Even though Musa and Stephanie changed their clothes and had a mask covering their faces, it was still easy to tell they were an old man and a young woman. Besides, Severin could easily tell their attainment through Mind's Eye. That was what made him confirm those two people were Musa and Stephanie.
Diane looked angry. "Miss, how shameless can you be? This is just outrageous. Just because you lost the bid this morning, do you think it was necessary to come here and take it from us?"
Sheila continued, "Ain't that right? I can't believe you guys would do such a thing when you guys have such high attainment."
Stephanie's mouth twitched violently. This was not part of her plan to have Severin guess their identities before she even got the chance to speak.
On the other hand, Musa continued to act like they were not who Severin thought they were. "Miss, I have no idea what you two are talking about. It just happened we were passing by Oolong City this morning and overheard this man here has bought a cauldron from the auction center. We like the cauldron very much and that's why we intend to take it away from him."
After some thinking, he continued, "Kid, give me the cauldron now and we can spare you your life. Plus we can give you three or four billion high-rank spiritual stones for it."
Severin did not know how to react because the excuse was just too absurd and hard to believe. Nonetheless, he was glad that the opponent was unwilling to reveal their appearance and their identities. At least, they would not dare to bring more people from the sect to come to mess with him if they could not beat him tonight.
As such, Severin pretended to believe what Musa said and chuckled. "You got tricked. I have never been to any auction. I'm sure someone is trying to frame me. Please do tell me who told you. I'd like to go ask them why would they do such a thing to me. I'm telling you, you have got the wrong people. I'm not who you are looking for."
Musa and Stephanie exchanged looks with each other and felt speechless. 'This is totally not what we planned,' they thought.
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