Huang Xiao naturally understood now. Both the Water-Avoidance Pearl and the Heart-Cleansing Pill were among the treasures the Rare Treasures Pavilion had brought out for display and exchange this time.
There were fifty treasures in all. Some had been acquired anonymously, while others had been acquired openly, so those who had obtained theirs openly were naturally recognized now.
At any previous Rare Treasures Appreciation Gathering, a scene of people fighting over treasures like this could never have occurred.
But things were different now. Everything here had descended into chaos, and the slaughter and plundering had stirred the greed within these people of the Jianghu.
Those who had obtained no treasures, or wanted even more, could no longer remain calm when they saw the people who possessed them.
The greed within took control of everything, and they began surrounding and attacking the people or factions that had acquired treasures.
Those people and factions were all quite strong, but now they faced experts numbering several or even dozens of times their own. They immediately suffered heavy casualties, and their treasures were naturally seized.
Yet no sooner had a treasure fallen into one man's hands than, before he could even rejoice, someone behind him struck him with a palm. Countless people immediately swarmed around him, then scattered again as a figure fled from their midst.
Those people then pursued the fleeing figure, leaving several corpses behind, including that of the first man to seize the treasure.
The treasures kept changing hands, and people kept dying, but none of this could stop the struggle for them. Everyone was like a madman, throwing all caution to the wind.
"Well, this is just wonderful. The Rare Treasures Pavilion's reputation has taken quite a blow this time," Zhangsun Youyue said calmly as she watched the chaos.
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