Meridian Opening Pill!

Listening to the young man in front of her mutter, Qian Le'er could only pretend she had not heard. She had heard more than enough dirty talk over the years and had long since come up with ways to deal with it. Inwardly, though, she thought, This little brother isn't as innocent as he looks.

Fortunately, Zhao Li quickly moved on to the main topic, just in time to take the opportunity and bring up a cooperation.

"Gathering all the medicinal ingredients needed for the Meridian Opening Pill isn't exactly simple for me. How about this? If you can provide the corresponding medicinal ingredients, I can give you five sets of Meridian Opening Pills. Your Auction House can help me collect some cultivation methods. I only need Yellow-Tier ones, any attribute is fine. When the time comes, I'll buy them at ten percent above market price. What do you think?"

Hearing what Zhao Li said, Qian Le'er quickly settled into her role. After making a rough calculation in her heart, she regained a merchant's shrewdness and began bargaining.

"I wonder how many cultivation methods you need, Young Master. If it isn't many, the Auction House can take them out right now. There's no need for a premium purchase either, but we'll need five more sets of pills."

Zhao Li needed no small number of cultivation methods. Besides, refining medicine was no easy task, so naturally he would not treat himself as a pill-refining tool or a laborer.

"I need quite a few cultivation methods. You can start collecting them first. Within seven days, collect as many as you can. As for the payment, why don't we wait and see what price these pills can fetch before deciding?"

Zhao Li was not someone who would take a loss, either. He naturally knew that auction prices were usually much higher than the actual value of the pills. Although he did not know the exact amount, he definitely would not lose out, so why not?

"Very well. Let's go in and attend the auction first. Perhaps you may even have some unexpected gains, Young Master." Hearing this, Qian Le'er was in no hurry. Since he had a need, he would not be able to run away.

After arranging for Zhao Li to attend this auction, Qian Le'er also assigned people to handle the collection of cultivation methods.

This was Zhao Li's first time coming to a place like an Auction House. He refused a private room and casually chose a corner in the hall to sit down.

Watching the lively auction before him, Zhao Li truly found it novel. It was far more interesting than what he had seen on television in his previous life.

When he saw everyone fighting over items enthusiastically, Zhao Li would occasionally join the bidding as well, merely calling out once or twice at random. He did not get carried away, nor did he deliberately provoke others.

Several auction items passed in succession. Though Zhao Li had bid, he had not won a single one.

Zhao Li's behavior naturally drew some people's attention. They guessed which family's young master had come to squander money for fun this time. In fact, with Zhao Li's keen perception, he even detected quite a few ill-intentioned gazes.

At this moment, the auctioneer took out another auction item and lifted the cloth covering it. It was precisely the Meridian Opening Pill Zhao Li had brought out.

"After appraisal by Master Aobaniu of our Auction House, this is a Tier 2 Pill, the Meridian Opening Pill, and it can be considered superior even among Tier 2 Pills. Its effects not only speed up cultivation speed and raise cultivation level, but also improve cultivation talent. If you wish for the younger generation in your family to become more outstanding and leave their peers far behind, then bid for it. Because the quantity of pills is limited, this set of pills will be auctioned separately. The starting price for a single bottle is twenty thousand gold coins, with each bid increase no lower than one thousand gold coins. Everyone, please place your bids."

As Zhao Li listened, he admired the man's sales pitch. With just a few words, he stirred up everyone's enthusiasm.

When the people participating in the auction heard the effects of the pill, they all grew eager. In this small city, Tier 2 Pills were already rare, let alone pills that could improve cultivation talent and speed up cultivation.

Since the Auction House said that Master Aobaniu had appraised it, no one doubted it, and they all began bidding.

Very quickly, the price reached the high sum of one hundred thousand gold coins. In the end, this bottle of pills was won by the Su Family of Qing Province's Three Great Clans for one hundred and thirty thousand gold coins.

