Chapter 1294: An Astronomical Price (2/2)
Though they were on good terht then, they’d done so in order to drive up de Chen and Sacred Peafowl Mountain an indirect favor
Jiang Chen noted their intentions and was pleased with the rapid uptick in bid prices Both the Empyrean River Palace and the Sublime Chord Teiances to Pillfire City They also selectively ignored their recent animosity with the pill’s owner
Over at Veluriyareat e Chen not to participate There was no reason to offer their opponents any ammunition Their absence didn’t lessen the crazed atmosphere around the Pinecrane Pill one bit
The price of the pill shot past a billion in the blink of an eye
Once it did so, several factions slowly retreated from the fray A price as lofty as that was beyond the reasonable grasp of many The factions that remained went at it with renewed intensity
The Eon Sect, Skysword Sect, Celestial Cicada Court, and Moon God Sect… These were the factions that re Chen knehat these people were thinking They wanted to take the pill home with them to research it If the research was successful, there was the potential to refine reasonably good imitations However, the Pinecrane Pill wouldn’t deserve its name and reputation if it was easy to duplicate
Even if the winning sect did successfully analyze its co Chen’s personal recipe and tips
The art of refining pills wasn’t a textbook process Each step required meticulous care One error at any point would result in thorough failure A hair’s difference ence If this weren’t so, there wouldn’t be so many exclusive pills in the marketplace today
Why the exclusivity? Because h si continued until the price reached twelve hundred million, at which point several factions were driven out of the on Sect, Sublime Chord Temple, Eainst each other incessantly
The in increase in their bids was htypunched out a crazy price viciously
Master Dong Ye of the Sublime Chord Temple didn’t move an eyelid “Thirteen hundred million”
“Does the Subli Ye?” An agitated Long Baxiang affixed Master Dong Ye with a savage stare
The Buddhist master closed his eyes He didn’t want to bother with a retort
E order at the scene, intervened in his stead “Eht to bid here at the auction Please rily, but uttered no co “Thirteen hundred twentyYe remained impassive “Thirteen hundred thirty million”
“Fourteen hundred million!”
“Fourteen hundred tento lose his temper now “Fourteen hundred, sixty million”
“Fourteen hundred seventy million”
“Fifteen hundredYe had a strong grasp on the rhythm of the auction He only ever added tenpushed the price up
Moreover, he did so with a blank face the entire tie in a common marketplace, so deadpan was his manner No hint of emotion was visible on his face whatsoever
In ter was solidly at a disadvantage He glared at Master Dong Ye in a deadlock stare He almost wanted to pierce his opponent with his look alone Master Dong Ye’s face, on the other hand, was as inscrutable as ever
“You win!” Long Baxiang slammed a fist into his chair “I’ll remember you, Sublime Chord Temple!”
It see up at last Master Dong Ye was uncontested
“Fifteen hundred ten her price?”
“The Celestial Cicada Court bids sixteen hundred million,” Su Huanzhen suddenly interjected fro ti Ye blink The Buddhisttoward the head of the Celestial Cicada Court He glared with his Buddha Warrior’s Eye, attee Su Huanzhen’s true intentions
Su Huanzhen disregarded hi upon her lips
Having read absolutely nothing fro Ye emotionlessly intoned, “Sixteen hundred tenlord Zhen, I owed Eo I think this hundred h to barely cover it, hhter, looking at Master Dong Ye with eyes that considered him a fool