Half an hour later, Xu Cheng took out a blood-red jade box. Opening it, he removed a blood-red mushroom with black patterns covering its surface.
"Blood Soul Mushroom!"
Han Changming's expression turned solemn. He had come precisely for the Blood Soul Mushroom.
"One five-thousand-year Blood Soul Mushroom. Starting bid: ten million spirit stones. Each increase must be no less than one million."
The moment Xu Cheng finished speaking, someone immediately called out a bid.
"Ten million!"
"Eleven million!"
"Twelve million!"
The price climbed steadily, quickly surpassing twenty million spirit stones.
"Twenty-five million spirit stones!"
Han Changming spoke up, raising the bid by five million at once. A five-thousand-year Blood Soul Mushroom was extraordinarily valuable; refined into pills and sold, it could fetch an even higher price.
After several rounds of bidding, Han Changming purchased the five-thousand-year Blood Soul Mushroom for the steep price of forty million. Its ability to nourish the soul was the main reason; any other five-thousand-year spirit herb would never have sold for such a price.
After the Blood Soul Mushroom was auctioned off, eight burly men carried a golden iron cage onto the bluestone platform. Inside the cage was a reddish-gold crow, with a pale green talisman stuck to its body. It looked listless, but judging by its aura, it was unmistakably a sixth-rank spirit bird.
"Fellow Daoists, you have heard of Fire Crow True Lord, haven't you?"
Xu Cheng deliberately left them hanging.
"Of course. I heard Fire Crow True Lord keeps a seventh-rank Flame-Devouring Crow with Golden Crow bloodline. What, does this spirit bird possess Golden Crow bloodline as well?"
Someone spoke up.
"Exactly. This is a lower sixth-rank Four-Winged Golden Flame Crow with Golden Crow bloodline. Once tamed, it will be a tremendous aid. Even ordinary Void Refinement cultivators would be no