For a moment, Yu Ci could not even distinguish whether the sound rising from the banquet was one of astonishment or derision. The bigwigs of factions like the Li Chen Sect and Juebi City could still keep their composure, but everyone else present, especially the rogue cultivators in the midst of it, had already broken into discussion and even openly voiced skepticism.
There was no other reason; this price was simply too preposterous!
Twelve thousand ruyi money—just the remainder of that sum—would firmly stand in the top three prices of the magic tools exchanged earlier.
Shi Song took a deep breath, straightened his spine, and projected his voice from his lower dantian, instantly suppressing the surrounding clamor while also representing the cultivators present in questioning Shen Wan: "Manager Shen, this price... could it be that a mistake was made?"
Amidst the previous wave of chaos, Shen Wan's expression had not changed, and it remained the same now: "Twelve thousand ruyi money, what mistake could there be?"
Shi Song's grayish-white eyebrows almost tangled together as he stared at Shen Wan and said, "Although this Profound Truth Condensing Void Pill is a rare and marvelous treasure in this world, a price tag of twelve thousand is probably improper. This price is almost equivalent to a magic tool refined seventy times and approaching the twelfth heaven..."
He hesitated slightly, somewhat worried that his subsequent words would be too aggressive, but in the end he still spoke them: "When I was traveling in the East back then, I also participated in the Vaulting Azure Dharma Assembly and witnessed the grand occasion of auctioning such medicinal pills. At that time, more than twenty people competed in the bidding, but the final result was merely exchanged for a magic tool refined over sixty-some times, equivalent to