"Then I suggest you do a better job. Although the price will be higher if you sell it at retail, you're not familiar with the people here, so you might not be able to sell it all in a short time. Brother, you also know that although the carcass of this early-stage Foundation Establishment spirit beast doesn't decay that fast, once it's cut open, the spiritual energy will quickly dissipate. After a long time, it will depreciate. What do you think, Brother?" The middle-aged bearded man analyzed with a sincere look on his face. "Moreover, it's illegal to sell the carcasses of spirit beasts in private. Without a strong background, it'll be troublesome if the spirit beasts of the south island find out about it! Of course, Brother, you don't have to be afraid of trouble. I'm just reminding you. "
"Oh, let me think about it." Lin Yi responded noncommittally, but he didn't directly answer how he wanted to sell it.
Although this middle-aged bearded man spoke very sincerely, and it sounded like it was true, he was a merchant here after all. He couldn't appear too impatient when dealing with merchants, especially when there were many merchants coming over to ask for a price. If he rashly gave the other party any promises now, it would be difficult to sell it at a higher price later.
Seeing Lin Yi's unshakable expression, the middle-aged bearded man could only sigh helplessly. He originally thought that Lin Yi was unfamiliar, so he wanted to trick Lin Yi into selling it to him at a fixed price before the others. As long as Lin Yi nodded slightly, according to the rules of the market, others wouldn't be able to compete with him at a higher price even if they wanted to.
Unfortunately, although Lin Yi was young, he had seen enough of these things, so he wouldn't be easily fooled.
In less than a moment, the number of merchants who surrounded Lin Yi to express their interest in the carcass of the Nine-tailed Cloud Leopard had reached five or six. Lin Yi smiled secretly. This could practically be a small auction.
However, this was a good thing. With so many people competing with each other, at least he didn't have to worry about losing out.
Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Lin Yi didn't want to delay any longer and make too much noise. After all, he still had important matters to attend to. He immediately cupped his hands towards these merchants and said, "Everyone, I intend to sell this Nine-Tailed Cloud Leopard carcass. If you are interested, please name a price. According to the market rules, the highest bidder wins."
The reason why he chose to sell them in bulk instead of retail was naturally to save time. Otherwise, he might not be able to sell them all even if he stayed here for a whole day, let alone finishing within an hour before the inner street opened.
Furthermore … Even if it was not because he was in a hurry, Lin Yi would not covet this little bit of spiritual jades simply because he wanted to keep his identity a secret. After all, there was only one Thousand Silk Mask. If this face was recognized by others, it would not be easy to use it to hide one's identity in the future.
The merchants looked at each other, their eyes filled with helplessness. Although it was a common market rule that "the highest bidder wins", as sellers, they were very happy to see such a scene. But now, they were in the position of the buyer, which was somewhat disadvantageous to them.
Because if they were to fight to the death, the one who would benefit in the end would not be any one of them, but only Lin Yi, the seller.
And yet … Even though they knew that this wasn't a good deal, they could only grit their teeth and continue. After all, this Nine-Tailed Cloud Piercing Panther was a strategic and rare resource! If they just ignored it and allowed it to be bought by others in the same trade, then in the future, a large number of their customers might be snatched away. That would be a truly disastrous loss!
Originally, Lin Yi had just thought that this corpse was useless to him, and that piling it up in the jade pendant space was a waste of space. As such, he might as well sell it for some spiritual jades. From the very start, he had never expected that this situation would be so advantageous.
It seemed that his luck today wasn't bad. He should be able to earn quite a bit of spiritual jades, which would be just enough for him to go to the inner street and compete for that piece of starinkstone.
"Brother, before bidding, can we first inspect the corpse to see if it's intact?" one of the merchants asked.
Lin Yi nodded. "Of course. Apart from the Neidan, which I've already taken out, I haven't touched any other parts. You can inspect it yourselves."
All of the merchants present were experienced people. Whether or not the corpse had been tampered with, they only needed to casually flip it over to see. There was no way it could be hidden from their eyes and ears.
After flipping through the corpse, they nodded in satisfaction. Normally speaking, the most important and valuable part of a spirit beast's corpse was its Neidan. Once the Neidan was dug out, while the other parts weren't completely worthless, their value would drop by at least half.
But to these merchants, who weren't interested in this, as long as the corpse was intact enough to prove that it was a Cloud Nine-Tailed Panther, they would be able to use this as a pretext to obtain their eyeballs. That was enough.
As for whether or not the Neidan was still there, that was actually a secondary problem. Because in the end, even if it was a Cloud Nine-Tailed Panther's Neidan, it was only an early-stage Foundation Establishment Neidan. It was essentially no different from the Neidan of other spirit beasts of the same level. Although it wasn't cheap, it wasn't all that rare.
However, these people were, after all, merchants. They definitely wouldn't pass up on an opportunity to haggle. "Although the corpse of a Cloud Nine-Tailed Panther is relatively rare, because its Neidan has already been dug out, the price has to be reduced by quite a bit. How about this: I'll bid eighty spirit jades."
"Eighty spirit jades?" Lin Yi raised his eyebrows without batting an eyelid, but he didn't say anything.
The last two times he had come to the market square, he had seen the prices of some spirit beast corpses. Spirit beasts at the early-stage Foundation Establishment Stage were generally priced at more than a hundred spirit jades. Furthermore, they were all corpses without Neidans.
For a rare commodity like the Cloud Nine-Tailed Panther, even if these merchants wanted to make a profit, there was no way they would lower the price to such a low price.
A price of eighty spirit jades was simply bullying a layman like him!
Although Lin Yi didn't say anything, his disapproval was already very clear. The merchant who had just bid couldn't help but curse at his miscalculation. He wanted nothing more than to slap himself in the face on the spot.
Out of a professional habit, he had subconsciously wanted to squeeze as much as possible out of Lin Yi. He hadn't reacted in time. With so many people in the same trade as him, this wasn't a situation where he could lower the price. It was more like raising the price!
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