Securing It at a High Price (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

"Fellow seniors and Daoist friends, let me introduce the Blood Heart Pill once more. Its miraculous effects are enough to let even a Foundation Building Cultivator with only a thread of life left rise from the dead!"

"The starting bid is eight thousand Spirit Stones, and each increase must be no less than one hundred Spirit Stones!" Fallen Fragrance Fairy was equally impassioned at this moment.

Ye Jingcheng could feel Ye Xinghe's body trembling slightly.

It was as though he cared deeply about the Blood Heart Pill!

Meanwhile, cultivators from the Li Family, Chu Family, Chen Family, and others at the side began calling out bids one after another. "Nine thousand Spirit Stones!"

"Ten thousand Spirit Stones!"

The price of the Blood Heart Pill soared directly toward the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill!

Of course, under ordinary circumstances, the Blood Heart Pill was not worth so much. But if a Foundation Building Cultivator needed healing, its value would rise in a straight line!

After all, a Foundation Establishment Pill still carried the possibility of failure, while the Blood Heart Pill restoring a Foundation Building Cultivator's combat strength was a sure thing! "Eleven thousand Spirit Stones!" Ye Xinghe spoke for the first time! Yet his bid was not excessive; he still retained his composure!

The Four Great Families, and even the two Purple Mansion Families upstairs, might make their moves! There was no point in raising the price too much. Those Rogue Cultivators could not make many bids anyway, so there was no need to intimidate them.

"Twelve thousand Spirit Stones!" Li Mutian spoke provocatively as well! "Thirteen thousand Spirit Stones!" Ye Xinghe continued speaking without changing expression! The price steadily climbed.

By the time it reached eighteen thousand Spirit Stones, three parties remained in the competition.

The Xu Clan on the second floor, the Li Family in a first-floor private room, and the Ye Family in another first-floor private room!

The bidding was also incredibly fierce.

Many cultivators who had intended to leave after their treasures were sold gradually stopped in their tracks!

The last auction this heated dated back to the Foundation Establishment Pills released by the Taiyi Sect three years ago! "Twenty thousand Spirit Stones!" Even after naming this price, Ye Xinghe remained as calm as drifting clouds and gentle winds! Seeing this, Li Mutian could not help asking.

"That Black Serpent Pincers just now belonged to your Ye Family, didn't they!"

Ye Xinghe did not answer, merely continuing to gaze ahead calmly! Meanwhile, Blackwood True Person, who had been there earlier, had already vanished.

The entire venue fell silent for a long while.

Then, from the second floor, an offer of twenty-one thousand Spirit Stones finally rang out, shattering the silence!

"Twenty-two thousand!" Ye Xinghe spoke again! This time, the second floor was silent for a long while as well.

Fallen Fragrance Fairy swayed her body as she continued calling for bids, hoping to use her graceful figure to spur the price higher.

But those interested in her figure lacked the means to bid, while those who were not attracted to it cared even less! "Twenty-two thousand Spirit Stones, going once!"

"Twenty-two thousand Spirit Stones, going twice!"

"Sold! Congratulations to the Ye Family cultivator!"

Fallen Fragrance Fairy finally brought down the hammer.

Ye Xinghe finally let out a breath of relief!

Beneath his calm expression, his hand clenched into a fist!

That Black Serpent Pincers had come from a Monster Beast personally slain by the Ye Family patriarch and had been personally refined by him into a Dharma Artifact. Yet at this moment, because of the Blood Heart Pill, it had been sold to the Li Family! Of course, he had also become certain of one thing: the Blood Heart Pill was most likely a scam. Otherwise, given its usefulness to the Ye Family, twenty-two thousand Spirit Stones would never have been enough to reach its true bottom price.

Still, although the Blood Heart Pill was a scam, he had inspected it, and its medicinal effects were normal. Perhaps it could still be used; the clan merely needed to first uncover the trap within it.

And he believed his clan could do that.

Thus, the Blood Heart Pill was still extremely important.

Of course, deep down, he still hoped his guess was wrong—that there was nothing wrong with the Blood Heart Pill. As long as it was brought back to the clan, the Ye Family's Clan Protecting Spirit Beast could recover from its injuries.

