Chapter 214 The Small Gathering of the Pill King - Small Round 2
Wu Shaogan smiled and said, "The second auction of Soul Fusion Pills will feature two top-grade pills. The starting price is 20,000 Xuan Pearls, and each bid must be at least 100 Xuan Pearls higher."
It was no different from the previous one.
Wu Shaogan quickly took out two top-grade Soul Fusion Pills, and the pills were the same as before. As he gently touched and rotated them, Zhong Cai's pill imprint appeared.
And just after those words were spoken, the bidding resumed.
"Eighty thousand!"
"Ninety thousand!"
The bidding was different. After all, the previous results had confirmed that this pill could definitely fetch a high price, so why bother testing the waters little by little? They started directly with a very high number.
Although many bidders were unsure how many Soul Fusion Pills would be available for sale, they were determined to bid since this auction was still offering top-quality items!
In the blink of an eye, the price has reached 100,000.
When they came to bid again after that, they were much more cautious about increasing the bid amount.
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Inside the Long family's private room.
You Xiang and Long Xiaofei are the younger generation, so they sat quite far to the side, almost in a corner.
The two stared dumbfounded at the high platform, opened their mouths, seemingly filled with countless thoughts, yet unsure what those thoughts were, all stuck in their throats, unable to utter a single word.
No, right?!
Is Mirror Master acting as an auctioneer here?!
If she hadn't still had some sense, Long Xiaofei would have exploded!
You Xiang: "..."
He grimaced as he looked at his hands... at the sharp fingernails, sensing that Long Xiaofei was also acting irrationally.
She pinched him until he bled! What a good fellow villager she is, she'd rather pinch him than pinch herself!
You Xiang quickly withdrew his hand, then raised his intact hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously.
You read that right, the one standing there explaining the effects of the elixir to people, who has already closed one auction deal, is indeed Wu Shaogan!
Long Xiaofei's hands were suddenly empty. She finally came to her senses and felt a little embarrassed, but not much.
You Xiang glanced at her silently.
Long Xiaofei's eyelids twitched repeatedly.
The two of them began to communicate telepathically, without prior arrangement.
【Aaaaaaah! Mirror Master is the auctioneer! I must have gotten out of bed wrong today!】
[Ahhh, the Mirror Master himself is actually selling things for us! This is outrageous!]
The two of them almost simultaneously caused each other's primordial spirits to boil over.
That's enough to prove their shock.
In fact, they are not sure whether it is more terrifying to not know where the Mirror Venerable is hiding and watching them, or to have the Mirror Venerable openly "smiling and selling goods" to them.
For a moment, they couldn't help but think of the Mirror Lord's forced buying and selling in the original book.
At that moment, the two looked at each other again.
[It seems to be some kind of small round-robin auction now, right? It's playing pills refined by Mirror Master and his Daoist partner?]
The pills produced by Master Zhong are of high quality, so there's no question of forced buying or selling.
It's just... kind of weird.
Haha, that's pretty strange.
Both of them looked away again.
If I weren't broke, I would definitely buy at least two.
Yeah, I don't have any money either.
You Xiang and Long Xiaofei's emotions finally calmed down.
What's so shocking? There's no need to be shocked.
Isn't this just the original book's big boss holding an auction? This is selling things for fifth-level and eighth-level Pill Kings, so the prestige is definitely there.
Let's not talk about Jingzun.
Young Master is kind... and has always been kind... well.
The occasional, subtle eye contact between the two went unnoticed by the rest of the Long family.
The Long family's attention remained focused on the elixirs.
Now, an elder has already begun to ponder and has also joined the second round of bidding for the Soul Fusion Pill.
"113,000 Mystic Pearls".
The number was overshadowed by another bid before it even took a breath to finish.
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The competition for the second batch of Soul Fusion Pills was also fierce, and the final price was also very high, reaching 127,000 Mystic Pearls.
Following this, Wu Shaogan sold the third, fourth, and fifth Soul Fusion Pills, all bundled together in pairs of top-grade pills.
Finally, the prices were 126,000, 125,000, and 128,000 respectively.
