Ten-Thousandfold Return, Fortune Golden Pill

The Profound Heaven Auction House.

A cauldron of voices bubbled over.

Densely packed figures filled the hall to bursting, and discussions of the auction rose from the crowd from time to time.

This auction.

It could practically be called a grand occasion rarely seen even once a year in Guangyang City.

The leading figures from the City Lord's Manor, the two great auction houses, the three great lineages, and the four great mercenary groups had all come.

And the reason these people had come here.

Was that Gu Fan had sent invitations far and wide to the heroes.

At this very moment.

Gu Fan sat in the seat of honor, watching it all with satisfaction.

Then.

He turned and nodded to Zhu Huai, who stood behind him with a mournful face.

Immediately.

The latter gritted his teeth and crushed a jade talisman, his face solemn.

A crack rang out, and in an instant, a woman with a slender, graceful figure walked elegantly onto the platform.

When they saw her take the stage.

The crowd below gradually quieted down.

They knew... this exceptionally grand auction had begun!

"Welcome, everyone, and thank you for honoring the Profound Heaven Auction House with your presence. I am Xiang Yin, and I will be conducting today's auction..."

Xiang Yin, whose face resembled that of a fox enchantress, spoke in a melodious voice.

She gave the customary introduction, then moved straight to the point with a smile. "The Profound Heaven Auction House has prepared five items for this auction. Now, let us begin with the first item..."

As her words fell.

A maid approached the platform, carrying an ancient wooden box in both hands.

At this sight, everyone immediately perked up.

Some even wore expressions of irrepressible excitement.

After all.

An auction house generally offered ten items at each auction.

But this time.

After someone from the royal capital had taken over the auction house, there were actually only five!

It went without saying.

The person from the royal capital must have had such discerning standards that only five items had caught his eye!

And anything that caught his eye was surely an astonishing treasure!

At this thought.

The powerful leading figures could not help but brighten, their eyes fixed on the ancient wooden box the maid carried onto the platform.

Once the maid reached her side.

Xiang Yin turned and smiled at the crowd below. "We will now auction our first item, personally supplied for auction by our own Profound Heaven Auction House Master Gu... a first-tier, upper-grade pill—the Four Symbols Pill!"

"Gasp!!!"

"A first-tier, upper-grade pill? And a Four Symbols Pill that can cleanse the tendons and marrow and raise one's cultivation realm?"

"They're opening with a first-tier, upper-grade pill! What a lavish auction house!"

"Bid! Bid! We must win it! I haven't seen a pill like this in Guangyang City for years. We'll win it this time and use it to cleanse my grandson's tendons and marrow!"

"..."

The moment Xiang Yin spoke.

The entire auction house erupted!

A first-tier, upper-grade pill was an exceedingly precious treasure in little Guangyang City!

Any alchemist here who could refine a first-tier, lower-grade pill was already considered someone of standing!

One could imagine how tremendous a shock an upper-grade pill gave everyone present!

"Lineage Head! It's a first-tier, upper-grade pill!"

"I know! To think Auction House Master Gu has such boldness, actually willing to offer such a precious pill for auction!"

In his seat, Lineage Head Miao was also extremely excited.

He was in his forties, yet he had only taken one first-tier, upper-grade pill in his entire life, and that had been a Qi Gathering Pill of exceptionally poor quality!

As for the even more precious Four Symbols Pill, he had never dared even dream of it!

Only a second-tier alchemist could be confident of successfully refining one!

And if he could take this Four Symbols Pill.

Perhaps he could break through his bottleneck and step into the Spirit Sea realm, a prospect that made it hard to contain himself!

Even he, the head of a lineage, was this excited.

One could imagine the frenzy in everyone else's hearts!

"Win it! We must win it! With it, my son will definitely be able to enter a sect!"

"A Four Symbols Pill! The Profound Heaven Auction House truly deserves its place as the foremost of Guangyang City's three great auction houses! Its opening item is a first-tier, upper-grade pill!"

