The Appreciation Pill Tower was different from the auction venues Ye Zhen commonly saw on land. The entire building was circular.
Perhaps because it was called an Appreciation Pill Tower and truly existed for the appreciation of pills, the auction platform was actually located at the very bottom of the first floor.
The second, third, and fourth floors were all for bidders. With this arrangement, bidders could use their eyesight to observe the treasures displayed on the first floor from every angle, without a single blind spot. It was quite an ingenious design.
However, in terms of privacy, it still fell somewhat short compared to the merchants on land who deliberately ran auction houses.
Those merchants specializing in auctions protected their customers' privacy extremely well. Truly distinguished guests were placed in lavish private rooms, with separate departure passages as well.
But in this Appreciation Pill Tower, everyone received more or less the same treatment—just a chair each.
The difference in status was mainly reflected by the floor one occupied.
Martial artists of the Dao Entry Realm, or those whose clan or faction possessed Dao Entry Realm martial artists—such as the Dragon Alliance, Sky Wing Island, Yin Yang Island, Black Fiend Island, the Gai Family, Xuan Shui Palace, and Myriad Stars Tower—could sit on the fourth floor regardless of their cultivation.
This was the prestige brought by their respective clans and factions. Wherever they went, others had to give them this much face.
People such as Xia Houyan, sect master of the Tian Ri Sect in the Profound Dragon Domain, and Chu Yang, palace master of Qingyang Palace in the True Spirit Domain, could only obediently remain on the third floor once they arrived here, no matter how imposing they usually were on land.
Of course, the fourth floor was not