Inside Su Jiu's Sea of Consciousness, the Flower Bud was frantically waving its only two leaves. Su Jiu seemed to understand what it wanted.
She tentatively asked it through her divine sense, "Do you want that black stone? Wave one leaf if you do, and two if you don't."
The moment she finished speaking, the Flower Bud's left leaf began waving at top speed, while the other remained utterly still, as though someone had pressed pause.
The female cultivator continued, "The Snow Beast Companion Stone. Bidding starts at one hundred thousand spirit stones, with a minimum increment of one thousand spirit stones."
Silence settled over the audience. The female cultivator's expression remained unchanged. When she brought the stone onto the stage, she had already anticipated the possibility of it going unsold. She did not understand why those above her wanted to auction off a stone, much less set such a high starting price. Had their craving for spirit stones driven them mad?
No matter how powerful the demon beast that lived alongside this stone might have been, the stone was still nothing more than a stone.
Just as the female cultivator's thoughts began to wander, a young girl's cool voice rose from below.
"One hundred thousand spirit stones."
Disbelief flashed through the female cultivator's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure.
Immediately afterward, unflattering remarks such as "more money than brains" and "a hole in her head" began spilling from the mouths of the audience. Several ill-intentioned gazes also fixed on Su Jiu.
Qin Ming's expression darkened. "What are you bidding on that stone for?"
Su Jiu sighed. She could hardly say that the flower she was raising in her Sea of Consciousness wanted it. "It looked unusual, so I wanted to buy it and take a look."
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