"Who is it? What faction would double the price outright?"
"Twenty thousand Soul Crystals—ordinary factions can't afford that!"
"But why won't they even reveal their origins? Could they be here to cause trouble?"
At the auction.
Everyone had come from all over the continent, representing different factions.
With so many people gathered here, if they did not state their name or faction, how would anyone know which side was participating in the bidding?
Moreover, when someone simply called out a price, their voice became lost among the crowd, making it impossible to tell who it was.
It was entirely possible for someone to shout out a false bid.
On the other hand, if they gave their name or stated the name of their faction.
Everyone would know exactly who was participating in the auction. At the same time, upon hearing the faction's name, they could roughly judge whether the bid was genuine.
For example, if some obscure little faction directly bid twenty thousand Soul Crystals, no one would believe it. They might even be asked to prove their assets midway through!
Of course, some people at auctions used another party's name to participate in the bidding.
However, that possibility was extremely low.
After all, any faction whose name could be used would certainly have some reputation. And if it had a reputation, quite a few factions would know of it.
If someone borrowed its name at random, those familiar with that faction would recognize the deception at a glance.
Those who came to participate in auctions were representatives of various factions. For well-known factions, their representatives were generally the faction leader, family head, sect master, or an elder.
For familiar factions, their upper echelons would naturally be known.
Of course.
Stating one's faction directly also counted as indirectly using one's