The crowd that was in the hall fell silent when they heard this.
All of them looked up at the VIP room above them without saying a single thing.
Well, there wasn’t anything that they could say even if they wanted to say something since it wasn’t as if they could just bid against whoever was up there.
This was someone with enough influence to get a VIP room, it was not someone that they could offend as normal members of the audience.
The ones that were put in the most difficult position because of this was actually the black market that was holding the auction.
While the bid itself wasn’t that low, it definitely was not anywhere near as high as they wanted the bid to go. This was just around the average market price for this item and they would have even made more just by selling it instead of putting it up for auction for this price.
At an auction where the price had the possibility of growing endlessly, there was the chance that it could have gone for five times, ten times, or even a hundred times what the market price was worth.
The problem was that the moment that the VIP guest bid on this item, it meant that the price would no longer climb.
No one was foolish enough to keep bidding after that.
Their only hope at this point was that one of the other VIP guests would also bid on this item since they were the only ones that could bid against another VIP guest.
It was just that not a single one of the VIP guests made a sound.
It was as if they just didn’t care about this item.
Though that wasn’t strange since this robe wasn’t the best item out there.
It was only strong enough to stop an attack from a Golden Core Cultivator and then it would break. It was not strong enough that those from the large forces that could obtain a VIP membership would care about.
So that was why not a single person bid for this.
Behind the scenes, the black market auctioneers moved to get the VIP guests to bid.
The maids in the room whispered all kinds of things while the host on stage just remained silent as if he was in shock like the rest of the crowd.
However, that play could only last so long.
It wasn’t as if they were able to stall this out for that long since people would start figuring it out. The crowd was slowly coming back to their senses and they were starting to whisper about this.
The host had no choice but to start the count when the voices in the hall were starting to pick up.
Even though this would be a loss for the auction house, there was nothing that they could do since they were being forced into a corner.
Eventually, the price was set for a hundred spirit stones.
They had no choice but to accept the bid that was made.
This bid came from the VIP room that Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan were in, but Lin Fan was not the one that made the bid.
After the first item was sold, the auctioneers had to take a small break even though only a single item was sold.
As expected, during that time, there were people that came to the VIP room that Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan were in.
They knocked on the door and came in after Ye Qing Huan said, “It’s open.”
It was the staff member that showed them to this room, but it wasn’t the staff member alone.
There was also someone who seemed to be a manager for this auction house that was also with the staff member. At the same time, there were also other staff members that had carried the robe in.
The way that they came in was almost as if they were here to get the payment for the robe.
However, it was clear that they weren’t here just for that alone.
After all, if this was all that they were here for, they wouldn’t have brought all those people who were currently waiting outside the door.
Those were people that had weapons prepared and were clearly more than just normal staff members.
The manager had a smile on his face as he said, “Honoured guest, thank you for attending our auction. This is the item that you bid for, will you be paying for it now or later?”
Though he said this, it was clear that he was implying that this debt should be settled now.
Even though they had the gold rimmed black masks, it didn’t seem like the manager was here to be polite.
Ye Qing Huan just casually flicked her hand and sent out a small bag to the manager.
The manager easily raised his hand and caught it. He didn’t even bother looking inside as he waved his hand at the staff members who immediately brought over the robe to present to Ye Qing Huan.
Ye Qing Huan once again didn’t take this thing and just pointed at Lin Fan, at which point the staff members brought the robe over to him instead.
Lin Fan looked down at the robe for a few seconds, but he didn’t say anything as he took the robe and put it away in his Spatial Ring.
The staff members moved back after he took the robe, but they didn’t leave the room.
They stood there behind the manager, as if they were prepared for anything that happened.
At the same time, it didn’t seem like the manager had any plans to leave even though he had already delivered the product. He just stood there looking at Ye Qing Huan until the staff members were by his side.
Once they were by his side, he said, “Dear guest, I hope that you are enjoying this auction so far.”
It was a strange thing to say in this situation, but that was the first thing that the manager said to break the silence.
Ye Qing Huan didn’t even bother looking at him as she kept looking out the balcony at the crowd below, but the manager didn’t seem to mind this as he had the same smile on his face.
After another silence, the manager said, “Dear guest, I hope that you understand that this auction isn’t just for your entertainment alone, but also for the entertainment of the other guest. At the same time, it is for the profit of our black market, so I hope that you will know your limits…”
The smile had disappeared from his face when his words fell, but even then…Ye Qing Huan never spared him a glance.
This time, the manager wasn’t as calm as before.
He raised his hand and the staff members all brought their hands behind their backs, as if they were preparing something. At the same time, there was a pressure that came from them, as if they were implying something.
When the manager did all of this, it was very clear what they were trying to do.
However, Ye Qing Huan didn’t seem to take his words to heart at all.
With the way that she casually sat there, it was as if she didn’t care about his opinion.
The manager narrowed his eyes when he saw this, but he didn’t get a chance to say anything.
There was this stifling feeling that suddenly came over him, as if someone was putting pressure on him. He couldn’t tell where it was coming from, but he could clearly tell that this pressure was being aimed at him.
It was clear that he was the target of this pressure.
The staff members around him looked at the manager with a strange look when they saw this.
The one closest to the manager came forward to ask, “Sir, should we…”
The manager suddenly raised his hand to stop him before saying to Ye Qing Huan, “It seems like there’s nothing else to discuss here.”
With that, he led the staff members out of the room.
But as they left, there was a strange look that was cast in Ye Qing Huan’s direction.
The way that the manager looked at Ye Qing Huan made it clear that there was hesitation in his heart.
Ye Qing Huan didn’t care about any of this as she just kept sitting there staring out the balcony.
Once they were gone, she leaned in towards Lin Fan and grabbed his arm to say, “That was so scary.”
Though she said this, there wasn’t a single trace of fear in her eyes or her voice.
It was clear that she was just saying this without actually meaning it.
Lin Fan shook his head and gave a sigh, but he didn’t say anything in the end.
Not long after the manager and the staff members left, the auction resumed.
The item that they brought out couldn’t be considered that special since they were now in the middle of the auction. The first item was the opener, so it was a bit special, but now the middle of the auction would be filled with normal items for a bit.
The bids started from the crowd and it didn’t seem like anyone from the VIP room would make a bid.
There were some in the crowd that had hesitated at first since the first item had received a bid from the VIP room, but seeing that they didn’t move, it didn’t seem like the same person would bid.
That was until…
“Fifty spirit stones.”
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