Chapter 2505 — I Don't Believe It!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
This Minor Qi Gathering Pill was perfectly round, its color even and full, with two faintly visible striations upon it—proof of second-grade quality! These were the hallmarks of a top-grade pill. Right Pan Gao recognized them at once!
As for the pills he had brought, only a scant few reached that quality; the rest either had uneven color, or were oval rather than perfectly round, or bore no striations at all. True, such flaws only affected a pill's ultimate potency and did not render it ineffective—in other words, it merely performed somewhat worse.
It must be luck! Right Pan Gao thought. He had groped at random and happened to pick the best one; the others were surely not so fine. So Right Pan Gao hurriedly picked up another small bottle, opened it, and looked—only for his expression to change once more!
This was another Minor Qi Gathering Pill, of a quality essentially identical to the last—both top-grade. Right Pan Gao drew a deep breath, set down the bottle in his hand, and opened another some distance away. This time it held a Minor Restoration Pill—but it too was top-grade!
Impossible. It simply could not be. Right Pan Gao's movements grew faster and faster, until he had opened nearly half the small bottles before him—and every one was top-grade! Unwilling to accept it, he gasped for breath, his eyes wide and brimming with shock and disbelief.
"Well then, Mr. Right Pan Gao? May we have your appraisal results now?" Lu Xiansheng said with a smile.
"This..." Right Pan Gao hesitated, but in a setting like this he dared not speak carelessly. He could only stiffen his neck and say, "They are indeed... all top-grade pills..."
In truth, everyone had already guessed the result from Right Pan Gao's expression; it was only that his saying it aloud confirmed their certainty. These cultivators cared nothing for the Hidden Right Family's face—they wanted only to buy the finest goods, the ones most useful to themselves. So one and all were raring to join the bidding.
"Heh, Mr. Right Pan Gao, thank you for your appraisal. You may return to your seat." Lu Xiansheng gestured invitingly, then addressed the crowd: "Very well—let the auction begin!"
Right Pan Gao walked back to his seat in utter dejection, and the auction formally got under way!
Sure enough, the pills Wei Zhao had sent fetched an average price of around fifteen million each, while the Hidden Right Family's pills held at their former price of about ten million—no more, no less.
Yet though the price did not fall, Right Pan Gao's face was a mask of ugly jealousy. Someone had stolen the Hidden Right Family's business. At auctions past, the Hidden Right Family's pills had been eagerly sought and in short supply; this time, by the end of the auction, no one was bidding at all—plainly, everyone who wanted pills had already bought them. Seeing how matters stood, Lu Xiansheng had no choice but to withdraw the remaining pills as unsold.
Wei Zhao's purpose in coming here was the pure yellow jade alone; nothing else was of much use to him. So while the others bid, he sat with his eyes closed, resting, and would rouse his attention only when the pure yellow jade came up for auction. RQ