Medic Martial Dragon King

Chapter 2737: Chapter 2740: Face

”Jiang Chen, are you deliberately targeting me? You already have a strand of Long Yan, what are you bidding for?”

Pang Lie’s mood had just improved a little when he suddenly felt as if he’d been slapped in the face. Humiliated and enraged, he shouted out.

”Pang Lie, if you’ve learned one Heavenly-tier Combat Skill, and then you obtain another Heavenly-tier Combat Skill that’s suitable for you, are you going to learn it or not?”

Jiang Chen’s calm voice came from inside the private room. He didn’t answer, but threw a question back instead.

”Exactly, so what if Mr Jiang already has Long Yan? Who said he can’t bid for another one?”

”Mr Jiang seems to be cultivating the Heaven and Earth Furnace Combat Skill. That skill needs many High Grade Spirit Fires. Long Yan is also a High Grade Spirit Fire!”

”Is this Pang Lie just feeling too good about himself? Jiang Chen didn’t join the bidding the first two times and only bid on what he needed. How does that turn into targeting him? Is he sick in the head?”

”What, we’re having an auction and people aren’t allowed to bid now?”

Bursts of dissatisfied rebukes rang out. Some were deliberately said for Jiang Chen to hear, while others genuinely felt that it was Pang Lie who was targeting Jiang Chen, not the other way around!

Pang Lie’s face alternated between green and white as he tightly furrowed his brows and shut his mouth. He knew he’d been impulsive, but the anger in his heart was already hard to suppress.

”Six million Dao Source Beads. Mr Jiang, this old man is Liu Changshan of Canglan City’s Dan Pavilion. Could you give me some face and let it go?”

A shout came from Private Room No. 3 on the second floor.

”Elder Liu of the Dan Pavilion?”

”Is Elder Liu planning to change his Spiritual Fire?”

”Jiang Chen should give him some face, right? That’s an elder of the Dan Pavilion!”

The crowd in the hall began discussing in low voices.

”Elder Liu, I’m sorry, but this flame is useful to me as well. Let’s compete fairly. Seven million Dao Source Beads!”

Jiang Chen’s voice rang out from Private Room No. 1.

”Holy crap! Jiang Chen isn’t even giving Elder Liu face?”

”This...”

”Looks like Jiang Chen truly isn’t trying to target Pang Lie. Otherwise, offending an elder of the Dan Pavilion just to mess with Pang Lie wouldn’t be worth it!”

The hall burst into an uproar.

”It was this old man who was being Meng Lang. Then let’s compete fairly. If you’re willing, little friend, you can come by the Dan Pavilion sometime so we can explore the Alchemy Dao together. Eight million Dao Source Beads!”

”If it doesn’t involve Alchemy Dao inheritance and is just simple discussion of the Alchemy Dao, then it would be this junior’s honor. I just ask Elder Liu not to blame me for overthinking it. I’ve already had a lesson in that regard. Nine million Dao Source Beads!”

”Haha, rest easy. Little friend, you’re also one of the Dan Pavilion’s people. The inheritances of all Pill Masters in the Dan Pavilion are protected by the Royal Family. No one dares to forcibly seize them. Being able to invite little friend over means this old man’s task is complete. As for this Long Yan, this old man won’t compete with you over it.”

With just a few words, Elder Liu withdrew from the bidding for Long Yan, giving Jiang Chen full face.

The expressions of the people in the hall shifted slightly. It was obvious they could sense that Liu Changshan was using this Long Yan to cozy up to Jiang Chen.

Although a Saint Monarch Peak Dragon Clan’s Ancestral Dragon Flame was worth far more than nine million Dao Source Beads, no one present stepped in to continue bidding.

For a clump of Long Yan, offending both the Dan Pavilion and Jiang Chen really wasn’t worth it.

Long Yan was good, but it was only useful to those who cultivated the Fire Path, to Pill Masters, and to people who cultivated special Combat Skills like the Heaven and Earth Furnace. Others could only trade it for some Spiritual Objects if they got it.

