"Five hundred and twenty million."
When this lazy voice entered the ears of the beautiful auctioneer, the latter revealed a trace of a smile.
Someone had bid, which meant that the auction wasn't over, and the price could go even higher.
As auctioneers, they naturally hoped that their items would be sold for as high a price as possible. Originally, they thought that five hundred and ten million was already very high, but they hadn't expected someone else to bid.
Back then, the appraiser had given them a price of three hundred million middle grade spirit stones. Now, it had exceeded their estimate by two hundred million.
The smile on Huo Hen's face instantly froze. His eyes were filled with anger. When he turned around and saw that it was Fang Chen, the anger in his heart almost made him explode.
"Fang Chen, why is it you again?" Huo Hen enunciated each word clearly.
"Why can't it be me?" asked Fang Chen back.
"Five hundred and fifty million," said Huo Hen.
"Five hundred and sixty million," said Fang Chen with a relaxed expression.
"Fang Chen, can you give Flaming Mountain some face?" Huo Hen finally couldn't hold back and asked.
"Why should I give Flaming Mountain face? I'm not familiar with Flaming Mountain," said Fang Chen directly.
Fang Chen's words made Huo Hen's face burn as if someone had slapped him.
"Five hundred and ninety million," said Huo Hen.
This was the highest price that Huo Hen could offer. He had no other way to go higher.
"Six hundred million." Fang Chen was determined to get the painting, so he directly bid six hundred million.
Hearing Fang Chen's words, Huo Hen directly gave up. He turned his head and glared fiercely at Fang Chen. "Brat, I'll remember you."
Fang Chen ignored Huo Hen's threat and handed over six hundred million middle grade spirit stones to get the mysterious painting.
Grandmaster Tianhe asked, "Brother Fang, did you see any clues?"
"No." Fang Chen shook his head slightly.
"Then why did you spend six hundred million on it?" asked Grandmaster Tianhe.
"Intuition," Fang Chen said.
Hearing Fang Chen's words, Master Tianhe was dumbfounded. In the end, he shook his head and sighed. Young people are really bold.
After spending 600 million, plus the previous 10 million, Fang Chen's wealth had decreased from 3 billion to 2.39 billion. However, it was still a huge sum of money.
When Fang Chen put the mysterious scroll into his spatial ring, he was shocked.
"How is this possible?" Fang Chen searched the entire interspatial ring, but he couldn't find the broken sword he had placed inside.
"Where did the broken sword go?" Fang Chen thought to himself.
That doesn't make sense. Could it be that someone could take the broken sword from my spatial ring without me noticing?
Fang Chen immediately dismissed this idea. However, he had clearly placed the broken sword in his spatial ring, so why would it mysteriously disappear?
Fang Chen was shocked. The broken sword had disappeared for no reason.
However, when Fang Chen discovered that the golden heart was beginning to fall silent, he suddenly thought of something.
"Could it be that the golden heart devoured the broken sword's energy through the spatial ring?" Fang Chen thought to himself.
The golden heart was beginning to fall silent. Furthermore, it was emitting traces of an invisible aura.
Fang Chen was finally certain that the broken sword had been absorbed by the golden heart. After discovering this, Fang Chen was even more shocked.
The golden heart was actually able to directly absorb the things inside the spatial ring. That was too amazing.
"Just what is the origin of the golden heart?" Fang Chen muttered to himself.
No, to be more precise, he should be wondering about the origin of the golden sword that had torn the sky apart.
If it weren't for that golden sword, Fang Chen wouldn't have randomly transmigrated to the Ancient Sword Continent. He also wouldn't have his current achievements.
After thinking hard for a moment, he still couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
Moreover, at this moment, the last item of the finale had also appeared.
"The final item of this auction is a puppet at the Ninth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm. This puppet was refined by a master of puppetry. I won't go into the details.
The starting price is one hundred million mid-grade spirit stones. The bidding starts now. "The beautiful auctioneer pointed to a human-shaped puppet on the stage and said.
When the martial artists saw the human-shaped puppet, they were all shocked.
The final item of this auction was a puppet at the Ninth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm. It was too shocking.
In the Shengfeng Nation, Qi Hai Realm martial artists stood at the peak of martial artists, while Qi Transformation Realm martial artists were the cream of the crop.
Under normal circumstances, Qi Transformation Realm martial artists were the majority in the cities. If one could own a puppet at the Ninth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm, as long as there were no Qi Hai Realm martial artists, they could do whatever they wanted in the Shengfeng Nation.
"Heavens, it's a puppet at the Ninth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm. How domineering."
"The final item of this auction is amazing. Someone is actually willing to auction a puppet at the Ninth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm."
"We have to get this puppet at all costs."
At this moment, the entire auction house went into a frenzy.
"One hundred and fifty million mid-grade spirit stones."
"Two hundred million mid-grade spirit stones."
In the blink of an eye, the price of the puppet had risen to five hundred million mid-grade spirit stones. This speed of increase shocked the beautiful auctioneer.
"Six hundred million mid-grade spirit stones," Master Tianhe, who was beside Fang Chen, shouted.
