Inside the auction hall of Sanyuan Pavilion, a subtle fragrance wafted through the air, and the atmosphere was filled with spiritual energy.
Xiao Chen held a thin jade book in his hand, which listed previews of some of the items to be auctioned—from "Mysterious Iron Essence" to "Boundary-Breaking Talisman".
From the "Ancient Fragmented Array Diagram" to the "Demon Beast Inner Core," each item had a starting bid of over ten thousand spirit crystals, with some of the final items fetching astronomical prices of hundreds of thousands or even millions of spirit crystals.
He traced the words "million spirit crystals" on the jade book with his fingertip, then touched his storage bag. Inside, he only had a little over three hundred low-grade spirit crystals left over from completing the mine mission, not even a fraction of the value of an ordinary auction item.
Xiao Chen coughed lightly, his face unusually flushed. Back in the Cangxuan Realm, he thought a few hundred spirit crystals were a fortune, but upon arriving in the Xuanqiong Realm, he realized that his possessions were far from sufficient.
"Senior Brother, these things are so expensive..." Shi Tou leaned over for a look and clicked his tongue, "A single broken bead costs 100,000 spirit crystals, are you robbing me?"
Xiao Chen closed the jade book with a sigh. It seemed that if he wanted to find some treasures at the auction, he would first have to find a way to get some spirit crystals. He glanced at the woman in the moon-white dress who was serving tea to other cultivators not far away, then got up and walked over.
"Fellow Daoist," Xiao Chen called out to her.
The woman turned around, still sporting a polite smile: "What can I do for you, sir?"
"I have a few items here that I'd like to entrust to the Chamber of Commerce for auction," Xiao Chen said, taking out a small jade bottle from his storage bag and handing it to the woman. "Please take a look and see if they comply with the rules."
The woman took the jade bottle; it felt warm and smooth to the touch, and there were no markings on the bottle.
She uncorked the bottle, and a refreshing medicinal fragrance instantly filled the air. Unlike any pill she had ever smelled before, this fragrance was not overpowering, but rather carried a refreshing vitality. Taking a breath, she felt that the spiritual energy she had used up while guiding the guests had been restored to some extent.
Six pills lay quietly inside the bottle, their bodies a pale blue color, like solidified morning dew, with fine patterns flowing across their surface. Upon closer inspection, it seemed as if spiritual energy was slowly circulating within them.
"This is..." The woman was stunned. She had been in the Sanyuan Chamber of Commerce for many years and had seen hundreds, if not thousands, of pills, but she had never seen a pill like this before, and she couldn't even tell its grade.
"I'm not sure about the effects and grade of this pill," Xiao Chen said. "If the Chamber of Commerce can auction it on my behalf, the handling fee will be charged according to the rules."
The woman dared not delay and quickly said, "Please wait a moment, sir. I will ask our Chamber of Commerce's alchemy elder to appraise it."
Holding the jade bottle, she quickly walked towards a secret room at the back of the auction hall, a place specifically used by the Sanyuan Chamber of Commerce to appraise rare items.
Inside the secret chamber, several elderly men with white hair and beards were discussing something around a jade table. The one in the lead was an old man in a gray robe with a thin face and long fingers. He was none other than Elder Huang, the alchemy master of the Sanyuan Chamber of Commerce.
"Elder Huang." The woman pushed open the door and handed over the jade bottle. "There is a gentleman outside who wants to consign some pills for auction. I can't recognize the grade of these pills, so I would appreciate it if you could take a look."
Old Huang took the jade bottle, and habitually sniffed it first. His eyebrows instantly rose: "What a unique medicinal fragrance..."
He poured out a pill, examined it closely in his palm, and then probed it with his spiritual energy. After a moment, a hint of surprise flashed in Old Huang's eyes: "The way the spiritual energy flows in this pill... I've never seen anything like it before. The texture is condensed, yet not sluggish; it's almost like... a living thing?"
An elderly man with a red face leaned over and asked, "Elder Huang, can you tell what kind of pill it is? Is it for healing or for tempering the body?"
Old Huang shook his head, pinching the pill between his fingers, and pondered, "Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy, it doesn't seem like a healing pill, nor does it seem like a body tempering pill... more like... a recovery pill?"
He looked at the woman and asked, "Who brought the medicine? What is their cultivation level? Which sect do they belong to?"
"He was a white-robed cultivator, around twenty years old, with a cultivation level at the mid-stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, accompanied by a strong male cultivator," the woman recalled. "He didn't mention his sect, but he seemed to be a rogue cultivator."
"A rogue cultivator?" Old Huang's eyes widened in surprise. "If a rogue cultivator could possess such a pill, it would be a private item made by an old monster from a powerful force to save the lives of his juniors."
He then took out two more pills and distributed them to the other alchemy elders: "Take a look and see what's so mysterious about these pills."
Several elders passed around the pills, some examining them with their spiritual power, others sniffing them, and some even taking a wisp of powder to test it with a special magical artifact.
Half an hour later, the secret room was completely silent.
Elder Huang spoke first, his voice filled with disbelief: "We just tried it on an injured Dao Proving Realm spirit pet—we fed it a pinch of medicinal powder, and in just three breaths, it recovered 70% of its consumed spiritual power! And there were no side effects whatsoever!"
The red-faced old man continued, "When I used my Creation Realm spiritual power to refine the pill, I discovered that its medicinal power can adjust itself according to one's cultivation level! When used by someone in the Dao Attainment Realm, it can instantly restore their full spiritual power; when used by someone in the Creation Realm, it can restore at least 80%!"
“The most terrifying thing is…” another white-bearded elder said in a trembling voice, “We’ve searched through all the alchemy manuals in the Xuanqiong Realm, and we haven’t found any record of this pill formula! This is… a self-created formula!”
My own original prescription!
Upon hearing these four words, the elderly men in the secret room all gasped in shock.
The alchemy tradition in the Xuanqiong Realm has long been established. It is already rare to be able to improve upon the alchemy formulas based on the work of predecessors. Those who create their own alchemy formulas are all legendary alchemy masters!
"Instantly restores full spiritual power..." Elder Huang murmured, "What does this mean? It means that in a life-or-death battle, as long as you have this pill, you will have one more chance to fight, one more life! You will never have to worry about running out of spiritual power again!"
"It can be used in the Dao Attainment Realm, it can be used in the Creation Realm..." The red-faced old man's eyes burned with fervor, "What about the Nirvana Realm? Although I haven't tried it, the potential of this pill... is immeasurable!"
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