Whoosh!
As the auctioneer's words fell, the entire venue fell silent. Then, deafening uproar and sharp gasps filled the Auction House.
"Why does it suddenly feel colder?" A Da Dou Shi seated near the front suddenly sensed the temperature in the venue dropping.
"Hehe, I imagine most of you have not heard of this pill's wondrous effects. Allow me to explain them in detail!"
Ye Xuan began explaining the effects of the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill to everyone. Its main effect was Breaking and Standing! In the end, Ye Xuan even used the renowned Venerable Feng as an example to illustrate the pill's miraculous properties.
"I assume all of you have heard of Venerable Feng Gu Ling's name, right?" Ye Xuan asked with a smile.
"Tch, he is a peak expert renowned across the continent, a mighty Dou Zun Level expert. Back then, he destroyed a First-Class Force on the Eight Directions Continent single-handedly within three days. How could anyone not have heard of such a terrifying feat that shook the continent?"
The Black Horn Region was an intricate and chaotic place. Much contraband was disposed of there, and the experts based in the Black Horn Region knew far more than the natives of most empires on the Northwest Continent.
"Since you all know Venerable Feng's name, you should also know of Lord Gu Ling's earth-shattering battle against his mortal enemy before he became a Dou Zun, right?
"In that battle, although Lord Gu Ling, who was still a Five-Star Dou Ancestor, successfully defeated his opponent, he himself was left heavily injured and with his cultivation scattered. By all reason, even if he survived, his strength should have plummeted drastically. But what happened in reality?
"Seven years after that great battle, Lord Gu Ling, who had been missing for a long time, reappeared on the continent. By then, his strength had already reached the Dou Zun Level." Ye Xuan smiled faintly.
"I imagine everyone has guessed it by now. That's right! When Lord Gu Ling traveled the continent in his younger days, he too was fortunate enough to obtain a Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and consume it.
"That medicinal power had remained dormant within his body throughout the long years, until the moment he was severely injured, when it activated the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill's special effect: Breaking and Standing!
"So! In seven years, merely seven years! He leaped from a Dou Ancestor Expert to a Dou Zun! One of the Four Square Pavilions, Starfall Pavilion, is now his domain.
"What you may not know is that the four Pavilion Masters of the Four Square Pavilions are all Dou Zun Experts, and Venerable Feng is the strongest among them. If you obtain this Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, perhaps you too can become a figure like Venerable Feng!"
On the second-floor VIP Room, where Xiao Li was—
"Teacher, is that really true?" Xiao Li asked.
"Ye Xuan was not wrong. Back when I was still in the Central Continent, shortly after I came up from that cliff, I heard about Venerable Feng's affair. It had an enormous impact at the time, yet no one dared retaliate against him.
"Venerable Yao was still around then. Oh, right, Ye Xuan got one thing wrong. Starfall Pavilion's Pavilion Master has always been Venerable Yao. Venerable Feng should be the Vice Pavilion Master.
"Still, Venerable Yao and Venerable Feng are closer than blood brothers. The position of Pavilion Master means little to them. In any case, Venerable Yao does not handle affairs, and Starfall Pavilion has always been managed by Venerable Feng. Old Man Yao told me this himself, so it should be true!"
Old Wang stroked his beard and smiled. Old Man Yao could be considered one of the benefactors of his life. Had Ice River Valley not destroyed his foundation, Rank 6 Alchemist would never have been Old Wang's limit!
"Fine, you've seen more of the world. Say, Teacher, should we take this pill?" Xiao Li very much wanted the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill.
"Since you want it, I shall obtain it for you!" Old Wang said with a smile.
By then, the Auction House had already turned red-eyed with competition, and they had nearly come to blows.
However, with the previous incident as a warning, everyone in the Auction House remained fairly restrained. After all, the combat strength of a Dou Emperor Peak was not to be trifled with. Aside from the top three of the Black List, Jia Nan Academy, and Tian Snake Mansion, practically everyone feared Xuan Ye Sect's Dou Emperor Peak expert.
