Chapter 160.

“Today, my Daoist name is Eternal Life!

Daoist Eternal Life!”

tan san walked into the black market, muttering silently in his heart.

Previously, what he had mainly trafficked in was spirit talismans.

And had long ago assumed the Daoist name, the name of Lord Feng Hua.

And this time, what he mainly trafficked in was spirit pills.

Grain Rescue Pill, Spirit Recovery Pill, of course, it is not good to show the name of ‘Fenghua Shangren’ again.

Unluckily, before he handled the green leaf order above, labeled is ‘longevity’ two words, now finally for the first time, is to show people with this number.

He walked into the black market in a familiar manner.

tan san saw the scene inside the black market at a glance.

There was a sea of people, and the number of cultivators was extremely high.

If the previous times the cultivators participating in the black market were only three to five hundred, then this time, there were more than a thousand.

And most importantly, the strength of the cultivators participating in the black market were all relatively strong.

Most of them were cultivators above the late Qi Practicing stage, and there were quite a few strong Foundation Establishment Realm True Cultivators as well.

Even though many of them hid the aura of spiritual energy on their bodies, tan san’s already sharp spiritual sense, coupled with the consummate level of Spiritual Eye Technique, which was silent yet allowed him to have amazing eyesight, was naturally able to discern a lot of truths and falsehoods.

“Tonight, it’s the once-a-year large-scale auction in the black market, plus it’s in time for the once-in-a-decade Siege of the Divine Wind Valley.

No wonder there are so many cultivators in the black market.”

tan san sighed with emotion and also wandered around that one stall.

Sure enough, he found that not only were there many more stalls there, but there were also all sorts of goodies that were very abundant.

Puppets, exotic treasures, ores, spirit pills, talismans, jade slips, as well as all kinds of spirit beasts, strange insects, ancient slips ……

tan san came all the way over and also found several good things, but once he asked the price, he still shook his head.

Stalls selling goods, a fine as ghosts, no oil to fry one or two out, do not ask the price is good, ask the price is to the high report, as much as thinking of opening to eat three years of beautiful things.

tan san feels worthless, of course, will not buy.

“Dan formula?”

Suddenly, tan san noticed a signboard marked on a stall.

“You here, what kind of Dan Formulas do you have?”

tan san asked curiously.

“As long as you want, I have everything here, even if it’s a Foundation Establishment Dan Dan formula, as long as you can afford the price, I can deliver it for you.”

The stall owner was a young man in his twenties or thirties, with a cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Practicing, seeing tan san, his face smiled and he said enthusiastically.

“Oh?

Then I would like to ask, this Foundation Building Dan Dan formula of yours, what is the price?

Might it guarantee authenticity?”

tan san raised his eyebrows and couldn’t help but say.

“If you really want it, a deposit of ten thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

The total price is twenty-five thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones, so you only need to wait for more than a month, and you will be able to get it when the next black market opens.

As for authenticity, if you are an alchemist, you will be able to tell at a glance, if not, even if you want this formula, it will be useless, won’t it?”

The young cultivator said with a slight smile.

“That’s true.”

tan san nodded and turned to ask, “What kind of Dan formulas do you have here”

“There are fifteen types of First Grade Beginner’s Dan Formulas, eighteen types of First Grade Middle Grade Dan Formulas, twenty-three types of First Grade Higher Grade Dan Formulas, and as for Second Grade Dan Formulas, there are one or two of them as well.

If you are interested, you can pick and choose.”

As the young cultivator spoke, he also pointed to the cardboard on the side.

tan san looked along and saw that on top of the cardboard, there were many Dan Formulas listed in order, first grade, middle grade and high grade.

Such as energy storage dan, nourishing yuan dan, qi recovery dan, healing dan, smooth qi dan, bright eyes dan …… role also varies.

“How much does an elixir formula cost?”

tan san asked curiously.

In these Dan formulas, many of the names of the spirit pills, he had never heard of, but there were some of them that he was also familiar with, such as Nourishing Yuan Dan, Qi Recovery Dan, all of which were commonly used spirit pills by low-ranked cultivators.

“First grade beginner’s elixir formula, ranging from one hundred to three hundred lower grade spirit stones.

For a first grade intermediate-order elixir formula, five hundred to one thousand lower-grade spirit stones.

