“Sixty thousand...荒币.” At this moment, Colin Grant's voice sounded again, actually raising the price by another ten thousand 荒币.

“Seventy thousand...荒币.” Gordon Grant's voice immediately followed, instantly outbidding Colin Grant.

Chad Grant cursed Gordon Grant inwardly, but at the same time hoped that Gordon Grant would keep bidding and win the 聚元灵液. If his own father won it, all the money earned would go to his father, making all his efforts pointless—he might as well just ask his father for it directly.

“One hundred thousand...荒币.” Colin Grant seemed angry, suddenly raising the price by thirty thousand 荒币.

Chad Grant felt a pang in his heart. One hundred thousand 荒币—that was ten spirit stones. Spirit stones were extremely valuable for cultivation at the Xiantian stage. Spending ten spirit stones to buy a bottle of spirit liquid that only aided early and mid-stage Houtian cultivation felt extravagant even to Chad Grant himself. Yet, he was also moved by how Colin Grant was willing to do anything for him.

Chapter 011: A Huge Profit

“One hundred and ten thousand...荒币.” Gordon Grant's voice still followed closely after Colin Grant, raising the price by another ten thousand 荒币.

One hundred and ten thousand 荒币 was equivalent to eleven spirit stones. The middle-aged man from the Liu family exchanged a glance with Yun Jinghong, both having lost interest in bidding.

“One hundred and twenty thousand...荒币.” Colin Grant continued to call out a higher price.

Sometimes things in this world are just absurd. In this auction, everyone else had given up bidding, but instead, Colin Grant and Gordon Grant, both from the Gu family, were fiercely competing against each other.

“One hundred and thirty thousand...荒币.” Gordon Grant seemed to give it no thought and directly called out the price.

“One hundred and thirty-five thousand...荒币.” After a brief pause, Colin Grant continued to bid.

“Dad, just let it go...” Chad Grant silently pleaded in his heart. Colin Grant had suddenly dropped from increasing by ten thousand 荒币 each time to just five thousand, clearly unable to bear such a high price any longer.

Colin Grant was not the head of the Gu family and could not use the family’s assets. The industries under his control were few and far less than those of Gordon Grant, the eldest son of the Grand Elder and the number one figure in the Gu family, who had full authority over the Grand Elder’s branch’s assets.

“Colin Grant...what’s wrong? Lost your nerve so soon?”

Gordon Grant laughed and said, “I know what you want the 聚元灵液 for—you want to give it to your useless son? Haha...your useless son is a waste and will always be a waste. Don’t think that just because he happened to beat Song’er once, he’s suddenly something special. The difference in cultivation at the Houtian stage isn’t that great; sometimes a lower-level cultivator can win by chance. But...Song’er is destined to step into the Xiantian stage in the future, while your useless son will always be stuck at the Houtian stage. When Song’er reaches the Xiantian stage, no matter how your useless son explodes with power, it will be pointless, heh heh...”

Gordon Grant chuckled and continued, “I know the most you can come up with is about one hundred and fifty thousand 荒币. I won’t let you win it. I won’t give your useless son even the slightest chance. I bid one hundred and fifty thousand...荒币.”

Many Xiantian cultivators in the auction hall burst out laughing. They had long heard about how Colin Grant was ostracized in the Gu family, and many were jealous that Colin Grant had managed to cling to the Gu family’s power. Now, seeing Gordon Grant publicly humiliate Colin Grant in front of everyone, how could they not laugh?

Colin Grant's face flushed red and then turned pale, but in the end, he held back his anger and said gruffly, “One hundred and fifty-one thousand...荒币.”

Hearing Colin Grant's bid, tears involuntarily streamed down Chad Grant's face. Colin Grant knew full well that bidding one hundred and fifty-one thousand 荒币 would never win the 聚元灵液 from Gordon Grant, so why did he endure everyone’s ridicule and keep bidding?

Wasn’t it all for him, Chad Grant? Wasn’t it for that last sliver of hope in his heart? As long as there was even a glimmer of hope to win the 聚元灵液 for Chad Grant, what did these humiliations matter? Hadn’t Colin Grant suffered enough humiliation in the past?

“Dad, why won’t you give up? Why...?” Although he already knew the answer, Chad Grant still silently repeated the question in his heart.

“One hundred and fifty-one thousand?”

Suddenly, Gordon Grant burst out laughing and loudly declared, “Only increased by one thousand 荒币? I bid two hundred thousand...荒币.”

Colin Grant's face instantly turned ashen. Two hundred thousand 荒币—not that he didn’t want to bid, but he simply couldn’t come up with that much.

One hundred and fifty thousand 荒币 was already all the assets Colin Grant could muster, plus a few spirit stones he had saved for cultivation.

Seeing that Colin Grant was silent, the auctioneer shouted, “Low-grade 聚元灵液, two hundred thousand 荒币, the highest bid from Mr. Gordon Grant of the Gu family. Is there any higher bid?”

“I...give...up...” Colin Grant hoarsely uttered the three words and turned to leave the auction.

Chad Grant's heart trembled slightly. He had never heard his father speak in such a tone of utter despair.

“Two hundred thousand 荒币. If there are no higher bids, it goes to Mr. Gordon Grant of the Gu family,” the auctioneer continued to announce loudly.

Gordon Grant kept his gaze on Colin Grant until he left the auction hall, then turned back to the auction stage. Now that Colin Grant was gone, Gordon Grant looked at the 聚元灵液 in the auctioneer’s hand and couldn’t help but wonder if spending two hundred thousand to buy a bottle of low-grade 聚元灵液, just to defeat Colin Grant, was really worth it.