The manager arranged a luxurious private room for Jiang Ping An and brought in two senior appraisers.
The two senior appraisers discussed the vessel as they examined it, spending just under an hour on the appraisal.
The older-looking appraiser asked, "Sir, how much are you asking for this warship hull?"
Jiang Ping An set down his tea. "Haggling wastes too much time. Just name a price you're comfortable with, and I'll see whether I can accept it."
He had never sold a warship to another merchant association, so he did not know its actual value.
The older appraiser said, "This warship dates back to the era of the Myriad Gods Divine Domain. The materials used in it are excellent, but it's too badly damaged. Only half the hull remains, and everything else is gone."
"Calculating its price by the weight of equivalent materials, we can offer you around fifty thousand divine crystal stones."
Fifty thousand divine crystal stones could buy a relatively good third-tier Void God divine artifact. A top-quality Third-Tier Void God divine artifact could cost as much as a hundred thousand divine crystal stones.
Jiang Ping An watched the two appraisers quietly. He sensed no guilty fluctuations in their emotions.
Either the price was genuinely fair, or they were so accustomed to fleecing people that they no longer felt guilty about it.
He tried to raise the price:
"There are still some runes on the warship. Although they're badly damaged, a few remain, and they have considerable research value. Add another ten thousand divine crystal stones, and I'll spend thirty thousand divine crystal stones here."
The slightly younger appraiser shook his head. "Those runes do have some value, but nowhere near ten thousand divine crystal stones. Even one or two thousand would be a generous estimate."
Jiang Ping