After awakening, the female supporting character in the abused novel only wants to ascend to immorta

Chapter 352 The Sacred Artifact is Obtained
Upon hearing the other person's voice, Lin Zhao exclaimed, "Your Yehuang City is really rich."

How can the head of an auction house be so rich?

"Who knows where his money came from?" Hongfeng was so angry that she almost got kidnapped by Chen Ze because of this man's protection that she was so angry that she almost spoke without thinking.

Lin Zhao continued bidding: "1.3 billion."

Even Huang Xiao, who was deliberately looking for trouble, felt a pang of pain upon hearing about this method of price gouging.

However, Lin Zhao's price increase made it clear that she was determined to win. Considering the information she had about Lin Zhao possessing a very strange flame, Huang Xiao became even more certain of Lin Zhao's interest in the sacred artifact, so he gritted his teeth and said, "1.3 billion two million."

Lin Zhao continued to raise the price unhurriedly, his voice relaxed and composed, showing no anger at being provoked: "Fifteen billion."

This price almost exceeded the value of Huang Xiao's entire fortune. If he were to bid again, it would be tantamount to losing everything.

Huang Xiao's sharp gaze fell upon the private room where Lin Zhao was, as if trying to see through the walls to the person inside.

After much deliberation, still angered by Lin Zhao's nonchalant attitude, Huang Xiao called out the price: "1.5 billion two million."

He decided that once he reached this price, he would never pay it again!

But after he announced the price, Lin Zhao didn't speak for a long time.

It wasn't until Yang Tuo, his face ashen, brought down the hammer that Huang Xiao realized he had been tricked by Lin Zhao!

As the hammer fell, Lin Zhao's smiling voice rang out without any attempt to conceal it: "Things can only be done once, not three times. Lin Zhao congratulates Hall Master Huang on obtaining the sacred artifact."

After hearing this, Huang Xiao had only one thought in his mind.

——It’s over!
Even if he were to pour all his assets into it, it would probably only amount to less than 1.5 billion!

Others might praise him for being generous, spending 1.52 billion to buy a high-grade sacred artifact that doesn't match his attributes and whose power he can't fully utilize. But how could Yang Tuo not know how much Huang Xiao actually had?
He understood that his male concubine seemed intelligent, charming, and well-behaved in front of him, but he never expected her to be this stupid.

If I can clean up his mess, would I really use my own money to cover for him?
No!

When it came to money and power, Yang Tuo acted completely unlike someone who had ever been husband and wife with Huang Xiao. He waved his hand dismissively and said, "Now you know to come begging to me? Weren't you very generous when you were bidding against Lin Zhao? Let me tell you, I have no money!"

Of course, Yang Tuo wasn't short of money, but he didn't want to offend Lin Zhao or clean up the mess left by his increasingly foolish male concubine.

It's time to give this arrogant guy a wake-up call. Yang Tuo reminded him, "You might not be able to come up with 1.5 billion, but you can still come up with 700 or 800 million. It's not good for you to resell this to someone else. You might as well resell it to Lin Zhao."

Huang Xiao understood Yang Tuo's meaning, and her face immediately turned red.

It was anger, and also frustration.

"I sold the things I bought for 1.5 billion to that girl for 700 or 800 million?"

How can this be? !
Even if Lin Zhao herself were to purchase it normally, it would still cost around 1.2 billion, right?
He did this to annoy Lin Zhao; how could he possibly let her get away with it for nothing?!

"Then go die." Yang Tuo said this without even hiding the murderous intent in his eyes.

The private room he shared with Huang Xiao was one he had specially built for himself, with several isolation formations set up. He wasn't worried about others seeing this side of him: "Who do you think you are? Lin Zhao is only seventeen years old and at the Nascent Soul stage, yet she can still refine perfect-quality seventh-grade pills. Even I wouldn't dare to provoke her easily. And you, a mere thousand-year-old at the Heartbeat stage, probably have no hope of ever reaching the Nascent Soul stage in this lifetime, yet you dare to confront her head-on? Have I spoiled you too much all these years, making you forget your own worth?"

Huang Xiao lowered his head, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and his eyes were so bloodshot they looked like they could drip blood.

"If you have any brains left, hurry up and take this to Lin Zhao to apologize and sell it to her. It will not only solve your immediate problem, but also ease the tension between you and her." Huang Xiao remained silent for a long time before saying, "Yes, thank you, Master."

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Lin Zhao was not surprised at all when she learned that Huang Xiao had come to see her, and readily agreed to give Huang Xiao 700 million high-grade spirit stones to buy the hairpin.

This action left Hongfeng, who was standing next to her, completely stunned: "You knew he would bring it to you?"

Lin Zhao looked at the hairpin for a while, then casually tied her hair up, inserted the phoenix-tail hairpin into it, and shook her head: "I don't know, but even without this incident, I would have found a way to buy it back from him."

However, the price certainly wouldn't be that high, since a top-grade sacred artifact wouldn't cost that much.

Since Huang Xiao wants to act impulsively, he must be able to bear the consequences of his actions.

Knowing Huang Xiao's mind as she did, she knew this method couldn't have come up with by him; it was probably suggested by Yang Tuo.

If these two didn't have those grudges and legal troubles, I might not have planned to settle things with them because of this incident.

"Let's go to the Hong family now."

After confirming that the sect leader had informed them that he would arrive soon, Lin Zhao said to Hong Feng.

The priority now is to understand the situation in the Hong family and stabilize the condition of Hongfeng's mother.

Hongfeng nodded and led Lin Zhao toward the Hong family.

As soon as they left the auction house, Lin Zhao felt as if someone was following them.

"It's those people from the Chen family. It seems they're planning to take me under control too?" After sensing who it was, Lin Zhao raised the summoning talisman Xu Xingtian had given him, and the people behind him stopped in their tracks.

Clearly, the Chen family is not confident enough to offend Yehuang Auction House.

Although Yehuang Auction House does not have any Tribulation Transcending stage experts, Lingtian Pavilion behind Yehuang Auction House has many Tribulation Transcending stage experts, and even True Immortals.

A true immortal could crush the Chen family with just a flick of his little finger.

Seeing Lin Zhao's actions, Hongfeng realized something and immediately sharpened her gaze: "Young Master?"

"It's alright, they won't dare to make a move. Once the sect leader arrives and cleans up the trash around the Hong family, we can start working on the teleportation array."

With the sect leader's cultivation level, no matter how vast the Central Continent is, it would only take him a day or two to get here. Yang Jingjing might arrive a few days later.

With this plan in mind, Lin Zhao arrived at the Hong family, fed Hong Feng's mother a Thousand Spirit Pill to stabilize her injuries, and then helped her temper her body with spiritual fire.

Seeing that Hongfeng's mother had fallen into a deep sleep, Lin Zhao took out a bottle of black pills from his spatial ring: "Take this with you, and you'll be fine in another month."

Hongfeng was about to express her gratitude again, but Lin Zhao's gaze deterred her. Hongfeng's father thanked her on her behalf and then welcomed Lin Zhao into the living room.

"Feng'er and my wife were able to escape disaster thanks to Young Master Lin."

The head of the Hong family looked very old, a stark contrast to his wife lying in the hospital bed.

Lin Zhao quickly declined the man's bow, saying, "Lin Zhao and Senior Sister are disciples of the same sect, and it is only right that we support each other. You are Senior Sister's father, and therefore Lin Zhao's elder. How can you bow to me like that?"