The people from Dan Pavilion were caught off guard by Mu Jinyu's challenge.
They had come here just to go through the motions, planning to settle the last bid with four or five pieces of Spiritual Medicine, or at most eight pieces of third-level Spirit Medicine, and take both the alchemy arts and Alchemy Furnace into their possession.
Logically speaking, even though everyone attending the auction knew the situation well and understood that they wouldn't bring much Spiritual Medicine with them, no one would dare to challenge their bid!
After all, if challenged, Dan Pavilion wouldn't be able to present the said quantity of Spiritual Medicine, wouldn't that mean losing face completely?
If Dan Pavilion lost face, naturally, they would loathe the challenger to the death; it would likely be a fight to the bitter end!
Who would dare to challenge and watch the drama unfold?
But Mu Jinyu, imprudently, dared to compete with them for the alchemy arts, and moreover, actually dared to doubt their capability, believing they couldn't produce thirty pieces of third-level Spirit Medicine!
Wasn't this blatantly slapping their face?!
After the young man's face stiffened, he glared daggers at Mu Jinyu and said with a heavy voice, "What? You even dare to challenge the Dan Pavilion? Our Dan Pavilion alone has no less than five Divine Realm Warriors, and on the Divine Rankings, there's even a super powerhouse. You actually doubt our ability to produce a mere thirty pieces of third-level Spirit Medicine?"
"What a joke!"
The young man's face was full of disdain.
Mu Jinyu glanced at him and said indifferently, "Since it's just a mere thirty pieces of third-level Spirit Medicine, then just bring them out for me to see, to verify whether you truly have the strength to bid against me, or if you're intentionally inflating the price!"
"And don't say that I don't have the right to challenge you. Since you've just challenged me, and I've already presented enough Spiritual Medicine to prove my own strength, please follow the rules as well. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise, what?" the young man asked coldly.
Chu Xuan frowned, reached out, and tugged on his sleeve.
Reminding him that Mu Jinyu had already dared to strike at them, and if he truly irritated him, he would probably start a brawl right there in the auction hall. It was better to speak less to keep from being blinded by rage.
The young man's expression changed, also remembering the reminder from Chu Xuan, recalling how Mu Jinyu had knocked out several of his teeth, which still ached vaguely.
Mu Jinyu scoffed, shifting his gaze from the young man to Chu Xuan, the toothless girl, Old Man Wei, and finally spoke, "Otherwise, I will kill you all."
His voice was calm, yet it carried a chilling murderous aura.
It made everyone present shudder, their goosebumps rising.
They didn't doubt Mu Jinyu's words for a moment, believing that if the young man dared to be impudent again, Mu Jinyu would really take action and kill him!
"You?"
The young man turned deathly pale upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words.
He had thought Mu Jinyu would mention how he would punish him, not that he intended to kill him. The murderous intent in Mu Jinyu's words frightened him so much that he involuntarily stepped back, stumbling on the leg of a chair, nearly falling over!
"Bang!"
Fortunately, with Chu Xuan's support, he didn't fall but sat back down in his chair, albeit in a somewhat undignified manner, causing the onlookers to almost laugh.
But thinking of their identity with the Dan Pavilion, they had to forcefully hold it in, not daring to laugh.
Mu Jinyu watched the young man's awkward predicament, scoffed, and said to Chu Xuan, "Be prudent, and don't force me to take action."
Then, he turned to the manager frozen at the doorway and said in an even tone, "Manager, please go check on their side as well."
Upon hearing this, the manager, struggling to turn around, almost felt like crying when he looked at Mu Jinyu's expression.
And backstage.
The Luo Family People, who had initially thought to take advantage of the Dan Pavilion to inflate the price and make a substantial profit in third-level Spirit Medicine from Mu Jinyu, now looked very displeased.
They had to send someone to verify whether the Dan Pavilion really had enough Spiritual Medicine to rival Mu Jinyu's bid.
This posed a dilemma; not only would they not dare offend the people from Dan Pavilion, even if they steeled themselves for whatever consequences to check, and found out Dan Pavilion didn't have enough Spirit Medicine, wouldn't they lose face as well?
