Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 1073

However, what Xyla Quest found weird was the fact that this was a well-imitated oil painting, but why was it still framed so intricately?

The frame of the painting was even coated in gold...

"It's too fake..." Xyla said.

"I think it's a little fake, too," Sharon Lindt said softly.

When a young woman next to Sharon heard this, she instantly laughed. "How could fake items appear in an auction of this magnitude? It must be real..."

Xyla glanced at that woman. "But I don't think it is..."

However, the woman shook her head. "How is it not real... You overthink."

"Yeah, don't you know? This is Van Gogh's true work of art, alright? Where do you think this is? How could they sell imitated stuff here?" A young man next to the woman chipped in.

A small group of people around the young man and woman also nodded in agreement. Based on the way they looked at Xyla, it seemed as if they were secretly laughing at her.

Neither Sharon nor Xyla continued making small talk with them. Instead, they looked at each other and smiled calmly before shifting their gazes back to the painting.

The two women emanated an aura of calmness that belonged to strong individuals.

"This is a well-imitated painting of sunflowers that our auction house owner possesses. It's from an unknown artist, and its date of origin is also unknown... The starting bid price for this is 50,000," the beautiful auctioneer said.

When the people who made fun of Xyla heard this, they all suddenly became quiet.

Sharon glared at them coldly before shifting her gaze back to the painting.

"What's going on? Why would an imitated art piece be sold in an auction like this?"

"Yeah... Do they think we'll be happy with this?"

A few people in the grand lobby complained...

The beautiful auctioneer smiled awkwardly...

For the next five minutes, no one made any bid. The venue was completely silent...

When the beautiful auctioneer saw this, she immediately made a desperate attempt to sell this painting to everyone. However, nobody was convinced.

As if suddenly recalling something, Xyla activated her penetrating vision...

Soon, her gaze pierced through the imitated painting of sunflowers...

After her gaze pierced through it, she soon saw another painting hidden behind it.

The painting behind the sunflowers was a golden wheat field.

Be it the brushwork, the use of color, or style, this painting resembled Van Gogh's work.

The only difference between this painting and the wheat field by Van Gogh she saw in a foreign museum was that, apart from a vast area of wheat and the sky, there was nothing else in this painting. Xyla was confident that this was the actual work of Van Gogh.

Meanwhile, this was probably the case of a painting within a painting her master had frequently mentioned to her.

Xyla's master told her that some collectors in the past would hide an actual work of art behind another painting of little value to prevent theft and to avoid battles.

Xyla raised her card that had 'Number 28' written on it. "100,000..." She offered.

"Xyla, why are you bidding? Do you want this fake art?" Sharon asked.

"You'll find out in a while," Xyla said softly with a chuckle.

"Is she dumb... How is this painting worth 100,000? I think even ten dollars would be too much..."

"She's rich, and she probably can do whatever she wants..."

"She even said it's fake herself. Why would she still spend so much money on it?"

The people around Xyla couldn't resist whispering amongst themselves.

To everyone in the crowd now, Xyla was a major fool who spent money to buy fake goods.