Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 80: The Trouble with Purple Soul Grass

"Two thousand one."

When Li An spoke these words, everyone in the room was slightly surprised.

Two thousand was already a very high premium. It should be noted that in addition to the two main ingredients, Foundation Building Pills also required several auxiliary ingredients, and a substantial amount of money had to be paid to hire an alchemist for refinement.

Therefore, it was not cost-effective to have the price of a single medicinal herb too high...

In a dark corner of the first-floor hall, Chen Qingling's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Qingling, let's forget about it. It's too expensive..."

Beside her, Wang Dazhu whispered, "We don't have much money."

"No!"

But Chen Qingling shook her head. "You must succeed in Foundation Building. Only then can our Wang family truly become a Foundation Building family. We have searched everywhere in Baihu City recently, but there are no Foundation Building Pills for sale... We must obtain the Fire Spirit Fruit."

"Two thousand five!"

Two thousand five hundred spirit stones.

This was an extremely uncomfortable price. If the other party was a genuine buyer, they would lose a lot of spirit stones if they bought it. If it was a scam, they also had to consider it carefully, because if Chen Qingling gave up bidding, it would all be wasted...

The auction hall fell silent for a moment, and everyone either admired or anticipated the confrontation between the two.

"Two thousand six—"

Li An's hoarse voice still sounded calmly.

Chen Qingwan stared at the box on the second floor, her beautiful eyes lost in thought...

It seemed that this person was not a scammer. If they were, they would have stopped by now.

"Heh, you're determined to win. Then I might as well make it difficult for you..."

"Two thousand eight!"

"Two thousand nine."

Li An's words remained calm.

"Fine, I don't want it."

She finally spoke, sneering, "Heh, two thousand nine... Even if you buy it, you'll still lose."

Beside her, Wang Dazhu also breathed a sigh of relief. He was truly afraid that Chen Qingling would spend all the spirit stones.

"Two thousand nine hundred spirit stones, sold!"

On the auction stage, the auctioneer, Jia Ru, was ecstatic. They had made quite a profit from this spiritual medicine.

"Next up for auction is another main ingredient of the Foundation Building Pill—Purple Soul Grass."

"The starting price is two thousand four hundred spirit stones!"

The starting price was extremely high.

The room fell silent again, and subconsciously, everyone looked towards the box of Xu Qiuhui on the second floor.

Chen Qingling had intended to bid, but at this moment, she also sensed that something was wrong.

This spiritual medicine seemed to be specifically prepared for Xu Qiuhui?

"Two thousand nine hundred spirit stones."

Xu Qiuhui's voice sounded faintly.

She directly raised the price to the same level as the Fire Spirit Fruit.

This was a declaration to the world that no matter what Baihu Mountain wanted, they would never get it cheaply.

"Sold!"

Purple Soul Grass and Fire Spirit Fruit had been auctioned off, but the auction continued.

"Next up is the final treasure of today... Huangquan Earth Milk, a third-grade spiritual medicine that surpasses the effects of Yuan Soul Beast Crystal Nucleus and Purple Soul Grass in nurturing the soul."

"The starting price is five thousand spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than five hundred!"

As soon as this item appeared, the room fell into silence!

A third-grade spiritual medicine!

Such a treasure actually appeared.

"Six thousand!"

Xu Qiuhui spoke again.

Obviously, this Huangquan Earth Milk was her ultimate goal.

"Little girl, you don't lack Huangquan Earth Milk anymore. You should let it go..."

At this moment, in another box, a cold voice came, "Ten thousand spirit stones, I'll take it. You don't need to fight for it."

Ten thousand spirit stones.

Everyone in the room was shocked.

"Could it be...?"

"True Immortal Cangyang?!"

"It is said that he was ambushed by the demonic sect decades ago, resulting in serious injuries. This Huangquan Earth Milk might be very important to him!"

Many people whispered.

True Immortal Cangyang was also a Foundation Building stage powerhouse.

Even Xu Qiuhui in the box remained silent for a long time.

She was very unwilling!

As the True Immortal Cangyang said, in fact, the Huangquan Earth Milk has already obtained three portions on the side of the Baihu Mountain.

