One Sword Shattered a Magic Artifact!

The auction continued, with items brought out and sold one after another, the atmosphere rising and falling.

After the intermission, the auctioneer deliberately raised his voice and revealed a piece of news with an air of mystery. "Fellow Daoists, we now come to the grand finale of this auction!"

"The final lot is an exceptionally precious defensive top-grade magic artifact! A Foundation Establishment Realm senior who wishes to remain anonymous has consigned it here!"

At these words, the somewhat weary audience erupted into an uproar, and the atmosphere instantly ignited.

The unaffiliated cultivators whispered among themselves, their eyes brimming with excitement.

A top-grade magic artifact-and a defensive one at that!

For the vast majority of unaffiliated cultivators struggling with scarce resources, this was practically a treasure of legend.

Although they knew perfectly well they could never afford it-the starting bid would probably exceed a thousand spirit stones, and the final price might reach two or three thousand-seeing it firsthand would at least give them something else to boast about afterward.

Su Bai's interest also stirred.

He already had the Azure Dragon Sword, a top-grade magic artifact, but he had never owned a defensive one.

Although his current finances would not allow him to bid, inspecting its quality and learning its market price would still be worthwhile.

Just then, the Snail Flower grew slightly warm, carrying Jiang Han's deliberately lowered voice. "Senior Brother Su, the situation on my end has changed a little."

"A disciple wearing Biyou Palace robes just sat down two seats away from me. Judging by his spiritual power fluctuations, his cultivation is at least Qi Refining Layer Nine."

A Biyou Palace disciple?

Su Bai's thoughts stirred, and he raised his eyes to examine the front row.

Sure enough, in the very center of the first row, where