Chapter 1512 - Interlocking Schemes
Hua Feiyu's declaration dropped a weight over the hall, and dead silence swallowed every corner.
Everyone knew the Grand Unity Sect only had 2,300,000 astral crystals left, while the Heavenly Dragon Sect had just taken seven million. Even if the Grand Unity Sect somehow pushed its bid to 2,300,000, it still couldn't buy this Boundless Heavenly Tome.
"Damn it!" the members of the Grand Unity Sect cursed as the reality hit them head-on. Any further bidding would only serve the purpose of making the Heavenly Dragon Sect spend a little more.
Yet the Heavenly Dragon Sect no longer lacked astral crystals. If the Grand Unity Sect quit, it would look like they had been frightened into retreat, effectively admitting they stood beneath the Heavenly Dragon Sect. Either outcome tasted bitter, and neither matched what they could accept.
Liu Wuxie swept the Ghost Pupil across the Boundless Heavenly Tome, and he found a few recorded lines inside, but nothing of real worth.
"They can sell this kind of trash for millions of astral crystals? I could scribble a few of these myself," Liu Wuxie said with a wry smile. As the reincarnation of an Immortal Emperor, he could pen countless insights like this, but in the eyes of ordinary people, immortals remained untouchable and beyond reach. If he honestly wrote them and let the Skybrim Pavilion sell them, he would become everyone's target overnight, and even Hua Feiyu wouldn't be able to shield him.
"1,100,000!" the Grand Unity Sect called, forcing the price upward again. Even if they couldn't win, they could still make the Heavenly Dragon Sect pay more.
"1,200,000!" Zhuge Ming answered for Hua Feiyu, his voice calm and steady.
"1,500,000!" the Grand Unity Sect pushed, determined to make the Heavenly Dragon Sect burn astral crystals.
The Nine Dragon Palace had wanted to join earlier, but once the price hit 1,500,000, the bidding no longer made sense. The Boundless Heavenly Tome wouldn't exceed the price of a million astral crystals, and sects with long legacies that produced immortals didn't lack such insights.
"1,600,000!" Zhuge Ming raised again, never showing the slightest impatience.
"2,000,000!" The Grand Unity Sect followed through, as if wasting another million for the Heavenly Dragon Sect would at least soothe their fury.