"Master Gu Ni, please tell us the results of your appraisal!"
At Ya Fei's urging, Gu Ni sighed softly, then shook his head. "Forgive my lack of ability. This medicinal pill... I cannot identify it."
"What?"
"Even Master Gu Ni can't identify it? Could this medicinal pill be above third grade?"
"Above third grade? Wouldn't that make it fourth grade!"
Everyone at the auction drew in a sharp breath.
At the same time, Gu Ni gave them the answer they wanted.
"This medicinal pill lies beyond the limits of my knowledge, but I can say for certain that it is at least fourth grade!"
Fourth grade?
Ten thousand gold coins had opened a jar containing a fourth-grade medicinal pill?
That was an enormous windfall!
Quite a few people exchanged glances, then shouted at the tops of their lungs.
"Miss Ya Fei, how many more jars like this do you have? I'll take them all!"
"I want them too! I'm willing to pay twenty thousand gold coins!"
"Thirty thousand! I'll pay thirty thousand!"
Seeing the auction hall slipping out of control, Ya Fei hurriedly spoke. "Everyone, the jar auction will end here for now. We will certainly bring you even more novel treasures in the future. Next, however, is one of the crown jewels of this auction..."
It had to be said that this woman was an auction genius. With just one sentence, she quelled the uproar and successfully stirred everyone's curiosity.
The lights on the raised platform suddenly dimmed. Ya Fei bent slightly and took a silver tray from within the podium. Resting on it was an ancient, unadorned azure scroll.
The scroll gave off a faint azure glow, looking rather mysterious against the silver tray.
"Black Tier High Grade cultivation technique: Wind Scroll Technique!"
The moment the words "Black Tier High Grade cultivation technique" rang out, the auction hall fell silent.
"They actually have a black-tier cultivation technique for sale at this auction?"
"Damn it, I want it so badly!"
"Forget it. This isn't an opportunity ordinary people like us can seize!"
After the initial shock, quite a few people came to their senses, withdrew their burning gazes, and looked up toward the second floor.
Just as expected, the clan chiefs of the three great clans were all breathing heavily, each looking determined to claim it.
"Ao'er... you actually guessed everything right!" Jia Lie Bi unconsciously licked his lips and turned toward Jia Lie Ao, who sat in a wheelchair.
With a disdainful smile, Jia Lie Ao said confidently, "Father, trust me. We can definitely secure this Dou Technique for under five hundred thousand."
"We can get it for five hundred thousand?" It wasn't that Jia Lie Bi doubted him; he merely felt that five hundred thousand seemed a little steep.
Jia Lie Ao's confidence stemmed entirely from the fact that, in the original story, this Black Tier High Grade Dou Technique had ultimately sold for five hundred and fifty thousand.
That price had only been driven so high because Xiao Zhan had deliberately bid against him.
The root cause of that, in turn, was Jia Lie Bi deliberately antagonizing Xiao Zhan during the bidding for the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
Although he had cost Xiao Zhan an extra ten or twenty thousand gold coins, that was nowhere near comparable to the hundred-odd thousand he had lost afterward.
Now things were better. With the fuse gone, that vicious cycle presumably wouldn't happen again.
"Everyone, a hunter happened to obtain this black-tier cultivation technique in the mountains. Its provenance is legitimate, so you may bid with complete peace of mind." Ya Fei gently lifted the Azure Scroll in her delicate hands, her smiling voice echoing throughout the hall.
Someone below shouted impatiently, "Miss Ya Fei, hurry up and tell us the price!"
"Wind Scroll Technique, starting bid: two hundred thousand gold coins!"
The instant Ya Fei announced the price, the hall grew considerably quieter.
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