Chapter 68 (1/2)

“Maybe everyone is a bit perplexed over why the last item is a map and why are we showing it so blatantly?…”

Seeing that a great many nodded to his question, he ignored the small minority that had their suspicion and those that have their brows raised before continuing.

“Please let me explain and you will see.”

The old dude touched the crystal ball on the table and it shot out a ray of light magnifying the map projection to a bigger proportion, as if he’s not afraid everybody can see it.

The auctioneer walked to the front of his station and announced to the ma.s.s.

“Firstly, to make something clear, this map, though being the last item is not an article to be auctioned away!”

The audience began whispering when they heard him, the shred few however had their brows raised even higher.

Shaking his head lightly he didn’t try to stop the minor communications happening around him.

“Don’t be alarmed, let me tell you what this map can do!”

Putting his hand behind his back, the auctioneer went into a tranquil state while emitting an air around him. The air of a super!

It is at this moment that the audience recalled, this old foggy is a tier 7.

When the old dude opened his mouth, his voice rang out right beside everyone’s ears as if he’s whispering right beside you.

“Perhaps some of you might have guessed what the nature of the map is, indeed this map is a treasure map.”

Not giving the audience any chance to react he continued with a low tone.

“Everyone must be wondering why an auction firm would take out something like a treasure map to share with everyone. Well, we have no choice you see…”

Everyone present were listening intently. n.o.body dared to fart, in that place one could only hear the old dude’s voice.

When the tier 7 said ‘no choice’, even a dumba.s.s would know that the situation is more than it seems and a s.h.i.t storm is brewing…

Old dude sighed before explaining.

“You all recall the pure white crystal’s origin?”

When the old dude mentioned the crystal with significant amount of life energy Wu Yan & company changed from curious to attentive except for Lirin the trio gave the guy undivided attention.

“It’s an article retrieved by our firm from a dying tier 9, this much everyone surely knows!”

“But…”

“The thing is that white crystal isn’t the only item we got from the dying tier 9, this map as well came from the deceased person!”

Another item recovered from a tier 9?

His words did naught to quell the suspicion in the audience, quite the contrary it fueled it even more.

“This is the main reason we decided to make the map known to public!”

At this point a hint of annoyance and malice flashed in his eyes but it was quickly tucked away again.

“It is true we tried searching for the whereabouts of the treasure, it is also true that an adventure party was sent out by the firm, equally true is the fact that none of them came back!”

Everyone gasped at his words, quite clearly the whole place is shocked at this revelation.

Observing the effects of his oratory and seeing that some is still doubtful of him he bitterly laughed.

“Everyone please lower your guards, this matter could be asked from any family of a big enough background, it is all true we are not misstating anything.”

He paused before continuing.

“After that round, our firm sent more parties but without fail none of them would return! That’s why we had a conjecture…”