Hm?
Seeing the turn of events, Fang Qingyuan paused. 'A flicker of joy rose in his heart.' He calmly sat back down, waiting to see what would follow.
Having been challenged, the auction's Magistrate, Yuan Chujun, could no longer keep a straight face.
He said coldly:
"Sir, you can be careless with what you eat, but not with what you say. Jiuye Square has a well-known reputation. Why would we intentionally tarnish our own name for a mere hundred or so Top-grade Spirit Stones? I had an Elder from the Medicine King Pavilion personally inspect this Transparent Seven Orifice Spirit Turtle Shell. There's no doubt it's authentic. How can you claim its 'smell' is off?"
After Yuan Chujun's sharp retort, the Cultivator who had won the item suppressed his anger and replied:
