The people of Celestial Domain Firmament seethed with resentment!
But they had done the same thing themselves, so they could understand.
"Then we..."
"We can't give way anymore! We have to get it! Though these Nether God Points are quite a lot, they're still a drop in the bucket to the vast Heavenly Emperor Palace. If we keep yielding, it'll be hard to justify. It's just that I didn't expect we might have to pay an even higher price than the Heavenly Emperor Palace. Hmph! Those bastards from the Heavenly Emperor Palace are probably thinking the same thing!"
"Then... if it really comes to it, I suggest we let this one go too. There are still three left, after all. The Heavenly Emperor Palace surely won't go after the third one..."
"Then how is Celestial Domain Firmament supposed to acquire them? Didn't we say that if we had the ability, we should take all five? As long as the price isn't too outrageous, wouldn't the Heavenly Emperor Palace do the same? So we must get this one!"
"Understood!"
Then Celestial Domain Firmament bid, "6.8 billion!"
Everyone: "..."
This was fucking absurd!
Even the fraction of that amount was more than they had ever seen, yet they called it out so casually!
Was this what the top factions of the Eighth Heaven and Nine Heavens were like?
"Young Master..."
That Old Man sent Huang Chang'an a voice transmission.
"Continue! Even if they auction off the second one, This Young Master must make them pay a higher price. That way, when This Young Master returns to the sect, no one can blame me."
After all, his own bid would not have been high then, so what grounds would they have to blame him?
Besides...
If he brought back the second piece as