Cultivation Technique Appears, Bidding!

"I don't need to say much about the effects of the Meridian-Opening Pill! The starting price is three thousand taels, with each bid no less than one hundred taels. Let the bidding begin!"

"Three thousand five hundred taels!"

"Three thousand seven hundred taels!"

"Three thousand eight hundred taels!"

As chief auctioneer Song Tao's voice faded, people immediately began to bid one after another.

As mentioned before, the Meridian-Opening Pill is a treasure that can help even Innate experts improve their strength, so its price is naturally not low.

Zheng Qian had also inquired these past few days, and the most recent transaction price for a Meridian-Opening Pill was over five thousand taels of silver.

But that doesn't mean that's the fixed price of the Meridian-Opening Pill.

The reason is simple: demand exceeds supply!

The main ingredient of the Meridian-Opening Pill, the Meridian Flower, is too difficult to find. Whether you can find it or not depends entirely on luck.

In addition, even if most people find the Meridian Flower, they usually collect supplementary herbs themselves and find someone to refine it, rarely allowing it to enter the market.

With these two factors combined, the Meridian-Opening Pill has always been available in name only, and the transaction price is only for reference.

However, the Meridian-Opening Pill is useless to Zheng Qian, so he just watched the show.

Soon, as the price reached five thousand seven hundred taels, no one bid anymore.

After all, the Meridian-Opening Pill is not the only option; there are many treasures with similar effects.

These people aren't stupid; they can't put all their eggs in one basket.

As the auction ended, the Meridian-Opening Pill was taken by a strong man who had reached the half-step Innate Realm.

According to the surrounding people's discussions, the strong man's name was Liu Yidao, and he had been stuck in the half-step Innate Realm for seven years.

Presumably, he wanted to use the power of the Meridian-Opening Pill to open up the Ren Meridian, thereby breaking through to the Innate Realm.

With the Meridian-Opening Pill having found its owner, Song Tao immediately had a maid bring up the second item: a fragment of a treasure map, with a starting price of two thousand taels of silver, and each bid no less than one hundred taels.

According to the auction house's appraisal, this treasure map was left by a Grandmaster Realm expert named Elder Qiankun two hundred years ago.

The treasure map was divided into four parts, and this auction was for one of them.

As for what is hidden in the treasure, only Elder Qiankun himself knows.

Perhaps it's a miraculous cultivation technique, perhaps it's spiritual pills and elixirs, or perhaps it's divine weapons, gold, silver, and jewelry... but it's also possible that there's nothing at all.

Zheng Qian was naturally not interested in this kind of completely uncertain thing.

However, while he wasn't interested, there were plenty of people who were.

Soon, people began to bid, and there were quite a few of them.

In the end, this fragment of the treasure map was auctioned off for a high price of three thousand five hundred taels by Box B12 on the second floor.

After that, Song Tao quickly brought out the third item, a low-grade Xiantian-level saber technique martial art--Whirlwind Falling Leaves Saber.

The starting price was three thousand five hundred taels, with each bid no less than one hundred taels.

Zheng Qian was somewhat interested in this saber technique, as it could help him improve his Dugu Nine Swords.

However, he still needed to save his money to bid on that incomplete Grandmaster-level cultivation technique, so he could only continue to watch.

In this way, time passed little by little, and items were constantly being auctioned off in an orderly manner.

Third item, fourth item, fifth item...

After an unknown amount of time, as a long saber with a crimson body was brought onto the auction stage, Song Tao immediately introduced it loudly:

"Everyone! Next up is the second-to-last item of our auction: a high-grade Xiantian-level long saber!"

After a slight pause, Song Tao continued:

"This saber comes from the Gongyang family, a family of forging masters in Fengyang County. The saber's name is Crimson Firmament. It is made entirely of Crimson Sun Iron, the saber is three feet seven inches long, three inches wide, and weighs twenty-three pounds..."

Listening to Song Tao's hard-selling explanation on the auction stage, Zheng Qian's eyes lit up, and he whispered to himself in surprise:

"A high-grade Xiantian-level long saber? I didn't expect there to be such a good thing at this auction..."

High-grade Xiantian-level, as the name suggests, means that this saber can withstand the full infusion of Innate True Qi from a peak Innate Realm expert without being damaged, and even has a certain amplifying effect on the power of Innate True Qi.

Zheng Qian doesn't dare to use the Gang Qi in his body at all now, so in terms of realm, he is actually no different from an ordinary peak Innate Realm expert.

Therefore, this Crimson Firmament saber can also improve his strength.

"It's a pity it's not a sword, otherwise..."

After thinking for a while, Zheng Qian shook his head and gave up on bidding for this long saber.

Soon, the Crimson Firmament saber was taken by Box A4 on the third floor for a high price of twenty-one thousand five hundred taels.

And the auction also entered its final climax--the finale item: a Grandmaster-level cultivation technique!

As a delicate-looking maid placed a tray covered with a red cloth on the auction stage, Song Tao immediately introduced it with some excitement:

"The next item to appear is the finale item of our auction, an incomplete Grandmaster-level cultivation technique--Morning Sun One Qi Art!"

As Song Tao's words fell, the entire Auction Hall Number One immediately erupted in a chorus of discussion.

And the focus of everyone's discussion was precisely the Morning Sun One Qi Art on the auction stage.

This was a Grandmaster Realm cultivation method, even if it was incomplete, it was enough to make anyone below the Grandmaster Realm be moved, even driven mad by it.

Unfortunately, this auction was jointly organized by the Four Great Families, and behind the Four Great Families, there was a Half-step Grandmaster Realm expert.

To ensure that nothing went wrong, the Four Great Families must have at least one Half-step Grandmaster sitting in charge of this auction to prevent anyone from taking risks and trying to rob it.

Therefore, although many people's eyes revealed a strong desire to possess it, no one dared to have any transgressing behavior.

As the chief auctioneer, Song Tao had obviously seen many big scenes.

He looked around, ignored the fiery gazes around him, cleared his throat, attracted everyone's attention, and continued to speak loudly:

"According to the appraisal of my auction house's chief appraiser, the original rank of the Morning Sun One Qi Art should have reached above middle-grade Grandmaster Realm, but unfortunately, only about one-third of the incomplete chapters remain.

Alright, without further ado, the starting price for the incomplete chapters of the Morning Sun One Qi Art is 30,000 taels of silver, with each bid increasing by no less than 100 taels. Let the bidding begin!"

"Only one-third left? Never mind, I'll get it first!" After listening to Song Tao's explanation, Zheng Qian frowned slightly and muttered to himself with some disappointment.

He didn't expect that this Morning Sun One Qi Art was actually missing two-thirds of it!

However, having something is better than nothing.

Breaking through from the Innate Realm to the Grandmaster Realm is not the same as breaking through from the peak of Body Tempering to the Houtian Realm; the process is too dangerous.

If there is no cultivation method to guide them, they might not even know how they died.

Therefore, after a little pondering, Zheng Qian did not hesitate to be the first to bid:

"Forty thousand taels!"