The crowd's gaze turned to Zhao Letian, their eyes filled with surprise.
"Who is this person? Such audacity, even Zhao Lingfeng and Sun Shuhao have given up, yet he still dares to compete with Liu Yidao."
"Eh? I can't see through his cultivation level; could he possibly be a high-level True Martial artist?"
"There are only so many high-level True Martial artists in Qingzhou City, and I have never seen this face before. Perhaps he is an outsider and not aware of Liu Yidao's identity, which is why he dares to continue bidding."
The crowd discussed among themselves.
"Why has he gotten involved as well?" Seeing Zhao Letian making an offer, Ji Hongling's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and a trace of worry flashed through her beautiful eyes.
If the bearded and muscular man was truly a disguise of Zhao Letian, then she could not help but doubt whether Zhao Letian could produce the tens of thousands of Mid-Grade Essence Stones.
Zhao Lingfeng and others had the backing of their entire families to bring so many Primordial Stones to participate in the auction. Without a strong background, how could Zhao Letian possibly get his hands on so many Primordial Stones?
If he doesn't have the Primordial Stones and is bidding wildly, disrupting the auction order, the consequences would be very serious.
Furthermore, even if Zhao Letian can indeed produce that many Primordial Stones and ends up winning the Cloud Piercing Boat, he would also offend the people behind Liu Yidao of the Overlord Blade Villa and bring upon a great deal of trouble.
However, Ji Hongling did not know that to Zhao Letian, Primordial Stones were just a number. If necessary, no matter how high the price, he could afford it. Furthermore, he had already offended the people of the Iron Sword Sect and did not care about offending Overlord Blade Villa one bit. As for Liu Yidao, he didn't take him seriously at all. Shentu Yu, the strongest of the Four Young Masters, had been slain by him, let alone a mere Liu Yidao. To supp@or^t& our w&o@rk-,! p^l^eas%e re@ad on *@.+
"Senior brother, can you discern this person's cultivation level?" In a private room on the second floor, Liu Yidao, donned in a green robe, turned to look at two burly men in black, carrying huge swords, and asked.
"This person has used some kind of sophisticated secret technique to hide his cultivation. We cannot see through it, be cautious," said a strong man from Overlord Blade Villa shaking his head.
Liu Yidao frowned. It seemed he could not easily confront the bearded man below, and would have to defeat him with bidding.
After a moment of silence, Liu Yidao bid again.
"Eleven thousand one hundred and one."
Zhao Letian followed without hesitation, adding only a hundred more Mid-Grade Essence Stones, just enough to outbid Liu Yidao, unwilling to spend even a bit more.
Liu Yidao, mindful of his identity as the young master of the Liu Family, naturally could not just add in increments of one hundred and directly bumped it up to twelve thousand.
"Twelve thousand one hundred."
Zhao Letian continued to follow.
"Hmph! Auctioneer, this person's background is unclear. I suspect he doesn't have enough Primordial Stones to participate in the auction. I request that you check his assets; this young master does not wish to waste time with a lunatic." Liu Yidao's face darkened as he spoke. Twelve thousand had already exceeded the price he expected. He couldn't believe that, for a price even he couldn't bear, there really was someone in Qingzhou City who could outbid him so nonchalantly.
At the same time, the people on the scene also felt that there was something off about the bearded burly man.
They had seen plenty of nouveau-riche types before, but the tone of this bearded burly man was too calm, calm to the point where it seemed like he didn't care at all about the tens of thousands of Mid-Grade Essence Stones, as if he didn't view Primordial Stones as Primordial Stones at all.
Such a person was either a Divine-level tycoon beyond their imagination or simply causing trouble on purpose, without actually having that many Primordial Stones on him. They found it hard to believe that a real Divine-level tycoon would come to such a remote small city, so the bearded burly man was more likely the latter.
"This person shouldn't be from one of the four great families. It's interesting that he dares to compete with Liu Yidao," mused Zhao Lingfeng, curiously focusing his attention on Zhao Letian.
"Hopefully, he's not here just to cause trouble," remarked Sun Shuhao, looking at Zhao Letian. Although this auction was already none of his business, he would be quite happy to see Liu Yidao taken down a peg.
"Senior, since a guest has raised doubts, may I know if the senior could reveal some of your wealth to dispel everyone's suspicions?" Ji Hongling asked with a slight frown, feeling quite troubled herself. It would be quite embarrassing if the bearded burly man couldn't produce twelve thousand Mid-Grade Essence Stones.
"It's not convenient here," Zhao Letian responded indifferently.
"Humph! I bet you don't have them at all and just want to feign mystery?" Liu Yidao coldly scoffed from a private room on the second floor.
"What if I do? What would you do about it?" Zhao Letian retorted coldly, looking towards the private room on the second floor. He had originally not wanted to pay any attention to this Liu Yidao, but he hadn't expected the man to push his luck and be so relentless.
"If you do, I'll just..."
"Junior Brother, we don't know the details about this person, don't be rash."
Just as Liu Yidao was about to say something out of anger, a strong figure from the Blade Overlord Villa suddenly reminded him.
"Humph! Whether you have it is your business, what does it have to do with me?" Liu Yidao suppressed the anger in his heart and retorted with a cold snort.
"Since it has nothing to do with you, then shut your mouth. Don't think that just because you are from one of the four great families, I would hesitate to kill you," Zhao Letian said with a cold stern voice.
Everyone at the scene gasped. This person was daring enough to publicly threaten to kill Liu Yidao, the young master of the Liu Family. He was truly audacious, especially since there were people from the Blade Overlord Villa present, and he showed no concern, which was extremely arrogant.
However, the more Zhao Letian acted domineering, the more others considered him a mysterious and formidable person, and the more they were wary of him.
Liu Yidao had already shut his mouth at this point, no longer daring to speak rashly. It was still somewhat acceptable to ignore the Liu Family, but disregard for the Blade Overlord Villa was truly frightening. This indicated that either the bearded burly man was a madman or he possessed powerful strength and a background even more terrifying than the Blade Overlord Villa. If the former, then so be it, but if the latter, then he absolutely should not be offended.
At the same time, Zhao Lingfeng and Sun Shuhao's expressions also became solemn. They had no recollection of such a remarkable person, which truly shouldn't be the case. Fortunately, this person had a conflict with Liu Yidao, who was an opponent to both their families, so from their perspective, this person was not an enemy but a potential friend.
"Senior, since it's inconvenient to do so here, may I ask if you could follow me backstage for a check?" Ji Hongling asked.
"Sure," Zhao Letian nodded, then stood up and followed Ji Hongling to the backstage of the hall.
"Senior, we meet again. Speaking of which, Hongling has to thank the Senior for those deals we made in the past. If not for the Senior's help, Hongling might not have been able to become a Manager so quickly. But now, I have to inspect the Senior's wealth, which really embarrasses me," Ji Hongling said with a helpless smile, apologetically, at the backstage of the hall.
"You actually still remember me? Remarkable. Becoming a Manager is your own ability, it has nothing to do with me. I don't have Primordial Stones, but the value of these two items should be sufficient," Zhao Letian said nonchalantly while taking out two Jade Scrolls and handing them to Ji Hongling.