Immortality: Starting with Plundering the Talents of Monsters

"I will now announce the rules of this auction one by one!"

The Zhou family steward deliberately amplified his voice with spiritual power so that all the cultivators present could hear it clearly.

"To protect the fairness of the auction, malicious price gouging and spiritual threats are prohibited."

"Anyone who violates this rule will be expelled from the auction!"

"The auction is now officially open!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a maid dressed in a tight-fitting purple outfit brought up the first item for auction.

With each graceful step, her breasts trembled, and her tight-fitting clothes outlined her full, peach-shaped buttocks.

"The first item up for auction is three top-grade, first-tier healing pills!"

"As everyone knows, the Muscle Regenerating and Wound Healing Pill is the finest among all healing pills, capable of rapidly restoring various injuries."

The first item up for auction was a top-tier item.

This demonstrates that the auction was indeed of a high standard.

"It's a tissue-regenerating and wound-healing elixir!"

"This pill can quickly restore one's health even if one is burned by the Zhou family's fire magic."

The monks in the auction hall were discussing loudly, their expressions extremely excited.

  

Such top-grade healing pills are always extremely rare.

The Zhou family must have paid a considerable price to obtain three of them at once, having specially commissioned a top-grade alchemist to refine them.

"Hmph, but it's supposed to be top-quality!"

In the VIP stands, Luo Changfeng's face darkened instantly upon seeing the three pills, and he let out a cold snort.

"What a fine alliance of arts and crafts! They're willing to refine pills for the Zhou family, but unwilling to do so for my Luo family."

At first.

Luo Changfeng was severely injured by Zhou Yan's fire technique, with not a single part of his body intact. He looked utterly miserable.

The clan chief personally swallowed his pride and went to the Hundred Arts Alliance to find an alchemist to refine a muscle-regenerating and wound-healing pill for him and Luo Mingfeng.

However, he was repeatedly met with indifference and refused to refine it no matter what.

"The Hundred Arts Alliance must have colluded with the Zhou family!"

Seeing the Healing Pill on the auction table, Luo Changfeng felt a complex mix of emotions.

"Three top-grade Tier 1 Muscle Regeneration and Wound Healing Pills, starting bid 150 low-grade spirit stones, minimum increment 10 spirit stones."

After learning the starting price and the minimum increment for each bid.

The cultivators, eager to obtain the elixir, immediately began to offer prices.

"One hundred and sixty!"

"I'll offer 180!"

The bidding continued throughout the auction hall, but gradually fewer and fewer people raised their bids.

"Two hundred and thirty spirit stones per attempt!"

The Zhou family steward looked at everyone present with a slight hesitation and spoke very slowly.

"Two hundred and thirty spirit stones, twice!"

At this moment, Luo Changfeng, who was sitting comfortably in the VIP section, became restless.

Thinking of Zhou Yan's terrifying fire magic and the torment he had suffered over the past three years.

He was genuinely scared.

"The Hundred Arts Alliance refused to refine for my Luo family... but turned around and tried to curry favor with the Zhou family."

He gritted his teeth and roared out, feeling slightly humiliated:

"Two hundred and fifty!"

"A distinguished guest has offered two hundred and fifty!"

The Zhou family steward looked up at the stands above, his words carrying a hint of sarcasm.

In the end, Luo Changfeng, his face ashen, purchased three high-quality Healing Pills.

"Excellent! Thank you to the distinguished guest in the VIP stand for bidding on the first item of the auction."

"This is a good start for the auction."

Then, a maid dressed in purple knocked on the door of the stands.

I respectfully present the items that Luo Changfeng photographed.

"Honored guest, please stay a moment after the auction to deliver the spirit stones."

After this minor incident, the auction continued smoothly.

"The next item for auction is the tenth item, an auxiliary material for Foundation Building Pills—Illusion Heart Grass!"

These words caused a stir in the auction hall.

"The Zhou family is really generous; they've even provided the auxiliary materials for Foundation Establishment Pills!"

All the cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining and those at the peak of Qi Refining had their eyes shining.

Clearly, they coveted this item.

Xu Mo, somewhat bored, took a sip of spiritual tea and quietly watched the cultivators in the arena bidding against each other.

He is still far from the late stage of Qi Refining, so talking about Foundation Establishment at this time is undoubtedly premature.

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On the auction stage, slender and voluptuous maids presented each item for auction.

Among them, a few auction items piqued Xu Mo's interest.

But in the end, none of them were photographed.

Xu Mo came to this auction with only one goal; everything else was irrelevant.

He needed to concentrate his efforts and go all in on the Meridian Sword Ants, so he naturally resisted the urge to buy them.

"Next up is the fourteenth item in the auction, the Cold Abyss Longevity Turtle."

"This Cold Abyss Longevity Turtle has a mid-grade bloodline. If carefully nurtured, its cultivation can reach the Foundation Establishment stage. Starting bid: two hundred spirit stones."

In the stands, Xu Mo shook his head.

Although he had previously expressed interest in purchasing the Cold Abyss Longevity Turtle, he only needed one with mediocre bloodline.

For him, the Cold Abyss Longevity Turtle with a mid-grade bloodline was too low in cost-effectiveness.

Not worth buying.

"Moreover, the Cold Abyss Longevity Turtle has a lifespan of up to six hundred years. By the time it reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, several generations will have already passed."

"A considerable amount of resources and effort were spent."

Xu Mo withdrew his gaze, completely abandoning the idea of ​​buying it.

"Since they've already started auctioning off spirit beasts, the next item should also be a spirit beast or a demon beast, right?"

Soon, the Cold Abyss Longevity Turtle was sold.

The fifteenth item was presented to the public.

A maid brought over a specially made transparent container containing several ants about the size of a thumb.

Xu Mo tried his best to open his eyes wide, hoping to see as clearly as possible.

Inside the container, the ants were entirely golden, with their mandibles shaped like sharp swords, making them extremely frightening.

"The fifteenth item for auction is fifty Meridian Sword Ants, a rare demonic beast possessing supreme sword intent."

"Ten items will be auctioned each time, for a total of five auctions. The starting price is one thousand spirit stones, and the minimum bid increment is fifty spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, Xu Mo's expression turned serious; his target had finally arrived.

But he didn't rush to bid; instead, he waited.

They only made a bold offer when the bidding stalled.

"1300 yuan."

The sound came from the VIP stands, and the competitors who were originally determined to win the Meridian Sword Ant felt a chill.

The competitor was just a rogue cultivator with limited financial resources, but he still gritted his teeth and made another bid.

"I'll offer 1350!"

"One thousand four hundred."

Xu Mo relentlessly bid again.

The competitor's voice sounded a little weak, and after adding another fifty spirit stones, he stopped bidding.

Finally, Xu Mo bought ten Noon Sword Ants for 1,500 spirit stones.

"This is a bit over budget..."

"After setting up a stall for half a month, my spirit stones have exceeded four thousand."

But at most, I can only buy thirty Meridian Sword Ants.

Xu Mo won the bid for the Meridian Sword Ant in the second and third auctions.

They were purchased for 1,300 and 1,200 spirit stones respectively.

"These Meridian Sword Ants are really expensive. I've almost used up all the spirit stones I've painstakingly saved up over the years."

Xu Mo felt a pang of regret as he gently rubbed the still bulging storage bag at his waist.

Once the auction is over, the storage bag will become deflated.

The Midnight Sword Ants brought Xu Mo back to square one.