After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 103 Questioning Me? Who are you?
The others also cast inquiring glances at her!

It took Bai Ya a while to find her voice, and she stammered, "Lin Yan, you...you're too generous!"

Lin Yan simply smiled and said nothing more. An eerie silence fell over the entire hall as everyone awaited what would happen next.

At this moment, a clear female voice rang out in the quiet hall, carrying a firm questioning tone, "Fourth Senior Sister, I never thought you were this kind of person. You've gone too far! How could you maliciously raise prices and disrupt the auction? You were expelled from the sect and became a rogue cultivator, how could you possibly have so many spirit stones to bid on it!"

Auctions strictly prohibit bidders from bidding more than they can afford. Such behavior is considered disruptive and constitutes malicious price gouging.

If a monk engages in this behavior, the auction house has the right to expel him and permanently ban him from entering the auction house, and he will be subject to a ban from all auction houses!

Bai Ya pursed her lips uneasily after hearing this, and her gaze fell on the female cultivator who had stood up to question her.

Fortunately, the person next to me did not show any signs of nervousness and remained calm and composed.

"That's quite interesting. Nobody else has said anything, but you jump out and say some high-sounding things to make yourself seem very capable," Lin Yan said calmly, exposing the other person's pretense.

"I don't want others to suffer losses and the auction order to be disrupted because of your malicious bidding!"

"Oh? You really know how to flatter yourself." Lin Yan's eyes remained fixed on her, not letting the other party play the victim, and continued, "You accuse me of disrupting the auction's order, then what about your wanton behavior?"

Tao Zhizhi was certain that the other party did not have that many spirit stones.

Back in the sect, this senior sister couldn't enjoy cultivation resources, and even her personal disciple allowance had to be borrowed by others.

The other party was constantly being ordered around, either running errands or doing various tedious tasks, and had no time to take on sect missions to earn points to exchange for spirit stones.

Now that he's a rogue cultivator, even if he can earn some spirit stones by taking on merchant guild missions, cultivation consumes a huge amount of spirit stones, and buying magic treasures to protect himself also costs spirit stones. Under these circumstances, forget about accumulating 90,000 high-grade spirit stones; even having a few thousand spirit stones would be quite good!
Verification of funds! If the auction house verifies this person's funds, it will prove they're telling the truth! Thinking this, Tao Zhizhi shouted, "I demand a verification of her funds!"

"Tsk, what's your status? You think you can just ask for verification of funds like that?"

Upon hearing this, Tao Zhizhi immediately realized that the other party must not be able to produce that many spirit stones, so they were using this statement to bluff and evade verification of their qualifications!

"I remember the auction house had a rule that if a bidder's price didn't match the floor they were bidding on, they needed to have their funds verified!"

Lin Yan hadn't read many of the auction house's rules and didn't know about this particular rule. Naturally, she also didn't know the highest bid required from the cultivators sitting in the lobby before verification of funds was mandated.

As she was thinking this, Bai Ya, who was next to her, immediately stood up and said, "There is such a rule! But the amount in that rule is 100,000 high-grade spirit stones, and this fellow Daoist's bid did not exceed 100,000 high-grade spirit stones."

Tao Zhizhi gritted her teeth: "The person I'm asking to verify the funds isn't you, so what business is it of yours!"

"I just can't stand your aggressive attitude!" Bai Ya retorted. "Besides, you didn't even participate in the bidding for this item, so it has nothing to do with you. What kind of righteous hero are you jumping out to play the role!"

"I'm upholding justice even against family ties. I can't bear to see a former fellow disciple act so maliciously, raising prices, disrupting the auction, and harming everyone's interests. If everyone were to maliciously raise prices like her, wouldn't that harm the interests of those who genuinely want to bid on this item? I think such behavior is despicable." Tao Zhizhi spoke with righteous indignation, as if she was only standing up for "justice" and for everyone's benefit.

When Tao Zhizhi requested verification of funds, the auctioneer had already secretly instructed someone to investigate the identities of the two individuals. Shortly afterward, an interpreter from the auction house delivered the two's information.

One was a direct disciple of a sect, while the other, who registered to enter the city, was indeed a rogue cultivator! Although the bid hadn't reached the required amount for verification, given the current situation, it seemed impossible to resolve the matter without verification.

After receiving the instructions, the auctioneer frowned slightly, looked at Lin Yan, and said politely, "Fairy, given your status as a rogue cultivator, we do need to verify your assets. But rest assured, once we confirm that your assets are in order, the auction house will offer two fifth-grade magic treasures as compensation. What do you think?"

Lin Yan pretended to think for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Okay!" After saying that, she looked at Tao Zhizhi, "However, I have other conditions!"

This wasn't something she provoked Tao Zhizhi to do; the other party was deliberately throwing her life away. With so many witnesses, even if she made Tao Zhizhi kneel down and apologize to her, the Xuantian Sect couldn't say anything!
"Please speak!" the auctioneer said politely.

"Everyone can testify that it was this disciple of the Xuantian Sect who made things difficult for me and challenged me, leaving me no choice but to retaliate. After the verification of my assets, if they are deemed sufficient, I demand that this disciple of Venerable Lingyun kneel down and kowtow ten times to apologize to me!"

"This..." The auctioneer was at a loss, looking at Tao Zhizhi with difficulty. "Fairy, regarding her conditions, I wonder if you can accept them?"

Tao Zhizhi bit her lip, looking pitiful again, as if she hadn't been the one who had been so aggressive just moments before.

"Fourth Senior Sister, I know you hate me for exposing you. I just don't want my former fellow disciples to be so awful. Do you have to force me like this? Do you think you can escape this way? You might as well apologize to everyone. That way, you can avoid things getting out of hand. Considering that this is your first offense and you apologized in time, I believe the auction house will not pursue your actions this time."

This person just forced me to verify the funds, and I agreed to set conditions, but now the person doesn't want to anymore!

"You're talking too much nonsense! I said, if you agree to my conditions, I'll verify your funds."

"Do you...do you hate me that much?"

If her strength allowed, Lin Yan really wanted to crush the person to death directly, and didn't want to waste words with them at all!

Unable to communicate with Tao Zhizhi, she didn't want to communicate with anyone else either; she'd let the auction house handle it. She figured that even if Tao Zhizhi agreed to the terms, the other party would find a way to renege on the deal once the outcome was clear.

Lin Yan said to the auctioneer, "I agree to the verification of funds, but she doesn't agree to the conditions I proposed. This isn't my problem, is it?"

Her open and honest demeanor made the people jumping around look like clowns.

The auction's stalemate is quite disruptive. Some cultivators want to watch the spectacle, while others want the auction to continue, inevitably leading to some complaints.

"Fairy, can you accept the conditions proposed by the other party?" the auctioneer asked again.

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