Absorbing Earth Core Fire, the Heaven Burning Furnace's Advancement!

Ye Yan looked at the flame on the display platform and thought of his Life Fire Seed, which was still being nurtured. He decided to acquire it.

This trip to the auction would be complete once he obtained this Earth Core Fire.

After all, the furnace in his dantian was already crying out to be fed.

During this period, he had continuously supplied the Wood Qi required by the furnace.

With constant nurturing, he could even sense a faint spirituality emanating from within it.

If the Wood Qi fully extracted from one Green Spirit Flower counted as one strand,

then ten strands made one wisp.

The furnace's absorption speed had now changed from one strand every two days to one strand per day.

And the Life Fire Seed could absorb one strand per day as well.

That meant it consumed two strands each day, equivalent to two second-tier Evergreen Flowers, or two hundred gold coins.

Looking only at a single day, it was not much given the Ye Family's status. But over a year, it would amount to more than seventy thousand gold coins.

And that was without factoring in the possibility that the furnace and fire seed's absorption rate would increase later.

Of course, the price was irrelevant. The main issue was that this consumed too much time.

After this trade fair, he needed to find a medicinal herb that could extract more Wood Qi.

Extracting it from Evergreen Flowers was simply too slow.

His time was precious.

On the display platform.

Ever since the seductive auctioneer had revealed that the Earth Core Fire lacked its source essence, the descendants of the various families who had initially been interested immediately abandoned the idea.

If it had been a complete Earth Core Fire, it could indeed have served as an alchemy flame for their younger generation.

But a defective one was not worth it.

"Given the consignor's request, this Earth Core Fire will begin at one fourth-tier medicinal pill!"

The enchanting voice rang out once more. As she moved with graceful steps, the atmosphere in the hall grew even more heated.

Anyone who could enter this auction was at least a fifth-tier alchemist. A fourth-tier medicinal pill was child's play to them.

It was clear this was merely a warm-up item.

Still, seeing the alluring look in the auctioneer's eyes and the fiery gazes of the alchemists below, Ye Yan had to admit that the auction house truly had skill.

At an auction filled entirely with alchemists, most of them made no effort to hide their desires.

And since alchemists were all wealthy, acts of reckless extravagance for a beauty usually occurred in places like this.

Just as the auctioneer's voice fell.

"One fourth-tier Beast Strength Pill."

A voice immediately rang out from below.

Then more voices followed.

"Two Beast Strength Pills."

Bids continued to ring out.

"Don't you want it? I'll bid for it."

Ye Jingheng looked at the lively auction and spoke to Ye Yan.

"Not yet. It's a flame comparable to a sixth-tier Beast Fire. Even if it is missing part of its source essence, it can't be bought with a fourth-tier pill."

Ye Yan fixed his gaze on the flame on the display platform and spoke quietly.

At the same time.

Inside a private room on the second floor.

There were two people in the room, one dressed in black and the other in white.

Both were exceptionally handsome.

The man in black looked at the gloomy expression on the white-clothed man's face and could not help but smile. "Brother Bai Li, you've finally been let out recently."

"Cao Ge, if you called me out just to make fun of me, then there was no need."

Bai Li's face was livid. "President Xuan Yi finally showed an interest in taking a disciple. If I couldn't become one, do you think your Cao Family can?"

Cao Ge merely smiled without speaking.

As Cao Ying's cousin, he naturally knew of his cousin's talent.

It was not false modesty. If anyone in the entire Pill Region was most qualified to become President Xuan Yi's disciple, it was likely only his cousin.

Likely only his cousin.

Unfortunately, she was too young.

"Hmph."

Bai Li snorted coldly and said slowly, "I know your Cao Family has produced a genius, and even the Ye Family has one. Your two families have even begun cooperating."

"But so what? Sheng Yao took sides. Who knows whether several presidents instructed him to do so, or whether Han Li has some means of his own and won over the elders."

"Both your families are already too late."

Bai Li gave his conclusion.

"Let's not discuss that."

Cao Ge reined in his smile and lowered his head to look at the display platform below.

