BXBX NOVEL Chapter 212: Elder Sister
For many, this time flew by unnoticed because they were too engrossed in the auction.
For others, however, the period felt longer since nothing of particular interest had appeared yet.
One of these person was none other than Ethan.
Apart from watching his pills being sold and creating some connections, he didn\'t know what else to do.
Thus, he either sat there and watched the auction continue as he examined each item, or, as he had done previously, he handed out items at random to the woman in pink sitting next to him.
Needless to say, this caused chaos in the hall multiple times. At one point, even the grandmaster alchemists could no longer hold themselves back and stormed into the VIP room where Ethan and the others were.
At that moment, their group, which was supposed to consist of four people, now had six. Even the two new arrivals ended up merely watching as Ethan continued his "gift-giving" antics.
At this point, all three grandmaster alchemists were on the verge of capturing Ethan, tying him up, and squeezing out all the treasures he had, as every gift he revealed was in no way inferior to the Mist Flower.
Even Bai Yu Xin didn\'t know how to feel about this.
On one hand, she was happy to have acquired such a wealth of treasures, any one of which could have triggered a small war.
On the other hand, she feared that these treasures would only bring her danger. She tried to tell Ethan that there was no need for more gifts and that the ones already given were more than enough.
Ethan simply replied that none of those present, even if they wanted to, could so much as lift a finger against her in his presence.
At this statement, the new arrivals almost became furious. However, the moment they felt a faint trace of dragon aura emanating from him, both were petrified with fear, frozen in place.
The others didn\'t understand their sudden strange behavior, mainly because Ethan didn\'t release his aura on everyone, just those two.
Only Bai Huo Shan knew what they had experienced.
Although he hadn\'t suffered the same fate, he knew them well and was somewhat aware of Ethan\'s strength.
This alone was enough for him to draw a conclusion.
\'Bah, it wouldn\'t be bad to have a son-in-law like him,\' he thought, mistakenly believing that Ethan had a certain interest in his granddaughter.
Unfortunately for him, reality was far from that.
After a while, Ethan shifted his gift-giving target from Bai Yu Xin to Jūn Yíng, the grandmaster alchemist woman in the room.
When she saw her gift, she was stunned for a moment, as she hadn\'t expected it, but she immediately accepted it, knowing the value of the herb.
Unlike before, Ethan had done this as a way to get closer to another grandmaster alchemist.
Apparently, he had decided to stop giving gifts randomly.
As he waited for the auction to continue, he began conversing with the other alchemists.
Although the two grandmaster alchemists were irritated by his favoritism toward women, they held back from saying anything, partly because they didn\'t want to beg for those items and partly because they noticed the piercing gaze of Grandmaster Jūn Yíng, warning them to keep their distance.
Not that it was necessary, among everyone present, the masked youth had proven to be the strongest.
Bai Yu, who witnessed all the trouble Ethan was causing in the hall, could only shake her head.
And when she saw him move from one woman to another, she bit his wrist, almost making him curse aloud.
Only Ethan knew how much willpower it took not to scream in pain.
The dragon woman, after all, was an expert at fifth stage.
His high defense wasn\'t very effective against her.
After another 30 minutes, an item finally appeared that caught Ethan\'s attention.
"Hey, do you feel that aura too?" Ethan asked Bai Yu as he examined the newly displayed item with his spiritual sense.
"Yes, the wood element aura it emits is very strong, and it seems something with an even more intense aura is sealed within it," she replied, perceiving the same energy from the item just placed up for bidding.
The others in the room, noticing Ethan\'s interest, also paid attention to the item.
What they saw was a seed, about the size of a palm.
Analyzing it, they found nothing particularly special, but they knew better than to underestimate the young alchemist.
If he found something interesting in the seed, then it surely held something unique.
Jūn Yíng, seeing that the masked youth was finally interested in something, decided to buy it for him.
"Fellow alchemist, let this elder sister get that seed for you as thanks for the gift you gave me," she offered, volunteering to purchase the seed for him.
Hearing how she referred to herself, Bai Huo Shan and the other grandmaster alchemist nearly spat out blood, with the former exclaiming,
"Old hag, stop being so shameless. Elder sister? More like grandmother!"
Just as he was about to continue, he was met with a deadly glare from Jūn Yíng.
That alone was enough for both men to shut their mouths.
They knew better than anyone how terrifying this woman could be when provoked.
Ethan could only sympathize with the two men as he watched them being suppressed by Jūn Yíng.
\'Don\'t worry, I understand your suffering. I, too, am mistreated by a cruel woman,\' he thought to himself, trying to console them.
Unfortunately for him, he forgot that a fragment of that "cruel woman\'s" soul resided in his mind.
He nearly shouted aloud when he felt Bai Yu bite his wrist a second time.
Finally deciding to put the matter aside, he turned his attention to the mature woman who had offered to buy the seed for him.
"Elder Sister Jūn Yíng, there\'s no need for you to buy it for me.
As a man, I couldn\'t possibly let a beautiful woman like you spend money on my behalf.
Don\'t worry, it\'s just a few spirit stones, nothing I can\'t handle myself," he said, causing nearly everyone present to spit a mouthful of blood.
Even Xiang Hua and Hu Xingyan almost lost their composure at the scene.
For them, it was the first time seeing this side of the masked youth, and they didn\'t know whether to laugh or cry.
Only Jūn Yíng was pleased by Ethan\'s words and chose not to insist.
As Ethan prepared to bid, he noticed the two grandmaster alchemists giving him a thumbs-up while murmuring,
"Well done, brother."
Ethan had no idea what the two old men were thinking but didn\'t dwell on it. Right now, he had an item to win.
Once the seed was displayed, the auctioneer introduced it and its background.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what you see is a mysterious seed found in the ruins of an ancient expert\'s tomb located in the desert east of the Phoenix Kingdom.
As many of you may have noticed, it emits a certain healing aura.
Many of our experts have tried to examine it in recent times without much success.
In the end, the seed\'s owner decided to put it up for auction, hoping that someone who might know more about it would acquire it," she explained, adding a few more words before starting the bidding.
The initial offer was 1,000 high-grade spirit stones.
This amount wasn\'t excessive for anyone present; in fact, many of them spent far greater sums daily on trivial things.
That said, no one seemed particularly interested in the seed. Only a few made a bid or two before stopping, thinking it wasn\'t worth it.
In the end, the only one left was a wealthy merchant who decided to participate in a small bidding war just for fun.
As the auctioneer was about to finalize the sale, a voice rang out from one of the VIP rooms.
The voice belonged to none other than Ethan.