Chapter 319: Friend (1/2)

After Tao Wu bought the first one-colored Rainbow Pill, the bidding for the second pill begun.

This time no one was rushing to make the first bid. Instead, they waited patiently to see if Tao Wu was going to continue bidding. No one wished to be considered as someone who was going against him.

However, unlike their expectations, Tao Wu did not continue his bidding. Instead, he had leaned back in the chair and smirked as he considered how he could work with Xue Wei at a later time.

After ensuring that Tao Wu was not willing to continue bidding a few brave people began raising their numbers and slowly made their bids.

As time went by, more and more found their courage, and they all began bidding in a frenzy.

The price rose from the one hundred thousand low-grade essence stones to five-hundred thousand low-grade essence stones in a short while, and it was still rising.

It was a few bandit and pirate groups that held power in the Sea of the Enchanted, that were bidding against the families which held power in the Thousand Treasure Pavilion.

In total there were around twenty factions interested in the one-colored Rainbow Pill. In fact, many more were interested; however, only twenty factions had the background, the strength, and the finances to purchase these pills.

With this many factions willing to bid for the pills, they could all realize that not every faction could get a pill. As a result, even more of the audiences were becoming frenzied as they made their bids.

Xue Wei was smiling slightly when he heard the bidding reach seven hundred thousand low-grade essence stones. This was a very high price. Before he had already been satisfied with the five hundred thousand that Tao Wu had offered. It seemed that he was still too naive when it came to understanding the value an alchemist held in the Sea of the Enchanted.

When the price hit eight hundred thousand low-grade essence stones, it slowly stagnated. Eventually, the price ended at eight hundred and eleven thousand low-grade essence stones. This was a fortune for the commoners. Even these factions could feel the sting when it came to such a large amount of wealth.

The third pill was released into the bidding war, and although it was fierce, it was not as bad as before. The final price was ending up at seven hundred and sixty-seven thousand low-grade essence stones.

The fourth pill went back up to just around the eight hundred thousand; it ended at seven hundred and ninety-three thousand low-grade essence stones.

The fifth pill was snagged by Tao Wu again; this time, he offered a full nine hundred thousand low-grade essence stones. He was not willing to make low offers, he wanted to leave a positive impression on Xue Wei, and since it was impossible for him actually to bid like the others as no one wanted to bid against him, he had no other option than to call out high bids.

Like this, all the pills were sold on auction with around a price of eight hundred thousand low-grade essence stones. The price was slowly climbing — the sixth pill sold for eight hundred and twenty-four low-grade essence stones. The seventh sold for eight hundred and thirty-one low-grade essence stones. The eighth sold for eight hundred and thirty-six low-grade essence stones. The ninth sold for eight hundred and fifty-nine low-grade essence stones.

Finally, the tenth pill was sold at the unbelievable price of nine hundred and four low-grade essence stones.

”Thank you, everyone, who came to our auction,” the auctioneer's voice cut through the auction hall, causing the many people who previously had been starting to chat to quieten down.

”We would like to say a special thank you to the two-colored Rainbow Alchemist who showed up at our humble business and thank him for choosing our auction house as the place to work with.

”Before we all exit the auction house, I would like to call out to the higher-ranked forces within Thousand Treasure Pavilion to not make things difficult for this esteemed alchemist.

”If you wish to have an audience with his lordship, please wait until he has given his permission for us to proceed.

”What I am trying to say is, please do not cause problems, please do not irritate his lordship or we might not be able to handle the recuperation.”

Xue Wei was surprised when he heard the words spoken by the auctioneer and raised an eyebrow.

He had not expected that she would stand up for him after revealing him earlier in the auction, but he was quite pleased. He was not in the mood to meet a lot of people, nor was he willing to socialize with people he would never have anything to do with anyway.

”Let's go,” Xue Wei had not purchased anything, but he needed to contact the auctioneer to be paid the essence stones that others had bid on his items.

When he opened the door, he saw, to his surprise, that the hallway was already filled with people who were looking at him with curiosity. In fact, he felt like a virgin thrown into a room filled with lecherous men; their eyes were so greedy as they looked at him; some were even rubbing their hands together. It was a very uncomfortable feeling.

When his eyes roamed across the people, they landed on the purple-skinned Tao Wu, and he felt that he was the only one who looked at him with curiosity instead of greed, and as if he had found his savior, Xue Wei walked to Tao Wu's side.

Xue Wei was not stupid. He had seen how everyone treated Tao Wu, and if they could get his protection, then they would be safe.

Tao Wu seemed to have guessed his thoughts and a smile flitted across his lips as he greeted him, ”Xue Wei, I never would have guessed you hid yourself so deeply,”

”Same to you,” Xue Wei smiled when he looked at Tao Wu. Although he had known that his strength was not to be belittled, he had not known that Tao Wu was treated like a god by the others in the Sea of the Enchanted.

Tao Wu smiled knowingly as he was aware of what Xue Wei was hinting at.