Severin had an excited look on his face because he believed that no one aside from him would want to


    bid for that. It would subsequently allow him to get the furnace with ease. Unfortunately, he was taken


    by surprise when the purple–d girl in VIP Room Three took a step forward and said loudly, “Three


    hundred and thirty million!”


    Everyone gasped when they heard that. The girl had raised the starting bid by thirty million dors right


    from the get–go.


    “This is the first time that the people from VIP Room Three joined the auction. Boy are we in for a


    treat!” Someone eximed in surprise when they heard that the person from VIP Room Three had


    made a bid.


    “Whoa! That prettydy in VIP Room Three has her eye on the cauldron! Is she still an alchemist?”


    Jeremy’s eyes widened in surprise as he looked at the beautiful woman standing on the next–door


    balcony.


    “Three hundred and thirty million dors! Anyone higher bids from the floor? This youngdy seems to


    be very knowledgeable! She knows that this item is a treasure!” Caroline smiled jubntly. As long as


    there were bidders who wanted it, then she could avoid having to sell it at the initial reserve price. At


    the very least, she would have something to show for to the person to put it up for auction. Those who


    were willing to put their valuable items for auction were undoubtedly hoping to get a good price. If the


    items did not fetch a decent sum, then the reputation of their auction house would surely take a minor


    hit.


    “Three hundred and fifty million dors!” Severin’s face soured, but he bit the bullet and bid higher


    anyway. Although he was a little surprised that someone would be bidding for it, he had set his mind on


    getting that cauldron. Besides, he had already prepared enough spiritual stones, and he might just


    have to spend more in a worst–case scenario.


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    “He’s really trying to outbid us! Now we can say for certain that he’s an alchemist!” The girl pulled a


    long face as she remarked to Musa


    Musa frowned and said, “Take it easy. We just have to spend more spiritual stones. Only our sect’s


    alchemists can use it to its fullest potential. That in itself is priceless.”


    The girl, whose name was Stephanie Chillwall, nodded in agreement after hearing that.


    Stephanie stood up and smiled. “Now this is interesting. We never tried to outbid you when you ced


    your bids for so many spiritual herbs, and yet you’re trying to outbid us for the one single thing that we


    wanted to bid for. In that case, let’s see who has more spiritual stones!”


    She then raised her head and said haughtily, “Eight hundred million dors! I’m bidding eight hundred


    million high–grade spiritual stones!“.


    Stephanie had a good n up her sleeve. She first expressed her determination to get the treasure,


    and she made it clear to Severin that he should show some courtesy to them. After all, they did refrain


    from outbidding him earlier, and the least he could do in return was not outbid them too. More


    importantly, the price she bid was astronomical. That way, she believed that Severin would back down


    and avoid entering into a bidding war with her. It could be construed as doing a favor for them, and


    receiving a favor in return.


    “Eight hundred million? Just how rich is she to bid eight hundred million high–grade spiritual stones?”


    “Who’s the woman in VIP Room Three? That is a huge bid that escted pretty quickly!”


    “Tsk, tsk! I wonder if those in VIP Room One will try and outbid her?”