"Look, there's actually a faint mist swirling around that pill."
"That's Pill Qi."
Cries of surprise rang out within the Auction Pavilion.
As the white jade bottle was opened, purple mist curled around it, occasionally transforming into auspicious shapes.
"Only high-grade Pills possess Pill Qi."
The words struck everyone's minds like thunder.
As time had passed on the Douluo Continent, many methods for refining high-grade Pills had been lost.
High-grade Pills not only required exceedingly complex refining methods, but also many precious herbs. Setting aside how difficult it was to find those rare herbs, even if they were all gathered, their proportions involved an extremely complicated process.
At this moment, although no one in the Auction Pavilion knew what this pill did—
As a high-grade Pill, its effects were surely miraculous.
What exactly did this pill do?
At that moment, everyone's eyes gathered on Daji, waiting for her to reveal the answer.
"Heaven Restoring Pill."
Daji spoke softly, introducing it with a hint of playfulness:
"I wouldn't dare claim it can revive the dead, but it can certainly regenerate flesh from bare bones."
"As long as someone still has a breath left, it can pull them back from the gates of hell."
"It can also restore a Soul Master's Soul Power, returning them to their absolute peak condition."
As Daji finished speaking, Prince Xue Xing's aged eyes suddenly gleamed brightly within his private room.
Many years ago, after the accidental deaths of two princes, he had been forced to suspect that there was more to the matter.
Although every investigation had concluded that the two princes had died by accident—
He still felt that it was too much of a coincidence.
Moreover, the greatest beneficiary of their deaths had been the current Crown Prince—His Highness Xue Qinghe.
Now, Xue Ye's health was also worsening by the day.
This worried him greatly.
For years, he had secretly made arrangements and plotted carefully, all so that Prince Xue Beng, who had kept a low profile, could ascend the throne after Xue Ye passed away.
But now, most of the civil and military officials of the court followed His Highness the Crown Prince's lead.
If Xue Ye were to pass away soon, all his years of planning and investigation would go up in smoke.
If he obtained this pill and allowed Xue Ye to regain his vitality, giving him enough time, perhaps he could uncover the truth behind what had happened back then.
He could find irrefutable evidence, completely bring down Xue Qinghe, and allow Prince Xue Beng to inherit the throne.
Within the Purple Box, Ning Fengzhi revealed a look of amazement.
The Myriad Realms Auction Pavilion truly made grand moves.
He had never expected the very first auction item to be such a miraculous Pill.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also possessed some precious Pills that could heal a Soul Master's injuries, but none could compare to the terrifying effects of this Heaven Restoring Pill.
Furthermore, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had also lost its methods for refining high-grade Pills. The only two remaining within the sect had been passed down to the present day and would not be used lightly.
Much less put up for auction.
Otherwise, after a hundred years, when he met the ancestors of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the underworld, they would surely curse him as an unfilial descendant.
Now, if he could acquire this Heaven Restoring Pill and place it in the sect's treasure vault, it would count as securing a future for the sect's descendants.
If some earth-shattering change occurred one day and a Titled Douluo elder of the sect suffered an incurable grievous injury, they could take it and be restored to vitality, continuing to protect the sect.
And preserve the glory of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Demon Subduing Douluo was drooling with desire, his throat making uncontrollable swallowing motions.
Although this pill was not the precious item he had imagined, one that could raise Soul Power Level or evolve a Martial Soul, its ability to heal all injuries effectively gave him a second life.
If he were seriously wounded and outmatched in battle, taking this pill might very well allow him to turn defeat into victory.
"May I ask, besides healing physical injuries, can this pill also detoxify poison?"
Poison Douluo asked anxiously.
"Of course. After taking the Heaven Restoring Pill, it can heal all injuries and restore Soul Power. Naturally, that includes poisons within the body."
"Thank you, Your Excellency, for clearing up my doubts."
Having received Daji's affirmative answer, Poison Douluo's heart trembled uncontrollably.
Although his Soul Power Level had reached that of a Titled Douluo and he was respected by others, appearing to enjoy limitless splendor, the pain within was something outsiders could hardly understand.
His Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, whose venom was extraordinarily potent. He was known as "the most troublesome Titled Douluo in the world."
His poison was incomparably tyrannical. Once unleashed, it could kill everyone in an entire city.
Yet it was both the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's poison that made him and the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's poison that ruined him.
Because his poison was too tyrannical, it had poisoned him as well during his cultivation.
Ever since awakening his Martial Soul, Dugu Bo had cultivated Poison Arts. Now ninety years old, although his Poison Arts had reached a consummate realm, he was also burdened by its poison.
Whenever it rained, Dugu Bo would feel numbness and itching beneath his ribs, and it would gradually intensify, lasting roughly two hours and flaring up once at midnight and once at noon.
Every night at the third watch, Dugu Bo's head and the soles of his feet would suffer needle-like stabbing pain.
Dugu Bo understood his own condition well. Yet despite being a master of poisons, he had no solution for the poison deeply rooted in his own body.
For many years, he could only rely on heavenly treasures to suppress it.
The most frightening part was...
Dugu Bo looked at the beautiful young girl beside him. She was Dugu Yan, and by his judgment—
His granddaughter certainly did not possess his own willpower to endure the steadily worsening pain.
Moreover, judging by Dugu Yan's talent, she likely could not cultivate to the level of a Titled Douluo and would be unable to suppress the poison with profound Soul Power.
Then its episodes would only become even more severe in the future.
He could not bear to watch his beloved granddaughter suffer his pain at such a young age.
Now, this Heaven Restoring Pill had given him hope.
Daji's voice rang out once more in the hall.
I believe everyone now understands the effects of this Heaven Restoring Pill.
Next, allow me to introduce the auction rules.
"Every bid made by participants in the Myriad Realms Auction Pavilion must be backed by chips they can pay. Malicious bidding is prohibited."
"A bid will only take effect once it is confirmed that the bidder has the ability to pay the chips."
"I believe everyone can now see the chips in their hands. They were automatically converted by the Myriad Realms Auction House based on each bidder's wealth and treasures."
Some rejoiced, while others worried.
Inside a large white private room on the first floor of the Auction Pavilion, someone could not help complaining:
"Damn, is there an error in these converted auction points? Why do I only have exactly ten thousand? That's barely enough to meet the starting bid."
"Brother, let's just treat this as a chance to broaden our horizons. I only have thirteen thousand auction points too. There's no sense of participation at all."
"Sigh, comparisons really make people angry. We're destined to be nothing but supporting characters."
"Could the conversion be inaccurate?" someone asked.
"Please rest assured. The token will convert valuable assets such as the bidder's Martial Soul, Lifespan, gold, silver, jewelry, Meditation Cultivation Method, Spirit Pills and Immortal Herbs, Martial Soul Secret Techniques, and so on into auction points."
"Furthermore, the Myriad Realms Auction Pavilion values integrity in business and is absolutely fair and impartial."
"If anyone remains concerned, after the auction ends, you may take your treasures to any major auction house for appraisal."
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