Guan Yao walked into the inner room. Looking at the people busy making payments, she frowned at her wallet again, suspecting that the people upstairs were shills.
"Miss, it's your turn," a guard stepped forward with a smile and reminded her.
Guan Yao forced a stiff smile. Watching the back of the waiter, she pretended to ask casually, "Hey, that rare spiritual beast was almost auctioned off by someone else just now. I wonder who's in Room 3."
"You're just lucky, Miss Guan," the waiter seemed not to pick up her topic. A glint of viciousness flashed in her eyes.
Back in the auction hall, the atmosphere had reached a climax. The auction was also in full swing and had reached the halfway point.
"Next up is the appearance of the high - level spiritual beasts!" Cruz, who had been a bit listless, got up from his chair and stared intently at the venue.
"Uncle Shu, I really hope there'll be a spiritual beast from the Misty Forest. At least it'll make our journey easier," she said with a bit of distress as she leaned on Mu Yijie's arm.
"Yeah," Mu Yijie looked at her profile and couldn't help but give it a gentle peck.
She felt the sudden warmth on her left cheek. When she turned around, she saw Uncle Shu looking at her with a smile.
She covered her face and patted Mu Yijie a few times. A blush instantly climbed onto her face, making her extremely shy. Leaning close to his ear, her voice sounded a bit fierce.
"There are so many people here. What are you doing!"
"I'm kissing my wife. What's wrong with that?"
"W - w - w - wife? M - me?"
She was a bit shocked by his words and stammered even more when speaking.
"Who else could it be? Little fool."
She didn't know why recently he always liked to call her little fool. This made her a bit unhappy, and she pouted, pretending to be angry.
"Humph, I'm very smart. I'm not a little fool."
Mu Yijie reached out and pinched her pouted lips, trying hard not to laugh.
"You look like a little fool."
"Uncle Shu!!" Amused and angry, she punched him in the stomach a few times before Mu Yijie let go of her.
Ye Lin beside them had been staring intently at their actions. Maybe his gaze was too blatant. Mu Yijie glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.
Ye Lin didn't dodge. Instead, he stared back. Mu Yijie just gave a soft laugh and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Bang."
Ye Lin suddenly stood up with a bit of anger on his face. The tea beside him was also knocked over onto the ground. Mu Yijie restrained his smile and didn't look at him anymore.
Yong Shanling looked at him standing up suddenly with a bit of confusion.
"What's wrong, Ye Lin?"
Ye Lin looked at her smiling face and felt a bit reluctant. In the end, he just walked out of the room quietly.
"It's okay. I just need to go to the toilet."
Ye Sen watched his departing back and sighed softly. Although he had seen everything just now, it was their business and he couldn't interfere.
It seemed that the winner of this battle had already been decided. Ye Sen also stood up and bid farewell to the three of them.
"Something's come up at home. I'll take Ye Lin back first. Contact me if you need anything."
Yong Shanling nodded with a smile. Looking at the two empty seats, she felt a bit lost.
"What do you think of Ye Lin, Ling'er?"
"Ah?"
She was stunned by Mu Yijie's question. She saw him looking straight at her. Her mouth that was originally open seemed to think of something and closed again. She looked at him with a smile.
"Huh? Of course, I see him as a friend. Why do you ask, Uncle Shu?"
He stared at her face for a while and then turned his head.
He propped his hand on the sofa and rubbed his lips with his fingers, as if thinking about something.
She turned her head back nervously. Her hand that picked up the teacup trembled a bit. Cruz beside her was concentrating on the auction and didn't seem to notice the two of them.
She remembered the conversation in the car just now. Frowning, she was a bit distressed. She wondered whether she should say it or not. But what if Uncle Shu got angry if she did? Thinking of what Uncle Shu had done when he was angry in the previous times, she felt a shiver of fear.
She stole a few glances at him and finally sighed, turning her attention back to the auction.
"Distinguished ladies and gentlemen,"
"The auction has reached its last stage. As the saying goes, the best things always come last."
"This is a spiritual beast not on the roster... Let's look forward to it!"
Yong Shanling looked at the enthusiastic applause under the stage and felt a bit speechless.
"Why are they so excited even before the thing comes out?"
Mu Yijie smiled. "Auctions in the black - market are never simple. They either offer the best or the most expensive items. And the item that's saved for last can only be regarded as a rare treasure."
She nodded half - understandingly. Her heart also started to look forward to the upcoming spiritual beast.
"It's a forest beast!"
"My god, it's actually a phantom beast from the Misty Forest!"
"This can probably be called an ultimate spiritual beast!"
Hearing the discussions below, Yong Shanling was almost overjoyed. She grabbed Cruz's hand excitedly.
"If we can auction it off and take it into the Misty Forest, we don't have to worry about not finding the ultimate spiritual beast!"
Mu Yijie silently pulled her hand away. Maybe because she was too excited, she didn't notice Mu Yijie's action.
When the whole venue quieted down, the host began to introduce.
"This is an ultimate spiritual beast from the Misty Forest. It has the wood - based cultivation attribute and is docile and easy to tame."
"The starting price is 20 million, with no upper limit."
The smile on Yong Shanling's face, who was about to celebrate, suddenly froze. She turned her head stiffly to look at Mu Yijie.
"Un - Uncle Shu... 20 million. It's so expensive?"
"Yeah. Don't worry," Mu Yijie leaned back on the sofa, crossing his legs. He looked extremely lazy, and there was not a trace of nervousness on his face.
"Brother, you're really amazing. If I took out so much money, my dad would break my legs for sure," Cruz looked at the rich capitalist admiringly. It seemed that it was easy to spend one's own money without having to worry about anything.
"The auction starts now!"
Maybe because of the sudden increase in price, many people gave up the auction. The ones left were all rich capitalists. Several private rooms on the second floor that hadn't bid before all started to make their moves.
The price began to jump continuously. The auction price had reached 50 million within three minutes. The smile on the host's face on the stage couldn't be concealed, while the beast - tamer beside him looked cold.
This made her a bit suspicious. "Logically speaking, shouldn't they be very happy to get so much money? Uncle Shu hired her and gave her so much money, and she was so happy."
The people below were quite shocked to see the people on the second floor bidding crazily. The atmosphere was broken by a knock on the door.
The waiter walked over to open the door. The three people in front didn't pay much attention.
Cruz just turned around and said with a smile, "Ye Lin, did you forget to take..."
But he saw several black - robed men pointing guns at the waiter's head.