He was not an artifact refiner. He had only bid on this item so Stone Man could refine it. The Golden Flame Divine Crystal was a fifth-grade artifact-refining material and was surely worth a great deal.
"Fifth-grade artifact-refining material, Golden Flame Divine Crystal. Starting bid: five hundred thousand spirit stones. Each increase must be no less than one hundred thousand."
The man in golden robes spoke in a deep voice. If he had not been short on spirit stones, he would not have been willing to auction this item.
With this piece of Golden Flame Divine Crystal, if one could gather a batch of fifth-grade fire-attributed materials, one could even forge a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure—provided the artifact refiner's skill was high enough.
"I bid five hundred thousand!"
"I bid seven hundred thousand!"
"One million!"
The price continued to climb, quickly surpassing one million five hundred thousand.
"I bid two million."
A heavy male voice came from a VIP room.
Han Changming recognized it as Ma Yan's voice.
The sky-high price of two million far exceeded the value of this Golden Flame Divine Crystal. No other cultivators spoke up. Those who knew Ma Yan knew they could not compete with him, while those who did not assumed he was a shill planted by the auction house.
Ma Yan successfully won the Golden Flame Divine Crystal. The man in golden robes successfully gathered enough spirit stones and obtained the Ice Soul Pearl.
Fang Yufei flicked her sleeve, and a streak of golden light flew out. It was a golden pill furnace with three legs and two ears, its surface covered in more than a dozen clearly visible cracks.
"High-grade pill furnace, Golden Flame Furnace. This treasure was originally a low-grade Spirit Treasure, but it suffered severe damage and can now only