The auction items that appeared afterward did pique Lu Jiuyuan's interest, but he did not bid on any of them. It seemed his Old Ancestor had all those things—and quite a lot of them, at that.
Could that brat be broke? He hadn't bid on a single thing?
Xue Chentian sat in a private room not far away, his expression dark as he thought this. His room was number five, while Lu Jiuyuan and Li Qingdi were in room number two. He had naturally noticed that.
As for room number one, Qin Yuan had specifically reserved it for himself.
"Huff. I'll ignore that brat for now. What matters most is that item. If I'm not mistaken, it should be coming up soon!"
Xue Chentian took a deep breath and calmed himself before turning his gaze back to the auction stage. It was no exaggeration to say that he had come here today solely for that one item. Everything else was utterly unimportant.
And the Xue Family was far from the only one who knew this news. Inside room number nine—
"We have prepared fifty million top-grade Spirit Stones this time. We must get that item."
The Chen Family's First Elder stared solemnly at the auction stage. Of course, more than just these two factions knew about that item.
The Joyful Union Sect, a well-known fifth-rate faction nearby, had a sect master whose cultivation was no weaker than King Li's. This time, it had even sent out a First Elder at the Mid-stage Tribulation Crossing.
The Sword Immortal Sect, the Overlord Sect, and the vast majority of the nearby fifth-rate factions had all dispatched powerful experts to participate in the bidding. Lu Jiuyuan simply did not know it yet.
Before long, after a mid-grade Heaven-tier Breaking Mirror Pill was sold for