Shi Meng looked at Tongtian with a strange expression.
"Brother, I thought I was bold enough."
"I never imagined you were even bolder."
"No matter how good Elder Hong Tao's temper is, I'm afraid he won't be able to resist beating you to a pulp!"
Hearing this, Tongtian looked awkwardly toward Elder Hong Tao in the distance.
Yet he had never expected that Hong Tao was looking at him too. There was no anger in Hong Tao's eyes, however, only a measure of surprise.
As an elder of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion, Hong Tao excelled at far more than just the Formation Dao.
The moment he saw this Small Cauldron, he had suspected that it might be a divine artifact recorded in the sect's ancient texts on mechanisms!
Even though its treasured radiance was now concealed and all its divine abilities had been lost, it might still hold an immensely powerful Dao Palace Realm divine ability!
That divine ability was said to encompass every insight the Small Cauldron's owner had gained in reaching the Dao Palace Realm. It was a priceless treasure!
Even if there was only a one-in-ten-million chance that the cauldron truly contained a divine ability, that was enough to drive people mad!
Hong Tao had originally thought someone would recognize its value.
Yet he had never expected that no one would refute the old Sword God's remarks.
Seeing that the item was about to go unsold and be moved to the auction three months later, Hong Tao finally broke through his inner indecision and hastily bid one hundred.
It seemed absurd, but in truth, Hong Tao was panicking like mad!
Yet just as the Small Cauldron was about to fall into his hands, Tongtian actually bid one hundred and ten!
Hong Tao's shock was beyond description. He