As for the first grade high ranked Dan formula, one thousand lower grade spirit stones or more.”

The young cultivator hurriedly opened his mouth and introduced.

“It’s a bit expensive.”

tan san frowned slightly, but still spoke, “If I buy more, can the price be cheaper?

After all, this Dan formula of yours, most of them are rather ordinary, and they can be burned at any time, the cost isn’t that high.”

“More, how much?”

The young cultivator asked.

“Thirty Dan Formulas!”

tan san said with a smile.

“What do you call me, fellow Daoist, my name is Wang Tianshuo, and I am also an alchemist.

It’s just that I’m ashamed to say that I had an accident some time ago and lost a large amount of spirit stones, which is why I had to take out some Dan Formulas and exchange them for some spirit stones.

By the way, what I said before about the Foundation Dan Dan formula, can also not be delusional.

Of course, if you sincerely want it, you may have to wait a little longer.

However, if it’s just the Foundation Condensation Dan formula, in a month’s time or so, you’ll definitely be able to get it.”

The young cultivator’s face changed slightly, and his expression became solemn as he hurriedly spoke.

“Eternal Life, you can call me Daoist Eternal Life.

The Foundation Condensation Pill Dan formula, and what is the price?”

tan san was surprised at the other party’s candor, but also still spoke quickly.

“Ten thousand lower grade spirit stones will do.

Of course, the deposit is only three thousand lower grade spirit stones.

As for the thirty Dan Formulas that Fellow Daoist Changsheng needs, Fellow Daoist, feel free to pick and choose, and if the quantity is large, I will naturally give a certain discount here.”

Wang Tianshuo hurriedly spoke.

Upon hearing this, tan san nodded.

He also quickly picked out a batch of Spirit Pill Dan Formulas.

Most of them, were first-grade early-stage, first-grade mid-stage Spirit Pill Formulas, with only two or three being first-grade high-stage formulas.

The reason why he suddenly chose to purchase so many Dan formulas was actually a very simple purpose, that is, to improve his own alchemy skills as quickly as possible.

At this time, he had already experienced the benefits of the ‘talisman making’ skill proficiency, and understood that the higher the grade of this skill, the deeper the understanding of his talisman making, and accordingly, the more quickly he could learn other means of introduction to spirit talismans.

Even improving the experience of the corresponding spirit talisman would be much faster.

Now that he had illuminated the skill of alchemy, he naturally wanted to take this opportunity to master as many Dan Formulas as possible, and upgrade the corresponding skill of ‘alchemy’.

And it had to be said that piling up low-grade Spirit Pill Dan formulas to rapidly improve ‘alchemy’ experience was definitely a proven method.

After all, the difference between alchemy and talisman making was that talisman making could only be drawn one by one, whereas alchemy could be made in ten, twenty pieces in one furnace.

The corresponding experience value could also be rapidly increased.

Previously, when he had refined the Spirit Recovery Pill, he had experienced this.

Naturally, he wanted to take this opportunity to pile up the skill of ‘alchemy’, making it quickly proficient and becoming a small success……. In this way, perhaps relying on himself to refine that Foundation Condensation Dan, Foundation Establishment Dan, isn’t an impossible thing.

After seeing tan san pick a good Dan formula, Wang Tianshuo also quickly calculated the price.

tan san naturally will not be allowed to quote indiscriminately, the benefits of the fight, he will not be polite.

After some haggling, plus the fact that in the end, he still chose to reserve that Foundation Condensation Dan Dan formula, in the end, tan san used ten thousand lower grade spirit stones to successfully purchase thirty Dan formulas.

Seven thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones was the price of these thirty Dan Formulas, while the extra three thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones were for the Foundation Condensation Dan Formula that he had reserved.

“There are only fifteen thousand lower grade spirit stones left on me.

One must earn some spirit stones to participate in the final auction.”

tan san thought of this and a wave of helplessness came over him.

Buying this batch of Dan Formulas was really just a temporary idea, and after the spirit stones were delivered, it was already too late to regret it.

Thus, he no longer had the heart to wander around the various stalls, and directly found the marketplace guards, and also propped up a stall.

He directly began to sell his spirit pills in large quantities.

The Valley Rescue Pill, the Spirit Recovery Pill.

