"Six hundred? These Azure Flame Pills can enhance the divine soul, divine strength, and Divine Body Power all at once. Any pill that improves even one of those would be worth at least a hundred battle merits, especially pills that enhance the divine soul, which are even more expensive. I bid eight hundred!"
"You have the nerve to offer eight hundred? I bid a thousand!"
The hall grew lively again as people called out bids. The price soared straight up from five hundred, quickly reaching fifteen hundred battle merits.
Only then did the bidding begin to thin out.
The Azure Flame Pills were indeed good things.
But...
They were relics of the Ancient Era, after all.
Although the Black Market's people had appraised them and confirmed that they still retained their Spiritual Essence and medicinal properties, whether they would actually work when taken, and how well, remained uncertain.
Spending fifteen hundred battle merits on ten Azure Flame Pills was about the limit of what everyone was willing to offer.
"Excellent! Congratulations to this friend on winning the ten Azure Flame Pills!"
The masked man smiled, very satisfied with the price. He had originally estimated that the ten Azure Flame Pills would fetch around twelve hundred battle merits.
Fifteen hundred battle merits far exceeded his expectations.
Next, the masked man brought out various ancient treasures for auction, including divine artifacts, pills, and even some broken fragments.
Most importantly, with the rising and falling cadence of the Masked Man's introductions, he kept the hall buzzing with excitement even when some of the treasures were not particularly valuable.
Qin Hao watched with keen interest as well.
He had attended quite a few auctions, but never one whose host could stir everyone's emotions as effortlessly as this Masked Man.
Without even thinking about