East Meet West

222- Red Bamboo Water

Both Orochi and Alex Xavier were playing bidding games with each other and they had the same thing in their mind,

“Let me have some fun till our showdown.”

Alex Xavier wanted to waste Orochi’s money by forcing him to bid higher prices and make him feel irritated.

But Orochi had multiple plans for Alex Xavier.

Orochi already knew that Alex Xavier was forcing him to buy things at higher prices, but he did not mind that as he would squeeze multiple times the amount he has wasted in the auction.

Both Alex and Orochi got into an intense bidding fight.

Alex: “2200 Gold Coins.”

Orochi: “2300 Gold Coins.”

Alex: “2400 Gold Coins.”

Orochi: “2500 Gold Coins.”

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While Alex and Orochi were having intense bidding against each other, other people attending the auction stood on the sidelines and were watching this bidding duel with great interest.

If there was anyone who was interested in the medium quality body strengthening pills, then after seeing these two people having such a fight, they immediately gave up. Because even a man with a bit of common sense can understand that they have no chance of getting these pills.

Soon, the price reached 3000 gold coins.

Orochi: “3000 Gold Coins.”

As soon as Orochi called out this price, Alex Xavier’s laughter rang in the auction hall.

“Hahaha... since you want these Body strengthening pills, you can have it.”

As soon as his voice fell, most of the people attending the auction understood that the person sitting in the Gold VIP room [Alex] pitted the person sitting in the silver VIP room [Orochi].

Realizing this, a few of the brave fellows, indirectly sneered while looking in the direction of Orochi’s room. Their gazes were filled with disdain, contempt, playfulness.

This is human nature, when they see someone below their level, they get an air of superiority, and could not control themselves from raising their heads with pride to show others that they are better than them.

Here in the eyes of many people, since Orochi is sitting in a Silver grade VIP room, then he must belong to some good background; but he wasn’t able to see other person’s cunningness and got fooled and bid double the price for some pills. So, in their eyes, Orochi is a fool with a golden spoon in his mouth.

[Note: ‘Golden spoon in mouth’ is a famous idiom, which means that people who are born in rich families and can get anything without any hard work.]

And there were also few smart people who were able to determine that there is some sort of past conflict between these two people sitting in the two rooms, so when they realized this, they got ready to see some good show.

Liza Dohm standing on the stage also belonged to this small group of smart people, who understood that there are some conflicts between Orochi and Alex. Hence her eyes were shining with excitement because she knew that if she used this opportunity properly, then she can earn triple or more commission than what she would get originally after the auction.

Liza Dohm announced,

“The gentleman sitting in the Silver room No. 18, has made a bid of 3000 gold coins.”

“Is there anyone else willing to bid a higher price?”

She knew that this price has already crossed the limits, so without any further delay, she started the countdown.

“3000 gold coins for the first time.”

“3000 gold coins for the second time.”

“3000 gold coins for the third time.”

“And sold.”

“Congratulations to the gentleman sitting in the Silver room No. 18 for getting Medium Quality Body Strengthening pills.”

After announcing that, Liza Dohm continued to introduce the next item on the auction list, which was pair of Normal grade Level 10 swords.

Orochi was not interested in these, so he started waiting patiently for the arrival of the item that he was interested in.

He also ignored the various gazes sent towards his room because these people don’t see the bigger picture and they don’t know the things Orochi has planned beforehand.

The auction continued and various auction items were sold at good prices.

And the people who were waiting to see a good show between Orochi and Alex Xavier got bored and gave up.

Finally, after a total of 6 items were auctioned and as soon as the 7th item was brought onto the stage, many people focused on the item, including Orochi and Alex Xavier’s father.

Liza Dohm’s voice rang,

“Our next item on today’s auction list which is also one of the main highlights of today's auction which is the ‘Red Bamboo Water’.”

“Now let me give a brief detail about the ‘Red Bamboo Water’.”

“Many of you must have heard that Red Bamboo’s usually grow deep inside the forests and are rarely found. But once they are found, then a crazy competition arises for the ownership of Red Bamboo.”

“The reason there is such a crazy value for Red Bamboo is that it has the ability to produce ‘special water’ which is of great help to those having a cultivation of Human stage.”

“It takes about 100 years for a Red Bamboo to grow to its maturity. And it takes about 5 years for it to produce one bottle of bamboo water.”

“And not only the water produced by the Red Bamboo is useful for Human stage cultivators, but even the body of Red Bamboo is precious.”

“Many of you might have heard that if one eats the food cooked in the Red Bamboo, then it has many benefits, etc, etc.”

“Well, let me clarify it for you.”

“And it is true. If anyone in the Mortal Realm cooks food in one shell of Red Bamboo, they will gain multiple benefits. Such body gets nourished and strengthened. Senses get sharper. Concentration increases. And many other benefits.”

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And like this, she continued to tell few more benefits of Red Bamboo and the water it produces, also known as ‘Red Bamboo Water’.

This is also one of the things that caught Orochi’s interest as it is extremely helpful for the Human stage cultivator. And it will be very helpful for him after he reaches the Human stage. Also, Armelia also requires it.

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[Author’s Note: I did not want to mention or type all the long details about the anatomy of the bamboo. So, I wrote it in simple words. But if you would like to, go and search ‘anatomy of bamboo’ and there you will see something called ‘Node‘. And by the term ‘One shell of Bamboo’ I mean, one end of the node to the other end of the node.]

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