113: Chapter 113 Malicious Price Gouging

"21,000 gold."

At this moment, other VIP rooms also began to bid gradually.

Before long, the price of the Cold Star Sword had actually been called up to 35,000 gold.

Jiang He sat in the room, frowning.

"Doesn't the person in Room 3 only have 6,000 gold? How dare they shout 35,000?"

Fire Phoenix smiled: "You don't know yet, this Liefeng is the leader of the Blazing Fire Gang, and his background is extremely vast."

"He probably used the power of the entire gang to scrape money together for him."

"It seems this weapon belongs to him for sure."

"Belongs to him for sure?" The corners of Jiang He's mouth curled up slightly.

He walked slowly to the window, cleared his throat, and shouted: "36,000 gold."

Whoosh—

There was a gasp and discussion from the audience below.

"Look, the person in Room 99 has made a move again."

"Damn! Scoundrel!" Liefeng slammed his hand against the window frame and cursed angrily.

"Are you f***ing sick? You didn't bid for a long time, but the moment I shout, you immediately raise the price?"

"Uh... am I not allowed to bid?" Jiang He looked at Manager Liu downstairs with an innocent face.

At this moment, cold sweat broke out on Manager Liu's forehead.

He naturally knew that this equipment also belonged to this master.

Now it really looked more and more like malicious price gouging.

But he couldn't find evidence? The person had indeed paid for that Void Set earlier, right?

Manager Liu squeezed out a smile and said: "O-of course you can bid."

Jiang He looked at Liefeng and spread his hands: "They said I can."

"Damn! I bid 40,000 gold, let's see if you dare follow!" Liefeng roared.

"Uh... then I won't follow." Jiang He said decisively.

"Damn!" Liefeng was completely furious now.

He had thought that if the other side raised the price again, he would definitely give up and not follow.

But the other side just stopped following? What did that mean? He suddenly felt like he had been scammed.

This Room 99 had already spent 30,000 gold to buy a set earlier? And now they were bidding 36,000 gold to buy a weapon? Could it be that the other side was maliciously driving up the price?

He immediately roared at Manager Liu: "I want to verify his funds!"

"Uh... Leader Liefeng, the other side has stopped bidding, so according to the rules, there is no need to verify funds. You still want to verify?"

"Yes! I just want to verify! I strongly suspect he is maliciously driving up the price! If he can't produce a 20% deposit of 36,000 gold, then he is maliciously driving up the price! And I will absolutely not spend 40,000 gold to buy this weapon!"

Manager Liu was in a very difficult position.

According to the rules, since the other side had withdrawn from the bidding, there was indeed no need for verification.

But he also suspected Jiang He of driving up the price.

Just as he was hesitating, a cold female voice came from Room 1:

"Go to Room 99 and verify the funds."

Manager Liu immediately bowed to the direction of Room 1: "Understood, I will go right away." He then led several attendants and walked quickly to the door of Room 99.

"Young Master Chuan Liu Bu Xi, please cooperate with us to verify your funds." Manager Liu said through the door.

"On what grounds?" Fire Phoenix slammed the table and stood up.

"Miss Fire Phoenix, please don't make it difficult for me. Leader Yun personally gave the order to verify the funds, I have no choice!"

Hearing that it was Leader Yun's order, Fire Phoenix looked troubled.

But thinking that Jiang He had helped her twice, she absolutely could not let him suffer such an insult.

"Hmph, I'll go find Sister Yun and clear this up." She lifted her foot and was about to walk out.

But before she could reach the door, Liefeng had already brought people to block the door aggressively.

"Damn! Hurry up and let me see if you actually have money! If you can't produce the deposit today, I will definitely chop you up!" Liefeng roared with a ferocious face.

"No way! We won't let you verify our funds, this is against the rules!" Fire Phoenix blocked Jiang He and retorted.

"Rules? Hahahaha... I am the rules. If you don't verify your funds today, don't even think about stepping out of the Treasure Pavilion!" Liefeng threatened viciously.

Just as he finished speaking, a majestic female voice sounded behind him:

"Leader Liefeng, you are quite imposing, aren't you? Since when does my Treasure Pavilion have to follow the rules you set?"

A mage player wearing an exquisite red magic robe, with the ID Yunque, walked over surrounded by several guards.

Her temperament was cold, beautiful, and majestic. Even though Jiang He was surrounded by beauties, he couldn't help but be moved by this temperament and appearance.

"Sister Yun!" Fire Phoenix ran over a few steps, hugged Yunque's arm, and acted like a spoiled child with a hint of grievance, "Sister Yun, this Chuan Liu Bu Xi is my friend, you can't treat him like this."

"Friend?" Yunque frowned slightly, "Since when did you make such a special friend? Does your brother know?"

"Uh... my, my brother doesn't know yet." Fire Phoenix's voice dropped.

