Fanning the Flames and the Holy Stone Council

Faletis Royal Capital, Beckler.

Commerce and culture flourished, foreign populations gradually increased, and it was beginning to show signs of replacing Saint Cruz as the new central city of the Source Continent.

"Dear guests, please look. Whether in shape, color, or size, this blooming 'Sunset Starlight' is an exceptionally rare treasure.

"And its greatest value lies in this: tulips normally bloom only in April, yet this one, painstakingly cultivated in a glass greenhouse, was already in full bloom. Perhaps its beauty was unique even among all the nations!"

The auctioneer, dressed in a white shirt and red bow tie, shouted himself hoarse as he built up the item, successfully drawing every buyer's attention to the stage.

There stood a pot of gorgeously blooming tulips.

It was roughly fifty centimeters tall, with fully double, bowl-shaped blossoms twelve centimeters across. Its petals shifted from white on the outside to purplish pink within, and silver stardust naturally grew across them.

As a whole, it truly resembled a sunset adorned with brilliant stars—graceful and breathtakingly beautiful.

Quite a few female guests in the auction hall gradually began breathing faster as they stared at it, wishing they could claim the splendid tulip for themselves at once.

Seeing the guests' reactions, the auctioneer nodded in satisfaction and added more fuel to their restless emotions.

"Connoisseurs among you should know that during tulip cultivation, certain naturally split bulbs can often produce special new varieties, eventually giving rise to uniquely beautiful flowers.

"However, such extraordinary mutations can only be inherited through bulbs, not seeds.

"As long as you obtain this complete 'Sunset Starlight,' you will possess a tulip variety unlike any other in the entire world!

"I believe many of you have already heard how high the price of a single rare tulip has been driven in the