"This Nine-Revolution Golden Pill is a rank-5 breakthrough pill, and it will help us break through to the Tyrant Level. The process of concocting it requires a minimum of ten years from start to finish, and the owner only has five pills at the moment. Therefore, the price of one pill is high, with the starting price set at one hundred million gold coins."
All the cultivators in the VIP rooms were tempted to obtain the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill for their families, especially those who were close to breaking through to the Tyrant Level. However, they hesitated to buy it because the initial price was too high for one, and their prices would continue to rise if others also bid on them.
Those cultivators looked towards the VIP room of the Huang Clan, and they were sure that it was Huang Xiaotian or Huang Xianyu who concocted the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, especially since there were no alchemists who could reach their level.
They knew that the Huang Clan had deliberately raised the price of the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill severalfold, particularly because Earth II was facing a shortage of ingredients, which significantly drove up the prices of all related ingredients.
"Hahaha." They suddenly heard Huang Xiaotian laugh, and the man walked to the balcony. "Your guess is indeed correct that our Huang Clan concocted the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, or to be precise, my sister concocted it. I know that many of your families need the pill to break through to the Tyrant Level, and we only have five pills at the moment. You don't need to be embarrassed and start bidding, or you will regret it if you fail to get them because my sister won't be concocting another pill anytime soon."
All the cultivators began whispering because they felt that Huang Xiaotian was truly shameless, but they knew that concocting the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill was extremely difficult, and the process took too long.
Huang Xiaotian spoke to them again. "To maintain balance on Earth II, my sister decided that each clan could only bid for one pill, no more, so the situation that has existed for many years will be maintained."
Huang Xiaotian smirked when he heard those people cursing at him, but he did not care about their reactions and returned to the VIP room, sitting next to Huang Xianyu again.
"Do you think these people will be willing to spend that much money on my pills?" Huang Xianyu tilted her head to face her brother.
Huang Xiaotian nodded at her. "Even if we raise the price of the pills several times over their original price, I'm sure they will still buy them, mainly because they need them for their family members who are ready to break through to that stage. Moreover, there are not many alchemists who can concoct the pills, including the Feng Clan. Even if they don't sell at today's auction, it won't be a significant problem for our clan because our clan still has plenty of resources to help other members."
"Yes." Huang Xianyu nodded in agreement. "Over the past few decades, other clans have been busy with various things, and our Huang Clan has focused more on accumulating cultivation resources, so we are ahead of most of them. There are only two clans that can match our clan now, the Feng and Long Clans. The Liu and Wang Clans are already far behind us, but we don't have much information about the Xue Clan because they are very secretive."
"I'm not concerned about the Liu and Xue Clans, but I'm worried about the Feng Clan's development. They are growing too fast and have already surpassed the Wang Clan." Huang Xianyu nodded in agreement with Huang Xiaotian. "The Wang Clan is still stronger because of Wang Fuxi's presence, and her strength is on par with Long Yin. Fortunately, her clan members don't have as much talent as her, so their development continues to slow down. On the other hand, the Feng Clan continues to produce new talents, and Feng Yao becomes the best of their younger generation. Currently, her strength still hasn't reached our level, but she will catch up with us soon."
Huang Xianyu released a soft sigh. "I think we have to push our children and clan members harder, or our Huang Clan will suffer the same fate as the Wang Clan in the future. If the Feng Clan continues to develop as fast as it is now, they will surpass us soon."
"Yeah." Huang Xiaotian nodded with a solemn expression. "The auction has started."
"Let's start the auction of the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill with a starting price of one hundred million gold coins, and we set ten million gold coins for each subsequent bid."
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Unlike before, the auction for the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill proceeded very slowly, mainly because all the cultivators in the VIP rooms were very cautious in bidding for the pill.
[Master, you don't need to waste gold coins bidding for that pill. You can use the Tyrant's Origin Pill when you break through to the Tyrant Level in the future. The Nine-Revolution Golden Pill is a rank-5 breakthrough pill, and the Tyrant's Origin Pill is a rank-9 pill, so its effects are much smoother and better.]
Tang Xiao's clone nodded slightly. 'I've read the data on the pills in the treasure vault, and my cultivation is still far from the Tyrant Level, so I don't intend to bid on those Nine-Revolution Golden Pills. I want to see the other items first, and you can tell me if they're useful to us.'
[Yes, Master. By the way, my mistress ordered her darkness creature to eat Shen Xiang alive, so only Yang Mi is left now. What are your plans for her?]
'Yang Mi is different from Yu Xiaoling, Zhao Yuxian, and Jessica. I didn't have a good impression of her, and she encouraged her husband and the others to violate my mother the night seven years ago, so I will kill her after my real body returns.' Tang Xiao's clone didn't need to think to decide that.
Xiao Ai chose not to comment on Tang Xiao's clone's decision regarding Yang Mi, but she felt her master was becoming more and more ruthless with each passing moment. Despite this, he treated everyone kindly, especially those who had also been kind to him and his family.
After the auction had been going on for a while, the first Nine-Revolution Golden Pill finally fell into Xue Jing's hands, and she bought it for two hundred million gold coins.
The second Nine-Revolution Golden Pill fell into the hands of Wang Jishan, who bought it for two hundred and twenty million gold coins.
The third and fourth Nine-Revolution Golden Pills fell into the hands of Liu Xun and Liu Xing, who bought them for two hundred and fifty million gold coins for each pill.
As for the fifth Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, it was sold to Feng Yao's father, Feng Xiaofang, who won it for two hundred and seventy million gold coins.
The cultivators from the second-grade clans like the Xiao Clan wanted the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, but their clans' financial strength was not as outstanding as those first-grade clans, so they decided to give up on competing with those people for the five pills.
After all five pills were sold, the woman immediately took out another item, and Xiao Ai told Tang Xiao's clone that it was a stalk of Purple Yang Flower.
Xiao Ai asked Tang Xiao's clone to buy it because it was useful for a male cultivator at his level and his two wives, but she needed several other ingredients to concoct the pill, such as Dragon's Saliva Grass, Flood Dragon Essence Blood, and Nine-Leaf Sword Grass.
Tang Xiao's clone almost vomited when Xiao Ai said the Flood Dragon Essence Blood because he wasn't sure that beast existed on Earth II, but the female Ai told him that her old master kept much of that item in the treasure vault.
The woman immediately explained the item to the auction participants. "This Purple Yang Flower is quite rare because it grows in places with a thick concentration of Yang Qi, and it only blooms once every five years. Female cultivators are not suitable for consuming it, but it is very beneficial for male cultivators. However, you cannot use this flower directly; instead, you must contact an alchemist to concoct a pill using it. You need other ingredients to make the pill, but we don't have them right now, so you must find them elsewhere, like from the Huang or Feng Clans. The starting price is ten million gold coins, and the subsequent bids are multiples of one million gold coins."
The male cultivators, especially those from the second-grade clans, were interested in obtaining the Purple Yang Flower. Unfortunately, they didn't have a good relationship with the Feng Clan, and the Huang Clan would charge a high price for the other ingredients, so they decided to pass on it.
The men from the first-grade clans were also interested in the Purple Yang Flower, but they felt it would be a waste of gold coins to buy it, and they still had to purchase other ingredients whose types and prices were unknown.
Tang Xiao's clone immediately whispered to Feng Shen. "Senior Feng, please bid on the Purple Yang Flower for me, and I'll pay you after the auction is over."
"Hmm?" Feng Shen turned to him. "Do you have any other ingredients to concoct a pill based on the Purple Yang Flower?"
- To Be Continued -