Chapter 4833 — Shocking the Entire Hall
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"The first lot from the Hong Clan Merchant Guild: a set of ten Gestation Qi Golden Pills, top-grade quality, starting price one million five hundred thousand spirit jade!" The white-bearded elder's voice rang with fervor. Frankly, when he had first laid eyes on the list, even he had been badly startled—top-grade quality was a rarity one might encounter only once in a blue moon!
The whole hall erupted in an instant. Upper-grade Gestation Qi Golden Pills were still seen from time to time, but top-grade was something that could not be sought even if one tried—its scarcity rivaled that of seventh-rank pills. Ordinarily, people did not merely seldom see them; they scarcely even heard tell of them!
Steward Hao and Steward Jin actually did nearly drop their jaws in shock, their expressions a spectacular sight to behold. They had thought putting up a set of upper-grade Gestation Qi Golden Pills was already quite something, only for the other side to casually toss out a set of top-grade ones—was this not a public slap in the face?!
Without question, the Grand Gates Guild was now thoroughly trampled beneath the Hong Clan Merchant Guild's feet. Had the two sets been vastly different in kind, then no matter how fine the Hong Clan Merchant Guild's offering, no one would have thought of the Grand Gates Guild. But here were ten Gestation Qi Golden Pills on each side—one merely upper-grade, the other top-grade. Superior and inferior stood plain for all to see!
"Three million!" Box Four seized the initiative once again. Before this, it had bid only three times, but each time on the signature lot of a merchant guild—grand gestures all, without question. And once again it impressed upon everyone the impression it had already created: that to this buyer, spirit jade was truly nothing but a number.
To these great personages, Gestation Qi Golden Pills no longer held much meaning, yet for the younger generation of their sects they could still serve a purpose—especially top-grade ones, so rarely seen. Even a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage would reap great benefit from taking them. Such a thing was not to be missed.
"Five million!" Box Four gave not an inch, while the rest could only sigh in admiration. At such a price, even the great merchant guilds dared not bid lightly, let alone ordinary cultivators of modest means—this was destined to be a bidding game for the privileged alone.
"Five million five hundred thousand!" Box Two spoke up again, though this time the voice belonged to a middle-aged man. He made no deliberate show of power, yet it carried a pressure that awed without anger, making others instinctively shy from contending with him.
Listening to that voice, Wei Zhao found it vaguely familiar. A moment's thought and it came to him—could it be Wei Hebei, one of the Morning Star Academy's three giants? Most likely, given that this vice-archmaster had disciples beyond counting, and surely no small number of prodigies at the Golden Core stage. Top-grade Gestation Qi Golden Pills would be just the thing for them.
This time, Box Four too fell silent. No one supposed it had run short of spirit jade—one who had paid three million five hundred thousand for a single seventh-rank Great Return Pill would hardly begrudge a mere five million spirit jade for ten top-grade Gestation Qi Golden Pills. There could be but one explanation: just as Box Six had earlier dared not provoke it, so it now dared not compete with Box Two. With no other choice, it yielded.
In the end, this set of top-grade Gestation Qi Golden Pills fell to Box Two for five million five hundred thousand spirit jade. The assembled guild stewards were struck speechless—a single first lot had already fetched five million five hundred thousand, surpassing the Grand Gates Guild's entire take of five million three hundred thousand. How was anyone supposed to compete with that?!