Yuan-Gathering Pills Sell Like Hotcakes! Yuan-Coagulating Pill Shocks the Entire Venue!

In the second-floor private room with the best view, the atmosphere was somewhat strange.

Frank, president of the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild, had held his cup of tea in midair for quite some time without taking a sip.

His grizzled brows were twisted into knots as he stared fixedly at the small jade bottle in Ya Fei's hand onstage.

"Otto, what do you make of this?"

Frank set down his teacup and tapped his fingers against the table.

"A second-tier pill that can directly help a Nine-Star Dou Zhe break through?

And with a fifty-percent chance?

We've been around the Jia Ma Empire for decades, yet we've never even heard of such a thing. Even Pill King Gu He probably doesn't have that kind of ability, does he?"

Otto, sitting across from him, was a slightly plump old man who was peeling a grape and bringing it to his mouth.

"I find it strange too."

Otto spat the grape skin onto a plate and wiped his hands.

"If such a formula truly existed, it would have spread throughout the Jia Ma Empire long ago. But..."

He pointed toward the auction stage below.

"The Miteer Auction House's sign is hanging right there.

Chief Steward Ya Fei is shrewd in business. If she weren't certain, would she dare make such a grand spectacle? Isn't she afraid of ruining the Mite'er Family's reputation?"

"You mean they tested the medicine?" Frank still found it hard to believe.

"Of course they did."

Otto chuckled.

"Didn't they come up with some kind of 'Beast Power Pill' not long ago?

Its grade wasn't high, but the idea of letting someone temporarily possess the brute strength of a magical beast was wild enough. These three pills were probably the work of that mysterious master again."

Otto's guess was pretty much correct.

To verify the effects of the Spirit-Nurturing Powder, Ya Fei had drunk a bottle herself. Her cultivation speed that night had been terrifyingly fast.

As for the Yuan-Gathering Pill, Lu Heng had taken one himself.

Only the final Yuan-Coagulating Pill was something Lu Heng had not personally taken.

After all, he had only just broken through to Dou Master. Still, with his absolute trust in the Pharmacopoeia of Ten Thousand Worlds, there was no way its effects could be false.

By now, the bidding below had reached a fever pitch.

"One hundred twenty thousand!"

"One hundred twenty-five thousand!"

The price continued to climb, and the bidders were shouting themselves hoarse.

Jia Lie Bi sat in his private room, nearly crushing the iron exercise balls in his hand out of shape.

He stared fixedly at that jade bottle, his mind filled with the disappointing son of his family's Great Elder.

That brat had been stuck at Nine-Star Dou Zhe for almost two years. If he failed to break through soon, he would be stuck like this for the rest of his life.

And if the Xiao Family got this pill...

Jia Lie Bi's eye twitched as he saw Xiao Zhan across from him about to call out a bid.

"One hundred forty thousand!"

Jia Lie Bi shot to his feet. His roar was utterly heart-wrenching.

"Whoever bids again, I'll fight them to the death!"

The entire venue fell silent for a moment.

One hundred forty thousand gold coins.

Paying that much for a second-tier pill truly hurt.

Xiao Zhan opened his mouth over there, but in the end, he merely snorted and sat back down.

His funds were limited, and the real big-ticket items were still to come. There was no need to stubbornly clash with a mad dog here.

Ya Fei's auction hammer paused in midair for three seconds, and her peach-blossom eyes curved with such a sweet smile that they seemed ready to drip with honey.

"One hundred forty thousand, going once. One hundred forty thousand, going twice..."

Smack!

"Congratulations, Patriarch Jia Lie, on obtaining this divine medicine!" Ya Fei said in a syrupy voice.

"I am sure this pill will help one of the Jia Lie Family's experts soar to new heights. These one hundred forty thousand gold coins were well spent!"

Jia Lie Bi collapsed back into his chair, feeling as though his heart was bleeding.

Well spent, my ass!

One hundred forty thousand!

That could buy several sets of marketplace storefronts!

But now that things had reached this point, he could not lose face. He forced out an ugly smile and clasped his hands toward the people around him.

The next several Yuan-Gathering Pills were auctioned at a pace so tight it left people breathless.

Though the face-saving premium of the first pill was gone, their final prices still remained steady at around one hundred thirty thousand gold coins.

These great families were like gamblers who had lost their minds. When it came to their younger generation, they truly spent money as though it were nothing.

Lu Heng silently calculated the accounts from his corner, already blooming with joy inside. Those nine Yuan-Gathering Pills alone had brought in over one million gold coins.

(The Qi Gathering Powder in the original work was probably priced at around three hundred forty thousand. The prices of pills and items in the early stages of the original work really were a bit buggy.)

The million gold coins Lu Heng needed had already been gathered before things had even truly begun.

"Sure enough, a technology monopoly is where the real profits are."

As the final Yuan-Gathering Pill found its buyer, the atmosphere throughout the auction house suddenly grew somewhat solemn.

What had come before was merely an appetizer.

Even the Yuan-Gathering Pill only targeted the Dou Zhe class.

In a place like Wutan City, Dou Zhes were the foundation and the hired muscle. But those who truly determined a family's influence were Dou Masters and Da Dou Shis!

Ya Fei stood atop the raised platform and took a deep breath.

She knew very well how to stir up emotions.

Rather than immediately lifting the red cloth, Ya Fei gently stroked the tray. Her gaze swept over the audience before finally settling on the several VIP rooms on the second floor.

"The next item, I believe none of the important figures present will be able to refuse."

Ya Fei's voice was no longer as seductive and alluring as before. Instead, it carried a rare note of solemnity.

"A peak third-tier pill: the Yuan-Coagulating Pill."

Her slender fingers abruptly lifted the red cloth, revealing an exquisitely crafted mutton-fat jade bottle beneath it.

"Its effect is very simple: anyone below Nine-Star Dou Master who takes this pill will raise their strength by one star without any side effects."

"Whoa!"

A wave of sharp inhalations rang out below the stage.

Raising one's strength by one star without side effects?

Though the effects had already been announced, hearing Ya Fei say them in person was still utterly shocking!

But that was not all.

Ya Fei paused, then dropped the true depth charge.

"If a Nine-Star Dou Master takes it, there is a fifty-percent chance that it will help them condense a Dou Crystal and step into the realm of Da Dou Shi!"

"Boom!"

At that moment, the entire auction house exploded into uproar.

The leaders of those factions, who had barely managed to remain calm until now, all sprang up from their chairs.

A fifty-percent chance of breaking through to Da Dou Shi?

What did that even mean?

In Wutan City, a Da Dou Shi was the heavens!

Even the patriarchs of the three great families were merely Da Dou Shis.

If a family could produce one more Da Dou Shi, the skies above Wutan City would likely change!

Inside one of the small private rooms on the second floor.

A young girl in a goose-yellow dress was tugging on the sleeve of the middle-aged man beside her and shaking it desperately.

"Dad! Dad! This one's great!"

The girl was around sixteen or seventeen. She wore a high ponytail, and her round little face was quite adorable, but her large eyes glittered with a mischievous cleverness that gave people headaches.

"Lin Fei, stop shaking me. These old bones of mine are about to fall apart." Lin Ang, the Black Rock City Lord, helplessly pressed down his daughter's hand.

He truly had not wanted to come to this backwater place.

But his precious daughter had insisted on coming to watch the excitement. Lin Ang had already bought the Spirit-Nurturing Powder and Yuan-Gathering Pill for his darling daughter. It could not be helped—Lin Ang was utterly doting toward his daughter.