However, after that 'Si' sound.

The fierce competition began.

"30 million!"

"I bid 50 million!"

"70 million!"

"This gentleman has bid 70 million..."

"80 million..."

"This lady has bid 80 million..."

"Professor Tang, why aren't you making a bid on that herb?" In a private booth on the second floor, a man said to an elder.

"No rush!" replied Professor Tang.

"No rush?" The man asking was instantly confused!

However, the woman beside Professor Tang explained to the man: "Senior, there's no use bidding now, the price will climb to whatever it's meant to be. Let's wait a while, once the price has soared to a certain level, we can make a bold move with a bid of an additional 200 million, and we'll definitely get it!"

"Oh..." The man nodded, not completely understanding. Professor Tang just smiled slightly without saying anything.

At this moment, if Zhu Bufan used his Supreme Eyes to take a glance, he would realize that this Professor Tang was the same one who had given him a business card a long time ago, inviting him to Capital City for a tea.

This Professor Tang works for the nation, and his power is quite formidable. If Zhu Bufan sought his help, the issue at hand could be easily solved.

Though Professor Tang himself doesn't have much power, he's an individual those first-class families seek to please. Resolving a small matter for Zhu Bufan would be a breeze, wouldn't it?

But, at the moment, Zhu Bufan hadn't noticed this. Even if he did, Zhu Bufan wouldn't ask Professor Tang for help.

The price of the Life-extending herb continued to climb rapidly, soon reaching 150 million.

At this time, there were still many bidders, but clearly fewer than before.

Nevertheless, Professor Tang still hadn't bid.

"170 million!" At this moment, a female voice rang out from a booth on the second floor.

"Our Miss Yuwen has bid 170 million!" the female host said with a touch.

Zhu Bufan was taken aback when he heard the hostess's words.

Miss Yuwen? Could this Miss Yuwen be related to the Yuwen Family, to Yuwen Cangsong?

Immediately, Zhu Bufan reviewed the relationship in his mind. However, he still wasn't sure, so he looked towards Dongfang Weimei.

Dongfang Weimei, seeing the inquisitive look from Zhu Bufan, immediately knew what he was going to ask.

"That's right, this Miss Yuwen is from the Yuwen Family, she's the younger sister of Yuwen Cangsong, her name is Yuwen Cangxue!" Dongfang Weimei said.

"Okay, I got it!" Zhu Bufan replied.

"Zhu Bufan, are you not going to tell me you're competing with her for this Life-extending herb?" Zhou Xin said.

"That's exactly what I'm thinking!" Zhu Bufan said, "However, I won't be the one to secure it."

"Oh?" Zhou Xin didn't quite understand Zhu Bufan's words.

Dongfang Weimei, on the other hand, knew exactly what Zhu Bufan intended to do. But it was risky—after all, who could guarantee whether she must absolutely purchase it or not?

"The bid is now at 170 million, does anyone else wish to raise the price?" the hostess said.

"180 million!"

No sooner had the hostess finished speaking than someone raised the bid.

"200 million!" Yuwen Cangxue shouted.

"200 million! Our Miss Yuwen has bid 200 million! Do we hear a higher bid?" the hostess asked excitedly.

Two hundred million for such a Life-extending herb was just right. If the price went higher, it would become a loss.

So for a moment, no one else bid.

"Professor Tang, can we call out our bid now?" said the man.

Professor Tang frowned, seemingly not expecting the Life-extending herb to reach such a high price of two hundred million.

"Not yet!" Although Professor Tang was surprised, it was not yet time to bid.

"Oh..."

"Is there anyone else willing to offer a higher price? Miss Yuwen's bid is at 200 million!"

"201 million!" Right at that moment, Zhu Bufan called out.

"201 million? Am I hearing this right? Before, everyone was raising the bid by tens of millions, how come this person is only adding one million?" After Zhu Bufan shouted his bid, people began to talk.

"Yeah, why has it changed to increments of one million now?"

...

The hostess was also surprised; having hosted many auctions, she had never encountered such bidding. There has always been a continuous increase in increments, not a decrease.

It was her first time seeing this.

So, she paused.

But fortunately, every seasoned hostess can quickly recover, so after being stunned for a few seconds she responded:

"This gentleman has bid 201 million. Does anyone else wish to raise the bid?"

Yuwen Cangxue was furious at this moment. If Zhu Bufan had added ten or twenty million, or even more, on top of her two hundred million bid, she could have accepted it without much thought. But this person had only added one million, clearly a slap in the face to her, Yuwen Cangxue.

Although their Yuwen Family is a second-tier family, they are also the strongest among them. Given that their ancestor is about to advance a level, if such a promotion happens, their family is bound to rise to the first-tier family status. Therefore, from her birth until now, hardly anyone dared to slap her in the face.

Yet today, someone had the audacity to blatantly slap her, Yuwen Cangxue, in the face, which angered her greatly.

"I, Yuwen Cangxue, bid 205 million!" So, she stood up and shouted loudly.

"Wow! Our Miss Yuwen has bid 205 million! Is there a higher offer?" the hostess shouted at where Zhu Bufan was, her voice directed thus as if challenging him.

She had seen many situations before and knew when Zhu Bufan bid just one million more, this bidder must have a grudge against Yuwen Cangxue, or at the very least, disliked her, hinting that he would definitely continue to bid.

"205.1 million!" As she had predicted, right after her own words, Zhu Bufan immediately shouted.

Hearing that the provocateur was still bidding, and still only by an additional one million, Yuwen Cangxue trembled with anger and stamped her foot heavily.

"Zhu Bufan, what are you doing?" Zhou Xin saw Zhu Bufan raise to 205.1 million and he was worried—clearly knowing that Zhu Bufan definitely didn't have that much money.

In this Huadu auction, if you bid recklessly, you could end up in a very dire situation, so Zhou Xin was getting anxious.

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