"Young master, why didn't you say earlier that you had this Flood Dragon Demon Dragon corpse? Our Pearl Relic House could have bought it too!"
Inside a private room at the Thousand Tree House Auction, the Pearl Relic House Master, disguised as Kong Shou, looked at Xu Taiping with a trace of reproach in his eyes.
By the time he said this, the Pearl Relic House Master had actually calmed himself considerably.
Earlier, at the auction entrance, he had nearly fainted upon first seeing Xu Taiping take out the Shark Demon Dragon corpse.
Leaving aside the grade of this Shark Demon Dragon's Demon Seed, which was at least earth-tier and extremely precious in the Withered Stone Sea,
its skeleton, flesh, and scales alone were all exceptionally rare treasures, whichever one was brought out.
Flood Dragon bones could be used to forge weapons.
Its flesh could be simmered into supreme medicinal decoctions that replenished Qi and Blood.
Its scales were first-rate materials for making immortal armor.
Watching such a first-rate material slip away right under his nose, how could he, as the House Master of Pearl Relic House, not be upset?
"But didn't you tell me earlier, shopkeeper, that for certain rare items, Pearl Relic House could only offer market price, while Thousand Trees Market could sell them for a higher price through competitive bidding?"
Xu Taiping had indeed considered selling this batch of deep-sea Demonic Beast corpses to Pearl Relic House.
Selling to Pearl Relic House would have been convenient, for one, and less risky, for another.
But after learning about the differences between auction houses such as Pearl Relic House, he had carefully weighed his options and ultimately chosen higher returns when faced with the balance between risk and reward.
Lu Bugong nodded at this point as well. "You're