Chapter 125

  "You're hopeless." James thought he was looking at an

idiot. "What on earth are you up to?" Dahlia also frowned at the scene.

She really could not understand his outrageous behavior. Ignoring the

crowd's gazes, Dustin reached down to the shattered Luminianth Root and

started to search for something. Soon, a crimson red, finger–sized

Luminianth Root appeared. This small and delicate Luminianth Root was red

as blood. It was even emanating an odd smell. One could tell that it was

no ordinary item. "That's odd, how could there be a smaller Luminianth

Root?" Ruth was confused. "Is it possible for Luminianth Root to give

birth?" At that moment, Mr. Walter seemed to realize something and

exclaimed. "No–no way! Could it be—that's a Blood Luminianth Root?!"

Everyone in the room went wild at his statement. "What? Blood Luminianth

Root? Mr. Walter, you're not kidding, are you?!" "That's right. I've seen

it in a book, this is truly a Blood Luminianth Root!" "Oh my God! I can't

believe that I get to see a Blood Luminianth Root with my own eyes! How

exciting!" The crowd broke into a discussion. Some were surprised, others

were envious. "Wait! What's a Blood Luminianth Root?" Ruth looked around,

not understanding what was going on. "Blood Luminianth Root is also one

of the Luminianth Root variants. However, it is more precious and rarer

than a normal Luminianth Root! You could say that it's the King of

Luminianth Roots! It is an invaluable treasure!" Mr. Walter gulped,

looking elated. "Invaluable treasure? Then how much would it cost?" Ruth

asked out of curiosity. "Blood Lurninianth Root is extremely valuable. If

I were to auction it, it would cost more than ten billion dollars!" The

words from Mr. Walter's mouth shocked everyone in the room. "What? Ten

billion?!" Everyone could not believe what he just said. This was an

amount that none of them could afford even if they had sold all their

possessions! "How–how could it be? This tiny thing is worth ten billion

dollars?" Florence's eyes widened in disbelief. "Ten billion is just the

reserve price. If it were really to be auctioned, it might even be

higher!" Mr. Walter exclaimed. His words drained the last bit of color

from Florence's face. This Blood Luminianth Root was hers. Yet, she sold

it out for five million dollars. From ten billion to five million.

dollars… The difference was just too big! "How could this happen? No!

This can't be!" At that moment, Julie and the rest were in shock, unable

to accept the situation. Who would've thought that a Blood Luminianth

Root could be found inside a wilted Luminianth Root? "Dustin, my man! I

can't believe you're so lucky! You managed to discover a Blood Luminianth

Root. These five million dollars were well spent!" Ruth burst out

laughing. Even for someone like her, she had never seen anything that was

worth ten billion dollars. "You! Thanks for your sacrifice, otherwise we

wouldn't have been able to get our hands on such a valuable treasure. To

be fair, this was supposed to be yours. What a shame, you guys weren't

able to recognize the value of it. Thanks to your losses, we're able to

get it for such a cheap price! Ten billion dollars! How wonderful!" Ruth

shook her head and sighed. Her words pierced into their hearts. Julie and

Florence turned red in anger, looking as if they had fallen into a pool

of mud. That was a treasure worth ten billion dollars! Because of a small

mistake, they gave it away to them. They were really down on their luck!