"Whether the news is true or false remains uncertain, but this fragment is undoubtedly an ancient artifact."
"According to the seller's minimum price, bidding starts at one hundred spirit stones!"
"Each bid increase must be no less than five spirit stones."
One hundred spirit stones was no small sum. With one hundred spirit stones, one could buy five bottles of Yellow Sprout Pills for the Qi Refinement Realm, or ten bottles of Qi Condensation Pills.
Ordinary low-grade artifacts cost only one or two hundred spirit stones.
This incomplete scroll started at one hundred spirit stones, undoubtedly cooling the heads of many eager Rogue Cultivators.
After all, gambling one hundred spirit stones on a possibility meant that even Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators had to consider whether they could make back their investment.
Compared to Rogue Cultivators, scions of noble families were far more lavish.
Bid after bid, the price of the incomplete scroll quickly rose to two hundred and fifty spirit stones.
Lin Fan cautiously raised it by ten spirit stones.
Someone else bid two hundred and sixty-five spirit stones.
After several rounds of competition, Lin Fan ultimately won the treasure-map fragment for two hundred and ninety-five spirit stones.
Jiang Sheng and Mu Chan bought nothing, clearly finding nothing at this auction worthy of their attention.
As the auction ended, Lin Fan examined his prize with great satisfaction.
"Young Master Lin, are you planning to investigate whether it is genuine?" Mu Chan asked softly.
Lin Fan nodded. "Indeed. This fragment of the treasure map is truly ancient, and I have some vague guesses as to the place depicted on it. Naturally, I must go investigate."
Mu Chan said, "I still have matters to attend to, so I will not accompany you, Young Master."
Lin Fan did not mind. "In that case,