"Coming here was the right choice! I must really broaden my horizons this time..."

A clamor rose throughout the auction house.

Everywhere, people clamored about winning the Four Symbols Pill.

They were practically ready to charge onto the platform and snatch the pill!

Of course.

There were also some who were displeased.

They were the people from the other two great auction houses.

At this moment.

Both auction house masters were frowning deeply.

The Profound Heaven Auction House's change in leadership, along with the extravagance of opening this auction with a first-tier, upper-grade pill, sent a profound sense of crisis sweeping through them both!

"Everyone, please remain calm!"

Xiang Yin's smile remained unchanged. She quieted the clamor before continuing, "The first-tier, upper-grade Four Symbols Pill has a starting bid of one thousand low-grade spirit stones. Each increase must be no less than one hundred..."

"One thousand!"

The moment Xiang Yin finished speaking, someone below shouted!

It was the head of the Liu Lineage, one of the three great lineages.

Dressed in purple robes, he rose to his feet and called his bid to Xiang Yin with his head held high.

Lineage Head Liu was declaring his determination to obtain the Four Symbols Pill!

However.

No sooner had his words fallen than another bid followed close behind.

"One thousand one hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

Lineage Head Liu frowned and turned, only to see that the imposing Lineage Head Miao had also placed a bid!

And that was not all. A third and fourth bid followed, rising one after another!

"One thousand two hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

"One thousand three hundred!"

"Hmph! All of you are so stingy. Is this how the three great lineages should conduct themselves? My Mad Wolf Mercenary Group bids two thousand low-grade spirit stones!"

As that voice fell.

The auction house immediately fell silent for a moment.

Everyone turned and saw a middle-aged man with an unruly expression holding up two fingers, sneering at the heads of the three great lineages.

"Lineage Head..."

"Say no more!"

Lineage Head Miao expressionlessly stopped the elder from speaking, then turned to Xiang Yin again. "Three thousand low-grade spirit stones!"

An increase of one thousand!

"Four thousand!" The leader of the Mad Wolf Mercenary Group was not intimidated in the slightest and immediately raised the bid!

"My Liu Lineage bids five thousand low-grade spirit stones!" The Liu Lineage Head refused to fall behind either!

"Six thousand...!"

The forceful, repeated bids from these leading figures left the other guests watching in irrepressible excitement.

Though their increases of a thousand spirit stones at a time made spirit stones seem almost worthless.

In reality.

Even for a lineage as powerful as the Miao Lineage, a total annual revenue of ten thousand low-grade spirit stones from all its businesses counted as a good year!

And that was before deducting the lineage's various expenses!

If everything was factored in, a lineage would struggle to save even one thousand low-grade spirit stones in a year!

Spirit stones were that precious.

Yet the bids in the auction house kept climbing higher and higher. One could imagine how excited the other guests were as they watched!

The atmosphere in the auction house had already grown heated.

But Gu Fan, seated in the seat of honor, was gritting his teeth.

I'm fucking about to give out... and you're still going back and forth bidding?!!

He actually did not care about the final price at all. It was only a first-tier, upper-grade pill!

Of course, it was also very precious to him.

But once the item sold, could the system's ten-thousandfold return reward possibly be worse than a first-tier, upper-grade pill?!

Amid this agonizing wait.

At last... Gu Fan, his eyes tightly shut, finally heard a voice that brought welcome surprise.

"Congratulations to the Huang Lineage Head for winning this Four Symbols Pill with a bid of thirteen thousand low-grade spirit stones..."

That voice.

Gu Fan hurriedly drove it out of his mind.

Immediately afterward, the system's voice rang out in his mind.

"The first-tier, upper-grade Four Symbols Pill has been successfully auctioned. Congratulations, host, on triggering a ten-thousandfold critical return and obtaining..."

"A fifth-tier, supreme-grade pill-the Fortune Golden Pill!"