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Chapter 351 Auctioning the Sacred Artifact
The auction began as the two were talking. Lin Zhao looked at the middle-aged man on the auction stage and asked Hong Feng, "How much do you know about this Master Yang Tuo?"

Hongfeng said, "Before this master came, our Hong family was considered one of the top four families in Yehuang City. But since this master came to the Hong family, our status has declined day by day."

Hongfeng paused, glanced at Lin Zhao, and then said, "Actually, when this master first came, the Hong family's relationship with him wasn't too bad, until the Hong family rejected one of his requests."

Lin Zhao asked, "What are your requirements?"

"He wants to take one of our Hong family's collateral relatives' daughters as a concubine."

Lin Zhao found it somewhat amusing upon hearing this.

In the cultivation world, there is almost no distinction between wives and concubines. As long as both parties are willing, a strong person can have many Daoist partners. However, in the cultivation world, if a so-called concubine cannot establish a Daoist partner contract with her husband, she is just a thing that can be bought, sold, and killed.

Yang Tuo's request for a concubine from the Hong family clearly indicated that he had no intention of establishing a Daoist partnership with them; rather, he intended to snatch her back and use her as a plaything.

Lin Zhao asked, "Is Huang Xiao from the Chen family?"

Hongfeng shook her head: "I'm not quite sure about that."

Lin Zhao didn't ask any further questions. She already had most of the items in this auction, so there was no need to buy them. The items she wanted to buy seemed overpriced, so she simply sat down in the chair and calculated when her defensive artifacts would be auctioned.

Fortunately, this item wasn't the final item in the auction, and Lin Zhao didn't have to wait long before he saw the fire-attribute defensive artifact being brought up.

Upon seeing the appearance of this sacred artifact, Lin Zhao immediately understood why Xu Xingtian said it was suitable for her.

This item is exquisitely designed; it is a phoenix-tail hairpin with a round, white magic bead inlaid on its body, and a faint radiance flows around it.

Yang Tuo calmly introduced the sacred artifact on the stage.

It must be said that, setting aside opinions on his character, Yang Tuo's ability to maintain his position as chief auctioneer after Xu Xingtian and her team arrived suggests that, besides his close relationship with his family, he must also possess some competence.

With just a few words from him, the guests present had already gained some understanding of this defensive artifact.

"In addition, this sacred artifact can withstand attacks from cultivators below the Tribulation Transcending stage. It is even more effective when used in conjunction with some strange flames in the hands of fire attribute cultivators, such as the Phoenix Blood Flame in the hands of Marquis Dingguo Ji Wantang."

Lin Zhao was surprised to hear this news here, and immediately asked Granny Honghu, "Teacher, between the Phoenix Blood Flame and your Phoenix Blaze Flame, which is superior?"

Grandma Honghu immediately saw through her thoughts: "You want to ask which is stronger, the Golden Crow Divine Fire or the Golden Crow Divine Fire?"

Lin Zhao's thoughts were seen through, and he did not deny it: "After all, if a real fight breaks out later, it's better to be prepared in advance if this thing turns out to be troublesome."

Grandma Honghu said, "It's a close call, but I don't quite understand why she can use the Phoenix Blood Flame. You can use the Golden Crow Divine Fire because the Golden Sprout formed a contract with you and gave you the origin of the Golden Crow Divine Fire. But from this person's tone, it seems that Ji Wantang can summon the Phoenix Blood Flame on her own?"

This Phoenix Blood Flame can almost be considered the inherited exotic flame of the Blood Phoenix Clan. Its level is in no way lower than the original Phoenix Sacred Flame of the Golden Crow Divine Flame or the Phoenix Flame Sub-Flame.

Although Lin Zhao didn't know why Ji Wantang, a human, could control the Phoenix Blood Flame, these unreasonable things weren't unreasonable when applied to Ji Wantang. Just like he himself could control the Golden Crow Divine Fire, it was normal for Ji Wantang to have the same or even greater opportunities as him.

"I need to step up my game."

