Lu Buwei's Gambit

Zhong Shan and Lu Buwei had become the two most conspicuous figures in the auction hall.

Everyone else was eagerly awaiting the auction's start, studying the Sumeru Stone mountain before them and the merchants' purses around them while considering how much they would bid next.

Zhong Shan and Lu Buwei, however, were leisurely savoring fine wine and delicacies.

Although cultivators at Zhong Shan's level no longer needed to eat, they had not abandoned the desires of the palate, so they would still occasionally sample some delicious food.

Their distinctiveness naturally drew the other merchants' attention. One merchant, who fancied himself a person of considerable status and influence in the business world of [***] City, came over with a smile.

However, he had barely approached when Lu Buwei's subordinate stopped him.

Seeing this, the others were also faintly surprised. Who were those two sitting there?

"I hear that Master Zhong made his fortune through the merchant's path?" Lu Buwei asked, looking at Zhong Shan.

"In front of Master Lu, Zhong Shan has only been fooling around on a small scale!" Zhong Shan said with a smile.

"Oh? This is only fooling around on a small scale? Then what would it look like when you got serious?" Lu Buwei asked with a smile.

"What do you think?" Zhong Shan countered instead of answering.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha...!" Lu Buwei rubbed his heroic beard and laughed.

"I'll toast Master Lu!" Zhong Shan said.

"Good!" Lu Buwei nodded slightly, revealing a strange smile.

After downing a cup of wine, Lu Buwei suddenly said, "I hear that as soon as your Great Rong Merchant Guild arrived here, you boldly declared, 'For the next hundred years, commodity prices will only fall and never rise.' Is that true?"

He had finally gotten to the point. Zhong Shan's brows drew together