The audience engaged in a lively discussion after she made her bid.


    “Haha, now we’re talking! I can’t wait to see the look on Mister Severin’s face after he loses out on


    this!” Jeremy felt as though he had an outlet to vent his anger even though he did not participate in the


    bidding. After all, Severin had cut him off several times already.


    “Eight hundred million! The young woman from VIP Room Three has made a bid of eight hundred


    million high–grade spiritual stones! Do we have nine hundred million?” Caroline could not hide the


    excitement in her voice. She believed that the person who put it up for auction would be very happy


    after knowing that the cauldron was appreciated by those who knew its value and ended up being


    auctioned for a high price.


    Severin, on the other hand, smiled indifferently and said calmly, “I’ll offer one and a half billion!”


    “Did I hear that correctly?! Mister Severin has made a massive bid of one and a half billion!” Caroline


    became increasingly excited. Severin’s price would have been a big blow to the girl in the purple dress.


    At longst, Caroline understood why Severin had asked to meet the senior director–the number of


    spiritual stones that he wanted to exchange would certainly be tremendous.


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    “You’re amazing, Brother–in–Law! Everyone’s looking at you with envy!” Megan was overwhelmed with


    excitement because VIP Room One became the focal point of attention.


    Diane felt that he had used a lot of spiritual stones, so she made a point to remind him, “Don’t you think


    you’ve made too big a bid? Couldn’t you have increased your bids by one hundred million? What if the


    maximum amount of spiritual stones they have is eight hundred million or nine hundred million? You’ll


    only be wasting the spiritual stones if that’s the case!”


    Severin smiled and said softly to Diane, “Rx. This cauldron might not be that valuable to most


    people, but it is something extremely precious to an alchemist. I must get it at all costs, and I’m hoping I


    can use this to try and be a fourth–rank


    alchemist sooner.”


    “Yes, yes! We need to get it! The auctioneer just said that it’ll increase the sess rate of alchemy by


    fifteen percent! It’s a very valuable item, that’s for sure! We might not get another opportunity to


    encounter this sort of thing in the future!” Felicia gulped, and her eyes lit up as she looked at the


    cauldron.


    She was always drawn to anything valuable.


    “It looks like he’s determined to outbid us for that furnace, Mister Musa!” Stephanie gritted her teeth


    angrily. She did not expect Severin to have that many spiritual stones in store.


    Musa nodded. “My observations were correct then. He must be a second–grade alchemist, otherwise


    he wouldn’t have tried so desperately to outbid us.” Following a brief pause, he added, “This is quite


    unexpected. You told him that you were going to secure that furnace at all costs, and he has


    demonstrated a simr determination when he made his bid! We have no choice but to keep bidding.


    May the richest person win!”


    Stephanie nodded, and said to Severin, “How exciting. I’ll bid two billion then!”


    “Two billion? You seem to have prepared a lot of spiritual stones when you came!” Severin was a little


    surprised too. Although he knew that upping the bid might offend the two of them, the cauldron was


    simply too precious for him to just give in to them. He smiled and said, “I’ll raise you two and a half


    billion!”