Inside the Xinzheng auction house.
The nobles flocked there as soon as they heard the news, bringing their wives and daughters to bid on the Youth-Preserving Pills the crown prince had consigned to the auction house.
Had it not been for their regard for Crown Prince Han Bai, someone would already have stepped forward to question whether the pills were genuine.
"A pill that can preserve your youth forever? Is that really true?"
Someone explained, "I heard these miraculous pills were refined by a new guest retainer at the crown prince's residence. Apparently, he's an alchemist from the Yin-Yang School in Qin who specializes in pill refinement. The auction house has tested them, and they really do have that miraculous effect."
"Why would someone from Qin's Yin-Yang School come to our Han?"
"How would I know? I'm not some all-knowing expert on the martial world. You should ask His Highness about that." The man shrugged.
"A pill that can preserve your youth forever..."
"Does such a miraculous pill really exist?"
Many of the attractive noblewomen seated there watched with burning eyes. Others used their charms, leaning against their husbands, lovers, or fathers and wheedling sweetly in hopes of getting them to buy a Youth-Preserving Pill.
For the sake of supposedly ageless beauty, these women were certainly putting in the effort.
Upon hearing about the pills Ye Uchiha was selling, even Grand General Ji Wuye attended the auction. Wearing only a slight disguise, he sat in a luxurious private box, with Mo Ya and the young Bai Feng, the two strongest fighters in Hundred Birds, standing in attendance on either side.
One in black and one in white, they silently guarded Ji Wuye like loyal, taciturn falcons, watching for movement in every direction.
"Dan Chenzi's pills..." Ji Wuye rubbed the jade