Chapter 211 (1/2)

Chapter 211: The Tear of Neptune

The organizers hadn’t anticipated one of their draw items would be auctioned off so quickly

Lan Jue sat aazes, cool and collected, face calm Hean afternoon breeze The only indication he was even present in thethe front row

The bidder who’d attempted to take Lan Jue’s prize quietly stood up He bowed at the waist, then removed himself from the auction

The elderly bid caller watched hi his heart rate to quicken Of course he knehy the bidder left It was a coh occurrence This situation was mild when couments could erupt However, no one wanted to offend somebody so overtly powerful

“Finally, we come to last item in today’s auction Our main attraction, of which I’ht here on Lir, the s-ranked Tear of Neptune”

On the cart, in its own crystal box, rested a teardrop-cut stone

The geht that was pleasing to the eye It lent the powerful iteht seemed to emanate fro appearance the waves of energy e, like the near proxihts and sour moods abated under the pleasant warmth of the stone’s aura

Lan Jue’s eyes flashed with electric power Just as quickly, however, they were back to normal

“How much available funds do we have for transfer,” Lan Jue asked Xiuxiu

Xiuxiu answered by giving him a thumbs up

Lan Jue nodded, and said nothing further

The bid caller went on “As everyone knows, any planet that produces an s-ranked gem is called a ‘Gem Planet’ It is a distinction Lir enjoys, thanks to the five karat gem you see before you; the Tear of Neptune The very museum we sit within was named after it”

“The Tear of Neptune Touted as the purest power gey It spreads that virtuousness wherever it goes, effecting everyone it co its untainted power Carry it with you, and say goodbye to troubling thoughts or emotions Enjoy days uninterrupted by afflictions of the mind and spirit And that’s not all…”

The bid caller’s earnest introductions continued, but there was no reaction froained froone

“Alright, let’s get to the bidding This is the largest Tear in the history of production, available tonight to you for a starting bid of four hundred million NED Increases must be more than five million at a time”

Silence

Four hundred eive a price for the better gems of this class

Oncepower of the gee their number

Simply put, it’s priey It ireat deal of sustained energy output The gey, only take it into itself This was first Secondly, the better power gems already had very few iems The Tear had no positive function for those

Under circuh price for a Tear of Neptune? This was already the third year they’ve paraded this stone before the auction bidders It was beginning to look like once again, this year would pass without a sale

Ti second the bid caller’s expression beca to their rules, if an item underwent auction three ti What would they do with the gem then?

During its first showing, the gem had been priced at six hundred million dollars They’d already lowered the price by a third, so even if it sold it was already below cost

Originally the hope was that someone with more money than sense would commit to the Tear Now it looked like it was them ould have to eat the cost It si people wanted

“Four hundred million” Once more, the imperatorial voice from before called out a bid

The bid caller physically jerked at the sound The first tiative eh, it was like a smile from the face of God

“Four hundred entle to go higher?” His voice had becoher in pitch

In the end his question was just an interlude in a play where everyone kne it ends Half a minute, a few more calls, and…

Bang! “Sold!”

At last, the most expensive piece ever offered in a Tear of Neptune auction was finally sold The final ticket price, four hundred million dollars

For the third tiood reason; the aggregate cost of everything else purchased today was five hundredhis purchases