“I’m sure everyone here is wondering why the auction house would unveil such a dirty-looking item after we showed a weapon that everyone wanted to get for themselves.” As he said these words to keep the audience’s attention on him, Sirius had a bitter smile on his face.

“Well, to be frank with everyone in this auction house, the entire appraisal team of the Leio Auction House has no clue as to what item this really is.”

Unsurprisingly, after hearing those words come out of Sirius’ mouth, multiple people wondered whether this was just another one of those moments where he said he did not know what the item to inflate the price to greater heights. Though, as these people listened further to the man’s explanation of what the man was, they eventually thought that the auction house really did have no clue what it was.

“Of course, as one of the most prestigious auction houses in the continent, we were still able to obtain a tiny piece of information regarding the item,” said Sirius, trying his best to keep the audience’s interests piqued. “As far as our appraisers could decode the writings on the book’s cover, it seems to be some sort of technique or skill book as we’ve deciphered the word ‘scripture’ on it.”

Hearing that, a fair portion of the audience shifted their attention to the archaic-looking book that was on display. At first, they wondered to themselves what kind of writing Sirius was talking about. Though, as they continued to stare at the book for longer, they eventually saw the various scribbles on the book’s cover, each character being barely visible to the naked eye.

“As for what kind of technique or skill is contained within the book exactly… we’ve deduced that it might have a passive skill attached to it that boosts all physical stats.” Scratching the back of his head as he felt like he had made a mistake to place the item on the auction’s second half, Sirius inwardly let out a sigh, continuing in his attempts to improve the item’s image to the audience.

“Unfortunately, the appraisers found out that this boost in stats would only amount to a 2% increase at most.” Earlier, when Sirius mentioned that the skill possibly attached to the book would boost all physical stats, a few had gained the courage to bid on it, thinking they might strike it rich.

Though, once they heard that the increase in stats was quite minuscule, all of that swiftly disappeared, prompting everyone to look at each other as they wondered whether this item would be another one of the auction house’s rare items that did not get sold to anybody.

“In any case, we’ve only deciphered a small portion of the book, so there’s a chance that you might discover something else about the book.” Knowing that it would be incredibly lucky for him to sell this book to a person currently in the auction house, Sirius let out an awkward chuckle as he hyped the item up one last time.

“With that, the bidding for this item is now open. The initial price starts at… uh… let’s go with 25 platinum coins.”

…

‘How the hell did such a legendary item appear in this place?!’ Though he listened to a fair bit of Sirius’ explanation regarding the item, Valyr’s attention was fully focused on the item, gazing at the archaic-looking book as he wondered whether or not his eyes had failed him.

Fortunately, after listening a bit more to the man’s words regarding the item, the young man was eventually certain that he had come across an incredibly powerful item, his body quivering in excitement as he rummaged through his treasure trove of memories in the past life.

‘I’m pretty sure a player came across this kind of book as well back then,’ thought Valyr to himself, continuing to rummage through his memories to find the specific one he wanted. ‘What was the book about again…?’

‘Ah, found it.’ Eventually, by the time Sirius was talking about the book’s effects, the young man had found the memory he was looking for, murmuring the name of the exact book being shown on stage to himself.

“The Outer Realm Scripture…”

Though it seemed like the name of the book was related to religion or the cultivation of a specific type of energy, the Outer Realm Scripture was actually a skill book that contained a passive skill that everyone sought to obtain for themselves.

After all, it was one of the very few skills during the first couple versions of Greater Beyond to boost certain stats by 50%.

However, rather than the entire passive skill being contained in one skill book, the Outer Realm Scripture was actually split into three volumes, each containing a part of the skill that would eventually allow one to obtain that 50% stat boost.

Thankfully, because a player had come across the item in the past, he and many other players were able to find out that the volumes were color-coded depending on which part of the skill they contained. With that, the young man was certain that the item on stage contained the first part of the Outer Realm Scripture.

‘I wonder where the other volumes of the Outer Realm Scripture are?’ asked Valyr to himself, proceeding to bid on the item as he noticed that everyone was silent. ‘I guess it would also be nice to come across the Inner Realm and Transient Vessel Scripture as well.’

Similar to the Outer Realm Scripture, the Inner Realm Scripture and Transient Vessel Scripture were skills that were split into multiple volumes. However, unlike the Outer Realm Scripture, the Inner Realm Scripture focused on magical stats, while the Transient Vessel Scripture contained an active skill that even Valyr was incredibly jealous of.

Cloning.

‘If my memory serves me correctly, one player would eventually collect all three and use it to become one of the first titled rankers of Greater Beyond.’ Seeing that there were a couple people trying their luck as they made a counteroffer, Valyr flashed a light smile as he gave a counteroffer of his own, certain that only he would be able to use it to its maximum potential.𝒩𝗈𝑣𝐥xt.𝒞𝑂𝔪

‘Then again, the Thousand Body Emperor doesn’t appear until the second version of Greater Beyond arrives… or was it the third?’ Continuing to briefly reminisce about the past revolving around the various scriptures, the young man had eventually obtained the Outer Realm Scripture for himself, paying a price that was only 10 platinum coins higher than the starting price.