"The starting price is 10 tons of gold."
"Rare Basic Skill Books, the kind you can't find in any village."
"Skill Stones that ignore prerequisites. Anyone with an intermediate skill or higher gets priority."
"Of those three types of items, the latter two take priority."
The Second Elder listed them one by one.
Naturally, those were all Gao Linzhi's requirements.
The crowd immediately erupted into a commotion.
"Good grief, 10 tons of gold? That's expensive!"
"One life for 10 tons of gold? Whose life is worth that much?"
"Only the top brass of the big corporations!"
There was plenty of discussion, but no one raised a bid.
Everyone looked at one another, as if they'd reached some kind of unspoken agreement.
Gao Linzhi had used Disguise Art and was sitting at one of the tables.
He understood immediately.
The major families and corporations had joined forces offline.
They knew how precious a Revival Stone was, but didn't want to pay the normal auction price. So they'd banded together—the families and corporations capable of bidding.
They intended to control the price together.
No matter how high the starting price was set, if no one bid, the item would go unsold, and the starting price would have to be lowered in the end.
Heh. This was the power of the families and corporations.
They made it felt everywhere.
So what if you had something valuable? I'll bring all the buyers together. If you won't sell it cheap, it'll just sit around and rot!
That was what they were thinking.
Join us, or die!
That was what they were thinking, too!
Gao Linzhi didn't care.
The Second Elder, meanwhile, was left sitting awkwardly on the stage.
He looked down at the people, who were only discussing the matter without anyone raising a hand