Although there were only two types of spirit pills, it was relatively monotonous.

However, it had to be said that these two types of spirit pills were still quite popular in the black market.

Among them, the Grain Rescuing Pill was able to work for any cultivator, while the Spirit Recovery Pill was also able to quickly restore the spiritual energy in a cultivator’s body.

And at this time, just in time for the Divine Wind Valley roundup, the demand for these two kinds of spirit pills, since it also increased greatly.

In this way, in just half an hour, the spirit pills he had refined during this period of time were sold out.

“Unfortunately, selling out this batch of spirit pills only allowed me to earn 20,000 lower grade spirit stones.”

tan san sighed slightly.

Fifteen thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones plus twenty thousand was only thirty-five thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

But there was nothing that could be done about it.

His alchemy means at this time was still a little too low, and what he was able to refine were only the two low-grade spirit pills, the Grain Rescue Pill and the Spirit Recovery Pill.

As for spirit talismans?

He still had quite a few on him.

But his identity today is the Eternal Life Daoist.

Although these spirit talismans were not a problem to sell, he would not expose them.

Not to mention, there were too many cultivators participating in the black market this time, and there were no less than ten Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

Last time at the black market, he had sensed a hint of something wrong, and had held back from revealing his identity as ‘Lord Feng Hua’ to sell spirit talismans, and naturally, he would not do so this time.

After all, the rarity and power of the summoning talisman could move more than one cultivator, power.

“Hm?

Here, why is it so lively?”

Suddenly, tan san froze and saw a huge stall in front of him that was gathering many people.

Walking in and taking a look, he even saw a familiar face.

It was none other than the Forbidden Breaking Master Xu Zhisheng that he had recognized when he first participated in the black market.

At this moment, he was following a young cultivator around, describing something.

“Ancient Jane stall?”

tan san was stunned, and realized that not only were there ancient slips, but on that stall, there were many ancient weapons that looked decayed and rusted.

There were many ancient weapons, and on top of the spells, there were many hard stones and hard soil.

“This is a gambling treasure stall?

I didn’t expect that there would be a treasure gambling stall here?

This treasure gambling is an activity that is quite prevalent in both the Heavenly River Domain and the Southern Border Domain.

Don’t look at these weapons, mixed with mud and stone, rusty, as if they are about to break and crumble at any time.

Some of them were actually the portable magic weapons, treasure weapons, or even magic treasures of some powerful cultivators in the ancient battlefields.

It was said that not long ago, there was a cultivator in the Southern Border Region who took part in gambling on treasures and opened a top-grade treasure, and when the light spread out, the sky and the earth changed color for a while.

It is said that the other party immediately resold it for eight hundred top-grade spirit stones.”

At that exact moment, someone spoke up, their tone filled with envy and amazement.

S!

The group of people sucked in a breath of cool air.

Upper grade spirit stones, not lower grade spirit stones.

A hundred lower-grade spirit stones could only be exchanged for one middle-grade spirit stone, and a hundred middle-grade spirit stones could only be exchanged for one upper-grade spirit stone.

In actuality, it could not be exchanged at all, often one hundred and five, or even one hundred and ten lower grade spirit stones, could only be exchanged for a middle grade spirit stone, and one hundred and five to one hundred and ten, could only be exchanged for a upper grade spirit stone.

Eight hundred upper grade spirit stones, directly equivalent to eight million lower grade spirit stones, naturally shocked them.

Even tan san, who was taken aback, couldn’t help but survey these ancient slips and ancient weapons in amazement.

With the naked eye, there was no difference to be seen at all.

Even if he used his Spiritual Eye Technique, it was still the same.

On top of the ancient slips, the forbidden system covered them, and even if his eyes could see the flowers, because the forbidden system blocked them, they were still separated by a layer, and he couldn’t see any difference.

And what about those ancient weapons?

Some of them also contained the power of prohibitions, and some of them had a thick blood fury, black fury, or other special aura mixed with aura, and again, it was impossible to peek into them in the slightest.

At least with his eyesight today, he couldn’t see anything at all.

“However, this is normal.

My means of strength is nothing compared to those many powerful people in the Immortal Cultivation World.

To be able to discern their essence through the Spiritual Eye Technique alone would be a joke.”

tan san shook his head for a while even after thinking about it.

