528 Disputes! (2/2)
[People often don't meet up to their reputation when you meet them in person!]
”It's certainly feels better to meet a reputed man in person than merely hearing his name! I had once heard some news a long time ago. People had said that the Head of the Gongsun Family is extremely far-sighted. He's known for his courage and ability to thinking into the future. He has carried forward his family's name with his own hands. In fact, it took him only thirty years to promote his family's name from to the top level from that of a third-rate force… He's genuinely worthy of his name. And, he'd very far-sighted! Note that Gongsun Family's Gongsun Jue Dao is far-sighted and courageous. He possessed first-class thinking. And, he's worthy of making friends with,” Mei Xue Yan commented.
Dugu Xiao Yi wrote all this down at a flying speed.
Jun Mo Xie was still unfinished on the stage. So, he came forward with the fifth batch of pills, and began shouting on the top of his voice.
”Everybody! Everybody! The past is already over. Everyone has arrived here to create future glory for their family… And, the chance is right in front of you! What are you waiting for? You will be the hero of your family if you return home with these twenty pills! And, your contributions won't go unnoticed when your family emerges stronger tomorrow! Your grandsons will admire you for a thousand years; they will cherish your memories. Let's come back to the main topic here… These Bone Tempering Pills are rare… They're an unprecedented medicine with an immense potential. So, there is a huge margin for the appreciation in their value. You might have to spend some money to buy these things today… But, you will have a ten-fold profit in the future! However, the price of this fifth batch is still at the same level right now. I now implore the 'Eight Immortals to cross the ocean' and show their talents! Let's see whose family blossoms, and whose family falls!”
Jun Mo Xie had been too careless to realize that the old legend of the 'Eight Immortals' didn't exist in this world… In fact, he had completely overlooked this… However, no one in the audience cared about this. After all, they were only concerned about the merits of the pill. Could they care about legends and potential appreciation of these pills' value? After all, these pills could help their family in nurturing super-experts in the future! Losing even a single one of them could be considered a sin. So, how could they pay attention to things like mythological references…? Or even the re-sale value of these pills? Instead, they were busy in holding their placards as high as they could!
The atmosphere of the hall had heated to unprecedented levels within moments.
Many of these people could've never imagined that the price of these pills was extremely less right now. They would have to purchase these pills had a much different price later on. After all, only a few of these pills would survive many years down the lane. And, those surviving pills would be sold at a freakishly high price at that time. In fact, each of these pills would come to cost around three-million in gold in the future. And, they would have to resign themselves to pay such prices at that time!
Young Master Jun had ensured everyone that these pills would see a massive appreciation in value. And, he hadn't joked about this either. After all, this was a fact! However, this was a fact that would follow-up in the future…
The fourth batch was sold out at eight-hundred-thousand. However, no one had expected that this sale-price would turn out to be the lowest one. In fact, the prices had continued to increase dramatically afterwards. Even the second-lowest had notched eight-hundred-and-fifty-thousand in gold!
The atmosphere of the hall had grown increasingly intense after the fifth batch of the pills was sold. Upstairs, Guan Qing Han and Dugu Xiao Yi had been noting down the comments, analyses, and judgments made by Mei Xue Yan. They had already jotted-down a thick pile of specific information. The objective of their research was gradually getting clearer. And, the differences and disputes among all families were slowly rising to the surface…
Snake King also looked like a secretary who was working under her boss Mei Xue Yan. She was handling the tasks of classification, summarizing, distinguishing, arranging, etc. She had even made labels to identity and differentiate the categories. She was obviously doing this so that the specific information could be dug out as-and-when needed.
These Bone Tempering Pills had already gained much recognition. After all, every family was concerned about their future. So, all of them wanted to attain the magical powers of these pills. In fact, a family would purposefully raise the price of these pills in case their rivalling family was competing for it. They wanted to hurt their enemies by increasing the prices in case they couldn't get it themselves. After all, they wanted to beat the enemy by any means possible…
The heated atmosphere of the auction hall had slowly led everyone to indulge in a furious competition; neither the old, nor the young had been spared! Nearly everyone was red-eyed. They were hurling abuses at each other from the corners of their mouths. Some people had even come to the verge of breaking into a fight then-and-there…
The auction hall would've easily turned into a slaughterhouse in no time if the Three Holy Lands' people hadn't been present to keep a watch.
No one was willing to leave the hall. Everyone wanted to know which families would get to own these pills. After all, these families would become the center of everyone's attention in the future. So, the spectators wanted to note down the names of these families as well as their most talented youngsters. And, that's because they would have to keep a close eye on these people later on.
After all, these people could become their allies in the future… or maybe even their murderers!
And, who could dare to relax and ignore the precautions under such circumstances?
Consequently, the number of people present in the hall hadn't gone down. Instead, the atmosphere inside the hall had started to soar to even higher degrees.
The auction proceeded in this manner until it was lunch time. It must be mentioned that the rules of this auction were rather simple. However, they had still managed to auction out only twelve batches until lunch time! Such a speed could be compared to that of a snail! Nevertheless, people were enjoying their time as they stood in a circle to watch the bustling scene… Everyone was using harsh words towards their opposition. They were threatening, and even unmasking each other… The auction hall had come to resemble a microcosm for the entire continent, and all the grievances of the continent had concentrated in this microcosm…
However, the two women — Dugu Xiao Yi and Guan Qing Han — were completely exhausted…
It was a huge task to arrange these valuable pieces of information! In fact, both the women were somewhat envious of Tang Yuan at this time. [That guy only has to move the gold! It's such an easy job; unlike the task of writing down everything these five-or-six-hundred people are saying! Arranging and summarizing all this information is a work that requires brains…!]
It could be said that these two girls would've collapsed if Mei Xue Yan hadn't taken the responsibility of summarizing the information… Moreover, this was task which came with massive mental-pressure. After all, this data would determine the direction the Jun Family would take in the future. So, even a small mistake made at this time could push the family into assuming an enemy as a friend in the future. And, who could afford the consequences of something like that…?
It was winter at this time. However, the clothes of these two women had soaked in their sweat to a point where they had seemingly become transparent.
However, Mei Xue Yan's unparalleled beautiful face had been becoming increasingly anxious with the passage of time…