Primordial Emperor
Chapter 33: Use Some Tricks to Obtain the Martial Arts Skill

Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Use Some Tricks to Obtain the Martial Arts Skill

"One hundred and forty thousand!"

Mu Yunhai’s mindset was completely rattled by Lin Chen.

This Mid-Grade Spirit-Level Martial Technique was an embellishing addition to their planned acquisitions.

No matter what, Mu Yunhai wanted to win it, so he continued to bid.

"One hundred and forty thousand and one hundred!"

However, just after Mu Yunhai made his bid, Lin Chen’s indifferent voice once again emanated from the Supreme Elegant Room.

Below, a murmur of surprise rippled through the crowd, indicating that there was a good show to watch now.

The people of the Mu Family realized that the person in the Supreme Elegant Room was clearly targeting them.

They couldn’t understand where they had offended this individual.

"Is this guy sick or what, constantly bidding just to suppress us?"

Mu Qingxue’s temper flared up right away, and she complained in a low voice, startling the elders in her family into hastily covering her mouth.

It was then that Mu Qingxue realized she had been too impulsive. The person able to stay in the Supreme Elegant Room had to be a significant figure; if her words were overheard by the individual inside, it could spell disaster for the Mu Family.

The Mu Family members looked at each other, and Mu Yunhai did not know what decision to make.

Whether they should give up on this Mid-Grade Spirit-Level Martial Technique.

What if the person in the Supreme Elegant Room was just some young master from a big family who happened to pass by Desolate Sky City, heard there was an auction, and came for the excitement.

Though this possibility was very slim.

"Patriarch Mu, if you raise your bid one more time, I will let you have this martial arts technique."

Suddenly, just as Mu Yunhai and the Mu Family elders were hesitating and deciding whether to continue bidding, the cold voice transmitted from the Supreme Elegant Room once more.

Hearing this, Mu Yunhai realized that the other party was mocking them, just like when they purchased the cold ice curved blade—deliberately leading them to bid beyond the item’s value and then stop bidding. In this way, the Mu Family would be swindled, wastefully spending a lot of spirit stones.

Just like with the cold ice curved blade where they needlessly spent an extra twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Mu Yunhai felt that the person in the Supreme Elegant Room must be worried that they wouldn’t raise the bid any further; that’s why such words were spoken.

But Mu Yunhai didn’t think he would be fooled again.

"No need. Since you are so fond of this technique, the Mu Family will withdraw from the bidding and let you have it," Mu Yunhai said firmly, clenching his fists tightly.

He felt very wise for not continuing to bid against Lin Chen.

As long as this martial arts technique did not fall into the hands of any member of the Four Great Families, the Mu Family could accept it.

At this moment, hearing that the Mu Family had stopped bidding, the auction maid turned her gaze to everyone present.

Given the previous commotion between Lin Chen and the Mu Family, naturally, no one else wanted to raise their bid.

And so, Lin Chen successfully purchased the Mid-Grade Spirit-Level Martial Technique for one hundred and forty thousand and one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

"Brother Lin Chen, you are quite cunning,"

"This Mid-Grade Spirit-Level Martial Technique, let alone a Fire Element technique, even an ordinary technique without Elemental Power would be priced at a hundred and eighty to ninety thousand. You really snagged a great bargain."

Yu Weilian approached Lin Chen, who was happy for successfully bidding on the martial arts technique, and teased him.

In her eyes, Lin Chen was indeed an intelligent person.

Lin Chen once boasted about bidding for the magic treasure from the Mu Family, leaving everyone with a mysterious image.

At this moment, he continued to add one thousand on top of every bid made by the Mu Family, making people believe Lin Chen was not genuinely interested in the martial arts skill itself, but was deliberately opposing the Mu Family.

Being able to oppose the Mu Family, one of the Five Great Families, and residing in the Supreme Elegant Room, he certainly wasn’t an ordinary person.

Thus, it made others give up on bidding higher.

That indeed was a clever tactic.

Upon hearing Yu Weilian speak of him in such a manner, Lin Chen gave a faint smile. It was clear to him that Yu Weilian was chiding him for his cunning.

Lin Chen had caught on to the fact that the Mu Family did not dare to continue bidding against him.

If the Mu Family continued to bid, Lin Chen had at most two hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones to purchase the martial arts skill.

And the value of this Mid-Grade Spirit-Level Martial Technique was definitely over two hundred thousand spirit stones.

Therefore, if any of the Five Great Families continued to raise the price, the martial arts skill would inevitably not end up in Lin Chen’s hands.

However, Lin Chen merely presented an image of a prodigal son to the crowd, and successfully bid for the martial arts skill at the mere price of one hundred and forty-one thousand, willingly deterring them from bidding any further.

In fact, the key step in Lin Chen’s successful plan was largely thanks to Yu Weilian leading him into the Supreme Elegant Room, inducing a sense of trepidation about Lin Chen’s identity among the people, allowing him to fabricate an identity in front of everyone with ease.

If the people hadn’t revered the Supreme Elegant Room, then Lin Chen’s strategem would have been impossible to accomplish.

"Sister Yu, don’t make fun of me. It’s all thanks to the Supreme Elegant Room you provided,"

Lin Chen said as he looked at Yu Weilian with a smile.

Yu Weilian thought to herself that Lin Chen was quite modest; providing him with the Supreme Elegant Room was indeed advantageous, but daring to deceive in front of the Five Great Families with such a ploy was entirely dependent on Lin Chen’s own intellect.

Yu Weilian’s regard for Lin Chen grew, finding him increasingly extraordinary.

After bidding for the martial arts skill and magic treasure, Lin Chen lost interest in the remaining auction items.

Primarily because he didn’t have much in the way of spirit stones left.

So Lin Chen put on the black robe given to him by Yu Weilian and planned to leave.

Yu Weilian even made a point of seeing Lin Chen off.

As Yu Weilian had said, it was common for killings and robberies to occur once someone left the Wanxing Commerce Association.

But, considering Yu Weilian’s status, personally seeing Lin Chen off would leave the auction’s attendees with an awe of him.

Many had suspected Lin Chen’s identity, but when they later realized that the usual price for a Mid-Grade Spirit-Level Martial Technique was around one hundred and eighty or ninety thousand spirit stones, and yet Lin Chen got it for one hundred forty thousand, they suspected that Lin Chen could be a fraud.

However, that thought vanished when they saw Yu Weilian personally seeing him off.

Yu Weilian’s status was no small matter; she was from the headquarters of the Wanxing Commerce Guild, a prestigious position.

For a person of her level, even the destruction of one of the Five Great Families would just be a matter of her saying the word.

Being personally seen off by her meant that Lin Chen’s status was likely equally extraordinary.

"It’s good that we didn’t continue to compete with him. He was just playing with us for his amusement. Such a great person views money as if it were dirt,"

Mu Yunhai sighed with relief as he watched the retreating figures of Lin Chen and Yu Weilian, glad that they hadn’t continued to bid against Lin Chen at the auction.

To compete with someone like him would risk all the assets of the Mu Family, which probably wouldn’t be enough to play his game.

They were gambling with their lives, while for the other party, it was merely a game.

But had they known that the person playing them was Lin Chen, what would they have thought then!