The auctioneer was so insistent because the appraisers from Chenggu Pavilion believed it had once sealed an incredible Ancient Medicine. Unfortunately, due to poor preservation, it had completely rotted away.
"The bidding starts at three hundred Prince's Essence Jades." The auctioneer raised his gavel. After the first call, no one bid. After the second, there was still no one.
"It's nothing but dregs now. It's not worth three hundred Prince's Essence Jades at all," a Pharmacist said, shaking his head. While three hundred Prince's Essence Jades wasn't an astronomical sum for the buyers present, spending it on a lump of mud was a terrible deal.
"Three hundred Prince's Essence Jades, going for the third time!" the auctioneer boomed, preparing for the final strike of the gavel.
"Three hundred Prince's Essence Jades. I'll take it," Li Qiye said at the last possible moment.
