After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 98 Auction (Happy New Year to all my friends!)
"I..." Bai Ya didn't know what to say for a moment, and she didn't know what the other person meant.

"Please eat. I didn't refuse to add you to the jade plate because I looked down on you. It was just that I didn't know how to politely refuse someone, so my words might have been a little inappropriate. This is my apology gift, please accept it."

"Oh...no...it's okay, I didn't feel offended." Bai Ya stammered, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes darted away.

Lin Yan had no idea that her earlier misunderstanding, which she had only intended to make amends to a girl who might enjoy socializing, had actually made the other girl feel shy.

"Is it hot here? Your face is very red!"

"Is...is it?" Bai Ya hurriedly covered her cheeks with her hands, feeling her face burning hot and her heart pounding faster. Feeling even more embarrassed, she made up a very weak excuse: "That fruit was too sour. My face turns red when I eat sour things."

Lin Yan nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

The auction soon began, and an auctioneer, dressed in a magnificent robe, gracefully walked onto the stage.

The auctioneer parted her lips slightly, her voice clear and melodious: "Distinguished guests, welcome to this auction." Her gaze slowly swept across the room, a perfectly timed smile on her face.

The auctioneer uses spiritual power to speak, which allows his voice to travel throughout the entire auction hall.

"The first item in this auction is a thousand-year-old ginseng. I believe everyone is familiar with the effects of thousand-year-old ginseng, so I won't go into details. The starting bid is one hundred high-grade spirit stones, with no limit on the increment."

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, the red cloth on the platform was lifted, revealing a spirit ginseng as thick as an arm and half a meter long, which then sparked discussion among the audience.

Before the auctioneer could speak, Lin Yan picked up the list of auction items on the table and glanced at it. It also contained an introduction to the thousand-year-old ginseng.

It has a certain effect on repairing meridians and is one of the materials for refining advanced pills such as the Soul Nourishing Pill. It can also be taken directly during advancement and has a certain effect.

Spirit ginseng can be cultivated, but those that can be cultivated to a thousand years are rare. Buying it now can also prepare you for future advancement.

Fortunately, there weren't many cultivators interested in the thousand-year-old spirit ginseng, so the auction price only rose to one hundred and twenty high-grade spirit stones, which was within her budget.

Lin Yan raised her sign and called out, "One hundred and thirty!"

The addition of ten high-grade spirit stones may not seem like much, but many sects' direct disciples don't even receive that much in their monthly allowance.

"One hundred and forty!" someone raised a sign and bid.

Lin Yan looked in the direction of the sound and saw Tao Zhizhi smiling smugly in her direction.

Is this female lead crazy? She didn't bid at first, but now that she's bid, she's jumping in to compete. Is she trying to start a competition?
Okay, at the auction, the items need to be won through bidding. There's no problem with the other party competing with her. At most, it's just a matter of who has more spirit stones in their pocket.

As Lingyun Venerable's most favored disciple, Tao Zhizhi's monthly allowance certainly goes beyond the usual ten high-grade spirit stones; she receives a separate subsidy. Her willingness to participate in the auction indicates she's not short of spirit stones.

Thinking of this, Lin Yan stopped adding the price in increments of ten yuan and directly offered 200 high-grade spirit stones.

The thousand-year-old spirit ginseng is a rare spiritual plant, but its growing environment is not dangerous; it's just that it's hard to find. Selling it for 200 high-grade spirit stones is already a good price.

"210 high-grade spiritual stones!"

Lin Yan held up her bidding paddle and said lightly, "300 high-grade spirit stones." Her thin lips under the veil curled slightly. After placing her bid, she provocatively said, "If you dare to bid, why don't you add more at once? With this, you still dare to raise the price against me?" Lin Yan's voice was not loud, but she used some spiritual power when she spoke to ensure that her voice could be clearly heard by the other party.

"You!" Tao Zhizhi was about to raise her sign when she was stopped by the cultivator next to her.

"Junior sister, don't let this affect your mood. That's enough, let's stop filming."

"But look how arrogant she is." Tao Zhizhi was furious. She had been outmaneuvered by this person time and time again, and she had an urge to dominate her.

Lin Yan continued to provoke: "If you don't have the ability, don't bid. You're just making a fool of yourself!"

Having been blessed by the heavens and used to everything going smoothly, Tao Zhizhi couldn't stand this injustice. Ignoring everything, she raised her sign and said, "500 high-grade spirit stones!"

--Wow!

There was an uproar among the people in the hall!

Five hundred high-grade herbs may not be much for some people, but for a thousand-year-old ginseng to sell for this price is an excessive premium! Recently, there have been rumors that some plant masters have already figured out how to catalyze the growth of ginseng.

If this research yields results, the price of thousand-year-old ginseng will definitely drop. Spending five hundred high-grade spirit stones to buy ginseng now is a huge waste. Young people are impulsive, aren't they?

Lin Yan said regretfully, "Oh dear, this fellow Daoist is truly generous. I can't compare, I can't compare at all. I'm poor, I'm giving up the bidding for the thousand-year-old ginseng."

Seeing that no one else was bidding, the auctioneer on the stage began to count: "500 high-grade spirit stones once, anyone else want to bid? 500 high-grade spirit stones twice... three times, okay, sold!"

The auctioneer banged the gavel: "Congratulations to this fairy for successfully bidding on the thousand-year-old spirit ginseng for five hundred high-grade spirit stones!"

Without further ado, the auctioneer immediately brought out the second item.

"The second item is three boxes of Grade 4 Foundation Establishment Pills, three pills in each box. The Foundation Establishment Pills were originally sold one pill at a time, but the seller requested that the bidding start at one box, and the other two boxes be sold at the final auction price."

As the auctioneer finished speaking, the interpreter lifted the red cloth, revealing three boxes of pills.

The auctioneer continued, "Rest assured, everyone, the quality of this pill has been tested several times by testing magic treasures and verified by specialists. It is undoubtedly a Grade 4 Foundation Establishment Pill. The benefits that a Grade 4 Foundation Establishment Pill can bring to cultivators need no further explanation. The starting price for one box is 2,400 high-grade spirit stones, and each bid must be at least 50 high-grade spirit stones!"

Fourth-grade Foundation Building Pills are rarely sold openly. High-quality Foundation Building Pills are monopolized and only a small number are sold in the Chamber of Commerce, and you have to rely on luck to buy them.

Most of the Foundation Establishment Pills sold by the Chamber of Commerce are of low quality. While they may help advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, they will also leave behind a difficult-to-remove poison in the body.

As soon as the item was listed for auction, Lin Yan knew it was one of the pills she had refined. However, she didn't seem to have requested a starting bid of one box, did she?

She thought the boxes containing the pills weren't cheap either, so she ordered three pills at a time, not that she had to bid for a box of three. She probably didn't explain this clearly when she took the pills out for appraisal, which caused the misunderstanding.

Bai Ya glanced at the auction catalog and confirmed that there were two types of pills among the items. She moved closer and asked in a low voice, "Fellow Daoist, these are Foundation Establishment Pills that your family has accumulated, right? Why are they all being auctioned off?"

Happy New Year, everyone! I bet you won't have much time to read novels during the holiday, so I'll just update with one chapter. Wishing you all a happy holiday and happiness every day!
(I originally sent out thirty chapter red envelopes to my friends, but they were all claimed by bots. None of the real friends received any. I'm so angry! I won't be sending any more, sob sob.)
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