An Alchemist's Path to Eternity - Chapter 310: Some People Change, Some Must Not

Bid? To play the fool? Luo Chen sneered inwardly.

"No," he said flatly. "I’m not wading into this mess."

A voice pressed further, "But don’t you want to stay in Taishan Market?"

Luo Chen hesitated for a moment, then decided to speak plainly. "Honestly, I don’t."

Hm? From within the Li family’s private room, Li Yixian’s expression shifted to one of genuine surprise. "Why not?"

"Do you really want to stay here? In a marketplace run by the Kang Family for centuries? In a city undergoing a power shift, where the new rulers have both overwhelming strength and deep connections? Give it a few years, and they’ll devour every other power here, completely," Luo Chen asked.

Li Yixian frowned. "But…"

"There is no 'but'. Maybe you’re thinking of your family, hoping to find a place to grow safely, away from strife. But my heart is set on the Great Dao. And this place? It has only one second-tier spirit vein, and even that is shared between two families."

And finally, Luo Chen delivered one last line with quiet emphasis. "If you wish to fight for it, I don’t mind lending you ten thousand."

After those words, silence lingered. Only the increasingly strained calls from the auction floor echoed throughout the hall. At the center of it all, Huo Hu grinned cheerfully, listening to both sides bid.

Even as long pauses settled between the bids, he refrained from calling out "once, twice." Whenever he glanced toward the private rooms of Luo Tian Society and the Li Family, his expression grew sour.

So you guys are not giving face, huh?

Without those two factions, the excitement just wasn’t the same.

Inside the Li Family’s room, Li Yixian’s lips parted slightly, poised to join the bidding herself. Yet Luo Chen’s words kept replaying in her mind.

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