1747 Auction Frenzy
Not many people were interested in the Fire Pomegranate since it only had surface-level effects and nothing else. The bid increases were in twos and threes, and it was quickly auctioned off for 70 jade stones.
The Fan Auction House auctioned off items one after another. The second and third items were 100-year-old herbs: one was Hundred Gra.s.s Nectar, and the other was Purple Sage. Both herbs were good ingredients for the Beauty Pill.
Not to mention that the pill formula for the Beauty Pill had long been lost, the pill was very useless to cultivators. Those who would truly want the pill were usually women. In a cultivation world with a lot of resources, there might be people who would spend a lot to buy the ingredients for the Beauty Pill, but in an era where spiritual energy was depleted, very few people would buy the Beauty Pill.
In addition, the two medicinal herbs were only 100 years old; they were neither precious nor valuable. The truly valuable medicinal herbs were over 1,000 years old. However, most of these 1,000-year-old medicinal herbs had long been h.o.a.rded by major families. 100-year-old medicinal herbs were of little value to disciples of major families, but they were pretty good for other itinerant cultivators. It was just a pity that while these were good ingredients for the Beauty Pill, the pill only improved one’s looks and had no effect on one’s cultivation. In the end, the herbs were still won by two women from major families.
After all, there was no woman who didn’t love to look good.
!!In the private room, Fan Yin couldn’t help but be a little anxious and puzzled when he saw that Master Chi still hadn’t moved after three good items were auctioned off. He couldn’t help but ask, “Master Chi, is there nothing you like or want?”
He was still thinking that if Master Chi took a fancy to something, he would bid for it on behalf of the Fan family and give it to her directly. His father had instructed him on this before.
However, since Master Chi had been generous enough to give him level 6 Advancement Pills back then, she probably didn’t think much of these three items.
That was indeed the case. Chi Shuyan had refined the Beauty Pill before, and had the ingredients for it. As for the Fire Pomegranate, she had seen it at the Jing Auction House back then.
She couldn’t say that out loud, however, so she said politely, “There’s no hurry. I’ll keep looking!”
“You’re right! You’re right, Master Chi. If there’s something you like, tell me right away. Our Fan Auction House has a lot of good stuff!” Fan Yin said solicitously and enthusiastically.
Chi Shuyan looked at how enthusiastic Fan Yin was and couldn’t help but want to laugh. She nodded. “Mm!”
Soon, the fourth auction item was presented, and the auctioneer pulled off the silk cloth; Chi Shuyan and Fan Yin never expected it to actually be the spirit tea refined by Chi Shuyan.
Down below, the auctioneer talked up the spirit tea refined by Chi Shuyan and dissed the Jing family’s spirit tea. “Everyone, this is the spirit tea that our Fan family recently obtained. The spiritual energy in this spirit tea is no less than what the Jing family’s spirit tea has, or even more. Drinking it over a prolonged period of time will not only increase your lifespan and improve your health, but also help you make a breakthrough in your cultivation. It’s comparable with the effects of a low-grade Spirit Gathering Pill.”
As soon as the auctioneer said that, everyone’s heads buzzed and exploded when they heard that the spirit tea could help with cultivation breakthroughs.
Hearing that it was comparable to a low-grade Spirit Gathering Pill, the audience immediately became restless. After all, there were very few alchemists nowadays, and even fewer medicinal pills. If this spirit tea really could a.s.sist in a cultivation breakthrough and had the effect of a low-grade Spirit Gathering Pill, it was enough to make everyone drool.
What this world lacked most now was a way to replenish spiritual energy, so everyone in the audience stared fixedly at the jars of spirit tea on the stage.
Taking in the reactions of the people below the stage, the auctioneer continued, “Our family head did everything he could to obtain these jars of spirit tea from a high-level alchemist. The spiritual energy in the spirit tea completely exceeds what the Jing family’s spirit tea has, and the effects are very obvious. If not for our family head’s generosity, he wouldn’t have been willing to auction them off today.”
As the auctioneer spoke, he saw the originally calm crowd begin to stir, and the expressions of the people who itched to immediately buy the spirit tea became even more frenetic as they stared fixedly at the jars of spirit tea on the stage.
However, there were still some clear-headed audience members who bluntly asked if this spirit tea really was refined by a high-level alchemist!
The auctioneer paused for a moment, then changed the subject and continued, “Of course, you can choose to believe me now or come back next time. However, let me remind you first: Our Fan family head was generous this time, but he might not be as generous next time. It depends on the quant.i.ty of spirit tea from that high-level alchemist. Okay, we’re auctioning five jars of spirit tea this time. The starting price is 200 spirit stones per jar, or 400 supreme-grade jade; no less than 50 spirit stones per increment.”
As soon as the auctioneer said that, the people in the audience were no longer as calm and collected as before. They scrambled to bid as if they had gone crazy. The price actually went from 200 spirit stones to 1,000 spirit stones, and from 400 supreme-grade jade to 2,000 jade.
And the bidding didn’t stop. The price for the last jar of spirit tea actually reached 2,000 spirit stones, or 4,000 supreme-grade jade.
In the end, the five jars of spirit tea were auctioned off for 10,000 spirit stones in total, which was equivalent to 20,000 jade stones.
Chi Shuyan was utterly speechless. It had to be pointed out that spirit stones and jade were different from money. In today’s world, jade and spirit stones which contained spiritual energy were very rare.
She thought about the price of the spirit tea in her Taobao shop. The difference was just too much, okay? Just thinking about it made her heart ache.
If she had cooperated with the Fan family earlier, would she still have to worry about not having enough money? She would have been rich long ago!
In the private room, Fan Yin saw Master Chi staring blankly at the auction and immediately explained, “Master Chi, the rarer something is, the more valuable it is, so the starting bid is a little more expensive. However, your spirit tea is really worth this price. My dad told me that drinking the spirit tea you refined over a prolonged period can definitely produce a cultivation breakthrough. After a taste of this sweetness, there will be many more people fighting for the spirit tea! Moreover, the spirit tea you refine is really much better than the Jing family’s spirit tea. It can’t compare at all!”