In Bai Lan's memories, once Long Aotian had amassed some wealth in the later stages, he would obtain quite a few fortuitous opportunities at several subsequent auctions.
One of the protagonist's privileges: ordinary cultivators could not see the value in something that looked like trash at first glance, yet the protagonist would deem it a treasure and snap it up for a bargain.
And in the end, the things snapped up by the protagonist were, more often than not, truly good items.
Take her, for example. She had tried to snap up a bargain once.
She had found a dusty-looking divine ability in the Jin Family Treasure Vault and eagerly tried to learn it. What was the result?
It really was just a dusty, useless thing.
Why could the protagonist find a dusty heaven-tier cultivation method in some corner, while all she could pick up was a useless book of sect rules?
The gap—this was the gap!
Who told Long Aotian to have an Elderly Grandfather who had lived for tens of thousands of years in his head, helping him scan for treasures?
"Fellow Daoist, this is Qin Ruge, Myriad Treasures Pavilion's treasure appraisal expert. You may rest assured and take out the Youth Preserving Pill. Myriad Treasures Pavilion will conduct the most professional appraisal and valuation." The red-robed attendant led over a woman in purple.
The instant she looked up, Bai Lan's expression shifted slightly.
The purple-robed woman had dignified features and dressed casually, but her fair face... was smeared with a little dust, and her outer robe was similarly stained.
She looked as though someone had dragged her over by force to appraise something right after she had blown up a batch of pills.
Bai Lan recognized the faint smoky smell on the woman as well.
It somewhat