From Princess in the Cold Palace to Empress in Heaven

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"Besides, he is, after all, the direct disciple of Xuanji Saint King of Ziwei Holy Land. If I go too far, it will inevitably damage the relationship between the Holy Academy and Ziwei Holy Land."

"That's true!" Xiao Minghuang frowned and said, "This matter is really troublesome... How about this, if Xiu'er has nothing else to do during this period of time, she can stay with me. If Li Gaoyang comes to pester me again, I will come forward to drive him away."

Chen Xiuer is the direct disciple of the Master of Baiwen Pavilion and represents the face of the Holy Academy, but she is just an ordinary disciple of the inner courtyard and does not need to worry about so many things.

"Really?" Xu Xiu'er was overjoyed, "Thank you, Princess!"

Xiao Minghuang waved his hand, indicating that she shouldn't take it to heart.

Lin Wanqiu curled her lips secretly and rolled her eyes at her.

The good world for two is over!

Just then, footsteps were heard on the stairs, followed by the voice of the auction house staff.

"Dear distinguished guests, tonight's auction begins now. Without further ado, let's present the first treasure!"

Since it is a small auction held once a month, there is no warm-up process and the treasures are directly put on stage.

Soon, a young girl came in with a tray and opened the brocade box on the tray. Suddenly, a bright and soft light bloomed, and a thumb-sized, round and translucent bead lay quietly in the brocade box.

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The auctioneer introduced: "This is the spiritual herb 'Millennium Snow Lotus' that grows in extremely cold places. It contains rich spiritual power and is as effective as earth-level elixirs. It tastes delicious and sweet. Most importantly, it is a good product for nourishing and beautifying the face. It is most suitable for young and beautiful female Taoist friends..."

"The starting price is one hundred high-quality spirit stones, and each bid must be increased by no less than ten!"

After hearing his explanation, the few female practitioners present all showed surprised expressions.

The shape of a living being is determined by heaven, and every inch of its size is determined by fate. Even the anti-aging pill can only keep one's appearance unchanged, but this snow lotus can make one's appearance more beautiful.

Suddenly, the sound of bidding was heard.

Most of the male monks scoffed at this.

"Appearance is determined by fate. This thousand-year-old snow lotus cannot change it. At least it needs a saint-level elixir to change it!"

"Fellow Daoist, you are wrong. After taking the snow lotus, the female cultivator's mood improved and her complexion became radiant. Didn't her face become more beautiful? I was planning to buy some to give to my Taoist partner... one thousand and fifty!"

It must be said that the monks who would spend a lot of money to buy beauty placebos are probably those female monks who are not very good-looking. The truly beautiful female monks naturally look down on this thing.

In the private room on the top floor, Xiao Minghuang and Lin Wanqiu were calm and composed, and had no interest in the so-called thousand-year-old snow lotus at all.

Although Xu Xiuer had a faint desire to bid in her heart, if she bid at this time, wouldn't it be admitting that she was not beautiful enough?

Apparently, the female monks at the meeting also reacted quickly and did not bid for long.

Finally, the snow lotus was bought by a middle-aged male cultivator at the price of 1,100 high-quality spirit stones.

The auction continued, and item after item was brought up, but some of the items were relatively common and did not arouse Xiao Minghuang's interest.

It was not until the ninth auction item came on stage that Xiao Minghuang's eyes finally fell on the booth.

It was a dull-colored pill with dark green markings on its surface. It looked like it was moldy, but there were faint fluctuations emanating from it that made it feel a little different.

The auctioneer said: "I believe you have already felt the difference in this pill. This pill is common, but also uncommon."

At this time, people with broad knowledge have already seen through the truth and sneered, "Isn't it just a waste Saint-level pill? What's so strange about it?"

As we all know, the more precious the materials used to make pills, the lower the success rate. The failure rate is often over 80%. Even for the highest level pill recipe, the success rate is only about 50% at most.

Therefore, it is not uncommon to see waste high-level elixirs circulating in the market, and even waste saint-level elixirs often appear.

The auctioneer was not affected at all by being ridiculed in person. The normal emotional expression of customers is also part of the auction.

"Since you all know, I won't say much. This pill has been identified as a kind of pill that helps break through bottlenecks below the King Realm. However, due to its extremely poor quality, it is already a waste pill, so it has basically no effect. If the realm is too low, there may be significant side effects after taking it. Please consider it carefully."

"The starting price is fifty high-quality spirit stones, and each bid must be increased by no less than five!"

The order in which the auction items are presented on stage is not arranged randomly, but follows a certain rule.

Placing this unattractive item at ninth place was a deliberate decision.

After all, the presence of such a piece of "junk" in front will inevitably highlight the preciousness of the finale auction item.

Therefore, the auctioneer would not be surprised that the waste pill failed to sell.

Sure enough, after waiting for a long time, no one responded.

"Are there any other distinguished guests bidding?"

"three!"

"two!"

Just as the auctioneer raised his hammer and was about to strike.

"Fifty Spiritual Stones!"

A clear voice came from the VIP room on the top floor.

"Congratulations to our distinguished guest in the elegant room for winning the precious elixir with fifty top-grade spirit stones!" The auctioneer was all smiles.

