[Year 2,283,476. After spending several hundred years, aside from Qing Quan entering an important secluded cultivation and becoming impossible to contact, the other four had all made several bids. The trade had more or less reached its final moment.]
[What you had not expected was that the one who ultimately offered the highest price, and whose treasure suited your wishes best, was not Jin Jue Ming but Qing Quan.
You had no dealings with Qing Quan, so you contacted him through Qing Xian this time. This was no issue for Qing Xian, because Qing Quan was his biological nephew. After Qing Quan's brother had died unexpectedly, Qing Xian's relationship with him had become no different from that of father and son. Qing Quan could be said to have been raised by his own hand.
Everything went very smoothly. Once Qing Xian stepped in, Qing Quan held not the slightest suspicion toward the trade you proposed, and bargained with you over it for several hundred years.]
[Perhaps because he knew that you were that one who had extended his uncle's lifespan, Qing Quan was exceedingly friendly toward you. He had been quite sincere throughout several rounds of haggling, but a trade was still a trade; he could not possibly make an outrageously high offer.
This time, Qing Quan was also very interested in the Evil-Breaking Blood Inkstone in his uncle's possession. Thus, he intended to exchange for both treasures at once, offering the "Houtian Demon Refining Pot" in return.]
[It was called the Houtian Demon Refining Pot, but that was merely gilding itself with glory. You still recognized its true identity: it was an imitation of the Creation Supreme Treasure, the Xiantian Demon Refining Pot. Yet you did not expose Qing Quan directly, because he was not wrong. In terms of