The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

However, when Yan Shanshan quoted the lowest price of the top-grade beauty pill, Xiao Han's hesitant and anxious heart was completely settled.

Because the starting price of the beauty pill was seven thousand spirit stones, then, with the bidding sounds one after another, the price quickly rose to nine thousand spirit stones.

Xiao Han knew that even if he was tempted, he didn't have the spirit stones to bid for it.

Because the two or three female voices that were still bidding at this moment were obviously coming from the back.

At first, she was surprised to find a voice among the bidding noises that hadn't been processed. Then, after listening carefully and distinguishing these distinctly different female voices, she understood.

These unmodified voices were likely coming from the private rooms in the stone houses at the end. The cultivators who usually bought tickets to these rooms were usually from powerful factions or immortal cultivation families.

For them, if they won any good items at auction, they wouldn't have to worry about being targeted and robbed. Moreover, since they were sitting in a private room, outsiders couldn't see how many people there were or who they were.

At this moment, the three female voices that were still bidding for the top-level beauty pills had no voice changing, which showed that they were all monks with support from behind.

Xiao Han, having lost hope of bidding, felt relieved. This was a good thing, as it saved him from worrying about it.

It doesn't matter. After the foundation is successfully established, your appearance will age more slowly. Then, you can buy some beauty pills when you have the chance to maintain the appearance of a middle-aged person.

What if the foundation building fails? A Qi training cultivator at the lowest level only has a few decades of life left, so why would he need to worry about aging?

This top-grade beauty pill was finally bought by a certain force, perhaps a female cultivator from a certain immortal cultivation family, at a high price of 11,800 spirit stones.

To be honest, there is nothing that is not attractive if it can be put up for auction.

There are pills with special effects, beautiful and practical robes, high-level magic tools with special effects, powerful talismans, and array plates with various effects that can be used by novices.

In short, there was no auction item that the cultivators didn't want to buy. However, everyone was concerned about the limited spiritual stones in their storage bags, so they could only choose the items they could afford and that were most practical for them.

Xiao Han also coveted everything and wanted to own everything, but of course it was just a thought.

However, when Yan Shanshan introduced an item for auction, Xiao Han was moved again.

This auction item is an upgraded miniature spirit gathering array. Each time it is used, it consumes three spirit stones, and these three spirit stones can only be used for two hours before being consumed.

But its spirit gathering effect is 20% higher than that of ordinary micro spirit gathering arrays.

The ordinary miniature giant spirit formation that Xiao Han bought in Zixia City has been used for so many years, and its spirit gathering effect has become increasingly worse.

Never think that the formation plate can be used forever.

Whether it is a magic weapon or an array plate, the raw materials of them will be constantly worn out when they are used repeatedly. Over time, the effect will only become worse and worse until one day they are completely scrapped.

The same goes for pills and talismans. If they are not used in time and left for a long time, the spiritual energy they contain will slowly dissipate. Even if the pills are placed in a sealed pill bottle and the talismans are kept in the storage bag without being moved.

Nothing can withstand the erosion of time.

It’s just that the better the material, the longer it can be stored or used.

Xiao Han hadn't yet reached the Great Perfection of Qi Training, but she was already forty-seven years old. The sooner one could build a foundation, the better.

Moreover, she had no confidence that she could succeed in one go with just one Foundation Establishment Pill. Therefore, it was urgent for her to cultivate to the Great Perfection of Qi Training as soon as possible.

After introducing the effects of this miniature spirit gathering array and its disadvantage of consuming more spirit stones, Yan Shanshan began to quote the base price, which was five thousand spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than two hundred spirit stones.

However, although Xiao Han wanted it very much, he remained calm and did not rush to bid.

After all, it’s an auction, and the one with the highest bid at the end is the winner.

When the price was called out as seven thousand spirit stones and there were only two people bidding, Xiao Han also joined the competition.

"I'll offer 7,200 spirit stones."

"Seven thousand four hundred spirit stones."

Xiao Han's joining made one of the bidders seem to hesitate and he did not follow up with the bidding.

"Seven thousand six hundred spirit stones."

"Seven thousand eight hundred spirit stones."

Xiao Han thought about it and directly offered a price: "Eight thousand one hundred spirit stones."

He directly added three hundred spirit stones, showing his determination to win.

If the other party raised the price again, it would have to be raised to 8,300 spirit stones. This price was more than double the price of an ordinary spirit gathering array.

Suddenly, the two people who had bid earlier hesitated. Obviously, they felt that the price was a bit too high.

After waiting for two or three breaths and seeing no one raising the price, Yan Shanshan asked, "Is there any fellow Daoist who can offer a higher price than 8,100 Spiritual Stones?"

After waiting for a few moments, the venue was still silent.

Yan Shanshan had no choice but to start counting, "Eight thousand one hundred spirit stones per time."

"Eight thousand one hundred spirit stones twice."

At this moment, a voice sounded, "I offer 8,300 spirit stones."

Xiao Han didn't hesitate and directly bid, "Eight thousand five hundred spirit stones."

Yan Shanshan's smile brightened. "It's 8,500 spirit stones now. Is there anyone who can offer a higher price?"

Fortunately, there are relatively few cultivators like Xiao Han who would do anything to get something as long as it is useful for her cultivation. The cultivators who bid were still very rational and did not continue to follow.

In the end, Xiao Han used 8,500 spirit stones to obtain this upgraded version of the micro spirit gathering array.

Now, having become a pauper again, she can only watch the fun and broaden her horizons.

At the end of the auction, Yan Shanshan emphasized again, "All Daoists who have won items, please go through the small door on the right. The company will handle the transaction with you. For those Daoists who did not win items, please take your number plate and hand over your cloak, robes, and number plate to our company for inspection before you can leave."

What she meant by this was actually to warn those monks who won a certain item by bidding, regretted it later, and wanted to slip away by taking advantage of the situation.

The company kept a record of the winning bidders' number plates. When the departing monks returned their cloaks and number plates, the company staff would definitely inspect them. Otherwise, if they won the bid but didn't want them, it would be a mess.

Xiao Han took the number plate and followed a small group of people into the small door on the right.

The monk who entered was quickly taken into one of the rooms by the monks of the trading company after checking his number tag.

The person who received Xiao Han was a female cultivator. She smiled and said to Xiao Han, "Fellow Daoist, you can take off your cloak now."

After Xiao Han took off his cloak and robes and handed them to the other party, the female cultivator continued, "Fellow Daoist, you bought three items in this auction: a foundation-building pill, a talisman, and a miniature spirit-gathering array, totaling 178,500 spirit stones."

Xiao Han nodded to indicate that it was correct, and then took out the spirit stones from his storage bag to make the transaction.