As the final auction item, Sacred Spirit Spring Water—also known as Origin Brand Mineral Water—was sold for over ten million Spirit Crystals, the auction came to a perfect close.
No one in the auction hall was in a hurry to leave, because what came next was the main event.
The scarred, burly man who had bought the Sacred Spirit Spring Water leaped out and landed directly on the raised platform, handing a Space Ring to Xie Mengwu at the same time.
"Venerable Zhanyan! He's Venerable Zhanyan!" someone exclaimed upon seeing the scarred man's true face.
The private rooms in the arena, which were open only to the strong, were equipped with concealment formations that could be activated and deactivated at will, blocking the sight and perception of lower-level cultivators.
Of course, to cultivators at a higher realm, it made little difference whether the concealment formations were active or not. They could see through them at a glance anyway.
The scarred man known as Venerable Zhanyan had activated the concealment formation earlier. Only when he left the room did the people in the auction hall see his face.
"Zhanyan?" Xie Mengwu glanced at the scarred man in surprise. "I heard that you entered Meteor God Ravine decades ago and vanished without a trace for so long. I never expected you to come to the City of Chaos."
On Tianlan Continent, aside from the Ancient Ruins, there were many dangerous lands filled with terrifying perils. Meteor God Ravine was an especially representative danger zone in the Southern Region.
Meteor God Ravine contained endless gale winds and Spatial Turbulence. Even a Venerable would face mortal danger upon venturing deep inside.
More often than not, danger and opportunity went hand in hand. Rumor had it that Venerable Zhanyan had entered Meteor God Ravine in