“One million, I’ll take it.”
As soon as these words landed, although no one knew who was in that private room, the entire auction hall fell silent in an instant.
Someone actually dared to bid?
Someone really wasn’t afraid of death?
Everyone knew that was the cursed land that had already claimed the lives of three developers!
The people present were all prominent figures in Tongzhou. When it came to courage and strength, none was inferior to the others. Yet even this group of Tongzhou’s top elites did not dare touch this hot potato.
Even the Ye family lacked the guts.
But now, someone actually took it?
Still, everyone only dared to mock inwardly. Those who could sit in private rooms here had obvious status and position. At least on the surface, no one dared speak out recklessly.
In another private room, a young woman laughed and spoke.
“Hehe, interesting. If he doesn’t die, I must make friends with him sometime.”
Inside Luo Chen’s private room, Ye Shuangshuang looked at Luo Chen with complete disbelief.
Everyone knew it was quick fat meat, a place where huge profits could be made. But even so, not even her grandfather dared touch it!
“Teacher? That is…”
“No problem, I want it.” Luo Chen waved his hand, showing no fear at all.
Others dared not take it, but that did not mean Luo Chen dared not.
There were definitely some vicious ghosts there. For ordinary people, that place was untouchable and unapproachable.
But for the堂堂 Immortal Venerable Luo Chen, would he fear a few vicious ghosts?
One million to acquire land in Tongzhou that was once worth several hundred million. For Luo Chen, this was simply picking up an enormous bargain.
Moreover, the buildings over there were already mostly completed. Only some finishing work remained, so not much more investment was needed. Once the vicious ghosts were dealt with and proper promotion was done, the money that place could earn would be something ordinary people could not even dream of.
Of course, the reason Luo Chen valued that place was not money, but other reasons.
Still, this additional value was indeed a huge pie!
Ye Zhengtian looked at Luo Chen and increasingly felt that Luo Chen was profound and unfathomable.
After successfully winning the land, the handover would take a few days. The Ye family sent someone to handle these matters for Luo Chen.
Of course, the one million was paid by Luo Chen himself.
This was the money his father had loaned and borrowed from everywhere to gather for him when he left the county town.
That sum was originally intended to be given to Luo Chen as his first start-up capital.
In his previous life, this money had been swindled by Zhang Xiaoman’s mother. In this life, such a thing would naturally not happen again.
Next came the auction of some rough stones.
Or more accurately, gambling on stones.
However, although the Taihuang Scripture could sense the age of an object, it could not determine whether there was good jade inside the stone.
Ye Zhengtian turned his gaze to Luo Chen, asking for his opinion.
“Not yet for now.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhengtian and Ye Shuangshuang suddenly widened their eyes.
They had thought Luo Chen would directly shake his head. They never expected him to say “not yet for now”. That was truly astonishing.
After all, it was jade.
“Could it be, Teacher, that you also have the ability to see through?” Ye Shuangshuang could not hold back and asked.
“Perhaps in a few days I will. Then we can come and join the fun.” Luo Chen looked at the rough stone auction below, a trace of anticipation in his eyes.
Back at the hotel, Luo Chen saw that it was not too late, so he walked with light steps towards Panlong Bay on the back mountain.
He wanted to see exactly what kind of demons and monsters were here!
After climbing over the wall, Luo Chen easily entered the Panlong Bay residential area. But even before coming in, he had already sensed something wrong.
There was a thick aura of murderous energy here. It was not gusts of阴 wind, but murderous energy!
Panlong Bay, Panlong Bay. From the name alone, one could tell that the mountain terrain resembled a coiled dragon, and this neighbourhood was built right on the dragon’s head.
A major reason Luo Chen valued this place was that, based on the mountain layout, a large spirit-gathering formation could be set up here!
“Interesting.” Luo Chen climbed in, casually glanced around, and the corners of his mouth curved up slightly. If an ordinary person encountered this, they would have been scared witless long ago. But Luo Chen found it rather amusing.
In front of the neighbourhood stood rows of high-rise buildings, while behind were lines of villas.
The night sky held no brilliance, not even stars were visible. This was the highest point in all of Tongzhou, so distant lights below should be visible. Yet here it was pitch black.
Luo Chen walked towards the villa area, but after circling around, he unexpectedly returned to the starting point.
“Young man, who let you in?” Suddenly a middle-aged man in a security uniform, with a cigarette in his mouth, walked over.
“Young people shouldn’t come running here at night. Let me tell you, this place is not clean after dark. Come with me and get out.” The security guard said this, whether out of kindness or some other reason.
Luo Chen did not reply, but followed behind the security guard. Yet something felt off. Logically, to leave they should head towards the main gate, but the guard was leading Luo Chen deeper inside.
“This isn’t right. This path!”
“The main gate is locked now. We can only go through the back gate. Don’t talk too much. Follow me closely. Don’t turn back no matter what you see. This place is really haunted. Several of my brothers died here.” The security guard reminded him kindly.
After passing the high-rise buildings in the neighbourhood, the villas were just ahead.
At that moment, a firelight suddenly appeared.
Ahead, an old woman was muttering strangely, repeatedly saying “eat more, eat more”, while throwing paper into the fire.
“Oh my, you damn old woman. Burning paper in the middle of the night? Put it out right now.”
The security guard saw someone burning paper and naturally had to stop it. What if it caused a fire?
But the old woman acted as if she heard nothing, continuing to burn paper with her head down, still repeating “eat more, eat more”.
“Forget it. Probably her son worked on this construction site and told her to do this here.” The security guard scolded her a few times. Seeing that the old woman seemed crazy, he did not continue, probably to avoid trouble.
But as they passed by the old woman, she suddenly stood up and spoke to Luo Chen.
“Young man, where are you going?”
“Young man, don’t go. Don’t go. He is a ghost!” The old woman suddenly grinned, revealing her yellow teeth.
“Damn old woman, what nonsense are you spouting?” The security guard frowned and said.
Luo Chen looked at the security guard, then at the old woman.
In fact, it was already clear that the old woman was a ghost. Not only that, this security guard was also a ghost.
When ghosts walk, their heels do not touch the ground. Luo Chen had already noticed it just now.
Just as Luo Chen was about to expose these two ghosts, suddenly two powerful beams of light shone over.
“Hands up!”
The moment the lights hit, the paper-burning old woman had already vanished, leaving only the security guard and Luo Chen.
It was as if the old woman had never appeared.
Coming towards them were three people in police uniforms.
One was tall and thin, with a trace of coldness on his face.
Another was a woman. Even in the darkness, her delicate yet heroic beauty could not be hidden. Her fair skin gave off a noble and aloof aura.
What Luo Chen found most interesting was the last one. That was a police officer with a somewhat pale face and a gloomy expression. But Luo Chen’s lips curved into an almost imperceptible smile, because that last police officer also had his heels raised.
Luo Chen looked at this lineup. Things were becoming more and more interesting.