The price of the Earth Core Fire had already reached one low-grade fifth-tier medicinal pill.

"Doesn't your Bai Clan also have a genius, Bai Ying? Hasn't he been looking for a high-tier Beast Fire lately? You have no interest in this Earth Core Fire?"

"A defective flame is useless to him!"

Bai Li lowered his eyes toward the flickering Heavenly Flames and answered slowly.

Then his gaze casually moved across the crowd below the platform before finally stopping on a handsome young man.

Something about that person's eyes felt inexplicably familiar to him, yet he had never seen that figure or face in his memories.

"Did you run into an acquaintance?" Cao Ge asked.

"One Qi Cultivation Pill."

At that moment, seeing that the bidding for the Earth Core Fire had begun to slow, Ye Yan announced his own price.

A Qi Cultivation Pill could rapidly restore the Dou Qi within one's body. It was useful even to Dou Emperors and Dou Zongs.

Therefore, Qi Cultivation Pills were considerably more valuable than ordinary fifth-tier medicinal pills.

"This gentleman bids one Qi Cultivation Pill. Does anyone offer more?"

A crisp, soul-stirring voice rang out from the stage.

"One Qi Cultivation Pill, going twice."

Inside the room.

"You know that person?" Seeing that Bai Li did not answer, Cao Ge asked again.

"Never seen him."

Bai Li frowned. He looked again and found that the familiar sensation had vanished. In the end, he could only shake his head.

"Is that so?"

Cao Ge was puzzled and made another bid for the Earth Core Fire below.

"One fifth-tier medicinal pill, plus one fifth-tier medicinal herb."

"Very well, Private Room Three upstairs bids one medicinal pill and one fifth-tier medicinal herb."

The red-clothed auctioneer's smile did not fade. "Any higher bids?"

Ye Yan raised his head toward the direction the voice had come from.

He had never heard that voice before. Why was someone suddenly butting in?

Ye Yan turned to signal Ye Jingheng.

Ye Jingheng nodded and raised his hand. "Two Qi Cultivation Pills."

"Very well, two Qi Cultivation Pills, going once."

The auctioneer pointed toward Ye Jingheng, then glanced around with a thoroughly seductive look in her eyes.

"Two Qi Cultivation Pills is already about right. It depends on whether the people in that private room upstairs will continue bidding."

"Probably not. This is only the first item, and those great families of Sacred Pill City aren't lacking in flames like this."

"..."

Ignoring her seductive gaze, the crowd quietly discussed the matter with their friends.

Inside the room.

"You really don't know that person?" Cao Ge asked again.

"I don't."

Bai Li lowered his head to look again and found that the inexplicable familiarity had vanished as though it had been an illusion.

"If you want it, just bid for it yourself."

"Forget it."

Cao Ge understood and shook his head. "A Qi Cultivation Pill is considered a high-grade pill even among fifth-tier pills. A sixth-tier flame with such severe defects isn't worth it! My Cao Family doesn't lack this either!"

Below the display platform.

"Sold for two Qi Cultivation Pills!"

Seeing that the private room did not bid again, the auctioneer did not dwell on it and brought down the hammer.

Ye Yan leaned back in his chair and let out a breath of relief.

If anyone had continued bidding against him, then this defective Earth Core Fire would have been far too costly.

On the display platform, the auctioneer smiled. With a wave of her jade-like hand, an attendant removed the Earth Core Fire, while another attendant carried out a jade tray from behind her. On the tray was a white jade box.

Inside the jade box lay a palm-sized ganoderma that was entirely crimson, as though it had been soaked in blood.

"Next, let us look at the second auction item: Earth Core Fire Ganoderma."

"Are we bidding on it too?" Ye Jingheng asked.

"We won't participate in the later items. We only need to obtain this Earth Core Fire Ganoderma."

Ye Yan fell into thought.

He recalled that Earth Core Fire Ganoderma was one of the main ingredients for refining the Earth Spirit Pill.

Although he did not currently possess the Earth Spirit Pill formula, it would still be good to get it first.