When I stopped licking, the lady panicked.

"Sixty million each?" Lin Xuan asked.

The man in black robes replied, "Three sums of sixty million."

Lin Xuan smiled and said, "As I said before, if there are any bidders, then I will offer 50 million each."

"Since you're going to bid against me, then you'll have to pay 60 million for each of them."

The man in the black robe fell silent.

Clearly, he couldn't come up with that much money.

Seeing the black-robed man remain silent, Lin Xuan raised his head and said, "I will bid 50 million for each of the three Daoist partners, totaling 150 million. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

No one dared to utter a sound.

Seeing that no one spoke, Lin Xuan continued, "Miss Ruoshui, is this considered a deal?"

Ruoshui smiled and went through the process again.

However, just as Ruoshui was about to make a final decision, the man in black robes spoke again.

"Young Master Lin is indeed wealthy and powerful, but I have heard that the Prince of Zhenbei has died on the battlefield, and your Lin family has long been in debt."

"I'm very curious, where did Young Master Lin get 150 million taels of silver from?"

Faced with the black-robed man's questioning, Lin Xuan calmly said, "You don't need to worry about that. If I can call it out, I can naturally produce it."

The man in black robes snorted and said, "Young Master Lin, let's make friends. Give me these three Daoist partners, and in the future..."

"I won't pay." Lin Xuan refused bluntly.

He doesn't even know who the other person is or what they look like, so how can he make friends with them?

What kind of person are you, wanting to be friends with me?

At the very least, you should at least show your face, right? You didn't even show your face, took the picture, and then ran away. Who am I supposed to find?

The man in black robes was rejected again, snorted, and stormed off.

"Congratulations to Young Master Lin for winning the bid for three dual cultivation partners." Ruoshui smiled slightly and gently tapped the gavel.

Then, the three cages were removed from the stage.

"Don't be discouraged, everyone. The next items up for auction will be even more exciting than the previous ones."

Ruoshui smiled and clapped her hands. Immediately, a long spear appeared on the stage.

"A gun? What's so exciting about that?"

"Could it be that this gun can dance?"

"Hahaha!"

A burst of laughter erupted from the audience.

Ruoshui smiled without saying a word and waved to the guard beside her.

The guard stepped onto the stage, picked up a long spear and brandished it. Immediately, a faint red light emerged from the spear, transforming into a woman dressed in red, partially concealing her figure.

Upon seeing this, the laughter from the audience abruptly stopped.

"A spirit! It's a spirit!"

"This gun actually has a spirit!"

The audience erupted in cheers.

However, Lin Xuan remained seated without saying a word, coldly staring at the gun on the stage.

If he remembered correctly, the gun was called Annihilation, a gun used to kill lords; without exception, everyone who possessed it died by its blade.

It was a gun that greatly favored the strong; if its master was weaker than its opponent, it would kill its master and then surrender to the stronger one.

Therefore, those who can wield this gun can only wield it temporarily, not forever.

Fortunately, Lin Xuan was strong enough that, in order to prevent anyone present from being harmed, he had no choice but to sacrifice himself for the greater good and bid on the dangerous object.

"Now, the starting price... Hey, wait, wait, Young Master Lin, I haven't said the starting price yet!" Ruoshui was almost speechless with shock.

Because Lin Xuan made the gesture of "lighting a sky lantern".

This gesture means very simply: bid up to the limit and you're guaranteed to win the item.

Upon seeing Lin Xuan light a sky lantern, everyone present instantly lost their composure.

Even the auction house's behind-the-scenes boss couldn't sit still and called a halt to the auction, instructing Ruoshui to bring Lin Xuan to the back.

Ruoshui was momentarily stunned. In all her years of hosting auctions, she had never encountered a wealthy patron like Lin Xuan.

The key point is that the Lin family is already living beyond their means, so where would he get the money to bid on these things?

The auction was temporarily suspended, and Lin Xuan was called to the back by Ruoshui.

"Is something the matter?" Lin Xuan asked.

Ruoshui said, "Young Master Lin, our boss wants to see you."

"Aren't you the boss?" Lin Xuan asked with a smile.

Ruoshui said, "I handle many of the auction house's affairs, but I am not the boss."

"What does he want from me?" Lin Xuan asked.

Ruoshui shook her head and said, "I don't know either. Our boss always stays behind the scenes and has never shown up, much less invited anyone to have tea with him."

Lin Xuan said, "So, I should feel honored?"

"No, that's not it. It's just... sigh, I don't know what the boss is planning. Come with me," Ruoshui said.

Lin Xuan didn't say much and silently followed Ruoshui upstairs.

During this time, Ruoshui secretly glanced at Lin Xuan several times.

"Just say what you have to say, stop staring at me," Lin Xuan said.

Ruoshui blushed and smiled, "Actually, I've always had a question."

"Speak," Lin Xuan said succinctly.

Ruoshui said, "Young Master Lin is not a lecherous man, so why did he bid for three Daoist partners?"

Ruoshui wasn't criticizing, but simply curious. After all, it's normal for a man to want to have children and carry on the family line.

"But the fact that they bought three in one go really puzzles me."

Lin Xuan smiled and said calmly, "The rules of the auction are fair bidding, and the highest bidder wins."

"Since I've found something I like, I'll just take pictures of it all at once. Is there a problem?"

Ruoshui said, "That's certainly not a problem, but... why all three of them together?"

Lin Xuan asked, "Do you think the other people didn't shoot three in a row because they didn't like it?"

"That's because?"

"Because they can't afford it."

Ruoshui was taken aback, then chuckled and said, "Young Master Lin is quite confident."

"If they could afford it, they wouldn't have let any of them go. I just did what they wanted to do but couldn't," Lin Xuan said calmly, as if he were talking about something very ordinary.

Ruoshui had nothing to say.

This Lin Xuan seems a bit too arrogant.

However, he certainly has the right to be arrogant.

My late father, the Prince of Zhenbei, was second only to the emperor. As the heir of the Prince of Zhenbei, he commanded the strongest Black Armor Army in the dynasty, and even the emperor was wary of him.

If it were anyone else with this kind of start, they would definitely be even more arrogant than him.

Soon, Lin Xuan was invited to a private room.

In front of a sandalwood wooden table, Lin Xuan saw an old man dressed in a black robe with graying temples.

He looked up at Lin Xuan with a refined smile on his face, but a sharp glint was hidden in his eyes.

Moreover, Lin Xuan could not sense any cultivation level from him, but he could feel his considerable strength from his aura.

This person is not simple.

They can easily conceal their cultivation level and hide their killing intent invisibly.

Lin Xuan became wary and asked, "Who are you, senior?"

"My name is Dugu Sihai, and this Wanjin Auction House is my asset," Dugu Sihai said with a smile. "Please sit down, Young Master Lin."