As this sound rose, everyone was stunned.

Instantly:

"Is this guy an idiot? Spending ten million to buy this?"

"I think he's got problems in his head!"

"Yes, that's right, you can tell he's got issues just by the fact he's willing to spend fifteen million on this."

"Don't speak like that. What if the guy is just some rich tycoon's son squandering his wealth? Haha..."

The crowd suddenly started discussing again.

In their eyes, spending ten million to buy this unnamed item, and its purpose unknown, was ridiculous; even more so when the female host of the Huadu auction didn't let them take a close look at it, and yet this person was paying money—a sure sign of a fool, perhaps even a fool with more money than sense.

In a flash, everyone's gaze turned to where the voice had come from.

On closer inspection!

It turned out to be Professor Tang instructing his student to make the offer!

Yes, it was Professor Tang who had told his student to bid. As for why he himself wanted to bid, even Professor Tang didn't understand. In truth, he wasn't optimistic about the item either, but it seemed he had a feeling, a sense that this item was immensely valuable. And since he was engaged in research, he suddenly became interested in the disk; seeing no one else bidding, he had his student call out the bid.

"So it was Professor Tang who made the bid!"

After a moment of stupefaction and then with a smile on her face, the female host spoke.

Professor Tang had a reputation in these circles of wealth and power, so as soon as the hostess finished speaking, the negative comments around her immediately ceased.

"Oh. It turns out to be Professor Tang! I was wondering who had such insight?"

"Yeah! Professor Tang can specifically study these things. If he's bidding to buy this item, he must be planning to research it. Didn't you see that not even the Huadu auction house has figured it out? Professor Tang is buying it for research!"

"I think so too. Well, I wanted to buy it for fun, but since Professor Tang is interested, I will let him have it. It's like getting familiar with Professor Tang's face..."

Again, everyone had various opinions, but this time they were all praising Professor Tang—how insightful he was, that he was buying it for thorough research. At any rate, none dared say anymore that the person buying this was an idiot, a brain-dead individual, or mentally ill!

This Professor Tang, although just a professor, everyone knew that his influence in Capital City was immense. Not only did he have official protection, but he also had connections in the underworld; most importantly, he was the chief researcher of Capital City's number one family.

The chief researcher of Capital City's number one family—just with this title alone, there weren't many in Capital City who dared to touch Professor Tang!

Moreover, since Professor Tang was also helping the country with research, no one dared to mess with him even more.

Not only dare not mess with him, but everyone also tried to curry favor with him. If someone could please him and gain his favor, that person could rise to prominence in Capital City overnight.

Look, aren't the people here praising him?

And just then, inside one of the rooms of the Huadu auction house, which resembled an ancient inn, filled with antiques and plants.

At this moment, a man sat in this room, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, looking somewhat aged yet spirited.

Kneeling in front of him was a person, a woman, who appeared to be around twenty-five years old, extremely beautiful.

She wore a red cheongsam and was kneeling on the floor with great respect.

"How are things now?"

At this time, the elder spoke.

"Master, so far, only Professor Tang has made a bid, no one else has bid!" The woman respectfully replied.

"Oh? Is that so? What does this old guy mean by butting in like this? Does he recognize the item? Could it be that he is the fated person who can unlock the Treasure?"

After hearing the woman's reply, the elder unconsciously furrowed his brows.

"I don't know, perhaps Professor Tang has taken an interest in researching it?" said the woman.

"Oh... I hope so! After all, to take action against Professor Tang would be a bit troublesome," the elder muttered to himself while gazing upward.

"Alright, Xiaoyu, you may leave. If there's anything more, come back and report to me!" the elder said.

"Yes, Master..."

After Xiaoyu respectfully exited the room, the elder soon took out a piece of skin from a small box, which upon closer examination, was ancient looking. It seemed to be an old piece of Parchment.

There were some words on this ancient parchment, very strange! They looked like ancient script.

The elder held the parchment and closely inspected it for a while:

"Treasure, Treasure, are you really...?"

Turns out, this piece of parchment came with the disk that had been auctioned off.

At the time, people from the Huadu auction house had discovered these two items in a mysterious cave, brought them back, and after deep research learned that the disk was related to a massive Treasure.

Of course, this was introduced on the parchment.

The ancient script on the parchment indicated that the Treasure Map would only be revealed after the disk found its fated person. Additionally, the parchment listed some items, which had significant allure to anyone.

Originally, the elder didn't believe it, but the items listed on the parchment were too tempting. Moreover, auctioning it didn't affect anything, as the parchment was in his hands, so no one else would know of this item's secret. The elder believed that even the fated person would likely be unaware of this matter.

This very auction was held because of this piece of parchment.

Just yesterday, the parchment suddenly revealed a few large characters: The fated person has arrived! Sell...

The elder didn't understand what it meant at first and still didn't understand what it exactly meant, but after much thought, he finally put a little thought into the word "sell."

Thus, the auction was swiftly organized!

The intention was to find the fated person through his auction, then uncover the map and obtain the Treasure. He believed that if he acquired the Treasure, he would be able to dominate the world.

Because the parchment stated: Whoever finds the Treasure, their strength will advance to the Soul Transformation Stage!

Soul Transformation Stage, a legendary Realm, unseen and unheard of.

Yet this was a realm many aspired to reach, so the elder couldn't sit still anymore.

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