"What did you say? That expensive?" Jade Supreme asked incredulously.
The female attendant was clearly embarrassed as well. "Well... because it's a prototype, there's a bit of a markup. If you feel it's unsuitable, I can change it for something else."
This bait-and-switch tactic was exactly the same as in the world I came from.
"What do you mean? You saw that we liked it, so you decided to bring out things we wouldn't want?" Jade Supreme naturally understood the routine.
"No, that's not it... All right, these are indeed our marketing tactics, but... that set of weaponry without any elemental attributes really is unprecedented. At the very least, it isn't inferior even when compared with a Heavenly Origin Artifact." The female attendant hurriedly explained.
I turned to Jade Supreme and asked, "How much did your set cost just now?"
"What do you mean? My set was already very expensive—an entire one hundred and twenty thousand shattered crystals!" Jade Supreme couldn't help complaining.
I thought it over. One and a half million did seem to have some value, but compared with what I had earned today, it was merely nine years' worth of a single hair.
The female attendant immediately said, "Why don't I ask my superiors and see if they can lower the price?"
We exchanged glances and nodded. As long as we could slash the price a little, we'd at least feel much better.
Sure enough, after the female attendant made her inquiries, we secured the prototype weaponry for one million crystals—one-third cheaper than before.
But compared with the other weaponry, its value was still heaven-defying.
"It's enough to auction a Heavenly Origin Artifact, yet you bought an Earth Origin Artifact with it. You really have money to burn." Jade Supreme couldn't help complaining.
"It's only one million.