Chapter 545
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The mysterious place, and the widespread existence of Spirit Beasts, had made all those who were interested in the Heaven's End Cliff give up on the idea.
The Heaven's End Cliff was a place that made people's imaginations run wild. But …..
That did not mean, that just because something was named after the Heaven's End Cliff, it could be used to dupe people.
Towards the words of the auctioneer, the people below the stage did not believe them.
A piece of broken stone, regardless of whether it really came from the bottom of the Heaven's End Cliff, even if it did, what use would it be to them?
Those who frequented the Chan Lin Auction House knew that the auction house was highly astute. Basically, the items that were auctioned off here were usually sold at a higher price than the market value. But this time, the Chan Lin Auction House had just said that they could buy the stone at a lower price. Based on the Chan Lin Auction House's usual practice, it was a miracle.
There could only be two reasons why they would do that. One, the stone was just an ordinary piece of broken stone, worthless, and they wanted to put it up for auction after making up some random story. And the second reason was, it was just as the Chan Lin Auction House had said. The stone was extraordinarily hard and ordinary people would not be able to break it, not to mention see if there was anything fishy about it.
A stone that even the Chan Lin Auction House could not cut, if they bought it, they would only be able to use it as a stepping stone!
No one would be so stupid as to do that.
The bustling auction house quickly quietened down. Everyone expressed that they were not interested in the broken stone and their eyes were no longer on the stage. It was obvious that they wanted the Chan Lin Auction House to move the stone off the stage as soon as possible, and not delay them from competing for the treasures later on.
After the base price of the black stone was announced, everyone became even quieter.
Three hundred thousand taels.
For the bottom of the Heaven's End Cliff, that was not a high price.
But the problem was, it was just a piece of stone.
That price, was enough to buy a high grade Spirit Stone. Who would want to buy a useless piece of broken stone?
The auctioneer on the stage was sweating profusely. This was the first time the Chan Lin Auction House had been in such a predicament. If not for the special status of the client, he would have asked for the stone to be moved off the stage.
At the backstage of the auction house, two middle aged men were looking nervously at the situation in front of them.
One of the men in luxurious clothing sighed and patted the man next to him on the shoulder. "I've done what I can to help you. But as you can see, I'm afraid this stone won't be able to be sold." The lavishly dressed man was the owner of the Chan Lin Auction House and the man standing beside him was the true owner of the black stone.
The man's face was wrapped in layers of bandages, and under the thick bandages, blood was faintly seeping out. His eyes were wide open and bloodshot, and his hands were tightly clenched into fists. His bandaged fists were bleeding because he used too much force.
"Wait a little longer … Wait a little longer …" The man's voice was hoarse, as if he had been burned by fire. His chapped lips were slightly purple as he stared fixedly at the auction stage. His eyes were filled with anticipation, but beneath that anticipation was endless fear and despair.
"Three hundred thousand taels. Although I can't help you gather that amount, I still have one hundred thousand taels. If you really can't sell it, you can take the money and use it first. You also know … I'm not the true owner of this auction house, so this is all I can take out." The well-dressed man was an old acquaintance of the scarred man, so he couldn't help but comfort him.
But the man shook his head.
"Without three hundred thousand taels, it won't do ….. Not enough ….. Not enough ….."
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