Ten million superior spirit stones.
As the elderly man announced the starting price, another stir ran through the crowd.
An immortal artifact blank was certainly worth that price.
Even so, the figure made the immortal cultivators inside the Purple Mansion Pavilion hold their breath for a moment.
Unlike on the Kunwu Continent, spirit stones were not an indispensable cultivation resource for immortal cultivators on the Heaven-Stabilizing Continent.
That was leaving aside the considerable difference in purity between the spirit mines on the Heaven-Stabilizing Continent and the spirit stone veins on the Kunwu Continent.
To the immortal cultivators of the Heaven-Stabilizing Continent, spirit stones primarily represented a form of currency.
A currency used to trade for all manner of cultivation resources.
And that role also meant that the cultivation world of the Heaven-Stabilizing Continent would inevitably impose some restrictions on spirit stone mining.
Bidding started at ten million superior spirit stones.
Only the immortal cultivators in the VIP seats, who had come to the Purple Mansion Pavilion with a clear purpose in mind, could afford that starting price.
And naturally, these people would not be stingy.
"Eleven million superior spirit stones!"
A deep, resonant voice suddenly rang out not far from Chen Yan, brimming with confidence.
Each bid had to increase the price by at least a hundred thousand superior spirit stones.
Yet the very first bid had been eleven million superior spirit stones.
This meant that the immortal cultivators in the Purple Mansion Pavilion who had come for the immortal artifact blank already had a rough estimate of its worth in mind.
"Twelve million superior spirit stones!"
Barely had that resonant voice faded before someone else placed a new bid.
"Fifteen million superior spirit stones!"
A relatively soft female voice rang out.
The price she offered, however, was anything but