Inside the Sanyuange auction hall, the lights suddenly dimmed, with only the central display stand emitting a soft white light.
After Huang Laogang finished discussing with the elders, he was about to ask the maid to invite Xiao Chen and his companion to change to a private room—a person who could produce such a divine pill should not be relegated to the seats of a rogue cultivator.
Before any instructions could be given, a low gasp suddenly filled the hall, and all eyes turned to the entrance of the exhibition booth.
A woman dressed in a scarlet cheongsam slowly walked onto the stage.
The cheongsam was tailored to fit her perfectly, outlining her shapely figure. A slit revealed a section of her fair calves, and she wore a pair of high heels embroidered with gold thread. Every step she took had a unique rhythm.
Her long hair was loosely tied up, revealing her graceful swan neck. Her face was without makeup, yet she was more captivating than anyone with makeup, especially her eyes, which were filled with a mixture of charm and aloofness, as if they could see right through people's hearts.
"It's Master Wanqiu!"
"The top auctioneer of the Sanyuan Chamber of Commerce truly lives up to his reputation!"
"I heard that last year a Creation Realm elder wanted to marry her, but she retorted with 'With an unstable Dao heart, how can you talk about marriage?' That's pretty cool!"
A low murmur arose from the audience. Even the usually arrogant patriarchs of powerful factions lowered their gazes when they fell upon Wanqiu.
They all felt a bit more admiration for her—not only was this woman exceptionally beautiful, but what was even more remarkable was her composure under pressure and her precise control over the items being auctioned. It was said that no treasure she had ever auctioned had ever failed to sell.
Wanqiu walked to the center of the booth, bowed slightly to the audience, and spoke in a clear and melodious voice, like the clinking of jade stones, yet with a power that penetrated the heart: "Gentlemen, thank you for waiting. The Sanyuan Chamber of Commerce Auction is now officially open."
Her red lips curved slightly, her eyes sparkling: "As per tradition, the first and last items in this auction are of utmost importance. And today's first item..."
She paused, then lightly raised her fingertips. The maid behind her immediately handed her a small, crystal-clear jade bottle. The bottle was translucent, and one could vaguely see three pale blue pills lying inside.
"It's a new drug that a mysterious guest entrusted to be auctioned. Let's call it the Rejuvenation Pill for now."
Wanqiu picked up the jade bottle and displayed it to the audience: "I'm sure you've all heard some rumors, but seeing is believing. Our seven alchemy elders from the Sanyuan Chamber of Commerce spent three hours testing with spirit pets of different realms, and the results are—"
Her voice suddenly rose, carrying a hint of barely perceptible excitement: "If a cultivator at the Dao Attainment Realm takes it, their spiritual power will be fully restored within three breaths, without any stagnation; if a cultivator at the Creation Realm takes it, their spiritual power will be restored to 80%, and the effects will automatically adjust according to their cultivation level, with absolutely no risk of their body exploding; as for the Nirvana Realm..."
Wanqiu shook her head and said frankly, "We don't have any Nirvana Realm spirit pets to test yet, but judging from the effects on the Dao Proving and Creation Realms alone, the potential of this pill is immeasurable."
Most importantly—" she emphasized, "this pill has no side effects! As you all know, the Rejuvenation Pills on the market either have slow recovery or contain toxic heat that needs to be neutralized with a Cleansing Pill afterward. But this Rejuvenation Pill has a gentle, spring-like spiritual energy that dissolves instantly upon entering the body, nourishing the meridians without leaving any hidden dangers!"
"Whoosh—!"
The audience erupted in chaos!
"No side effects? Instantly restores full health? How is that possible!"
"Even a Creation Realm cultivator can recover 80%? Doesn't that mean that in a life-or-death battle, as long as you have this pill, you can fight one more time?"
"I thought it was just a gimmick, but it's actually true! If I could get my hands on even one of these divine pills, it would be like having an extra life!"
Even the powerful patriarchs who were sitting in the main seats couldn't sit still anymore, their eyes burning as they stared at the jade bottle in Wanqiu's hand.
They had lived for thousands of years and seen countless rare and precious elixirs, but they had never heard of such a powerful yet gentle Rejuvenation Pill—it was simply a treasure tailor-made for life-or-death battles!
On the second floor, in the unaffiliated cultivators' seats, Stone's mouth dropped open: "Senior Brother, this... isn't this the kind of pill you took out? They're making it sound too miraculous!"
Xiao Chen looked at the jade bottle on the display stand, a faint smile playing on his lips. He had offered six, and the Chamber of Commerce had put three up for auction first, clearly to test the market reaction. The remaining three were probably meant to be the grand finale, to make a profit once the atmosphere had heated up.
“They’re professionals at doing business,” Xiao Chen said in a low voice.
On the display stand, after a brief pause in the chatter, Wanqiu slowly announced, "There are three Rejuvenation Pills inside the bottle. The starting bid is 100,000 spirit crystals. Each bid must be at least 10,000 spirit crystals higher."
One hundred thousand spiritual crystals!
This price made many independent cultivators gasp – it was almost half a year's expenses for a small sect.
No one thought it was expensive; on the contrary, they thought it was cheap—for a divine pill that could save lives and turn the tide in a breakthrough battle, 100,000 spirit crystals was well worth it!
"I bid 110,000!" A red-faced cultivator was the first to raise his paddle. He was an elder of the nearby "Blazing Fire Sect" and had been stuck at the peak of the Dao Proving stage for many years. He urgently needed this pill to deal with the depletion of spiritual energy during his breakthrough.
"120,000!" Someone immediately raised the price.
"150,000!" A middle-aged man in a python robe spoke calmly from the main seat. He was the head of the "Golden Scale Family" and was very wealthy.
"Two hundred thousand!" Another aged voice rang out. It was an old ancestor at the Creation Realm who knew the value of this kind of pill in a life-or-death battle.
The price skyrocketed, breaking through 300,000 in just a few breaths!
The atmosphere below the stage grew increasingly frenzied, with people raising their placards in an endless stream. Even those cultivators who originally just wanted to watch the excitement couldn't help but join the competition—who wouldn't want to have an extra trump card in their hand?
Wanqiu stood on the stage, a polite smile always on her face, her gaze calm as she watched the crowd bidding, as if what was soaring before her eyes was not spirit crystals, but a string of numbers.
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