44 I Am the Owner of the Supreme Dan (2/2)
Not to mention only the three of them, even the entire Cyan Cloud Sect could not hope to bear his wrath!
He could turn the Cyan Cloud Sect into everyone’s enemy by simply saying something like ‘I will make dan for the one who destroys the Cyan Cloud Sect’.
Meng Wufei took a few deep breaths and forced a smile, “You definitely do not mince words. How admirable. But I am afraid there has been some miscommunication between us. When I offered 150 thousand just now, I was only testing the waters. It would truly be a desecration if the supreme dan bead was sold at only 150 thousand. If anyone wishes to bid, of course they are free to do so. With my status, how can I possibly forcibly oppress the market like this… Since Brother Feng has called for 500 thousand, then I shall follow. 750 thousand please.”
Meng Wufei managed to restrain himself enough to spit out those words.
[I’ll have my revenge another day.]
Everyone spectating this scene couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. By taking a step back this time, Meng Wufei had brought shame to the Cyan Cloud Sect. But if he had not submitted, the Cyan Cloud Sect would not only have ended up empty-handed today, but it was also very likely that they would invite an even bigger disaster in the future!
Although Meng Wufei had retreated, no one would really look down on him. Instead, his forbearance had gathered quite some admiration. After all, it had been the owner of the supreme dan he had been facing!
“Hmm, one million!” Li Changqing from the Green Mountain Sect spoke calmly.
“One million and 50 thousand!” Meng Wufei instantly bidded.
Ye Xiao finally stayed quiet.
The price had gone over one million now… and it was still rising.
He was not delighted in the least at the moment; instead he was bleeding in his heart. There had been 15 dan beads in total, and he had actually sold 5 of them to the salesroom for 100 thousand each…
[I really want to jump off a building… How could I have miscalculated to incur such a loss…]
He had lost five million! At least!
[Oh my god… So much money! Let me die!]
While Ye Xiao was still drowning in his sorrow, Xiao Moyan finally bid.
“One million and 250 thousand!”
“One million and 275 thousand!” Meng Wufei gritted his teeth.
“One million and 300 thousand!”
“One million and 325 thousand!”
Meng Wufei was nearly going to vomit blood.
He had to win the bid for this supreme dan bead, otherwise, it would really be a huge disgrace after the scuffle between him and Ye Xiao just now.
In the end, for the price of one million and 400 thousand taels of silver, Meng Wufei acquired the first supreme dan bead!
After seeing a high price, all the spectators were shocked out of their minds.
Although Meng Wufei had brought this fate upon himself, this price of one million and 400 thousand taels of silver was truly unreasonably high.
After that, the second supreme dan bead was sold for one million and 250 thousand to Xiao Moyan.
The third was sold to Li Changqing for the same price as the second one.
Till now, the top three martial sects had gotten one of the first three supreme dan beads each. One could say that they had accomplished their most important task of today.
The others bidders breathed a sigh of relief. They all understood that the first three supreme dan beads would never be theirs. No matter what, they would definitely be seized by the top three sects. Whoever encroached upon these beads would only bring enormous trouble to their own groups.
But still… the prices had still been pushed so high that many of the groups had already felt depressed.
Within just a few turnovers, the numbers had already risen way beyond the levels of what they could compete with.
When the fourth dan bead was up, people subconsciously understood that the top three sects wouldn’t bid again, so one by one, they started to bid!
“850 thousand.”
“875 thousand!”
“900 thousand…”
“…”
Although the prices continued to rise, it had already started slowing down. It was no longer the scorching battle that accompanied the first three beads. When Mu Zihe from the Mu Clan bid 950 thousand, no one made a sound anymore.
All of them were thinking that if the prices were able to lessen even further, that would undeniably be a good thing.
Some experts like Guan Wanshan had already predicted that the price would be no higher than one million this time.
But right at that moment, the clear and cold voice of a girl suddenly resounded loudly, “One million and 250 thousand!”
With this shout, she had raised the price up to the price levels of the former three dan beads straightaway!
Such a price had immediately defeated most of the bidders!
As the audience turned their heads towards the voice, they realized that it was in fact, the girl in white.
When they found out that the bidder was a girl, they were instantly angry. [Previously, we didn’t want to offend the three major sects so we didn’t join the bidding. A little girl like you, who do you think you are?]
Mu Zihe, in particular, was ready to explode with rage!
[Why on earth is there always someone messing with me? Am I a pushover to them?
This time, there is no way I could bear such humiliation again! If I continue to tolerate this, our Mu Clan will be known as the clan of cowardly turtles…] [1]
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[1] [TL: 缩头乌龟 literally means turtles who retreat back into their shells when facing danger. Refers to faint-hearted cowards.]