Chapter 72: Last Three (1)

The young man grumbled a reply and the auctioneer resumed the auction.

"If Tian'er wants a beast core, just use Xue Lang." Rong Jian advised. "Or, I could get you an even better one. Just a Netherworld Siren, I can get it's core for you or even that of a more powerful demonic beast." Rong Jian tried to console.

Shen Tianyu raised a brow, not looking at him. "Who said I wanted it?"

"Huh? But Tian'er, just now..." Rong Jian reminded her of her recent bidding.

"Since he wanted it so much, why couldn't I milk more out of him? He has the money." She replied.

"Then, why did you stop at 60 million yuan?" Rong Jian deliberately ignored the fact that that counted as malicious bidding.

"Didn't you hear the desperate tone in his voice? That as probably his limit for now. If I bid any higher, I might have had to pay the price. In addition, he might come after me for real." Shen Tianyu informed him.

Understanding her intentions, Rong Jian kept quiet again.

The second item was a Phoenix Pill. "This Phoenix Pill was refined by a great mysterious pill master! It can heal even critical injuries with no repercussions! If you're lucky, you might even make a breakthrough!" The auctioneer advertised. Again, a deafening roar swept the auction hall. This was akin to a second lifeline! Who would't want such a great pill! Of course, Lotus Pavilion would never accept sub-par goods, especially for this specialty auction so it must be genuine!

The auctioneer gave a friendly smile. "Since this is our first time auctioning off this kind of pill, the starting bid is 50,000 yuan."

Though the starting price is not nearly as high as the would be market price of such a miraculous pill, it nonetheless filtered out the small and declining powers. Where would these suppressed powers even get 10,000 yuan? As expected, the end off the specialty auction was reserved exclusively for the well-off sects and organizations and rulers of kingdoms if any were here.

"70,000 yuan!" A male voice sounded from the first floor. At this, however, the nearby people sneered. "Only an increase of 20,000? Dream on!"

"If this kind of miraculous pill is only worth 70,000 yuan, pills would not be so expensive and pill masters would not be so revered!"

"Which family's idiot heir placed the bid? Bringing such shame upon the family name!"

At the ridicule of the surrounding guests, the man who placed the bid reddened in embarrassment. He was only trying his luck, it would be beneficial for his family to get such a lifeline. But now that he looked back, it really was embarrassing. The big sects would definitely want this pill, if he really won the pill, it would be even more strange. His whole clan could be wiped out without anyone knowing if he really did win it. He shrunk his head into his shoulders and tried to make himself as small as possible.

"10 million yuan!" A shout from the fourth floor immediately raised the bid by several folds. This was from a different room than the previous young master.

"50 million!"

"100 million!"

"300 million!" All the guests of the fourth and fifth floor, save the young master that got the Netherworld Siren core and Shen Tianyu, threw in their bids. Th fifth floor barely had anyone in the rooms but these people could not be disregarded just because of their small numbers. Each were a powerhouse of their own, otherwise, they would not have enough money to spend to get into the 5th Tier of Lotus Pavilion.

"450 million!"

"500 million!" The gap in bid prices were getting smaller and smaller. There were more and more voices of desperation and bids through gritted teeth and clenched fists. Even so, Shen Tianyu's smile got brighter with each successive bid.

'As expected, it was indeed a good business deal.' Shen Tianyu thought. This Phoenix Pill was refined by the famous phusician and pill master, Tian Yu. When he came back and thanked Shen Tianyu for introducing such a talented disciple as Luo Shue to her, she had managed to get a deal out of him. The deal was to refine a good pill that could be sold off in Lotus Pavilion's specialty auction every year and besides the commission price, he would get the remaining proceeds. He agreed quite readily. With his skill, refining high end pills were not as hard as it would be for other medics. This applied both financially and intellectually. Such a famous doctor would never be short on money and favors. And he would not be so famous and highly sought after if he didn't have the knowledge and skills. In addition, he had a whole year to refine it and Yoadu would help him find the ingredients, he just had to do the labor. Being asked to do merely that as payback for his dear disciple was quite a steal in his opinion. Little did he know, only he could refine these great pills and they always sold for a blood spilling price. The pill sold usually repaid all the effort and materials put into it and some more leftover money. To express his gratefulness as he felt they got the short end of the stick in the deal, Tian Yu would also refine some lesser pills for Yoadu, and let them take care of what to do with them. They could keep them or sell them. Since they had Luo Shue, unless the pill was unusually rare and useful and Luo Shue could not refine it in the foreseeable future, most of the time, they were sold as one of the top three items of an auction or they would be sold as regular items at the specialty auction. And since Yaodu was selling them, there was no commission price and all proceeds went to the organization.

'I really did not make a wrong decision to send Luo Shue to Tian Yu.' Shen Tianyu thought as she looked on at the bidding.