Soon, Ye Xinghe stepped forward to exchange Spirit Stones for the treasure! The Li Family remained seated for a long time without leaving, even Li Xiangcai doing the same, as though they still needed to put on a performance. Ye Xinghe cooperated with them perfectly.

Not only did he mock them a little, but he quickly collected the pill and returned to the shop.

"Xinghong, close the shop for ten days. Do not open the doors during these next ten days!" Ye Xinghe began giving orders the moment he entered. Then he looked toward Ye Jingcheng and the other three.

"You should return to your rooms as well. Cultivate properly these next few days!" Ye Xinghe instructed them again before looking at Ye Jingcheng.

"This is your Red Dragon Fruit. Three hundred and twenty Spirit Stones!" Ye Xinghe took out a palm-sized Jade Box. It was the very Jade Box from the auction.

"Thank you, Eldest Uncle. Jingcheng only has two hundred and fifty Spirit Stones on him..." Ye Jingcheng said awkwardly.

He had dared bid three hundred Spirit Stones because Ye Jingli had said he would subsidize him with one hundred Spirit Stones.

"Deduct Contribution Points. Xinghong, help Jingcheng deduct them!" After giving the order and reminding the four of them not to go outside, Ye Xinghe headed into his room.

"This treasure is extremely important to the clan. Bear with it these next few days and cultivate patiently. To cultivators, everything is but an external possession; only cultivation is the most important!" Seeing that everyone was still rather downcast, Ye Xinghong explained again! After explaining, she let out a long sigh as well!

She sighed for them, but who had ever sighed for her? If she could do it all over again, perhaps she would have focused more on her cultivation!

But now, she had already grown accustomed to an ordinary life.

"Thank you, Thirteenth Aunt. We understand!" Ye Jingcheng said, then took the lead in heading toward his room.

At that moment, he had gathered all the spirit fruits and Spirit Herbs. He wanted to see what image the Ancient Book would reveal.

Ye Jingli and the others, however, were somewhat excited, as though they still wished to discuss the events of the auction.

Ye Jinghao and Ye Jingyun in particular craned their necks, crowding around the three of them.

When they saw Ye Jingcheng leave, they surrounded Ye Jingli instead! There was nothing to be done about it—whenever Ye Xingyu, as an elder, glared at them, they had to shrink back! After returning to his room, Ye Jingcheng activated the formation again. Before him lay many Spirit Herbs!

Sure enough, the Ancient Book changed, revealing shadowy scenes of pill refinement.

Ye Jingcheng did not dare slack off at this sight, immediately taking out Jade Slips and recording them! What troubled him, however, was that this spirit pill was clearly much more complex than a First-Order Grade-Middle spirit pill. He would need to master First-Order Grade-High spirit pills before he could refine it!

Furthermore, to ensure success in pill refinement, it would be best if the Crimson Flame Fox reached the First Rank Late Stage as well.

Otherwise, his Red Dragon Fruit and Heartless Flower would not support many attempts at refinement!

Ye Jingcheng put away the Jade Slip and decided that from now on, he would examine and study it once every day! He had to ensure that he succeeded in one attempt when he refined the pill!

The Crimson Flame Fox's double-tailed form in the Ancient Book was simply too majestic.

Only after his emotions settled did Ye Jingcheng feed his two Spirit Beasts.

The Crimson Flame Fox still received a Spirit Feeding Pill plus the Treasure Book's spiritual radiance, while the Jade Ring Rat only received half a Spirit Feeding Pill and a tiny bit of the Treasure Book's spiritual radiance.

After handling everything, Ye Jingcheng let out a long breath, lay down on the bed, and quietly began cultivating.

As the Li Fire Art circulated, Ye Jingcheng's heart gradually calmed. Spiritual energy formed one Heavenly Cycle after another, and heat spread across his body.

The spiritual energy in the air gradually formed a faint vortex around him, making his body appear to be covered in a slight red glow.

And the days passed one by one.

Everyone waited for the tenth day, when the shop would reopen.

Ye Jingcheng waited, Ye Xinghe waited, and the outside world waited...