Although he realized he might have quoted too high a price, the middle-aged man did not take it back.
The words had already left his mouth. Changing the price now would clearly show disrespect to the customer and damage the auction house's reputation.
"I want fifteen thousand." Shi Lan considered it for a moment but did not accept the price. Since he had offered ten thousand, the Divine Blood Gold had to be worth far more than that.
"Ten thousand is already the highest price. This piece of Divine Blood Gold is only enough to forge a dagger. If it were larger, it could fetch more." The middle-aged man shook his head.
"If you have more immortal materials like this in the future, and can give my Heavenly Gift Auction House first pick, I can make the decision to add another thousand."
"Fifteen thousand." Shi Lan held firm. She was truly short on money, but she could use these immortal metals herself in the future. There was no way she could exchange all of them for spirit crystals.
After haggling back and forth for nearly half an hour, the piece of Divine Blood Gold was finally sold to the Heavenly Gift Auction House for twelve thousand Heavenly Spirit Marrows.
The Heavenly Gift Auction House managed to raise this enormous sum in just half an hour and delivered it to Shi Lan.
To ensure that customers attending the auction wouldn't find themselves short of funds and need to raise money at the last minute, the auction house kept large reserves of spirit crystals and spirit marrow on hand at all times. This was another source of income for the auction house.
It was only when the payment was handed over that Shi Lan learned the middle-aged man who had received her