"You guys should relax and enjoy yourself from here; I'll go backstage after the intermission announcement and take this beast with me since it will be time to auction it in the second half." Master Raymond stated as he reluctantly placed all of his examining equipment back into the storage ring.

"Not a problem," Fionn said.

"Sir, if you're going to be the auctioneer, how will you bid? You no longer desire the beast?" Neal inquired.

" Don't spout rubbish, it's not an issue, I simply need to beg a favour for that." As a burning spark burned in Master Raymond's eyes, he said.

The auctioneer soon announced the intermission. Master Raymond stood up and exited the room, saying, "In the meantime, you guys can go buy some refreshments from the cafeteria."

"How long is the intermission?" Fionn inquired of Neal.

" It's only a few minutes long, usually about 10-15 minutes, and it's for people who are out of crystals and want to depart or refill their empty pockets." Neal answered.

"The second half is for big spenders; it's not uncommon for prices to exceed 500,000." Neal added.

Time passed as they watched the flow of people on the ground floor, while enjoying the refreshments supplied by Neal. With the ring of a bell, people returned to their seats, closely observing, the number of attendees had decreased by at least 30%.

Soon after, the lady auctioneer returned to the stage and stated, "welcome to the second half ladies and gentlemen, I'll continue hosting this event, hope you guys are prepared, now we are only left with three items that are going to be the stars of today's auction."

Then, with a wave of her hand, she drew a fruit from her storage ring; the fruit was snow white in colour and resembled a crescent moon; with the appearance of the fruit, an indescribable aroma filled the air, and everyone on the ground floor had expressions of inebriation, with the exception of rank 2s.

"I believe everyone is aware of what it is, but I'll still give a brief explanation, this is a Moon essence fruit that grows on an Eternal Paradascial Tree; it takes 20 years to grow a fruit of this calibre, it is still not fully mature, but eating it would allow a newly awakened individual to be ready for a breakthrough to rank 1." Explained the auctioneer.

"Depending on their talents, even rank 1 practitioners will experience a notable increase in strength." Added the auctioneer.

Everyone was staring at the fruit with a frenzied gaze, and the atmosphere reached a boiling pitch in an instant; even Fionn felt compelled to bid, but after giving it some thought, he calmed down," coordinates are still the priority."

"The opening bid for this item is 100000 low grade crystals, and any subsequent raise must be at least 1000 low grade crystals," announced the auctioneer.

Just as the bidding procedure was about to begin, a haughty male voice from a private room declared "200000." Hearing that voice, everyone on the ground floor looked as if they had swallowed a fly.

Everyone on the ground floor raised their heads and stared indignantly at the private room no. 6, but no one said anything.

As a reaction to their indignation, just a mocking snort sounded from within the private room.

"300,000," just as everyone believed the bidding was going to end, another voice from the private room no. 10 chimed over, this one sounded like an old man.

"350000," raised the guy from private room no. 6, clearly dissatisfied.

"500000," raised the old man from private room no. 10, his tone showing his determination to purchase the item.

After the elderly man's despotic bid, the hall was silent. A few moments later, a scornful snort came from private room 6, saying, "don't think I'll fall for such a childish trick, you can have it."

The people on the ground floor sighed with disappointment as the drama comes to an end.

"SOLD! The item is going to the gentleman from Private Room No. 10. "Not getting any further bids, the auctioneer announced.

"Items that directly boost your strengths are still the most expensive." Neal sighed.

"Of course, what matters in the end is your personal strength, relics, and whatever else can at most assist you." Fionn responded.

Clearing her throat, the auctioneer spoke in a cryptic tone, "the next item on our list is extremely special; it's the first time that our establishment is auctioning an item of such kind; I'd like to invite our chief inspector Master Raymond to the stage to provide the introduction of our next item."