Inside the Qiu Family Auction House, that voice gave no further response and fell silent. Even after waiting a long while, it did not speak again.
"Our auction house will issue a detailed announcement regarding the matter. When the time comes, everyone present may collect it from the auction house's front hall. For now, let us continue the auction."
Elder Qiu raised his smile again. Deep furrows covered his aged face, giving him the look of a forced smile.
"The starting bid for this stone is one Heavenly Gemstone!"
Heavenly Gemstone was also one of the rare materials used for forging artifacts. Though its effects were nowhere near as powerful as Heavenly Dao Stone's, this material could still raise an artifact by one grade. It was especially suitable for cultivators from the Earth Standing Realm to the Heaven Questioning Realm.
"Senior, do you know this stone's origins?" Ye Tian could not help sending a voice transmission to Lotus Lamp Elder. He could not see through this stone, only vaguely sensing that some great secret lay hidden within it.
"This stone's material is not unusual. It seems to have originally been made from very ordinary black rock, then altered into this form through some unknown secret art. Even I cannot see clearly what it contains." Lotus Lamp Elder's words surprised Ye Tian somewhat.
During these days spent with Lotus Lamp Elder, Ye Tian had roughly deduced some of his strength. Even Jia Yangwen, his friend who guarded the city, was in the Heavenly Venerate Realm. Then Lotus Lamp Elder's strength was certainly no weaker than the Heavenly Venerate Realm. Yet even an expert of such cultivation could not see the strange nature of this object, proving that this stone definitely possessed something extraordinary.
"Take it out and let me examine it