Wang Xiangming on the stage also noticed the crowd's cold reaction, but he maintained his smile and continued to persuade them:
"I believe all Fellow Daoists present are influential and respectable figures within their respective Families."
"The growth cycle of this Three-Patterned Peaches Tree is indeed quite long."
"However, if you bid on it and take it back to nurture carefully, treating it as the root of your Family's inheritance, it will greatly benefit your descendants in the future—truly a worthwhile endeavor."
After speaking, Wang Xiangming announced the starting price:
"The starting price for this Three-Patterned Peaches Tree sapling is three million Immortal Stones, with each bid increment no less than ten thousand Immortal Stones."
As soon as the starting price was announced, a chorus of gasps and sighs rose from the venue again.
A seemingly useless little sapling was actually priced at three million Immortal Stones—this was simply exorbitant.
