"It really is just an ordinary bamboo slip?"
"Three hundred million merchant guild ingots, and he bought an ordinary bamboo slip?"
"What a total loss."
After their initial surprise, the onlookers were mostly gloating.
"Did you do that on purpose?"
The young man glared at Chu Feng with fury. Not only could one hear the sound of his teeth grinding as he spoke, but a torrent of murderous intent also surged forth.
Seeing this, the beautiful elder hurriedly stepped in front of Chu Feng, terrified that the young man might truly resolve to kill him.
But at this moment, it was not only the young man who was radiating killing intent — the experts around him were all exuding a dense, hostile aura as well.
They had realized they'd been played by Chu Feng, having spent an exorbitant price for nothing more than an ordinary bamboo slip.
No matter how wealthy they were, such a humiliation was hard to swallow.
"Have you lot learned nothing?"
"You want to cause trouble again?"
But just then, accompanied by the resonant voice of an elder, a tremendous wave of oppressive pressure swept through the area.
Turning toward the voice, several experts of the Xianhai Fish Clan were visible standing in the distance.
At their head was an old man — it was he who was radiating that overwhelming pressure.
Upon seeing this elder, the many experts present quickly stepped forward and bowed in greeting. "Greetings, Lord You Wei."
From the murmurs of the crowd, Chu Feng learned that this Lord You Wei held an extraordinary status.
He was one of the Supreme Elders of the Xianhai Fish Clan — a peak True Immortal realm existence.
Back in the auction hall, when the young man's group had been on the verge of making a move, it was this elder's oppressive pressure that had deterred them.
Now that even a Supreme Elder of the Xianhai Fish Clan had appeared, most of the young man's entourage retracted their killing intent.
But the young man himself continued to glare viciously at Chu Feng. "What's wrong? Don't dare to answer?"
"I scammed you, so what? Isn't it your own stupidity?" Little Fishy pointed at him and shot back indignantly.
As she spoke, she even started walking toward the young man — her posture making it clear she wasn't merely berating him, but was ready to throw hands.
Chu Feng, however, reached out to hold Little Fishy back, then looked at the young man with an amiable smile.
"That's for you to judge for yourself."
"But if you're willing to admit you're inferior to me, then sure, you could say I did it on purpose."
"Doesn't matter to me either way."
With that, Chu Feng turned to the beautiful elder. "Elder, let's go."
"This way, my lord." The elder immediately led the way, and Chu Feng's group headed off into the distance.
Though Chu Feng and his companions had departed, the onlookers had erupted into an uproar.
"He definitely figured it out — otherwise he wouldn't have bid such a high price and then suddenly stopped."
"Exactly. The final price was only a million short of his last bid. If he'd already spent three hundred million, would he really have backed out over a million? He was obviously driving up the price on purpose to screw them."
"Right, it was absolutely intentional."
"But doesn't that mean he can actually see through the God-Sealing Bamboo Slip fragments?"
"Who even is this guy? This is insane."
"His cultivation can't possibly be as simple as it looks on the surface. He has to be some big shot."
The various factions whispered among themselves, their opinion of Chu Feng rising with every exchange.
The young man grew more furious the more he thought about it.
He spun around abruptly and shouted at Chu Feng, who was already far away: "Do you dare tell me your name? What sect or school do you belong to?"
"You don't deserve to know," Chu Feng replied.
"Too scared to say it? Worried I'll come after you?" the young man bellowed.
"If you're that eager for revenge, why don't you tell me your sect first? I'll come find you," Chu Feng shot back.
The young man was about to speak when someone at his side stopped him — naturally, they had no desire to reveal their identity either.
"Heh…" Chu Feng let out a contemptuous laugh at the sight.
That single laugh made the young man even more furious and frustrated, for it was brimming with disdain.
After that, the three of them, guided by the beautiful elder, disappeared entirely into the distance.
Though the young man was seething, he was eventually pulled away by his companions.
The onlookers, meanwhile, were in no hurry to leave, still relishing the tale of how Chu Feng had played the young man's group for fools.
Compared to the items that had actually gone up for auction, what had happened at this auction was what truly made them feel the trip had been worthwhile.
At that moment, the three of them had been led by the beautiful elder into an inner hall of the Martial Guild.