Chapter 89

"Have you thought of anything?" Ye Ding asked.

"Um~ I thought of something to auction, so I got excited." Lin Xiao scratched his head and said.

"Turns out you didn't even have the items for the auction yet." He Pingji was speechless.

"Brother He, Brother Ye, what do you think about having a thousand-year-old ginseng at this small auction?" Lin Xiao said calmly.

He Pingji and Ye Ding were momentarily stunned by what they heard. "What thousand-year-old ginseng?" Then they both stood up, excitedly shouting, "You have a thousand-year-old ginseng?" This was the first time they had lost their composure, shocked by the news.

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes and said, "The ginseng I sold to Brother Ye and Old Chen was just a byproduct. Hasn't Brother Ye heard that ginseng grows in clusters? A friend of mine found a thousand-year-old and a five-hundred-year-old ginseng in the deep mountains. There were too many ten-year-old ones, so he didn't dig them up. Now all the ginseng is in my hands, and he asked me to help him get rid of it." Lin Xiao continued the lie he had started when he first sold the ginseng.

Ye Ding fell into deep thought. Lin Xiao's words made sense, and the ginseng he had was almost identical to Old Chen's. If not for this explanation, he wouldn't have thought of this possibility.

"Brother, are you really going to sell such precious herbs?" He Pingji asked.

"Yes, actually, I have other purposes for organizing this auction. To make the first auction successful, it definitely needs something impressive to draw attention." Lin Xiao nodded and replied.

"Brother, are you really sure about organizing this auction?" Ye Ding, who had come out of his thoughts, asked Lin Xiao again.

"Yes, I'm very sure. My goal isn't money. Of course, I will announce what I need at the auction. Future auctions might be barter-only." Lin Xiao said with a serious expression.

Lin Xiao's goal was to make each auction a high-quality event, accepting only barter, to get these powerful people to help him collect meteorites or energy.

"Then, Brother, can you tell us what will be auctioned this time?" Ye Ding asked.

"Besides the two hundred-year-old ginseng I sold to Brother Ye and Old Chen, there will be three more hundred-year-old ginseng, one thousand-year-old ginseng, and three special fruits I call 'health fruits,' which can strengthen the body and triple physical attributes. Finally, there's the 'Yanghuo Fruit.'" Lin Xiao thought for a moment and confirmed the items for the small auction.

"Brother, you've given us a tough problem. From what you said, the least valuable item in the auction might be a hundred-year-old ginseng. The thousand-year-old ginseng and the health fruits will be the main attractions, and the Yanghuo Fruit will be the finale. But how do we find people for such items?" He Pingji sighed.

"Yes, you want to hold a super-small auction without publicizing it. There aren't many people with such capabilities, and it's difficult." Ye Ding added.

"I haven't finished yet. You don't necessarily need to spend money to buy these items. The basic reason I'm organizing this auction isn't for money, as I've already said. If you have special stones or meteorites that I value, we can barter. This is the main reason I'm organizing this auction." Lin Xiao said honestly.

"Brother, why do you need such strange things?" He Pingji was curious and asked.

Lin Xiao was also helpless. He couldn't tell them that these items contained the energy he needed, or they might think he was crazy.

"Actually, I'm most curious about where you got the Yanghuo Fruit and the health fruits." Ye Ding couldn't hold back and voiced his doubts.

Lin Xiao thought for a moment and said, "I read about them in an ancient book. The book describes their effects and where they grow. I went to the place mentioned in the book during my trip, and it turned out to be just as described, so I brought them back." Lin Xiao's explanation was partly true and partly false.

"Ah, I see." Ye Ding could tell that Lin Xiao wasn't entirely truthful, but since Lin Xiao didn't want to reveal more, Ye Ding didn't press further, as it would be counterproductive to make Lin Xiao feel uncomfortable.

After seeing Lin Xiao's determination to hold the super-small auction, He Pingji and Ye Ding, as his seniors, fully supported him. They also needed some of the items at the auction.

Lin Xiao and Ye Ding, along with He Pingji, discussed the details of the auction. Lin Xiao proposed a rule.

"Brother He, Brother Ye, I have a rule: all participants in the auction must sign a confidentiality agreement. For every auction, they must sign a confidentiality agreement with a breach penalty of 100 million. This ensures the secrecy of the auction and avoids too much attention."

"That makes sense, but won't it be too secretive? It might look like an underground auction." He Pingji said.

"Brother He, this is an underground auction from the beginning." Lin Xiao countered.

"Oh~, you're right, I'm confused." He Pingji patted his forehead and said.

After they finished discussing all the details, He Pingji and Ye Ding left to invite their friends. They had come to complain about the peach issue, but Lin Xiao's auction proposal led to a long discussion, and it was almost dinner time.

Lin Xiao waited until He Pingji and Ye Ding left, then called the leader.

"Hey, Third Brother, what's up?" The leader's voice was slurred.

"Leader, what are you doing? Your voice sounds drunk." Lin Xiao said.

"Oh~, I've been entertaining a big client for the past few days, and I've been drinking a lot. Hold on." Chen Chong put the phone aside, went to the bathroom, and washed his face to sober up.

"Go on, what's up?" Chen Chong picked up the phone and continued.

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