Chapter 955: Three Can Keep A Secret If Two Are Dead
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"This Great Nymph King Blue Gold Fruit starts at fifteen hundred amethystine coins. Each bid increment must be no less than one hundred. If you want it, fight for it. In the upcoming matchmaking tournament, it might prove a crucial asset. Taking it during battle means boosting your power and accelerating recovery; taking it at any time means extending your life. I’m sure you understand its value. Let the bidding begin!"
With the Tenebrous Demon Emperor's announcement, the auction atmosphere instantly ignited.
"Three thousand amethystine coins, VIP Room Eight!"
The lively auction house fell silent.
Inside, Tang San retracted his hand from the bidding button with a smile, while the elders around him looked at him with admiration.
If the Substitute Lotus Seed sold for over four thousand, why should the Blue Gold Fruit be worth less? Tang San was setting the price, and also saving everyone time. Certainly, price manipulation was not allowed, but it was one thing to have someone else push the price up under a false pretense of bidding, and another thing altogether to raise the price on your own items.
Obviously, this also came with a risk, namely that people could simply choose to no longer bid. In that case, the item owner would have to pay for their own item—of course, they’d pay it to themselves, but since transactions were done through the auction house, they’d have to pay the very non-negligible transaction fee. Not only would they not gain anything, they’d lose a sizable chunk of amethystine instead.
Meanwhile, in the VIP rooms, countless powerful figures were fuming.
Shameless... Absolutely shameless! What blatant price gouging!
Everyone knew VIP Room Eight housed the Blue Gold Tree clan, so what could they do if the damn trees decided to ask for more money? Had this been the first item, there might have been a boycott. But since the Everblaze Sunflower had just gone for 2,600 and the Substitute Lotus Seed for 4,200, and Blue Gold Fruits were arguably even more valuable... the price really wasn’t unreasonable. Assuming only two or three such fruits could be produced in a lifetime, three thousand seemed more than fair.