A wry smile appeared on Han Li's face upon hearing the base price of 2,000 top-grade spirit stones.

With such an astronomically high starting price, there was no way he would be able to secure it with his wealth, or lack thereof.

After Wen Hua announced the commencement of the bidding, most of the people in the hall fell silent and began to look around with anticipation in their eyes. Everyone wanted to see who would ultimately lay claim to this dao pill.

"2,000!"

Finally, the brief silence was broken by someone from a booth in the southeastern corner of the third floor, and the voice sounded as if it belonged to an elderly man.

Cultivators from all of the most powerful forces on in the Black Wind Sea were gathered here for the auction, so there was no shortage of people with immense wealth at their disposal and a keen interest in this dao pill.

"2,200!"

"2,500!"

……

All of the bidders were from the third-floor booths with no exceptions.

Within no more than half a minute, seven or eight rounds of bidding had already concluded, and the price of the dao pill had been bid up to over 3,000 top-grade spirit stones.

"4,000!"

A female voice suddenly rang out, and once again, it was from one of the booths on the third floor. Everyone looked on in astonishment as the flurry of bids drew to a temporary...