Practice begins with immortality

"I'll give you 400 taels of silver!"

"I'll pay you 500 taels!"

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As a round of bidding sounded, the price of the incomplete red-blood ginseng quickly rose to nine hundred taels of silver. At this time, the only people who still insisted on participating in the bidding were Wang Bai and a middle-aged warrior.

“One thousand and one hundred taels of silver!” The middle-aged man seemed to have made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and raised the price by two hundred taels in one breath.

"One thousand two hundred taels." Wang Bai continued to raise the price without hesitation.

Faced with such a high price, the middle-aged man couldn't help but hesitate. After all, it was beyond his budget. In the end, he chose to give up the bid because the previous offer had almost exhausted all his wealth.

"One thousand two hundred taels once, one thousand two hundred taels twice, one thousand two hundred taels three times! Congratulations, sir, you have successfully won this incomplete red-blood ginseng." The auctioneer announced excitedly.

Then, a maid cautiously carried an exquisite wooden box into Room 203. Wang Bai opened the box and inspected the red blood ginseng inside. After confirming that it was correct, he readily paid taels of silver and completed the transaction.

……

As time passed, the last treasure finally arrived.

"The final treasure should be the incomplete map. I wonder what kind of sky-high price it can fetch." Wang Bai thought to himself.

At the same time, a mysterious man covered in a black robe walked up to the platform, talked quietly with the old man and showed a token.

Afterwards, the old man announced to everyone with a serious expression: "Everyone, I'm very sorry. Due to some special reasons, the last treasure cannot be auctioned as originally planned. However, to express our apologies, my Baibao Tower will auction a precious medicine in half an hour." After saying these words, the old man hurriedly left the platform.

Upon hearing that there would be a precious medicine auction, the subordinates of the martial arts masters who had left earlier hurried to inform their masters, while some martial artists who had achieved perfection in internal cultivation quickly left to raise more funds. They all knew that such an opportunity was rare, and if they missed it, there might not be a second chance.

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"I offer four thousand seven hundred taels. Anyone who bids higher will be an enemy of my Li family!" said a middle-aged man in a stern voice.

"How dare the Li family, a mere family, speak so arrogantly here! My Yunyu Gang will pay 4,900 taels!" A sturdy man wearing clothes embroidered with the shape of clouds and fish said in a deep voice.

"We are still enemies with your Li family. Now I want to see if your Li family dares to go to war with my Iron Sword Sect! My Iron Sword Sect will pay you 5,100 taels!"

"That's right, you are just a newly-promoted family, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly here! My Sun family will offer you 5,300 taels of silver!" An old man also sneered.

Finally, this precious medicine was bought by a group of mysterious warriors on the third floor, who were actually He Ren and his group. At this point, the auction officially ended.

Inside the Baibao Building, in a secret room, Yu Lei knelt on one knee, his expression serious and his tone steady as he spoke to the middle-aged man in front of him. The middle-aged man was the owner of the Baibao Building, Wan Jinhua! He was also a martial arts master!

"Original Poster, why do you order me to hand over the incomplete map directly?" There was a hint of doubt in Yu Lei's calm voice.

When Wan Jinhua heard Yu Lei's question, he looked serious and said in a distressed tone, "I didn't want to either, but the remaining map is so important that it actually attracted the people from the Yeyu Society."

Yu Lei's heart sank when he heard this. The Yeyu Society was a mysterious force that had suddenly appeared in the Xuan Kingdom martial arts world in recent years. There were many masters in the society. Even a martial artist who had practiced martial arts would not be able to escape death if they targeted him. Now that Baibao Tower was related to them, the situation was probably not good.

"OP, what should we do now?" Yu Lei asked in panic.

Wan Baohua pondered for a moment, then said in a steady tone, "Elder Yu, immediately send someone to notify each branch and order them to hide immediately. All our troops, except for our skills, treasures, and medicines, must abandon their possessions and evacuate Xuan Country tonight!"

"Yes!" After hearing the order, Yu Lei immediately went to execute it.

"If I can't afford to offend you, can't I just hide away? I just don't believe that your Yeyu Society can extend its hand beyond Xuan Country." Wan Jinhua said to himself with a gloomy face.