From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

”Those thirteen Bluefin Tuna were caught by this young man here?”

”Interesting. A moment ago, Zhao Kun was acting all interrogative, but it turns out Li Yang’s status is completely different.”

”Zhao Kun must be here for the Bluefin Tuna too.”

As soon as President Zhu Tianfu finished speaking, some people in the crowd started whispering amongst themselves.

”What?”

Hearing Zhu Tianfu’s words, Zhao Kun froze, a look of utter disbelief in his eyes.

In truth, he had arranged for people to keep an eye on Li Guohai and Zhao Rou at the hospital in Hu City, but he hadn’t paid any attention to Li Yang back in Coastal City.

So he genuinely had no idea that Li Yang had bought a fishing boat and caught a large school of yellow croakers, among other things.

Upon learning this, Zhao Kun’s expression turned incredibly ugly. His face seemed to turn a shade of livid purple.

He was also here for the Bluefin Tuna, which meant he was here to hand-deliver money to Li Yang.

He knew, of course, that the money Li Yang earned was for the Anticancer Agent.

Basically, he would spend money to buy the Bluefin Tuna, that money would go into Li Yang’s pocket, and then Li Yang would buy the Anticancer Agent to treat Li Guohai.

Didn’t that mean he was paying to help treat Li Guohai’s illness?

One can only imagine the look on Zhao Kun’s face at that moment.

However, he was a man of deep cunning. The fury on his face quickly vanished. He looked at Li Yang and said in a low voice, ”Li Yang, very good. Today, I, Zhao Kun, have finally seen my nephew for who he truly is. What a fine son Li Guohai and Zhao Rou have raised.”

After saying his piece, Zhao Kun didn’t say anything more and went straight to a seat in the front row.

With his level of cunning, he wouldn’t just turn and leave simply because he found out the Bluefin Tuna belonged to Li Yang.

If he didn’t buy the Bluefin Tuna, others would. It was completely unavoidable.

The crowd dispersed. Li Yang watched Zhao Kun walk away, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He’d had the urge to strike just now, but he’d held himself back.

Under these circumstances, it would have been unwise to actually attack Zhao Kun.

Besides, in Li Yang’s opinion, his strength as an Initial Earth-Level was still not enough. ’There’s no need to expose that I’m a Cultivator right now.’

”Li Yang.”

Zhou Yao had been worried about Li Yang the whole time. Seeing Zhao Kun leave, she immediately walked over. ”Are you okay?”

”I’m fine.” Li Yang shook his head with a smile.

Seeing the concern on Zhou Yao’s face warmed his heart.

In the distance, Qin Yue looked their way. She wanted to walk over but hesitated. Seeing Zhou Yao next to Li Yang, she ultimately decided against it.

”Welcome, everyone, to the Xuan City Auction House.”

After that minor incident, the Xuan City auction finally began.

Li Yang also sat in his seat, watching the items get auctioned off one by one.

Soon, it was time for the Bluefin Tuna.

”Next up is the auction for the Bluefin Tuna. First, we have a 254-pound fish, with a starting bid of two million,” the host announced with a smile.

”Two million.”

”Two and a half million.”

”Three million.”

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Soon, the 254-pound Bluefin Tuna was sold for 3.7 million!

That was actually a very high price.

Next, the Bluefin Tuna were auctioned off one by one. Soon, eleven of them had been sold, and the total auction price had already exceeded seventy million!

Now, only the last two remained: the 529-pound one and the 558-pound one!

’I’ve already made seventy million! By the time the auction is over, the total could reach ninety million!’

Li Yang was overjoyed, eagerly awaiting the final sales.

Of course, the higher the auction price, the better. For him, this meant he could now buy two doses of the Anticancer Agent!

”Five million!”

”Six million!”

”Seven million!”

The bidding price kept climbing.

Previously, a 617-pound Bluefin Tuna had auctioned for the sky-high price of over twenty million. These two, at 529 pounds and over 550 pounds, should be worth at least ten million each!

Sure enough, the price quickly broke past ten million!

Zhao Kun raised the bid to eleven million.

Everyone certainly wanted the biggest Bluefin Tuna, and several families present at the auction were in no way inferior to the Zhao family.

Of course, even if they didn’t have as much money as the Zhao family, taking out a few tens of millions was still an easy matter.

Zhao Kun was worried he might not be able to compete for the last fish, so he started bidding on the second-to-last one.

He wasn’t the only one; the other wealthy magnates also started bidding.

”Auntie.”

Beside Zhou Xiaoyun, Zhou Yao discreetly tugged on her aunt’s sleeve when she thought no one was looking.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoyun looked resigned.

She bid directly, ”Fourteen million!”

In reality, the approximate price for a Bluefin Tuna of this size was around twelve million, but Zhou Xiaoyun had gone straight to two million higher.

”What is Zhou Xiaoyun doing? Raising the price by so much all at once?”

”No idea.”

Several people glanced over at Zhou Xiaoyun.

Although everyone wanted a Bluefin Tuna, the rich weren’t fools. If the price was truly too high, they wouldn’t buy it either.

Most people chose to give up, but someone still called out fourteen and a half million. In response, Zhou Xiaoyun immediately bid sixteen million.

Her aggressive bidding immediately intimidated everyone else into silence.

In the end, the second-to-last Bluefin Tuna was won by Zhou Xiaoyun.

”Sister Zhou, you...” Li Yang trailed off, speaking to Zhou Xiaoyun from his seat next to Zhou Yao.

Zhou Xiaoyun glanced at her niece, feeling resigned. ’What’s so great about Li Yang that makes Zhou Yao like him so much?’ she wondered.

She looked at Li Yang and said with a smile, ”Li Yang, I really did want this Bluefin Tuna. I didn’t deliberately bid a high price on your account.”

Hearing this, Li Yang thanked her anyway.

With the second-to-last Bluefin Tuna selling for such a high price, the final one would, under normal circumstances, go for no less.

In the end, the price for the last Bluefin Tuna did indeed surpass sixteen million, even reaching nineteen million before it was won by Zhao Kun.

Thirteen Bluefin Tuna, a total auction price of one hundred and five million!

After deducting the five percent auction fee, Li Yang would receive nearly one hundred million!

Li Yang was absolutely ecstatic.

’I have twenty million, and with this hundred million, I’ll have a total of one hundred and twenty million!’

One of the two doses of the Anticancer Agent that appeared last time was priced at exactly one hundred and twenty million!