While Xiao Yu and Ling Yuling chatted idly, the first auction item downstairs, the Netherfrost Sword, had already gone to a female cultivator in a black cloak for the astronomical price of over sixty thousand spirit stones.
"Whoa, there really are plenty of people with spirit stones to spare!" Xiao Yu marveled. Before the Spirit Stone Mine on Green Spirit Island was discovered, sixty thousand spirit stones here had been worth a hundred and twenty thousand in the Heavenly South. That single magic treasure was worth as much as many Core Formation Cultivators could save in ten or twenty years.
The subsequent auction items included materials for refining magic treasures, medicinal pills that increased cultivation, level-five and level-six demon cores, and finished magic treasures or ancient treasures. None of these stirred Xiao Yu's interest, however, and he continued chatting and laughing with Ling Yuling in their private room.
Only when Ding Qi brought out a medicinal pill emitting a faint green glow did Xiao Yu take notice.
"A Silent Spirit Pill! It aids in forming a Nascent Soul, increasing the chances of success by five percent. The starting bid is twenty thousand spirit stones, with each increase no less than one hundred!"
"What? A Silent Spirit Pill!"
"It can increase the chances of forming a Nascent Soul..."
At this sight, Xiao Yu's heart stirred. The pill looked familiar. After carefully searching his memories, he realized that it was the very same pill he had obtained while exploring an Ancient Cultivator's cave abode in the Heavenly South!
He really had not expected that pill to improve his chances of forming a Nascent Soul. He had consulted many texts before without discovering its effects. Now, hearing Ding Qi's explanation, Xiao Yu felt a quiet surge of delight.
"What is it, Brother Xiao?