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One by one, the pills were brought out, but these pills held no interest for Lao, Qiao, or Wang Julong. They were all hoping to purchase the high-ranking pills, which would be the last batch of pills in today's auction.
As they waited and watched, Yan Xiaobao and his small family were busy observing the people around them. They looked at who bought what items and who hadn't purchased anything.
They had great patience, happily watching everyone in the square. Sometimes they would look back with a tinge of sourness, then hurriedly move on to another person, sometimes they laughed and then laughed again. Many people were present waiting for the last pills, those of the higher rank.
Finally, the stage was cleared, and some guards appeared with jade boxes. Now these pills were no longer sold in packs of twelve. Instead, they were sold individually. Their ranking was so high that if they were sold in batches, not many people could join the bidding war, and they would lose money.
