Almost everyone in the arena was staring at the pill at the center of the circular platform.
At that moment, Ya Fei finally announced, "This Ninth-grade Treasure Pill will serve as the appetizer for this auction. There is no starting price; everyone may begin bidding!"
As Ya Fei's voice fell, bids immediately rang out throughout the venue.
"I, Wan Xi Shan, bid one Heaven-tier beginner Dou Technique, Mountain-Flattening Slash!"
The bidder was an independent expert hidden away in the Southern Region of the Central Plains. It was said that he had perished two hundred years ago, yet he had somehow survived until today. Moreover, before his disappearance, he had merely been a Half-Saint. In the blink of an eye, two hundred years had passed, and his cultivation had already reached the Two-star Dou Sheng level.
Although no starting price had been set for this first auction item, everyone knew that it made no difference whether there was one or not. Otherwise, the very first bidder would not have brought out a Heaven-tier Dou Technique.
"Wan Xi Shan, you think a single Heaven-tier Low-grade Dou Technique is enough to obtain a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill? You're dreaming!"
"I bid two Heaven-tier beginner Dou Techniques!"
After Wan Xi Shan made his bid, someone else offered an even higher price.
In truth, just as that person had said, Heaven-tier Dou Techniques were something that most Dou Sheng experts possessed. Even some Dou Zun experts fortunate enough to encounter great opportunities could produce them. Thus, Wan Xi Shan's bid had no competitive edge at all.
"Three Heaven-tier beginner Dou Techniques, plus one Eighth-grade medicinal pill that has undergone eight-colored Pill Lightning!" Someone else immediately outbid the previous bidder.
"If anyone bids higher than me, then I, Chen, will withdraw from this round of bidding!" After