This time, no matter how much Yu Zhe tried to hide it, it was useless. Looking at the shopkeeper's excited expression, looking at Lin Yi's loathsome face, he wanted to slap himself across the face!
If he had known that someone like this would suddenly appear, he would not have said another word and immediately sealed the deal. There would have been no need to drag his feet and have someone bring the item over to inspect it!
Now, he had been too smart for his own good. He had been forced to the point where he had to compete with someone else. He had been caught in his own trap!
But now that things had come to this, no matter how much regret he felt, it was useless. Right now, the most important thing was to obtain the Star Inkstone at all costs. This was his greatest hope for rising up in the future. If he missed this chance, he could only be mediocre for the rest of his life, so he definitely could not miss this opportunity.
"Shopkeeper, I feel that you should first ask whether or not this person can actually produce a thousand spirit jades. I am very doubtful of this!" Yu Zhe glanced at Lin Yi with hidden enmity.
The shopkeeper paused. After looking Lin Yi up and down, he also seemed to be a bit doubtful. After all, Lin Yi's ordinary appearance really did not seem like someone who could casually produce a thousand spirit jades.
Lin Yi smiled and placed the bag on his back in front of them. He opened the bag for the two of them to see that it was filled to the brim with high quality spirit jades. This was something he had specially prepared before entering the inner street.
Yu Zhe was instantly shocked. He truly did not think that this unassuming, poor wandering cultivator would be able to casually produce so many spirit jades!
But when he looked closely, a hint of ridicule appeared on Yu Zhe's face. He laughed coldly and said, "This bag of spirit jades does look like a lot, but there's a thousand? Heh, I don't think it's even half. You have the nerve to take this out and make a fool of yourself? "
The shopkeeper to the side carefully calculated, then nodded and said, "From what I can see, there are about four hundred spirit jades in this bag. It is indeed quite far from a thousand spirit jades. Dear customer, if you can only produce these spirit jades, then I can only say my apologies. "
"Heh heh … shopkeeper has a good eye." Lin Yi smiled faintly.
There were indeed only four hundred spirit jades in the bag. Even though he still had some in the space in his jade pendant, and had even gotten two hundred from Chen Heihu, some of these spirit jades were waste jades with insufficient spirit jades. They had been thrown into the space in his jade pendant for a short time and hadn't had time to fill up their spirit jades.
"Since you cannot produce a thousand spirit jades, then what are you doing here? Then why are we still here? What a waste of time! " Hearing this, Yu Zhe couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Turning his head towards the shopkeeper, he said, "Since that's the case, then I'll pay a thousand spirit jades.
"Indeed." The shopkeeper nodded with some regret. He had originally thought that it would be a great situation where two tigers would compete for food. He could earn quite a lot of spirit jades from this, but he didn't expect Lin Yi to only be a bystander, only able to take out four hundred spirit jades. He wasn't competitive at all.
However, just as the shopkeeper and Yu Zhe were about to complete the transaction, Lin Yi suddenly spoke up, "Wait, if it's more than four hundred spirit jades, I'll sell it to you. "What if I add on these two Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pills?"
The two of them stared blankly. Then they saw that at some point in time, an antique little box had appeared in Lin Yi's hand!
Yu Zhe's heart sank. Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pills were also sold in the Hong Merchant Guild, and they were priced at four hundred spirit jades. In other words, these two Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pills were worth eight hundred spirit jades. Adding on the bag of four hundred spirit jades, Lin Yi's bid was equivalent to one thousand two hundred spirit jades, far exceeding his one thousand spirit jades!
Of course. He didn't think that Lin Yi was bragging. Even though the box wasn't open, if there was nothing inside, then Lin Yi would be making a fool of himself!
"Dear customer, what do you say?" The shopkeeper turned to look at Yu Zhe.
His meaning was clear. If he couldn't make a higher bid, then this unique piece of star inkstone would belong to Lin Yi.
Yu Zhe was silent for a moment. He glared fiercely at Lin Yi. He was determined to get the star inkstone, and he wouldn't allow anyone to encroach on it!
However, Lin Yi didn't even look at him. In a place like this, spirit jades always spoke. Whoever had more spirit jades would have the right to speak. No matter how much Yu Zhe glared at him, it was useless.
"I bid one thousand two hundred spirit jades!" Yu Zhe finally gritted his teeth and said, "The Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pill is worth four hundred spirit jades, but that's the selling price. I don't think it's that high to buy it back?"
One thousand two hundred spirit jades. This was the upper limit of what he could borrow. It was impossible to add even one more.
Because even if they wanted to borrow at a high interest rate, it depended on the person. If it was clearly beyond the upper limit of the person's ability to repay, they wouldn't lend it to you at all. Otherwise, it would be all for naught. Even if you killed the other party, you wouldn't be able to recoup your capital.
Although he, Yu Zhe, was an inner sect disciple of Soaring Sky Pavilion, his background wasn't as deep as that of a young master like Xu Lingchong. Normally, he could only borrow one thousand spirit jades. Being able to borrow two hundred more was already a favor price. Wanting to borrow more than that was impossible!
However, although he could only offer one thousand two hundred spirit jades, Yu Zhe was still confident that he could win this piece of star inkstone.
Because although Lin Yi's four hundred spirit jades and two Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pills were also worth one thousand two hundred spirit jades, one mustn't forget that the price of one Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pill was four hundred spirit jades. This was the Hong Merchant Guild's own selling price.
In other words, to the Hong Merchant Guild, the cost of a Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pill wasn't even four hundred spirit jades. In their eyes, it was already at most worth three hundred spirit jades!
Therefore, the two Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pills that Lin Yi had taken out were at most worth six hundred spirit jades. Adding on four hundred spirit jades, it was actually equivalent to a bid of one thousand spirit jades. Naturally, it couldn't compare to the one thousand two hundred spirit jades he had!
Actually, from this angle, Yu Zhe believed that a bid of one thousand one hundred spirit jades would completely overshadow Lin Yi's. However, he still chose to directly raise the price to the limit that he could afford. In order to ensure that he could win the star inkstone, he was throwing caution to the wind!
As expected, the shopkeeper nodded and said to Lin Yi, "That's right. Although the price of the Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pill is four hundred spirit jades, if you want to use it as payment, then it must be calculated according to the recovery price. I can only give you three hundred spirit jades. Two Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pills and four hundred spirit jades can only be considered as payment of one thousand spirit jades."
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