The bid was quickly finalized by the auctioneer and the item was considered sold, but no one found anything strange about that.
After all, this was a dragon vein…
There was no one in this crowd that could beat a bid like that.
As for questioning whether they would be able to pay something like that, the auction house would never doubt them since they were from the Lin Astral Family.
Even if they didn't have the dragon vein crystal on them, they would still be able to get it from the Lin Astral Family.
After all, the Lin Astral Family was the best guarantor one could find in this Lin Astral Empire.
So no one from the auction house even bothered to ask for the payment as they immediately brought the item over.
It was the manager himself that personally came in and brought the item over to where Lin Hong was sitting. However, when Lin Hong saw this, his face couldn't help turning red.
Lin Fan just casually said, "I was the one who bought it."
The manager was surprised to hear this, but seeing the nod from Lin Hong, he bought the item over to Lin Fan.
However, as he prepared to leave, Lin Fan suddenly raised his hand to stop him.
The manager was surprised by this and couldn't help asking, "This young master, is there anything else I can do for you?"
Lin Fan just casually tossed a crystal to him.
The manager was caught off guard by his crystal that was suddenly thrown at him and he couldn't catch it in time. But when he reached down to pick it up off the floor, his chin immediately dropped to the ground.
As the manager of the Forest Auction House, he naturally recognized this crystal.
Even if others wouldn't recognize this crystal, there was no way that he wouldn't recognize it.
It was a dragon vein crystal.
There was no doubt in his mind that this was the payment for the bid and he quickly picked it up from the ground. After all, if there was any damage to it, he was certain that he would be responsible for it since he was the one that dropped it on the ground.
After quickly making sure that there was nothing wrong with the dragon vein crystal, he quickly bowed to Lin Fan and asked, "Is there anything else that you need?"
Lin Fan just casually waved his hand at the manager.
It was only then that the manager had turned to Lin Hong and asked, "Young master Lin, is there anything that I can do for you?"
Lin Hong had been reduced to the secondary main member of this group.
Before this, he had been treated as the leader of this group because of the token that he had shown before, but now…
The manager naturally understood that a person who could throw out a dragon vein crystal as casually as this definitely didn't have a normal identity. So there was no way that he would dare to neglect Lin Fan.
In his mind, he had already put Lin Fan above Lin Hong.
But Lin Hong really couldn't say anything or else he would offend Lin Fan.
So with an annoyed and impatient look in his eyes, he waved the manager away.
The manager bowed before leaving the room. As soon as he left the room, he couldn't help revealing a wide smile as he looked down at the dragon vein crystal in his hand.
Even if this was the money that was used to buy the Peak Sun Realm Artifact, their auction house would receive a large commission and a large part of that…would go into his own pockets.
So it was hard for this manager not to be happy.
After the excitement of the first auction started dying down, the beautiful auctioneer quickly led into the second auction.
This time, the item couldn't compare to the first item, but it was still considered expensive for the people down in the main hall.
Before the bidding for this second item started, everyone looked up at the VVIP room first to see if there was any movement. If the people there wanted the item, there was no chance that they would be able to get it.
So they were waiting for the reaction from the people in the VVIP room before making their bids.
Seeing that there was no sound coming from the VVIP room, the people down in the hall all let out a sigh of relief before starting to make their bids.
While this item wasn't that rare, it was still a rare enough item to make it to this auction, so people didn't hold back in this bid. It didn't take long before there was a bidding war between three different parties pushing the price up.
But none of that mattered to Lin Fan's group up in the VVIP room.
Since this item wasn't as good as the item that Lin Fan had bought, naturally Lin Hong couldn't buy it at a high price to flex on Lin Fan. So the only thing that he could do was wait for the next rare item to buy at a high price.
He didn't believe that Lin Fan would have a second dragon vein crystal to suppress him with.
It was just luck that he had one, it was impossible for him to have a second one.
That was how Lin Hong and the other cousins calmed themselves.
But sitting there in silence was awkward for them, so Lin Hong tried making some small talk by saying, "Cousin, it seems like you quite like that artifact, don't you?"
Lin Fan just calmly looked at him and said, "It's not bad, but it's not that good either."
Lin Hong just revealed a knowing smile since he knew that Lin Fan was holding back his excitement.
This bumpkin, it was clear that he was getting excited over just this Peak Sun Realm Artifact. He didn't believe that Lin Fan had ever seen anything this powerful before, but for these cousins, they didn't feel it was that powerful.
After all, they had seen Ruler Artifacts before.
Even if they had never held one before, they had seen them and knew that they existed.
Rulers were the peak of this world and they were proud members of the Lin Astral Family, a family filled with Rulers.
Each Ruler Artifact was priceless, but their Lin Astral Family had several of these Ruler Artifacts.
At this point, they were desperate to find anything that they could use to maintain a sense of superiority over Lin Fan that they were already digging deep into anything that they could use. Even though the Ruler Artifacts were items of the Lin Astral Family, the main branch of it and had nothing to do with them, they still used it as a basis for remaining superior to Lin Fan.
They had really become desperate.
The next few items didn't catch their attention at all since these were just normal items that were used to pad the auction and stall for time. These items were considered normal even for the people in the hall below, so of course it wouldn't attract the attention of these youths from the Lin Astral Family.
During this time, Lin Hong kept chatting with Lin Fan even though it was clear that Lin Fan didn't want to talk to him.
But Lin Hong didn't give up and got the information that he wanted in the end.
After beating around the bush for a while, he finally brought the topic to where he wanted it.
"Cousin, how did you get that dragon vein crystal of yours?" Lin Hong asked in a very casual voice, but it was clear by his expression that he cared about this very much.
Lin Fan just casually replied, "It was great grandfather who gave it to me."
There was no need for them to ask who great grandfather that Lin Fan referred to was since they immediately knew that there was only one person that he could be referring to.
The Lin Astral Emperor, that was the only person that he could refer to that had this kind of power.
All of the cousins couldn't help revealing shocked looks after hearing this since they couldn't believe that the Lin Astral Emperor would actually give something like this to Lin Fan.
After all, they had never received something like this from the Lin Astral Emperor before.
But it never occurred to them that the Lin Astral Emperor never favoured them because to them, they were entitled people who deserved the best. They were the younger generation of the Lin Astral Family, so of course it was natural for them to receive the best.
So the Lin Astral Emperor giving this dragon vein crystal to Lin Fan was something that absolutely puzzled them.
That was until they forced out an explanation.
Lin Fan was new to the Lin Astral Empire and he was the Lin Astral Emperor's direct descendant, so it was natural that he would be given something special.
They didn't believe that he had more than a single one of these dragon vein crystals, so that was how they comforted themselves.
It didn't take long before another bid caught their attention.
This was a bid that was used to raise everyone's energy in the middle of the auction so that they would be able to keep going until the end.
The beautiful auctioneer brought out the item and said, "Now, we have something that will excite everyone. Please pay attention to this item since it is one of a kind and not something that can be bought anywhere else."
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