The beautiful emcee smiled before speaking, her fox-like eyes captivating: "Esteemed immortals, today's auction is about to begin. Today's auction is quite extraordinary, featuring extremely valuable items: three dantian healing slots for round-faced masters!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Shenzhi's overjoyed voice rang in her mind: "Pfft, round-faced master, you didn't expect this day to come when you chose this name, did you? The renowned round-faced master! This title will accompany you for the rest of your life!"
The nickname "Round Face" was brought up formally in this setting, and Shi Xuan felt it was somewhat hasty. But after being interrupted by Lu Shenzhi, she couldn't care less about choosing a name and immediately retorted, "Heh, it's a good name after all. But Senior Brother, don't you think you look a lot like the emcee on stage?"
"How are they similar! She's a woman and I'm a man, what's there to compare!"
Shi Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly: "Figure it out for yourself."
Lu Shenzhi snorted and shut his mouth. If he continued, nothing good would come of it. People would either say he had fox-like eyes or that he was as beautiful as the female cultivator. He decided not to take the bait.
The emcee had finished his opening remarks and began introducing the first item for auction.
"As the opening item, this is a top-grade flawless Foundation Establishment Pill personally refined by Master Shi of the Lianfeng Sword Sect! As everyone knows, Master Shi is the only alchemist in our Qian Yuan Realm who has produced a Dao Imprint of Alchemy. The quality of pills that have passed through her hands goes without saying. This top-grade flawless Foundation Establishment Pill is extremely rare and sought after by disciples in the Qi Refining stage. One only has one chance to establish one's foundation in life, and laying a solid foundation will benefit future cultivation!"
Shi Xuan's lips twitched. It seemed that, unbeknownst to her, her pills had created a new market. No wonder Chen Ji always said that the pills would sell out as soon as they hit the shelves; were these middlemen the culprits? It seemed she would have to adjust the price of her flawless pills when she got back.
The emcee continued, "This flawless Foundation Establishment Pill, made by Master Shi, has a starting bid of only five high-grade spirit stones. What are you all waiting for!"
Five high-grade spirit stones are no small sum for ordinary rogue cultivators, let alone those in the Qi Refining stage. After the master of ceremonies finished speaking, although many cultivators on the platform below showed longing in their eyes, no one bid.
At that moment, a flash of light appeared on the wall of Box Number One, and the character "Lu" hovered outside the wall for a moment before disappearing.
The emcee announced, "The VIP in Box Number One has bid six high-grade spirit stones. Are there any other bidders?"
The moment this skill was revealed, it was clear that the person in the private room was no ordinary person. After all, being able to condense spiritual energy into characters that float in the air was not something an ordinary person could do. The guests in this private room were either highly skilled in cultivation or had extremely precise control over spiritual energy.
The first bidder to appear was none other than this person. Some in the audience felt awe, while others scoffed inwardly. If he were truly so capable, why would he need to flaunt it like this? Perhaps he was just trying to deter others from bidding against him and save a few spirit stones.
However, his ability to condense spirit stones into words did not intimidate everyone. Before the emcee could even ask the price a second time, a voice came from box number five: "I bid ten high-grade spirit stones!"
A murmur arose among the cultivators downstairs. Regardless of whether the people in VIP room number five were capable or not, their spending was certainly generous, adding four high-grade spirit stones at once.
The people in VIP room number one didn't react immediately, probably because they hadn't expected such a strong response.
The emcee announced, "Box number five has bid ten high-grade spirit stones. Ten stones! Any higher bids?"
It seemed that only then did the people in the No. 1 VIP room realize what was happening, and two large characters, "Twelve," appeared outside the room.
Before the emcee could even speak, Number Five raised his voice and added, "Twenty!"
His bid was so high and so decisive that it seemed to intimidate the other interested parties. After the emcee called out three times that no one else had raised the price, the pill, which cost two high-grade spirit stones in the cheap shop above, was sold for ten times the price.
Shi Xuan immediately decided to raise the price of Foundation Building Pills as soon as he got back.
Lu Shenzhi then laughed and said, "Well done, Junior Sister! The opening and closing acts are all yours. You're going to be famous throughout the Western Region of Qian Yuan from now on."
"Am I not already famous throughout the Western Regions of Qian Yuan? Senior Brother, why don't you broaden your horizons a bit?"
Although it might sound a bit arrogant, she wasn't wrong. This number one expert in alchemy and Dao seals is probably known to everyone in the cultivation world of Qian Yuan Western Region.
“Senior brother, you’re underestimating us,” Lu Shenzhi immediately corrected, “From now on, let’s go and dominate other continents!”
Shi Xuan raised her eyebrows and said arrogantly, "It's only a matter of time."
After the first item was sold, someone else offered a second item: a fourth-tier female defensive robe.
This is interesting. Defensive robes auctioned on the black market are generally considered to be stolen goods obtained through murder and robbery, and their origins are questionable.
The people sitting in the private room weren't interested in such things, but the independent cultivators downstairs didn't care. After all, selling these things here would definitely be much cheaper than buying new ones in a store.
As expected, the starting bid for the robe was only five hundred mid-grade spirit stones. The rogue cultivators in the hall bid against each other, each time adding only a dozen or so mid-grade spirit stones. After bidding for a long time, it was finally sold for eight hundred and sixty mid-grade spirit stones.
Compared to the Foundation Establishment Pills of Shi Xuan, this process was somewhat uninteresting, and only a few cultivators who were vying for them were enthusiastic.
Immediately afterwards, two more unremarkable little items were sold at low prices. The emcee then took out a dark gold stone. The dark gold stone was not even the size of a fist, and its color was very unevenly distributed, with some areas bright and some dark. Overall, it appeared to be oval.
"Distinguished guests, this round of auction features an unidentified refining material. Neither the consignor nor this auction house can confirm what kind of material it is. You can try your luck; perhaps you'll find it to be a priceless treasure once you buy it."
The possibility of this happening is very small, because auction houses also test the spiritual energy contained in the materials. If a material is rich in spiritual energy, it will not be put up for auction so easily.
Shi Xuan asked Lu Shenzhi, "Does Senior Brother recognize this stone?"
"I don't recognize him," Lu Shenzhi replied decisively.
Shi Xuan: "This color is quite nice." Shi Xuan liked this gold color.
The emcee gave a brief introduction before setting the starting bid of nine hundred mid-grade spirit stones.
Few independent cultivators are wealthy, and they must spend their limited spirit stones wisely. Buying things they don't know how to use is very unsuitable for them.
No one spoke for a long while.
Shi Xuan pressed the round button representing the bid from inside the private room and announced loudly, "Nine hundred mid-grade spirit stones."
The cultivators scattered below all turned to look in Shi Xuan's direction, seemingly wanting to see which fool had spent nearly a high-grade spirit stone to buy an unknown broken stone.
As expected, no one bid against her, and Shi Xuan successfully won the "beautiful" stone.
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