The Auction
Each private room was filled with its own discussions, some good, some bad, some doubtful, some sighing, all of which subsided after Liu Yunan announced, "The first auction of Xiushui City is now officially beginning."
Having come this far, seeing that all the arrangements made by the Lingxian Sect seemed genuine, the initial worries in everyone's hearts had long since dissipated.
Now that the auction is about to begin, everyone can't help but be curious about what will be auctioned.
I wonder what treasure the Lingxian Sect has that has brought together so many sects in such a grand display?
"The first item up for auction is twenty high-grade Spirit Absorption Pill." As he spoke, Liu Yunan picked up the pill box that had suddenly appeared on the small table beside him, opened it, and held it up for everyone to see its quality.
The elders from various sects sitting in the upper private room were stunned at first glance.
It really is a top-grade Spirit Absorption Pill!
It should be known that the Spirit Absorption Pill is the main cultivation pill for Foundation Establishment cultivators. In the Mortal Realm where Spiritual Qi is scarce, sects that want to cultivate Golden Core talents and Foundation Establishment cultivators themselves who want to improve as quickly as possible within their limited lifespan both rely on the assistance of this pill.
In the past, a few Spirit Immortal Cultivation Realm Spirit Absorption Pill would occasionally flow into the Mortal Realm the cultivation world, but they were not only expensive, costing one or two hundred Spirit Stone each, but also scarce. Every time they appeared, they would be snapped up by sects with connections, and they could not enter the large market of cultivators in the Mortal Realm at all.
One of the few expenses that sects in the Mortal Realm can afford with the Spirit Stone they accumulate is for these Spirit Absorption Pill.
Perhaps the Immortal Cultivation Realm also knows that the Mortal Realm accumulates Spirit Stone slowly, so they only bring over a few to sell once in a long while.
This demonstrates its preciousness.
Unexpectedly, the Lingxian Sect's auction house is offering twenty items in one go!
Furthermore, after the elders of each sect carefully examined the quality of these Spirit Absorption Pill, they were surprised to find that they actually turned out to be of superior grade!
A top-grade Spirit Absorption Pill... that can even benefit Golden Core cultivators!
In an instant, all the elders in the hall went wild.
They all instinctively clutched their Storage Bag, calculating that they would take it even if it meant emptying the sect's Spirit Stone! If they didn't have enough Spirit Stone on them, they would send someone back to get more!
Immediately afterwards, they heard Liu Yunan below calmly close the box lid and say:
Starting bid: 200 Spirit Stone.
For a moment, all the elders present doubted whether they had misheard.
Some people even couldn't help but ask in a barely audible voice, "How much?"
Liu Yunan was quite puzzled. Weren't these sect elders all Golden Core cultivators? How come their hearing was so poor? He hadn't said he would speak very softly. Nevertheless, he patiently repeated himself:
"Twenty Spirit Absorption Pill, starting bid two hundred Spirit Stone."
Silence fell over the room once more.
Liu Yunan couldn't help but wonder, "Is anyone interested? If not, move on to the next item."
As if startled by his words, a series of bidding shouts suddenly erupted in the hall.
"Yes! I want it! I'll pay two hundred and fifty!"
I'll offer three hundred!
I'll offer five hundred!
I'll offer eight hundred!
"One thousand!"
"Two thousand!"
After the high price of two thousand was announced, finally no one else bid.
After all, the elders generally know the Spirit Stone reserves of each sect, and even if they report an excess, they won't have the Spirit Stone to pay for it...
For a moment, everyone looked towards the window that had quoted a price of two thousand, but they couldn't see the person inside.
They were extremely curious: which sect could possibly produce two thousand Spirit Stone in one go?
Although their sect's total assets certainly exceed two thousand, they do not currently possess many Spirit Stone.
Liu Yunan was somewhat surprised to hear the offer of two thousand. He felt that the price was a bit too high and felt a little guilty.
However, Brother Xiao had told him that no matter how much others bid, the auction rules stipulated that once a bid was made, it could not be reversed, so he had no choice but to swallow his guilt.
"The bid for room number three is two thousand Spirit Stone, two thousand Spirit Stone per bid. Is there anyone else who wants to bid?"
The elder of the Cloud and Mist Sect in room number three sat calmly in his chair, his gaze sweeping over the windows of the various private rooms outside, feeling quite pleased with himself.
Their sect had been doing business with the Li Imperial Clan recently, receiving many orders for making talismans and accumulating a considerable amount of Spirit Stone. They had also exchanged these spirit stones for a lot of supplies. Although spending two thousand Spirit Stone at once was a huge expense, their income was continuous, so they weren't afraid of the expenditure.
Two thousand Spirit Stone twice.
There was one thing the elders of the Cloud and Mist Sect didn't understand. Logically speaking, the Clear River Sect shouldn't have received less Cloud and Mist Sect Spirit Stone than theirs, since the Clear River Sect took on the most orders from the Li Clan every month. Why weren't they competing for the Spirit Absorption Pill? Were they hesitating? Or were they planning to sabotage them at the last minute?
"Two thousand Spirit Stone in three rounds, deal!" Liu Yunan declared, finalizing the offer. "The twenty Spirit Absorption Pill Gathering Pills belong to Room Number Three."
Upon hearing this, the elder of the Cloud and Mist Sect breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Clear River Sect did not make a bid.
Little did they know, Han Shangyi, the leader of the Clear River Sect, was suffocating in his private room.
He really wanted to take the picture!
God knows how much he endured.
Elder Lü's thigh was bruised from being pinched.
Of course, his thigh was also pinched bruised by Elder Lü.
The thousand Spirit Stone just now were what Elder Lü couldn't resist asking for.
Seeing that the twenty Spirit Absorption Pill Gathering Pills had been won by someone else, Elder Lü finally asked with a bitter face:
"Sect Leader, why aren't we bidding? What's wrong? Those are twenty Spirit Absorption Pill! Twenty! Top-grade! Two thousand isn't expensive at all!"
Han Shangyi also wore a bitter expression.
Did Elder Lü think he didn't want it? He had no way to explain himself!
He couldn't very well tell Elder Lü that his daughter had sent him a telepathic message while they were having a banquet at the Lingxian Sect, telling him not to bid on pills at the auction later and to save the money for other things, could he?
If I say this, Elder Lü will definitely not listen and will laugh at me for being a doting father, which would greatly damage my image as the sect leader.
There are other disciples here as well.
Next, Liu Yunan auctioned off several other pills, all of which were related to cultivation. However, none of them were as good Spirit Absorption Pill, so the high price of two thousand Spirit Stone did not appear again.
Obviously, according to the usual auction rules, a pill of the level of the Spirit Absorption Pill should not be the first item auctioned; usually, the items offered should be progressively better.
However, considering the situation in the Mortal Realm, and the fact that their auction was just starting out and they needed something substantial to kick things off, they brought the Spirit Absorption Pill.
This superior-grade Spirit Absorption Pill was refined by Sun Yigao yesterday under the guidance of Liao Pantu.
Originally, it would have been quite difficult for Sun Yigao to refine a high-grade Spirit Absorption Pill with his current alchemy skills. However, he had a master with extremely rich theoretical knowledge of alchemy. Moreover, this master had now entered the Spirit Transformation Realm, which deepened his understanding of various aspects of his past, including alchemy.