It was really unexpected that this waste pill did not fail to sell.

In the private room.

Xu Xiuer was puzzled: "Princess, you want to buy fifty useless pills. Not only are these pills ineffective, they are poisonous. If the princess needs pills to help break through the bottleneck, I can help..."

"Don't worry!" Xiao Minghuang waved his hand, let's look at the next treasure!

This waste pill is indeed useless to her, but on the one hand, she can give it to Ye Ruoshui, who may get something useful in return; on the other hand, Ye Ruoshui may be able to research the recipe of this pill. If successful, she will not have to be stuck at the bottleneck in the future.

at the same time.

In another private room in the venue.

A man in a purple robe sat in the first seat, with two maids standing beside him.

It was Li Gaoyang, who had just met Xiao Minghuang. He frowned slightly, "That voice, yes! My guess was right, they are coming to the auction tonight!"

It turned out that after being driven away by Xiao Minghuang, he did not leave, but speculated that Xiao Minghuang and others might have come for the auction held tonight, so he waited here.

Sure enough, he ran into him!

Li Gaoyang raised his head, his eyes flashed, and he said calmly: "This is the last auction item, we want to bid for it!"

Xu Xiu'er and her group came to the auction, but failed to buy the Millennium Snow Lotus, which was most attractive to female monks.

Li Gaoyang didn't think they were only interested in a waste pill.

So, he wanted to buy the last item in the auction and give it to Chen... No!

To the nun who just sent him away!

He was intoxicated by the thought of the nun's gentle words of advice just now.

Compared with her, Xu Xiuer is just a mediocre woman, not worth mentioning!

A moment later, the last auction item came on stage.

When it came to the last exhibit, even though it was a small venue, the auctioneer couldn't help but keep it a secret.

"This is the finale of this auction. It is said that it was brought out from the Great Sage's Tomb by a saint. After several twists and turns, it finally landed in the hands of this auction house."

After hearing the introduction, everyone's eyes suddenly became excited.

This is the relic of the Great Saint!

What kind of existence is the Great Sage?

The one with the highest cultivation level present is probably at the Spirit Transformation Realm at most. Those at higher realms would never come to such a small auction.

Therefore, among the people present, few had seen the Great Sage, and even a few saints and kings had never seen one.

Therefore, the title of the Monkey King is quite attractive to them.

However, there were also clear-headed monks who raised questions:

"Is this true? Who is the Great Sage? Would the relics of such a person be so cheap that they would be auctioned at such a small scale?"

Everyone quickly came to their senses.

"Hey! I almost got fooled!"

"Stop keeping us in suspense and unveil the curtain!"

"Haha, even a brick taken out of the Great Saint's tomb can be called a relic of the Great Saint!"

The auctioneer smiled and opened the curtain.

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"Om~!"

In an instant, a sword intent rose into the sky. Although it was not sharp, it carried with it a sense of decay and dust, as if making people feel rust on their skin and stinging in their eyes.

"What a strong sword intent!" exclaimed a sharp-eyed cultivator.

Although rotten, the sword's edge is still there!

"What a strong aura!"

"Oh my God! This is a saint's treasure! It's definitely a saint's treasure!"

“Hiss! How is this possible?!”

Its appearance made the whole audience boil!

The Great Saint's Relic!

Many people's eyes were red!

Seeing the reactions of the monks present, the auctioneer was very satisfied and said with a smile: "The starting price is one thousand high-grade spirit stones, and each bid increase must be no less than one hundred!"

As soon as the price came out, the monks present gasped.

Although the Monkey King’s relics are attractive, the price is really high!

After a while, no one made an offer.

Someone at the table murmured quietly, "I think, could this really be the Great Sage's magic weapon? If it is, I guess we can't even withstand the slightest pressure it emits..."

"That makes sense. I've seen the Saint's treasure before. That pressure... Tsk tsk! It took me eight years to recover from it."

Gradually, the monks recovered and began to look at him with suspicion.

"Hey, is this really the Great Sage's relic? The Great Sage's magic weapon?"

"Could it be possible that the Great Sage's magic weapon would also decay and rust?"

"Give us a definite answer!"

Seeing the monks expressing their concerns, the auctioneer rolled his eyes and said firmly, "This item was definitely taken out from the Great Sage's ancient tomb. Whether it is the Great Sage's own relic or a magic weapon, I cannot tell because it is so old. What I can tell you is that even a full-strength attack from a king cannot shake this item in the slightest!"

Upon hearing this, the monks began to discuss the matter.

"It may not be the Great Sage's magic weapon, right?"

"Oh, that's what I was saying. How could a great sage's magic weapon appear in a place like this?"

"It was all in vain..."

As for what the auctioneer said later that it could withstand a full-strength attack from the king, it wasn't very attractive.

You can buy ten talismans with the same effect for the same price.

Moreover, they are in the inner courtyard, how can the king take action against them?

Therefore, the finale treasure suddenly faced the risk of failing to sell.

Before I knew it, half an incense stick of time had passed.

There were occasional whispers in the venue, but no one was bidding.

The auctioneer looked around the venue, his expression darkened, and he thought that this item would be unsold.

It was around this time.