The auction hall was silent.
Fu Changping reluctantly dropped the auction hammer, his heart aching.
He would have preferred the raw stone to fall into the hands of the bidder who offered four point three million, rather than be acquired by Zi Lingling.
This wasn't a personal dislike for Zi Lingling, but rather due to her seventy percent discount.
What appeared to be five point three million, in reality, only required Zi Lingling to pay three point seven million top-grade spirit stones.
Zi Lingling swiped her card and signaled for Fu Changping to cut the stone.
Fu Changping was not hesitant. After a few breaths, the raw stone was reduced by a third, and a dense green light radiated from within.
"How can this be? Green light again! The glow of a top-grade treasure!"
"No! Look closely, within the green light, there's a faint hint of blue!"
"Blue? Does that mean this raw stone is of even better quality than the one she bought before?"
"It's very possible!"
"Holy cow! This woman's luck is absolutely incredible, to cut out top-grade treasures twice!"
"..."
Fu Changping's face twitched.
He seriously suspected Zi Lingling could see through the quality of the raw stones!
As he continued to carefully cut the stone, he pondered in his mind.
How could Zi Lingling see through raw stones that even powerful Eye Art Masters couldn't discern?
Under the intense gazes of everyone present, the raw stone was opened again, revealing a broken arrow tip. The Su Dan Novel Network.
The arrow tip was covered in rust, seemingly about to crumble into dust at any moment, displaying no fluctuations whatsoever.
It looked like an ordinary arrow that had been buried for many years.
"No way? A blue-green precious light, and all that comes out is this broken arrow?"
"Could we have misjudged? Is this broken arrow part of some treasure?"
"How is that possible? What treasure wouldn't have spiritual energy fluctuations? Even a broken spiritual artifact wouldn't be this unremarkable!"
"Hmph! I thought she'd cut out something good, but this is really eye-opening!"
"It seems that girl's luck isn't so unbelievably great after all!"
"..."
Looking at the broken arrow tip, a hint of disappointment appeared on everyone's faces.
Fu Changping held the broken arrow tip in his hand, examining it back and forth for a moment, but found nothing peculiar about it.
"Did I think too much? Does this Miss Zi have no ability to see through raw stones?"
Fu Changping suspiciously placed the broken arrow tip on a tray and had a waiter deliver it to Zi Lingling.
Zi Lingling frowned as she picked up the broken arrow tip and asked Long'er, "Long'er, is this the treasure you spoke of?"
Long'er stammered sheepishly, "How could this be? I clearly sensed the aura of a treasure! And that blue-green light wasn't fake either!"
Zi Lingling felt Long'er's words had merit, so she comforted him, "You're right, perhaps this really is a treasure. Let's put it away for now and study it later."
As she spoke, the broken arrow tip vanished from her hand, and a rusty, broken arrow tip was added to her Nine Spirits Ring.
"Girl, don't just throw any junk into the Nine Spirits Ring... Wait a minute! This broken arrow tip feels familiar!"
Elder Du's voice, initially complaining, then became inquisitive in Zi Lingling's mind.
"Elder Du, do you recognize this thing?" Zi Lingling asked urgently.
Elder Du scratched his head and pondered, "I can't recall it immediately, but it feels familiar. Let me examine it."
A flicker of joy quickly crossed Zi Lingling's eyes.
She secretly thought, "Long'er sensed the aura of a treasure, and Elder Du has a familiar feeling. It seems this broken arrow tip is extraordinary, and we've all misjudged!"
The auction continued at full swing.
Zi Lingling opened her eyes again an hour later.
Half of the raw stones had been auctioned, and the next to be auctioned was raw stone number two hundred and fifty.
Two hundred and fifty?
A strange expression appeared on Zi Lingling's face.
She cursed inwardly, "Damn it! Two hundred and fifty? Who the hell came up with this number?"
Then, she sent greetings to the entire family of the person who assigned the number, "You are the idiot! Your whole family are idiots! Everyone buried in your ancestral graves are idiots!"
Lin Dafu, at the spirit stone exchange, sneezed. He rubbed his nose and cursed, "Damn it, who the hell is cursing me?"
Although Zi Lingling was mentally cursing the person who assigned the number, she had no choice but to participate in the bidding.
Soon, she acquired raw stone number two hundred and fifty for sixty thousand.
Oh, right, after the discount, it was four point eight million.
Ten breaths later, everyone's eyes widened again.
"Am I hallucinating? I actually saw a blue precious light?"
"I think you're not hallucinating, you're blind! Such obvious blue light, and you still doubt it!"
"You're the blind one! Shall I let these two fingers of mine help you insert them and see?"
"Get lost!"
"..."
Fu Changping, who was cutting the stone, felt his heart pounding in his chest.
Blue light!
It was actually blue light!
What kind of luck am I having today? I cut out a top-grade spirit stone with green light, cut out a broken arrow tip with blue-green light, and now I've cut out blue light!
The crucial point is, such high-quality raw stones were all purchased by you alone.
Fu Changping instinctively glanced at Zi Lingling, took a deep breath, and continued to cut the raw stone.
Soon, the treasure in the center of the raw stone appeared in everyone's sight.
"This is... a withered branch?"
Fu Changping held the withered branch in his hand and carefully examined it with confusion.
A moment later, his expression changed.
The Jianmu Divine Tree!
This was actually a withered branch of the Jianmu Divine Tree!
Ancient texts recorded that the Jianmu Divine Tree grew between heaven and earth, reaching into the clouds, capable of connecting the divine, human, and ghost realms!
However, in terms of strength, the Jianmu Divine Tree had disappeared for over ten thousand years!
Fu Changping was able to recognize it as a withered branch of Jianmu because the "Myriad Treasures Record" of the Huatian Merchant Guild not only contained records of the Jianmu Divine Tree's characteristics but also included illustrations.
Recognizing the withered Jianmu branch, Fu Changping felt immense pain.
He wished he could rush to Zi Lingling right now and beat her up.
Damn it!
What kind of heaven-defying luck does Zi Lingling have, to even obtain a legendary withered branch of Jianmu?
Fortunately, while Fu Changping could recognize the withered Jianmu branch, no one else could.
Therefore, when they saw Fu Changping's changing expression, they immediately began to mock him.
"Huh? Elder Fu's expression, why does it look so much like a color dye vat?"
"Yeah, it's just a branch, why is he acting like he's having a limb cut off?"