"The next item up for auction is a Xuan Cultivation Method, discovered within a Secret Realm."
The moment those words were spoken, the venue erupted as everyone waited in eager anticipation.
"The starting price is ten thousand coins. Each bid must increase by no less than one thousand coins. Bidding begins!"
Upon hearing the price, most cultivators could only back away in dismay and sigh helplessly.
"Eleven thousand coins!" a young man in a red robe called out.
Immediately afterward, a woman's voice came from a private room on the second floor. "Twelve thousand coins!"
The red-robed youth glanced at the private room and raised his bid again. "Thirteen thousand coins!"
The voice came again from the private room. "Fifteen thousand coins!"
Gritting his teeth, the red-robed youth said, "Twenty-five thousand coins!"
After a brief pause, the private room bid again. "Thirty-five thousand coins!"
The red-robed youth looked toward the private room once more. After weighing it for a moment, he called out again, "Forty thousand coins!"
To his surprise, the private room bid again. "Fifty thousand coins!"
The red-robed youth sat down with an unwilling expression and made no further bids.
Seeing that no one else was bidding, the alluring woman in the hall began the count.
"Fifty thousand coins, going once!"
"Fifty thousand coins, going twice!"
Just as she was about to call it for the third time and finalize the sale, Liu Yun made his move. "Sixty thousand coins!"
At once, the entire venue turned its attention toward Liu Yun's private room.
However, before long, the woman next door called out another bid. "Seventy thousand coins!"
Liu Yun immediately bid one hundred thousand coins, and the neighboring private room fell silent.
"One hundred thousand coins, going once!"
"One hundred thousand coins, going twice!"
"One hundred thousand coins,