Perhaps because there are too many, they become less precious. Zhu Haohao's Crimson Flame Fruit only fetched 68,000 high-grade spirit stones at auction.
After the controversy surrounding the Crimson Flame Fruit, the auction proceeded as normal.
"The fifth item is a high-grade black mystic crystal. This crystal can be used to forge magical artifacts, which are extremely powerful. The starting bid is 10,000 high-grade spirit stones."
"Ten thousand high-grade spirit stones, anyone want to raise the price?"
"Eleven thousand high-grade spirit stones!"
"Twelve thousand..."
...
"21,000 high-grade spirit stones once, 21,000 high-grade spirit stones twice, 21,000 high-grade spirit stones three times, sold! Congratulations to this fellow Daoist for winning this Black Mystic Crystal."
"Next up is the sixth item..."
Rong Zi rested her chin on her hand and leaned on the windowsill, watching the auction below with little interest.
She wasn't very interested in any of these things.
"Is there anything you like? Take a picture if you like it, you don't lack spirit stones anyway." Zhu Haohao also leaned on the windowsill with her, tilting his head to look at her.
Rong Zi shook her head, "Not for now..."
Before she could finish speaking, a huge furnace was presented on the auction stage. "Next is the eighth item. This is a high-grade forging furnace, made by a cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. Not only is it beautifully shaped, but it is also made entirely of crimson gold divine mud, making it extremely expensive."
Rong Zi's eyes lit up. "This is good."
Her second apprentice, Gu Xiaochui, is a weapon repairman, so this forging furnace is a necessity for him.
Zhu Haohao was momentarily stunned to see that Rong Zi was actually interested in the forging furnace.
He remembered that Rong Zi was a talisman cultivator.
He wasn't quite sure about Yun Jing yet, but he was definitely not a weapon cultivator.
Since neither of them are weapon cultivators, why did Rong Zi suddenly take a liking to the cauldron forging furnace? Could it be because...?
For some unknown reason, Zhu Haohao's face instantly turned bright red.
He said in a low, hesitant voice, "Actually... you don't need to go to such lengths for me. I don't lack forging furnaces. I'm already very happy that you have this intention."
As soon as Zhu Haohao finished speaking, he heard Rong Zi's startled voice beside him.
"Holy crap, the starting bid is a whopping 200,000 high-grade spirit stones? Oh well, excuse me!"
Rong Zi had the same expression as an old man on the subway looking at his phone, a sunflower seed munching on his mouth as he pondered in his mind.
Who says that crafting weapons always requires a forging furnace?
She even used a clay pot for refining elixirs.
A truly powerful artifact craftsman can forge unparalleled magical artifacts even without a forging furnace.
Yes, that's it.
She didn't buy Gu Xiaochui a forging furnace so that he could hone his skills.
It's not that I'm unwilling to spend money!
Seeing the changing expressions on Rong Zi's face, Zhu Haohao called out to her in confusion.
“Miss Rong, you…”
Rong Zi turned to look at him, "Um, what did you just say?"
Zhu Haohao opened his mouth, but in the end shook his head. "It's nothing."
Two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones is indeed a bit expensive.
Miss Rong had finally managed to sell the Crimson Flame Fruit and earn some spirit stones; she couldn't possibly give away most of them before they were even properly warmed up.
He wanted to understand Miss Rong's difficulties.
Even if Miss Rong really wanted to buy it for him, he absolutely could not accept it.
The auction is still proceeding as scheduled.
"Next is the eleventh item, a bottle of Five Thunder Liquid, which contains extremely pure lightning power. If some is added during the forging process, the resulting magical artifact will be enhanced with lightning power."
"Five Thunder Liquid, starting bid: 5,000 high-grade spirit stones. Any fellow cultivators willing to bid?"
Someone shouted from below, "Six thousand high-grade spirit stones!"
"Six thousand five hundred high-grade spirit stones!"
"Seven thousand high-grade spirit stones!"
"Seven thousand two hundred dollars..."
"Ten thousand yuan." Rong Zi slowly raised the auction paddle in his hand and directly and domineeringly called out a price.
The people who had been bidding earlier immediately fell silent.
This Five Thunder Liquid is indeed extremely rare, even arguably the rarest in the world.
However, its function is generally limited.
Even if it is used for refining magical artifacts, it can only make the artifacts surrounded by a faint lightning power, making them look cool, but they are actually not offensive.
Yun Qin and Qin Ziteng in the next private room looked at Rong Zihua as if she were an idiot when they saw her bid a high price for a bottle of useless Five Thunder Liquid.
Hmph, what a moron! He actually spent a fortune on such a useless piece of junk.
Rong Zi won the bid for the bottle of Five Thunder Liquid without any controversy.
She pressed her fist to her lips, brought the Primordial Ring on her finger close to her mouth, and asked in a very soft voice, "Are you sure such a small bottle is worth this price?"
Ten thousand high-grade spirit stones!
It hurt her terribly.
Just as everyone else was bidding, the egg in the Hongmeng Ring suddenly told Rong Zi that she should bid for the bottle of Five Thunder Liquid.
Although she didn't understand, Rong Zi did as she was told.
Egg didn't explain, only saying, "For Yun Jing, this item is priceless."
Upon hearing this, Rong Zi said no more.
The auction continues.
The items that followed were either too expensive or unappealing to Rong Zi. She yawned lazily and almost fell asleep.
During this time, Yun Qin did manage to purchase two fire-attribute crystals.
until……
"Fellow Daoists, we have finally reached the last item for tonight's auction."
A large box was presented on the auction stage. The beautiful auctioneer had it opened and then introduced it aloud.
"This is a whole box full of precious spiritual plants, including many that are priceless, such as Fire Dragon Grass, Five Yang Jade Leaf, Amethyst Flower, Bone-Melting Grass, and so on."
Upon hearing this, everyone at the auction gasped in shock.
So many valuable spiritual plants!
How many spirit stones would that cost?
However, the beautiful auctioneer's next words instantly extinguished the excitement of everyone present.
"However, all of these spiritual plants have passed their peak medicinal efficacy period."
"As you all probably know, many precious spiritual plants are extremely demanding in terms of harvesting. Harvesting them too early or too late, or in the wrong way, will affect their medicinal efficacy. However, if any fellow Daoist has superb alchemy skills, these spiritual plants are not entirely unusable."
"This box of spiritual plants only costs one hundred high-grade spirit stones. Is there any fellow cultivator willing to pay more?"
After the beautiful auctioneer finished asking her question, no one in the room raised their paddle.
Although these spiritual plants are indeed rare treasures.
But after all, the optimal period for the medicine's effectiveness has already passed.
Even the most skilled alchemist wouldn't dare guarantee a successful core formation using such spiritual plants.
If the core formation fails, the waste will not only be this one spiritual plant.
The cost of trial and error is too high.
Seeing that no one was bidding, the beautiful auctioneer sighed helplessly.
It seems they still won't be able to sell this box of spiritual plants at their auction house today...
Just as the beautiful auctioneer was about to have the box taken away and try again at the auction the next day, a fair little hand was raised.
"One hundred and one high-grade spirit stones."
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