Chapter 293: The Good Show Begins

low growls from within the forested mountains. These sounds were so frightening that it made Shen Xiang immediately dash forward in fear."These strange beasts seem to be afraid of crossing that stone...Chapter 293 - The Best Show Awaits

The first item up for auction sparked intense bidding, bringing a lively atmosphere to the entire venue. Two million crystal stones were equivalent to four thousand genuine essence pills, not a small sum for Shen Xiang. Even after diligently crafting medicinal pills for a month, he had only amassed this amount under the condition that he already had藥材. If he didn't have any藥材, he would need to collect them himself, which was very troublesome.

Shen Xiang earned the money from his nephew and felt it was well-deserved, seeing him smiling happily. This finally made Flower Fragrance Yue and Liu Meng-er understand the principle of "the more you get to know, the more exploitative they can be."

Following that, there was a Nine-stage Spiritual Artifact, which was a sword. Shen Xiang and his group had no interest in this; with the existence of the blue dragon monster-slaying saber as a divine treasure, they naturally looked down on these. Liu Meng-er was already a master at forging enchanted items, if she needed it, she could just take the time to make one herself.

However, for those sect leaders and clan heads, it was very powerful because they needed these items to reward outstanding disciples. This could also motivate other disciples, which was a common method used by many sects and families.

Soon, the bidding heated up again. The Nine-stage Spiritual Artifact was also considered rare, only those with certain status could afford to hire powerful enchantment masters to forge them.

What surprised Shen Xiang was that the Nine-stage Spiritual Artifact ended up being acquired by the island leader of Lotus Island, Lian Ying Xiao at a price of 45 million crystal stones.

Shen Xiang took a deep breath, this was his first time knowing how expensive Nine-stage Spiritual Artifacts could be. He glanced at Liu Meng-er, and she turned to look back at him, winking her eye.

"A wealthy woman!" Shen Xiang thought to himself. Liu Meng-er was a master at forging enchanted items, capable of making treasures, and forging spiritual items would be easier for her. With her reputation, the things she made could sell at a higher price.

Shen Xiang felt that his small fortune was nothing to these leaders. Liu Meng-er could make just a few powerful spiritual items and surpass his accumulated wealth.

"Sister Meng-er, how long do you need to forge a Nine-stage Spiritual Artifact" Shen Xiang asked curiously, ready for potential disappointment.

"It could take a month or as fast as ten days! But I haven't forged anything like that for quite some time," Liu Meng-er said leisurely. Shen Xiang was mentally prepared but still felt a sharp sting.

"Sister Meng-er has ten outstanding enchantment masters under her, most general orders are handled by them. I'm directly taking on orders for treasures above." Flower Fragrance Yue said with a smile.

Liu Meng-er nodded, the Heavenly Armament Imperial Palace was once the God Sword Sect, she managed numerous master enchantment masters and could also gain wealth from it. Shen Xiang thought about it and found it terrifying.

He looked at the private boxes, tightly gripping his fists. He swore that he would surpass these leaders someday and now was only a tiny ant in front of the giants.

"You can make powerful medicinal pills, even someone like Liu Meng-er has to kowtow to you," Su Meiyao seemed to understand Shen Xiang's current mood.

"That’s right, Snow Yi, the dragon maiden needs to kowtow as well," said White Azure Violet. Shen Xiang suspected that she regained her senses because she lost power for too long and was slowly awakening from the cold-hearted Demon Technique, now also learning to play jokes. Though not very funny, Shen Xiang and Su Meiyao were delighted by this change.

Several items up for auction were spiritual artifacts, not weapons or armor. Among them, a large hammer of Eight-stage quality was relatively inexpensive at 30 million crystal stones! The highest price item was armor, a Nine-stage spiritual artifact valued at 50 million crystal stones.

Shen Xiang already had the blue dragon monster-slaying saber and heavenly armament iron armor, so he didn't need these items and naturally wasn’t aware of their market value.

"This is only the beginning, letting those who are attending for the first time get used to it," Flower Fragrance Yue said.

Shen Xiang felt that his foundation pill was already very valuable, but he didn't expect spiritual artifacts to be more expensive. This made him feel somewhat unbalanced.

"Little troublemaker, medicinal pills and spiritual artifacts are different. Pill ingredients are consumed after taking them to increase strength, while spiritual artifacts need to be worn for a long time, especially powerful ones. They can also save your life! Moreover, they allow people to look good and increase their strength significantly! In such an auction, high-rank medicinal pills are rarely seen because that sort of thing is even rarer than spiritual artifacts and treasures!" Liu Meng-er explained, seeing Shen Xiang's expression.

Shen Xiang nodded. Only a pill master who can forge higher rank medicinal pills truly exhibits value, because for an alchemist to reach the rank of Pill King requires countless precious spirit herbs, which is not comparable to a high-rank enchantment master.

Next came the auctioning of essence pills, Shen Xiang looked at Liu Meng-er and said with a smile, "Sister Meng-er, it's your turn!"

Flower Fragrance Yue clenched her teeth and said, "I must make Yue Jianglin bleed heavily."

Liu Meng-er didn't have a good impression of Yue Jianglin. Among the Eight Great Righteous Sects, almost no giant had好感 for Yue Jianglin because everyone couldn't stand the傲劍宗's foul temper. They were weak in strength but arrogant to death.

If there weren't enough essence pills, they would not be of much use to cultivators above the resurrection realm. However, for those below the extreme realm, they would be very useful. Shen Xiang only ate one and saw his spirit soul grow significantly, showing the amount of spiritual energy contained.

However, the essence pills were only worth tens to a couple million crystal stones, unless it was an urgent need, most wouldn't continue bidding above this price.

"Essence pills, they are a type of pill that can quickly improve one's consciousness. These are ancient pills and haven't appeared in the Chronicles of Cen Wu continent for a long time. However, everyone should understand their effects from ancient books!" Lady Li introduced the essence pills.

Everyone was familiar with them. If their price wasn't too high, they planned to buy and try them.

"Starting at fifty thousand crystal stones!" Lady Li's pleasant voice just rang out when Yue Jianglin, the leader of Proud Sword Sect, couldn't sit still anymore.

"A hundred thousand," Yue Jianglin shouted.

"Hundred and ten thousand!" This was the leader of True Martial Sect, Tang Yi-Chao.

"One hundred and thirty thousand," This was the voice of Lian Ying Xiao, the leader of Lotus Island. Everyone was familiar with him because he just bought two items.

"One hundred and fifty thousand." Yue Jianglin never expected so many people to compete with him, feeling a little irritated. He had been waiting for the essence pills for a long time.

Currently, bidding was only between sect leaders. Even Ancient Dong Chen joined in out of curiosity about the effects of essence pills and whether they were really as described in ancient books.

Soon, the price reached three million crystal stones. Tang Yi-Chao had already backed out and Ancient Dong Chen, the stingy sect leader, also withdrew. Now only Lian Ying Xiao and Yue Jianglin were competing.

Except for the foundation pill, Lian Ying Xiao had competed on other items as well. His voice was always gentle and calm, very soothing, almost like considering wealth to be worthless.

Five million... Six million... Seven million... Lian Ying Xiao didn't seem to be in a hurry and competed calmly with Yue Jianglin.

After intense bidding, the price already reached ninety million crystal stones!

"A billion! I'll take it!" Yue Jianglin's voice was deep and furious, still carrying an unpleasantly arrogant tone.ve him with serious injuries."This is a human It isn't from the Imperial Dragon Clan, wasting effort," said the Golden Phoenixlet with a rather displeased expression on its face. The look showed conte...