The Fish That Took the Bait

Madness!

The moment Lin Qi brought out that giant sapphire, the entire Warm Jade Pavilion descended into a frenzy.

These spoiled young masters might be favored in their own homes, and each could casually throw around a million or so taels of gold like dirt, but their personal fortunes were not enough to let them truly get their hands on this sapphire.

Thus, after the sons of wealthy merchants pushed the bid to ten million taels of gold, the price began to stall. But Lin Qi was not satisfied with that price. If this giant sapphire were cut into over a hundred head-sized pieces and auctioned off separately, it would certainly fetch more than ten times ten million taels of gold!

Not to mention, this was one whole giant sapphire!

Yet soon, just as Lin Qi had hoped, the price began soaring madly by leaps and bounds! The young masters' pocket money was indeed insufficient to secure this giant sapphire, but—they had their family powers backing them!

News of the giant gemstone Lin Qi had brought out was swiftly relayed to the families behind these wastrel youths. The helmsmen of those great clans immediately recognized the immense value concealed within it—His Majesty the current Emperor was fond of grand displays and achievements. If they could present this giant gemstone, perhaps the only one of its kind in the world, to Ying Zheng, they would surely earn his tremendous favor!

Whoever kept this gemstone in their own home would invite a colossal disaster. But if it were presented to Ying Zheng, it would bring countless rewards.

After a brief lull, one young master rose to his feet and smugly named the high price of thirty million taels of gold. He was the son of the governor of a first-rank province in