Dou Zhe were tied to a clan's future. Many promising members of the clans were stuck at condensing their Qi cyclones, so the appearance of something like Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, coupled with the reputation of the T. M. Auction House, had prompted the three clan leaders to come in person!
However hard life got, the children must not suffer! However poor you were, education must not suffer! Those sayings from Earth in his previous life fit perfectly here, too.
Xiao Tian heard the bidding for his Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid quickly climb to thirty thousand gold coins, and his heart pounded wildly. Damn, making money as an alchemist was far too easy!
The ingredients had cost just over a thousand gold coins, yet the profit was this enormous! No wonder alchemists were so sought after on the continent!
"Excited, kid? This is only the beginning. Once you grow strong, you'll understand that gold coins aren't worth a damn! The continent's heavenly treasures and even Heavenly Flames can all be traded for with pills!"
"Yes, yes, Yao Lao, you're right."
In the end, the bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid sold for seventy thousand gold coins! The winner was Xiao Zhan of the Xiao Clan!
"Damn it! Xiao Zhan! You certainly are throwing your money around! You're even willing to empty your coffers for this one bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, huh!" Jia Lie Bi was a clan leader with no manners whatsoever. He stood right up and started laying into him.
"Clan Leader Xiao, how rich you are! I wonder how much the Nalan Royal Residence gave you!" Ao Ma Pa, the leader of the Ao Ba Family, sneered.
Xiao Zhan remained as steady as a mountain and said calmly, "Look how worked up you two poor children are getting. Isn't it just seventy thousand gold coins? You don't understand the true value of this Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid at all! Once our clan's alchemists figure it out, even if it's only a simplified version, we'll soon earn back everything we spent."
"Hmph!" Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ma Pa snorted coldly. How could they not know that?
Chief auctioneer Ya Fei grumbled inwardly, Figure it out? What a joke! Even Grandmaster Gu Yue, the finest alchemist in our auction house, couldn't work anything out. That nameless, black-robed Grandmaster's mastery of alchemy is truly extraordinary.
At the same time, she felt some regret. She had never expected to have friction and a falling-out with a mysterious alchemist of unfathomable ability in such a small city. She hoped that nameless, black-robed Grandmaster would stay his hand and not keep holding a grudge against a little woman like her.
Xiao Tian smiled bitterly inwardly. How had he ended up making money off his own clan?
These gold coins were scalding hot to hold!
Forget it! I'll treat this as the startup funds the clan gave me for my plan! For the Xiao Clan's sake, dominating Wutan City's pill market is a must!
The auction continued. Although the items that followed were worth more than the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, the well-traveled crowd was no longer as excited as before.
"Huh!"
"Father, can I borrow some gold coins?" Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan simultaneously asked Xiao Zhan through quiet voice transmissions.
Xiao Zhan was inwardly surprised. Did his two sons want to buy the ancient-looking, weathered rod that had just appeared?
"Everyone, this was entrusted to our auction house by a bankrupt businessman. Our appraisal found that although this chain cannot conduct Dou Qi, its material is special. It can withstand several punches from a Da Dou Shi without a single mark. Its original owner has set the price at eight thousand gold coins!"
"Let the bidding begin!"
At that moment, both Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan were extremely anxious.
They had both recognized that thing!
It was clearly the Adamantine Staff belonging to Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, from the Huaxia myths of their previous lives!
Whether it was a butterfly effect caused by their double transmigration, neither knew, but the moment Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan saw it, they swore to secure it!
"Father! Help us out in a pinch! Lend us some gold coins!"
Xiao Zhan was baffled by the urgency in his two sons' voices. What use was a piece of scrap that could not conduct Dou Qi? No matter how hard it was, could they use it as a brick?