The hall quieted down, while Pang Lie’s face grew unsightly to the extreme. According to his expectations, this Long Yan was supposed to fetch thirty to forty million Dao Source Beads, but now...

After waiting for a while and still seeing no bids, Pang Lie’s brows knit tightly as he swept his gaze over the crowd and the second-floor private rooms again and again, yet refused to call out.

”Pang Lie, what are you doing? Are you going to sell it or not?”

”Little friend, don’t waste time. This old man is waiting for the final item!”

”Yeah, hurry it up!”

Urging voices sounded one after another, and several obscure auras quietly surfaced; they were all Saint Monarch Strong Ones.

Pang Lie had no choice. If he delayed any longer, he was afraid he’d incite public anger. He shot a vicious glare at Private Room No. 1 and said in a deep voice, ”Nine million, first call!”

...

He called three times in succession, and no one joined the bidding. Today’s auction could already be declared a failure.

Neither the first nor the fourth item had fetched an ideal price. In fact, they’d sold for far under their true value. At this point, Pang Lie no longer had the mood to resent Jiang Chen. He’d already started worrying about the compensation after the auction ended!

In a normal auction, the auction house didn’t need to offer compensation and even took a cut instead. But this was a special auction, and all the items had been drawn in by them, the inheritance candidates, as favors. The compensation this time could ruin Pang Lie!

When the hammer fell, Pang Lie, his expression extremely ugly, announced that Long Yan had been won by Jiang Chen.

When Long Yan was handed to Jiang Chen, Jiang Tiancheng’s face was as dark as ink as he stared fixedly at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen inspected Long Yan, then raised his head and glanced at Jiang Tiancheng, chuckling lightly. ”Many thanks.”

Whoosh!

A massive number of Dao Source Beads appeared in the room. The dense Great Dao Aura spread out, allowing everyone in the hall to roughly gauge the number of beads.

Jiang Tiancheng’s face changed. He really had harbored a bit of intent to pit Jiang Chen, but now Jiang Chen had deliberately let the aura of the Dao Source Beads spread, causing the scheme that hadn’t even taken shape yet to die prematurely.

”Jiang Chen, some things aren’t so easy to take! Behind this Long Yan, there’s...”

Jiang Tiancheng said, his face gloomy.

”I don’t care about what’s behind Long Yan. You’re the ones auctioning it. If there’s something behind it, you’re the ones who’ll shoulder it. It has nothing to do with me!”

Jiang Chen coldly cut Jiang Tiancheng off.

”Hmph!”

Jiang Tiancheng snorted coldly, put away the Dao Source Beads, and turned to leave the private room.

Jiang Chen stored Long Yan away, then turned to Pang Guang. ”Brother Pang, I’m heading out first. I’ll have to trouble you to keep an eye on the remaining Spiritual Objects.”

”Alright!”

Pang Guang nodded. He knew Jiang Chen had no intention of bidding on the final auction item, so he wasn’t surprised that Jiang Chen was leaving now.

”Next is the final item of today’s auction, the Void Transmission...”

Click!

On the auction stage, Pang Lie was introducing the final item when a crisp sound rang out, and his words abruptly stopped. He stared fixedly at the second floor.

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Following Pang Lie’s gaze, they all looked over and were immediately a bit surprised. At the door of Private Room No. 1, Jiang Chen had walked out.

”It’s Jiang Chen!”

”What’s he doing?”

”Is he going to bid on the final item too?”

”What does walking out like that mean? Is he saying he’s definitely going to buy it?”

”Is this... him wanting to see who dares compete with him so he can remember them?”

The crowd in the hall all wore expressions of shock and suspicion as they discussed.

In the private rooms on the second floor, several obscure auras fluctuated as well, seemingly displeased with Jiang Chen’s act of walking out of his room.

After all, most of the people in those second-floor rooms were Saint Monarch Strong Ones or scions of powerful families who’d come specifically for the Void Transmission Jade Talisman. They certainly didn’t fear Jiang Chen.

Giving face and being afraid were two completely different things!