Yunque sighed lightly and turned her gaze to Jiang He: "Greetings, distinguished guest. I am Yunque, the operator of the Treasure Pavilion. Although you have withdrawn from the bidding and verifying your funds is indeed unconventional, today's situation is special, and you must cooperate with the verification."

"Why?" Jiang He looked at her calmly.

The corners of Yunque's mouth curled into a half-smile: "Because all these pieces of equipment were provided by you. As the operator, I have sufficient reason to suspect you of malicious price gouging."

Hiss—

Fire Phoenix, North Wind, Xie Yunzhou, and others were all stunned.

These pieces of equipment... were all provided by Jiang He?!

"Hahahaha! I knew there was a problem here!" Liefeng shouted excitedly as if he had caught a handle, "You are a level 45 player, how could you possibly bid for a level 75 weapon? Isn't this clearly malicious price gouging? Leader Yun, hurry up and punish him according to the rules!"

According to the rules of the Treasure Pavilion, if a seller is proven to be maliciously driving up the price, not only must they pay a 20% handling fee to the Treasure Pavilion based on the final transaction price, but the item must also be given to the second-highest bidder for free.

Thinking of this, Liefeng was so excited he couldn't help himself, as if the Cold Star Sword was already in his hands for free.

Jiang He just glanced at Liefeng indifferently, then looked at Yunque: "Are you sure you want to verify the funds?"

"Yes." Yunque's tone was firm.

"You want to see all my money? Including the parts that didn't participate in the bidding?"

"Yes, I need to see all the funds in your account."

Jiang He sighed, slowly stood up, and waved his hand: "Alright. Please step back, everyone, and make some space."

"?????" Everyone was confused.

Liefeng immediately shouted vigilantly: "Step back for what! Everyone don't step back! This kid definitely wants to find a chance to run away!"

Jiang He frowned and looked at him: "Are you sure you won't step back?"

"I'm sure I won't! Stop playing tricks! Verify the funds quickly!" Liefeng refused to give an inch and blocked the door even tighter.

"Alright, suit yourself." Jiang He shrugged.

The next second, several dazzling golden lights flashed in the center of the room one after another.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three dazzling small mountains made entirely of game coins suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes!

The entire room seemed to be covered in golden light!

Liefeng happened to be standing on the edge of the copper coin mountain's landing spot, and it hit his instep exactly. "Ow!" He jumped up on the spot in pain.

Jiang He sat back in his chair and waved his hand casually: "Verify it."

Thump—

Manager Liu stared wide-eyed at the golden mountains of copper, silver, and gold coins before him. Especially that huge mountain of copper coins, which instantly made his brain go blank. His legs went weak, and he slumped to his knees, his fingers trembling as he wanted to touch the real wealth.

Even Yunque, who was always calm and composed, had the corners of her eyes twitch slightly at this moment.

Although she managed the Treasure Pavilion and had a vast source of wealth, the impact of facing such a massive, concrete amount of gold coins at once was far beyond what the numbers on the account books could compare to.

However, she was someone who had seen big scenes, so she quickly suppressed the shock in her heart. Her expression returned to normal, and she even wore a wry smile. She said cleanly and decisively: "No need to verify." She turned around cleanly, waved to her attendants, and said, "Let's go." She left the room quickly with her people.

In the room, only Liefeng was left, frozen in place like a fool, his eyes staring fixedly at the empty space left after the three gold coin mountains disappeared, his face full of disbelief and extreme embarrassment after being slapped in the face.

"No... impossible! You, how could you have so much money? This is absolutely impossible!" He muttered in a daze, his previous arrogance crushed to pieces.

Bang!

Jiang He slammed the table and stood up, pointing at the door, and shouted unceremoniously: "What are you still standing there for? Haven't you seen enough? Poor bastard! Get the hell out of here!"

"You!" Liefeng was so angry at the last phrase "poor bastard" that his eyes turned red. His fists were clenched so tight they rattled, his chest heaving violently, but looking at Jiang He's cold eyes and the sympathetic gazes of Manager Liu and others, he couldn't shout a single word in the end. He could only let out a stifled, hateful snort, glared fiercely at Jiang He, and stumbled out, slamming the door behind him.

The room finally returned to peace.

Jiang He withdrew his gaze from the door and turned to Fire Phoenix, North Wind, and Xie Yunzhou, who were still dazed, as if they hadn't recovered from what had just happened.

He cleared his throat helplessly: "Hey? You three... are you okay?"

Fire Phoenix snapped back to reality, as if she remembered a key question, and rushed to Jiang He with confusion: "That... that Cold Star Sword is yours? Then why did you spend money to bid for it? What on earth are you doing? Don't you know that by doing this, you have to pay the Treasure Pavilion a handling fee for nothing?"

Jiang He was speechless for a moment, awkwardly scratched his head, and revealed a cunning yet embarrassed smile: "Uh... is there a possibility that I was really maliciously driving up the price?"