Chapter 491 — The Yu Family Makes Its Move
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"Fair competition, highest bidder wins — that's only natural." Liu Tianyi glanced at Fatty Lai. He knew he was being a little excessive, but at a moment like this he could not yield. If two hundred million could win it, he would bid; beyond two hundred million, he would give up. After all, no family's money came blowing in on the wind, and Liu Tianyi was in fact already quite content to have obtained one Life-Extending Detox Pill.
"Two hundred and fifty million!" Fatty Lai raised his paddle again, but shot a faint smile at Wei Zhao in his seat.
Wei Zhao understood at once that Fatty Lai had jumped in to stir the pot, his aim being to drive the Life-Extending Detox Pill to a better price. So he did not stop him and let him bid as he pleased.
"Raise the paddle. Buy it." The middle-aged man beside Yu Haitian suddenly spoke, giving Yu Haitian his orders.
Yu Haitian was slightly taken aback, then nodded. "Yes, Second Uncle."
"Two hundred and eighty million!" Yu Haitian lifted the paddle in his hand. Though the Yu family were the hosts of the auction, they too were entitled to bid — it was merely that the things which caught the Yu family's eye were very few indeed.
Everyone present was somewhat surprised at Yu Haitian's sudden entry into the bidding. In recent years, at the Yu family's auctions, the family had scarcely ever raised a paddle, for everyone knew well that once the Yu family raised a paddle, no one dared compete.
This was not merely out of fear of the Yu family's vast wealth — more importantly, no one wished to make an enemy of them. Whatever the Yu family set its heart on, they would have it at any price. So once the Yu family raised a paddle, everyone else simply withdrew.
And the Yu family understood this as well, so they too would not raise their paddle lightly; doing so would be to smash the signboard of their own auction house. Only when there was something they were absolutely determined to have would they make an exception.
Just like now: the Yu family had actually bid for a Life-Extending Detox Pill, which showed that this time the Yu family was determined to have it, and that the Life-Extending Detox Pill had likewise been affirmed.
The Yu family, however, would not do anything that invited reproach. The price Yu Haitian named was exactly the final price of the previous Life-Extending Detox Pill, so it could not be counted as the strong bullying the weak. For the seller, too, this was entirely fair.
Once the Yu family had bid, naturally no one bid again, and so Yu Haitian smoothly won the second Life-Extending Detox Pill.
But as for the third pill, there was one person who meant to have it at all costs, and that was Divine Doctor Kang. He had not finished studying the earlier Life-Extending Detox Pill, and this time he would buy another at any price to take back and study. Even if he could not figure it out, at the very worst he could eat it himself at the end, and living a few more years would still be a fine thing.