As that voice spread through the hall, Xiao Yan's gaze finally locked firmly onto the purple crystal in the woman's hand.
The crystal was crystal-clear throughout, its deep purple body containing what looked like a strand of purplish-gray flame slowly burning within. Through the crystal, Xiao Yan could clearly sense the aura of an Heavenly Flame.
He truly hadn't expected that the aura of an Heavenly Flame would appear once again in Black Seal City.
Sure enough, just as Xiao Yan finished sensing it, the alluring female auctioneer smiled faintly and spoke.
"Poison Flame Crystal. As long as Dou Qi is infused into it, it can generate a strand of flame imbued with intense poison. Once contaminated by this poisonous flame, one will immediately be afflicted with severe toxins."
"Anyone below the level of a Da Dou Shi will die almost instantly. Even Dou Wang–level experts are unable to purge this poison."
"Of course, while these toxins are extremely troublesome, they are not truly life-threatening to Dou Wang–level experts."
The auctioneer slowly swept her gaze across the crowd and continued with a smile.
"This is an extremely bizarre weapon. The starting price is one hundred thousand gold coins. Each bid increase must be no less than ten thousand gold coins."
After speaking, she lightly struck the auction hammer.
However, the Poison Flame Crystal did not seem particularly attractive to most of the crowd. Many bidders appeared indifferent toward it.
After all, the drawbacks of the Poison Flame Crystal were glaringly obvious.
First, its attack was indiscriminate—friend or foe alike. In other words, even allies could be poisoned if touched by the toxic flame, making it an exceptionally dangerous weapon to use.
Second, its power was not especially strong. Although it was lethal to those below the Da Dou Shi level, its price had already reached a point that many Da Dou Shi found difficult to afford.
As for Dou Ling and Dou Wang–level experts, they simply did not care about such pitiful attack power.
The only people truly interested in this item were mostly alchemists with some spare money.
"Two hundred thousand."
"Two hundred and fifty thousand."
"Three hundred thousand."
The price rose slowly, though not without fluctuations.
"One million!"
A lazy voice rang out from a high-level VIP room, instantly plunging the previously lukewarm auction hall into silence.
As that voice echoed, the audience—who had looked somewhat bored moments earlier—began buzzing with discussion.
"Opening with one million? Is this guy out of his mind?"
"Exactly. Something's definitely wrong with his head. At this rate, this thing would top out at six or seven hundred thousand gold coins at most. What kind of sane person throws away an extra three hundred thousand like that?"
While cursing Xiao Yan for being a sucker, many also couldn't help sighing at how stupidly rich he was.
Inside Xiao Yan's VIP room, many female students were already staring at him with sparkling eyes.
The young man before them was not only terrifyingly powerful, but also terrifyingly wealthy.
This overwhelming financial power made them intensely envious. Some even wondered whether beneath that youthful and handsome appearance was actually an old monster.
But even if he were an old monster, plenty of people would probably still be willing to chase after a so-called "love."
However, when they noticed that even Instructor Ruo Lin failed to attract Xiao Yan's interest, many of them immediately began retreating in their hearts.
On the other hand, the male students looked at Xiao Yan with pure admiration, their eyes filled with longing.
Xiao Yan's current strength, status, and wealth—wasn't that exactly what they aspired to achieve in the future?
"One million one hundred thousand!"
Just as everyone thought the matter was settled, another voice rang out.
The moment it sounded, the entire auction hall erupted into loud discussion.
"Damn it, there's another idiot."
Many audience members wore expressions of confusion mixed with furious muttering.
The anger wasn't real outrage—it was pure jealousy. A broken crystal like this selling for such an outrageous price was enough to make anyone bitter.
Inside the VIP room, Xiao Yan's gaze paused briefly before he casually said, "Two million."
In an instant, that calm voice crushed the entire auction hall into dead silence. Everyone stared blankly at the purple crystal on the auction platform, faces full of disbelief.
This guy's way of raising bids was absurdly brutal. One million gold coins coming out of his mouth sounded as insignificant as tossing away a lump of dirt.
Was this what it meant to truly treat money like manure?
"Two million one hundred thousand!"
This voice clearly carried suppressed excitement.
Another bidder spoke from afar, and in that moment, the entire auction hall exploded with excitement.
What kind of monstrous tycoon was this? Could that broken crystal actually be hiding some shocking secret?
If the price hadn't already been driven so high, even the major factions would have been tempted to buy it just to investigate.
Facing this new bid, Xiao Yan frowned slightly.
It wasn't about the money—after all, there was little difference to him between one million and ten million gold coins.
He simply didn't like being taken advantage of.
Thus, Xiao Yan's soul power silently swept across the entire auction hall. Every aura present was instantly laid bare before him.
And yet, not a single person detected his probing.
Very quickly, Xiao Yan's gaze locked onto an alchemist hidden within a private room.
This man wore a luxurious alchemist robe embroidered with the emblem of a fifth-grade alchemist. In his hand, he was gripping a crystal identical to the Poison Flame Crystal on the auction stage.
"Three million."
Xiao Yan's voice remained calm, but the auction hall had already descended into total chaos.
Ignoring the uproar, his soul force continued to envelop that alchemist.
What surprised Xiao Yan slightly was that this man didn't look like someone from the Northwestern Continent—he looked more like someone from the Southwestern Continent.
At Xiao Yan's words, a momentary hesitation appeared on the alchemist's face, but he soon gritted his teeth and followed.
"Three million one hundred thousand!"
His face was slightly flushed, his breathing quickened—clearly extremely excited.
Three million gold coins was no small sum, even for a fifth-grade alchemist.
With that amount of money, one could easily purchase an ordinary sixth-grade pill.
Seeing his reaction, Xiao Yan immediately understood everything.
So this Poison Flame Crystal was brought by this guy himself.
This bastard was deliberately driving up the price to profit from it.
A playful cold smile curled at Xiao Yan's lips.
"Four million."
He spoke casually once again, but the alchemist's face lit up with fanatic excitement as he shouted, "Four million one hundred thousand!"
"Heh… I wonder whether five million gold coins can trap a fifth-grade alchemist."
Xiao Yan sneered inwardly, then calmly spat out a heart-stopping number.
"Five million."
At that moment, the entire auction hall went completely insane.
Five million gold coins—even Dou Huang–level experts would struggle to take out such a sum.
Upon hearing this price, even the alchemist hesitated for a brief moment.
But driven beyond reason by greed and stimulation, he finally clenched his teeth and forced out another bid.
"Five million one hundred thousand!"
As soon as that voice fell, Xiao Yan's light chuckle echoed throughout the auction hall.
"You win. I don't want it anymore."
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