The differences are not significant.
At this moment, Wu Shaogan took out a bottle and, in front of everyone, took out five top-grade Soul Fusion Pills and put them in.
He remained calm and composed as he announced, "Sixth auction of Soul Fusion Pills, five top-grade pills. Starting price: 50,000 Xuan Pearls, with each bid increasing by at least 1,000."
The moment those words were spoken, the cultivators in the arena fell silent for a moment.
Five top-grade Soul Fusion Pills? Five?!
Ten were sold in the last five auctions, and now five have been sold in just one auction... There shouldn't be only one more auction left, right?
The cultivators in the countless lower-level halls began to chatter quietly once again.
In the end, how many Soul Fusion Pills will be sold?
Someone quickly relayed a message.
[Right now, these are all top-grade Soul Fusion Pills. As far as I know, at a Pill King auction, at least high-grade pills are required to be offered. After the top-grade pills are auctioned off, there might be quite a few high-grade pills up for sale...]
[An ordinary Pill King is already capable of producing top-grade pills at full strength. Given that Pill King Zhong has such a lineage, I suspect that the Soul Fusion Pill he's currently using to warm up the crowd won't be of superior quality.]
[Haha! Why didn't you guess, brother, that Master Zhong only sold top-grade items throughout this entire event?!]
I'm actually looking forward to it!
[It's not entirely impossible, is it? Like King Zhong Dan, King Sang Dan is skilled in producing top-grade pills...]
While these people were discussing it, the bidding was also in full swing.
After a very brief pause, it started to rise and fall again.
"One hundred thousand!"
"150,000!"
"180,000!"
The price has soared to over 200,000.
Moreover, the rate of increase was even faster than before.
Previously, most of those bidding for two stones together were independent cultivators, but now that five stones are being sold together, many mid-level forces have also voiced their opinions, wanting to bid for them.
Before long, it reached over 250,000.
It was at this point that the bidding became more cautious again.
Then it's the 26th... the 28th...
Then, it actually broke through 300,000!
Now only three or four companies remain in the competition.
"Three hundred and three thousand."
"Three hundred thousand four thousand."
"Three hundred thousand... six thousand!"
Another one or two companies withdrew.
The competitors exist only within two factions.
The two factions seemed to know each other, and after a short while, one of them finally gave up.
The transaction price is now: 338,000!
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Wu Shaogan lightly tapped the auction gavel, and the deal was finalized.
The person who won the bid for the bottle of pills was a guest in a private room. Wu Shaogan gently knocked on the auction table.
Strange patterns flickered on the table, and at the same time, a mustard seed bag appeared.
Wu Shaogan checked as usual and said, "The number of Xuanzhu is sufficient."
Then he placed the bottle of pills in his hand into the shimmering patterns.
In an instant, the medicine bottle disappeared.
A voice, neither male nor female, rang out from the small private room: "The pill has been confirmed."
This marks the official completion of the transaction.
Wu Shaogan then took out five more top-grade Soul Fusion Pills and put them into another bottle for the seventh Soul Fusion Pill auction.
Its price and wording are the same as those of the sixth game.
Regardless of their thoughts, the cultivators bidding continued to place their bids.
This time, it was sold to a medium-sized power again, and the offer was 341,000.
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Wu Shaogan put ten Soul Fusion Pills into a slightly larger pill gourd.
"Soul Fusion Pill, eighth round, ten top-grade pills. Starting price: 100,000 Xuanzhu, each bid must be at least 10,000."
As soon as the words were spoken, many cultivators in the arena gasped in shock.
Each time the auctioneer increased the number of pills offered in a bundled auction, the crowd was somewhat surprised.
After all, top-grade pills aren't ordinary goods; where would you find so many? And after a few rounds, the amount will double.
So it was already unbelievable when five were captured at the same time, but now it's even better, ten can be captured at the same time!
That's a bit of an exaggeration.
Level 5 pills are no longer readily available, so only exceptionally skilled alchemists at this level are given the title of "King of Pills."
