348: Chapter 348 Malicious Bidding

At this moment, in the eyes of others, Nie Ning's behavior made it seem as though he truly needed the jiying grass and even wanted to end the auction for this item early.

Jerry's eyes flickered as he hesitated over whether to disgust Nie Ning for a bit.

At that moment, Nie Ning turned around and pointed to his own head toward Jerry, signaling that Jerry was a brainless fellow.

"I will count to three. If no one bids, then this item will belong to this gentleman."

The host began the count: "One!"

"180!"

Faced with Nie Ning's provocation, Jerry ultimately couldn't hold back.

"190!"

Nie Ning continued to call out with a calm expression.

It was as if he no longer cared about the transaction itself and was merely showing off his personal wealth.

"200!"

Jerry called out a bid once again.

Unlike before, however, Nie Ning's voice did not ring out this time.

Realizing he had been played, Jerry hurriedly looked at Nie Ning, only to see Nie Ning smiling as he pointed to his head toward Jerry again.

It was confirmed; he really was brainless!

What an idiot!

Nie Ning was truly about to die laughing at this fool.

Although he did want the jiying grass, for him, the god-forbidden ring wasn't the only path to increasing his strength.

Compared to buying the jiying grass, Nie Ning preferred this comedy; he loved seeing others in a state of impotent rage.

Just like the current Jerry...

By now, Jerry was exploding with rage because of Nie Ning.

Jerry suddenly stood up and pointed at Nie Ning in anger: "You've got guts! If you have the ability, then you..."

But at that moment, a massive pressure descended upon Jerry, causing his body to fall uncontrollably into a half-kneeling position on the ground.

The others also felt this extraordinary aura.

Rank Six!

"Is this how Siberg taught you? Don't think that just because you have some talent, you can dare to act presumptuously before my Dark Swamp!"

A deep, majestic voice rang out through the air.

After all, this was the Dark Swamp's auction house. If it were known that someone had openly threatened another person here, where would the Dark Swamp's reputation go?

"I'm sorry, it's my fault."

Jerry, half-kneeling on the ground, gritted his teeth and immediately backed down.

Because only those who had witnessed a Rank Six powerhouse knew exactly how powerful such a person was.

Although his talent was excellent, he was still very far from such a powerhouse.

Even if he could reach that level, it would be a matter for the distant future.

"Hmph! Don't let it happen again!"

The voice gave a cold snort, and then the radiating pressure was withdrawn.

Jerry's body relaxed, and he panted heavily, though he didn't forget to shoot a resentful glare at Nie Ning.

Nie Ning, however, shrugged with an innocent look on his face.

'None of my business; you brought this on yourself!'

The auction continued, and Jerry ultimately bought the jiying grass for four times the market price.

Although many people didn't say it aloud, they were all secretly cursing Jerry as a spendthrift idiot.

Even if Siberg were here, he wouldn't be foolish enough to spend so much money on jiying grass.

Besides, that's a rare space-type material; do you even know how to use it if you're buying it?

It was one thing if he couldn't use it himself, but he wouldn't let others buy it either; it was a wonder how this guy had lived to this age.

Immediately afterward, Jerry was led away; the rule here was to exchange money for goods on the spot.

In the event of malicious bidding, the goods would need to be put up for auction again.

Of course, fines were also indispensable, and deliberately causing trouble could even lead to life-threatening danger.

But following Jerry's departure, he never reappeared, and the jiying grass was not put back on the shelf.

Everyone speculated that Jerry probably couldn't produce that much money, but out of respect for Siberg, the Rank Six wizard, the jiying grass was not re-listed.

Nie Ning didn't care too much; if there was no jiying grass, he would just continue refining the god-forbidden ring.

The effects were similar anyway, and having an extra god-forbidden ring might even be more practical.

Because it was only at Rank Five that the energy storage and amplification effects of the god-forbidden ring would decline. After all, this was only a Rank One god-forbidden ring; it was naturally impossible to use it all the way to Rank Nine.

In fact, if it weren't for relying on the chaos crystal, the grade of the refining materials would never have reached the current effect.

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Next, Nie Ning watched a few more item auctions.

Seeing that it was getting late, Nie Ning stood up and prepared to leave.

After all, he had important things to do later. He had only come here to kill time and to see if the high-level Transcendents in the city were all gathered here.

But when Nie Ning reached the exit of the hall, the Rank Three female staff member from before stopped him.

Nie Ning frowned: "What's the meaning of this? Is one not allowed to leave the auction midway?"

"You've misunderstood. We just wanted to ask you—as an apology, we have another stalk of jiying grass that we can sell to you at the price of thirty high-grade magic crystals."

The female staff member said with a slightly apologetic tone.

Hearing this, Nie Ning instantly understood what she meant.

Clearly, that idiot Jerry really hadn't bought the jiying grass.

As for why it only cost thirty high-grade magic crystals, they had definitely fined Jerry for the difference.

After all, the auction house wasn't a charity; many of the auctioned items were consigned by others.

Furthermore, as a subsidiary industry of the Dark Swamp, it was impossible for them to care about the face of a minor wizard like him; it was mostly because Jerry, that sucker, was covering the cost.

"Then I truly thank your establishment."

Nie Ning smiled and voiced his thanks.

Though the process had been full of twists and turns, at least the ending was good.

Besides, it would be foolish to refuse; being able to spend a bit less money was a good option for him.

Nie Ning didn't pay in cash; instead, he used two exotic beast eggs he didn't want as collateral for the auction house.

Because there were still places where he would need to spend money next, he just didn't know if everything would go smoothly...

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After leaving the auction house, Nie Ning wandered around the vicinity.

To Nie Ning's surprise, no one was actually following him.

According to Nie Ning's thoughts, when a noble young master like Jerry lost face, wouldn't he want to get even somehow?

"Did I come out too early? Or is the opponent good at hiding?"

Nie Ning stood at the entrance of a snack shop, muttering softly while eating.

However, he didn't have much time, and he clearly couldn't afford to keep wasting it.

Nie Ning didn't linger. He circled halfway from the north of the city where the auction house was located and then arrived at the southern district.

An area covered by mountains and forests.

According to the information he had obtained over the past few days, the person who developed nether spirit gold lived here, and it was also the production site for nether spirit gold.

This place belonged to the Bloom Family—one of the industries of Jerry's family.

Nie Ning had two goals this time.

Either take away Korda, the creator of nether spirit gold, or just snatch a batch of nether spirit gold and run. Either way, he wasn't going to return empty-handed this trip.

For this reason, he had even waited until the auction was being held.

That way, even if someone discovered a problem, the Transcendents in the city wouldn't be able to rush over so quickly.

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