Chapter 544
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As it was close to the Zephyr Academy, most of the Chan Lin Auction House's customers were disciples of the Zephyr Academy. Disciples who were able to attend the Zephyr Academy were usually from families with a considerable amount of wealth and common items would not catch their eye. Hence, the Chan Lin Auction House had no lack of rare items and a large number of merchants flocked to the place, bringing with them many valuable items.
The Chan Lin Auction House's auction started at dusk and the sky was now completely dark. The auction was already halfway through.
When Jun Wu Xie and her companions entered, the auction stage had just brought out a new item and a heated round of bidding had begun.
The Chan Lin Auction House was equipped with private rooms on the second level. They were specially provided for customers who did not like to be disturbed and they only needed to pay a fixed amount of silver taels to reserve one. Jun Wu Xie paid and the six of them went up to the second level.
The room was not big and it was enclosed on three sides. One side was open to the auction stage and it was protected by a railing carved with totem patterns.
Tea and snacks were prepared in the room and the six of them sat down and looked at the items on the auction stage.
Most of the items being auctioned were spirit stones and the grade was medium. Low grade spirit stones were not qualified to be put up for auction.
Jun Wu Xie watched quietly. The items on the stage did not interest her. Three to five items were sold in a row and it did not pique her interest.
When it came to spending money, Hua Yao, Qiao Chu and the others were even less interested. Only Fan Zhuo was watching intently, seemingly interested in the process of the auction.
After sitting for about an hour, just as Jun Wu Xie was feeling bored to death, from the first level of the auction house, a loud exclamation suddenly sounded out.
That cry, immediately attracted the attention of the six people in the room!
On the auction stage, a black stone that was half a man's height was brought up. The stone was unusually heavy and it was pitch black, its edges having been weathered by the wind and rain.
The fact that such a stone of unknown origin was being put up for auction in the auction house was rather strange. The auctioneer tried his best to maintain a confident smile on his face, but his heart was in turmoil.
Bringing a stone to be auctioned off was rather unbelievable.
But the person who had entrusted them to auction off the stone was a close acquaintance of the Chan Lin Auction House's boss. That person had repeatedly affirmed that it was a valuable item and the Chan Lin Auction House had reluctantly brought it out. In the end, the stone had just been brought up onto the stage and it immediately caused a flurry of discussion.
The people seated below the stage all craned their necks to look at the stone of unknown origin, waiting for the Chan Lin Auction House to introduce it to them.
However, the man's expression was stiff as he said: "This piece of black stone was found at the Heaven's End Cliff. It contains a mysterious power within it. But the stone is exceptionally tough and hard to cut. If anyone is able to solve this problem, they will be able to bid for it with the lowest price."
The Heaven's End Cliff was a cliff so deep that the bottom could not be seen. The bottom of the cliff was shrouded in mist and no one had ever gone down there. Some people had tried to use ropes to go down to the bottom of the cliff but even with a hundred meter long rope, they still could not touch the ground and in the end, no one had ever gone down there.
It was rumoured that a powerful Guardian Grade Spirit Beast resided at the bottom of the Heaven's End Cliff. Most of the people who tried to descend to the bottom of the cliff went missing, most of them being devoured by the powerful Guardian Grade Spirit Beast.
The mysterious place, and the widespread circulation of Spirit Beasts, made all those who had been interested in the Heaven's End Cliff give up on the idea, and no one dared to attempt it.
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