When the Mu nounced a plete set of ingredients for refining the Dou King Pill, many in the au hall couldn't help but furrow their brows.

  The first person to 'eat the crab' not only gets to taste its delicacies but also sets the pret. In other words, the Mu had established a prig benchmark, making everyohat the value of a Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill was equivalent to a full set of ingredients for a Dou King Pill.

  If someoo bid less than this value, not only might the Mu tio outbid them, but it could also leave a bad impression on Xiao Yan. They've already offered a plete set of ingredients for the Dou King Pill, and you're just a stalk of Dou King Grass? Are you taking this seriously?

  "This Mu has done you a small favor i," Hai Bodong ehoughtfully from the side.

  "Indeed. Even though I used a Heavenly Fme to refi, the value of the Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill truly doesn't pare to a full set of ingredients for a high-grade tier 5 pill like the Dou King Pill." Xiao Yan nodded. He had a clear uanding of the value of the Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill.

  Even though he had refi using a Heavenly Fme, the pill's effects hadn't actually ged signifitly.

  The differen efficacy between a peak tier 4 pill and a low-grade tier 5 pill was already tenfold, not to mention pared to a high-grade tier 5 Dou King Pill. The value gap was likely dozens or even a huimes greater.

  Even though it was just a set of ingredients and not the finished pill, the offer still carried a signifit premium.

  "The Mu is likely doing this to show goodwill toward you, perhaps to make amends for what happened with Mu Zhan. Given your current status, I don't think the Mu dares to harbor any ill iions toward you." Hai Bodong, being an old fox, had a clear uanding of such matters after so many years of experience.

  "Do I look like someone who holds petty grudges?"

  "You certainly look the part." Hai Bodong joked.

  After a brief moment of stunned silence following the Mu 's bid, the au hall buzzed back to life as people began calling out their offers. This time, the bids were much mgressive. Although they hadn't yet surpassed the Mu 's bid, even the lowest offers were more valuable than Dou King Grass, all reag the level of main ingredients for peak tier 5 pills.

  Some even called out bids of two stalks of Dou King Grass.

  "One Mighty Huang Fruit!" A familiar female voice rang out from one of the topmost private rooms. Dressed in casual attire, Yao Ye sat inside alongside Jia Xing Tian, who was his usual hemp robe.

  "Holy cow! A Mighty Huang Fruit!! That's the main ingredient for refining the high-grade tier 6 Mighty Huang Pill!"

  "Good heavens, do they have to be so intense? Even if the Jia Ma Imperial Family is wealthy, they shouldn't be throwing money around like that, right? Even if it was refined by Grandmaster Xiao Yan using a Heavenly Fme, it's still just a peak tier 4 pill. To offer a Mighty Huang Fruit, have they lost their minds?"

  The bustling au hall plunged into silence more. Clearly, the Mighty Huang Fruit had left the other bidders speechless.

  They had thought that a full set of ingredients for the Dou King Pill was already an astronomical price, but they never expected someoo bid a Mighty Huang Fruit! This offer was even more domineering than the Mu 's.

  "You just don't get it. Do you really think this Tian Css au attracted so many big shots purely because of the pills? For entities like the imperial family, the Alchemist Association, and the three major s, if they wao bid on pills, they could've just sent representatives. Why would they o attend in person?"

  "All these big pyers came in person out of respect frandmaster Xiao Yan. When Gu He won the championship back then, the imperial family gifted him a peak tier 4 pill as a gratutory present. The Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill at the beginning was likely given by the imperial family. Now, seeing them offer a Mighty Huang Fruit, it's evident that pared to Gu He, the imperial family holds even higher expectations frandmaster Xiao Yan's potential and future."

  Backstage, Hai Bodong could only shake his head with a wry smile upon hearing Yao Ye's bid of the Mighty Huang Fruit. This Mighty Huang Fruit alone was enough to buy all four pills, or even enough for the Four Lines White Spirit Pill.

  There was so much meaning embedded in this!

  Even Ya Fei's beautiful eyes widened in surprise when she heard the bid. She goward Yao Ye as if to firm whether su offer was genuine.

  Yao Ye gave a faint smile and said, "Miss Ya Fei, this is our offer for ohree-Lined Green Spirit Pill."

  Ya Fei nodded slowly in response.

  Xiao Yan couldn't help but pinch the bridge of his nose, feeling a bit flicted. He began to uand the heavy burden his father carried as the head of a . Should he accept this Mighty Huang Fruit or not?

  The implications behind such a vish gift were obvious.

  Deing it would be too much of a loss. After all, this was a Mighty Huang Fruit! He would iably reach the 6th-tier alchemist level sooner or ter, and a single Mighty Huang Pill could drive a Dou Emperor insane, even making them willing to risk their lives to protect you in dangerous pces.

  In the end, Xiao Yan chose to accept the trade. After all, he did he Mighty Huang Fruit, and the recipe for the Mighty Huang Pill was naturally among the tents of his ste ring.