On the second floor, at Jia Nan Academy's VIP Room—
"Great Elder, should we bid for the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill?" a stern-faced man with dense Killing Intent across his face asked.
The speaker was Wu Tianlang, deputy commander of the Outer Academy Enforcement Team and a Dou Emperor Expert. The elder he addressed as Great Elder was Su Qian, Jia Nan Academy's newly appointed Great Elder.
Su Qian wore a black robe. His beard and hair were white, while his eyes were cold and sharp as blades. His body exuded an aura far exceeding that of a Dou Emperor.
"Wait and see. If an expert from the Black Horn Region obtains it, we will kill him. If it goes to another force, we will not act."
Su Qian spoke. As the newly appointed Great Elder, he had just broken through the bottleneck of Dou Emperor and reached the Dou Ancestor Level. He had been full of vigor—until he took over the position of Great Elder and was dumbfounded.
Why were there so many matters for the Great Elder to handle? The previous Great Elder, Bai Lie, had piled up a mountain of work for Su Qian before happily retiring. Su Qian, meanwhile, was buried in affairs and did not even have time to cultivate.
Now that Xuanye Auction House had announced that this auction would feature a seventh-rank pill and an Earth Rank Intermediate Cultivation Method, he, as Jia Nan Academy's Great Elder, could not possibly stay away.
If some Black Horn Region force gained enormous strength from obtaining the auction items, Jia Nan Academy's students would face a grave threat.
Su Qian had to eradicate such danger completely! If it were a force from elsewhere, Su Qian naturally would not concern himself with it. But if it were a native force of the Black Horn Region, he was prepared to act.
In just a few minutes, the price of this seventh-rank pill had already been driven to astronomical heights, surpassing fifteen million gold coins. This was a seventh-rank pill—one might not encounter one even once in several decades.
"I offer two Dou Spirit Pills!"
Old Wang made his move, opening with two Dou Spirit Pills.
Old Wang's voice instantly silenced the many forces in the Auction House. Two Dou Spirit Pills? What kind of bid was that? Could the person acting from the second floor be an Alchemist?
"Two Dou Spirit Pills right from the start? It seems the other party is a Rank 6 Alchemist. I wonder whether he is from the Black Horn Region or came from elsewhere!
"It would be best if he came from elsewhere. Otherwise, my plan will be somewhat difficult to carry out. There is not much left of the old fellow's belongings, so I must use them sparingly."
The black-robed man in the corner muttered softly. This Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill had come from his hands.
"Two Dou Spirit Pills and one Windwalk Pill!" Demon Flame Valley also began bidding.
"Three Dou Spirit Pills!" Old Wang spoke calmly again.
"Th-three Dou Spirit Pills?"
"What? Is anyone else following? This old man can also offer one more Imperial Origin Pill. Since no one wishes to continue, the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill belongs to this old man!"
Old Wang's voice resounded throughout the Auction House. His powerful Soul Force caused many experts to look over.
"Valley Master, what should we do?" A Demon Flame Valley expert asked anxiously, addressing the gaunt old man seated on the sofa.
The old man wore a Skeleton Yellow Robe and had hair as red as blood. His face was extremely gaunt, nearly skin stretched over bones. At a glance, he resembled a skull, while his deeply sunken eyes gleamed faintly like ghostly flames, carrying an eerie and sinister air.
"Since we cannot seize it, then we will not compete for it. That man appears to be at least a Rank 6 Alchemist. It would be unwise to compete in wealth with an Alchemist! Let us first see the final auction item.
"The Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill's effects cannot directly increase my strength. As far as I know, Breaking and Standing is not so simple. It must be extremely difficult.
"Besides, in the entire Black Horn Region, aside from that damned Mang Tian Chi, no one can severely injure me! This pill is not something I absolutely must have."
This old man was Demon Flame Valley's Valley Master, Old Ghost of the Earth Demon! An old-generation expert of the Black Horn Region, ranked first on the Black List! A genuine Dou Ancestor Expert! No one had expected that even he would be drawn out by the Xuanye Auction House.
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