"Five million Spirit Stones! Do not break the rules, everyone. If you cannot settle the payment on the spot after winning the bid, do not blame Ye for handling it according to the rules."
This auction house had originally belonged to the Great Jin Imperial Family. As soon as the Five Elements Spirit Stone was delivered to the appraiser, Ye Zheng learned of it, so he had long since secretly transferred a large quantity of Spirit Stones over.
Although the other Nascent Soul cultivators in the hall reacted quickly, they still could not gather enough Spirit Stones to compete with him within a short period of time.
After all, this had merely been an ordinary auction with no prior publicity. Naturally, no one had deliberately prepared an enormous amount of Spirit Stones.
When the price of the Five Elements Spirit Stone rose to five million Spirit Stones, even the top sects of the Righteous and Demonic Paths could no longer offer a higher price.
Yet they did not give up the competition because of this. Instead, they began coordinating with one another, several sects joining forces to continue driving up the price.
They seemed determined to suppress the Ye Family at any cost.
"Six million? Brother Qi Huan, your Yueyang Palace truly has deep pockets!
Fine, Ye will not compete any further. Congratulations, Brother Qi Huan!"
Though the words from the private room sounded polite, anyone could hear the anger hidden within them.
"Hehe, Boss Ye, do not fight for things you should not fight for. After all these years, do you still not understand?"
Xiao Guan'er immediately seized the opportunity to mock Ye Zheng while kicking him when he was down.
Though she was somewhat unwilling to see the righteous path obtain this batch of Five Elements Spirit Stones,