"Young friend Chu Feng, you didn't come here solely to bid on items, did you? You must have some items to sell as well?" said the Ghost Spirit Palace's Palace Master.
"Of course." As he spoke, Chu Feng took out the inheritance secret technique.
Beyond that inheritance secret technique, Chu Feng also produced a considerable number of items for auction.
Nearly all of these items had been obtained from the tomb of the Arrow Dao Ancestor. Some were bizarre and peculiar — they looked like they might fetch a decent price, but to Chu Feng, they held no practical value.
Since keeping them was useless, he figured he might as well put a portion up for auction. What was the harm? If they happened to sell for a good price, all the better.
Afterward, the Ghost Spirit Palace's Palace Master chatted with Chu Feng for a while longer before Chu Feng took his leave.
After all, the important business was done, and he couldn't very well keep Elder Xingyi and Xia Yun'er waiting any longer. The two of them had accompanied him here, after all.
However, after Chu Feng departed, the Ghostly Sorrow Elder inside the palace wore a troubled expression as he asked: "Palace Master, young friend Chu Feng's Immortal Armament is indeed extremely valuable — a fine specimen among Immortal Armaments, to be sure."
"But even at auction, the final price would generally only reach around ten thousand Immortal Martial Stones, and might not even reach that. So why did you offer to purchase it for six hundred thousand Immortal Martial Stones?"
"To win someone's heart and build a relationship — you can't do that without paying a price."
"Forget about losing a mere three million Immortal Martial Stones. If I can forge a bond with this Chu Feng, I'd be willing to pay thirty million," the Ghost Spirit Palace's Palace Master said.
"Palace Master… do you truly believe that this Chu Feng is Chu Xuanyuan's descendant?" the Ghostly Sorrow Elder asked.
In truth, the Ghostly Sorrow Elder understood that the Palace Master's high regard for Chu Feng was not without reason. And the greatest reason of all was that the Palace Master believed Chu Xuanyuan's son.
However, no one could yet confirm that Chu Feng was truly Chu Xuanyuan's son. Under such circumstances, using this sort of extravagant gesture to win him over seemed rather like it might not be worth the cost.
"The name is the same, the Divine Punishment Mystic Art is the same, and even his appearance is strikingly similar. There's no mistake — it has to be him."
Yet in response to the Ghostly Sorrow Elder's question, the Ghost Spirit Palace's Palace Master's answer was one of absolute certainty.
"But the rumors say Chu Xuanyuan's son is already dead. Besides, Chu Feng has never once claimed to be a member of the Chu Heavenly Clan, much less admitted that he is Chu Xuanyuan's son," the Ghostly Sorrow Elder said, still somewhat skeptical.
When Chu Feng first rose to prominence, countless people in the Great All Upper Realm had speculated that he was Chu Xuanyuan's son. But gradually, many had dismissed that speculation.
And their dismissal was not without basis — after all, long-standing rumors held that Chu Xuanyuan's son had died.
"The world still doesn't understand Chu Xuanyuan well enough. How could his son possibly be dead?"
The Ghost Spirit Palace's Palace Master shook his head with a smile.
It was the sort of smile that seemed to mock the world's ignorance.
"Palace Master, if Chu Feng really is Chu Xuanyuan's son, then why doesn't Chu Xuanyuan show himself? And why was he willing, all those years ago, to accept punishment and imprisonment from the Chu Heavenly Clan? What exactly is going on?" the Ghostly Sorrow Elder asked, filled with bewilderment.
In the eyes of many, Chu Xuanyuan's strength had far surpassed that of the Chu Heavenly Clan back then. Yet when faced with the clan's punishment, Chu Xuanyuan had chosen to submit.
That was something many people could never understand, and it had given rise to countless rumors.