The humming in Chen Changqing's palm grew increasingly intense.
The violet-gold VIP token seemed to come alive. The roaring beast engraved on its surface shot two barely perceptible beams of light from its eyes, straight into Chen Changqing's brow.
The next instant, an immense flood of clear information surged into his mind like a tidal wave.
It was not merely text, but three-dimensional images formed from spiritual power, accompanied by cold, emotionless descriptions.
[Lot: Quasi-Immortal Artifact, Star-Shattering Blade. Origin: ancient battlefield ruins. Starting bid: 500,000 Top-grade Spirit Stones.]
[Lot: Nine-Leaf Resurrection Grass. Medicinal age: 30,000 years. Effect: Can reshape the flesh, revive the dead, and regrow flesh upon white bones. Starting bid: 800,000 Top-grade Spirit Stones.]
A stream of treasure descriptions flashed past, every single item enough to stir up a bloody storm in the outside world.
Yet Chen Changqing's mind remained utterly still. He patiently reviewed them until an image numbered seventy-three appeared.
The image showed an enormous cage of dark iron.
Inside the cage, a young man bound all over in pitch-black chains was curled up in a corner.
His clothes were ragged, his long hair obscuring his face. His features could not be seen, but the faint yet incomparably pure demonic power radiating from him, along with the golden pupils occasionally visible through his hair, all proclaimed his identity.
[Lot: Living being. Species: Descendant of the Heavenly Demon race. Bloodline purity: Extremely high. Cultivation: Spirit Transformation realm. Status: Demonic power sealed, divine soul asleep.]
[Starting bid: 1,000,000 Top-grade Spirit Stones, or a bloodline treasure of equivalent value.]
Beneath the image was another line of small-print notes.
[Note: This item has extraordinary effects on royal bloodlines. It may be used for devouring and purification, or refined into a bloodline avatar.]
Without a sound, Chen Changqing's fingertips ground