Chapter 785: with translation of chapter title

Xiong An said in a deep voice; upon hearing this, the people below all nodded in agreement.

One can imagine that, in the coming period, the entirety of Zhongzhou will surely become exciting; the Heiyan Commerce Association and the Dingming Commerce Association will inevitably be locked in a fierce battle.

However, the 'fight' referred to here is not like that between the Dao Yi Sect and the Qingtian Holy Land; it is a price war.

Let everyone start purchasing the various medicinal pills within Medicine King City now; regardless of what the Dingming Commerce Association does, from today onward the Heiyan Commerce Association must seize more than seventy percent of the share each day.

As for how to seize it, that's also simple: raise the prices.

Anyway, the people of the Pill Masters Alliance aren't stupid either; they won't go against money.

Moreover, even if the Pill Masters Alliance previously leaned toward the Qingtian Holy Land, after that defeat at the Wan Yao Gate, as long as they aren't foolish they know which side to choose.

Without helping each other, they can steadily make money—wouldn't that be comfortable?

After the crowd dispersed, Xiong An led a few people toward the largest auction house in the city.

The Tiandan Pavilion—this is the largest auction house within the Medicine King Pavilion, and it is also an asset of the Pill Masters Alliance.

It is said that the number of medicinal pills auctioned off each day from the Tiandan Pavilion reaches over a thousand, and their grades are not low either.

After all, pills of first or second grade are such trash that they aren't even qualified to be put on the stage.

At this moment inside the Tiandan Pavilion, the former bustling crowds have long gone; only a few dozen people sit here in scattered groups.

Of course, in the private rooms on the second floor, the people of the Dingming Commerce Association had already arrived.

Since the Dingming Commerce Association began purchasing medicinal pills in large quantities, the auction at the Tiandan Pavilion each day has almost been completely taken over by them.

There's nothing to be done; it's a special period, and when the commerce association goes all out, ordinary cultivators have absolutely no competitiveness.

They aren't afraid of raising prices at all; not to mention ordinary cultivators, even if you bring an entire sect, you still can't compete with them.

In just a few short days, the transaction prices within the Tiandan Pavilion have been forcibly raised by the Dingming Commerce Association by more than twenty percent.

It's also because these past few days have seen fewer people, and not many are competing with the Dingming Commerce Association, so the prices have slowly been falling back.

"Alas, the Dingming Commerce Association is truly mad; in just a few days, they have nearly cornered all the medicinal pills in Medicine King City."

"This is also unavoidable; it's a special period, after all, their superiors have already reached a life-or-death crisis."

The superiors of the Dingming Commerce Association are naturally the Qingtian Holy Land; everyone present is well aware of that.

"Yes, but if things continue like this, there might actually be an opportunity; after all, the Dao Yi Sect is said to have come from Dongzhou, and they lack the backing of a commerce association."

"Not bad; with that much support, the Qingtian Holy Land can at least drag things out for a long time."

"What a pity; they clearly won a great victory."

"If you ask me, they were too hasty; ultimately their foundation isn't stable. Given the current situation, even if the Dao Yi Sect wanted to replenish various resources, the Dingming Commerce Association would not agree."

"Yes."

Inside the hall, people were chatting quietly in low voices; suddenly someone glanced toward the second floor and saw a group of people hurrying up the stairs.

"Look quickly, it's the people of the Heiyan Commerce Association."

"The Heiyan Commerce Association? What are they here for?"

Recently, the people of the major commerce associations have seemed to have secretly reached an agreement.

There's nothing to be done; the current Dingming Commerce Association is obviously mad, and competing with them now would be completely meaningless.

Anyway, it's not as if their superiors are facing a life-or-death crisis; there's absolutely no need to go head-to-head with the Dingming Commerce Association at this time.

For several days now, aside from the Dingming Commerce Association's people, no other commerce association has sent anyone to the Tiandan Pavilion.

But today, the Heiyan Commerce Association has actually come, and moreover, the person in charge of the Medicine King City branch, Xiong An, has come in person.

Coincidentally, it's the private room opposite the Dingming Commerce Association; after Xiong An took his seat, a steward of the Tiandan Pavilion smiled and said.

"Elder Xiong, what wind has blown you here today?"

"Just idling around, taking a casual stroll; the auction is about to start, right?"

"Hmm, it's about to start, but the rules have changed a bit over the past two days."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"Elder Xiong also knows the situation of the Dingming Commerce Association, so these past few days' auctions have been conducted by directly bundling everything up for sale, with all the day's medicinal pills being called out in one go."

"That is convenient."

Upon hearing this, Xiong An smiled and nodded; then the auction began, and that steward, being sensible, withdrew.

But just as he stepped out of the room, the smile on the steward's face vanished, and a young man nearby curiously asked.

"Are the people of the Heiyan Commerce Association really just here to stroll around?"

"How could that be? They don't have that kind of leisure time; I suspect something might happen today. You stay here to attend, I'll go report to the elder."

"Yes."

The steward hurried away, and at the same time the auction officially began.

Just as the steward said, that day the Tiandan Pavilion had one thousand three hundred twenty medicinal pills of various types, which were directly bundled and put up for auction.

The beautiful auctioneer on stage announced the starting price: eight hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones.

As soon as her voice fell, the people of the Dingming Commerce Association spoke up directly, without hesitation.

"One million."

As expected, everyone present had no objection; these past few days, the Dingming Commerce Association has never failed to be determined to win.

"Looks like today is again…………"

"One million one hundred thousand."

Someone had just opened their mouth to speak, but a voice quickly came from another private room on the second floor, cutting them off.

Huh???

Someone is actually bidding? Do they not know the Dingming Commerce Association's current situation? Do they have as much money as they do?

But soon someone reacted, their eyes full of shock as they looked toward the direction of the second-floor private room.

"This seems to be the private room of the Heiyan Commerce Association."

"No mistake, just now I personally saw Elder Xiong An leading people walking in."

"What's going on? Why did the Heiyan Commerce Association suddenly intervene?"

"Competing with the Dingming Commerce Association now is not a wise move."

"Under normal circumstances, the Dingming Commerce Association might still be somewhat reasonable, but now they will definitely not make any concessions."

"What is the Heiyan Commerce Association thinking?"

"In another private room of the Dingming Commerce Association, the leader also furrowed his brows slightly, stared fixedly at the opposite side, and shouted coldly."

"One hundred twenty thousand, Elder Xiong An, there's no place where my Dingming Commerce Association has offended you, right?"

"However, the opposite side had no intention of paying attention, and quickly raised the price."

"One hundred thirty thousand."

"Now the people of the Dingming Commerce Association all sensed something was wrong, and someone spoke in a deep voice."

"What does the Heiyan Commerce Association mean? Are they deliberately trying to oppose us?"

"Never mind, we must secure the medicinal pills from the Heavenly Pill Pavilion."

"For now we don't know what the Heiyan Commerce Association means, but the Dingming Commerce Association definitely cannot retreat."

"For a moment, everyone present saw the two commerce associations continually bidding, and the price kept rising higher and higher with time."

"One hundred forty thousand."

"One hundred fifty thousand."

"Two hundred thousand."

"Two hundred ten thousand."

"It quickly surged from a low price of eight hundred thousand to two hundred ten thousand, which is absolutely an astronomical price."

"At this point, everyone in the hall had already sensed that the atmosphere was off; the Heiyan Commerce Association had definitely come prepared."