"So that was how it worked."
Back in the side room, Xu Taiping carefully examined the Azure Spirit Pavilion's conditions for auctioning the Spirit Element Pill, and understanding immediately dawned on his face.
Beside him, Ping'an sighed and said:
"So what the Azure Spirit Pavilion is auctioning is only a chance to have a Spirit Element Pill refined. Not only do we have to gather all the materials ourselves, they don't even guarantee success."
Old Daoist Huang rolled his eyes and said:
"And once the pills are refined, the Azure Spirit Pavilion must be guaranteed its own pill first. Only after they've taken their share will we get our turn."
Ping'an added indignantly:
"Even after getting the pills, we still have to do something for the Azure Spirit Pavilion!"
Old Daoist Huang immediately lost interest and said:
"The Azure Spirit Pavilion is clearly using this auction to find people to search for Su Spirit Pill ingredients."
Xu Taiping nodded in full agreement, then pointed at the scroll before him and said:
"The bidding for this chance to refine a Su Spirit Pill starts at just fifty spirit marrow stones. And it isn't an open auction. After three rounds of bids, the highest bidder wins."
"Only after winning the bid can we get a partial list of the materials required by the pill recipe."
"It really does look like they're looking for people to find pill-refining ingredients for them."
Ping'an's enthusiasm faded as he said:
"Paying a hundred spirit marrow crystals to risk your life finding pill ingredients for the Azure Spirit Pavilion-probably no one would want to bid on that."
After giving it serious thought, Xu Taiping said:
"But for me, paying fifty spirit marrow crystals for a chance to refine a Su Spirit Pill wouldn't be much of a