"Two hundred!"
To everyone's surprise, the female cultivator who won the demon core did not give up. She raised the price by fifty Immortal Essence Stones.
As soon as these words were spoken, practically everyone present was stunned, and many people looked at the female cultivator with strange gazes.
It was not that two hundred Immortal Essence Stones was a huge fortune. After all, the people present were at least in the intermediate stage of the Perfected Immortal Realm. They came to participate in the underground auction and naturally could afford this number.
It was just that the Immortal Essence Stones were very useful. In addition to quickly recovering the consumed Immortal Spiritual Force, it could also speed up the cultivation to open the Immortal Aperture. Therefore, the Perfected Immortal Realm cultivators were always short of Immortal Essence Stones. They were very cautious with every Immortal Essence Stone. It was not worth it to pay two hundred Immortal Essence Stones for a broken immortal artifact.
However, the competition between the two parties did not stop there.
"Two hundred and thirty!" The sharp voice did not give in and bid calmly.
"Two hundred and fifty!" The female cultivator did not give in.
"Three hundred and fifty!"
"Three hundred and fifty!"
…
Both of them seemed to be determined to get the picture scroll. In the blink of an eye, they raised the price to an unbelievable level.
Others could not sit still when they saw this scene. It was just a broken immortal artifact. It was definitely not worth such a high price, unless there was some secret in this immortal artifact.
A few people thought about it and joined the bidding midway. They directly pushed the price to more than eight hundred Immortal Essence Stones.
However, they were not determined and had insufficient financial resources. They were soon left behind by the two people. In the end, it was still the two people competing with each other.
Han Li's eyes flickered with blue light. He carefully looked at the blue picture scroll and frowned slightly.
No matter how he looked at it, he could not see anything special about the picture scroll. The only special thing was the Xuanming Cold Qi contained in the picture scroll.
At first glance, this cold qi did not seem to be special. However, after he released his divine sense and carefully scanned it several times, he found that it seemed to give him a special feeling.
Han Li could not clearly describe this feeling. If he had to describe it, it was somewhat like the Essence Fire Bird.
After looking at the picture scroll for a while, he retracted his gaze.
This thing had nothing to do with him. He knew that he would not spend so many Immortal Essence Stones to bid for it. What was the use of thinking about it?
"1,000 Immortal Meta Stones!" The sharp voice no longer had the calmness it had before. It shouted while gnashing its teeth.
"One thousand two hundred!" The female cultivator's voice was still incomparably flat.
"I bid … 1,500!"
This time, the shrill voice was silent for a long time. It was not until the short figure on the auction stage announced the "second time" that the voice began to bid again.
"Two thousand!" The female cultivator seemed to have finally lost her patience and quoted an incredibly high price.
Everyone present sucked in a breath of air. Such a high price was more than enough to buy 10 Celestial Artifacts.
His shrill voice also became mute. After a long while, he said, "Hmph!
Sir, you're really bold. Since that's the case, I'll let you have this Netherworld River Map fragment. "
After saying that, the man stood up, turned around and walked out.
Han Li looked at the departing figure and secretly guessed that this person couldn't have failed in the bidding and wanted to use some other means to snatch the item, so he left early to make arrangements.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the female cultivator not far away.
That person sat there calmly without moving, as if he was not worried at all.
The short auctioneer also seemed to be a little dazed. Only now did he announce the ownership of the Netherfrost Mountains and River Map.
Everyone present felt regretful, but it could be said that they had watched a great show that left them speechless.
The auction quickly continued and the items that appeared became more and more precious. All kinds of rare treasures emerged one after another, causing Han Li's heart to palpitate.
Unfortunately, there weren't any Dao pill materials that he was looking for among these items. As for the other treasures, although he had a lot of Immortal Essence Stones, he wasn't that rich. He still had to refine pills later, so he could only bear with the pain and watch these items slip away from his eyes.
After another hour, the last auction item was bought, and the auction finally came to an end.
"Alright, the auction has ended. Now, it's time for the free exchange.
Fellow Daoists, if you have any treasures that you want to sell, you can come up to the stage and display them. I wish that you will be able to exchange for the item that you like, "the short auctioneer said and walked down the auction stage with the two people beside him.
As soon as he finished speaking, a white light immediately flew over with extreme speed and landed on the auction stage in a flash.
The other people who were about to go up the stage could only regretfully stop when they saw this scene.
In this kind of exchange, it was naturally better to make a move as early as possible. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a good experience to watch a treasure slip away from one's eyes.
"Haha, Fellow Daoists, I'm untalented, so I'll be taking the first step."
The person on the stage cupped his hands towards the others and laughed. His voice was somewhat hoarse and seemed to belong to an old man.
When the others saw this, they helplessly returned to their seats. Only a tall and thin figure remained standing. Facing the person on the stage, he chuckled and said, "Hehe, Brother Qiu's Positive Yang Light Wave Technique is extremely fast. Every time I participate in an exchange gathering with you, you always take the lead."
"I was wondering who it was. So Brother Fu has also come.
I'm truly sorry, but I'm in urgent need of a treasure. "The old man surnamed Qiu smiled.
The man surnamed Fu shook his head and turned around to sit down.
"Fellow Daoists, I've brought two items this time."
With that said, Old Man Qiu flipped his hand and took out two jade boxes, one large and one small.
