Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 173 Remnant Picture

Inside the private room, Fan Ling suddenly stood up, about to speak again, when the old servant of the Blood Sect, sweating profusely, stopped him.

"Young Sect Master, we have come here on your orders. As for this flying combat technique, if you like it, simply remember who ultimately buys it. Once it leaves this auction house, it will still be ours!"

After much persuasion from the old servant, Fan Ling finally understood, let out a strange, chuckling laugh, and then silently sat back down in his chair.

Inside the auction house, the crowd, who had been waiting for the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Blood Sect to fight it out, all sighed almost imperceptibly after Fan Ling hadn't spoken again. After all, if either side spent too many gold coins now, they would lose a competitor for the spiritual item that would appear later!

"Thump! 1.6 millionth time!"

Seeing that no one else spoke, the smiling old man on the stage spoke up expressionlessly: "If it's auctioned off for only 1.6 million, there will still be a profit, but not much!"

"1.6 million for the second time! Is there really no one who wants to acquire this flying combat skill? Owning it would allow one to experience the feeling of flying ahead of time, and perhaps even break through to the Dou Wang realm. It only requires a small amount of gold coins!"

Seeing that the arena remained completely silent, the old Battle King was extremely unwilling and planned to ring the bell for the third time. After all, he had waited long enough and couldn't afford to make a fool of himself.

"Sigh, what a pity, we'll have to earn a little less!"

A slight pang of regret shot through my heart, but just as the old man was about to strike the bell for the third time, a hoarse voice rang out.

"Wait a minute, I'll offer 1.7 million gold coins!"

"Haha, this customer has bid 1.7 million gold coins! Is there anyone willing to bid higher?"

"Another 100,000 gold coins have come in. Even if no one bids higher, I've still made more money. According to the profit sharing, I can get several thousand more from this extra 100,000 gold coins!" Hearing the hoarse voice coming from the VIP room, the old man was overjoyed.

Upon seeing a powerful stranger fighting against someone from the Heavenly Serpent Palace, many powerful figures from the Black Corner Region released their soul power, attempting to sense the true identity inside the private room.

"Hmph! Are you all provoking me?"

Upon seeing these probing soul forces, Yao Chen immediately waved his hand and shattered them violently. Xiao Yan then let out a hoarse, angry roar.

"Hehehe, since this lord urgently needs this flying combat technique, my Heavenly Serpent Palace will gladly grant it to him!"

Having realized that they were not to be trifled with, the leader of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion no longer hesitated and decided not to bid.

"Elder Qing, what's going on?"

Inside the private room where the Heavenly Serpent Mansion was located, the members accompanying the Heavenly Serpent Mansion couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Although this old man's aura is only that of a Dou Wang, there's no need to go through all that trouble now. We might as well save our gold coins and wait for that item to appear! Besides, this was originally just meant to fool the young sect master of the Blood Sect. Since he didn't fall for it, there's no need to spend money on such a useless thing."

"Yes, Elder, you are truly worthy of your name!"

"One million seven hundred thousand for the second time!"

"One million seven hundred thousand, third time! Thump!"

On the stage, seeing that no one else was bidding, the old Battle King finally rang the bell for the third time, deciding the ownership of the flying combat skill. As the staff took the flying combat skill to hand it over to the auctioneer, another auctioneer slowly walked onto the stage, her swaying figure making the blood boil among the many burly men from the Black Corner Region.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the items to be auctioned next are rather strange!"

The old man who presided over the auction first said something mysteriously, and then, at his signal, the auctioneer slowly lifted the red cloth covering the map, revealing an ancient and tattered map to everyone.

"Tch, old man, this map is so old, I don't even know if you can still read the route, and you're still putting it up for auction? Your auction house is really greedy!"

"Yes, yes, and this old thing looks like it's incomplete, only about half of what it used to be, or even less!"

"Take it away!"

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Faced with the disdain of the crowd, the old Battle King's expression also turned sour. They had studied the map for a long time but still hadn't found anything. Following the style of hoping some sucker might take advantage, despite it having failed to sell several times, it was still included in this auction.

"Ahem, a mysterious ancient map, starting bid 100,000 gold coins, each bid must be at least 1,000 gold coins higher. Perhaps it holds the treasures of the ancients, waiting for you to discover them. Don't you all want to give it a try?"

Despite having little hope, the old Battle King was indeed dutiful, still giving a small amount of publicity. However, to his embarrassment, half a day passed and still no one spoke, looking at him as if he were a fool.

"Teacher, has something come to mind?"

Inside the private room where Xiao Yan was, he was originally just watching the show. After all, only a fool would buy such a tattered and incomplete ancient map. Who would have thought that his master would fall into deep thought after seeing the map, as if it really did have some kind of history?

"One hundred thousand gold coins!"

Just as Yao Chen was deep in thought, and many figures in the arena were watching the spectacle with amusement, a young voice broke the silence.

"Ten thousand gold coins, first time, second time, third time!"

"Thump!"

"Haha, congratulations to this guest for acquiring this mysterious ancient picture. I hope you will be able to obtain mysterious treasures and reach the pinnacle of success in the future."

Upon seeing that a fool had actually bid on the ancient map, the old man, Dou Wang, swiftly completed all the procedures and finally rang the bell to confirm the ownership of the ancient map.

This scene drew a chorus of boos from many onlookers, but the old Fighting King laughed heartily. He had bought this mysterious ancient map for 50,000 gold coins, thinking he would make a fortune. Who would have thought it would fail to sell so many times? Fortunately, this time a sucker had decided to take the plunge. Thinking of this, the old Fighting King's laughter grew even louder.

Inside the private room, after Lin Feng handed his gold card to the auction house staff to swipe, he held the incomplete map in his hand and smiled inexplicably.

"Heh, everyone thinks they've come out on top, and coincidentally, I think I've come out on top too, and I definitely've come out on top more than you!"

"not good!"

Just then, Yao Chen, who had been deep in thought in Xiao Yan's private room, finally remembered what the incomplete map was!

"Little Yanzi, you've suffered a huge loss! The other piece of that map once appeared in Zhongzhou, causing a bloodbath, but who would have thought it would be auctioned off for such a low price of 100,000 gold coins in the Black Corner Region!"

(End of this chapter)