Inside a certain private room, Lin Zhenshan wore a troubled expression as he looked toward Ximen Laijun. Five hundred million Spirit Stones was already an astronomical price; continuing to compete would be unwise.
"If he keeps bidding, let her have it," Ximen Laijun instructed.
Lin Zhenshan nodded in agreement.
Strangely, the woman did not bid again. Lin Zhenshan won the Phoenix Blood Jade for five hundred million Spirit Stones.
Four burly men carried a huge green iron cage onto the circular platform.
Inside the cage was a blood-red beast with a tiger's head, a wolf's body, and bat wings. A blood-red horn jutted from its head.
"One Void Refining-stage Blood Glazed Beast! Surely you've all heard of the Blood Ancestor. Back then, the Blood Ancestor also had a Blood Glazed Beast, though that one was at the Body Integration stage. This one is at the early Void Refining stage. Bidding starts at two hundred million Spirit Stones, with each bid at least ten million higher," the Gold-shirted Elder announced.
"The Blood Ancestor! If you're selling a spirit beast, then just sell the spirit beast. Why drag the Blood Ancestor into it?" Shi Yue said with a laugh.
Xie Chong smiled obsequiously. "It's a common tactic used by auction houses: tie a commodity to some Great Cultivator whenever possible so it can fetch a higher price. A few years ago, rumors spread that the forbidden ground where True Lord Tian Xu had sealed the Blood Ancestor had appeared in the Ziwei Star Domain. It became the talk of the town, but unfortunately, the matter eventually came to nothing. No one could verify the rumor."
"Two hundred million!"
"Two hundred and ten million!"
"Two hundred and thirty million!"
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After fierce competition, the Blood Glazed Beast was ultimately bought by an old