Steward Qiu's expression lit up at once when he heard the voice.
He glanced in the direction it came from.
"Alright, the distinguished guest in private room 9 bids three hundred taels of gold. Any higher bids?"
"Private room 9?"
"Someone besides me actually has their eye on the Celestial Fruit Seed?"
In Box 18, Li Yun, who had just been about to bid, could not help but freeze.
The Celestial Fruit Seed had already lost much of its vitality. To others, it was nothing but worthless junk, but Li Yun was different.
As long as he placed it inside the Heavenly Origin Ring, relying on the ring world's powerful ability to nurture Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, it could definitely be grown.
And it would not cost him anything extra.
In other words, by spending only a tiny amount of gold, he could harvest a mid-tier Heaven Grade Skywalk Fruit. That was absolutely a massive bargain.
Yet at a time like this, someone had actually bid before him?
How laughable.
Still, Li Yun had no intention of spying on private room 9. They were both here for the auction; if he could bid, then naturally others could bid as well.
It was nothing more than fair competition.
Thus,
Li Yun smiled as well.
"Five hundred taels of gold!"
He raised the bid by two hundred taels in one go rather than merely fifty. It was not because he had so much money that he did not care. He mainly wanted to tell the other party: I am not merely trying to edge you out by a little, nor am I deliberately provoking you or opposing you. I simply have my eye on this seed too.
If you truly want it, then keep bidding. Let us compete fairly.
This bid