Frenzied Auction

Even though this wasn't a pill refined by Xiao Yan, the name of the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill still made many major families present light up with excitement.

"One stalk of Barren Star Grass," a family head immediately called out.

For major families, pills that could enhance their strength were the most valued items. Just like the three major families in Wutan City back then, their initial strengths were quite similar, with only a star or two difference in combat power.

Pills that directly increased strength had always been the most sought-after by various families.

"One bottle of Li Long Flower Honey," another important figure immediately shouted out.

As soon as the "Flower Stamen Stone Red" bid was made, someone immediately offered a price.

"One tael of Ligusticum Rootstalk."

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Since the auction rule was to exchange items for materials, this was also a test of Xiao Yan's knowledge of herbs. He not only needed to accurately hear various precious herbs in the noisy bids but also had to calculate the specific value of the herbs mentioned by the bidders in his mind.

"Many people are bidding randomly," in the Alchemist Guild's private room, Guild Leader Fa Ma's eyes were sharp. He could tell that more than half of the bids were just attempts to get lucky.

Because many bids either concealed the specific quantity or the amount of herbs given wasn't worth it.

For example, Ligusticum Rootstalk was indeed an important main ingredient for Fifth Grade Pills, but refining such a Fifth Grade Pill required seven taels of Ligusticum Rootstalk. Bidding only one tael was clearly a gamble, hoping that Xiao Yan wouldn't notice the trick.

As if deliberately making things difficult for Xiao Yan, the bidding speed was extremely fast. In just one minute, there were more than thirty bids, with various precious herbs being named one after another.

Ya Fei on the stage couldn't help but sweat for Xiao Yan. She couldn't judge the value of the herbs for Xiao Yan and could only rely on Xiao Yan himself.

Soon, the bidding gradually slowed down. Sitting in the backstage, Xiao Yan smiled coldly. Playing these little tricks with him?

Did they really think his Pill Refining skills relied on luck? He had started reading various herbal knowledge in the Storage Ring at the age of four. He knew exactly what grade of pills could be refined from which herbs and their medicinal effects.

There were many Fifth Grade Pill Recipes in the Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan knew exactly how much of each herb was needed for refining these pills.

"Seven taels of Ligusticum Rootstalk is acceptable for trade," at this moment, Xiao Yan's calm voice came from the backstage, directly revealing the truth.

Ligusticum Rootstalk was the main ingredient for refining the Fifth Grade peak pill, Emperor Breakthrough Pill. The effect of the Emperor Breakthrough Pill was simple: it increased the chance of breaking through to Dou Huang by 20%, making it one of the most sought-after pills in the Fifth Grade.

Hearing Xiao Yan's voice, the old man who bid one tael of Ligusticum Rootstalk hesitated obviously. He was just trying his luck, hoping Xiao Yan wouldn't notice.

"Sorry, Master Xiao Yan, I can only offer four taels," the old man still refused.

Hearing the old man's refusal, Xiao Yan's voice came out again: "Then let's go with Flower Stamen Stone Red."

As long as someone bid higher than the starting price, then regardless of whether Xiao Yan was willing or not, he had to make a choice. He couldn't just not choose if there wasn't a suitable offer.

Ya Fei received Xiao Yan's instructions and asked with a smile: "Flower Stamen Stone Red once, are there any other bidders?"

Hearing Xiao Yan mention Flower Stamen Stone Red, all the older generation Alchemists present put away their contempt. Among all the bids just now, Flower Stamen Stone Red was indeed the most precious.

It was clear that Xiao Yan's herbal knowledge was not weaker than those old guys in their fifties.

"Flower Stamen Stone Red twice."

Just as Ya Fei called out the second time, Nalan Yanran in the Nalan Family's private room, who had been silent all along, resolutely raised her sign and said, "One stalk of Dou Wang Grass."

"This fellow," the moment Nalan Yanran raised her sign, Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly.

Nalan Yanran was planning to use his pill to surpass him! Eating the pills I refined, and then challenging me? That's too much! Xiao Yan knew what Nalan Yanran was up to. She wanted to use the Gate of Life and Death's training to consolidate her foundation through actual combat and planned to use pills to improve her cultivation as much as possible.

Xiao Yan himself could actually use the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, because the medicinal effects of the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill didn't conflict with the Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill, but using pills to improve strength would inevitably lead to unstable Dou Qi, requiring a period of cultivation to consolidate the Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan didn't have a secret realm like the Gate of Life and Death to help, so directly increasing four stars would be a bit troublesome.

"I'll choose Dou Wang Grass," Xiao Yan didn't deliberately avoid choosing the highest value item because he was afraid of Nalan Yanran increasing her strength.

Dou Wang Grass was naturally the main ingredient for refining the Dou Wang Pill. In fact, Dou Wang Grass wasn't even called by this name initially, but because the Dou Wang Pill was so famous, no one called it by its original name anymore and directly referred to it as Dou Wang Grass.

"He didn't deliberately lower the price. He probably doesn't know that we have the Gate of Life and Death to help. Nalan Yanran, aren't you afraid of the unstable Dou Qi caused by the pill's enhancement?" Ge Ye next to her said with some surprise.

Nalan Yanran said calmly: "Even if he knew, he wouldn't deliberately not sell it to me. He has never been the kind of person who fears others becoming stronger."

Nalan Jie said with a wry smile: "But in this way, we probably won't have enough capital to compete for the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill."

The Nalan Family did indeed have a deep foundation, but their collection of herbs for refining Fifth Grade Pills wasn't much either.

The value of the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill refined by Xiao Yan was definitely more than twice as high as the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill. It would probably require the main ingredient of a Sixth Grade Pill to obtain it.

The most precious Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva had already been given to Xiao Yan, and even the Dou Wang Grass needed to refine the Dou Wang Pill was also given to Xiao Yan. To put it bluntly, their Nalan Family had already been emptied out by Xiao Yan!

Thinking of this, Nalan Jie looked strange. They were clearly about to break off the engagement with Xiao Yan, so how did it end up with Nalan Jie giving Xiao Yan the dowry he had prepared for Nalan Yanran? The person hadn't married into the family, but the dowry had.

With a clang of the gong, Ya Fei struck the copper instrument and said with a smile, "The second item for auction is a Fourth Grade intermediate healing pill, the Bone Growing Pill."

Ya Fei deliberately paused for a few seconds before continuing, "It was refined by Grandmaster Xiao Yan using a Strange Flame."

!!!!!!!!!!!! As soon as these words came out, many Alchemists couldn't help but straighten their backs! Healing pills could be said to be the lowest in value among all pills, but precisely because of their low value, for Alchemists who only wanted to bid on a pill refined using a Strange Flame to take back for research, this was the best item to bid on.

It could be said that the Bone Growing Pill was qualified to be auctioned in the Heaven Rank auction house entirely because of the name Xiao Yan.

Ya Fei smiled slightly and said, "Everyone, don't worry. I believe everyone knows Grandmaster Xiao Yan's Pill Refining ability. There are a total of three Bone Growing Pills, and the one being auctioned now is the first."

For a time, the veteran Alchemists present couldn't sit still and shouted prices one after another, and the competition was very fierce. In the end, all three Bone Growing Pills were bought for much more than the market price.

One of them was even obtained by Chemir, the vice president of the Alchemist Guild, who exchanged it for the Purple Spirit Flower Honey of the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill.

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