He was never presumptuous, but he did not overestimate himself either.

It was true that he could correspondingly cultivate various spells, to the extreme, because of his Attribute Panel. For example, the Spiritual Eye Technique, at the consummate level, already possessed many divine wonders.

However, in the Immortal Cultivation World, there were more high-level cultivators who had mastered arcane means.

Heavenly Eye Tong, Eye of Delusion Breaking, Illusory Spirit Eye, Eye Protecting Divine Light …… all kinds of eye-type divine abilities, and how can it be that he can be compared to just a single Spiritual Eye Technique in his district?

“I’ve heard that treasure solvers, ban breakers, are able to see some end out.

The probability of selecting a treasure will also be much higher.

I don’t know what good things will appear in this batch of ancient slips and ancient weapons.”

There was also a cultivator who spoke with great interest.

“Indeed.

Did you see those two? That young cultivator among them is said to be Water Moon Cave’s elite disciple, Gu Qingfeng, with an amazing background, while the one following him is Second Grade Early Stage Forbidden Breaking Master Xu Zhisheng.

This time, he was the one who had invited Master Xu Zhisheng Xu, to help select the ancient treasures and start betting on them.

Just now, two pieces have been opened, one is a dagger weapon, finally opened out is the lower grade magic weapon level, is considered to be a loss of gambling.

But the other spear weapon, is a top-grade magic weapon, worth five thousand lower-grade spirit stones, while the cost is only two thousand lower-grade spirit stones, a real profit.

Now, they should be picking the third one.

There’s no telling what good thing they’ll pick.”

On the side, a person echoed and said.

tan san listened silently, also observing those treasures on the Gambling Treasure Stall.

Looking at them one by one, the Spiritual Eyes Technique and Ghost Eyes Technique were used one after another, but they could not discover a single thing.

He only vaguely sensed that some of the ancient treasures had a stronger aura, while others had a weaker aura.

But through the comparison, tan san also found that the stall owner is very shrewd, there is no hole to drill, the stronger the aura, the more expensive the price.

Some large-sized ancient treasures with a heavy aura, the price tag was even tens of thousands of lower-grade spirit stones or more.

And as time passed, one after another, some cultivators couldn’t help but make a move.

One by one, ordinary and inconspicuous looking ancient treasures were all priced at least a thousand lower-grade spirit stones or more.

And the treasures that were opened out-

When the treasure solver lifted the bane and broke the restraints.

Waaaaaahhhh~

Some of the ancient treasures, shattered into powder on the spot.

Some, although not broken, but due to the passage of time, the aura was lost, turned into ordinary spiritual materials, under the waste utilization, the value of up to tens of lower-grade spirit stones.

Only a few, still maintain the original spirit, can also maintain the power of the lower-grade magic weapon, but if you want to play the power, at least need to be nurtured for a long time.

Some, perhaps the ancient treasure, perhaps the original grade is quite high, is the middle grade, the upper grade magic weapon, but under the long river of time, the spirit of the lack of any kind of treasure, will slowly degradation, and finally turned into a mortal object …….

Of course, there are some, itself is mortal.

Under the fish eyes mixed pearls, but sold at a high price.

It was worth mentioning that the third ancient treasure that Xu Zhisheng had helped that Gu Qingfeng to select was a giant axe, with a price tag of eight thousand lower grade spirit stones.

As a result, it was only opened as a mortal weapon.

Fortunately, the material of this ancient treasure itself was good, and under re-melting, it could still be refined into a corresponding magic weapon, but it was worth at most two to three hundred lower-grade spirit stones.

Compared to those eight thousand lower grade spirit stones, the difference was huge.

“This is similar to the gambling of stones in my previous life.

One cut is poor, one cut is rich, one cut is draped in sackcloth ……”

tan san muttered, and after seeing so much, he, who was still somewhat interested, gradually beat a retreat.

However, when tan san’s gaze landed on one of the ancient treasures, his face could not help but reveal a trace of bewilderment.

That ancient treasure was a rusty longsword, perhaps a weapon that had been excavated from a certain ancient battlefield, and it was also covered with a lot of yellow spirit soil mud, which condensed together with the entire ancient treasure.

“This yellow spirit soil, how come it kind of looks like Xuan Huang spirit soil?”

