The Yunsha Tower auction had originally been organized solely by the Zhao Family of Little Wave Island. Later, the other families discovered that the transaction fees from the annual auction alone brought the Zhao Family a great many spirit stones. Seeing this, they all began hinting, openly and covertly, that everyone should share in the profits!
Two fists could not fight four hands. Although the Zhao Family had Linghua Island's support, they could not withstand so many opponents and had no choice but to surrender a share of the auction's profits. As with the market's revenue, each of the five families would receive twenty percent! When news of the arrangement reached the Zhao Family, a reef off Little Wave Island collapsed with a thunderous crash! The Zhao Family members all seethed with rage, ready to fight the Han Family and the others to the death. Only Zhao Xinghe's intervention finally put the matter to rest!
The other four families also felt they had gone too far. At Linghua Island's suggestion, each would take only ten percent of the spirit stones for the first five years, with the remaining sixty percent going entirely to the Zhao Family. Only then was the arrangement finalized. Even that ten percent from the year-end auction alone could bring Linghua Island several hundred spirit stones! After all, the auction generally charged a three-percent commission-three spirit stones out of every hundred!
Moreover, entry to the year-end auction required a minimum cultivation of perfection of Meridian Opening and a deposit of fifty spirit stones, to be returned after the auction ended! To better kindle the cultivators' enthusiasm for bidding, Chen Qisong of the Chen Family on Yuanchen Island had even paid a hefty sum through an intermediary to invite an auction team from another sea region. Supposedly, the