  Ultimately, he selected the Mu 's plete set of Dou King Pill ingredients, Princess Yao Ye's Mighty Huang Fruit, the Alchemist Association's offer of the two remaining main ingredients for the Spiritual Recovery Purple Pill, and a stalk of a low-grade tier 6 main ingredient from a reclusive elite Dou King.

  By this point, he had already gathered over a dozen plete sets of ingredients for tier 5 pills, more than enough for him to thhly step into the 5th-tier alchemist level.

  He even received three stalks of Dou King Grass, reaping a bountiful harvest. There were quite a few tier 5 pill recipes for which he had gathered the main ingredients, only g some of the auxiliary ones.

  This au had directly paved more than half the road for his adva from a 5th-tier to a 6th-tier alchemist.

  "Ladies alemen," Ya Fei's melodious voice resohrough the hall, "it's getting te, and I'm sure you're all feeling a bit tired. Without further ado, let's proceed with the au of the final item—the Four Lines White Spirit Pill!" She gracefully took the wooden box taining the pill from a maidservant and held it up for all to see.

  Nan Yanran's delicate brows furrowed slightly. Earlier, the Nan had tried bidding ohree-Lined Green Spirit Pills, but unfortunately, they truly didn't have much left in their coffers.

  The ingredients they had provided fu He to refine pills over the past few years had naturally e from the Nan 's own reserves. Coupled with the expenses for detoxifying Old Master Nahey couldn't even afford to bid on a sihree-Lined Green Spirit Pill now.

  "Oalk of Purple Peril!"

  "Three taels of Violet Aster and Stemona Root!"

  "One piece of Summer-Withered Bezoar!"

  Despite having gohrough numerous rounds of fierce bidding, the iy in the hall hadn't diminished in the slightest. Even Chairman Fa Ma and Princess Yao Ye joihe fray.

  For Fa Ma, if he wao break through to the threshold of a 6th-tier alchemist, the Four Lines White Spirit Pill refined by Xiao Yan might provide the inspiration he needed.

  As for the Jia Ma Imperial Family, rulers of the entire empire, they didn't mind acquiring any preedial pills.

  Yao Ye once again called out a Mighty Huang Fruit, showg the depth of the imperial family's reserves. Chairman Fa Ma was equally unwilling to be outdone, two stalks of main ingredients for middle-grade tier 6 pills, effectively doubling the market price!

  Although others also had valuable tier 6 medial ingredients, the highest bids currently were undoubtedly those of Yao Ye and Fa Ma.

  This time, there were no personal favors involved in the bidding; it fell within the normal valuation for the Four Lines White Spirit Pill.

  "It seems the choice is between that old fellow Fa Ma and that ss Yao Ye," Hai Bodong said.

  "Mm, I'll probably still choose Chairman Fa Ma. After all, I already have a Mighty Huang Fruit... Hmm?!" Xiao Yan began to reply when suddenly, a powerful Dou Emperor aura surged from afar.

  A fsh of green light streaked across the sky, vanishing in an instant. The sed, it actually appeared within the au hall.

  When Xiao Yan saw that beautiful figure suddenly appear in the Nan 's private room, a hint of surprise fshed in his eyes.

  "Master!" Upon seeing the figure, Nan Yanran immediately stood up and hugged the woman's slender waist.

  "I was held up by some minor matters at the sect. I haven't arrived too te, have I?" Yun Yuly stroked Nan Yanran's head and said warmly.

  "Sect Leader Yun!!" Many people in the hall stood up in respect upon seeing Yun Yun's arrival.

  Even Jia Xing Tian of the imperial family showed a trace of apprehension. Although Yun Yun was only a 3-star Dou Emperor, she represehe Misty Cloud Sect!

  Years ago, the previous Sect Leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Shan, had reached the strength of a 9-star Dou Emperor. Although Yun Shan had disappeared without a traany years, Jia Xing Tiahat he definitely wasn't dead. In other words, the Misty Cloud Sect had at least two elite Dou Emperors.

  "Not at all. They're just about to au that tier 5 Four Lines White Spirit Pill," Nan Yanran replied with a smile.

  The Nan 's resources might have beeed, but the Misty Cloud Sect still had plenty!

  One must remember that it was the Misty Cloud Sect that had supported Pill King Gu He in reag the 6th-tier alchemist level. One could imagine how terrifyingly deep their resources ran!

  Yun Yun cast her gaze toward the Four Lines White Spirit Pill in Ya Fei's hands. The two women, both possessing the charm of mature dies, exged gnces. Yun Yun, who had always beeed to cultivation, possessed a uemperament that in no way lost out to Ya Fei.

  "It is indeed an excellent pill." Yun Yun's Spiritual Strength swept over it. She realized that the Four Lines White Spirit Pill was just as extraordinary as Nan Yanran had described.

  Ya Fei said softly, "Sect Leader Yun, the starting bid is precious tier 5 her medial ingredients. The current highest bids are two stalks of tier 6 main ingredients from Chairman Fa Ma and a Mighty Huang Fruit from Princess Yao Ye."

  "It is indeed worth that price." Yun Yun nodded slightly. After p for a moment, she said in aone, "I bid oalk of Body Transformation Grass."

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