"To start the auction," the auction host said, his voice extremely loud filling the entire auction house. "we are going to start with a great cultivation resource to start things up."
The auction host smiled and nodded to the nearby servant, who removed a fabric covering a certain item. Jiang Ye looked closely and saw that it was a bottle. However, not just any bottle, because inside it was a greening pill emitting a spiritual energy that can be seen by ordinary eyes.
"This," the host introduced. "is the Everbloom Vessel Pill. Basically, it is a medicinal pill fill with wind-based spiritual energy. This is good in Flesh Refinement Stage, as it would be able to strengthen muscles easily, possibly even breakthrough. The starting price would be 3 Spirit Stones."
Jiang Ye looked at the pill inside the bottle in surprise. It actually had the same effects as the Wind Circulation Cultivation Technique he was currently using. The only difference might only be how pure the spiritual energy inside, and how large the quantity was.
Jiang Ye was tempted to buy this cultivation resource, however, he resisted it and felt that it would not be too worth it. He should just be patient, and wait for later items that would probably be superior in terms of quality. He could not afford wasting spirit stones right now.
"5 Spirit Stones!" Someone said, making the host's smile to become even wider.
"5 Spirit Stones! Going once…"
"10 Spirit Stones!"
"Okay 10 Spirit Stones! Going once… going twice…"
"11 Spirit Stones!"
"…going thrice, sold!"
As the raising of prices goes back and forth, Jiang Ye just looked at this with interest. At the room they're currently in, they could see almost every nook and cranny inside the hall. The people who were bidding for the medicinal pills were not that big shot, probably just normal members of the eight major clans. It seemed that young masters also had the same plan as him—do not waste any Spirit Stones to fight for later cultivation resources.
"Okay, next item!" The house smiled, nodding to the servant who removed a fabric on a certain item again. This time, it was a sword. A red sword that has 3 holes on its blade. Jiang Ye could see this was not made of common metals like iron, it was probably something far superior and rarer. However, just as what he had planned, he won't try to bid for it. To save money, of course, but also because he did not have any sword technique yet. It would be extremely foolish if he bought sword without a certain degree of mastery to it.
Time goes by and the items in front were slowly becoming smaller in number as they got sold. Jiang Yo noticed that more and more people were participating the bidding, but the young masters and mistresses were still not making a move. Jiang Ye could feel it, whatever the mysterious cultivation resource the auction house was about to unfold, there would be an intense back and forth in bidding.
By now, the 26th item of today's auction, a monstrous beast called Three-Eyed Black Snake was successfully sold to the highest bidder, who paid 563 Spirit Stones for it.
Jiang Ye could only look at the prices, his mouth agape. The young man who bought it, obviously not a young master, actually had 500+ Spirit Stones to spend casually. Meanwhile Jiang Ye, he only had below a hundred Spirit Stones. He would currently rely on Xiao Lei's wealth to buy a cultivation resource, as per their agreement.
"And here…is the 27th item for today!" The host said, his voice slightly hoarse now because of constant shouting. The servant revealed the item to be another medicinal pill, and when the host took it and opened the glass botle, the overwhelming fragrance filled the entire hall. Jiang Ye's expression suddenly changed, the spiritual energy suddenly becoming restless, as though they were excited. Xiao Lei and the other young masters also looked at this with excitement.
"This is the Supreme Flesh Refinement Pill," the host explained. "made out of Red Dragon Ginseng and other precious cultivation resources. This is refined by the Grand Alchemist Xiao Xi, from 70 years ago!"
Grand Alchemist Xiao Xi!? Jiang Ye became interested when he heard this. It was the first time he had heard of such a title, but he knew that it was some alchemy title, obviously. However, having the first word Grand made him wonder how great this guy was. What's more was that this Grand Alchemist has the surname Xiao, which meant it was entirely possible that Xiao Lei was related to him.
As though to confirm his suspicion, Xiao Lei affirmed, "Grand Alchemist Xiao Xi was probably one of the strongest and greatest experts who served the previous Domain Lord Guo Yunwang. He was also my grandfather. However, I have never met him before. After the current Domain Lord Liang Shuyue took over, it seemed like grandfather mysteriously disappeared. Many people said he died, while some claimed he had escaped to the barbarian wilderness."
Interesting, Jiang Ye nodded his head upon hearing this. The Xiao Clan was indeed worthy of its status as a noble clan. It was able to produce noteworthy martial cultivators throughout the years of its existence. Then, Jiang Ye said, "I want to get this pill."
Xiao Lei hesitated for moment, before replying, "Are you sure? I only got 2000 Spirit Stones on me, if we try to compete in this we probably won't be able to obtain the mysterious item in the end."
"I don't care," Jiang Ye shook his head. "We could try to negotiate to the final bidder of the mysterious cultivation resource afterwards if he is a reasonable person. If it did not work, it's fine as well. Better luck next time, and more Spirit Stones, I guess."
Xiao Lei just nodded upon hearing this.
Jiang Ye then shifted his gaze to the fron, more specifically at the pill. He actually had plans about the pill. He wanted to test if he could reverse engineer Superior Flesh Refinement Pill to get some insights. Maybe he could even become an Alchemist in the process. That would give him even more significant advantage in cultivation speed.