Dandy Pill God
Chapter 611: Treasure Map! Beast Skin Fragment!

Chapter 611: Chapter 611: Treasure Map! Beast Skin Fragment!

Ji Xuanyue gave Zhu Fei an annoyed look, "If you knew it would turn out this way, why did you provoke him in the first place?"

Hearing Ji Xuanyue’s words, Zhu Fei was first slightly stunned, then looked at Ji Xuanyue somewhat oddly.

Ji Xuanyue felt a bit guilty under Zhu Fei’s gaze and couldn’t help but glare back fiercely, pretending to be irritated, "What are you looking at? What’s there to look at?"

Zhu Fei touched his nose, then innocently replied, "Could it be that you’ve forgotten? The reason I provoked him in the first place was because of you, wasn’t it?"

For some reason, hearing these words from Zhu Fei’s mouth suddenly made Ji Xuanyue’s heart flutter inexplicably, and her cheeks began to heat up unconsciously.

Fortunately, after Zhu Fei finished speaking, his attention was immediately drawn to another item up for auction below the stage, and he didn’t notice her abnormal reaction just now.

...

As time ticked by, after the first hundred items had been auctioned off, Zhu Fei still hadn’t seen the Top-grade Flying True Artifact he had heard of.

Just as Zhu Fei was wondering if there might not be a Top-grade Flying True Artifact at this auction at all...

The auctioneer below suddenly produced a piece of beast skin.

The beast skin was inscribed with some complex patterns and at first glance, one might even think it was some sort of ancient scroll, especially with the ancient aura emanating from it, which could easily give that impression.

At first, Zhu Fei didn’t pay much attention to the beast skin.

But when he inadvertently heard keywords such as "treasure map" from the auctioneer’s mouth, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Looking closely, Zhu Fei was astonished to discover...

The piece of beast skin that the auctioneer had brought out was in style and aura exactly like the piece he had obtained from Cang Yan of the Fire Cloud Sword Sect earlier!

Realizing this, Zhu Fei became immediately interested in the beast skin.

The auctioneer below announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, this piece of beast skin in my hand is preliminarily judged by our auction house to be possibly a treasure map, or even from an Ancient Relic..."

"Wow—"

Before the auctioneer could finish speaking, a wave of excitement burst forth from the crowd.

Most of the people present at the auction were knowledgeable, and they understood very well what a treasure map from an Ancient Relic truly meant.

Taking, for example, the owner of this Heavenly Star City.

It was said that at the beginning of the Tianxing Sect, the Tianxing Sect Master, a hermit, accidentally obtained the inheritance of an Ancient Relic.

For this reason, the once mediocre hermit built the renowned Eighth Grade Sect, the Tianxing Sect, in just a few thousand years.

From this, one could see how precious a treasure map from an Ancient Relic was.

Seeing that the crowd below showed no signs of stopping their discussions, the auctioneer on stage finally gave a wry smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I can understand your feelings and thoughts as the host of this auction, but could you please let me finish speaking first?"

With these words from the auctioneer, the crowd gradually quieted down.

After the initial excitement, many people had already vaguely grasped what the auctioneer was implying from his words and, at that moment, had calmed down.

Indeed, the auctioneer continued, "The beast hide in my hand has been almost confirmed to be a fragment of a treasure map, which is currently incomplete."

"However, even so, I believe everyone present here is very clear about the significance it represents. Therefore, the starting bid for this fragment of the treasure map is fifty thousand top-grade spirit stones, with each subsequent bid not less than five thousand top-grade spirit stones. The bidding starts now."

Once the auctioneer had finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the room, with no one jumping to bid immediately.

It wasn’t until the auctioneer himself felt that the item might go unsold that a voice finally slowly rang out in the venue.

"Sixty thousand!"

The bidder, of course, was Zhu Fei, who was looking at the beast hide and couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.

He hadn’t expected that after the initial stir, the piece of beast hide would suddenly become so cooled down, with not a single person bidding for a good long while.

How could Zhu Fei possibly miss such an excellent opportunity?

However, what Zhu Fei didn’t notice was that just as he called out the price of sixty thousand, Ji Xuanyue’s hand, which had been about to press the bidding button beside her, suddenly retracted at that moment.

Her beautiful eyes flickered with a hint of surprise and uncertainty as she gazed at Zhu Fei, her face filled with contemplation.

In the end, the fragment of the beast hide, after a somewhat lukewarm round of bidding, was finally acquired by Zhu Fei for a price of one hundred and twenty thousand top-grade spirit stones.

Even Li Chengtian, who had a grudge against Zhu Fei, did not contest with him over this matter.

Because no one in the room was a fool, they were all very clear that the value of a complete ancient relic treasure map was simply incalculable.

But as for a fragment of a treasure map, well, the value of that required a big question mark.

To put it bluntly, despite the auctioneer’s enthusiastic introduction earlier, perhaps only he himself knew best that items like fragments of treasure maps are worthless unless one already has a matching piece in hand.

At this moment, Zhu Fei, holding the fragment of the treasure map just delivered by a servant, looked it over carefully and finally nodded in satisfaction.

Just as he was about to store it in his storage ring, Ji Xuanyue, sitting beside him, suddenly said to Zhu Fei,

"Zhu Fei, could you let me have a good look at that piece of beast hide in your hands?"

Upon hearing Ji Xuanyue’s words, Zhu Fei’s mind shifted slightly, but he didn’t say much else and, nodding, immediately passed the piece of beast hide to Ji Xuanyue.

Ji Xuanyue, like Zhu Fei before her, examined the beast hide carefully.

Then, with a flip of her hand, a piece of beast hide that bore a striking resemblance to the one before her eyes suddenly appeared before Zhu Fei!

Zhu Fei’s pupils contracted in a moment of shock as he looked at Ji Xuanyue.

"Ji Xuanyue, your piece of beast hide...?"

"Yes, my piece of beast hide is indeed from the same treasure map as the one you just bid for."

Ji Xuanyue’s expression was very calm. She had no intention of hiding this from Zhu Fei. After piecing the two fragments together, she raised her head to look at Zhu Fei and said,

"Zhu Fei, you see for yourself, if I’ve not guessed wrong, to completely piece together this treasure map, a total of four similar pieces of beast hide are needed. What do you think?"

As she said this, a smile that was not quite a smile finally appeared on Ji Xuanyue’s face.