The auction hall.
"Five thousand taels of gold!" Someone had already begun to see red.
Watching the fervent scene below,
Jiang Ning could not help clicking his tongue in wonder.
All because this was now the ninth auction item, and its name was exceedingly simple.
One Longevity Fruit.
It could add ten years to one's lifespan and restore ten years of youth.
Compared to the former effect, restoring ten years of youth was the true main attraction.
This was equivalent to giving a martial artist an additional ten golden years.
Ten golden years, bestowed upon any martial artist, could basically allow them to rise another step.
Someone who could originally only reach the fifth rank could reach the fourth rank with ten additional golden years.
Someone who could originally only reach the fourth rank could become a third-rank Grandmaster with ten additional golden years.
Such an effect was enough to drive anyone mad.
When Jiang Ning heard Duke Tuling in the neighboring VIP room bid seven thousand, he could not help smacking his lips.
"An old-established Grandmaster truly is an old-established Grandmaster—so rich!!"
He sighed inwardly.
In the end, that Longevity Fruit sold for an astonishing ten thousand taels of gold. The buyer was also a mysterious figure in a VIP room, with a woman's voice.
As for Duke Tuling, his final bid had only been eight thousand taels.
With the ninth auction item concluded, Jiang Ning turned his attention to the subsequent items.
The eighth item was a stone called a Sword-Polishing Stone.
This stone could help one comprehend sword intent.
The seventh auction item was a painting called the Four Spirits Diagram.
The sixth auction item was a drop of blood, claimed to be the blood of an Ink Qilin.
The fifth auction item was three sticks of