With a wave of his sleeve, the box's lid was opened to reveal its contents.
Inside the large jade box was a stalk of Spirit Grass that was about a foot tall. It was shaped like a young bamboo and had very few leaves, only twelve of them.
What was particularly peculiar was that each of the twelve leaves was of a different color and emitted a different halo of light.
"This is Celestial Spirit Bamboo Leaf Grass. It grows a single leaf every ten thousand years. In other words, it has reached a medicinal age of one hundred and twenty thousand years.
As for its effects, I'm sure everyone knows about it, so I won't go into detail. "
Immediately thereafter, Elder Qiu opened a smaller jade box, within which was some fine golden sand that was shimmering with dazzling golden light. Just looking at it would cause one to feel a sharp pain.
"This box contains Vast Yang Enigmatic Gold Sand. It is a superb material for forging metal-type flying swords. It can also be mixed with other Immortal artifacts to greatly increase the toughness and sharpness of the Immortal artifacts," Elder Qiu continued.
There was an uproar below the stage. Everyone was clearly interested in the two items that Old Man Qiu had taken out.
Old Man Qiu paused for a moment before stating his request, "This Celestial Spirit Bamboo Leaf Grass, I wish to exchange it for a Meridian Opening Grass that is over one hundred thousand years old. As for this box of Vast Yang Profound Gold Sand, I wish to exchange it for a spiritual material that contains the power of an Earth Attribute Law."
Han Li's eyes flickered as he looked at the Celestial Spirit Bamboo Leaf Grass.
The Celestial Spirit Bamboo Leaf Grass was a spirit grass that contained a trace of the Law of Poison. With it as a medicinal catalyst, it could theoretically be used to concoct a spirit pill that could cure a myriad of poisons. Although he also had some antidote spirit grasses in his medicine garden, they couldn't compare to this rare treasure.
Unfortunately, he had never heard of the Meridian Opening Grass. It was clear that the other party wouldn't agree to exchange it for Immortal Essence Stones.
As for the box of Vast Yang Profound Gold Sand, he didn't care.
At that moment, a thin cultivator stood up. With a wave of his hand, a red light shot out, wrapping around a long jade box and placing it on the auction stage.
"Fellow Daoist, what do you think of this Meridian Opening Grass?"
Old Man Qiu picked up the jade box and opened it slightly. He immediately closed it and said, "Deal."
Then he waved his hand and released a white light that sent the Celestial Spirit Bamboo Leaf to the thin cultivator.
When Han Li saw this, he sighed with regret.
Old Man Qiu picked up the box of Vast Yang Profound Gold Sand and asked several times. Seeing that no one responded, he could only put it away and leave the stage.
Just as he left the stage, a green light shot out and rushed to the stage. It was the man surnamed Fu.
"Hehe, I'm not that rich. This time, I only brought a Seven Spirit Barrier Breaking Incense. It is very useful for True Immortals to open their Immortal Apertures. If this incense is lit, it can increase the success rate by ten percent."
The man surnamed Fu took out a red sandalwood box and opened it to reveal a bundle of red and black incense. Although it wasn't lit, an indescribable and strange fragrance spread out.
Practically everyone's gazes descended onto the red and black incense when they saw this, and their gazes revealed fervent expressions.
This kind of spirit item that could help in breaking through realms was naturally the most popular.
The man surnamed Fu seemed to be satisfied with the crowd's reaction and said, "I want to exchange this incense for a Heavenmang Musk Fruit."
Han Li didn't show much interest in this. After all, he was currently relying on a large number of rare pills to open his Immortal Aperture. This incense was at most an icing on the cake and wasn't necessary. After all, even if he obtained it, he didn't have the ability to multiply it like spirit medicines.
Although the Seven Spirit Barrier Breaking Incense was rare and precious, the Heavenmang Musk Fruit wasn't something that could be easily obtained. The man surnamed Fu asked several times, but no one responded.
Seeing this, some people suggested exchanging other spirit items or directly buying it with immortal essence stones. Unfortunately, the man surnamed Fu flatly refused and quickly walked down.
The exchange meeting continued. One by one, the cultivators who were originally sitting below the stage went up to the stage and displayed the items they wanted to exchange. Some were lucky and managed to exchange for the items they fancied, while others took out items that far exceeded their expectations and agreed. But for the vast majority, they only displayed their items on the stage and didn't actually succeed in exchanging for them.
This was normal. After all, the scale of the auction this time wasn't large, whereas most of the cultivators present here weren't Loose Immortals, and they seemed to possess rather high status on the surface. Thus, the things they desired were absolutely not ordinary things that could be bought anywhere, otherwise, they wouldn't have come to participate in such an exchange.
Han Li calmly sat there and didn't compete with those who were flocking to the stage. Instead, he watched as rare treasures flew past his eyes. It could be said that this was an opportunity for him to broaden his horizons. In the past, he didn't have many opportunities like this.
As the exchange progressed to the latter half of the stage, the people that went up to the stage gradually stopped fighting. Sometimes, after a person came down, there would be an awkward silence for a while before someone went up again.
Han Li saw that there was no response from the crowd for a long time and was about to get up, but then he saw a black light fly up in front of him and land on the stage.
This person's body was surging with black qi that could be clearly seen through the layer of light, emitting a strong baleful yin aura.