Ji Wantang possesses all of her opponent's strengths and weaknesses, and is no less capable than her own. She has everything Ji Wantang has, or even more, and she probably has things Ji Wantang doesn't.

For some unknown reason, Lin Zhao asked, "Are there any flames even stronger than these?"

"Then it must be the Ancestral Dragon Sealing Heaven Flame and the Nine Revolutions Netherworld Flame. These two still have their inheritance. As for the Ancestral Phoenix's Reincarnation Nirvana Flame, it no longer has its inheritance. However, the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame is not a flame with an inheritance."

Lin Zhao listened, stunned, and couldn't help but ask, "According to Teacher, the first two, could they be the flames of the Creator God?" Granny Honghu affirmed, "Yes, they belong to the Ancestral Dragon and the Ancestral Spirit respectively. They should have been passed down to the Ancient Dragon Clan and the Asura Clan of the current Ancestral Spirit Continent. But it's not like any pure ancient dragon can summon the Ancestral Dragon Sealing Heaven Flame. This inheritance can only be inherited by one ancient dragon per generation, and the one who inherits the Ancestral Dragon Sealing Heaven Flame is basically the current generation's ancient dragon patriarch."

At this point, even Granny Honghu wasn't entirely sure, since she wasn't from the ancient dragon clan.

The remnant soul of the Ancestral Dragon replied, "That is indeed the case. However, there is another point: it is also possible that no ancient dragon can inherit it. The Ancestral Dragon Fengtianyan is selective. If no ancient dragon in this generation makes it feel suitable, it will not appear in the ancient dragon clan."

Even so, compared to the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame of the Ancestral Phoenix, the Ancestral Dragon has already left behind a powerful weapon for the Ancient Dragon Clan.

Just kidding, Lin Zhao was envious when he heard that a flame could suppress divine fire.

“There’s no point in listening to this now. You should take this hairpin off first. This hairpin is probably more than just a sacred artifact,” Granny Honghu reminded her.

This made Lin Zhao's eyes light up: "Not just sacred artifacts?"

This sacred artifact is now considered a high-grade sacred artifact to outsiders, but Granny Honghu still says it's not that high.

So this thing is at least a celestial artifact?
Immortal artifacts and sacred artifacts are two completely different levels of weapons!

It should be noted that even a low-grade immortal artifact would almost never end up in an auction house where it would be purchased with spirit stones.

Granny Honghu naturally noticed Lin Zhao's excitement and smiled, "However, if someone else buys it, it may only be able to perform at the level of a sacred artifact. You have the Golden Crow Divine Fire, so it's a different story."

Although Yang Tuo knew that the hairpin had this effect, he had never seen a cultivator with divine fire use it. Therefore, he classified the hairpin as a sacred artifact that was extremely suitable for a fire-attribute cultivator. It was a treasure, but that was all.

The price was set at 300 million high-grade spirit stones.

This price isn't too high for a top-grade sacred artifact; the final selling price will definitely be several times that price.

As expected, the price of the hairpin broke the billion mark in just a few breaths as soon as the auction began.

Lin Zhao listened from below and couldn't help but give these wealthy people a thumbs up.

However, after breaking the billion mark, even the wealthy hesitated and adopted a wait-and-see approach.

Lin Zhao began, "Eleven billion."

A price increase of 100 million is undeniably high.

The guests in the audience noticed that the bidding came from the private room above. They exchanged glances and unanimously gave up. Even the guests in the other private rooms gave up immediately after hearing Lin Zhao's method of raising the price.

This sacred artifact is indeed excellent, but its price is still quite high. Furthermore, it is more suitable for fire-attribute cultivators and female cultivators. Moreover, sacred artifacts require a cultivation level of at least Nascent Soul stage to unleash their power, which limits many people. Therefore, most people are not very enthusiastic about it.

Just as Lin Zhao was about to breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing this, a soft, effeminate male voice came from a private room not far away.

"1.12 billion".

Two million high-grade spirit stones is the minimum standard for each bid increase.

Lin Zhao was also familiar with this person's voice.

Upon hearing this voice, Hongfeng stood up and exclaimed, "Huang Xiao, he did it on purpose!"