Mass Internal Competition. The next several pills were also rare treasures, and many of the buyers present were wealthy big shots. Quite a few were even alchemists of the older generation who had lived in seclusion for years to improve their Alchemy Techniques, so their collections were naturally ample.
As a result, the competition was especially fierce. One or two auction items even sold for prices beyond Xiao Yan's imagination.
"Oh my god, is that really necessary?! Isn't it just a high-level Fourth Grade pill? The Angelica Earth Spirit Root is the main ingredient for the Sixth-Grade Pill Spirit-Returning Medicinal Ointment! Who is that Elder? How come I've never heard of him?"
"Look, isn't his right hand missing a finger? He was the runner-up at the same Alchemist Convention as Pill King Gu He, the Nine-Fingered Alchemist Lin Zhen who narrowly lost to Gu He. Back then, in his final contest with Gu He, the pill he refined ultimately exploded in the pill furnace because his Flame Control was inferior to Gu He's, blowing off his thumb."
"To remember that humiliation, Lin Zhen has never restored his severed finger. And the Flame Control Heart Pill Xiao Yan is auctioning is no simple thing. It can help alchemists improve their ability to control Flame. Most importantly, it was refined with Heavenly Flames, so it will greatly improve one's control over Flame. That's basically a direct boost to one's Alchemy Techniques."
Many older-generation alchemists made their moves one after another. The bidding was so intense that even Xiao Yan sometimes found it hard to choose. Many medicinal ingredients were extremely precious, and Xiao Yan wished he could take out more pills to auction.
Xiao Yan had not put all his pills up for auction. Because he possessed Heavenly Flames and the Flame