The once-in-a-decade grand auction at Three Mountains Market had finally come to an end.
Many events from this auction were bound to become eagerly discussed topics among countless cultivators over tea and meals.
For instance, the open and covert struggle between the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Black Blood Sect and Azure Cauldron Sect; those rare top-grade magic artifacts; those peerlessly beautiful cultivation furnaces...
And naturally, there was also the immense wealth of that dark-faced cultivator. As a mere Qi Refinement cultivator, he had actually possessed more than ten thousand spirit stones!
Not only had he joined the contest for the Foundation Establishment Pill, he had nearly succeeded!
Though the intervention of the sect Foundation Establishment cultivators had ruined his efforts, he had then forcefully secured two Vein-Protecting Pills in the ensuing bidding, for four thousand five hundred and five thousand spirit stones respectively!
This left many cultivators cursing and baffled. After all, Vein-Protecting Pills lacked the miraculous effect of Foundation Establishment Pills, which raised the odds of Foundation Establishment by thirty to forty percent. They could only gamble on the ten-percent chance of succeeding on one's own, and with that man's wealth, his chances of obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill at the next auction were still quite high.
Yet some seasoned and prudent cultivators knew that this had been a rational choice.
After all, his wealth had already been exposed. Did he really intend to wait another ten years?
Moreover, Foundation Establishment Pills were simply too precious. Who knew what trouble might arise at the next auction? What was in one's hand was best!
Regardless of the turmoil outside.
After the auction ended, Aaron went straight to the spirit-vein cave dwelling he had rented and entered seclusion to prepare for Foundation Establishment.
Theoretically, a secluded place rich in