Contending for Liquid Gold

At the price of two million Jade Crystals, a faint smile appeared on the Bear Demon's face. Before the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox had demanded that he not leak anything about the liquid gold, Hundred Spirits City had estimated its price at two million Jade Crystals.

The Jade Snow Divine Leopard still said, "Two million and ten thousand Jade Crystals!"

The young woman glared at the Jade Snow Divine Leopard and said, word by word, "Three million Jade Crystals!"

Yan Chihuo's heart tightened as well. Three million Jade Crystals was nearly his limit. After silently calculating, even if he scraped together everything he had, he only had a little over three million five hundred thousand Jade Crystals.

A grave look appeared on the Jade Snow Divine Leopard's face. It said to the Bear Demon, "Can the auction for this liquid gold be paused?"

The young woman sneered. "If you don't have enough Jade Crystals, then leave."

The Jade Snow Divine Leopard ignored her and said to the Bear Demon, "I don't have enough Jade Crystals on hand, but I have treasures I can auction in exchange for them. Is that permitted?"

The Bear Demon said, "That is entirely in accordance with the auction house rules. Fellow Daoist, please auction your own treasure first. Once you have gathered enough Jade Crystals, you may bid on the liquid gold again."

Yan Chihuo was startled. He had never expected the Demon Race's auctions to allow such a thing. Though the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox girl looked displeased, she said nothing. This truly must have been a rule of Demon Race auctions.

The Jade Snow Divine Leopard took out a jade bottle and said, "This is Bone-Tempering Spirit Fluid, a top-grade spiritual medicine used by our Jade Snow Divine Leopard Clan to aid physical cultivation. This