In fact, even among many powerful forces at the seventh or eighth level, it is rare for the fifth-level alchemists they cultivate to be able to produce ten top-grade pills at once—they have to accumulate them for quite some time before they can barely gather them.
What's more, this is just an auction, and there are already ten top-grade items!
As a result, some forces at level six and above also began to join the competition.
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Inside the private room of the Star Moon Palace.
Fan Jiming offered a price: "Three hundred thousand Xuanzhu!"
Han Bingling sat down beside him, took out a mustard seed bag, and handed it to Fan Jiming.
The couple now have a great understanding of each other.
Therefore, Fan Jiming clearly understood that his wife meant that all the Xuanzhu pearls in the mustard seed bag could be used to buy Soul Fusion Pills.
Both husband and wife are currently at the Fusion Realm and desperately need this kind of elixir.
Although they could place orders with Zhong Danwang, his orders are definitely full right now. They are good friends, but it's not reasonable for friends to always ask each other for favors while not being able to give much in return.
Fan Jiming said, "Let's bid for it this time. If we can't get it, we'll clean out our private treasury later, pack up all the herbs of level five and above, and give them to Master Zhong. That way, we can ask him for help later."
Han Bingling didn't speak, she just nodded slightly.
Fan Jiming continued to submit his bid.
The prices announced in the other private rooms were also incredibly generous.
After Zhen married Han Bingling, Fan Jiming finally realized just how much wealth a highly regarded disciple of an eighth-level major power truly possessed.
Han Bingling and he basically shared resources. He would report to Han Bingling whenever he needed to use them, but every time he went to get the resources after reporting, he could deeply feel how poor he had been before.
The Star Moon Palace also distributed resources to Fan Jiming, and the amount allocated was based on Han Bingling's.
Fan Jiming had several moments of realization that he had suddenly become rich!
Now he actually has a considerable number of Xuanzhu to bid on... Of course, with his wife's support, he has even more funds.
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This time, a gourd of Soul-Melting Pills was ultimately sold for 770,000 Mystic Pearls.
And in the end, the one who bought the elixir...
Wu Shaogan's gaze inadvertently swept over the large private room on the top floor.
If I remember correctly, that belongs to the Star Moon Palace, and the bidding just now wasn't concealed much; it sounded very familiar.
It was Fan Jiming who was bidding.
Now, all these pills belong to Fan Jiming.
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Fan Jiming smiled excitedly after successfully winning the bid.
The teleportation array in the private room activated quickly, and shortly after Fan Jiming sent the Xuan Pearl there, the gourd also appeared in the private room.
Fan Jiming immediately picked it and handed it to Han Bingling.
Han Bingling opened the gourd with her snow-white fingers, poured out five pills, and handed them to Fan Jiming.
Fan Jiming only needed to sniff once to detect a rich, pleasant fragrance—even with just this slight medicinal scent, the pain he was experiencing from the soul fusion seemed to quickly dissipate at that moment.
What a powerful elixir!
Is this the Supreme Soul Fusion Pill?
The medicine was indeed remarkably effective!
However, this was not unexpected for Fan Jiming.
In the early years, before he could find a beautiful woman to marry into his family, he needed a lot of elixirs because of his physical defect, and he placed many orders with Zhong Cai.
Zhong Cai gave him a lot of face and indeed refined a lot of pills, and the ones he sold to him were of excellent quality—after all, these pills were things his Daoist partner couldn't use, so he was willing to sell the best ones.
The effects of those top-grade pills are extremely potent.
Fan Jiming's trust in Zhong Caidan's alchemy was indeed at a very high level.
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The other visitors from the Star Moon Palace also turned their attention to the two of them.
Fan Jiming's actions and Han Bingling's reaction pleased the elders of Hanyue Palace, because if a couple found through compatible physiques doesn't develop a good relationship, it could cause problems later on.
Everything is going smoothly now, which is naturally the best thing.
At the same time, the youngest and most lively fifth-level alchemist among the group came over and said quickly, "Nephew Fan, may I take a look at this pill?"
Fan Jiming looked at Han Bingling.
Han Bingling nodded.
