novelraw Chapter 1087 - 594: The Final Word
Chapter 1087 - 594: The Final Word
If it wasn’t for Elder Bian and Steward Wu’s cooperation, the trap she set for Juan Niang would never have been completed, and the funds for the Spiritual Tea wouldn’t have been recovered.
Given this unexpected delight, Steward Wu, having worked at the Heavenly Residence for a long time, was well-versed in many situations and accepted with a content smile without any refusal.
He understood that if Elder Bian couldn’t secure the Xuantian Tao Fruit at the council, this Spirit Pill from Ning Xiaoxian would serve as compensation. Although the two differed greatly in preciousness, the Nine-Revolution Ascending Lotus was an incomparable lifesaving elixir for someone Crossing Tribulation. If Elder Bian returned with this Spirit Pill, his sect wouldn’t be too hard on him.
This woman, she pays attention to the finest details.
Drink a cup of tea, eat a couple of fruits, or send someone to disturb another’s room like Jin Wuhuan did. Fifteen minutes can pass quickly.
The guests all sat back in their seats, resolved: since they had held on until now, they might as well endure until the final results were out. Bai Yujing provided generous hospitality, convincing even mortal esteemed guests to stay.
As expected, the second half began with the same painstaking tug-of-war. However, the bidding became too unbearable for two other rooms to watch, and they made significant price increases mid-way, driving the Divine Sword’s price to seventy million Spirit Stones!
This kind of price increase also reminded Ning Xiaoxian that many Immortal Sects in the room still desired the Divine Sword. As the king of all weapons, nearly eighty percent of cultivators enter the Dao through the sword. With a Divine Artifact like the Nanming Lihuo Sword in their possession, they would be invincible in future battles.
"Once the Divine Sword is acquired later, leave quickly; delays can lead to complications," she reminded herself silently.
Before she could finish pondering, all the guests suddenly stiffened because everyone noticed: Box No. 1019 had, for the first time, made a substantial bid increase instead of the usual moderate ten-thousand increments; they had upped the bid by four million Spirit Stones at once!
Ning Xiaoxian raised her slender brows. Was it because her firm reply earlier had led Jin Wuhuan to realize she didn’t intend to compromise, thus losing patience and deciding to straightaway buy what she wanted?
From Jin Wuhuan’s perspective, his thinking was not incorrect. The Hidden Stream had been out of the picture for too long, only beginning activities in the Southern Continent this past year, so they had no real foundation in the Central Capital. No matter how connected Ning Xiaoxian was, it was impossible for her to have amassed a fortune. The fact that she managed to continue raising the bid to this extent had already piqued Jin Wuhuan’s interest. Furthermore, Steward Wu’s cautious bidding style inadvertently reinforced this impression for Jin Wuhuan.
What a pity though, Jishi Building could never have guessed; she could be so willful even without money!
Ning Xiaoxian cast a sidelong glance at Steward Wu, who wore the expression of a guileless middle-aged man as he let out a bitter smile and again raised the bid by five thousand Spirit Stones.
Spending tens of millions of Spirit Stones without even hearing a splash - to those privy at Heavenly Residence, insisting on buying back the very thing you put up for auction was an enormous blunder. The elder council had already issued a gag order, threatening anyone who leaked the information with death!
Jishi Building repeatedly upped the bid three times with increments of three million, two million, and four million, bringing the current bid on the floor to eighty-three million Spirit Stones. The crowd below was left speechless, and even the few boxes that initially placed bids went silent. Although the pace of bidding for the Nanming Lihuo Sword was painstakingly slow, the current price really was quite exorbitant. After all, no matter how great the Divine Sword is, it is still an external object compared to the importance of one’s temperament and cultivation.
When Steward Wu once again lightly added five thousand Spirit Stones to the bid, the room fell silent.
Jin Wuhuan wasn’t raising the bid anymore.
What happened to Grandmaster Jin’s resolve? Ning Xiaoxian blinked, then blinked again, suddenly realizing: "He’s out of money!"
Even though Jishi Building is a mighty giant, and despite its deep influence in the Central Capital, using this sum of tens of millions of Spirit Stones in cash probably pushed him to his limits. No wonder he tried to coerce her into compromise earlier; it was a psychological strategy, intending to extract the killer’s name from her before completely exhausting his Spirit Stone reserves.
As the head of a sect, Jin Wuhuan naturally had tremendous power, but Jishi Building, unlike Hidden Stream, wasn’t rooted in military origins. The management within Immortal Sects is relatively lax, and the demands of subordinates are numerous. As sect leader, he was responsible for the disciples within the sect; however willful, he couldn’t pawn off the entire sect for money. Most importantly, the sudden appearance of the Nanming Lihuo Sword left no time to amass additional funds.