The Second Fire

Clear Sky Sect, the Number One Sect Under Heaven.

Though it had sealed its mountain gates for many years, the sect's accumulated wealth was far beyond that of ordinary sects.

The collections left behind by generations of sect masters and elders were enough to leave any Auction House dumbstruck.

More importantly, this was Clear Sky Sect's inherited Spirit Bone. By all reason and sentiment, Clear Sky Sect could never stand by and watch a Spirit Bone won by its own ancestors be publicly bid upon at an auction.

This was not merely a matter of money. It was also a contest of pride.

And if they could not buy it, could they not seize it?

If all else failed, whoever got the Spirit Bone could be robbed blind.

"Go to Moonlight Pavilion." Tang San made his decision. "Find my aunt."

Tang Yuehua, mistress of Moonlight Pavilion and younger sister of Tang Xiao, the current sect master of Clear Sky Sect.

Though her Soul Power was not high, she had operated in Heaven Dou City for many years and possessed extensive connections. More importantly, she was the most direct line of contact between Tang San and Clear Sky Sect.

This information had to be sent back to Clear Sky Sect at once. Only if the sect stepped in would they have a chance of recovering the inherited Spirit Bone at the auction three months later.

Tai Tan nodded and turned to prepare the horses.

Tang San remained standing in the courtyard, his gaze passing over the low rubble wall as he stared in the direction of Heaven Dou City.

Within those city walls, a storm as shocking to the court and the public as the Spirit Bone auction was sweeping through the entire city.

All of it stemmed from the second