Practice begins with immortality

Two days later, at night, Wang Bai arrived at the Baibao Building for the auction. The venue had three floors: those with limited inner cultivation entered the first, those with inner cultivation entered the second, and only those with exceptional power or influence could enter the third. Wang Bai presented his jade token and successfully entered Room 203 on the second floor. He sat down and observed his surroundings.

Half a minute later, a white-haired old man walked onto the stage, clasped his hands together, and said loudly, "Thank you all for coming to Baibaolou tonight. I am Yu Lei, the elder of Baibaolou, and I will be the host of this auction."

"So it's Elder Yu Lei, I've heard of you for a long time."

"He is actually a martial artist who has mastered internal cultivation. The Baibao Tower is indeed extraordinary!" One could only hear waves of compliments and exclamations coming from the audience.

"Then there is no need to say further. The auction begins now." As the old man finished speaking, a guard brought a long box to the stage.

The first treasure was a long sword that flashed with cold light.

"This sword is called Hanxing. It was forged by master blacksmith Li Shiyi. It is three feet long and made of cold iron. It does not frost in winter or dew in summer, and its blade cannot be stained by blood. It is a first-class divine weapon. The starting price is 600 taels, and the increment must not be less than 50 taels. The bidding begins now."

"I'll pay you 650 taels!"

"Such a sharp weapon, and you only offer 650 taels? I'll offer 800 taels!"

……

After a round of bidding, the long sword was finally bought for 1,400 taels.

As the auction progressed, treasures were taken out one by one, including pills that could improve cultivation, exquisitely crafted artifacts, and even a precious internal training method. This attracted the two internal training martial artists to bid frantically. If they had not been concerned about Yu Lei's internal training strength, they would have probably fought.

Finally, this book of internal training techniques was bought by an old martial artist.

“Today is really an eye-opener!”

Wang Bai sighed in his heart. Some of the treasures even made him excited. Unfortunately, even if he added the reward for the last commission and Niu Er's family assets, he only had 1,500 taels of silver on him. It was not enough to face those wealthy warriors. He was really short of money.

"Next is the ninth item for sale."

As the old man finished speaking, the guards behind him immediately displayed the treasure before everyone. It was a ginseng plant the color of blood, shaped like a little man, its roots like its hands and feet, its leaves like its hair, and its fruit like its eyes.

"Could this be the precious medicine Red Blood Ginseng?" someone exclaimed.

"No, that's not right." An experienced old man said, "The color is not dark enough and not full enough. This is a defective precious medicine!"

"Indeed," the old man surnamed Yu nodded in agreement. He then continued, "This precious herb was indeed not fully mature when it was picked, but after professional appraisal by our Baibao Pavilion, it still retains a certain amount of medicinal power. If we can invite a master of alchemy to refine it, and combine it with appropriate auxiliary herbs, it will have a certain effect on improving the cultivation of practitioners."

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but fall into deep thought. After all, although an immature precious herb is worth a lot of money, if it requires a lot of time and effort to find a master alchemist and collect various precious auxiliary herbs, then its actual value will be greatly reduced.

What's more, even if the elixir is successfully refined, it is still unknown whether its efficacy is as strong as expected.

At this time, a warrior who had reached the Perfection stage of Inner Refinement couldn't help but complain, "Having said that, let's not even talk about whether we can invite those high-ranking alchemy masters. Even if we can find them, getting the right prescription is going to be a difficult task. Rather than wasting time and energy like this, it would be more reliable to go to the deep mountains and forests to search for it myself. Besides, who can guarantee how much medicinal power this precious herb still has left?"

The warrior's words resonated with many people. Many warriors at the Perfection stage of Inner Refinement expressed their agreement and decided not to participate in the bidding.

Obviously, for these warriors, they would rather invest their time and energy in other aspects rather than take the risk of trying such an uncertain transaction.

"What a pity! I was planning to buy it, but I didn't expect it to be just a defective precious medicine with little effect. I won't waste my time on it." A martial artist sighed.

Then the man left the private room directly. Seeing this, the remaining martial artists also left.

If it's over a thousand taels, don't buy it. It's just a broken precious herb, it's not worth spending so much. The most important item in this auction is the incomplete map. Commander Huang personally ordered that we must get it no matter how much it costs!

On the third floor, in a private room, a young man who looked to be in his twenties spoke to the two people behind him.

If Huang Li were here, he would definitely recognize these two people as his master He Ren and his senior brother Chu He!

"The incomplete map that we must get at all costs? What's the reason?" With Wang Bai's current perception, he could barely hear the conversation between the three people even through the thick specially treated wall.

"Forget it. I can't afford it with my current ability anyway. However, I can buy that incomplete precious medicine." Wang Bai thought to himself.

"Then the base price for this incomplete precious medicine is four hundred taels, and the next bid must not be less than one hundred taels."

Then the auction began, and Wang Bo and some warriors who had reached the perfection of internal cultivation and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity placed their bids.