The auction hall was brightly lit, and the atmosphere had already reached a fever pitch.
Han Feng and Xiao Yue sat side by side in an inconspicuous corner, wearing black cloaks and looking no different from the three to four hundred cultivators present.
He quietly sensed his surroundings and discovered that this seemingly ordinary auction was actually full of hidden experts.
There were probably no fewer than thirty Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.
Among them, several auras were exceptionally deep, clearly belonging to late Foundation Establishment Stage experts.
Most of the rest were Qi Refinement cultivators, but anyone who could come here was clearly quite wealthy.
"Welcome, fellow daoists, to the Star Moon Pavilion auction!"
On the elevated platform, the elderly auctioneer beamed with health. After a few brief pleasantries, he went straight to the point, clearly well aware that cultivators disliked wasting words.
A maid carried a tray covered with red cloth onto the platform.
The old man lifted the red cloth in one motion, revealing a golden saber of ancient, simple design. Sharp spiritual light flowed across its blade.
"The first item is a high-grade magical artifact, the Golden Spirit Blade! This blade... is unmatched in sharpness and provides a considerable boost to fellow daoists who cultivate metal-attribute techniques! The starting bid is sixty Low-grade Spirit Stones!"
As soon as his voice fell, someone below immediately made a bid.
"Seventy Spirit Stones!"
"Eighty!"
Bidding voices rose one after another. Soon, this utterly ordinary magical artifact in Han Feng's eyes was finally sold for one hundred and twenty Low-grade Spirit Stones.
The following auction items were mostly common magical artifacts and materials.
Han Feng had little interest in them. His purpose here was clear: pills, or perhaps some special treasures.
His gaze remained fixed on the stage. Finally, several bottles of pills used to increase Magic Power were brought out.
"Wood Life Pills, ten pills per bottle. The starting bid is one hundred Spirit Stones!"
"One hundred and ten!"
"I bid one hundred and thirty!"
Han Feng joined the bidding without hesitation.
Soon, five hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones were spent like flowing water in exchange for several bottles of decent-quality pills.
As the auction continued, the atmosphere grew increasingly heated.
Finally, it was time for the auction items Han Feng had consigned to appear.
When Steward Li personally carried the exquisite jade box onto the platform and slowly opened it, an intense medicinal fragrance, almost solid enough to take form, instantly filled the entire auction hall.
Everyone's breathing halted at that moment.
"A thousand-year... a Thousand Year Purple Blood Ginseng!"
Someone cried out in shock, breaking the silence.
The entire venue instantly erupted!
"What? Did I hear that right? A Thousand Year Spirit Medicine?"
"How could such a heavenly treasure appear at an auction of this level?"
Every cultivator below, including those calm late Foundation Establishment Stage experts, could no longer remain composed. One burning gaze after another was fixed on the spirit medicine wreathed in flowing purple light.
"The starting bid for this item is one thousand five hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones! Each increase must be at least one hundred Spirit Stones!" Even the auctioneer's voice trembled slightly.
"Two thousand!"
A hoarse voice immediately rang out, directly raising the price by a large margin.
"Two thousand two hundred!"
"I bid two thousand five hundred Spirit Stones!"
The price soared wildly, and the intensity of the bidding far surpassed that of any previous item.
In the end, the Thousand Year Purple Blood Ginseng was sold for the staggering price of three thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
When the second Thousand Year Spirit Medicine, with an even better appearance, was brought out, the frenzied atmosphere in the hall was ignited once more. It ultimately fetched the astonishing price of three thousand six hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones.
After the auction house took its ten percent commission, Han Feng would receive six thousand Spirit Stones.
A genuine fortune!
The auction continued.
Perhaps stimulated by the Thousand Year Spirit Medicine, the competition for the subsequent items became especially fierce.
One or two rare, top-grade, high-tier magical artifacts drew the crowd into lavish spending, selling for two or three thousand Spirit Stones.
"Next up for auction is a rather special auxiliary magical artifact called the Hidden Spirit Gauze!"
The elderly auctioneer kept the crowd in suspense and gestured for the maid to display the item.
It was a resplendent red gauze as dazzling as the evening clouds, thin as a cicada's wing, with a mysterious luster flowing across it beneath the lights.
"The Hidden Spirit Gauze has only one function: concealing one's aura. Once worn, unless a Core Formation Stage patriarch personally comes here, even a late Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator's divine sense will be unable to discern the slightest trace!"
"Whether used for exploring and seeking treasures or evading one's enemies, this item is an exceptionally rare treasure! The starting bid is one thousand Spirit Stones!"
As soon as his voice fell, bids immediately rang out from below.
"One thousand two hundred Spirit Stones!"
The value of a magical artifact that could escape the detection of even late Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators went without saying.
"An aura-concealing treasure... It really is a good item."
Han Feng murmured softly beneath his cloak.
A flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and he recalled a certain scene from the original story.
This seemed to be the magical artifact used by a late Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator named Xuan Le from the Moongazing Sect when he fought Han Li after discovering the Ancient Teleportation Array inside the Spirit Stone Mine.
The speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart.
Though his murmur had been extremely soft, Xiao Yue heard it clearly beside him.
Elder Brother Han wants this! A thought flashed through Xiao Yue's mind.
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