The auction began.
A cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment stepped onto the high platform in front.
"Welcome, fellow Daoists, to our Longevity Pavilion auction!"
"I presume you are all here for the precious Foundation Establishment Pills in the hands of our Longevity Pavilion! As you all know, the Heavenly Capital Secret Realm in our Yunmeng Mountains, which is rich in Foundation Establishment Pills and other spiritual herbs, is temporarily inaccessible!"
"Stop talking nonsense. When did your Longevity Pavilion become so slow?" A Foundation Establishment cultivator in the private room below the stage was displeased. He was there to attend the auction, not to listen to a storyteller.
"Haha, so it's Fellow Daoist Wu from the Righteous Path Alliance. Don't be in a hurry. As the auction steward of our Longevity Pavilion, I still have to follow the usual procedures."
After saying that, the Foundation Establishment steward of the Longevity Pavilion summoned several Qi Refining female cultivators.
They all possess the most precious treasure of this auction: Foundation Establishment Pills!
The Foundation Establishment elder from the Longevity Pavilion announced in a loud voice, "There are nine Foundation Establishment Pills available. The starting bid is 15,000 spirit stones per pill! The minimum increment is 1,000 spirit stones! I'm reminding you that we don't have many Foundation Establishment Pills left in the Longevity Pavilion, and we won't be selling them to the public anymore. So, seize this opportunity!"
After explaining the rules, the old man waited for the thousands of independent cultivators below to make their bids. He smiled, as if he knew that their Longevity Pavilion would make a fortune in spirit stones this time.
"Foundation Establishment Pills are so expensive? What's wrong with your Longevity Pavilion? Have you gone mad? Selling a Foundation Establishment Pill for such a high price is comparable to the price of ancient Foundation Establishment Pills!" A rogue cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining complained from below the stage.
"Really? Didn't the Foundation Establishment Pills at the Longevity Pavilion used to start at less than 10,000 spirit stones? How come the price has increased so much? Are they trying to rip us off?"
"This Foundation Establishment Pill is too expensive..."
Many independent cultivators seemed dissatisfied with the price of the Foundation Establishment Pills from the Longevity Pavilion.
At this moment, Lu Xuan, sitting in an elegant room below the stage, was unimpressed, because he already knew the inside price.
Fifteen thousand spirit stones is indeed too expensive; even Foundation Establishment cultivators might not be able to afford it.
As expected, most of the subsequent bids came from Foundation Establishment cultivators. They were all preparing these for their juniors, and some even planned to buy them back at a low price and then resell them to other Qi Refining cultivators at a higher price.
Like Lu Xuan, he planned to wait until the last few Foundation Establishment Pills were available before making a bid.
Let these Foundation Establishment Pills be fought over by the Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Just then, a female cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining with a cold and aloof appearance actually made a bid:
"I'll offer 17,000 spirit stones!"
"What? A mere Qi Refining cultivator dares to compete with us Foundation Establishment cultivators? Do they want to disappear from Yunmeng City?" Several veteran Foundation Establishment cultivators said disdainfully.
At this moment, someone recognized the female cultivator who had just made the bid: "She is Ye Ningshuang! A direct descendant of the Ye family, one of the three major families in Yunmeng City. She made a name for herself by reaching the peak of Qi Refining at the age of seventeen, and is considered one of the most outstanding talents in Yunmeng City!"
"The Ye family? A prodigy?" Lu Xuan, who was sitting nearby, had a sudden thought.
Unexpectedly, he was already at the peak of Qi Refining at the age of seventeen, while he was just a low-level rogue cultivator who couldn't even break through to the third level of Qi Refining. Fate is truly playing tricks on people.
"Hmph." Ye Ning Shuang, the prodigy of the Ye family, seemed to disregard these few Foundation Establishment cultivators completely, and angrily rebuked them:
"You Foundation Establishment cultivators may be arrogant in front of those Qi Refining cultivators, but what right do you have to be so cocky in front of me? I'll take this Foundation Establishment Pill. You can name your price! It'll show you the Ye family's resources and spirit stones!"
"Hehe, so you're cultivators from the Ye family. We old rogue cultivators were out of our minds and spoke rudely just now. Please forgive us, young friend from the Ye family." The Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators apologized awkwardly.
Soon, Ye Ningshuang acquired the Foundation Establishment Pill for 38,000 spirit stones.
This price shocked all the monks present.
"The cultivators from the three major families are indeed extraordinary; their wealth is even greater than that of Foundation Establishment cultivators," Lu Xuan thought to himself.
The three major families of Yunmeng City—the Murong family, the Ouyang family, and the Ye family—all have Core Formation cultivators stationed there.
Their strength should not be underestimated.
At this moment, Murong Wan, whom he had just met, suddenly approached and apologized to Lu Xuan:
"Fellow Daoist, do you also want to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill? How about this, to make up for the misunderstanding just now, I'm willing to give you ten thousand spirit stones to compete for a Foundation Establishment Pill!"
"What? Ten thousand spirit stones? Junior Sister Murong, are you crazy? If you go back like this, Uncle Murong will definitely blame you!" The young man from Ouyang, who was always following along like a shadow, said with a face full of jealousy, wishing that he was the one talking to Murong Wan right now.
"Ten thousand spirit stones? Senior Lu, please accept it!" Mo Shuiyun, a female cultivator from the Longevity Pavilion standing next to Lu Xuan, also suggested.
"What do you know? Is there any spirit stone in the world that you can get for free?" Lu Xuan said indifferently. Mo Shuiyun blushed and said, "Senior is right. I didn't think it through."
"It's alright! Here, take these hundred spirit stones. You can also help me buy a few more bottles of pills! Maybe I'll reach the twelfth level of Qi Refining in the future!" Lu Xuan then handed one hundred low-grade spirit stones to Mo Shuiyun, a female cultivator and handyman at the Longevity Pavilion, asking her to buy a few bottles of pills to boost Mo Shuiyun's sales performance.
Mo Shuiyun was immediately grateful and served Lu Xuan tea and water, while also explaining some things to keep in mind for the auction.
As for Murong Wan's overtures, Lu Xuan righteously and firmly refused:
"A gentleman loves spirit stones, but he acquires them through proper means! I don't want your spirit stones!"
Murong Wan was slightly taken aback when she heard Lu Xuan's words: "Are you crazy? I said ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, not one spirit stone, and you don't have to pay me back! As the daughter of the Murong family patriarch, I have an expenditure of twenty thousand spirit stones a month! Ten thousand spirit stones are nothing to me! As long as you join our Murong family, you can work for us for the rest of your life!" Murong Wan looked incredulous, thinking that Lu Xuan had misheard her.
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