"This is so strange. Why is this auction so bizarre?"
"Yeah. Why has it gone completely quiet in there? It's not even a little lively."
"Could something incredible have appeared, leaving everyone stunned?"
"But... haven't they been stunned for a little too long? What kind of thing could leave them this stunned?"
"Hard to say, but... it really is different from the last auction. Ah, what a shame we can't go in and see what's happening."
"Could something have gone wrong? Haven't there been rumors all along that Chen Changan is an outsider?"
"If that's true, could he have some other agenda? Could he be planning to do something to us?"
"Never mind whether he is one. What would he gain by doing that? Can you tell me?"
"Well... revenge on us? Does he have a grudge against us?"
"But we don't have a grudge against him. Before the Eternal Ranking opened, not one of us had even met Chen Changan. None of us had ever crossed paths with him, right?"
"That's true too. Ah, what on earth is going on in there? I'm dying to know."
A huge crowd had gathered outside the Miracle Treasure Pavilion. This time, there were even more people than at the first auction.
After all, everyone knew there would be major lots this time. Even if they couldn't get inside, they could still be the first to get the latest news from outside.
But no one had expected things to go quiet so suddenly after starting out just fine.
"Do you remember what the last thing we heard was?"
"The Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pill. They said that, and then it went quiet."
"Could they have blocked the sound?"
They hadn't guessed wrong. However, Chen Changan had only blocked what was being said about