Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 318: Chapter 317: Have Master Hu Appraise It

Master Hu’s words attracted everyone’s attention, and all eyes fixed on Lin Jiang.

This was a member of the Ten Great Families, so his words carried considerable credibility.

Lin Jiang took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth, ”Do I merely not believe in him? This Zhou, he’s simply chasing fame by deception, causing me to squander nearly fifty million. He appraised several fakes as Magic Artifacts, and I bought them all, only to find out later that they were counterfeit, utterly despicable!”

”What!?”

Once Lin Jiang had spoken, the crowd at the scene was immediately dumbfounded.

If it were only Master Hu questioning Zhou Wangkun’s appraisal, then indeed, the crowd couldn’t just take his word for it. However, it was a different matter with Lin Jiang speaking up personally.

Lin Jiang came from the Lin Family of the Provincial City; his words certainly couldn’t be false.

Zhou Wangkun’s face instantly turned ashen; he finally understood what the incident on Erdao Street had been about—it was all for the purpose of ruining his reputation in this place. And he couldn’t refute the claim, for it was indeed his oversight.

”Are you sure?” asked Master Hu.

”Do I even need to be sure?” Lin Jiang immediately responded, ”There were dozens of people at the scene then, including the shop owner. Everyone saw it clearly, it was this bastard who made the wrong appraisal!”

With that, the crowd’s look towards Zhou Wangkun became even more disdainful. What about not making a mistake for decades? Hadn’t he just made a blunder?

Master Hu smiled faintly and nodded, ”Now, does anyone still believe in the results appraised by this so-called Master Zhou?”

The crowd immediately shook their heads.

Master Hu looked at Zhou Bingliang and asked with a smile, ”How about it, do you have anything else to say?”

Zhou Bingliang took a deep breath and suddenly gestured with his hand, ”Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize, but today’s auction ends here!”

”What?”

”It’s stopping just like that?”

”There are still so many items that haven’t been auctioned, and it stops now?”

”Bastard, since you can’t connive with Zhou Wangkun to swindle our money anymore, you just stop the auction? Is this how you do business?”

The crowd quickly became noisy, and a sharp light passed through Master Hu’s eyes as he said coldly, ”We are here for the auction. You promised to sell items but want to end early? Are you playing with us? What, you can’t scam money from us so you want to run? I’m telling you, that’s impossible. Today, you can’t leave unless all those items come out!”

Master Hu’s words immediately gained the support of the crowd, who clamored for Zhou Bingliang to continue the auction.

Zhou Bingliang, looking helpless, said, ”It’s not that we won’t auction, but since everyone no longer trusts Master Zhou, we don’t have an appraiser. How about we find another appraiser and hold another auction later?”

Master Hu replied directly, ”I’m right here, I can appraise!”

The crowd’s eyes lit up, and they started clamoring, ”Right, Master Hu can appraise!”

”Master Hu practices the art of immortals, his appraisal results are definitely reliable!”

”Exactly, Master Hu is already here, why bother looking for someone else to appraise?”

”Thinking of finding someone else to deceive us? Dream on, only Master Hu can appraise!”

The crowd was in an uproar, but Zhou Bingliang was adamant about not letting Master Hu appraise the item. At last, when a conflict arose and there was no other choice, he agreed to let Master Hu proceed with the appraisal, and the auction continued.

Su Yang just stood aside, calmly observing everything. It had to be said, Zhou Bingliang’s acting was quite good, pretending to be very reluctant.

The more reluctant he appeared, the more the crowd believed in Master Hu. By doing so, even if Master Hu sold an Inferior Magical Tool as a Superior Magical Artifact, no one would doubt it.

One had to admit, Zhou Bingliang’s strategy was indeed very meticulous, completely bamboozling the rich tycoons in attendance.

With Master Hu personally stepping forward for the appraisal, the atmosphere on the scene became even more fervent. The results of Master Hu’s appraisal made them more trustworthy, and the crowd spent money without any hesitation.

In this manner, over eighty Magic Artifacts were consecutively sold. Half were Medium Quality Magical Tools and the other half were Inferior Magical Tools, with a total income nearing eight billion—a considerably large transaction.

Zhou Bingliang stood by with an expression as if he’d swallowed a dead fly, for Master Hu had set very low prices for each Medium Quality Magical Tool. The more he exhibited such an expression, the more the crowd felt they were getting a bargain, nearly frantically scrambling to make purchases.

A faint sneer crossed Su Yang’s lips; these people were truly ignorant. Of the more than fifty Magic Artifacts, only one was a Medium Quality Magical Tool—the rest were Inferior Magical Tools. This meant that Zhou Bingliang and his associates had essentially made an extra sixty billion, and these people were still happily buying away!

The last items brought out were a pair of red jade rings that looked like women’s bracelets, extremely beautiful to behold. On closer inspection, the jade rings were covered in patterns. Although no one understood the patterns, when combined with the jade rings, they conjured a very mysterious sensation.

At the sight of these jade rings, Master Hu’s eyes suddenly widened. He didn’t care about the crowd’s queries and walked directly to the rings, staring intently as if he’d discovered some precious treasure.

Master Hu’s reaction caused everyone’s hearts to pound with anticipation.

Could it be that these jade rings were even more valuable?

After staring at the rings for a long time, Master Hu finally let out a slow breath and said with a trembling voice, ”My trip here was truly worthwhile!”

”Ah?” The crowd instantly became excited, and Fatty, who was anxious, asked, ”Master Hu, what... what kind of treasure is this?”

”These pairs are called Dragon-Phoenix Jade Rings!” Master Hu proclaimed seriously. ”They contain Ancient Dragon and Phoenix Blood. The bracelet on the left holds Dragon Blood, symbolizing power, and also protects its wearer, offering the ability to reach the pinnacle.”

There were exclamations all around. After all, who present didn’t wish for greater power?

”However, the truly vital aspect of these Dragon-Phoenix Jade Rings lies in the Phoenix Ring on the right,” Master Hu continued. ”The Phoenix Ring contains Phoenix Blood, and as everyone knows, phoenixes are incredibly mystical creatures, capable of rebirth from Nirvana, eternal and undying. The Phoenix Blood thus imbued with the phoenix’s wonders; wearing this Phoenix Ring, as long as you don’t die, you will completely recover. Even if you’re missing limbs, they will regrow!”

”What?”

”It has such miraculous effects?”

”Good heavens, am I dreaming? How... how is this possible?”

The crowd erupted in shock, and Fatty, clearly excited, asked, ”Master Hu, does this Phoenix Ring truly have such effects?”

”Humph!” Master Hu scoffed, his gaze sweeping over the crowd before landing on a man leaning on a cane.

”You, come here!” commanded Master Hu.

Looking surprised, the man hobbled over to Master Hu.

”How long has your leg been broken?” Master Hu inquired.

”Seven or eight years now!” the man said with a sigh.

”Very well!” Master Hu nodded and declared, ”Put on this Phoenix Ring, and today, I will make you grow out that leg anew!”