Chapter 3742 — Never Meant for You
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Only then did the shopkeeper's expression soften slightly. He looked at Yu Jiang and said, "For the two top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills alone, even calculated at the lowest buyback price of eight hundred spirit jade apiece, they are already worth one thousand six hundred spirit jade. Add the additional four hundred spirit jade, and the total comes to two thousand spirit jade. Sir, if you cannot offer a price of two thousand spirit jade or more, then think no more of this Star Ink Stone."
So he said, and yet in the shopkeeper's heart, even if Yu Jiang truly could produce two thousand spirit jade, it still would not match Wei Zhao's two top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills.
After all, if the name of the top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pill were used to draw a crowd of cultivator heirs to attend the auction, the real profit to be made would be far beyond anything two thousand spirit jade could compare to—three thousand, four thousand, no trouble at all!
Two thousand spirit jade? Good gods, why don't you just rob me outright!
Yu Jiang was so stung that his eyeballs nearly popped out. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to clap a hand over his own mouth, barely managing to keep from cursing aloud—otherwise he would likely have been thrown out on the spot.
His earlier bid of one thousand two hundred spirit jade had already been his absolute limit, and he had taken an enormous risk even to make it. Two thousand spirit jade—he could not produce it if it killed him!
Leaving aside how stunned and speechless Yu Jiang was, even Wei Zhao—the very owner who had refined the top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills—could not help twitching at the corner of his mouth when he heard the shopkeeper's words. He had known before that a top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pill was certainly worth far more than an ordinary one, but he had never imagined it could be worth this much.
Still, after a moment's thought, Wei Zhao quickly grasped the reasoning behind it. A top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pill was indeed different from an ordinary one—it was a scarce resource that could only be stumbled upon, never sought.
As the saying goes, things are precious for being rare. The shopkeeper's valuation of the two pills at one thousand six hundred spirit jade was already extremely low; if they were truly put on sale, the asking price would at least double!
And even at a higher price, there would absolutely be bidders scrambling to buy them. Especially those cultivator heirs with truly deep backgrounds—to snatch up such a rare prize, they would not care a whit about spending that much spirit jade!
Yet though he had underestimated the value of his two top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills beforehand, Wei Zhao did not feel he had been shortchanged or aggrieved.
After all, as far as he was concerned, so long as he had the materials ready, he could refine more Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills at any time, and they would absolutely come out top-grade. But the Star Ink Stone was one of a kind—miss it, and it was gone.
So two top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills plus four hundred spirit jade in exchange for a Star Ink Stone was absolutely worth it!
The shopkeeper waited a moment. Seeing Yu Jiang red-faced and silent for so long, he said, "Time is precious. Sir, if you cannot offer a higher price soon, this old man can only declare that the Star Ink Stone is not meant for you."
Not meant for me? How could it not be meant for me?
Three whole years of enduring hardship in the Scripture Repository, and only then had he finally discovered such a priceless treasure capable of changing his fate. For it he had even taken out a high-interest loan of one thousand two hundred spirit jade, and for a full month he had gone without sleep, thinking of it day and night—and now they declared it was not meant for him!