Long Yi shook his head and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The gap between people is really bigger than the gap between people and dogs. If the old man of the Ou family lives one more day, it will consume at least tens of millions of medicinal materials. If a poor person has a terminal illness, he can only wait to die in the face of high medical expenses.
A man can be without anything except money.
For the old man of the Ou family, the failure of various organs in old age is part of the normal course of life, aging, illness and death. No matter how much money is spent, modern medicine cannot forcibly prolong his life.
After all, destiny cannot be defied.
However, what modern medical technology cannot do, Long Yi can do. The chapter on gold and stone elixirs in the Xuantian Atlas records a single prescription for prolonging life, called the Huanyang Pill.
It's a pity that I don't have the precious medicinal materials needed to refine the Huanyang Pill at hand, otherwise I would have made a fortune from the Ou family no matter what.
The voice of the host on the stage interrupted Long Yi's thoughts, and the medicinal materials auction officially began.
This kind of small auction does not have so many rules and regulations. Buyers rely on their own eyesight. Once they leave the venue, we are not responsible for the authenticity of the goods.
The first medicinal ingredient is a century-old dragon blood ganoderma, weighing 119 grams. It is preserved in professional containers and its medicinal properties have not been lost at all.
The auctioneer just announced the reserve price of five million, and it was directly bought by the eldest daughter of the Ou family for twelve million.
"As expected of the Ou family in eastern Guangdong, this kind of confidence is truly incomparable to that of ordinary families." Everyone sighed in their hearts.
After she bought the first medicinal herb, she continued to sell it at prices two or three times higher than the reserve price. Her lavish spending scared away a group of wealthy businessmen. Even if they had some money, they could not afford such treatment.
What's more, they don't have to buy these medicinal herbs. It doesn't seem worthwhile to offend a giant like the Ou family for a little profit.
During this period, Long Yi only bought a sixty-year-old water lotus seed, and all the other rare medicinal herbs were taken by this young lady.
It's not that Long Yi doesn't have the ability, but there is no need to bid with a madman. The medicinal materials that were originally worth only five million were raised to tens of millions. Only a fool would do such a thing.
After auctioning off the common medicinal herbs, the auctioneer cleared his throat and said solemnly:
"Everyone, we are about to present the grand finale of this auction, but it will test your eyesight."
The auctioneer lifted the red cloth on the golden tray, and a charcoal-like black spherical medicinal herb appeared in everyone's sight.
"Is this a medicinal herb? I've been in the medicinal herb business for half my life, and I've never seen anything with such a strange appearance."
"Good man, I would believe you if you said it was a coal briquette."
The wealthy businessmen and herbal medicine owners below stood up one after another, staring at the black coal balls with frowns, but after looking at them for a long time they couldn't figure out what they were.
"Interesting." Long Yi raised his eyebrows, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.
Xu Li asked softly, "Master Long, do you know what this black coal ball is?"
"This is Xuantian Qingteng. I have only seen it in ancient books before." Long Yi said slowly. He just scanned it with his spiritual sense and found that the spiritual energy contained in this "black coal ball" was dozens of times more than that of the hundred-year-old Dragon Blood Ganoderma.
Judging from the richness of its spiritual energy alone, this Xuantian Qingteng has reached the level of spiritual medicine and is qualified to be used as one of the raw materials for refining spiritual pills.
According to alchemy, the so-called elixir is a medicinal material whose spiritual energy content reaches a certain level. Only elixir can be used as raw material to be refined into a real elixir.
"If a medicinal herb wants to become a magical medicine, it needs to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon for at least a thousand years. However, medicinal herbs are dead things. You never know when they will be picked by people or eaten by wild animals. It is extremely rare for them to grow for a hundred years.
"But the Xuantian Green Ivy grows on the cliff, which has given it nearly a thousand years of growth. This kind of spiritual medicine is hard to come by, so I must take a picture of it." Long Yi said slowly.
Xu Li sat up straight, afraid that he would miss a word from Master Long.
"Master Long, don't worry. I will definitely present it to you." Xu Li agreed without hesitation, his eyes full of determination. He was determined to get this Xuantian Qingvine.
If he could watch Master Long refining the elixir at that time, it would be a great honor to witness the emergence of a elixir with his own eyes.
Seeing the whispers from the audience stop, the auctioneer continued, "The starting price for this magical herb is 15 million!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience fell silent.
Everyone originally thought that this black coal ball would only cost around a million, but they didn't even know the efficacy and type of the medicine, but they asked for 15 million.
If what you buy turns out to be poison or useless, you will have no place to cry.
"Fifteen million!" Xu Li was the first to raise the bidding card.
Everyone was stunned. The head of the Xu family had always been smart, so why would he make such an impulsive and reckless bid? Could it be that this black coal ball was really a treasure?
Then, another cold voice sounded: "Fifty million!"
It was the eldest daughter of the Ou family. After she finished bidding, she turned around and said sarcastically, "Old man, you'd better not make yourself look bad. Your family fortune is only my annual allowance. You can save some face by quitting early."
"you?"
Veins bulged on Xu Li's forehead. He was only fifty, but in this girl's mouth he became an old man. Her words were full of disdain.
But remembering Master Long's instructions, he suppressed his anger, raised his bidding board, and continued to shout, "Eighty million!"
"One hundred and sixty million!" Orena threw out the quotation board, and the sarcasm on her face became even stronger.
The other wealthy businessmen present couldn't help but scream in surprise. This was simply inhumane! The head of the Xu family offered 80 million, and she directly offered twice as much. How could bidding be played like this?
Xu Li's face was solemn. Although he was the top boss of Shuntian, his net worth was only 3 billion. Now he had to pay nearly 200 million to buy a medicinal herb. He couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in his heart.
He cast an inquiring look at Long Yi. After all, the price was no longer something he could decide once it came to this point.
After Long Yi withdrew his gaze from Ou Lena and the old man beside her, he seemed to have seen through something and couldn't help but smile: "Since Miss Ou likes this medicinal herb so much, a gentleman should not take away what others love. We should take the initiative to withdraw from the bidding."
Xu Li nodded after receiving the instruction. Just as he stood up and was about to explain that he wanted to withdraw from the bidding, he saw Olena said impatiently:
"You country bumpkins from the Central Plains have no money but you still care about your reputation. I'm offering 300 million. If you have the guts, match the price. I'll fight you to the end!"
The veins on Xu Li's forehead bulged when he heard this. He originally wanted to stand up and withdraw from the bidding, but he didn't expect to be misunderstood by this mixed-race woman and say such insulting words in public.
No matter what, he was the number one boss in Shuntian. He had never suffered such humiliation, let alone being scolded by a little girl.
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