The crowd suddenly erupted into a commotion, buzzing without end.
"Better than the Eight-Part Flowing Wind Technique? There's a limit to how much you can hype it up. If this technique is truly so extraordinary, do you have any footage? Any proof?"
Number Two Appraiser immediately voiced his doubts.
Fatty Qin laughed heartily. "There's no reason to be surprised that you have questions, everyone. As I said earlier, this is an ancient technique that has only just come to light. No one has mastered it yet, so where would we get footage or proof?"
Seeing that the crowd was about to descend into chaos again, Fatty Qin repeatedly raised his hands to calm them. "Actually, the appraisers knew you'd have doubts. They specifically extracted a small portion of the technique for you to examine."
As he spoke, a stretch of text appeared on the light screen. It was a complicated set of numerological equations.
Before long, a hubbub arose in the crowd.
"So it contains the Great Dao of Numerology. It must be an extraordinary escape technique."
"Not necessarily. Techniques containing the Great Dao of Numerology can be wondrous, but plenty of later cultivators with inadequate knowledge have made up their own nonsense, too."
"I can't understand this little excerpt at all. Even if I got my hands on the technique, it wouldn't be much use to me."
"Forget all the rest. If this technique is just made-up nonsense, wouldn't buying it be a loss?"
"..."
Seeing the discussion veer further and further from the course he'd planned, Fatty Qin grew anxious. He decisively cut off the debate and announced the opening bid.
With a starting price of thirty Origin Pills, practically a steal, there were few bidders.
After three rounds of bidding, Number Sixty-Eight won it for thirty-six.
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