Grass and Blood Stone Spirit Fruit.

With a movement of Qinchuan's hand, the medicinal herb and fruit flew towards Dongfang Lei, who caught them. Qinchuan spoke lightly, "Your Dongfang Family is fated with this young master. I had intended to buy this Blood Stone Grass for you, but alas, Prince Fu Xi was determined to have it. This young master does not like to snatch what others desire, so I gave it to him. Although this Blood Stone Grass has lost much of its vitality, its spiritual energy remains intact, hardly inferior to the one from the Myriad Spirit Pavilion."

"Boom—"

Upon seeing Qinchuan's actions, the surrounding cultivators let out a gasp of surprise.