He casually brought up the system panel and used this spare moment to check the progress of his AFK cultivation.
After the five Heaven-Stepping Tokens fused, the AFK efficiency of the Invincible Immortal Ascension Method had soared. At his current pace, he would reach the threshold of true lord peak in about another six months.
Six months.
That was neither a pressing deadline nor an abundance of time.
The items on the auction stage were sold off one after another.
A Soul-Devouring Blade of high-grade spirit treasure quality was bought by a Spirit Transformation ghost cultivator for eight hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones.
An incomplete Tribulation Crossing stage Ghost Path Cultivation Manual sparked a frenzy of bidding and was eventually claimed by a private room on the third floor for the astronomical price of three million five hundred thousand.
A Ten-Thousand-Year Yin Lingzhi fetched an even higher price of five million.
The atmosphere in the hall grew increasingly heated.
But everyone knew the true main event had yet to begin.
Time ticked by.
After the thirty-first item was sold, the auctioneer, Hu Jiu, suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He looked around, a meaningful smile curling his lips.
"Next is the final highlight of today's auction."
The hall instantly fell silent.
Thousands of pairs of eyes fixed on the auction stage.
Behind Hu Jiu, two guards wheeled out a dark iron cart. On it rested an Obsidian Casket three feet square, its surface covered in sealing array patterns. A faint, ghostly blue glow could be seen seeping out from within.
Hu Jiu reached out and lifted the lid.
Five ancient black tokens lay neatly arranged on a cushion woven from heavenly silkworm silk. Each radiated dense yin baleful power, and their ancient, mysterious surface markings made their great age apparent at