Fan Jiming carefully took out a Level 5 Soul Fusion Pill and handed it to the Level 5 Alchemist.
The level-five alchemist quickly returned to the group of other alchemists, who all crowded around to check on him.
The eyes of numerous alchemists were fixed on the pill seal. The complex aroma they could discern within it further confirmed that this Pill King Zhong must have refined a considerable number of pills in the past. Moreover, the energy composing the pill seal was very pure, which seemed to indicate that the quality of the pills produced by Pill King Zhong was consistently maintained at a very high level.
Such a pill seal is truly the envy of many alchemists, who cherish it dearly!
Finally, the alchemists reluctantly returned the pills to Fan Jiming.
Fan Jiming quickly put it away.
From the reactions of these alchemists, he felt even more strongly that King Zhong's strength was extraordinary.
To befriend such an alchemist...
Fan Jiming also felt very honored.
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Many cultivators were thrilled after the successful sale of ten pills.
They had never seen such a scene of auctioning pills before!
Even some cultivators from high-ranking backgrounds have indeed participated in some auctions in the past, and have even seen multiple pills bundled together and sold at high prices, but those pills were usually of medium to high quality bundled together... Such a bundle of all top-quality pills has never been seen before.
I've really learned something new.
Then they discovered that there were even more knowledgeable people out there.
Because Wu Shaogan is such a decisive guy, he always does this: as soon as the pills are sold, the next round starts right away.
This time is no exception.
Wu Shaogan also auctioned off a gourd containing ten top-grade Soul Fusion Pills.
Noise, bidding war.
The transaction price was 790,000 Xuanzhu.
Another round of ten bundles... still noisy, still bidding.
The final transaction price reached 820,000 Xuanzhu!
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The cultivators in the main hall were getting more and more excited.
In total, they have witnessed the bidding for fifty top-grade Soul Fusion Pills!
The venue was too lively, and those cultivators from powerful factions really didn't treat the Mystic Pearl as a Mystic Pearl!
They casually scatter hundreds of thousands of Xuanzhu pearls without even blinking an eye.
Countless cultivators have truly felt the gap between the rich and the poor.
Countless cultivators were also secretly frustrated.
Do they really think it's expensive? Don't they know that things are rare and that a premium is normal?
They were just jealous because they couldn't produce that many Xuanzhu themselves!
If they could also spend nearly a million to directly obtain ten Soul Fusion Pills... it would be a huge benefit to their future cultivation.
The reason why countless cultivators in the Fusion Realm progress very slowly is also because the process of fusing their primordial soul with their companion treasure is too painful.
If you actively try to force the fusion, the deeper the fusion, the more painful it will be, to the point that you can't bear it!
So they prefer to endure it slowly.
Many cultivators who were undergoing fusion were too painful to move an inch during the fusion process. Many others, suffering from both pain and the need to risk their lives to gather resources, died because of the pain, which led to danger and delayed reactions.
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Wu Shaogan spoke again.
"The auction for the first type of elixir, the Soul Fusion Pill, has now concluded."
At that moment, the cultivators immediately looked over.
Is filming finished?
Oh no, it's that the Soul Fusion Pill has been filmed!
Some fellow practitioners actually guessed correctly: the Soul Fusion Pill is indeed only produced in top-grade form, and not in high-grade form.
Before the cultivators could react further, Wu Shaogan said again without hesitation, "The auction for the second type of pill will now begin."
"Herbal Elixir, a level five healing pill. It can completely heal any injury, whether internal or external, as long as it does not contain foreign energy. If it contains foreign energy, it can be slightly weakened, but other treatments will still be needed."
"The first auction of Herbal Elixir: two top-grade ones. Starting price is 20,000 Xuan Pearls, and each bid must be at least 100 Xuan Pearls higher."
This time, apart from the change in the name of the elixir, the price and the way it is bundled remain unchanged.
These herbal pills are also commonly used and precious medicinal pills.
The demand is extremely high, and it is also rare to find top-grade pills for sale outside. Their unit price is definitely no lower than that of the Soul Fusion Pill.
