Mortal Seeking Immortal

Soon, as the lights in the venue dimmed, the auction officially kicked off.

A bright and soft beam of light fell from above the auction floor to the center of the auction table. The charming Xue Mei, wearing a gorgeous blue woven gold dress, walked to the center of the auction table and stood there. A half-person-high square white jade platform slowly rose in front of her.

A faint smile appeared on Xue Mei's lips. She looked around at the guests who were still whispering in the audience and smiled sweetly: "Welcome all distinguished guests to participate in this auction held by Wanbao Auction House."

"Xue Mei knows that everyone is probably eager to see the true appearance of the auction items tonight, so I won't waste your time here. I declare that the auction is now officially open!"

"Please invite the first auction item to the stage!"

As soon as Xue Mei finished speaking, the low-pitched discussion in the audience disappeared instantly. The scene was silent, and everyone's eyes were on the auction table at the same time.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a beautiful maid in a light green gauze skirt walked onto the stage holding a jade tray, on which were placed three jade bottles containing elixirs.

The jade plate was gently placed on the auction table. Xue Mei picked up a bottle of pills and took out a thumb-sized pill from it and introduced: "This pill is called Qi Gathering Pill. It can help cultivators quickly recover spiritual power during battle. It is a must-have pill for cultivators during battle."

"This pill has been identified as excellent quality by the alchemist of our auction house. These three jade bottles contain a total of 30 Qi Gathering Pills. Now they are sold together. The starting price is 5,000 low-grade spirit stones. Each bid must not be less than 500 low-grade spirit stones."

When the audience heard the "excellent quality Qi Gathering Pill", they all talked about it: "This excellent quality Qi Gathering Pill is much more effective than those ordinary quality Qi Gathering Pills outside, and has fewer side effects. Only master-level alchemists can refine it, and only local tyrants can afford it. Such a large-scale auction is rare."

As Xue Mei announced the "auction started" on the stage, everyone began to bid up to participate in the auction.

"I'll offer 5,500 lower-grade spirit stones!"

"6,000 lower-grade spirit stones!"

In a short while, the price of the three bottles of Qi Gathering Pills was raised to 8,500 lower-grade spirit stones by the cultivators present. Such a high price instantly discouraged most of the cultivators who were bidding. Only a few sect geniuses or aristocratic families who were not short of spirit stones were still bidding calmly.

Ye Zhou, who was sitting in the second-floor box, looked at the fierce bidding below calmly. For him, who already had the Qi Gathering Pill formula, he could have as many Qi Gathering Pills as he wanted. Even if it was a Qi Gathering Pill of excellent quality, he had a certain probability of refining it, so he was not interested in it.

At the same time, Ye Zhou also noticed that no one in the second-floor box participated in the bidding for the Qi Gathering Pill. Ye Zhou whispered, "It seems that most of the genius cultivators came for the secret realm key."

Ye Zhou secretly touched the storage ring in his hand. When he thought of the pile of spirit stones left by the headmaster, he felt much more relaxed.

While Ye Zhou was thinking, the auction of the Qi Gathering Pill below had ended, and it was finally successfully bought by the person sitting in the front row of the VIP seat at the price of 10,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The fact that the Qi Gathering Pill could be sold at such a high price deepened the smile on Xue Mei's face standing on the auction stage. She glanced at the people who were a little disappointed because they didn't get the Qi Gathering Pill and said softly: "Don't worry, today's auction has just begun."

"In order to ensure that the guests who come to the auction today do not return empty-handed, our Wanbao Auction House has specially prepared many auction items for everyone, including more than a dozen kinds of pills."

The cultivators who didn't get the Qi Gathering Pill just now heard Xue Mei's words, and the disappointment on their faces was instantly swept away, and they all looked at Xue Mei with expectant eyes.

Seeing that everyone's emotions had been aroused by her, Xue Mei slightly turned sideways, stretched out her right hand and said: "The next item to be auctioned is the Golden Marrow Pill."

Another maid slowly came up with three bottles of pills. As the maid placed the pills on the jade table in front of Xue Mei, Xue Mei began to introduce the Golden Marrow Pill to everyone.

"The Golden Marrow Pill is made from various rare spiritual plants and the bone marrow of adult golden-scaled black-bone beasts. It can allow cultivators to increase their cultivation in a short period of time."

As soon as Xue Mei finished speaking, she stretched out her hand and poured out a Golden Marrow Pill. The Golden Marrow Pill was the size of a pearl and was flesh-red in color.

Most of the cultivators in the audience stared at the Golden Marrow Pill in Xue Mei's hand.

After a while, a cultivator said, "It is said that the efficacy of this Golden Marrow Pill is related to the cultivation level of the adult Golden Scaled Black Bone Beast."

"The stronger the cultivation level of the Golden Scaled Black Bone Beast, the better the efficacy of the Golden Marrow Pill. I wonder what the cultivation level of the Golden Scaled Black Bone Beast used in the three bottles of Golden Marrow Pill in your hand, Miss Xue Mei?"

Xue Mei said, "The twelfth level of Qi training."

After hearing this, the cultivators whispered to each other. After everyone finished discussing, Xue Mei made an offer: "The starting price of these three bottles of Golden Marrow Pill is set at one thousand low-grade spirit stones. Each increase in price must not be less than two hundred low-grade spirit stones. The auction begins."

As soon as Xue Mei finished speaking, some cultivators in the audience began to bid fiercely, while Ye Zhou in the box still looked uninterested.

He had seen this Golden Marrow Pill on the jade slips that recorded the effects of various pills. It was true that it could improve some cultivation in a short period of time, but after the effect wore off, it would cause the cultivator to be weak for a period of time.

If the pill is taken in excess, it will cause a certain degree of damage to the cultivator's meridians and dantian, so Ye Zhou has always stayed away from this kind of pill.

Seeing that the auction was still going on below, Ye Zhou no longer wanted to watch it, and casually took out a formation jade slip from the storage ring to look at it.

In a box not far from Ye Zhou, two old acquaintances of Ye Zhou were sitting, Fairy Xiyu and Zhong Ao.

Zhong Ao's eyes were fixed on the auction table. Fairy Xiyu, who was sitting next to him, handed a cup of spiritual tea to Zhong Ao with some distress, and said in a tender voice: "Brother, the auction of the secret realm key has not started yet, you should drink some water and rest for a while."

Zhong Ao frowned, stretched out his hand and impatiently pushed away the teacup handed to him: "I'm not thirsty, don't bother me with these trivial matters in the future!"

Who knew that Zhong Ao used too much force and accidentally broke the teacup to the ground. The sound of the teacup breaking finally called back Zhong Ao's reason. He hurriedly comforted Fairy Xiyu and said: "Xiyu, I'm sorry, although I am now accepted as a disciple by the headmaster, the headmaster's seat There are too many disciples, and I have average talent, so I am quite worried recently. "

"If I can't get many benefits in the secret realm left by Senior Jin Yangzi this time, I am afraid that I will not be valued by the headmaster in the future."

Fairy Xiyu said softly: "Brother, you have become the headmaster's disciple, which is something that many disciples in the sect envy. Why do you need to compete with others?"

Zhong Ao shook his head and said: "This time I was accepted as a disciple by the headmaster, and many people said behind my back that I was accepted because of you, my junior sister, and not because of my own strength."

"So I want to use this opportunity to prove myself and let everyone look up to me, so that I have the courage to ask the headmaster to propose to your master."