Chapter 1218 - Becoming Rich
Many disciples spent the previous night borrowing astral stones from anyone willing to lend, yet even after they pooled their resources, they still failed to reach one million.
Exhausted, none of them wished to give up the chance to seize a Wisdom Stone that could reshape their talent and destiny.
"You can," Liu Wuxie said with a nod, allowing them to continue. He intended to keep the number of participants near one hundred, ensuring the competition remained fierce and merciless.
In less than fifteen minutes, more than fifty disciples joined, pushing the total number of bidders to nearly ninety. Desperation surged through the crowd as many began borrowing astral stones from companions.
Within the span of a single incense stick, over ten disciples scraped together one million astral stones each and claimed their bamboo placards. The sequence of numbers climbed until the crowd raised the placard marked ninety-seven.
"Anyone else? If not, the auction begins now." Liu Wuxie's gaze swept across the martial field, sharp and unyielding. Silence answered him. Many had exhausted their favors, but their pleas were ignored. No one could borrow even a single astral stone anymore.
He knew they had reached their limit, yet he refused to relax his requirements. The minimum threshold remained at eight hundred thousand.
"Since that's the case, we'll begin. The first Wisdom Stone starts at five hundred thousand astral stones. Each bid must rise by no less than fifty thousand." Liu Wuxie held up a lustrous stone that pulsed with radiant soul energy, instantly igniting a surge of greed in the eyes of every disciple present. Few had ever seen such a treasure up close, and now one glittered in his palm.
"Six hundred thousand!" shouted placard number seventy, leaping a full hundred thousand at once.
"Six hundred fifty thousand!" a veteran with placard number one countered, his voice cold with determination.
"Seven hundred thousand!"
"Seven hundred fifty thousand!"