"So even though several copies of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique appeared in the martial world back then, it was still nearly impossible to find one!"
"For many people, the True Origin Sword Finger Technique was a way to soar straight to the heavens."
"More than one family had been wiped out over a copy of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique!"
"Was it really worth it for toilet paper?" Shi Feizhe asked, baffled.
Li Wudi's voice came from above the ladder. "Nowadays, we know no one ever mastered it, and it's just a roll of toilet paper. But people back then didn't know that!"
"Fair point!" Shi Feizhe nodded.
"Since the True Origin Sword Finger Technique was so sought after, people started selling it!"
Even from below the ladder, Shi Feizhe could hear the bitterness in Li Wudi's voice. "At its most expensive, a single copy of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique went for several hundred taels of gold!"
"Huh?" Shi Feizhe stared. This thing could sell for that much?
"Of course, it didn't start at several hundred taels of gold. At first, it was only a few taels. Then more and more people started selling it, and the price kept climbing."
"One day, a copy would cost five taels of gold, and the next it would be ten. By the day after that, who knew? Maybe fifteen!"
"For a while, the whole martial world went mad, frantically buying and selling the True Origin Sword Finger Technique. Especially in the West Market of Kongtong Mountain Market, where a certain courtyard bought and sold copies every single day."
Wasn't this just musical chairs and a martial-world version of the "tulip mania"?
The martial world sure knew how to have fun!
"There were more and more copies of the