Chapter 030: No. 1 Man! The Elental Fruit That Shocked the Crowd!
When Lin Xuan produced an elental fruit, the room erupted in astonishnt. Every eye in the hall fixed eagerly on the elental fruit in his hand. Even those who had been sitting quietly sprang to their feet in shock.
Lin Xuan took in everyone’s expressions before speaking slowly:
“This fruit in my hand is called an elental fruit. Once consud, it awakens the elental affinity within your body!”
“I’m still only accepting wood for this—starting at 1,000 units of wood!”
After his introduction, Lin Xuan gave a subtle nod toward Liu Ziming. Only then did Liu Ziming react—though the shock in his eyes hadn’t yet faded. Clearly, Liu Ziming had not expected Lin Xuan to offer an elental fruit in exchange, let alone for sothing as common as wood!
It was common knowledge that such a rare item would typically be traded only for sothing equally precious. Few would ever do as Lin Xuan did and use it to exchange for wood.
Though puzzled, Liu Ziming didn’t question Lin Xuan’s decision. Instead, he shifted his deanor and, with a slightly solemn expression, announced the start of the bidding. In an unexpected twist, Liu Ziming himself joined in the bidding.
“Ladies and gentlen, the bidding now begins.”
“The base price is 1,000 units of wood!”
“I, Liu Ziming, bid 2,000 units of wood!”
At his declaration, no one was surprised. After all, Liu Ziming’s purpose in hosting this exchange event for free was to gather various resources. With his status, one wouldn’t think he was rely playing house—after all, he was the son of East Sea City’s richest man!
“Zi Ming, little sister here is going to steal everyone’s heart!”
“I bid 2,500 units of wood!”
At that, a stylishly dressed young woman raised her hand. Liu Ziming waved her off with a chuckle:
“Heh, bidding is simply for the highest offer to win. Everyone, feel free to bid!”
Following Liu Ziming’s remark, the room filled with bids:
“2,800 units of wood!”
“3,300 units of wood!”
“3,500 units of wood!”
…
Soon, the price climbed to 4,000 units of wood. By then, it was clear that many were running low on resources. Ultimately, the elental fruit was auctioned off to Liu Ziming himself for 4,500 units of wood.
“Ha ha, thank you all,” Liu Ziming announced with a victorious smile as he waved to the crowd. He imdiately called over his aides, gathered 4,000 more units of wood, and placed them before Lin Xuan. After both sides verified the tally, the transaction was complete.
Then, with a grin, Liu Ziming prepared to stow the elental fruit in his backpack, planning to consu it after the crowd dispersed. But before he could do so, Lin Xuan interjected.
“Heh, since brother Zi Ming has acquired the fruit, why not consu it now?”
“After all, whether you eat it early or late, the effect is the sa.”
At Lin Xuan’s words, many in the audience chid in:
“That’s right—Liu, you should eat it now!”
“Exactly! Since we won’t get the pleasure of tasting it, let brother Liu give us a feast for the eyes!”
“Hee hee—Zi Ming, hurry up and eat it!”
Many of those present were friends of Liu Ziming or friends of friends, and their remarks were casual and teasing. True to his generous nature, Liu Ziming, after a mont’s thought and amid the encouraging cheers, consud the elental fruit right then and there.
Just as Lin Xuan had predicted, whether consud early or late, the effect was identical. If one did not awaken their elental affinity now, it might never awaken later. What Liu Ziming did not know was that, as a reincarnated individual, Lin Xuan clearly rembered that in his previous life, Liu Ziming was a fire-elent mage. This ant that Liu Ziming was destined to awaken successfully—specifically, with a fire affinity.
And sure enough, amid the expectant gazes, Liu Ziming’s awakening was a success. He extended his palm, and before everyone’s eyes, his fingertips ignited with small flas that soon spread across his entire hand. Miraculously, despite the fire, he felt no burning.
“Ha ha ha! It’s a fire elent!”
“I have awakened successfully!”
Liu Ziming’s face shone with excitent, and the surrounding crowd quickly offered their congratulations. Their admiring glances made it clear that many envied Liu Ziming’s breakthrough.
Standing nearby, Lin Xuan observed the successful outco. Then, his eyes sparked with mischief as he produced another elental fruit.
“I have another one!”
This move stunned everyone present—even the recently elated Liu Ziming looked at Lin Xuan as if he were witnessing a monster. Lin Xuan noted that as soon as he unveiled the second elental fruit, a man in the far corner, whose face was filled with surprise, stood up.
This man was unfamiliar to Lin Xuan, but one thing was certain: he was no ordinary person. His bidding number was 1, and throughout the proceedings, he had not bid even once—even when Lin Xuan revealed the elental fruit, he hadn’t made a move. This suggested that either he wasn’t interested in the item or he lacked the funds. However, judging by his bidding number, Lin Xuan didn’t believe this man could be destitute. If anything, the man likely looked down on the auction items—and he might even be an elental mage himself, or perhaps soone who had failed to awaken his affinity, making the elental fruit unnecessary for him.
While Lin Xuan mulled over these thoughts, Liu Ziming resud the auction.
“Now, let the bidding continue.”
“The base price remains 1,000 units of wood!”
And so the auction carried on…
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