Five Immortals Hall would never privately grant something like priority bidding rights. That would be far too unfair to the other distinguished auction guests. The only way to obtain them was to become one of the Ten Arena Kings of the Five Immortal Arena.
Ye Zhen was the first Ten Arena King, so before him, most martial artists had heard of priority bidding rights and knew their benefits.
But very few had experienced just how disgusting priority bidding rights could be.
That was right—disgusting.
Think about it. An auction was originally a contest among a group of people. Even at the very end, there would be at least two people bidding.
You raised the price, and I raised it higher. That sort of competition.
But once priority bidding rights were used, according to the rules, so long as their holder did not explicitly state that they were giving up, no matter how high you bid, the other party would automatically be deemed to have bid as well—and at exactly the same price as yours.
And so long as you stopped raising the price, it meant the party using priority bidding rights had won!
This was practically playing against yourself. Though it was still bidding, the feeling was completely different.
Just thinking about it was enough to make anyone feel uncomfortable.
Yuan Hongying was experiencing that feeling right now.
His handsome face was so gloomy it seemed as though water could drip from it.
"I bid 6.5 million High-grade Spirit Stones!"
"I bid 6.7 million High-grade Spirit Stones!"
"I bid 6.9 million High-grade Spirit Stones!"
"I bid 7 million High-grade Spirit Stones!"
"I bid 7.11 million High-grade Spirit Stones!"
Yuan Hongying kept raising the price. After each bid, he would pause for several breaths before helplessly raising it once more.