Song Yan stared blankly at her when he heard that.
This little girl...
Was she a cultivator of the Dongyuan Sect?
How did she know he was a fellow disciple...
His thoughts were a little muddled.
Song Yan knew that this cultivation world held many strange and wondrous arts capable of restoring youth.
So he did not believe this little girl was really so young.
Perhaps she was an elder who liked pretending to be young, just like Granny Qin.
But how exactly had she recognized him as a sect disciple at a glance?
Full of questions, he lowered his head and looked himself over.
Where exactly had things gone wrong...
Most importantly, if she could recognize him...
Did that mean many others could, too?
Unfortunately.
Not a single question could be resolved.
The auction had already begun.
Unsettled, he did not hear a word of the elderly host's opening remarks onstage.
Gathering his wandering thoughts somewhat, Song Yan decided to bid only on that Mingjue Pill, then leave immediately.
"The first lot is a stalk of seven-leaf black ginseng."
The old man pressed his withered fingers against the back of the jade box his assistant had brought up and released the clasp with a gentle touch, opening it.
The spirit medicine's deep-blue ginseng roots glowed faintly within the box.
"This grows in places of profound yin and can be used to refine a supplementary pill for Foundation Establishment Pills. Bidding starts at one hundred Spirit Stones."
"Each increase must be no fewer than twenty."
Song Yan scoffed inwardly.
Sure enough, auction hosts everywhere had silver tongues.
At first hearing, those words made this spirit medicine sound connected to the incomparably precious Foundation Establishment Pill.
In reality, however, it could only be used to refine a supplementary medicine.
A supplementary