bioinnovel Chapter 28 The Battle Between White and King!
Chapter 28 The Battle Between White and King!
"I'm definitely getting my hands on this!"
A burning light flashed in Bai Ye's eyes. He was currently at a bottleneck in his cultivation, and this pill would be just the right thing to help him break through!
As a direct descendant of the Bai family, Bai Ye possessed a low-grade earth-attribute spiritual bone. Although his talent was not particularly high, he relied on his family background and used resources to pave his way up, successfully advancing to the Qi Condensation Realm and embarking on the path of immortality!
Seeing the intense bidding, Mingya smiled slightly and announced the price: "Ladies and gentlemen! Due to the extreme rarity and limited quantity of flawless Qi Gathering Pills, the starting price is five hundred spirit stones, and each bid must be at least ten spirit stones higher!"
brush--
The words spread.
The incident immediately caused a huge uproar.
"A starting bid of 500 spirit stones? That's way too expensive!"
"Poverty is blocking my path to immortality!"
"..."
Many independent cultivators shook their heads helplessly and gave up bidding. With their meager resources, they probably wouldn't have enough money after just a few rounds of bidding.
"Five hundred and fifty spirit stones!"
At this moment, a female voice came from the private room opposite Bai Ye. Her voice was particularly cold, like a thousand-year-old iceberg, and she could not hear any emotion in it.
Bai Ye's lips twitched, and he finally couldn't hold back any longer. He lifted the curtain and angrily shouted at the private room opposite, "Who! Disrespecting me? Do you not take the Bai family seriously?!"
"Bai Ye, it's truly a misfortune for the Bai family to have a fool like you."
The woman's voice rang out again, and for a moment, the entire hall fell silent. Many people gasped and all eyes turned to her.
hiss!
Who is so bold as to mock Bai Ye to his face?
"you--"
Bai Ye's face twitched, his expression turning incredibly grim. "You filthy bitch! You dare slander my Bai family? You're asking for death!"
boom--
In an instant.
A sudden burst of spiritual pressure erupted from the location of the female voice, followed by a slightly aged voice: "Insolence! Bai family brat, isn't the sky over Pingyang County yours, Bai family!"
"Young master, be careful!"
The guards behind Bai Ye's face changed drastically. They immediately drew their swords to protect him, their spiritual energy surging around them to resist the incoming spiritual pressure.
boom--
In an instant.
The other person lifted the curtain.
A woman dressed in a light blue dress came into view. Some sharp-eyed people recognized her and exclaimed, "She...she's Wang Rou, the eldest daughter of the Wang family!"
"Hehe~ I didn't expect the Wang family to come too. Looks like there's going to be a good show today!"
Inside the top-tier private room, Meng Ziling chuckled lightly, her words laced with a playful tone.
Su Mu remained silent throughout, which only made him seem more mysterious and unpredictable.
He looked in the direction Wang Rou was, and saw her wearing a light blue dress, with fair skin, long black hair, and no emotional fluctuations on her delicate face. She sat quietly on the chair with her slender legs crossed, exuding a sense of aloofness.
What surprised Su Mu the most was that he vaguely sensed something unusual about Wang Rou. Although her cultivation was not as high as his, her spiritual energy fluctuated up and down, as if her foundation was unstable and unpredictable.
Besides, his mental strength is not strong enough, so nothing can be seen yet.
"Wang Rou! Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?!" Bai Ye clenched his fists, glaring fiercely at the woman in front of him, his eyes blazing with rage.
The Wang family is on par with the Bai family, both being among the four major families in Pingyang County. Although the Wang family's foundation is not as strong as that of the Bai family, the head of the Wang family, Wang Tianxiong, is a peak expert at the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm, which is enough to make up for the deficiency and allow them to contend with the Bai family!
Wang Rou's tone remained cold: "Young Master Bai is joking. The rules of the auction are that the highest bidder wins. If everyone were like Young Master Bai, using their power to bully others, would there be any point in continuing this auction?"
"Wang Rou, you—" Bai Ye took a deep breath, pointing at Wang Rou, but then stammered, unsure how to begin. "Hmph! If my elder brother weren't here, how could you be so arrogant!"
Finally, he changed the subject, using his elder brother Bai Langya's reputation to save face for the time being.
Unexpectedly, Wang Rou sneered again, "You can only rely on your elder brother's reputation. It's truly admirable that he joined the Ancient Sword Sect, but you, with a low-grade spiritual root and still stuck at the first level of Qi Condensation, what right do you have to be my enemy?"
Upon hearing this...
Bai Ye trembled with rage, his face flushed red. He had never been so humiliated before!
"You filthy bitch! One day, I'll make you kneel before me and pay the price!" Bai Ye cursed inwardly, secretly vowing.
Upon seeing this.
Su Mu's lips curled into a slight smile. "Wang Rou? Heh, she does have some merit..."
then.
Wang Rou ignored Bai Ye and began bidding: "Six hundred spirit stones!"
"Six hundred and fifty yuan!"
"Seven hundred spirit stones!"
"..."
Bai Ye and Wang Rou kept raising the price, and after several rounds of bidding, the price soared to one thousand spirit stones per pill!
hiss--
The entire audience was horrified!
One thousand spirit stones for one pill, a total of five thousand spirit stones, is an astronomical figure for some rogue cultivators!
But for these powerful families, it's just a drop in the ocean!
"If the young master keeps adding more, and the head of the family finds out, he will definitely..."
Bai Ye's guards offered a well-intentioned reminder, only to be met with a barrage of angry curses: "Shut up! Who do you think you are? Remember, you're just a dog by my side. Who gave you the audacity to teach me how to do things?!"
The guard's expression changed slightly, but he dared not show anger. He knelt down and said, "This subordinate has overstepped his bounds. Please forgive me, young master!"
"Hmph! If there's a next time, family discipline will be applied!"
Bai Ye glanced coldly at the kneeling guards behind him and continued shouting, "One thousand two hundred spirit stones!"
boom--
These words caused an uproar in the room!
"My god! Has Young Master Bai gone mad? This Qi Gathering Pill is certainly important, but it shouldn't be worth seven thousand spirit stones, right?"
"..."
Clearly, Bai Ye was furious. Having been pampered since childhood, he had suffered two humiliations in one day. Anyone would find it difficult to remain calm, especially after losing face in front of a woman.
"Miss, we've run out of spirit stones. Should we add more?" the old man behind Wang Rou asked.
Upon hearing this, a flicker of emotion crossed Wang Rou's cold face, and she immediately said, "Elder Zhao, there are only three months left until the sect selection. I am determined to get this Qi Gathering Pill!"
"Understood."
Old Zhao said no more and waited quietly to the side. As the eldest daughter of the Wang family, Wang Rou's talent was beyond question.
She possesses a mid-grade ice spirit bone, and moreover, she is born with an ice spirit body, allowing her to cultivate at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary cultivators. Her talent can be considered top-tier!
As the price climbed, Su Mu's smile grew even wider in the private room. Who would have thought that a pill made from some ordinary silver coins could be exchanged for tens of thousands of spirit stones!
No wonder everyone wants to become an alchemist; who wouldn't be tempted by the speed at which they can earn spirit stones?
This is only the lowest-level pill formula in the Alchemy Manual, yet the Qi Gathering Pill already has such appeal.
If the elixir formula were even more advanced...
hiss!
Su Mu couldn't believe it!