As a Spiritual Planter, he naturally knew that the so-called Spiritual Soil, aside from the Spiritual Soil produced by the Spiritual Ground itself due to the nourishment of Spiritual Qi, there were also some special Spiritual Soils that contained an incredible power of growth.

For example, the Xuan Huang Spiritual Soil, the Creation Spiritual Soil, the Yin Yang Spiritual Soil, and the Five Elements Spiritual Soil …… These are all considered to be earth-type spiritual objects.

And among them, the Xuan Huang Spiritual Soil could even be used as one of the materials for him to cultivate the Five Elements Pure Yang True Body.

In other words, if those yellow spirit earths were really Xuan Huang spirit earths, it was almost equivalent to him directly obtaining one of the five materials for cultivating the Five Elements Pure Yang True Body.

Thinking of this, tan san’s breathing immediately shortened.

“Give it a try.

Even if we lose, it doesn’t really matter.”

tan san thought about it and made a decision with it.

Only then did he act like the other cultivators, picking and choosing from the other party’s stalls until he reached the longsword and asked, “This ancient treasure, how much is it priced at?”

With that, the heart also raised its power of perception to the extreme.

However, that dense baleful aura was like a wall, blocking his perception alive.

If he were to forcefully invade it, not only would there be a danger of backlash, the stall owner would also be unlikely to agree.

This was equivalent to him wanting to break the bane and unlock the treasure, and forcing the treasure to be unlocked before he bought it, then even if the stall owner offered an inflated price of several times, he would have to grit his teeth and endure it.

Rules, can’t be broken!

And when he opened his mouth to inquire, he also once again used the Spiritual Eye Technique, Ghost Eye Technique, and after thinking about it, he used the Derivation Technique.

Anyway, these kinds of spells, none of them possessed attacking power, and they hardly emitted much spiritual power fluctuation, since they were also able to make use of them.

Then he felt a powerful source of danger, appearing in front of him.

It was none other than the stall owner.

A Foundation Establishment Realm True Cultivator!

There were several others around with the same aura as him.

Immediately after that, he didn’t know whether it was an illusion or not, but he unexpectedly sensed an inexplicable threat from the longsword in front of him as well.

Although it wasn’t strong, it was indeed somewhat different when compared to other ancient treasures.

“This one, three thousand lower grade spirit stones.”

That stall owner casually glanced at tan san and spoke.

“Good!”

tan san nodded and agreed.

After looking here for so long, he could almost see the way in it, comparing to the several bigger ancient treasures on the other stall, especially that one of them, the Lotus Disk-like ancient treasure, this longsword, could only be considered as the middle of the pack.

Valued at three thousand lower grade spirit stones, it was also a reasonable value.

After smoothly handing over the spirit stones, a cultivator on the side rushed forward and asked: ”Do you need me to help you solve the treasure? One hundred lower grade spirit stones at a time.”

“I want to try it myself!”

tan san waved his hand.

Although he was not a treasure unlocker, he thought that his means of breaking the ban was not weak.

Most of all, he was afraid that this pile of yellow spirit soil would be coveted by someone else, and that would not be worth the loss.

Thus, with a movement of his mind, his spiritual sense transformed into a net, carefully approaching the longsword.

Sure enough, he found that on the entire surface of the longsword, a layer of prohibitions combined with a layer of intense baleful aura blocked his spiritual sense out.

This kind of protection, again, was much more troublesome than a mere prohibition.

After all, the fury gas, for the cultivator’s spiritual sense damage, or great, a bad fury gas into the body, then, spiritual sense atrophy traumatized, is also very likely things.

Spiritual consciousness into silk!

tan san utilized the Golden Light Breaking Prohibition Method, Spiritual Consciousness Transformation Silk.

The powerful Spiritual Consciousness was like a sharp sword, constantly shuttling in and out, although it was being consumed at all times due to the intrusion of the Fatal Qi, and in just a few breaths, it had consumed more than 10% of it.

But it was also at this time that he sensed a weak spot in the prohibition.

A rush of spiritual sense!

Boom!

The first layer of the prohibition was undone.

Then, he continued to make his Spiritual Sense transform into silk.

Second layer, third layer, fourth layer ……

A full nine layers of prohibitions were broken after he broke them.

