Just as Xiao Yan, Wind Venerable, and Old Yao were discussing Hai Bodong, an ancient peal of a bell suddenly rang out.
After the bell's chime, the entire plaza instantly fell silent.
Then, at the central ring-shaped tiered stone platform, a rising stone seat slowly emerged from beneath the floor, and a white-haired old man appeared before everyone.
"Everyone, I will be hosting today's auction as usual!" Duan San announced loudly after appearing.
The cultivation of the Heaven and Earth Alliance's six Grand Elders had clearly undergone tremendous changes compared with the previous auction.
Now that Duan San had appeared, everyone understood that this grand auction was about to begin.
"Now, I announce that the auction has officially begun! The first auction item is the Falling Heart Flame!" As Duan San spoke, a mass of invisible flame appeared in his palm.
Seeing the invisible flame floating above Duan San's palm, the eyes of the countless bidders in the VIP seats and outside widened greatly.
They had expected the Heaven and Earth Alliance's auction to be unconventional, but they had not expected it to be this outrageous. The very first auction item was actually the flame ranked fourteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
The Falling Heart Flame was invisible and colorless. Anyone who consumed and refined it would have their Dou Qi constantly tempered by the Heart Flame, which was why it was called a cultivation cheat.
Xiao Yan knew that this Falling Heart Flame was the one that had previously been inside Jia Nan Academy's Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. It had merely been removed later and replaced with a young flame.
Although Xiao Yan was surprised when Duan San brought out the Falling Heart Flame, he had no time to dwell on it. After Duan San announced the official