Rooted Spirit Herbs, overflowing coffers; pledging the Sword Manual, the upper echelons of Song Territory

Inside a private room on the second floor.

Hearing Lin Changheng's words, Ye Wugui turned to look down at the auction platform.

True Person Shi's red lips moved ceaselessly as she introduced the latest auction item. Her captivating smile, combined with her false core cultivation, lent her an allure that invited impure thoughts yet made people afraid to act on them. "I imagine quite a few fellow Daoists in the foundation establishment realm have been waiting for this item?"

She raised her delicate hand and lifted the red silk covering the jade tray held by the maid beside her.

Instantly, an extraordinary fragrance that set souls trembling spread throughout the venue. A strangely shaped spirit herb lay quietly on the jade tray.

The entire herb had a glazed, translucent hue and bore five leaves. Each leaf resembled a tiny, exquisite ruyi scepter, with rainbow light seemingly circulating of its own accord through its veins.

Most wondrous of all, a hazy mass of radiant light had gathered three inches above the herb, constantly changing shape. At first glance it resembled a dragon, then a phoenix, then a qilin, occasionally transforming into a qiongqi or another creature. It was profoundly mysterious.

"The Ruyi Glazed Ganoderma!" A knowledgeable foundation establishment cultivator below cried out involuntarily.

True Person Shi smiled sweetly, her voice carrying clearly throughout the venue. "Indeed, this is one of the three principal ingredients used to refine that sacred medicine for core formation-

"[The Return-to-Truth Pill], [the Ruyi Glazed Ganoderma]! This ganoderma grows in glazed mineral veins above the hundred-thousand-foot snow line, taking thirty years to produce a single leaf. This specimen has all five leaves and is over a hundred and fifty years old. It is a supreme specimen that can only be encountered by chance!"

Her gaze swept across