Chapter 4852 — Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Bao Zuoliang's eyes had been fixed on Wei Zhao the whole time. Seeing him utterly unmoved, wearing an air of complete disinterest, he was bitterly disappointed. Frankly, even he—a Nascent Soul grand completion expert—was interested in this Infant Venom Dagger. How could this fellow, merely at the late Nascent Soul stage, remain indifferent? It wasn't as though he lacked the spirit jades!
With Wei Zhao's wealth, if he truly entered the bidding, practically no one present could outbid him. And then those ruthless characters equally determined to have the Infant Venom Dagger would inevitably fix their eyes on him—exactly the scheme of borrowing a knife to kill that Bao Zuoliang had in mind. But now Wei Zhao simply would not bid, and his hopes collapsed on the spot.
Had he ever heard of Wei Zhao's exploits at Xiangyun Academy, he would have known such hopes were nonsense from the very start. How could an existence who could fight Leng Rufeng, a man of that caliber, to a standstill possibly set his eyes on a mere Infant Venom Dagger?
No matter how venomous or sinister the thing was, it could only work against Nascent Soul experts—and if Wei Zhao wanted to deal with Nascent Soul experts, did a man of his strength have any need for poison?
After a bout of incomparably deadlocked contention, the Infant Venom Dagger finally fell into the hands of that venom-browed woman, at a final price of three million eight hundred thousand spirit jades!
Compared with the first lot, the Ghost-Eyed Condor King's wings, this price was absurdly high. Yet over the several lots that followed, the final prices all held at the level of three or four million spirit jades. After all, in the eyes of everyone present, these were all rare treasures, and the price was no loss at all.
But what left Bao Zuoliang speechless was that in the face of so many heart-stirring treasures, this fellow Wei Zhao did not even glance at them squarely—let alone make enemies over them, he had not opened his mouth a single time.
Not only Bao Zuoliang; even Su Kesheng, who had been fairly assured, was losing his composure and could not help saying, "Isn't this fellow's standard a little too high? Every one of those last few items could massively boost a Nascent Soul expert's combat power—and he still doesn't deem them worthy?"
"What do we do? This fellow just won't take the bait—how are we supposed to borrow a knife to kill with?" Bao Zuoliang said in frustration.
"Don't fret, Young Master Bao. It's true this fellow's imperviousness is beyond expectation, but we still have a fallback. Surely you haven't forgotten about that thing, Young Master Bao?" Su Kesheng chuckled.
"How could I forget! I paid through the nose for it!" Bao Zuoliang's face twisted with the pain of it. He had only brought that thing out after great resolve, following Su Kesheng's scheme; if not for the goal of doing Wei Zhao in, he would never bear to part with it under ordinary circumstances—after all, the thing was exceedingly hard to come by.
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained, as they say. You've seen it yourself, Young Master Bao—this fellow surnamed Lin doesn't even deign to glance at what ordinary folk consider fine treasures. Without staking something this costly, luring him in won't be easy; and if he doesn't bite, we truly have no other recourse," Su Kesheng said with a helpless smile.
"Hmph. Once I bring out my treasure, no matter how lofty his standards, he cannot possibly turn a blind eye. He's only at the late Nascent Soul stage now, not yet grand completion—I refuse to believe he won't want to walk the way of the giants three months from now!" Bao Zuoliang sneered, brimming with confidence.