Battle Through the Heavens: Reborn as a Devouring Python, Medusa is taken home.

Chapter 160, Dan City, Auction

"Boss, how much is this medicinal herb?"

"3000 gold coins".

"Too expensive, 1500!"

"I can't even get 1500 units for my wholesale orders, no way."

"1500, last time. Sell or not? If not, I'm leaving."

"Okay, okay, let's just consider it making friends."

At the medicinal herb shop, Ning Su was collecting herbs everywhere and practicing bargaining with various shop owners.

In Saint Dan City, there is not much of anything, but there are plenty of people selling medicinal herbs.

Basically, all kinds of medicinal herbs are available here; whether you've seen them before or not, you can find them here.

However, there was one thing he wasn't very satisfied with: most of these medicinal herbs weren't of very high quality.

They can only be used to refine some fifth-grade, sixth-grade, and seventh-grade pills.

For most people, these grades of pills are already quite advanced.

However, Ning Su needed medicinal materials that could be used to refine eighth-grade pills, and these materials could not meet his needs.

"The really good medicinal herbs are all kept by individual sellers, so it's a bit difficult to find them in these shops," Ning sighed.

Some truly high-grade medicinal herbs are priceless and are not easily sold publicly; they are kept for personal use or traded with certain individuals.

Others who want to buy high-grade medicinal herbs also have legitimate ways to do so – that is, to go to an auction.

Many auction houses also deal in medicinal herbs; as long as you have enough money, you can get even the highest-grade herbs.

"Looks like we'll have to find another place."

Although Saint Dan City is very prosperous, there are surprisingly no auctions here!

This is because this area belongs to the Danta, and the Danta does not need to hold auctions; doing so would only damage their reputation.

To attend the auction, you must travel to a city near Saint Dan.

There are five cities near Shengdan City: Cao City, Ye City, Dan City, Bai City, and Qiu City, each representing one of the five major families of Dan Tower: the Cao family, the Ye family, the Dan family, the Bai family, and the Qiu family.

However, the strength of these five families varies greatly, and they are also quite far apart.

The furthest city is Ye City, belonging to the Ye family, while the closest are the two cities belonging to the Cao and Dan families.

Furthermore, there are auctions in both Caocheng and Dancheng.

Since there is no dedicated auction in Saint Dan City, Ning Su can only try his luck in these two cities.

……

Dancheng.

The city under the control of the Dan family.

As one of the five great families of the Pill Tower, the Dan family is also a family of alchemists, and many alchemy geniuses have emerged from the family. Among the five great families, they are only slightly inferior to the Cao family.

The bustling atmosphere in Dan City also reflects the strength of the Dan family.

"So many people?"

Ning Su arrived in Dancheng and was amazed by the crowds there.

"Why does this place feel even more lively than Saint Dan City?"

Although Saint Dan City is bustling, it also has many rules.

Moreover, even before the Dan Conference began, some people arrived early and had already explored the entire Holy Dan City. Since they still had time, they also came to visit the nearby cities.

Dan City is also a famous big city, so of course there are many people.

"I was hoping to find a bargain, but it looks like that'll be difficult."

Ning Su could only find the only auction house in Dan City—an auction house directly managed by the Dan family.

At this time, the Dan family's auction was also packed with people, with a large number of alchemists gathered there.

Ning was completely overwhelmed by what she was seeing.

If I had known, he should have bought enough medicinal herbs elsewhere before coming to Saint Pill City. Now that he's here to buy them, it's so crowded!

But there's no way around it, we have to buy it no matter how many people there are!

Fortunately, the Dan family auction house was quite large, and Ning Su was able to enter quickly.

The most crowded area is the medicinal herb section; most alchemists come here specifically for the medicinal herbs.

Ning Su also had his eye on a number of high-grade medicinal herbs that could be used to refine Rank 8 pills, but the price of a single herb, which could easily reach tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of yuan, left him dumbfounded.

"Good heavens! Are all the medicinal herbs here this expensive? Or are they just ripping people off?"

He only had a few hundred thousand gold coins on him, and since he never needed to use money for anything, he never bothered to work on it.

Now, when I need money, I realize I haven't earned enough.

Of course, it's simple for alchemists to make money—by selling pills.

There are places to sell elixirs at auctions.

But there were also many people at the place where the elixir was sold—Ning Su wasn't the only one who was short of money.

Those alchemists who are short of money also need to sell pills.

"Even buying elixirs requires queuing, I'm speechless."

The latest novel is first published here!

Moreover, the Dan family has already increased manpower, and there are several rooms for selling pills, but they are still too busy.

Finally, after waiting in line for more than ten minutes, Ning successfully entered the treasure room.

"Hello, what kind of pills do you want to buy?" The appraiser was a man who looked to be in his thirties, and his face showed obvious signs of fatigue.

It seems he's been quite busy lately.

"Could you help me see how much I can sell these pills for?"

Ning Su took out all the unused pills piled up in her storage ring at once, a total of more than a dozen bottles.

"Okay, please wait a moment." Maintaining his professional demeanor, the appraiser began counting the pills in the bottle.

「四品紫心破障丹5颗、五品龙力丹5颗、五品复灵紫丹3颗、五品清心丹5颗、六品噬生丹4颗、六品龙虎丹6颗、六品……」

The appraiser's expression went from relaxed at first to gradually becoming serious.

He could handle those fourth- and fifth-grade pills with ease.

By the time he got to the sixth-grade pills, he was already sweating profusely.

Because he himself was only a sixth-grade beginner alchemist, most of the people selling pills today were only selling fourth- or fifth-grade pills, with only a small number selling sixth-grade pills.

But it's extremely rare to see someone like Ning Su sell so many Grade 6 pills at once.

Moreover, it wasn't just sixth-grade pills... the later jade bottles contained pills that exceeded the sixth-grade category.

This also exceeds the scope of an appraiser's expertise.

He immediately realized that the alchemist in front of him, who looked even younger than him, was probably a seventh-grade alchemist!

"Esteemed guest, because some of the pills you are selling are of a high grade, I am unsure of their price. Please wait here for a moment while I consult our elders," he said.

This appraiser wasn't originally a professional; he was only sent over because he was too busy with the auctions recently.

Only a large family like the Dan family would be so curious as to have a sixth-grade alchemist act as an appraiser.

Even a sixth-grade alchemist can't identify some pills!

"Okay, I'll wait."

"Okay, please wait a moment, sir."

The appraiser hurriedly left through the back door to fetch reinforcements.

……

Backstage at the auction.

There was no one backstage at this time; almost everyone was busy with their own tasks.

The young appraiser was so anxious that he couldn't find anyone to help him appraise the elixir, and he was sweating profusely.

At that moment, a petite figure appeared in front of him.

He felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and hurried over, but kept a very respectful distance, and said...