Sitting among the crowd, Tang Yan could not help gaping. He had still underestimated the value of the Youth-Preserving Pill!
In his previous life, Tang Yan had known that many women on Earth spent enormous sums on plastic surgery and cosmetics to look beautiful, but he had never imagined that women in this world, where martial strength reigned supreme, would be just as crazed in their pursuit of beauty.
It was not just women bidding in this auction; quite a few men had joined in as well.
Those with partners bid for their sweethearts, while those pursuing their dream girls bid for them.
The competition was especially fierce.
"Ten thousand stars!"
In just a few minutes, the price of the Youth-Preserving Pill had broken through the ten-thousand-star barrier!
Once the price reached that point, there was only a brief pause before more bidders immediately caught up.
"Ten thousand three hundred!"
"Eleven thousand!"
"..."
"Twenty thousand Star Value!" The price kept climbing, and the bids gradually slowed. Of course, slowing did not mean stopping.
Bids still rose and fell all around.
"Twenty-three thousand stars!"
"Twenty-seven thousand!"
"Twenty-seven thousand five hundred!"
"Twenty-nine thousand stars!"
"..."
"Forty thousand stars!"
The bidding continued. As the auctioneer, Du Shu listened to the steadily rising price in an utter daze.
He had originally thought ten thousand Star Value would be the ceiling. He had never expected the current price to exceed his expectations by so much.
Du Shu was stunned. Wan Fei and Lin Dongxue, who had wanted to keep the pill all along, were stunned.
Tang Yan was stunned...
Elder Zhen was stunned!
Elder Huo, who had been appraising the pills all this time, was equally stunned!
A pill that offered no benefit whatsoever to cultivation had fetched such a high price?
*I have ranged