Wutong saw Ruan Yu'er and greeted her with a smile, but the young girl ignored him and said in a soft, aggrieved voice, "I shouldn't have let it slip and exposed your name..."
"Forget it. There's no escaping in Sky City." After saying that, I raised the Sky-Sinking Stone in my hand again. "How long will this consignment take? And how do we negotiate the price?"
"For an auction, it would take at least half a month. Although our Sky Pavilion has plenty of customers, it would be extremely difficult to arrange everything at short notice. Some major clients wouldn't have time to notify us either. It really isn't easy." After purchasing a thousand Guiyi Stone Crystal Mine ores, the old woman suddenly became much more animated.
I was an old hand myself. How could I not know her ploy? The Guiyi Stone Crystal Mine ores were essentially a break-even deal. After all, the greater the quantity, the more their value would fall with market fluctuations. Overall, even selling them at ninety-eight percent of their value would still mean a loss. But the Sky-Sinking Stone was different. Just one piece was enough to fill her coffers. Having calculated that I was short on time, she naturally wanted to drag things out for half a month first. Of course, Ruan Yu'er's earlier consignment had also played a part.
So she thought I would be eager to get rid of it.
I smiled. How could I not know its value? Back then, a single piece had bought half of Thousand Mountains City. This small piece couldn't compare to the one I had given the Soaring Qilin Society, but it was still worth quite a bit. Even so, I followed her lead and asked, "What about negotiating the price?"
"The negotiated price is