The half-hour dragged by like a year.
At last, a government employee, temporarily filling in as the auctioneer, stepped onto the stage, looking nervous.
There were twenty-eight martial artists present, including both civilian martial artists and those from the military.
Anyone would have felt their knees go weak in front of such a crowd.
He took a deep breath and began introducing the item up for auction today—the only item.
"Greetings, leaders. I'll be hosting today's auction."
"This demigod was killed in another world by the founder of Chen's Cultivation Method, martial arts grandmaster and Chief Chen, Chen Shouyi. It therefore belongs entirely to Chief Chen personally... Demigod Meat has never been publicly auctioned anywhere in the world, so there's no price to use as a reference.
"After an agreement with the Jiangnan Province Price Bureau, and with Chief Chen's approval, we've decided on a starting price of one million per five hundred grams, with each lot starting at five kilograms."
The moment he finished speaking, the crowd erupted.
It wasn't that the price was too high. It was too low.
This was real Demigod Meat. Just think back to the Divine Blood on the private trading site—the defective stuff with pitifully weak effects. Each vial cost eight hundred thousand, and contained only a hundred milliliters.
One million per half-kilo of Demigod Meat was practically a cabbage price!
"How much is available for auction?" one martial artist asked.
Everyone immediately caught on: the starting price didn't mean much.
If there were only a few dozen or a hundred jin, even with a one-million starting price, this many martial artists could drive the final price sky-high.
Martial artists weren't short on money.
"Everyone, please thank Chief Chen for his generosity and selflessness!" The auctioneer's initial nervousness had faded, and he was