"What's this!"

"Even at the ninth level of the Qi Condensing Realm, it leaves no trace. What kind of material is this?"

"Could it really be an Innate Spiritual Treasure?"

People were skeptical.

Seeing the effect of his promotion, Li Wei continued, "There's something else I need to tell everyone. President Qin Hai from our Qianlong Bank's main branch in the Capital has also seen this stick. He used all his strength to make a mark on it."@@novelbin@@

Li Wei pointed to a white mark on the stick and said, "This one-inch-long white mark was left by President Qin."

"Oh my god!" People were shocked.

Gu Sha and Liao Qingfeng's eyes were fixed on the stick, as if trying to see through it.

Qianlong Bank's main branch in the Capital is the largest bank in Tianfeng Kingdom, and President Qin Hai is a genuine Innate Expert.

Even with all his strength, he could only leave a faint white mark.

The toughness of this stick is already comparable to an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Seeing the audience's reaction, Li Wei smiled with satisfaction, "The auction starts now. As requested by the seller, the starting price for this nameless stick is one million middle-grade spirit stones!"

As soon as he said this, the crowd, which was eager to try, immediately quieted down.

A starting price of one million middle-grade spirit stones was enough to deter most people present. Only a few had the means to compete.

Moreover, no one knew what this item was for; it seemed to have no other function besides being sturdy.

Seeing this, Li Wei awkwardly cupped his fists, "Ladies and gentlemen, the seller mentioned that if you don't have enough spirit stones, you can also use items of equivalent value as a substitute."

The auction hall remained silent.

Xiao Long stared intently at the black stick for a long time, unable to see anything special. If he used his soul power to probe it, he might discover something, but the auction stage was set up with an array to block spiritual sense, and probing rashly would result in backlash.

In Xiao Long's memory, there were many materials that Innate Experts couldn't destroy, but many were useless and could only be used to build palaces. If he spent a million middle-grade spirit stones on such a worthless material, it would be a huge loss.

While Xiao Long was deep in thought, he suddenly noticed something unusual about Huang Mao beside him.

Huang Mao's eyes were locked onto the stick, unblinking, frozen in place.

"Huang Mao?" Xiao Long called out, but there was no response.

At this moment, Huang Mao's breathing became heavy. His eyes turned blood-red, his chest heaving, and the veins on his body bulged as if his blood was boiling.

"Huang Mao!" Xiao Long shouted, his voice like thunder in Huang Mao's mind, jolting him awake, cold sweat soaking his hair.

"What's going on?" Xiao Long stared at him.

Huang Mao took a few deep breaths and said, "Boss, we must buy that stick!"

"There's a voice inside me telling me I must get it! Absolutely must!"

Time slowly passed, and after several incense sticks' worth of time, no one was interested in the stick, and many were getting impatient.

Li Wei sighed helplessly, considering whether to move on to the next item. After all, he wouldn't spend a million on a stick of unknown origin and purpose.

"One million, I'll take it."

Just as Li Wei was about to switch to the next item, a voice suddenly emerged.

The bidder was Gu Sha.

Xiao Long was puzzled. Why was Gu Sha interested in this stick? Did he discover something unusual?

Li Wei was delighted, "Young Master Gu bids one million middle-grade spirit stones. Is there a higher bid? If not, the stick will belong to Young Master Gu."

"One million two hundred thousand!" Another voice rang out, it was Liao Qingfeng.

Liao Qingfeng was purely curious why Gu Sha would buy it. He was worried Gu Sha had discovered some secret.

"Liao Qingfeng, are you going against me?" Gu Sha suddenly stood up, his face twisted.

"So what if I am? If you have the guts, raise the bid!" Liao Qingfeng sneered, confirming that the stick had a big secret.

Xue Wuqing frowned. He knew Gu Sha's character—calm and composed, not one to jump at the slightest provocation.

Unless Gu Sha was doing it on purpose, trying to lure Liao Qingfeng into a trap.

"Hmph! One million five hundred thousand!" Gu Sha said.

"One million eight hundred thousand!" Liao Qingfeng continued to raise the bid.

"Young Master!" Xue Wuqing said, "We don't have enough spirit stones left."

"Don't worry, I'm just raising the bid to make him bleed more." Liao Qingfeng was completely unconcerned.

Liao Qingfeng waited for Gu Sha to raise the bid, but to his surprise, Gu Sha remained seated.

"Gu Sha! What do you mean?" Liao Qingfeng asked.

Gu Sha glanced at him and sneered, "Idiot!"

"What did you say!" Liao Qingfeng seemed to realize he had been tricked.

"Heh, since you want that stick so badly, it's yours." Gu Sha chuckled a few times and closed his eyes to rest.

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Liao Qingfeng's face turned black. Gu Sha had set him up!

"Congratulations, Young Master Liao, this nameless stick is yours!" Li Wei handed the stick over with a smile.

Liao Qingfeng stood there, completely stunned.

Xue Wuqing just wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

...They didn't even have one million eight hundred thousand middle-grade spirit stones!

After buying two pills earlier, their remaining assets totaled only one million middle-grade spirit stones.

Liao Qingfeng stood there, feeling utterly embarrassed. Was he supposed to pawn the items he had bought?

Everyone quietly watched Liao Qingfeng, and seeing his awkward expression, they began to snicker.

Liao Qingfeng had really embarrassed himself this time.

Spending one million eight hundred thousand on a broken stick and not being able to pay for it, he would either have to pawn something or borrow from someone. Either way, his reputation was ruined.

"Two million!"

Just as Liao Qingfeng was at a loss, a deep voice rang out again.

Xiao Long had made his move.

Everyone's attention turned to the purple-gold private room where Xiao Long was, as if the people in this room hadn't made a move until now.

"That was close!" Xue Wuqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Liao Qingfeng slumped in his chair, grateful someone had raised the bid, otherwise, he would have been in real trouble.

"Hmm?"

Liao Qingfeng squinted his eyes. That voice sounded familiar, like he had heard it somewhere before.

"This gentleman bids two million. Is there a higher bid?" Li Wei looked around, and seeing no one speaking, he walked to the front of the private room and presented the stick.

"Congratulations, sir, this nameless stick is yours."

Huang Mao trembled as he took the stick, and the moment he held it, it felt like his blood was boiling.

Xiao Long immediately activated the shielding array. People only saw a hand reaching out to take the stick, without noticing anything unusual.

"I have a balance of three million eight hundred thousand middle-grade spirit stones at the bank. Deduct it from there."

"Yes!" Li Wei cupped his fists and left.

At this moment, when Liao Qingfeng heard the voice again, he jumped up like a startled wildcat.

"It was that bastard from yesterday!"