Urban Invincible Medical Divine

Chapter 218: Chapter 202 – Pricing

“700,000!!”

“…”

Liu Wentian and Yan Yuting continuously upped their bids, directly opposing each other. At this point, anyone from the Human Sect who wasn’t a fool could tell that there was bad blood between Liu Wentian and Yan Yuting.

They were all somewhat expectant, their eyes filled with curiosity, wanting to see who would end up claiming the already-overpriced counterfeit!!

The dilemma now was that winning the bid for this painting would be a losing deal, while failing to acquire it would mean losing face, seeming to leave no victors at all!!

“1 million!!”

Just when Liu Wentian raised the bid to one million, to everyone’s surprise, Yan Yuting stopped bidding and suddenly burst into a gleeful laugh.

As everyone looked at her in confusion, she said to Liu Wentian, dripping with smugness, “Sir, this painting was actually donated by our Yan Group. It’s worth no more than 200,000, but to think you’d actually be willing to spend one million on it, you must be really rich. Ha ha.”

As soon as Yan Yuting said this, everyone was stunned, then their faces turned to look at Liu Wentian with sneers.

It turned out that the painting was originally provided by Yan Yuting. She had known everything about it from the start, and her constant bidding up was actually just to dupe her rival!!

Now, not only had she not lost face, but she had also slapped the opposition!!

If one regarded this as an invisible clash between the Tiange Group and the Yan Group, then it seemed that the Tiange Group had lost!!

At this moment, all eyes turned to Li He and Liu Wentian.

Seeing Yan Yuting’s triumphant expression, Li He looked somewhat displeased, while Liu Wentian had no particular expression, still maintaining his indifferent demeanor.

Cui Tianlei stood up, looking at Liu Wentian with a malicious smile and said, “This painting is yours now. Hurry and take down your treasure, such an expensive item shouldn’t be damaged by accident, right!! But really, I bet you’re the only ‘master appraiser’ foolish enough to spend one million on this painting!! Ha ha!!”

When he said “master appraiser,” he emphasized the words sarcastically, his expression mocking, and he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

This was an overt mockery without any attempt to disguise it.

Seeing this, everyone grew curious whether Liu Wentian would become furious out of embarrassment. If he were to really react that way, it would be even more humiliating!!

Liu Wentian didn’t get angry but instead smiled and said, “If this painting is from your side, then I should thank you. Although I don’t understand its actual worth, it definitely exceeds one million.”

“Ha ha!! You, you just don’t know when to admit your mistakes and correct them. I must say, Li’s judgment in hiring you was really poor!!” Yan Yuting sneered.

Many people nodded in agreement, their opinion of Liu Wentian no doubt the same as Yan Yuting’s: a loss is a loss; arguing will not earn anyone’s respect but will only bring more disdain.

“We’ll just have to wait and see,” he said.

Liu Wentian walked straight up to the stage, took the painting in his hand, and then said to a nearby worker, “Could you please bring me a kettle of boiling water.”

The worker was taken aback, “Boiling water??”

Yan Yuting couldn’t help but laugh aloud, “Are you so angry that you want to destroy this painting straight away? If you pour boiling water on it, it’ll be ruined, and then you could probably only sell it as waste material!!”

Cui Tianlei ridiculed, “You are representing Li now. You’d be throwing Li’s and Tiange Group’s face away. I advise you to just grab your painting and get lost. Don’t embarrass yourself!!”

“Who will be embarrassed, we’ll understand soon.”

The worker was surprised at first, but still ran to fetch a kettle of boiling water, which Liu Wentian took, spread the painting on the table.

“Little Brother Wentian, what are you doing?? Even though it’s a counterfeit, it’s still considered a rare piece. Damaging an artifact like this is a bit too much,” Elder Xu said as he went up on stage, somewhat displeased.

But Liu Wentian continued his actions without a pause, and poured the boiling water onto the painting!!

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Elder Xu frowned, deeply disappointed in Liu Wentian, but then he was stunned, as was everyone else!!

“What… what’s happening??” The crowd was in uproar!!

Liu Wentian actually peeled off a layer as thin as cicada wings from that painting, startling Elder Xu so much that his eyes bulged. He stared at the now-transformed painting, still Han Yin’s “Lingering Rain at Waterside,” but with a dramatically different aura – ethereal, elegant, and imbued with a sense of antique vastness.

“A painting within a painting! This was actually a painting within a painting, originally covered by a thin, fake layer!! This… this is the authentic ‘Lingering Rain at Waterside’!!” Elder Xu exclaimed.

Upon hearing Elder Xu’s words, almost everyone at the scene stood up, their eyes wide in shock.

Just when they had been wearing looks of scorn for Liu Wentian, now their expressions turned to shock!!

Since Elder Xu had spoken, there was no doubt that this painting was the genuine “Lingering Rain at Waterside.” And yet, even Elder Xu hadn’t detected anything off about the painting before, so how could this young man have noticed it!!

Regardless of how the other party had figured it out, he had made a huge profit. Han Yin’s “Lingering Rain at Waterside” could fetch a price well above 100 million RMB at an auction now!!

At this moment, everyone’s faces showed mocking expressions, but this time, they were not directed at Liu Wentian and Li He, but rather at Yan Yuting and Cui Tianlei!!

The painting had been brought in by them; they had fiercely bid on it, but once the price hit one million, they willingly gave it up to someone else with a smug look on their faces. Now, in retrospect, they couldn’t have been more foolish!!

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