Precious spiritual treasures were auctioned off one after another in quick succession. Their sheer variety broadened Liu Changxu's horizons considerably, but since none were things he particularly needed, he did not bid.
Soon, an auction lot caught Liu Changxu's interest!
The beautiful auctioneer took a bottle of pills from an attendant and announced, "One bottle containing ten upper-grade first-tier Bone-Forging Pills! The starting price is 300 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, with each bid increasing by at least 10 Spirit Stones!"
"300 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"350 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
Jade bone grass, the main ingredient needed to refine Bone-Forging Pills, was extremely rare! As a result, Bone-Forging Pills were expensive and difficult to buy.
Without suitable body-refining pills, his progress in the Body-Refining Art had been painfully slow. With these pills to help him, he would surely advance much faster, so Liu Changxu decided he had to buy this bottle!
"500 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" Liu Changxu called out.
"550 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" a burly cultivator bid.
"700 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"800 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" Liu Changxu made his final bid.
This time, no other cultivator raised the bid, and Liu Changxu won the bottle of Bone-Forging Pills.
Soon, a cultivator from the auction house brought the bottle of Bone-Forging Pills to their private room. After paying the Spirit Stones, Liu Changxu received the pills.
He poured out a pill. It gleamed like jade, continuously giving off a blue-green halo.
Liu Changxu wished he could take one right then! Beside him, his fifth brother, Liu Changshun, was green with envy. "Seventh Brother, could you spare me a pill?"
Liu Changxu smiled. "Of course! You can have this one right now!" With that, he handed the pill to Liu Changshun!
Seeing this, the other three clansmen who practiced Body-Refining Techniques also asked for one Bone-Forging Pill each. Liu Changxu agreed to every request!
The elders were deeply gratified to see how considerate Liu Changxu was!
Soon, the auction of first-tier spiritual treasures concluded, and bidding began on second-tier treasures.
The beautiful auctioneer, Bai Qian'er, announced, "Next, we will auction second-tier spiritual treasures! A second-tier lower-grade offensive talisman, the Golden Sword Talisman! The starting price is 800 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, with each bid increasing by at least 50 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"850 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"900 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"1,200 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" a cultivator at the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement called out.
In the end, the second-tier lower-grade Golden Sword Talisman fetched the high price of 1,350 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Liu Changxu thought to himself, Ninth Great-Grandaunt Liu Qiuju has been so good to me. Those three talismans she gave me are worth thousands of Spirit Stones! They're treasures that could save my life at a critical moment. I owe her an enormous debt.
As increasingly precious spiritual treasures came up for bidding, the atmosphere at the auction grew ever more heated!
The Liu Household's elders had their sights set on Foundation Establishment Pills, while its younger clansmen were mostly poor. Thus, apart from Liu Changxu buying a bottle of Body-Tempering Pills, practically none of them had joined the bidding.
Although Liu Changxu still had some Spirit Stones left, he did not dare spend them before the bidding for Foundation Establishment Pills. The soaring auction prices also made him shrink back!
"One bottle of blood essence from an upper-grade second-tier demonic beast, a Flame Lion! The starting price is 1,500 Spirit Stones, with each bid increasing by at least 50 Spirit Stones!" the beautiful auctioneer announced loudly.
It suddenly occurred to Liu Changxu that this bottle of blood essence should greatly benefit Xiao Jin's bloodline. Consuming the flesh, blood, and beast cores of higher-tier demonic beasts could greatly enhance a low-tier demonic beast's bloodline!
However, Liu Changxu was not the only one who thought of this.
Soon, a late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator called out, "1,700 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"1,900 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" a middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator in a second-floor private room immediately bid.
Liu Changxu inwardly clicked his tongue!
In the end, a Foundation Establishment cultivator won the bottle of blood essence for 2,300 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!
As second-tier spiritual materials, talismans, spiritual artifacts, spiritual fruits, spirit medicinal herbs, formations, and pills were auctioned off one after another, the atmosphere reached a fever pitch!
The beautiful auctioneer loudly announced to the cultivators present, "Esteemed seniors and fellow Daoists, bidding will now begin on one of this auction's grand finale items: Foundation Establishment Pills! We have five Foundation Establishment Pills available today. The starting price for each is 20,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, with each bid increasing by at least 500 Low-Grade Spirit Stones! Let us begin with the first Foundation Establishment Pill!"
Soon, a cultivator at the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement bid, "30,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
Another cultivator at the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement immediately called out, "33,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
A Foundation Establishment cultivator promptly bid, "35,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"40,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" Liu Qiuju said.
"42,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"60,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" Liu Qiuju said.
At this point, 60,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones was already a respectable auction price for a Foundation Establishment Pill. However, fewer Foundation Establishment Pills were available than at the previous auction, so this price would certainly not suffice.
A middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately bid, "65,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"70,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" Liu Qiuju immediately raised the bid.
"73,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!" that Foundation Establishment cultivator countered.
"75,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
The cultivator did not bid again. This was already an extremely high price, and the Liu Household finally secured the Foundation Establishment Pill after a hard-fought bidding war.
After winning the Foundation Establishment Pill, paying the Spirit Stones, and receiving it, the Liu Household's cultivators did not linger at the auction. Instead, under Liu Qiuju's lead, they left through the auction house's secret passage.
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