Inside the auction house.
Hearing those disdainful jeers, the white-haired auctioneer's smile turned somewhat awkward.
After their research, they had determined that this ancient scrap of cloth was probably a map, as could be seen from the route markings on it. However, apart from that, they had gained little else.
Glancing at the ancient scrap of cloth, the auctioneer pinched it between two fingers and held it up before everyone's eyes. Pointing at the half of a certain pattern along its edge, he smiled. "If I'm not mistaken, this map should be quite old. Although we do not know what it hides, an item from ancient times cannot be ordinary, can it?"
"People always have to take a gamble. If someone obtains the complete map, then if they are lucky, whatever it hides may very well shake the entire continent."
"Tch." Most people scoffed at his words.
Of course, not everyone reacted that way. At the very least, Xiao Yan's eyes had suddenly widened.
Seeing Xiao Yan's expression, Xiao Yi Xian understood why. She also had one copy of that fragmentary map, but she had forgotten to take Hai Bodong's copy. She really had been muddleheaded.
That copy should be in Xiao Yan's hands now, right? After his and Medicine Elder's research, they must have already realized that this involved a Heavenly Flame!
And the pattern on the white-haired old man's fragmentary map was not some design at all, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, ranked third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking!
By now, nearly all the maps had appeared. One was before her, one was with her, one was with Xiao Yan, and the last one was still unaccounted for—but it would appear when the time came to open it.
On the crystal platform, the white-haired auctioneer babbled on