It took Pill King Shuilian a full quarter of an hour to examine all twenty-six bid tokens one by one. After looking over some of them, he would even close his eyes and ponder for a while.
Then Pill King Shuilian moved. He took out one of the jade bid tokens and held it in his hand, scrutinizing it.
That action made many martial artists' hearts suddenly clench, the same thought flashing through all their minds: the final result was about to be announced.
At the same instant, Leng Kang, seated not far from Ye Zhen on the fourth floor of the Appreciation Pill Tower, suddenly became incomparably tense. Yet beneath that tension were boundless excitement and anticipation, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on the jade token Pill King Shuilian had picked up.
The jade bid tokens submitted by everyone came in different styles. Leng Kang recognized it perfectly—the one in Pill King Shuilian's hand was made from Water Jade, a specialty of their Xuan Shui Palace. It was his jade bid token.
"Announce it! Hurry and announce it!" Watching Pill King Shuilian hold his bid token, Leng Kang's urging nearly came out as a roar.
The other martial artists, especially those who had participated in the blind auction, wore disappointed expressions.
Even Ye Zhen found it somewhat strange. Judging by Pill King Shuilian's actions, then looking at Leng Kang's face full of excitement, could this Great Treasury Palace Opening Pill really be snatched away by Leng Kang?
What kind of bid had this fellow submitted that it could so easily defeat the bids of Ye Zhen, Ou Tuo, Xie Tianhe, Yang Beng, and the others?
Ding!
At that moment, a light chime jolted everyone awake, steadying their held breaths—and shattering Xuan Shui Palace's Young Palace Master Leng Kang's dream on