"Dong! Dong! Dong!"
Three peals of a bell rang out.
His face flushed, Zhu Honglou shouted, "Bring out the final auction lot!"
The second-to-last lot had been a superior-grade defensive magical artifact, which Han Chen had won for a final price of three thousand five hundred Spirit Stones! The price was somewhat inflated, but defensive magical artifacts were rare to begin with, so a higher price was only reasonable! Still, Han Chen had bought a defensive magical artifact before buying a superior-grade offensive one. He really was an interesting fellow!
A young maiden stepped onto the stage carrying a jade tray. A red cloth covered something on it, concealing it from view. It probably was not large!
Suddenly, a breeze flashed across the stage, and Zhao Xinghe appeared. Cupping his hands briefly toward the surrounding cultivators, he said, "I am Zhao Xinghe. I imagine everyone knows me. This final lot was consigned by an honored guest and is worth a considerable sum. I have come onto the stage specifically to safeguard it!"
He then smiled at Zhu Honglou and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhu, please begin!"
Zhu Honglou nodded, took a deep breath, and pulled away the red cloth, revealing a Spirit-Sealing Jade Bottle covered in runes!
"A superior-grade Spirit-Sealing Bottle!"
Knowledgeable cultivators recognized it at a glance: this was a superior-grade Spirit-Sealing Jade Bottle! It could preserve pills for fifty years without the slightest loss of potency! Over the following fifty years, their potency would gradually diminish to around half! It was usually used to preserve rare spiritual treasures and thousand-year-old spirit herbs!
With extreme care, Zhu Honglou opened the Spirit-Sealing Jade Bottle, and the fragrance of a pill wafted out. With a stir of his Divine Sense, a black-and-white pill floated into view above the stage! A rich medicinal