Yang Jianchuan smiled, "In this world, only money can solve all problems. Don't you think so, Ma Changhe?"
Yang Jianchuan's voice was loud, wanting Li Mo to hear.
Ma Changhe played along, glancing at An Yuxin, "Of course. In today's society, you can't do anything without money."
An Yuxin stirred.
"A hero rescuing a damsel in distress. In ancient times, wouldn't such actions be called a hero?"
"A hero can't do it without money."
The two were in sync. Li Mo could feel An Yuxin was conflicted.
"Don't worry, I'll help you with your matter."
Li Mo saw her wavering heart and squeezed her hand.
An Yuxin calmed down.
Seeing this, Yang Jianchuan snorted coldly again.
"11 million!"
Someone raised the bid.
Yang Jianchuan raised his sign without a second thought.
"20 million!"
It could be seen that Yang Jianchuan was determined to get his hands on this treasure.
"There's nothing I, Hu Dezhi, can't get what I want. 21 million!"
The person who raised the bid earlier shouted again.
Yang Jianchuan's face darkened, "25 million!"
"Twenty-six million." It was still Hu Dezhi who raised the price.
"30 million!" Yang Jianchuan shouted again.
"Kid, you're good. I, Hu Dezhi, won't fight with you."
With Hu Dezhi gone, no one else was in the mood to compete. The auctioneer shouted thrice and the deal was done.
Yang Jianchuan went on stage to get the jade seal. When he came back, he fiddled with it, his eyes on An Yuxin.
"Five million is not worth mentioning in my eyes. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a huge sum of money that they will never be able to obtain in their entire lives. There are some things that I have to think carefully. Otherwise, if I miss this opportunity, it will never come again."
While Yang Jianchuan was gloating, he heard Li Mo say to An Yuxin, "Ignore someone with a screw loose, no matter what he says."
Yang Jianchuan's face changed, "Kid, who are you calling a screw loose?"
Li Mo smiled, "Spending 30 million on a worthless thing, if it's not a screw loose, then what is?"
"You said that this jade talisman is worthless?
Do you know that this is a Cleansing Talisman personally made by Master Zhou, Zhou Mengxian? Master Zhou is not a swindler, he is a true master in China. Didn't you see the miraculous scene where the smoke couldn't get close to him? "
Ma Changhe said, "Director Yang, why are you angry at a child who doesn't know anything? Just ignore him."
Li Mo said, "I don't know who Grandmaster Zhou is, but I do know that this jade seal's cleansing effect will weaken over time until it becomes a useless jade fragment."
"Nonsense." Yang Jianchuan was so angry he laughed. He didn't want to talk to Li Mo.
An Yuxin blinked her eyes.
"In my opinion, the best master in the country is my master, Master Huang."
"Ahem, yes, yes."
Huang Lixing was drinking water when he choked. However, he reacted quickly and sat up straight. His trench coat and sunglasses were the only one in the entire venue. He looked very elegant.
Yang Jianchuan mocked, "Who the hell is Master Huang?" He turned to Ma Changhe, "Have you heard of him?"
"I've heard of Master Zhou, Master Bai, and Master Lin. But I have no idea what Master Huang is."
"Ha-ha-ha, maybe he's nothing."
"Maybe, maybe."
As the two continued to ridicule Huang Lixing, Li Mo snickered, "My master said that the jade talisman in your hand can last for three days at most. If you don't believe me, take a look at it and you'll understand."
"Nonsense!"
Yang Jianchuan said this, but he couldn't help but do as Li Mo said. He took a look at the jade talisman and his face changed.
The talisman looked smooth on the outside, but the inside was covered in cracks.
Yang Jianchuan took out a cigarette, lit it, and blew puffs of smoke at the jade talisman. He could clearly see that with every puff of smoke, the cracks in the jade talisman became a little more serious.
Li Mo said to An Yuxin, "Buying a worthless thing with 30 million and thinking he's so proud. His brain is hopeless. No matter what he says, don't believe him."
An Yuxin nodded.
Trust was built bit by bit.
Crack!
The jade talisman in Yang Jianchuan's hand cracked and fell to the ground.
Yang Jianchuan put on a relaxed face, "30 million is nothing to me. I'll just treat it as a bit of Master Zhou's immortal aura."
At this moment, in his heart, he had already cursed the Su Family.
'If not for them, how could I have lost face like this?'
Ma Changhe saw Yang Jianchuan's anger and pretended to be serious, turning a deaf ear to Yang Jianchuan's words.
Twenty minutes later, the third item was on display. It wasn't the Su clan's collection this time, but a cracked gray stone cauldron.
The advertisement released by the Priceless Treasures Auction had mentioned that this item was an ancient cauldron of the Shang Zhou Dynasty.
Originally, many people were very interested when they heard about the ancient cauldron of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. However, when they saw it, they were extremely disappointed.
The cauldron was made of stone, and it was not even complete. There were more than a hundred cracks on it. If it were to be moved slightly, it would probably shatter into pieces.
Yu Boyan pointed at the cauldron, "This cauldron wasn't like this at first. When it was sent to the auction, it didn't even have ten cracks. I don't know if it's because of the weather, or if it was shaken, but yesterday, the cracks increased to this extent."
The audience sighed. Many were glad that it was only yesterday that the cracks increased. If they had bought more, they would've lost big time.
"Because the cauldron is damaged, the starting bid is now 3,000. It was originally 3 million."
Yu Boyan's face turned red when he said 3,000.
Anyone could see that the cauldron would shatter if it was moved.
"I hereby announce the start of the third auction."
The crowd was silent, with no one calling out a bid.
It wasn't that 3,000 was too expensive, but no one wanted to see it shatter the moment they bought it.
It wasn't a matter of money. Everyone here was a man of status, and no one wanted to lose face like this.
Jiang Xiaoyan asked three times, but still no one called out a bid.
"3,000!"
Just when Jiang Xiaoyan thought the stone cauldron would go unsold, someone called out a bid.
Li Mo stood up and raised his sign.
"5 million!"
Yang Jianchuan raised his sign.
"Wow ~"