Everyone looked over and saw Doudou holding an ancient scroll made from some special beast hide. Its edges were already somewhat tattered, and it gave off the weathered air of passing years.
Treasure.
Legacy.
To any soul master, those two words held a deadly attraction.
"What does that mean, a lost treasure?"
"And what is a legacy site?"
It was not only the seats in the hall. Even from quite a few private rooms came irrepressible cries of surprise and discussion.
Doudou smiled faintly, seemingly very satisfied with everyone's reaction.
She cleared her throat and continued explaining.
"According to the ancient records of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, ten thousand years ago, the Douluo Continent once entered a golden age far beyond the present."
"In that era, soul masters and sects bloomed in abundance, and geniuses emerged one after another."
"Even the legendary gods were said to have descended more than once, bestowing divine miracles and legacies!"
"Many of the Soul Tools we use now, and even some powerful soul tool arrays, can be traced back to that glorious era."
Everyone in the hall listened with yearning, as if they could see the magnificent panorama of ten thousand years ago.
However, Doudou's tone shifted, carrying a trace of regret.
"But for reasons unknown, the river of history was forcibly cut off ten thousand years ago, and that once-glorious civilization came to an abrupt end."
"Many powerful sects and mighty experts who had once dominated their regions vanished as if they had evaporated from the world."
"Along with them, the methods for crafting those miraculous Soul Tools, as well as many powerful legacies, were lost!"
Inside the auction hall, the atmosphere grew somewhat heavy. People imagined that dust-sealed period of history, their hearts filled with confusion.
Doudou continued.
"However, it