8 You Want to Compete With Me?

The appearance of the Seven-Colored Sacred Lotus had set off the highest wave of excitement in the auction house since the beginning of the auction!

Everyone was trying their best to snatch the Seven-Colored Sacred Lotus. In actuality, it was mainly the three great families, as well as the two organizations, Qi Feng and Mo Ying, that were competing for it. Those small organizations or rogue cultivators had withdrawn from the competition from the very beginning.

Li Ran had guessed that this would be the situation. If those families or organizations nurtured a Supreme Martial God, their influence would be enormous, and their status and strength would likely rise as a result!

In one night, the strength of the family or organization would soar!

'Snatch it. It'd be best if a few of them suffer heavy losses!'

Li Ran simply stopped paying attention to the Seven-Colored Sacred Lotus. So what if it was a rare treasure? He did not have the strength to plunder it at the moment.

The Pure Wind Clan was too small. It was only a Martial Dao clan. Compared to those organizations or families, it was like a drop in the ocean!

An unknown time had passed during the auction. It was not until the old man's voice sounded that Li Ran slowly opened his eyes and observed the situation in the hall.

The Seven-Colored Sacred Lotus was finally bagged by the mysterious Qi Feng Organization.

Li Ran glanced over there. Those people were wearing cloaks, so he could not see clearly what the people looked like. They were very mysterious.

A person from the Qi Feng Organization suddenly looked over, scaring Li Ran so much that he quickly shifted his gaze away.

Although the auction of the Seven-Colored Sacred Lotus had come to an end, the people from the big families and the other organization did not look good. The treasure they had set their eyes on had been snatched away by someone else, so their mood was not good.

If it were not for Dongluo's auction house but somewhere else, they would have taken action long ago!

Everyone had the same intention.

Once the auction was over, whether Qi Feng's representative could successfully escort the Seven-Colored Sacred Lotus back or not would be another matter.

The auction was still going on. More than ten items had been auctioned off, and there were only five or six items left.

Time passed slowly. Li Ran's eyes swept across the stage, then he withdrew his gaze in disappointment. He had not seen the magical monster he wanted, so he was getting anxious.

"There are still two more items to be auctioned. This time, I won't keep you in suspense. Everyone, please take a look!"

The old man looked around the stage and noticed that everyone's interest was waning. He smiled as he said.

A huge bright box suddenly appeared on the auction stage. Inside was actually an Ice Devilish Ape!

Everyone was delighted at first, but they soon withdrew their gazes with regret.

"This is an Ice Devilish Ape that's 500 years old. Unfortunately, it has a ferocious nature and was very difficult to deal with. When it was hunted, there was no way to subdue it, so we could only kill it."

The old man also felt a little regretful. If it was an injured Ice Devilish Ape, he would definitely be able to sell it for a better price.

Nonetheless, the Ice Devilish Ape's blood could be taken out from its heart to be added during pill refinement. It would have a good effect on healing one's injuries.

Despite that, most of the people who came to the auction house were not alchemists. If they wanted to heal their injuries, they could just go to the auction house and buy some pills.

Bidding for the Ice Devilish Ape was unnecessary.

The people in the auction house were not interested. There was only a skinny young man sitting in a corner. He had his head lowered, but his eyes were bright.

Li Ran's palms were starting to sweat.

He was nervous but at the same time, he was afraid that others would see that he was determined to get the Ice Devilish Ape.

The old man looked around and found that everyone was not very interested. He sighed in his heart. He had long expected this result.

"The starting bid for the Ice Devilish Ape is 40,000 gold coins!"

No one spoke for a long time.

Li Ran was waiting.

Now was not the time.

The old man asked again, "Does no one here want to bid for it?"

It was silent. It was obvious that this was a losing deal. The people of the big organizations disdained to spend money to buy this Ice Devilish Ape, which was not very old.

As for those rogue cultivators, they did not know how to refine pills. It would not be worth it to spend tens of thousands of gold coins to buy an Ice Devilish Ape alone!

"I'll make an exception this time and lower the price of the Ice Devilish Ape to 30,000 gold coins. Does anyone wish to bid for it?"

To be honest, the old man's heart was bleeding when the 500-year-old Ice Devilish Ape would be auctioned off for 30,000 gold coins.

Once those words were said, there was finally some movement in the half, but it quickly calmed down.

Most of the rogue cultivators were happy when they heard that the price had dropped. In the end, due to the fact that they had spent quite a lot of gold coins just to bid on some other items, they would have to fork out tens of thousands of gold coins. Their finances were a little tight.

Li Ran pretended not to care and glanced at the others. He did not have any expression on his face, but he was happy on the inside.

He saw the Ice Devilish Ape's Soul Ring!

It was not destroyed!

Everyone in the Azure Dragon Continent had to kill a monster and absorb its Soul Ring when they had reached the peak of their Soul Qi and were about to break through.

