The price of 30 million spiritual gold coins left everyone in shock.
Even the organizers.
And they couldn't see what they were talking about in that room, otherwise they would possibly all want to die...
"Miss, it's really good to find such a good cultivation technique for only 30 million, don't you think?" asked one of the female followers of the beautiful miss who was still wearing the veil.
This lady nodded.
It really was something worth celebrating.
"Big sister, do you think anyone else can raise the price?" the same woman asked after seeing the lady nod.
"I don't think so and if they did, it wouldn't be a problem either. Just raise the price twice as much and that's it. No one here can compete with us on this." Replied the one who was called big sister.
"You're right, but why give such a high price? I think we could have gotten it for 20 million since those there were already stopping when it crossed 15 million..." She said.
At this point, they both looked at the lady.
The order to give 30 million all at once was hers, why did she make that decision?
The lady simply frowned a little, it was a minimal gesture, but it was still noticed by the two in front of her.
Seeing this, they both quickly apologized.
Their questions had annoyed her.
"We're sorry, miss. We didn't mean to disturb you." They both said at the same time as they bowed to her.
As servants to this beautiful lady, they had learned her every gesture, even the slightest, and knew very well what would happen if she were to become angry.
That's why after apologizing, they both stood obediently by the lady's side. They didn't even dare to sit down.
Miss saw this and sighed inwardly as she shook her head.
'Why can't they ever understand me? Uh, maybe it's because I express myself badly, after all...' She thought, trying to understand what was going on.
It was a common thing to be misunderstood, but she had gotten used to it.
At the end of the day, it was her own fault for not knowing how to express herself.
She hadn't really been bothered.
She frowned because she was thinking about something that had nothing to do with what they were talking about.
After all, she'd been having problems with her cultivation lately, which had her a little stressed, and today she'd had her mind elsewhere, so she was a little mentally tired.
That caused her to be a bit surprised to receive that question, as she thought had been understood once she had said to give that price.
But, seeing that that was not the case and that again she had been misunderstood, spoke in her lovely soft voice.
"...We gave 30 million because we need to leave quickly, it's not good for the Desert King to find us around here. It's annoying." She replied.
Her calm and beautiful voice was like a beautiful spring that struck the hearts of both scared women.
They didn't think they would hear their lady's voice twice in one day.
"Oh, so that's why..." They both said at the same time and nodded.
"It makes sense, if the Desert King finds out that the Miss is here, he might start pestering her and inviting her to banquets back and forth..." Replied the older sister with understanding.
When the beautiful lady heard this, she nodded firmly.
'Yes, exactly that.' She thought, and that was what her nod reflected, so they both reassured themselves seeing that their miss didn't seem to be upset.
Then, they focused on looking at the auction.
...
Wang Yuwen, who was bent on obtaining this cultivation technique, when the price rose to 30 million, choked and coughed loudly.
"Shit, who the hell has so much money?" she asked in shock but quickly looked at the elders behind.
"Elders, do you have 30 million to raise it? Maybe 1 or 2 million more would be enough, that technique should be ours!" She said firmly, and the elders behind her smiled in embarrassment.
"We're sorry, miss. We could only raise 25 million and we were sure to get it. Besides, we owe 10 million to the auction with this, we can't increase the debt anymore. The King would kill us if we did that, even if it's to get a cultivation technique as good as this." Replied one of them helplessly.
And Wang Yuwen got a little angry.
'Shit, is this seriously going to get out of our hands? It's a king-grade cultivation technique! My father could die for it, would he really act like this?' She thought in shock, and just then there was a sound at the door, which attracted her attention.
One of the elders then got up to open the door.
"Patriarch Lu? President Yu?" the elder asked in shock when he saw them but allowed them to pass.
Wang Yuwen saw them, also surprised.
"Patriarch Lu, President Yu, what's wrong? I didn't expect to see you here." She asked.
They both nodded.
"Miss Wang, we want to get that cultivation technique, but we don't have enough money by ourselves. I was talking with President Yu and so we could see that the only way to obtain it, would be to join together, that's why we came here. Since you are the boss, President Yu decided to leave the decision to you." Patriarch Lu said with a smile.
Wang Yuwen's eyes shone brightly at that moment.
'Right, an alliance...' She thought and quickly stood up.
"What are your requirements and how much money can you raise?" she asked.
Patriarch Lu smiled.
"My Lu family wants to form an alliance with the Desert King. An Alliance to form a Sect in this region. With a King Grade Cultivation Technique, a Sect at the Level of 'that sect' could come out, which is an important starting point. President Yu, as one of the top leaders of her Wang Family, agreed with me, but we need her signature to consolidate everything. Besides, even if we don't get that Cultivation Technique, with our current capabilities and with the other families, we could form the most powerful Sect in this desert, what do you say?" Patriarch Lu asked and passed a document that was already signed by two of them.
Wang Yuwen grabbed it and frowned.
This was certainly not a bad thing.
She belongs to a Great Sect. Historically, her family always has one or two of its members within these Great Sects, which makes them the most powerful family in this desert. Since her family receives the help of such a sect.
With the support of such a sect and with this cultivation technique... They should have no problem rising in this place.
'Two signatures are missing, mine and my father's...' She thought.
She considered several things, but seeing that time was short, she decided to sign the document.
"Okay, then let's do it like this. Let's get this cultivation technique." She replied with a smile.
"How much money do you have? We have 25 million here." She said again.
And the two new ones nodded happily.
"Haha, good decision, miss. Okay, with everything you have and ours, we have a total of 50 million. That's more than enough." Said Patriarch Lu.
"Please bid for this cultivation technique." Patriarch Lu said, and Wang Yuwen became excited once again.
She would leave the rest of the things to think about later. For now, she must focus on getting this, so she immediately spoke.
"40 million!" Raising the price by 10 million directly.
It was the first time she had seen so much money together, and she was deeply excited.
She was almost jumping for joy.
Who could compete with her right now? Who could take away what belonged to her? She thought.
Her arrogance went through the roof after bidding such a high figure.
It was the same for everyone present.
They were basically already rejoicing in their victory and sipping tea in a leisurely manner, all of them.
But...
Not even a minute later, the same voice from before rang out again.
"60 million." With an absurd price, which they did not expect to hear in this place.
It was so much so that...
"PUUFFFF!"
"PUUFFFF!"
Inside this room, everyone spat out the tea they were drinking upon hearing such an astronomical amount.