"First up: the first portion of the Millennium Dragon's corpse! Starting bid: one Beli!"
The Millennium Dragon's bones were even more effective at extending life than the Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng. Countless people and factions could no longer hold back and began bidding.
The World Government had no intention of saving money now. It had to buy the Millennium Dragon's corpse, especially since the money would come not from its own coffers, but from the Celestial Dragons.
News of the auction had stirred the entire Celestial Dragon community.
For Celestial Dragons who had consumed countless precious medicinal herbs since birth, the Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng held little appeal.
But the World Government possessed the formula for an elixir of longevity. It could make full use of the dragon bones; extending someone's life by ten or twenty years would be no problem.
The World Government's lack of funds did not mean the Celestial Dragons were poor. Their covert entry into the bidding drove the prices even higher.
"Three billion Beli."
"Three and a half billion Beli."
For convenience, bids were quoted in Beli, even though the bidders were offering treasures as payment.
They had a rough idea of what their treasures were worth.
Besides, when they transferred their treasures to the Dark Bank, it had already appraised them.
After all, insurance fees were calculated primarily as a percentage of the stored goods' value.
"Five billion Beli!"
A World Government representative placed a bid. They were determined to secure the dragon bones.
If possible, they wanted the entire Millennium Dragon.
With so many Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, a single portion would never satisfy them all.
"Six billion Beli!"
"Seven billion Beli!"
The bidding was beyond belief. Once it reached five billion Beli, each new bid raised the price by