Chapter 1508 - Qilin Blood Essence
A single voice shattered the rhythm and threw the hall into chaos.
"It's the Heavenly Dragon Sect!" The Heavenly Dragon Sect had stepped in at the critical moment, lifting the bid by fifty thousand and paying for Liu Wuxie's impulse. It met their expectations, yet it still turned out to be the last thing anyone expected.
The move made sense because Liu Wuxie had created the trouble, and someone had to step forward to clean up his mess.
Liu Wuxie had tried to fool the Divine Alchemy Sect, only to tumble into the hole he dug for himself, and the Heavenly Dragon Sect could only step out to clean up after him. The Starfall Jade was worth around one million, so the Heavenly Dragon Sect swallowed a loss of fifty thousand astral crystals to buy it because they had no choice.
No one continued bidding for the Starfall Jade, not even the Grand Unity Sect. Unless someone had a screw loose, raising the price now would only mean snatching the hot potato straight out of the Heavenly Dragon Sect's hands.
Elder Wu Hen counted down, and with no further bids, the Heavenly Dragon Sect bought the Starfall Jade for 1,050,000 astral crystals. When the Starfall Jade arrived in the Heavenly Dragon Sect's private room, Hua Feiyu immediately had the woman deliver it to the Heavenly Dao Society's private room instead, because the Heavenly Dragon Sect had bought it on Liu Wuxie's behalf.
However, that also meant the Heavenly Dao Society would have to repay the full amount of 1,050,000 astral crystals.
The auction continued, and after the fortieth item was sold, they got another fifteen-minute break before the next batch. The various sects used that lull to reshuffle their plans.
First, the Heavenly Dao Society had effectively lost the right to compete if it couldn't even produce one million astral crystals. Second, the Heavenly Dragon Sect had just bought something "useless" for Liu Wuxie.
Liu Wuxie might use the Starfall Jade to repair the Heavenly Deity Monument, but it held no value to the Heavenly Dragon Sect. After all, the Heavenly Dragon Sect already possessed an actual immortal artifact.
Achiel studied Liu Wuxie with an odd gaze. He couldn't comprehend why Liu Wuxie would bid when he had no astral crystals left. Mu Tianli and the others felt the same confusion, yet they trusted Liu Wuxie had his reasons.
Everyone held a rough sense of each sect's limits. For giants like the Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Grand Unity Sect, five to six million astral crystals represented their upper limit, and they couldn't afford reckless spending.