Watching the price soar all the way up, Zhao Li secretly clicked his tongue. Everyone said Alchemists were the richest people around, and now his horizons had truly been broadened. This was practically faster than robbing people. No wonder Alchemists all wore such arrogant expressions.

Under the auctioneer's verbal stimulation, the next bottle of Meridian Opening Pills fetched an even higher price of one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins and was taken by a young man around seventeen or eighteen years old.

With the pill auction temporarily coming to an end, Zhao Li felt like he was about to get rich in one go. He even started considering whether he should become an emotionless pill-refining tool.

Immediately afterward, Zhao Li looked at the people leaving the Auction House one after another. Some ill-intentioned gazes were directed toward that young man.

"The next auction item is a fragmented map of an unknown ruin. Even a Da Dou Shi cannot damage the material it is made from. Because it is only one part, it is being auctioned again. If someone is fortunate enough to gather the other parts, perhaps they may obtain a supreme opportunity." The auctioneer took out the next auction item.

After the novelty had passed, Zhao Li had originally been feeling somewhat bored, but he instantly perked up.

Zhao Li knew about things like this. Ordinary people might never encounter another part in their lifetime, but the protagonist could collect them with extreme ease.

"Although I don't know what ruin it is, I can buy it first. Since the Qian Family placed it here for auction, they must have studied it and decided it wasn't worth the Qian Family exploring. Hmm, though I can't rule out the possibility that they're waiting for the rabbit by the stump." After pondering for a while, Zhao Li still felt that it was worth getting. "Even if I really can't complete the map, I can throw it to the Flame Emperor in the future. If he obtains some opportunity from it and I trade it for a favor, I still won't lose out."

Although the auctioneer said there was a chance of obtaining a tremendous opportunity, everyone was not stupid. It was nothing like those items that could be taken firmly into one's hands, so it was far from sought after. Only a few people who felt they were children of destiny placed bids here and there. Seeing this, Zhao Li also joined in and finally obtained the fragmented map for fifty thousand gold coins.

Zhao Li sighed with emotion again. The same thing could have different fates when placed in different locations. If this were in the Central Plains, or if it encountered someone with a good eye, it might have sold for a sky-high price. Just like the same Demonic Flame Fragmented Map in the novel, its value in the Black Corner Region and at the Spatial Trading Point could not be mentioned in the same breath.

Soon, this auction ended.

As soon as Zhao Li returned to the room where they had traded earlier, Qian Le'er took out an amethyst card and handed it to him. "These are the gold coins from the two bottles of pills after deducting the handling fee taken by the Auction House. Please keep it safe."

Zhao Li nodded, took the card, and put it into his storage ring.

"What about the trade we discussed earlier?" Zhao Li asked.

"We'll do as you said. We'll collect cultivation methods, and the payment will be five sets of pills. The price of the cultivation methods will be calculated separately, based on market transaction prices." After the pills had just been auctioned, Qian Le'er already knew the value of these pills and had long since thought of a way to cooperate.

"Good. Then I'll come again in a week. I hope our cooperation will be pleasant!"

"A pleasant cooperation. This humble woman is Qian Le'er. May I ask your name, sir?" Qian Le'er held out her fair, delicate hand, offering her name as a gesture of goodwill.

Zhao Li reached out and shook it, giving an alias. "Xu Changqing."

After concluding the deal and obtaining the materials to refine Meridian Opening Pills, Zhao Li left the Auction House. As he came out, he could still faintly sense some gazes watching him.

Zhao Li found a place to stay in the city and settled in.

"Wealth stirs people's hearts. Although I'm not afraid of trouble, if I can avoid it, I should." Thinking this, Zhao Li changed his clothes, returned to his original appearance, and left the inn.

"One week. With the Auction House's capabilities, they should be able to collect most of the cultivation methods. I should find a place and refine the pills first. This time, I should even be able to save a few portions of medicinal ingredients..." Zhao Li wandered around the city for a while, wanting to find a place to refine medicine first, but there was nowhere suitable in the city. He then left the city, preparing to take a look around the outer perimeter of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range.