As Gu Xuanji's words fell, the cultivators in the hall immediately stirred.
Everyone stared avidly at the jade box glowing with purple light, greed showing on their faces.
Xu Yan took in the cultivators' reactions, and his heart sank. He knew this Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng would surely fetch a high price. If he wanted it, he could only compete with his wealth.
Just as he had expected, cultivators began calling out bids as soon as the jade box landed on the raised platform in the center of the hall.
"Hall Master Gu, I bid twenty-five thousand low-grade spirit stones." The speaker was at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment and wore a black bamboo hat that shimmered with wisps of dark light, concealing most of his face.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a mocking voice rang out.
"You think a mere twenty-five thousand low-grade spirit stones can buy eight-hundred-year-old Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng? What a joke. I bid thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones." Blood Monster stood up and glared fiercely at the cultivator, then cupped his fists toward Gu Xuanji above as he announced his price.
"Hall Master Gu, I am willing to offer thirty-one thousand low-grade spirit stones."
The hall had no shortage of cultivators at Foundation Establishment perfection. Though Blood Monster had a somewhat fearsome reputation, these cultivators paid him no heed, so his bid was surpassed almost as soon as he made it.
Xu Yan watched everything with a cold gaze. He knew this was nowhere near the upper limit of the Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng's price.
Time slowly passed. After an incense stick's worth of time and successive rounds of bidding, the price of the Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng had soared to forty-one thousand low-grade spirit stones.
That price had already forced many