As the beautiful girl walked on the display platform with a tray in her hands, Austin's eyes focused on the item right away.
There was a piece of worn cloth on the tray.
Everything finally added up!
Apparently, the worn cloth for sale and his worn cloth belonged to the sone that had long ago been torn into two pieces!
If they were pieced together, a complete map would be seen!
It was the complete clue of the Dark Bone Gloomy Fire.
Austin was so excited. He told himself that he had made the right decision to cto this auction in the Graystone City.
As long as he could win the worn cloth on the auction, he would discover the location of the Dark Bone Gloomy Fire at once.
"Alright, now | will directly start the auction of the clue of the Dark Bone Gloomy Fire.
The starting bid is thirty million pieces of the superior vital energy crystal,"
the elder in grey on the display platform spoke again.
"Thirty million and five hundred."
As soon the elder in grey just finished his sentence, someone bid for it immediately.
"Thirty million and seven hundred!"
Another one offered at once.
After all, everyone here all knew that every Unearthly Fire in this world was a precious treasure.
The price rose rapidly.
Less than a minute had elapsed before someone was already bidding fifty million pieces.
Though Austin did not take action now, he listened to the sharply rising price with a forced smile.
It appeared that he had to spend a lot for the worn cloth.
Finally, when the price reached eighty million pieces of the superior vital energy crystal, there were fewer participants still fighting
for it.
Although the Unearthly Fire was so precious, a mere clue to its whereabouts at this price seemed too expensive;
especially when no one was sure that whether the one who got the worn cloth could really find the Dark Bone Gloomy Fire or not.
And eighty million pieces of the superior vital energy crystal could buy several holy weapons at the advanced grade!
At last, there were fewer and fewer people still bidding.
Austin observed that now, most of the people who were still in the competition were from the major forces and sects.
"Ninety million pieces!
We, the Heaven Palace, are very interested in the clue of the Dark Bone Gloomy Fire, so please don't bid for it anymore,"
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a cold, emotionless voice rose up.
"The people from the Heaven Palace also cto the auction."
"Well, since the people of the Heaven Palace are here, we won't get involved in it, or we may get nothing in the end."
"Right, forget about the clue."
People began to murmur with each other around the hall.
"Oh?
Heaven Palace, what is this force?"
Austin pondered to himself. He never heard about it before.
"Master, the Heaven Palace is the most mysterious and the most powerful organization in the Triangle Zone.
Though there are a lot of sects in the Zone, only two of them have the strongest power, the Heaven Palace and the Black Wind
Gang.
They are about as strong as big sects of the three holy empires in the South Continent of the PrMartial World.
Especially in here, the Triangle Zone, no one dares to offend the people of the two sects,"
the Sect Supremo explained at once.
"Is that so?
It is a powerful sect just like the big sects of the three holy empires,"
Austin said to himself in a low voice.
"One hundred million pieces of the superior vital energy crystal!
I'm sorry, friends of the Heaven Palace, we Magic Hand Sect are also very interested in the clue of the Dark Bone Gloomy Fire,"
suddenly, another cold voice chimed in.
"One hundred million pieces of the superior vital energy crystal!"
Everyone was shocked by the unbelievable price.
A mere cloth that was only a clue of the Unearthly Fire was fetching an extraordinary price!
It shocked everyone here.
Austin was also dumbfounded.
"Humph, it's you people from the Magic Hand Sect.
Do you really want to fight against us for the clue?"
the representative of the Heaven Palace said coldly.
"Yes, we are sorry, but you know how important the Unearthly Fire is for pill refiners like us.
Well, if you can withdraw from the bid for the clue of the Unearthly Fire, our leader of Magic Hand Sect will refine elixirs for the
Heaven Palace twice for free,"
the man of the Magic Hand Sect offered calmly.
"Ah!
The leader of Magic Hand Sect will refine elixirs for them twice for free!"
Immediately, the auction square burst out with chaotic exclamations.
"The leader of the Magic Hand Sect is said to be the best pill refiner in the South Continent of the PrMartial World.
That is really a tempting condition that we will get two elixirs refined by them.
Alright, we pull out of the bidding of the clue of the Unearthly Fire."
After a moment of silence, the man from the Heaven Palace finally agreed with the man of the Magic Hand Sect.
Now that the Heaven Palace pulled out of the bidding, naturally no one would bid for the clue again.
"Anyone else?"
asked the elder in grey on the display platform loudly.
There was only silence.
It was just a clue of the Unearthly Fire. One hundred million pieces of the superior vital energy crystal were a little over its real
value.
"Since there is no one bidding for it, then..."
The elder in grey on the display platform was about to award the item.
"One hundred and thirty million."
A voice suddenly rose up.
"Eh?"
Everyone in the auction hall was confused. They did not expect someone to enter the fray at this last minute.
They looked to where the voice cfrom and it was a VIP room.
It was Austin, of course.
"Humph, one hundred and fifty million!"
the man cfrom the Magic Hand Sect said in a disgruntled voice.
"One hundred and sixty million."
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Austin said as he gritted his teeth.
He felt rather helpless.
Because the one hundred and sixty pieces of the superior vital energy crystal were the estimated amount of value for the total of
all his possessions: the vital energy crystals, elixirs, pills and all kinds of magic treasures. Only the four archaic weapons were
exempt.
With all the treasures of Sect Supremo and the other five servants, then the amount of the value they owned narrowly reached one
hundred and sixty million pieces of the superior vital energy crystal.
This was all the seven of them had.
If the man of the Magic Hand Sect shouted out a higher price, then Austin could only give up.
"Two hundred million!"
The voice from the Magic Hand Sect seemed to be extremely angry.
Apparently, this price was too high even for him.
"What the hell!"
people exclaimed in utter disbelief. This was preposterous!
It was merely a clue. How could it fetch a price of two hundred million pieces of the superior vital energy crystal?
Everyone was shocked and excited.
"Well."
Austin felt hopeless and he slumped in the soft chair with disappointment.
Finally, the worn cloth that held a clue to the Dark Bone Gloomy Fire was won by the Magic Hand Sect.
"Master, if that worn cloth is so important to you, we can follow the man of the Magic Hand Sect after the auction, and on the way
we can..."
The leader of the Wolf Gang suddenly stopped talking as he made a chopping gesture.
He clearly meant to take it by force.
"Master, don't forget, it's normal to snatch things in the Triangle Zone,"
he said.
Austin considered for a few seconds before his eyes becsharp.
"Alright, we will do it after the auction! We'll snatch the clue!"
Hearing his words, all of his companions grew incredibly excited.
‘Looks like my servants have done a lot of this kind of operations before, '
Austin thought to himself and couldn't help chuckling.