"Master Tianhe, are you interested in this puppet?" Fang Chen asked.
"Just for fun." Master Tianhe smiled.
The final item was a battle between the top martial artists. Ordinary martial artists could only watch. They were not qualified to bid.
The disciples of the Top Ten Sect all made their moves. They wanted to get the puppet, but the other factions also wanted it.
"Damn it!"
Huo Hen's eyes were filled with rage when he saw the puppet on the stage. If he hadn't been scammed by Fang Chen previously, he would have had enough spirit stones to bid for the puppet. However, he had no choice but to give up on the auction.
"Fang Chen, I will make sure you die a horrible death," Huo Hen said coldly.
"Seven hundred million," You Xinquan of the Ghost Valley shouted.
"Eight hundred million," Tian Yidao shouted.
In the end, the price soared to one hundred million. This made many factions stop. Even some of the disciples of the Top Ten Sect gradually gave up.
"Nine hundred million," Fang Chen started.
Hearing Fang Chen's bid, Huo Hen was even more furious. But there was nothing he could do.
At this moment, after seeing Fang Chen's performance, House Leader Wang of the Elixir Pavilion was even more convinced that Fang Chen was the alchemist behind the Heavenly Pill Hall. Otherwise, how could he take out so many spirit stones to participate in the auction?
"I must rope him in," House Leader Wang thought to himself.
"One billion." Following Tian Yidao's bid, the price of the puppet finally reached one billion mid-grade spirit stones.
"One billion and one hundred million," You Xinquan shouted.
The disciples of the other Top Ten Sect gave up. The price of the puppet was too high. They could not accept it.
Just as all the disciples were waiting for Fang Chen to bid, Fang Chen called out a price that made all the martialists despair.
"One billion and five hundred million," Fang Chen said.
When Fang Chen called out one billion and five hundred million, the entire auction house fell into a short silence. All the martialists looked at Fang Chen as if they were looking at a monster.
Even You Xinquan and Tian Yidao looked at Fang Chen in surprise.
"My Sky Blade Sect gives up," Tian Yidao said in a deep voice. As he spoke, he glared at Fang Chen.
"My Specter Valley gives up as well," You Xinquan said in a deep voice. His tone was filled with displeasure.
Fang Chen had offended two Top Sects in one go. Countless people were worried. However, Fang Chen did not care. As long as he obtained the puppet, he would not be afraid of anyone in the Qi Transformation Realm, as long as the Qi Sea Realm martialists did not make a move.
In the end, the puppet was sold at a high price of one billion and five hundred million. Fang Chen became the martialist who had earned the most in this auction.
From start to finish, Fang Chen had spent more than two billion mid-grade spirit stones.
However, after obtaining the puppet, Fang Chen felt that it was all worth it. Although he could not earn any spirit stones, he might not be able to obtain the puppet.
"This auction has ended successfully. Thank you everyone for participating," the beautiful auctioneer said with a smile on her face.
After the auction ended, all the martialists began to walk out of the auction house in a single file.
When Huo Hen got up, he glared coldly at Fang Chen before finally leaving unwillingly.
Originally, Huo Hen had intended to make things difficult for Fang Chen after the auction ended. However, Fang Chen had obtained the puppet in the end, so he was no match for Fang Chen.
You Xinquan, Tian Yidao, and the others also looked at Fang Chen thoughtfully before turning to leave.
"Let's go, Brother Fang. You have gained quite a lot this time," Master Tianhe said with a grin.
Fang Chen followed Master Tianhe and left the auction house, returning to the Heavenly Elixir Hall.
At this moment, there were countless martialists secretly watching Fang Chen's every move.
In the Heavenly Elixir Hall, Fang Chen tried to activate the puppet. He realized that the puppet was very strong. Even a Ninth Level Qi Transformation Realm martialist might not be able to defeat the puppet.
"With this puppet, my overall strength has become even stronger," Fang Chen said with a smile.
The next day, House Master Wang of the Elixir Building personally came to the Heavenly Elixir Hall and announced that he wanted to meet Fang Chen.
Master Tianhe naturally knew House Master Wang's intentions, but he did not stop him. Instead, he arranged for Fang Chen to meet House Master Wang.
In an independent courtyard, House Master Wang said with a smile, "Master Fang Chen, my purpose this time is very simple. I am here to poach you."
"Oh," Fang Chen said doubtfully.
"I wonder if Master Fang Chen can come to the Elixir Building to refine pills. Don't worry. The treatment that the Elixir Building gives Master Fang Chen will definitely not be worse than what the Heavenly Elixir Hall offers," House Master Wang said.
Fang Chen was speechless. This was all because of Master Tianhe's invitation. Now, everyone was thinking that he was the youngest alchemy master in the Heavenly Elixir Hall.
"I am not interested in alchemy, so …" Fang Chen said tactfully.
"Master Fang Chen, are you not going to think about it?" House Master Wang asked.
Fang Chen shook his head. He did not know how to refine pills. He had only provided Master Tianhe with a few pill recipes. How could he cooperate with the Elixir Building?
House Master Wang's eyes flashed with killing intent when he heard Fang Chen's words. However, his face was still full of smiles.