Instantly, the prohibition dissipated.

The Fatal Qi that enveloped it also surged, seemingly rushing towards tan san’s body, when a cultivator on the side saw this he hurriedly took out a jade bottle and slightly guided it.

This strand of Fatal Qi, was also then pulled by him, surging into that jade bottle.

“My name is Chen Lide, please don’t blame me for borrowing a little bit of Fatal Qi from fellow Daoist to refine the treasure.”

Immediately afterward, that cultivator then also opened his mouth and said.

“There is no harm in it, I still have to thank you, Fellow Daoist, for your help!”

tan san nodded, seeing that the jade bottle in the other party’s hand was a Condensing Fury Bottle artifact.

The amount of power was completely related to the amount of Baneful Qi the other party had collected.

The heavier and more the Baneful Qi, the more powerful it would be.

It is a powerful weapon to defile a person’s magic weapon.

In this way, the baneful qi dissipates.

This treasure also really see the light of day.

Of course, the specific grade, still have to have the ‘first channel’ spiritual energy influx, to be able to judge.

But at this moment, tan san’s attention was not on that long sword at all, but rather, the entire bond was on the yellow spiritual soil on top of the long sword, and the color of surprise immediately appeared in his eyes.

Xuan Huang Spiritual Soil!

This was actually the Xuan Huang Spiritual Soil!

Previously, because of the forbidden blockade, the Fury Qi filled the air, and this is why the spiritual qi was not obvious.

However, at this moment, as he broke through that appearance of the forbidden power, the baneful gas was also sucked away, and instantly this spiritual aura was completely revealed.

Wisps of spiritual energy were directly emitted, actually causing the air to distort slightly.

Instinctively, tan san used his Soundproofing Technique to isolate the aura emanating from this Spiritual Soil.

A Perfection Level Soundproofing Technique was not only able to isolate sound, but also breath.

Only then did he quickly take out a black bag, stripping the entire piece of Xuan Huang Spiritual Soil and loading it in.

Almost not letting go of a single bit of gravel, before it was finally included in the storage bag.

“The quantity isn’t much, only seven taels, but it’s enough for me to cultivate the Five Elements Pure Yang True Body, and there’s still some left over.

If I take this spiritual soil and use it to cultivate spiritual plants, even a fourth grade spiritual plant will be able to grow and live ……”

tan san’s heart was instantly energized.

This kind of spirit soil, but has the ability to constantly absorb spiritual qi independently, and also has the power of creation of the strange treasure, a small strand, the wonderful use is infinite.

Afterwards, he dispersed the soundproofing technique without moving, and only then did his gaze fall on the longsword.

This long sword was very heavy in his hand.

Of course, with his current strength of the sixth level of Body Refinement, it was as light as nothing.

The entire surface of the sword body, rust stains, seems to have gone through countless years of traces, but seems to be because of the fate of the scattered, he was able to through the countless rust half, see some of the subtle artifacts inside the texture.

These weapon array patterns, quite subtle, even with his eyesight, are somewhat impervious to see.

Thus, he used his Cleansing Technique to clean the sword.

Buzz~!

Wisps of rust, then dispersed, but there were still a lot of rust spots that remained.

It seemed like a Perfection level Cleansing Technique was unable to wash it away.

Finally, only then did tan san try to pour the spiritual energy in his body, into it.

Buzz~!

In an instant, a brilliant spiritual light bloomed above the entire longsword.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths ……

It was only after five breaths had passed that tan san felt the powerful adsorption force dissipate.

The rust on top of the entire surface of the longsword also completely dispersed.

“This long sword ……”

“Not simple!”

“This is a bet up?”

“Definitely betting up ah, just don’t know this longsword, what is the grade?

Looking at the style, it doesn’t seem to be a magic weapon.”

“Not a magic weapon? Then what is it?”

“Treasure?”

A voice of astonishment then rang out, and the chatter continued.

Some people had a certain guess about the grade of this longsword, and could not help but suck in a breath of cool air.

Treasure Weapon?

Is it really a treasure weapon?

One must know that above a magic weapon is a treasure weapon.

Even an extremely high-grade magic weapon was inferior to a lower-grade treasure weapon.

If this longsword, was truly confirmed to be a treasure weapon, then the price, was simply incalculable!