Li Ran had heard from the elders of the Pure Wind Clan that even his father had mentioned that after a monster was killed, its Soul Ring would automatically disappear even if it had not been absorbed.

Nevertheless, now that Li Ran came to the market to look, he was even more certain of his guess. In fact, the Soul Ring of a magical creature had not disappeared. It was just that it did not appear.

He could see it!

As for absorbing it, Li Ran was not sure if it was only him or everyone else could do it too.

So what if others could absorb it!

'As long as I don't say it, no one will know that the magical monster still has a Soul Ring.'

Li Ran saw that the timing was right, so he said, "31,000."

"What?"

"Someone's actually bidding for it?"

No one thought that someone would really bid for this Ice Devilish Ape. Everyone looked toward the voice in surprise. 'It's a timid-looking young man?'

'He seems to be very afraid of strangers.'

'Does he know what he's bidding for?'

The old man standing on the auction stage was also a little surprised. At the last moment, someone actually bid for it.

Having said that...

When he looked over and found that it was a young child, his mood was complicated.

'He looks like he doesn't know anything.

'Ah!'

The old man was really helpless. This kind of thing had happened more than once. Whenever it was time to settle the gold coins, such a person would often refuse to admit his debt or would not be able to fork out that much money.

He had seen too much of this kind of person.

'A young child?

'Why was everyone allowed in!'

The old man resentfully glared at the few Great Soul Masters at the door. After that, he asked with a smile, "This young friend has bid 31,000 gold coins. Is there anyone else who wants to raise the bid?"

His tone was a little forced.

The rogue cultivator at the back row teased with a smile, "Child, can you afford 30,000 gold coins?"

A burst of laughter was heard coming from the crowd.

Li Ran rolled his eyes. 'Forget about the rogue cultivator. How could the people of the Dongluo Market not trust me?

'Could it be that I acted too much?'

"40,000 gold coins!"

No one present had expected that someone from the Wang Xiang family in the front row would bid for the magical creature too.

Li Ran was also surprised. He looked over and saw that it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old youth.

The youth also looked over. His expression was mocking, and his eyes were filled with provocation.

'You're in the way!'

Li Ran cursed internally. He had never expected that someone from the three great families would join in.

That youth was not really interested in the Ice Devilish Ape. Otherwise, he would have bid long ago. Given that he was bidding at this time, his intention was clear. He wanted to take advantage of Li Ran.

The happiest person at this time was the old man on the auction stage.

How could he care so much? The Wang Xiang family had bid. How could they go back on their word?

'It'll be better than this child who appeared out of nowhere, right?'

"40,000, going once!"

"40,000..."

Just as the old man was relieved, the child who had started the bidding once again said, "41,000."

"50,000!"

The youth from the Wang Xiang family seemed to have truly taken a fancy to the Ice Devilish Ape and immediately followed up with a bid.

Everyone was so happy to watch the show. They knew very well what was going on. How could they not know what the young man from the Wang Xiang family was thinking? Even so, no one picked on him.

In any case, the one who would lose would be that little br*t.

However, what happened next was a little out of their expectations.

"100,000!"

The hall was silent.

No one had expected that the timid-looking child would bid such a high price, directly doubling the previous bid.

'Is it worth it?'

'Why would you spend 100,000 gold coins just for an Ice Devilish Ape?'

Everyone was confused but when they turned to look at the child, they understood that they had been played.

'What a good trick of playing dumb to take advantage of someone else!'

The young man from the Wang Xiang family gnashed his teeth in anger. He had wanted to deliberately raise the bid and never intended to win the bid for the Ice Devilish Ape.

That said, Li Ran's casual expression and taunting look made it difficult for him to stop halfway.

It was obvious that Li Ran wanted to set a trap for him.

If he stopped now, as he was usually noble, he would not be able to hold back his anger!

'You still want to compete with me?'

Li Ran had made up his mind. If the young man of the Wang Xiang family dared to raise the bid again, he might as well give up on the Ice Devilish Ape.

High-aged monsters were not common, but hundred-year-old monsters were quite common in Sifang Town. Li Ran did not mind going to a few more stores.

"You!"

The youth of the Wang Xiang family received a look of warning from a family elder. He glared angrily at the child, not saying a word.

"100,000, going once... 100,000, going twice..."

When Li Ran heard the old man's words, he felt a little regretful.

100,000...

It was far beyond his expectations.

'I hope that the 100,000 gold coins will be well spent.'

Since he had spent the gold coins, he did not think about it anymore. The key was how to sneak out of the Dongluo Master later.

That young man from the Wang Xiang family was not a good person. Since Li Ran teased him in public, it was very likely that the young man would block him halfway.

More importantly, Li Ran could not confront him directly. After all, he was not strong enough.

'I have to quickly increase my strength. I'll always be treated as a pushover. I'm aggrieved!'

The path of fusing his Soul Ring was very long!