Moreover, once confirmed, Mu Jinyu would likely turn his anger on them.
That would be quite uncomfortable.
Had they known things would end up in a fight amongst immortals like this, the Luo Family People thought, it would have been better to sell the two or three Level Three Spiritual Medicine to the Dan Pavilion folks right from the start.
...
The atmosphere in the venue had become extremely cold and oppressive at this point.
No one dared to speak, and they all watched the standoff between Mu Jinyu and the people of Dan Pavilion with bated breath.
Chu Xuan couldn't bear the terrible and oppressive atmosphere anymore, feigned composure, and said, "As representatives of the Dan Pavilion, since we dare to take this name, we naturally won't be lacking in Spiritual Medicine. However, we did come in a hurry this time and indeed didn't bring much Spiritual Medicine with us, but since we have participated in the bidding, we will naturally not make the auction house suffer any loss. Everything will be made up for afterward!"
The people from the Luo Family backstage spat out fiercely when they heard his words.
They thought it was shameless of them!
"Everything will be made up for afterward? How well-spoken! This is the first time I've heard of attending an auction and being able to owe the money bid."
Mu Jinyu sneered, waved his hand, and released a strand of Sword Qi that shattered the toothless girl's backpack into dust.
"Ah!"
The toothless girl screamed in fear, her face losing all traces of color.
She had just thought she was going to die at the hands of Mu Jinyu.
As her backpack disintegrated, the contents inside were suddenly revealed to everyone's eyes.
There were eight stalks of Spiritual Medicine, but they contained far less Spiritual Energy than those previously offered by Mu Jinyu. It could be said that these weren't Third-level Top Grade Spirit Medicine at all but the most ordinary Third-level Spirit Medicine!
Mu Jinyu sneered, "I remember, the host had just said that the Spiritual Medicine for the Alchemy bidding had to be Third-level Top Grade Spirit Medicine, and the Spiritual Medicine you brought is all just Third-level Spirit Medicine, and you talk about owing first and paying back later..."
"You don't even have the qualifications to participate in the bidding now!"
With that, Mu Jinyu suddenly stood up, and immediately, as though a terrible storm had swooped in the closed venue, everyone's clothing billowed without wind.
He looked at Chu Xuan and Old Man Wei, his eyes undisguised with murderous intent, and said in a cold voice, "Now, either get out or die here!"
"Boom!"
As his words fell.
The chairs where the people of Dan Pavilion sat exploded instantly, leaving them scrambling on the ground in a sorry state!
"You you you..."
They all looked at Mu Jinyu in horror, propping themselves off the ground, unable to utter another word.
The other people in the venue, witnessing this scene, were also stunned. They had not expected Mu Jinyu to brazenly and directly challenge the Dan Pavilion!
"Let's go!"
Old Wei shakily got up from the ground and after taking a deep breath, spoke to the other members of Dan Pavilion as they struggled to their feet.
The people of Dan Pavilion, too frightened to say anything, followed Old Wei out of the auction venue with panic in their expressions.
Their retreat looked incredibly lowly and disgraceful to the onlookers.
Chu Xuan and the others, once out of the auction venue, clenched their fists, seething with unresolved rage!
This was the first time in their lives that they had been humiliated and chased away like this!
Just like beggars driven off harshly, reminiscing about the mocking and playful looks from the crowd in the venue at that moment nearly drove them mad!
Chu Xuan, feeling utterly humiliated, spoke up to find an excuse for his departure, "There's no need to be so angry. Not contending with him might also be a good thing. We can save these eight stalks of Spiritual Medicine. When Uncle Master and the others arrive, we'll simply take the Alchemy and the Alchemy Furnace straight from him!"
After his words came out, the rest of the Dan Pavilion nodded in agreement:
"Once Uncle Master comes, I want to personally chop off his head!"
"Exactly, being just a Divine Realm Warrior who by luck got ahead of us, he dares to treat us like this, even telling us to roll out! We'll make him pay with his life!"
Those who had been cowed into silence by Mu Jinyu's murderous aura just moments before now spoke arrogantly, claiming they would personally dismember Mu Jinyu!