"Young Master." Seeing Lin Bai and the young boy return, Erin joyfully came forward to greet them.
From their previous conversation, Erin knew that if the poison was cured, Lin Bai and the young boy would definitely come back to buy the rusty sword.
This rusty sword was worth a thousand spirit stones.
Selling it would earn her a significant commission, which made Erin very excited.
Erin was also puzzled. The rusty sword was brought in for sale a few days ago by a bandit, and the appraiser at the Treasure Hall directly purchased it for five hundred spirit stones.
No matter how hard she thought, Erin couldn't figure out what was so special about this rusty sword.
"This rusty sword, I'll take it. I won't haggle with you, how about a thousand spirit stones?" Lin Bai said with a smile to Erin.
Erin was overjoyed and said, "Alright, a thousand spirit stones. The Treasure Hall is also willing to make friends with the two of you."
Just at that moment,
"Hey, isn't this Lin Bai, the young master of the Lin family? Didn't you jump off a cliff in shame after awakening a first-rank Yellow-grade martial soul?"
At this moment, a remarkable-looking man walked up behind Lin Bai.
Lin Bai turned around and recognized him.
The young master of the Ye family, Ye Rulong.
This person had always been at odds with Lin Bai, and Lin Bai rarely paid him any attention. He said to Erin, "I'll give you a thousand spirit stones, give me the sword."
"Alright." Erin smiled.
"What sword? I'll take this sword."
Just as Erin was about to take down the rusty sword, Ye Rulong spoke with a smile.
Hearing this, Erin realized that there was competition, which could drive up the price. She smiled and said, "Young Master Ye Rulong, this sword costs a thousand spirit stones."
"Haha, just a thousand spirit stones? I'll offer eleven hundred spirit stones. I have plenty of money." Saying this, Ye Rulong waved his hand and took out a thousand spirit stones from his storage bag.
"Ye Rulong, I was the first to decide to buy this sword," Lin Bai said coldly.
"So what if you were the first to look at it? You haven't paid yet."
"Besides, Lin Bai, do you even have a thousand spirit stones?"
"Are you a waste of space? Would the Lin family give you a thousand spirit stones?" Ye Rulong said with a mocking smile.
The confrontation between Ye Rulong and Lin Bai immediately drew a crowd.
Many people whispered, "Isn't he the waste of the Lin family, with a first-rank Yellow-grade martial soul, disgracing the family."
"Isn't that really Lin Bai? Didn't he commit suicide?"
"Disappeared for two months, and now he can't even afford a sword, only buying a rusty one. What a pity for the former young master of Lingxi City to fall to such a state."
Ye Rulong laughed, "Since ancient times, treasures have always gone to the highest bidder."
"If Young Master Lin can't offer a higher price, then please give the sword to me, Miss."
Ye Rulong said to Erin.
Erin also smiled, "Indeed, at the Treasure Hall, treasures always go to the highest bidder. If this young master can't offer a higher price, then the sword will go to Young Master Ye Rulong."
The young boy became anxious and tugged at Lin Bai's sleeve, "Big brother, my sword."
"Don't worry, I'll help you get it." Lin Bai comforted the young boy.
A cold smile appeared on Lin Bai's lips.
Ye Rulong was clearly here to cause trouble.
Since that's the case, Lin Bai didn't need to hold back.
"I'll offer twelve hundred spirit stones." Lin Bai said to Erin.
Hearing this, Erin was overjoyed. If these two kept bidding, wouldn't the rusty sword sell for an astronomical price?
"Thirteen hundred spirit stones." Ye Rulong called out smugly.
"Fourteen hundred spirit stones." Lin Bai responded casually.
"Fifteen hundred spirit stones." Ye Rulong said leisurely.
Lin Bai shook his head.
Seeing this, Ye Rulong thought Lin Bai was about to give up and laughed, "Haha, Young Master Lin, don't put up a false front. How could you possibly have a thousand spirit stones? You, a waste of space, should just go back and stop embarrassing yourself."
"I shook my head because your bidding is too slow."
"Three thousand spirit stones." Lin Bai said directly.
Hearing "three thousand spirit stones," Erin was shocked, then her face lit up with joy.
"This young master has offered three thousand spirit stones, Young Master Ye Rulong, do you want to bid higher?" Erin said to Ye Rulong.
Ye Rulong's face turned grim.
Three thousand spirit stones was a considerable sum of wealth.
"Erin, don't rush. Of course, Young Master Ye Rulong will bid higher. He is the young master of the Ye family, how could he not have three thousand spirit stones?"
"Right, Young Master Ye Rulong."
Lin Bai said with a smile.
Ye Rulong couldn't miss the mocking tone in Lin Bai's words and said, red-faced, "Lin Bai, don't be so smug. I, the young master of the Ye family, can't come up with three thousand spirit stones."
"I don't believe that a waste of the Lin family could have so many spirit stones."
Lin Bai feigned surprise, "Oh, Young Master Ye Rulong, you really can't come up with three thousand spirit stones? You're so poor."
"You're so poor!"
"You're so poor."
Poor?
The young master of the prestigious Ye family in Lingxi City being called poor?
Hearing this, Ye Rulong almost spat out a mouthful of blood, gritting his teeth, he said,
"Damn you, don't mess around here. If you can come up with three thousand spirit stones, show me!"
"Let me tell you, if you can't come up with the spirit stones after bidding at the Treasure Hall, you'll be severely punished!"
Ye Rulong firmly believed that Lin Bai didn't have three thousand spirit stones.
He, the young master of the Ye family, and highly regarded by the family head after awakening his martial soul, couldn't come up with three thousand spirit stones.
Let alone Lin Bai, a waste of space, how could he possibly have three thousand spirit stones?
"If I can come up with it, will you do something?" Lin Bai smiled.
Ye Rulong angrily said, "If you can come up with it, I'll kneel and kowtow to you in public!"
"Then it's a deal." Lin Bai smiled.
Erin said, "Then please pay the spirit stones, young master."
"I wonder if the Treasure Hall accepts the corpses of spirit beasts?" Lin Bai asked Erin curiously.
"They do, but we're not very interested in first or second-rank martial spirit beasts," Erin said with her usual smile.
"Not interested in first or second-rank martial spirit beasts?" Lin Bai frowned.
"Haha, did you hear that, Lin Bai? Don't bring out those first or second-rank martial spirit beasts to embarrass yourself."
Ye Rulong laughed maniacally.
Lin Bai thought for a moment. It was probably because first and second-rank martial spirit beasts were no different from ordinary beasts, so they had no value to the Treasure Hall.
"Alright, I don't have any first or second-rank martial spirit beasts anyway."
"Erin, how much are these spirit beasts worth?"
Lin Bai waved his hand, and a large pile of spirit beast corpses spilled out from his storage ring, piling up in the Treasure Hall.
The appearance of these spirit beast corpses instantly filled the Treasure Hall with a thick, bloody aura.