Monarch Of Time

Chapter 45 - 45 Water element grass appears

Lan Jinjing understood how amazing these pills were. As a cultivator, directly skipping a minor stage of a rank in cultivation, would save you at least a few months of work.

However, she still motioned for the crowd to quiet down as she said

ʼʼThere are a total of 120 pills for sale this time, all of them will be auctioned in 4 batches of 30 pills.ʼʼ

When the crowd heard that, many people in the crowd were disheartened that they couldnʼt buy each pill individually, but the eyes of the richer people inside the private rooms were shining as they were eagerly waiting to start bidding.

ʼʼWho knew I would be so lucky today? I came here for the ʼgolden lion cubʼ, but stumbled upon this instead.ʼʼ

ʼʼHaha Meng Liang, Iʼm sure that I have more sect points than you. Can you afford to not bid for these ʼQi barrier-breakingʼ pills? But if you do then how are you going to compete with me for the ʼgolden lion cub?ʼʼ

The voices originated from 2 different private rooms.

The 2 people who spoke were Elder Lu Niu and Elder Meng Liang.

Although the 2 of them were friends and were used to bantering with each other, Elder Meng Liang knew that Lu Niu was right.

He gritted his teeth as he said to a young disciple who was standing beside him inside the private room

ʼʼQuickly return to the family and ask the Patriarch for more sect points. Inform him that the ʼQi barrier-breaking pillsʼ have appeared in the auction and we probably wonʼt have enough sect points to bid for the ʼgolden lion cubʼ later.ʼʼ

The young man quickly acknowledged the order as he rushed back to quickly inform his patriarch.

ʼʼThe starting price for the first 3 bottles of pills is 6000 sect points and every increment must be at a minimum of 100 sect pointsʼʼ

The crowd below was startled at just the starting price of the pills but the people in the private rooms werenʼt daunted at all by the high price.

ʼʼ7000ʼʼ

ʼʼ8000ʼʼ

ʼʼI, Li Wei bid 10.000 sect points. I hope that the fellow daoists will give me some faceʼʼ suddenly an elderly voice shouted.

As soon as this voice was heard many people stop bidding. Elder Lu Niu said then

ʼʼIf senior Li Wei wishes to purchase this batch of pills then of course I wonʼt compete with youʼʼ

ʼʼRight, I am intrigued by this new recipe to create the ʼQi barrier-breakingʼ pill. Even though itʼs a low-level pill, it can prove helpful in my researchʼʼ Li Wei answered from his private room.

Shun Long frowned that this old man wanted to purchase his batch of pills and for such a low price. Shun Long had originally estimated that every 3 bottles of ʼQi barrier-breaking pills would be sold for at least 12.000 sect points but this old man shamelessly used his status when bidding to deter others from competing with him. As an accomplished rank1 silver grade alchemist, people would be unwilling to offend Li Wei just for 3 bottles of pills, especially when there were 9 more bottles for sale.

However, Shun Long was clearly dissatisfied with Li Weiʼs way of manipulating the prices so he shouted in a heavy voice

ʼʼ15.000 sect pointsʼʼ

Everyone was agape as they heard Shun Longʼs altered voice. Not just because ʼ15.000ʼ sect points was an astonishing amount of sect points but because someone dared to so openly go against ʼAlchemist Li Weiʼ.

ʼʼWho is that person?ʼʼ

ʼʼI wonder who is this person who doesnʼt even give ʼAlchemist Liʼ face.ʼʼ

Li Wei frowned and his voice was full of disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e as he asked

ʼʼThis friend I wonder who you are?!

Are you certain that you want to bid against me?ʼʼ

ʼTsk, old man, you think you can get my pills for free? Today you will either lose all your face or your money. As for obtaining the recipe for my ʼQi barrier-breakingʼ pills? Thatʼs just wishful thinkingʼ Shun Long though inside as he felt that he had just released all his anger with his bid.

Li Wei waited for a response but since he received no reply he declared in a voice that was obviously feeling extremely irritated

ʼʼ20.000 sect points. If this friend is willing to offer more than this old man then I will allow you to get these ʼQi barrier-breaking pillsʼ hereʼʼ he said as he looked towards Shun Longʼs private room.

ʼʼHahaha, congratulations ʼAlchemist Liʼ. I wouldnʼt pay 20.000 sect points for a few rank 1 pills but I must still congratulate you for being so well-off that you can easily squander 20.000 sect points like that.ʼʼ

Shun Long said laughingly. Originally, tampering with the prices by bidding for oneʼs own treasures during the auction was forbidden, but since only Yin Xing knew that the black-robed Shun Long was the seller of the pills, Li Wei couldnʼt find out anything if Yin Xing didnʼt betray him.

In the end, the first 3 bottles of ʼQi barrier-breaking pillsʼ were purchased by Li Wei for the price of 20.000 sect points but he was actually extremely angry and determined to find out who this black-robed man was, as soon as the auction was over.

Lan Jinjing sent someone to deliver the pills at Li Weiʼs private room as well as collect the payment of the 20.000 sect points, before 2 other disciples brought forth the next 3 bottles of pills.

Many people in the private rooms bid for the pills the second time around and in the end, this batch was purchased by Elder Lu Niu for 12.700 sect points.

The third batch and fourth batch of pills were all sold at 13.000 and 14.000 points each.

Yin Xing arrived at Shun Longʼs private room and he was holding a sect identifying jade in his hands as he said respectfully

ʼʼSenior, I have come to deliver you the sect points. The final amount that the pills were sold for was 59.700 sect points. Extracting the 5 percent fee of our ʼTreasure Pavilionʼ which comes at 2.985, the total amount that we owe senior comes down to 56.715 sect points.ʼʼ

Yin Xing then transferred the sect points to Shun Long and just as he was about to speak Lan Jinjingʼs voice sounded as she introduced the next item of the auction

ʼʼHonorable guests, our next item is a rare rank 2 medicinal herb that I am sure many of you are interested in, it is the ʼwater element grassʼ.ʼʼ