The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 158 Got The Swordsmanship

Raymond recognized Austin as well. After observing him, he realizedAustin was very interested in the sword skill, so he began to bid for ittoo.

In no time, the bidding price was raised to 350, 000 vital energycrystals.

Just when Austin was about to purchase the sword skill book, the pricesuddenly went up by 20, 000 vital energy crystals and seemed to keeprising. He was dismayed by this.

Although he still had more than 400, 000 vital energy crystals in hisSpace Ring, he didn't want to spend all his money on the sword skill.He still needed other resources for his future practice, and there wereother things to buy too. How could he afford to spend a fortune on thesword skill alone?

Ruminating on this, he glared back at Raymond.

He furiously clenched his fists with vital energy spurting in anger andboiling within his body.

If they were alone, he would have already jumped and punchedRaymond, beating his whorish face into a pulp. But he couldn't do thathere.

“Okay, calm down, Austin. There's always a way to set things straight.Don't fret and fuss when the other party is taking advantage of you. It'snot good for you!"

Austin calmed himself with these words and took a deep breath.

Then he announced another bid. "360, 000."

His tone was calm and indifferent as if he was a rich boy who feltwronged and acted recklessly, and hundreds of thousands of vitalenergy crystals were nothing to him.

"370, 000," followed Raymond. Staring at Austin menacingly the wholetime, he added 10, 000 to the price.

"380, 000!"

"390, 000!"

"400, 000!"

As the fierce battle continued, Austin and Raymond kept biddingaggressively for the skill book.

Although Austin's face was calm, internally, he felt as if a knife werebeing twisted in his heart. But for the skill book, he had to bite thebullet and try his best to look calm in front of Raymond.

"Master, this sword skill isn't worth so many crystals. Shall we stophere?" asked one of Raymond's retinues, who was watching theproceedings this whole time.

In the bidding items, the snow dragon fruit was an herb that couldspeed up one's energy storage and help cultivators go up a level. Forthis, 150, 000 vital energy crystals--although a little expensive, but wassomehow a fair price--was needed for someone to buy it.

But the sword skill was useless. It was not worth so many crystals andwould be a waste of resources if hundreds of thousands of crystalswere spent on it.

"Pshaw! I don't care! I just want that sword skill, especially if thatbastard needs it! And I don't care how much it costs!"

yelled Raymond with a devious expression. The malevolence on his facerendered the comrade speechless.

Then latter sighed wearily at Raymond's response and remained silent,thinking, “The Elder is a man of extraordinary insight and ofincomparable cultivation base. Why does he have such a stupidgrandson?’

This bidding war came out of nowhere, and the audience was stunnedand puzzled. They glanced at the two cultivators in astonishment.

No one knew what was going on. They guessed the young boy musthave offended Raymond of the Flaming Sun Valley. But they wonderedwhat kind of grudge could cost hundreds of thousands of crystals!And even for someone from the Flaming Sun Valley, that many crystalsweren't a small amount. They didn’t think Raymond could get awaywith spending so much money on something so useless

What was he doing here, then? Was he just doing this out of angertowards the young man? But why would he do something so childish?The puzzled audience looked between the two bidders in confusion.And while on the stage, the female auctioneer was grinning from ear toear, obviously ecstatic of the situation.

She had never expected a sword skill to cause two bidders to bidfrantically, not losing to the other. Both of them seemed to be rich andpowerful men, who didn't care to lavishly spend countless crystals onthe item they desired. She giggled and panted, almost mad with joy.When the price increased to 400, 000, Austin’s fists tremble slightly. Atthe same time, he took another deep breath, trying to calm himself."Master, if you keep raising the price, we'll soon run out of money. Inall, we only have more than four hundred thousand crystals with us,and you already spent 150, 000 on the snow dragon fruit,” suddenlysaid the previous retinue.

Raymond was stupefied, his mouth turned agape.

He quickly asked, gritting his teeth, "What do we do, then?

Are we gonna let this bastard purchase the sword skill and walk out ofhere with that smug on his stupid face?"

"Master, you don't have to spend so many crystals because of him. Ifyou really want to pick on him, let him have the sword skill then, butonly for a while. I have observed him for the time being, and I'venoticed that his cultivation base seemed to be low, like, eighth or ninthlevel of Energy Gathering Realm, or perhaps lower than that.

But we have two Earth Realms with us.

After he purchases the sword skill, we'll ambush him somewhere. Thenwe..." The retinue marked his speech with a meaningful pause.

"You mean, we let him go for now. And when the auction ends, we'll..."Raymond's eyes twinkled with excitement.

Just now, he was too angry to control himself, and couldn't help butstart a tit-for-tat competition for the sword skill with Austin.

But when the price kept soaring, it was too much for him to pay. Hestarted to realize that he would suffer a significant loss if he were to robthe sword skill from Austin.

Now that the retinue reminded him, he started to realize theseriousness of the matter and calmed down.

Immersed in his own thoughts, he weighed the two options and madehis choice. Then he turned to the retinue, nodded his head, and turnedback to sit straight on his chair. A grim smile registered on his face, andwith his eyes fixed on Austin, he slowly leaned back and waited insilence.

"420, 000!"

This time, when Austin offered his bid, Raymond remained silent.

And the other cultivators, too, didn't offer a higher price.

For now, the Illusory Swordsmanship was finally Austin's.

However, it also meant that Austin's hoard was emptied again.

Even with that victory against Raymond, he couldn't help but feeldisappointed when thinking of the outrageous transaction price.

After the auction, Austin paid 420, 000 vital energy crystals in thepayment room of the auction house, and he claimed the skill book forIllusory Swordsmanship as agreed.

Then, in complete stealth, he quietly left Ganges Auction House.

When Austin’s figure disappeared from the entry of the auction house,a few men came out from behind the gates. Following the path thatAustin had taken, they trailed him slowly in a way that attracted noattention.

After a while, followed by a dozen of retinues, Raymond also walkedout of the gates of the auction house.

"You won't be able to escape from me this time, Austin!"

murmured Raymond in a malicious tone. His face showed great joy andexpectancy, while he was thinking of the cruelest means he would useto torture Austin before killing him

Outside the Peace Town, on a mountain road leading to the Sun Sect.Austin was walking his way slowly.

However, along the way, he had monitored the surroundings with hisspiritual sense and found that a few figures were closely following himHe knew very well that the men were sent by Raymond of the FlamingSun Valley.

Not only because of their grudge, but also because back in the auctionhouse, he had seen Raymond followed by many retinues, among whomwere master cultivators at Earth Realm. Even then, Austin had knownthat the moment he decided to leave the auction house, Raymondwould undoubtedly do something to him. Having proven his point,since Austin walked out of the auction house, several men had beentailing his track.

Austin wondered what Raymond would do next. Kill him? Capture himand torture him?

If he didn't want to know what Raymond planned to do, he could'veescaped from these people. He had learned the Wind-commandingSkill to a high level and could move twenty meters per step. It would beseriously facile to get rid of them.

However, he didn't. His hatred of Raymond was as much as Raymond'sto him. And just as much as Raymond wanted his revenge, Austin alsowanted to square accounts with him. Till now, Raymond had causedhim great trouble. Not to mention the Blood Wolf Team assassins hehad sent, in the auction alone, Raymond had cost Austin tons of vitalenergy crystals.

Irritated as Austin was, how could he possibly let Raymond go?Moreover, with his cultivation base and energy store, aided by Violetand his secret weapons, Austin stood a chance even when facing theEarth Realms.

That was why he had been slowing down his speed deliberately, waitingfor Raymond's arrival before engaging in a fight.