The stunned crowd

"Miss Xiang! May I ask if you mean a second-tier low-grade magical treasure?"

Amid the chorus of astonishment.

Lineage Head Miao questioned Xiang Yin with an utterly serious expression.

Her smile remained natural. "Lineage Head Miao, I wouldn't dare make things up. Our auction house master himself provided this for us to auction!"

The auction house master!

Upon hearing Xiang Yin's words, everyone immediately looked toward Gu Fan, the striking-looking man seated at the very front.

At that moment.

For some unknown reason.

As everyone gazed at that slender figure from behind, they felt he towered above them, with an added air of mystery compared to before!

"As expected of an important figure from the royal capital!"

Some who knew Gu Fan's identity could not help thinking this.

Just imagine.

This was a second-tier offensive magical treasure!

In all of Guangyang City, only the three great lineages were publicly known to possess one!

In other words, on the surface, there were only three second-tier low-grade magical treasures in all of Guangyang City!

They were so rare and precious.

One could well imagine how profoundly shocked everyone present was to see a second-tier magical treasure being auctioned at the Profound Heaven Auction House!

And just then.

Onstage, Xiang Yin had the maid lift the wooden box's lid, revealing its contents for everyone to see.

There it was.

Inside the rectangular wooden box.

A long saber lay quietly, a faint fiery glow shimmering along it!

Its smooth contours and the faint power of will it exuded made it clear that this was indeed a genuine second-tier low-grade magical treasure!

Moreover, it was a magical treasure of outstanding quality!

At this sight.

Everyone present began breathing rapidly!

"Bid for it! We must win it! Even if we exhaust our entire fortune, we have to get this Scarlet Flame Saber!"

"A second-tier magical treasure! With it, after a few more years of hard work, our lineage might become Guangyang City's fourth great lineage!"

"What a lethal weapon! With it in hand, I'll definitely be able to kill that wounded second-tier demonic beast! If I consume that beast's inner core, even entering the Spirit Sea Realm... might not be impossible!"

"As expected of the Profound Heaven Auction House..."

"..."

Everyone's eyes went red!

Some even stared impatiently at Xiang Yin, seemingly urging her to hurry up and announce the start of bidding.

Judging by their burning gazes alone.

Perhaps, if this had not been the Profound Heaven Auction House, some would have let wickedness embolden them and openly snatched it!

Amid this anxious atmosphere.

Xiang Yin's red lips parted slightly, and she spoke slowly with a smile. "The second-tier low-grade magical treasure, the Scarlet Flame Saber. The starting bid is ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, with each increase no less than one thousand low-grade spirit stones..."

"Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones!"

The head of the Miao Lineage spoke with resounding firmness.

His face was solemn, and he had steeled his heart to secure this Scarlet Flame Saber!

Because.

As long as the Miao Lineage acquired it, they could essentially call themselves Guangyang City's foremost lineage!

The intangible benefits involved were simply immeasurable!

And as his bold bid rang out.

Many people in the hall immediately looked dejected.

Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones was a sum they could only gaze at from afar, utterly beyond their reach!

"Eleven thousand!"

The second bidder was the head of the Huang Lineage.

At that moment, his face was full of anguish.

He had just agreed with the elder accompanying him that they would sell off their assets if necessary to win this treasure!

Just imagine.

With the Four Symbols Pill, if he broke through to the Spirit Sea Realm and wielded two second-tier magical treasures... perhaps even the city lord would be no match for their Huang Lineage!

"Twelve thousand low-grade spirit stones!" The head of the Liu Lineage joined in as well.

"Thirteen thousand!" the unruly commander of the Mad Wolf Mercenary Group said coldly.

"Fourteen thousand!"

"..."

"Twenty thousand... low-grade spirit stones!!!"

Gasp!!!

That bid made everyone in the hall draw in a sharp breath!

Twenty thousand... they simply could not imagine it!

The bidder was none other than the head of the Miao Lineage.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked just like a gambler blinded by desperation, swearing not to stop until he achieved his goal!

That many spirit stones.

He would have to sell at least a tenth of his assets to scrape them together!

"Twenty-one thousand!"

The only one still keeping up was the head of the Liu Lineage.

As for the head of the Huang Lineage, he had already slumped back into his seat in resignation and reluctance.

Having won the Four Symbols Pill, Lineage Head Huang was already short of funds. Scraping together another twenty or even thirty thousand would truly damage the Huang Lineage's sinews and bones; one wrong move, and they could lose the entire game!

"Twenty-two thousand!" Lineage Head Miao stared at the head of the Liu Lineage with a flicker of fire in his eyes. The bidding had already roused his temper!

"Twenty-three thousand!"

"Twenty... four thousand!!!"

Lineage Head Miao spoke through gritted teeth.

This was almost his limit!

But just then.

A calm, unhurried voice suddenly rang out.

"Gentlemen! This Scarlet Flame Saber has truly left me itching unbearably..."

The city lord of Guangyang City spoke up. "I bid thirty thousand spirit stones!"

Whoosh!

As his words fell, the atmosphere, already heated to a boil, instantly exploded!

Inside the hall, everyone was so excited they could scarcely contain themselves, and they began speaking one after another.

"The city lord has made his move too! Thirty thousand spirit stones! In all my years in Guangyang City, I've never heard of such an enormous transaction!"

"This is a second-tier magical treasure! There hasn't been one auctioned in at least a hundred years. The Profound Heaven Auction House truly deserves to be Guangyang City's foremost auction house!"

"You're wrong. The most mysterious one is that auction house master! Don't forget, he provided both the Four Symbols Pill and the second-tier magical treasure for auction!"

"That's true! I heard he's an important figure from the royal capital..."

"..."

Discussion rose and fell throughout the hall.

All of it marveled at this grand spectacle.

However.

The faces of the other two auction house masters among them had turned as black as the bottoms of pots.

Earlier, they had laughed at the Profound Heaven Auction House as a silver spear with a wax tip. Who would have thought it would turn around and auction a second-tier magical treasure, leaving them far behind!

However.

No matter how unwilling they were to accept it, there was nothing they could do.

A second-tier magical treasure was something they simply could not produce, however much they wished to!

"The auction house master truly is wise and mighty..."

At the very back of the hall.

Zhu Huai gazed at the slender figure ahead with a face full of awe.

There was no helping it.

From beginning to end, Gu Fan had merely uttered a few words, each as precious as gold, then tossed out two treasures, and Guangyang City's leading figures had nearly come to blows over them!

This outcome, with them led around like dogs.

Undoubtedly made Gu Fan seem incomparably imposing and towering!

What was more.

Even now, he remained utterly unruffled, his eyes lightly closed, his emotions completely unaffected by the surrounding clamor.

It was as though... everything lay within his palm, without the slightest surprise!

Yet he.

Had actually entertained thoughts of blaming Gu Fan earlier.

That had simply been stupidity in the extreme!

At this thought, Zhu Huai could not help giving himself a light slap.