Chapter 95: Priceless and Worthless (2/2)
”Of course. It gets harder and harder to increase the pill's harmony. A difference between 43% and 45% is about the same increase in difficulty as 10% to 18%. The higher the pill's harmony, the higher the difficulty. This just goes to show how talented you are.”
Ma Rong cleared his confusion. 'No wonder the people are so shocked about it.'
The heated bidding war slowly came to an end as Alex's eyes widened by the final bid.
”139 spirit stones, going once.”
”139 spirit stones, going twice.”
”139 spirit stones, going thrice. Sold.” Cai Ping slammed the gavel on the table. A staff member came out and took away the pill. Another staff came out with a small plate, hiding something rectangular, going by the shape of the silhouette.
”The next item on the auction is this book.” Cai Ping unfurled the cloth to reveal an old, dusty, almost rotting book. The outer cover looked a little torn but overall the book seemed to be without damage.
Cai Ping held the book and showed it to the audience. The outside of the book had something written on it, that was visible even though the book itself was very dirty.
The letters seemed black in color but shined like they were made of gold. Cai Ping started by saying, ”This book has the potential to be the best item we have ever sold in our auction house. However, it might also be the worst item we have sold as of yet.”
Cai Ping stopped talking to create some suspense.
”Best item, yet worst item? What are you talking about, Madam Cai?”
”Yes, please explain, Madam Cai.”
Cai Ping started talking once more. ”This book was given to us by somebody who wished to remain unknown. This book is the family heirloom that they have guarded for thousands of years. According to their ancestors, one day, people flew down from the heavens and stayed in their tavern.”
”Those heavenly folks didn't have money with them at the time, so they gave the tavern owner this book instead, and left back to the heavens.”
”Within those thousands of years, many cultivators came and went in their family, yet not a single one could comprehend this book.”
”Given to them, by what could only be immortals of the legends, yet unable to even read the book. This book is truly both Worthless and Priceless. If your customers can't read it either, It's the worst item we have sold yet. However, if you can read it, it's the best item we have sold yet.”
”As such, we will first let you people check the book for yourself.” A staff lady came out and took the book.
”We will pass it along to you all, so you can check. The people in the hall will have only 10 seconds to see if you can read the book. The people in the VIP will have 30 seconds to see if they can read the book. As for the ones in the VVIP, they will have a whole minute to check the book.”
Cai Ping nodded to the female staff, and the lady walked down the hall passing along the book to the various people.