(Seventh update!)
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"Elder Meng, may I know what brings you here?" The Star Picking Pavilion's supervisor, the purple-robed man, asked respectfully.
"I'm here for The Stately Painting," said the white-haired old man, Elder Meng slowly.
"The Stately Painting? Didn't the headquarters decide to let us auction the Stately Painting here? "The purple-robed man frowned.
"It's true that it's being auctioned here, but The Stately Painting is different from other treasures." The white-haired old man, Elder Meng, said softly, "I've studied it carefully with a few people at the headquarters and came to the same conclusion. The Stately Painting is a treasure that has completely surpassed the Heavenly Treasure level. In other words, it's at least a Holy Treasure and it's definitely not an ordinary Holy Treasure!!"
"What?"
The purple-robed manager and the two golden-robed attendants turned pale with fright.
Beyond the Heavenly Treasure level?
Holy Treasure?
Even among the Undying Saints, only a very small number of extremely powerful or extremely lucky people could own one or two Holy Treasures?
"Elder Meng, since it's a Holy Treasure, why did you let us auction it?" The purple-robed supervisor was shocked.
He had only received orders from the headquarters to auction The Stately Painting at the auction, but the Star Picking Pavilion's headquarters did not tell them the true level of the treasure.
Now that they had heard the news from Sir Meng, they were all shocked.
It was a Holy Treasure. An auction of their scale actually auctioned a Holy Treasure? Moreover, the people who were competing for it were only a group of Earth Ultimate Gods and Heaven Ultimate Gods?
"This is very unusual." Elder Meng said indifferently, "After confirming that The Stately Painting is a very powerful and very special Holy Treasure, we paid a high price to invite a big shot to help us find a way to make The Stately Painting recognize us as its master. That big shot also agreed to help, but in the end, that big shot discovered that there was a mysterious connection within The Stately Painting. Such a connection means that The Stately Painting should be an item with an owner!"
"An item with an owner?" The purple-robed manager was startled.
"Since it has an owner, this treasure isn't something that we can easily refine. According to the origin of this treasure, it suddenly appeared from a void. We deduced that The Stately Painting must have been lost from its owner for some reason. Because of this, we don't even dare to keep this treasure in the Star Picking Pavilion."
"After all, the level of this treasure is too high. The master who can refine it and control it must have extraordinary strength. It's very likely that he's an extremely powerful Undying Saint who stands at the top. It's also possible that he's an existence like Sword Lord Tong Xin who's unparalleled among the Undying Saints. It's even possible that he's already surpassed the Saints and is a famous giant in the entire Ancient God Domain."
"Even the Star Picking Pavilion wouldn't dare to offend such a super powerhouse. If The Stately Painting continues to be kept in the Star Picking Pavilion, that powerhouse might be able to sense it and come straight to the Star Picking Pavilion's headquarters one day. By then, we'll be in big trouble."
"Therefore, after some discussion, we've decided to send The Stately Painting back to the Danyang Holy Domain where it was found. We'll auction this treasure off in a large-scale auction in this holy domain. After the auction, news of it will spread. If that existence is now in the Danyang Holy Domain, he'll naturally come knocking on our door and ask for this treasure back. Even if that existence isn't in the Danyang Holy Domain, this treasure has nothing to do with the Star Picking Pavilion anymore. Even if that existence comes knocking on our door in the future, he won't be able to find us," Old Meng said leisurely.
"Is that so?"
The purple-robed manager and the two Golden Chiefs sucked in a breath of cold air when they heard that.
They had already begun to pity those who were still bidding for the Mountain River Map.
Those people thought that the Stately Painting was an extremely high-level treasure, and that was indeed the case.
However, at the same time, The Stately Painting was also a hot potato. Whoever obtained it might be visited by a super expert in the future.
"I'm here today to see who will get the Stately Painting in the end. I'll follow that person after this and maybe I'll have a chance to meet that person face to face," Elder Meng murmured.
The purple-robed manager and the two Golden Chiefs gulped and dared not ask any more questions.
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In the auction, the price of the Stately Painting had already reached 1.180 billion, and it was still increasing.
However, there were only two people left who were still bidding.
Those two were the Young Palace Master of Nanwu Palace and the beauty from the Dongfang Clan.
"1.2 billion Primordial Stones!"
The beautiful woman from the Dongfang family raised her bid once again. At the same time, her icy voice reverberated throughout the auction hall, "Young Palace Lord, this is merely a special treasure. Although its grade may not be low, it is still very difficult for it to recognize an owner. Is there a need for the Young Palace Lord to keep competing with me? If the next two treasures are better than The Stately Painting, I'm afraid Young Palace Master won't have enough capital to compete for it, right? "
"Haha, Madam Dongfang, you don't have to worry about whether I have the capital to compete for the next two treasures. To be honest, I went to a special ruin this time and happened to obtain a lot of resources. Although the value isn't high, it's still worth more than one or two billion Primordial Stones. Even if I buy The Stately Painting, no one will be able to recognize me as its master. At worst, I'll just treat my trip to the ruin as a wasted trip." The Young Palace Master of Nanwu Palace laughed heartily.
"1.3 billion!!"
The beauty's face sank when she heard that.
The Dongfang Clan had a deep foundation and was indeed wealthy. The beauty happened to be one of the few people who controlled the Dongfang Clan's assets and could mobilize a huge amount of funds.
However, no matter how huge the funds were, it was impossible to take out a billion Primordial Stones to buy a special treasure with a certain risk.
1.3 billion Primordial Stones was already her bottom line.
"Well, since Young Palace Master is so eager for The Stately Painting, I'll fulfill your wish," said the beauty and then fell silent. It was obvious that she no longer wanted to compete for it.
"Haha, thank you for letting me win." The Young Palace Master of Nanwu Palace could not help laughing.
In the end, The Stately Painting fell into the hands of the Young Palace Master of Nanwu Palace at the price of 1.3 billion Primordial Stones.
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