No hope for eternal life

As soon as the Nine-Transformation Golden Pill appeared, it instantly ignited the atmosphere of the entire venue. I don't know how many cultivators looked at the Nine-Transformation Golden Pill greedily, and I don't know how many people came specifically for this Nine-Transformation Golden Pill.

"Is this the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill?" Mu Changsheng also stared at the golden Nine Revolutions Golden Pill on the stage. It looked like it had only a few more elixir patterns than the Eight Revolutions Golden Pill in his hand, but it could fascinate countless foundation-building cultivators.

Wan Changlong on the stage did not rush to speak, but waited for a while. This was also a strategy for the auction. When the auction was officially announced, the bidders would be unable to resist scrambling to make bids. Of course, this strategy could only be used for something as scarce as the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.

Finally, Wan Changlong slowly said: "The efficacy of the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill probably doesn't need any further elaboration. I want to emphasize only one point. To refine the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, you need to use some extremely rare spiritual medicines, which means that this thing is destined to be rare. Even I don't know when there will be another Nine Revolutions Golden Pill auction. Therefore, fellow Taoists who don't want to wait in vain must not miss this opportunity. Starting price: 30,000 middle-grade spiritual stones. Each bid must not be less than 1,000 middle-grade spiritual stones. The auction officially begins."

"I offer 40,000 medium-grade spirit stones." A man in the audience stood up and shouted, directly raising the price by 10,000.

Unfortunately, even if this person raised the price with great momentum, he couldn't calm the crazy crowd. Someone immediately raised the price again: "Fifty thousand middle-grade spirit stones."

"Fifty-five thousand middle-grade spirit stones!"

"Sixty thousand mid-grade spirit stones." A voice was heard from the upstairs box for the first time, officially joining the competition for the Nine-Transformation Golden Pill and raising the price to a whole new level.

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"It's crazy." Mu Xun murmured. He couldn't understand why a pill used by a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm could be priced so high.

"No, they are not crazy." Mu Changsheng sighed and said, "Among the cultivators in the Golden Core Realm, the difference in mana between the eighth-grade Golden Core and the ninth-grade Golden Core is probably not even 20%. However, the grade of the Golden Core also represents the foundation of a cultivator. Only when the foundation is solid can one build tall buildings on flat ground and pursue a higher realm."

Song Zhi then said: "Mr. Mu is right. My elders have often taught me that even if I stay in the foundation-building stage for a few more years, I must form a ninth-grade golden elixir and lay a solid foundation."

Meanwhile, the bidding continues:

"Ninety-three thousand middle-grade spirit stones."

"Ninety-four thousand middle-grade spirit stones!"

"Okay, Box 19 offers 94,000 medium-grade spirit stones. Is there anyone who can bid higher?" Wan Changlong shouted loudly, trying to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm for bidding again.

"Ninety-five thousand middle-grade spirit stones." A new price came from the private room upstairs, but each time the price was increased by only one thousand middle-grade spirit stones. It can be seen that the price has approached the limit, and there will no longer be a situation where the price increases by tens of thousands of middle-grade spirit stones.

"Box No. 11 is offering 95,000 medium-grade spirit stones. Is there any fellow Taoist interested? It would be a good story to prepare a Nine-Transformation Golden Pill in advance and reward it to the younger generation in the future." Wan Changlong continued to shout. He aimed at the major wealthy families in the capital. After all, those who could afford such a price basically used it to reward the younger generation.

Seeing that no one raised the price, Wan Changlong shouted again: "Ninety-five thousand middle-grade spirit stones for the first time."

This time the call worked, and another roommate called out a price: "One hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones."

Raising the price by 5,000 yuan at one time seems to show the determination to win.

As expected, when the price reached 100,000 medium-grade spirit stones, the scene suddenly died down. After all, these were being bought for the younger generations to use, and these people still had to consider whether it was worth it. If they kept raising the price, the only one who would get the bargain in the end would be the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce that hosted the auction.

Therefore, over the years, an unspoken understanding has been formed among the major wealthy families in the capital, that is, when the price of the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill reaches about 100,000 medium-grade spirit stones, there will basically be no more bidding.

"One hundred thousand middle-grade spirit stones for the first time, is there any fellow Taoist interested?"

After asking three times in a row without any results, Wan Changlong finally announced: "Nine-transformation Golden Pill, 100,000 middle-grade spirit stones, was bought by the distinguished guest in Box No. 12."

"One hundred thousand middle-grade spirit stones." Mu Changsheng was silent for a while. He finally knew the approximate price of the Nine-transformation Golden Pill. Then he calculated the spirit stones in his hand, adding the Eight-transformation Golden Pill which was counted as nine thousand middle-grade spirit stones, which was only about thirty thousand middle-grade spirit stones. It was a huge difference.

Mu Changsheng also did some calculations in his mind. The price of one kilogram of gold and silver stone mother is about one thousand medium-grade spirit stones. It takes one hundred kilograms of gold and silver stone mother to buy a Nine-Turn Golden Pill.

However, Mu Changsheng and Sha Tongmo split the gold and silver stone mother mine in 50-50. There must be 200 kilograms of gold and silver stone mother mine in order for him to afford a Nine-Turn Golden Pill.

But can there be 200 kilograms of gold and silver stone mother in that gold and silver stone mother ore? Mu Changsheng was very uncertain, because under normal circumstances, the ore contained a lot of impurities, and it might take millions of kilograms of gold and silver stone mother ore to extract 200 kilograms of pure gold and silver stone mother.

Moreover, the gold and silver stone mother ore is Mu Changsheng's only resource for cultivation at present. If he uses all his savings to exchange for a Nine-Transformation Golden Pill, what will happen to his future cultivation?

In the end, Mu Changsheng discovered that only the top three in the palace examination had the best chance of obtaining the Nine-Transformation Golden Pill.

After realizing this, Mu Changsheng could no longer sit still, and immediately stood up and said to Mu Xun and the other man beside him: "I have already seen the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, so I will go back first."

"I'll go with you." Mu Xun also stood up and said, he had no interest in the subsequent auction. Song Zhi naturally chose to go with him.

So, Mu Changsheng and the other two left the auction together. Perhaps because they felt tremendous pressure, Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun both seemed exceptionally silent.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Song Zhi took the initiative to say, "My two lords, have you ever wondered why the capital of our Shenfeng country was built beside the Huanglong River?"

Mu Changsheng had doubts about this for a long time, and immediately asked: "I am indeed puzzled by this matter. Does Miss Song know the inside story?"

"This is a long story." Song Zhi smiled and said, "I think the two gentlemen should know that the Lingshan Sect in the north is a branch of the Tianling Sect, and the Tianling Sect is the largest sect in the Nine Realms, and can also be regarded as the largest force in the Nine Realms. But what the two gentlemen should not know is that the leader of the Tianling Sect is also surnamed Feng."

"Feng? Miss Song means that the leader Feng of the Tianling Sect is related to the royal family of our Shenfeng Kingdom?" Mu Changsheng asked curiously. Mu Xun beside him also turned his head to look over, obviously attracted by Song Zhi's story.