It's enough.

The main reason she wanted to buy it was to show her loyalty and ability to her master.

With this portion, she would stand out among many disciples.

For this, she also prepared nearly ten thousand spirit stones.

But in terms of spirit stones, she could still compete a bit more.

But it wouldn't make much difference.

After all, True Immortal Cangyang is a master at the Foundation Building stage. Even though he was injured in the past, he is not someone to offend at the Foundation Building stage.

If she were to offend him for a portion of Huangquan Earth Milk, her master might think she's a fool...

Sigh... But without this portion of Huangquan Earth Milk, she would immediately fall behind in the rankings among the disciples!

She could only look for other spiritual herbs like the Purple Soul Grass later, striving to reach a middle position and not fall behind others.

"I won't compete for this portion. I wish Senior Cangyang a speedy recovery and eternal youth in the immortal path."

She composed herself and calmly spoke, her words very appropriate.

In the end, this portion of Huangquan Earth Milk was auctioned off at the sky-high price of ten thousand spirit stones by True Immortal Cangyang.

...

The auction ended.

The people from the Treasure Pavilion personally delivered the Fire Spirit Fruit to Li An's box.

After inspection, Li An accepted the Fire Spirit Fruit and paid two thousand nine hundred spirit stones.

"Dear guest, someone has paid one thousand spirit stones to meet you. If you agree, these one thousand spirit stones can be directly transferred to your account. If you refuse, your identity information will be strictly confidential by our pavilion."

The person who brought the Fire Spirit Fruit inquired about Li An's opinion.

"I refuse."

Li An declined and quickly left the Treasure Pavilion.

He had already planned his route to leave, so he quickly disappeared into the crowd on the main street, constantly changing his own life aura while avoiding the gaze of others.

He circled around the city for a long time, changed his appearance, and then went straight to the Songxi Spirit Medicine Shop.

"Give me two Revitalizing Pills."

Li An calmly spoke.

For the past few days, Gu Hong personally took charge of the spirit medicine shop. At this moment, she glanced at Li An and took out two Revitalizing Pills as usual and handed them to Li An.

Li An directly handed her a storage bag and then turned and left.

...

In the evening, Li An finally returned to his residence.

"Hmm?"

Just as he arrived in front of his residence, he found two familiar figures waiting at the door.

Alchemist Luo Yong and... Xu Qiuhui!

Li An's heart sank, and the thing he was worried about had indeed come.

"Brother Luo, were you waiting for me?"

Li An approached with enthusiasm, "Who is this?"

Luo Yong's eyes carried a hint of coldness as he said, "This is Miss Xu Qiuhui."

Li An's expression immediately changed, and he hurriedly saluted, "Wei Ming pays respects to Miss Xu!"

"No need for formalities," Xu Qiuhui, dressed in a light yellow long dress, looked Li An up and down. Although more than ten years had passed, her appearance hadn't changed much from when she was in the Xunyang Sect.

Her beautiful eyes kept scanning and she said, "You are the formation master Wei Ming?"

Li An said, "Exactly... Please, both of you, come in and let's talk. It's really a sin to make Miss Xu and Alchemist Luo wait."

Immediately, he opened the door and welcomed the two inside.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, Qiuhui doesn't like hypocrisy, so I'll be direct," Xu Qiuhui said calmly after they sat down, "I came this time to ask Fellow Daoist Wei for something."

Li An was puzzled, "I wonder what I have that catches Miss Xu's attention. Please, feel free to speak."

Xu Qiuhui slowly said, "The Purple Soul Grass on your body."

Li An was stunned at her words, then suddenly looked at Luo Yong beside him, a hint of anger and shock flashed in his eyes, but he suppressed his anger.

"Miss Xu, did Alchemist Luo tell you that I have the Purple Soul Grass?"

Xu Qiuhui said, "Fellow Daoist Wei, that's not important. I asked Alchemist Luo to help me."

Li An said, "Unfortunately, I don't have the Purple Soul Grass. Miss Xu, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."

Xu Qiuhui frowned slightly and glanced at Luo Yong.

Luo Yong couldn't sit still and said, "Wei Ming, you're lying!"

...

(End of this chapter)