"One hundred thousand Spirit Marrow Crystals, and a hundred sets each of the ingredients for these pill recipes."
After giving it serious thought, Xu Taiping handed Ninth Madam a jade slip.
Ninth Madam took the jade slip and frowned.
"One hundred thousand Spirit Marrow Crystals certainly isn't a high asking price, but a hundred sets of ingredients for each of these spirit pills are worth no less than another hundred thousand Spirit Marrow Crystals."
Those hundred sets were, naturally, ingredients for the pills Jade Mother had left to feed Xiaoyu.
There was a reason he wanted so many at once.
Xu Taiping, Ping'an, and the others had discovered that the three pill recipes Jade Mother had left-the Sunray Golden Mushroom Soul-Nourishing Pill, Nine Springs Life-Vein Pill, and Phoenix Beak Rosy Marrow Pill-were all peerless-grade recipes for replenishing Divine Essence, True Essence, and qi and blood.
They could also use them to replenish their magic power when they entered Tusita Palace.
Xu Taiping smiled.
"Ninth Madam, as long as the Profound Appraisal Pavilion can advance me these things, I'll make up any shortfall from the proceeds of today's auction of the two pieces of Glazed Jade, and you can keep any excess."
Beside him, Old Daoist Huang seemed about to speak, but ultimately chose to remain silent.
Clearly, in his view, if Xu Taiping's two pieces of Glazed Jade fetched a good price at auction, they would be worth far more than this advance.
The reason Old Daoist Huang did not stop Xu Taiping was, naturally, that he too had guessed Xu Taiping was doing this to thank Ninth Madam for saving him today.
Ninth Madam exchanged a look with Xu Taiping, then smiled.
"With you being so generous, lad, I can hardly be stingy."
As she spoke, she reached out