"Ladies and gentlemen, for today's auction we will begin with a special item," spoke Huang Shengyi in her sweet seductive voice.
Her voice had a certain rhythm to it that ensnared men and made women question their sexuality. As a consequence ,the men were blushing while the women hid their faces.
On the stage,a seductively dressed woman walked towards Huang Shengyi with a golden tray. The tray was covered by a thin blue cloth.
Huang Shengyi removed the cloth exposing a grey pill the size of a nut.
"This is a bone-condensing pill, it is of medium grade.It was concocted by alchemist Yan Xi of the alchemist guild ."
Huang Shengyi's introduction of the pill made the entire hall go silent. The bone-condensing pill was a pill used in the first stage of cultivation, the Bone Forging realm. The purpose of this realm is to strengthen the skeleton in preparation of the body for higher levels of cultivation.
The Bone Forging realm is considered by many as the stage which determines the achievements of a cultivator since the skeleton is considered by, many as the true foundation of the human body.With all this in mind, pills that help in cultivation during this realm are very expensive and rarely on the market.
"Fifty thousand gold notes ." shouted a black-robed man in the crowd.His bid put an end to all conversation in the hall.
Not because he was of high status that intimidated other bidders but because fifty thousand gold notes was way above market value and not many could afford to spend all this money on their younger generation. Many clans and families could still afford this price but not on a pill that would be useful to a single member of the clan or family.
The black robed man's bid led to the crowd looking in his direction to see which wealthy individual handmade such a high bid right off the bat.
When they saw who it was, everything made sense, the black-robed man was the patriarch of the wealthiest family of the five families of the Tinding Kingdom. The man was patriarch Huang Xiaoming, the man thought to have enough money to put ghosts to work.
He was also the father of Huang Shengyi, but few people at the auction knew this.
"Any other bids before patriarch Huang takes this pill into his cla vaults," asked Huang Shengyi with a voice that indicated that the Huang family had many of these kinds of pills, more than they knew what to do with.
The hall was still silent . With a sigh , Huang Shengyi declared patriarch Huang the winner.
"Our next item is a grey wolf that has been tamed perfectly to the point that it will obey any order whatever it may be." continued Huang Shengyi in a voice that made sure that very few men in the crowd could stand up.