After a brief introduction to the marvels of the Gale Wind Boat, Wang Xiangming announced its price.

"The fourth-grade Dao Artifact, Gale Wind Boat, starting bid is 100 million Immortal Stones. Each increment must not be less than 2 million Immortal Stones."

"Starting bid: 100 million Immortal Stones."

Upon hearing the price announced by Wang Xiangming, everyone present was instantly speechless, each gasping in shock, their faces filled with astonishment.

With such a high price, ordinary Cultivators like them could only watch the excitement from the sidelines, not even having the qualification to participate in the bidding.

"102 million Immortal Stones."

Just as everyone was still lamenting the starting price, an Immortal Emperor Cultivator was the first to make a bid.

Everyone looked over, only to see that the speaker was a Cultivator wearing a black helmet, whose specific appearance could not be seen clearly. He was one of the three Early Stage Immortal Emperor Experts.

After the helmeted Cultivator announced his price, the venue fell silent once more, with no one daring to easily raise the bid.

Meanwhile, the Gray-robed Old Man, a Late Stage Immortal Emperor who had been silent all along, had not spoken a word from beginning to end.

He merely gazed calmly ahead, seemingly waiting specifically for the appearance of the final highlight treasure, showing little interest in this fourth-grade Dao Artifact, the Gale Wind Boat.

Wang Xiangming’s gaze slowly swept over Fang Hong and the others in the first row, and he asked in a loud voice.

"102 million Immortal Stones, is there any other Fellow Daoist willing to raise the bid?"

Among those present, only these few powerful Immortal Emperor Experts had the ability to bid for this Gale Wind Boat.

Seeing that no one responded and no one dared to follow the bid, Fang Hong had no choice but to join the bidding himself, saying, "104 million."

"Look. That Senior has made another bid."

"My heavens, he just spent 60 million to buy that mysterious stone tablet, and now he can still take out over 100 million to bid. His wealth is too immense."

"Don’t forget, he previously spent over 3 million Immortal Stones to bid for that rare Flat Peach sapling."

The Cultivators present, seeing Fang Hong make a move again, all lowered their heads and began to whisper.

Their gazes towards Fang Hong were filled with awe, all marveling at his unfathomable financial resources. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Hahaha, good. This Fellow Daoist has bid 104 million."

Wang Xiangming’s spirits lifted. He turned to the helmeted Cultivator, his tone a little encouraging, "Fellow Daoist, this Senior has already raised the bid, are you going to follow?"

The helmeted Cultivator turned to glance at Fang Hong, as if pondering the other party’s strength.

After a moment of contemplation, he continued to raise the bid. "106 million."

"108 million." Fang Hong didn’t even frown, without the slightest hesitation, he immediately followed the bid.

"110 million."

"112 million."

...

In the auction hall, only the alternating bidding voices of Fang Hong and the helmeted Cultivator remained.

The two went back and forth, refusing to give way, both clearly determined to obtain this flying Dao Artifact.

The price of the Gale Wind Boat rapidly climbed amidst their bidding, soaring from just over 100 million and breaking through the 150 million mark in the blink of an eye.

The Cultivators watching the excitement had long been dumbfounded, gradually becoming numb.

Only one thought remained in their minds.

These big shots are truly rich; spending money like dirt is nothing more than this.

"160 million." The helmeted Cultivator suddenly raised his voice, shouting out this price, and at the same time, he turned to look at Fang Hong again.

Fang Hong, however, completely ignored his gaze, his face still devoid of expression, merely stating calmly, "200 million."

"What. Two, two hundred million."

As soon as Fang Hong uttered these words, the entire auction hall instantly erupted in an uproar.

All the Cultivators were utterly shocked by this sudden price increase, and they all simultaneously turned their gazes towards Fang Hong.

Fang Hong had directly added 40 million this time.

"200 million. This Fellow Daoist has bid 200 million, Fellow Daoist, are you still following?"

Wang Xiangming was also somewhat excited by this astonishing price increase, and he asked the helmeted Cultivator.

The Gale Wind Boat selling for 160 million was already considered an extremely high price; he never expected Fang Hong to directly raise it to 200 million, which far exceeded his expectations.

The helmeted Cultivator was silent for a moment, and finally could only utter three words in frustration.

"Not following, no money."

"200 million, going once."

"200 million, going twice."

"200 million, going thrice. Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, the Gale Wind Boat is yours." Wang Xiangming announced loudly, and he passed the Gale Wind Boat to Fang Hong.

Fang Hong raised his hand to take the Gale Wind Boat, examined it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction.

Then, a storage bag appeared in his hand, which he casually tossed to Wang Xiangming.

Wang Xiangming took the storage bag, quickly checked it with his Divine Sense, confirmed that the number of Immortal Stones inside was exactly 200 million, not a single one less, and his smile grew even brighter.

Next, the entire auction hall instantly fell silent, and all the Cultivators’ gazes were fixed on the exhibition stand, their faces filled with anticipation and curiosity.

It was now time for the last item of this auction.

The second-to-last item was already the fourth-grade Dao Artifact, Gale Wind Boat, so the final item must be even more powerful, definitely a highlight-level treasure.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Wang Xiangming to reveal the true identity of the last treasure.

Wang Xiangming felt the gazes of all the Cultivators present and shouted loudly, "The last treasure of this auction: the Ancient Giant Spirit puppet."

As soon as his voice fell, he violently waved both hands, and a dazzling golden light shot out from the storage bag at his waist, instantly illuminating the entire auction hall.

That golden light continuously expanded and grew larger in the air. In just an instant, the light dispersed, and an incomparably huge humanoid puppet impressively appeared on the exhibition stand!

This Giant Spirit puppet was three zhang tall, with an incomparably robust physique, standing there like a small hill.

Its skin presented a golden-yellow, lustrous color, appearing incredibly hard, and its facial features were not much different from a human’s.

As soon as all the Cultivators present saw this Giant Spirit puppet, their expressions suddenly changed, and their minds were instantly subjected to a powerful impact.

Many Grand Unity Golden Immortals with lower cultivation levels even trembled uncontrollably.

Because this Giant Spirit puppet, even with its eyes closed and standing quietly, exuded an incomparably heavy sense of oppression.

Everyone could feel that the strength of this puppet was definitely very formidable, absolutely not comparable to ordinary treasures.

However, after Fang Hong saw this puppet, his eyes instantly lost interest, and he even gently shook his head.

With his current strength, he could see through the true nature of this Giant Spirit puppet at a glance.

This puppet at most only had the strength of an Early Stage Immortal Emperor.

For him now, it was completely insignificant; he could shatter this puppet with a single light punch, rendering it completely useless.

Wang Xiangming did not notice Fang Hong’s reaction and was still enthusiastically introducing this Giant Spirit puppet.

"This Giant Spirit puppet is a combat puppet refined by the powerful Giant Spirit Race from ancient times."