Feng Tianlong furrowed his brows as his emotions raged. He couldnât calm down as he wondered if the pill was as miraculous as it sounded. Could it be effective at treating his daughter's illness?
If the auctioneerâs description really was genuine, could this pill provide his daughter the miraculous cleansing effect it promised?
The root of Xiaoxiaoâs illness was caused by a defect in her blood. Miracle Doctor Lin had said this once. So had some experts on hereditary diseases as science and medicine improved. Theyâd tried using different methods to make up for that defect in her blood, to no avail. If the Pill of Life Extension and Toxin Cleansing really did work, then Tianlong would do all he could to get his daughter one.
The price, however, was a hurdle he could not pass.
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âDad, whatâs wrong?â Xiaoxiao asked curiously after noticing the hesitant look on her fatherâs face.
âXiaoxiao, I was just wondering if that pill would work on you too?â Tianlong said after thinking about it. âItâs just that I canât afford itâ¦.â
âHaha.â Xiaoxiao started laughing. âThat thing sounds like something from a xianxia novel, how could it be real? Donât buy into that, Dad, itâs got to be a scam!â
âBut the two bidders were smart people.â Tianlong shook his head. âOne of them is Lai Changyi, the son of the Northâs largest electronic company CEO. He may be from a wealthy family, but heâs no spoiled child. Heâs a really good businessman.â
âBut why does he look like a crybaby to me? Is he standing there crying because he couldnât get the pill?â Xiaoxiao blinked. That fatty was quite something, but what was he doing crying like that?
âThatâs just how he is. But he doesnât cry all the time, only when certain things happen,â Tianlong said. âThe other guyâs an even bigger big shot, the first in line to the House Liu inheritance of Yanjing, Liu Tianyi, even less likely to be an idiot!â
âBut so what! Theyâre rich, and rich people usually buy things thatâre rare and weird.â Xiaoxiao didnât really believe that the pill would be that powerful.
âWeâll seeâ¦.â Tianlong made up his mind to pay Tianyi a visit afterward. If it really did work, heâd get one for his daughter at any cost!
The second pill was up for bidding, but now that the base price had been set to 100 million, a lot of the interested participants started spectating again.
â150 million!â Fatty Lai jumped up with his bid board once more.
The crowd was not surprised this time around, having just witnessed Fatty Lai make a bid of 250 million. From the looks of it, he was completely determined to be the one to bring this pill home.
After seeing Fatty Lai fight Tianyi for the pill, most people understood that the pill had to be genuine. But that didnât mean theyâd throw out a few hundred million for it!
What if the effects werenât prominent? Or if it simply added more years to oneâs lifespan? Then it wouldnât be that worth it. One could do so much more with 200 million yuan. There was no need to purchase this Pill of Life Extension and Toxin Cleansing!
â200 million!â Tianyi raised his board, much to everyoneâs surprise.
Fatty Lai was starting to panic. âLiu Tianyi, goddammit! Are you trying to mess with me! What do you think youâre doing?! You already have one, leave me alone! Whatâs the matter with you!â
âItâs a fair competition; the highest bidder wins. Itâs only fair,â Tianyi said as he looked at Fatty Lai. He knew that he wasnât being very nice, but it was times like these that one had to hold their ground. If he could get this with 200 million, heâd take it. If not, then Tianyi decided that heâd let it go. After all, there was only so much money he could spend. Just having one Pill of Life Extension and Toxin Cleansing satisfied him.
â250 million!â Fatty Lai raised his board again as he gave Lin Yi a slight smile.
Lin Yi understood immediately that Fatty Lai was trying to raise the price for the pill. He didn't stop him, letting him continue bidding.
âMake a bid. Weâre buying it,â the middle-aged man beside Haitian instructed all of a sudden.
Haitian paused briefly before responding. âUnderstood, Uncle.â
â280 million!â Haitian said, raising his bid board. The Yus might be the hosts, but they still reserved the right to participate in the bidding. It was just that there werenât a lot of items that caught the eye of the Yu Family.
The crowd was but shocked at Haitianâs sudden participation in the bidding. After all, House Yu had almost never raised their board in the past few years, since everyone was aware that a Yu making a bid meant that no one would try and contend.
This wasnât just because of the fear of House Yuâs strength. The key was that no one wanted to make an enemy of the family! Anything that caught their eye would end up in their hands, no matter the price.
As a result, everyone else would forfeit whenever a Yu raised their bid board.
Understanding this, the Yu family also refrained from raising their board, so as to avoid tarnishing their reputation. They only made exceptions to items they really wanted.
Their bid on the Pill of Life Extension and Toxin Cleansing meant that they would stop at no cost to obtain the item. The pill was as good as theirs.
But the Yus wouldnât do anything thatâd result in people talking behind their backs. The bid Haitian made was a reasonable one. It was the price Tianyi paid for his pill! There was no bullying here; it was very much fair to the seller.
Naturally, nobody else made another bid after Haitianâs, and the second pill was theirs for the taking.
The third pill was up for bidding, and it was the last. Many were being hesitant as they contemplated. They really didnât want to spend 2 to 300 million for this one pill!
They werenât House Yu, or House Liu, nor were they Fatty Lai. Their families needed the money for their businesses, and 280 million was simply too high a sum.
But there was one person who had his mind set on obtaining this last pill, Miracle Doctor Kang! He didnât do any proper research on the last Pill of Life Extension and Toxin Cleansing, so it was a must that he bring this one home. Even if nothing came from the research, he could very well eat it and add a couple of years to his lifespan!