Naturally, countless cultivators emerged again, vying for power once more.
Thirty thousand!
"fifty thousand!"
They were very generous with their prices; who hasn't bought one of these before?
The cultivators all know what the normal price should be.
The final transaction price reached 132,000.
In fact, it's a little more expensive than the Soul Fusion Pill.
However, relatively speaking, the demand for Soul Fusion Pills is greater than that for Herbal Pills.
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Wu Shaogan smiled and said, "Second round of Herbal Elixir, two top-grade pills. Starting price..."
The cultivators' reactions were, of course, largely the same.
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After selling all the herbal pills, Wu Shaogan came to sell a third type of elixir.
Upon seeing this elixir, his gaze softened slightly as he recalled amusing incidents from the past.
They had also put it up for auction before, which allowed him and Acai to make their first small fortune...
Although he was presiding over an auction at the moment, Wu Shaogan couldn't turn around to look at his beloved, but the smile on his lips couldn't help but become more genuine.
"The third type of elixir is the Limb Regeneration Pill."
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Yes, it is indeed the Limb Regeneration Pill.
This is a medicinal pill that can reconnect limbs; it is called the Limb Reconnection Pill and is specifically used for the repair and regeneration of severed limbs.
They are also relatively common types of pills, and similar pills often appear at different levels.
Among the major categories of healing pills, limb-restoring pills are also a very important category. Because they are quite difficult to refine, alchemists find it difficult to refine high-quality ones – even high-grade ones are rare, let alone top-grade ones.
However, the higher the quality of this elixir, the better the limbs will grow back.
If a cultivator takes a top-grade limb-regenerating pill, the newly grown limbs will be very similar to other limbs as soon as they appear—they only need a little practice to be fully functional! It will be as if they have never been missing a limb.
In addition, the process of growing limbs is usually very painful, but after a cultivator takes a high-quality limb-regenerating pill, the pain will be reduced to a very low level.
Therefore, such elixirs are very popular.
From the moment the first elixir appeared, there was never a dull moment!
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Next, Wu Shaogan sold the fourth type of elixir, a level-five antidote.
As the name suggests, those who know, know. It can solve most poisons. Even if there are toxins that cannot be completely eliminated, it can weaken the toxicity and allow cultivators to maintain their life energy while waiting for the research and emergence of other detoxification methods.
A more versatile antidote would certainly be very popular!
Wu Shaogan then sold a fifth type of pill, which could replenish the profound energy of cultivators who had undergone fusion.
Being prepared is always a good thing. It facilitates travel and training, and can also help cultivators replenish their supplies quickly when high-intensity battles are needed.
It remains popular.
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In this way, the cultivators quickly discerned the pattern in Wu Shaogan's auction of pills.
There have been several types of pills already. First, two top-grade pills are bundled together and auctioned off in five consecutive rounds. Then, five top-grade pills are bundled together and auctioned off in two consecutive rounds. Finally, ten top-grade pills are bundled together and auctioned off in three consecutive rounds.
Each time, fifty were sold!
Similarly, after fifty top-quality stones, no more high-quality ones were sold.
The guests were incredibly enthusiastic; there wasn't a single auction that wasn't filled with intense bidding.
Moreover, the more pills there were, the louder the bidders became, and whenever a pill fell into the hands of another cultivator, they would shout in disappointment, waiting for the next round of bidding.
Countless cultivators were so shocked they were almost numb.
Fifty! Fifty! Still fifty!
This King Zhong Dan is amazing! He has produced such a terrifying number of pills in each batch so many times in a row!
I wonder how much time and effort he spent...
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After this, I don't know if I'll ever see so many pills for sale again!
You absolutely can't miss it!
In any auction, if there is even the slightest chance of winning, we will fight for it!
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In the semi-enclosed private room, several soft couches appeared out of nowhere, and the master and his disciples sat down as well.
Zhong Cai rested her chin on her hand, her eyes bright as she watched her old man, Wu, being auctioned off on the high platform.
A smile played on his lips as he thought to himself:
Old Wu is so handsome...
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