"What? The cultivation legacy, the Divine Emperor Sacred Art, left behind by the Mysterious Cloud Sea Expert, is inside this Dragon Egg? No wonder, no wonder that all these years there had only ever been rumors of this art, yet it had never appeared in the world."
"But this... that should not be possible! The legendary Mysterious Cloud Sea Expert was a figure from ten thousand years ago, and his last appearance was also ten thousand years ago. Could it be that this Dragon Egg, containing the Divine Emperor Sacred Art, had not hatched for ten thousand years?"
"A Dragon Egg indeed could not possibly remain unhatched for ten thousand years, but it could remain unhatched for hundreds or thousands of years. Perhaps during the egg's incubation, it encountered some opportunity and accidentally merged with the cultivation legacy left behind by the Mysterious Cloud Sea Expert."
"That makes sense! Had it not suffered some unforeseen change, this Dragon Egg could not possibly have ended up at this auction to be bid on by everyone present."
"If it truly contains the legendary Divine Emperor Sacred Art, then wouldn't this Dragon Egg be worth even more than originally expected?"
"Even if it truly contains the Divine Emperor Sacred Art, it is still a supreme cultivation art that only a Spirit Severing stage existence can cultivate. Even if we bought it back, I fear it would be useless in the short term!"
"We may not be able to use it ourselves, but would the Spirit Severing stage seniors within our sects not be able to?"
All kinds of voices rose and fell as everyone offered their own speculation.
As they conversed, the crowd briefly fell silent again when the final voice rang out.
The Dragon Egg itself was already immensely valuable. As