Auction, Marrow-Cleansing Pills

Li Moxun thought it over, his expression gradually turning grave.

He only had four months. Four months later, he would follow Tang Wulin and the others to take part in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.

And when the time came, he would use that chance to find a way to join Shrek Academy directly.

Of course, after going to Shrek Academy, he did not plan to become a normal student.

After all, whether it was an ordinary student, the junior class, or even an inner court student of Shrek, none of them were particularly good positions to be in.

One had to know that across the entire Douluo Continent, Shrek controlled more than eighty percent of all soul master resources.

Yet under such circumstances, the resources actually supplied for these students to use did not even amount to one percent of the total.

Of those resources, aside from the portion stored in Shrek's treasury, most had to be exchanged for with points.

And in Shrek Academy, it was extremely difficult for students to obtain points.

Whether through forging or all sorts of other methods, the amount of points students could earn was simply too small.

So Li Moxun's goal was to join Shrek Academy as a teacher, then use Shrek's resources to help himself improve rapidly.

Compared with students, once he became a teacher at Shrek Academy, the resources and benefits he could enjoy would far surpass those of ordinary Shrek students.

And through his own forging skills and selling pills, he would be able to quickly accumulate large batches of points to exchange for the resources he needed.

The problem was that after four months, he would be eleven years old at most.

With the body of an eleven-year-old boy, trying to become a teacher at Shrek Academy would still be extremely difficult.

So aside from the pill-refining techniques and methods he definitely had to reveal, Li Moxun also needed a sufficiently powerful second skill, as well as strength of his own.

As he thought, Li Moxun slowly closed his eyes, began taking pills, and continued cultivating.

Meanwhile, who knew how far away from this place, in Tianhai City, an auction had already begun.

The scale of this auction was not very large. Most of those gathered were experts and families from Tianhai City, as well as personnel from the Spirit Pagoda and Tang Sect.

Among them, the largest numbers came from the various Spirit Pagoda branches and Tang Sect branches, especially the Tang Sect branches.

One had to know that the Spirit Pagoda only had eighteen branches in total, while the Tang Sect had a presence in almost every decently sized city.

As a result, in this small auction, Tang Sect personnel were the most numerous.

As the auction began, a masked young man stood on the stage, speaking confidently as he explained the effects of each item.

After he finished speaking, the bidding began, and the experts around him who belonged to the Tang Sect or the Spirit Pagoda spent money to make their purchases.

Of course, there were also some local families from Tianhai City and families from nearby major cities.

As the auction proceeded, in an unattended corner, Li Moxun's clone stood there quietly.

The girl leaned slightly against the wall, a lollipop in her mouth, her expression calm and indifferent as she watched the scene inside.

She was interested in some of these items and uninterested in others, but her purpose in coming this time was not for any of them.

She watched as the items were sold one after another. Only when they reached the final few items did the young man on the stage cough lightly, then slowly lift the curtain.

However, what was placed there this time was not some spiritual herb or spiritual medicine, but three neatly arranged bottles of pills.

"Everyone should know just how rare pill-refining techniques are. Even within our major organizations, pill refiners are almost nonexistent."

"Yet at this auction, three bottles of pills named Marrow Cleansing Pills have appeared. These three bottles of pills were refined from thousand-year spiritual herbs and ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs."

"The greatest effect of these pills is to cleanse the tendons and marrow. They can improve a person's physical aptitude, expand the meridians, and increase the speed at which soul power is absorbed."

As the young man spoke, there was a hint of emotion in his eyes, along with a trace of greed.

And as everyone listened to him, the already noisy surroundings became even more clamorous.

"Is that real or fake? Hasn't pill refining already been lost for ages? Aside from a few people in the four great organizations who grasp pill-refining arts, only some families with thousand-year inheritances still possess methods for refining pills."

"It's definitely real. Everything at the auction is inspected beforehand. These pills definitely have that kind of effect."

"Don't some spiritual herbs have similar effects too? Why are you all so shocked just because they've been changed into pills?"

"One look and I can tell you're young. You have to know, the effects of pills are several times greater than normal spiritual herbs."

"And aside from the first spiritual herb taken, the effect of a second one will decline greatly, but pills won't."

"No matter how many pills you take, aside from needing to separately clear out the medicinal properties, there are no hidden dangers at all."

Listening to the discussions around them, some major organizations had already begun bidding directly.

These three bottles of pills together could improve a person's aptitude, cleansing their tendons and marrow and raising their aptitude by roughly forty to fifty percent.

Although this had no effect on the martial soul, having a good martial soul did not necessarily mean one's aptitude would be very high.

In this world, while a good martial soul represented powerful personal bloodline and correspondingly strong meridians, meaning the speed of absorbing soul power would be very fast, there were always special cases. Or rather, there were always people whose martial souls were decent, yet whose own cultivation speed was very slow. At a time like this, these pills would have an enormous effect.

Listening to the arguments and discussions around her, Li Moxun leaned there.

These three bottles of pills had naturally been provided by him. He had used one ten-thousand-year spiritual herb and three thousand-year spiritual herbs to refine them, producing around fifteen bottles in total.

These things were useless to him, but if he brought them here, they could absolutely be sold for an astronomical price.

Sure enough, once the bidding began, in barely a few minutes, an argument had already broken out inside.

"I bid eighteen million Federal Coins."

"I bid thirty million, plus one thousand-year spirit herb."

"I bid forty-five million! If the creator is present, my Tianhai City Tang Sect is willing to hire you as our dedicated alchemist!"

"We will purchase every bottle of pills at a price of fifteen million each, and offer a base salary of ten million Federal Coins at the end of every year."

The one speaking this time was a middle-aged man. His voice had been made somewhat hoarse by a voice changer, but his tone was filled with excitement.

And hearing the price of forty-five million, even Li Moxun was somewhat surprised.

One had to know that although these pills were rare, the three bottles would only be enough for one person to cleanse their tendons and marrow.

Under such circumstances, spending forty-five million on a single person was completely not worth it.

But if the other party truly could invite him over and have someone provide them with these pills long-term, then even if the price was generally above fifteen million, it would be extremely cost-effective.

However, Li Moxun could only shake his head helplessly at that. He had no intention of going to the Tang Sect or the Spirit Pagoda.

He only wanted to rake in a batch of resources, then cultivate in peace.

His goal was nothing else: longevity, and becoming a god.

Aside from solving the trouble with his body, it was so that he could live eternally in this world, never threatened or, rather, restrained by anyone.

Other than that, he was completely uninterested in the conflicts of interest between these organizations.

So compared to this world filled with cruel laws, he as a person seemed more like an anomaly completely incompatible with it.