Conspiracy?

In He Song's view.

One began by naming a low price, then the two sides tugged back and forth, haggling until they finally settled on a specific price.

That was the essence of bargaining.

Although, as a Golden Core True Lord, haggling here seemed somewhat improper.

But the other party was most likely a Golden Core True Lord as well. Two Golden Core True Lords bargaining with each other would not be improper.

With both sides standing on equal footing, He Song did not mind spending fewer Spirit Stones.

That was why He Song had offered a price of one hundred and fifty thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones.

One hundred and fifty thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones.

It was a full ten thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones lower than the auction price of that cultivator's Golden Core He Song had mentioned earlier.

However, if the auction house's commission and the risk of being hunted down afterward were all taken into account.

Then the missing ten thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones were not such a huge difference in price.

After all, the auction house's commission alone was already close to ten thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones.

And beyond that, Ghost-Faced would avoid the risk of being hunted down by others.

He could also save some time.

Even if that time were used only to improve his own strength, it would still be immensely worthwhile.

Thus, He Song's offer of one hundred and fifty thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones had in fact been carefully considered.

This price would neither make Ghost-Faced feel insulted.

Nor would it allow the opening price to exceed the range He Song could control.

It would prevent the price from soaring far beyond He Song's bottom line from the very first bid.

That way, it could be considered a win-win situation.

He Song retained