"Now, we have reached the final and most important auction item of this auction. (www..com) Two top-grade magical artifacts refined by the famous Artifact Refining Master of the Hundred Skills Gate in Haoyu Kingdom will be auctioned. One is the Azure Flood Dragon Sword, forged over three days and three nights with Haoqing Stone—a material found only in Haoyu Kingdom—as its primary ingredient, along with fourteen other rare supplementary materials."
As Elder You explained, a young man carried a Jade Box onto the elevated platform and stood respectfully before him. Elder You reached out and opened the lid. A small, blue-green sword sprang up at once, as though it were about to fly away.
Elder You had clearly anticipated this. He extended two fingers and caught it between them. At the same time, he sent a trace of spiritual power into the small sword. With a resonant hum, it instantly expanded to more than ten feet long. Its astonishing spiritual power pressed straight toward the faces of the crowd. After circling once in midair, the artifact returned to Elder You's hand.
"As you fellow Daoists can see, this artifact has yet to be refined by its owner. Just now, I displayed less than one-tenth of its actual power. As long as the Daoist who wins it refines it after returning, he will stand undefeated among cultivators of the same rank."
"The starting price for this Azure Flood Dragon Sword is five hundred low-grade Spirit Stones. Each bid must increase by at least twenty Spirit Stones. The bidding begins now."
"Five hundred and fifty Spirit Stones."
"Five hundred and eighty Spirit Stones."
"Six hundred and twenty Spirit Stones."
After only a few bids, the price of the Azure Flood Dragon Sword had broken through six hundred Spirit Stones. More than ninety