"Sheng Xuzi, spare us your commercial rhetoric!" exclaimed one individual in the gathering.
"The Heart of the World holds immense value, but is ten thousand top-grade spirit stones not a bit excessive?" questioned another.
"The sect has already exhausted its resources to produce ten thousand top-grade spirit stones. Besides acquiring the Heart of the World, there's the matter of preparing various resources for constructing a mini-world and handling myriad issues within the sect."
"I fear that if we fail to establish the mini-world, our sect will collapse."
"Whoever wants the Heart of the World can have it; we dare not take it," declared a candid representative from a lesser-known faction, promptly opting out of the auction.
Initially, he harbored a faint hope for the Heart of the World, but now, deterred by the demand for ten thousand top-grade spirit stones, he withdrew.
Acquiring the Heart of the World could elevate their sect to the second tier of the Immortal Realm.