The starting bid for one portion of Jadeglory Essence was fourteen thousand spirit stones.
But almost as soon as the elderly man surnamed Gu finished speaking, high bids came pouring in.
"Fifteen thousand!"
"Seventeen thousand!"
"Eighteen thousand!"
However, all the bidders were honored guests in the private boxes. The cultivators seated below could only watch enviously. Never mind that they did not have so many spirit stones-even if they did, how would they dare offend the Core Formation cultivators on the second floor?
Cheng Yao had already decided to bid on the Heaven-Cleansing Water, so she made no bids.
Yet the tension on her face was plain to see.
Both were Core Formation treasures, and bidding for the Jadeglory Essence was already this fierce. The Heaven-Cleansing Water was even more precious. How heated would the bidding become when its turn came?
"Twenty thousand!"
An aged voice rang out from a box a short distance to the left of Li Ping's, driving the price of the Jadeglory Essence straight up to twenty thousand.
After the aged voice called out that price, the other bidders abruptly fell silent.
After a brief pause, another voice rang out. "Twenty-one thousand!"
Li Ping could clearly hear the hesitation in the bidder's voice.
"Twenty-two thousand!" The aged voice remained utterly calm.
This time, after he named his price, the other cultivators fell silent and stopped bidding.
Jadeglory Essence was not a particularly rare spiritual substance to begin with. Core Formation cultivators had no use for it themselves and could only give it to their juniors. Twenty-two thousand had already exceeded what they were willing to pay.
The elderly man surnamed Gu asked three times, but the auction remained silent. Only then did he smile and say, "Congratulations to this senior on winning the Jadeglory Essence.