"Two thousand and one."

As soon as Li An spoke, everyone in the venue was slightly surprised.

Two thousand was already a very high markup, considering that apart from the two main ingredients, the Foundation Establishment Pill also required several auxiliary herbs and a hefty fee to hire an alchemist.

Thus, any single ingredient being too expensive was simply not cost-effective...

In a dark corner of the ground floor hall, Chen Qingling furrowed her fine brows slightly.

"Qingling, maybe we should let it go, it's too expensive..."

Beside her, Wang Dazhu said softly, "We don't have much money."

"No!"

But Chen Qingling shook her head, "You must succeed in Foundation Establishment for our Wang family to truly become a Foundation Establishment family in the future, and we have searched all over White Tiger City recently, and there are no Foundation Establishment Pills available for sale... This Fire Spirit Fruit must be taken down."

"Two thousand five!"

Two thousand five hundred spirit stones.

This was an extremely uncomfortable price. If the other party was a real buyer, they would lose a lot of spirit stones; if they were a setup, they had to consider carefully because if Chen Qingling gave up bidding, it would be a total waste...

The auction hall suddenly fell silent, with everyone either admiring or anticipating the struggle between the two.

"Two thousand six—"

Li An's coarse voice still sounded calmly.

Chen Qingwan stared at the box on the second floor, pondering in her beautiful eyes...

It seemed this person was not a setup; if they were, they should have stopped by now.

"Heh, since you're determined to get it, let me make you uncomfortable..."

"Two thousand eight!"

"Two thousand nine."

Li An's words remained calm.

"Fine, I won't take it."

She finally spoke, with a cold laugh, "Heh, two thousand nine... you'll be at a loss even if you buy it."

Besides her, Wang Dazhu also breathed a sigh of relief, he was truly afraid Chen Qingling would recklessly spend all her spirit stones.

"Sold for two thousand nine hundred spirit stones!"

On the auction stage, the auctioneer Jiaru was even more beaming, making a considerable profit from this spirit medicine.

"Next up for auction, another main ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Pill—Purple Soul Herbs."

"Starting price is two thousand four hundred spirit stones!"

The starting price was exceedingly high.

Once again, the room fell silent, subconsciously looking towards the box of Xu Qiuhui on the second floor.

Chen Qingling initially intended to bid but sensed something amiss at this moment.

This spirit medicine, it seemed, was prepared specifically for Xu Qiuhui?

"Two thousand nine hundred spirit stones."

Xu Qiuhui's voice calmly sounded.

She directly raised the price to the same high as the Fire Spirit Fruit.

This was to show the world that White Tiger Mountain would not take advantage of anything, no matter what it wanted.

"Sold!"

Purple Soul Herbs, Fire Spirit Fruit, and others had already been auctioned off, yet the auction continued without pause.

"Next, the final treasure of the day... Yellow Springs Earth Milk, Third Grade spirit medicine, its nurturing effect on the Divine Soul exceeds that of the Primordial Soul Beast Crystal Core and Purple Soul Herbs."

"Starting bid of five thousand spirit stones, with each increase no less than five hundred!"

As soon as this item appeared, the room was instantly silent!

Third Grade spirit medicine!

This kind of treasure appeared.

"Six thousand!"

Xu Qiuhui spoke again.

Clearly, this Yellow Springs Earth Milk was her ultimate goal.

"Young lady, your side already has enough Yellow Springs Earth Milk, this one should be given away..."

At this moment, a cold voice came from another box, "Ten thousand spirit stones, I want it, you don't need to compete."

Ten thousand spirit stones.

Everyone in the room was shocked.

"Could this be..."

"Can Yang Master?!"

"Rumor has it that decades ago, he was ambushed by the Demon Sect, causing severe injuries. This Yellow Springs Earth Milk might be very important to him!"

Many people whispered.

Can Yang Master was also a Core Formation level expert.

Even in the box, Xu Qiuhui was silent for a long, long time.

She felt very unwilling!

Just as Can Yang Master said, in fact, the White Tiger Mountain had already obtained three portions of Yellow Springs Earth Milk.

That was enough.

The main reason she wanted to buy it was to show her loyalty and ability in front of her master.

Obtaining this portion would make her stand out among many disciples.

For this, she had prepared nearly ten thousand spirit stones.

But in terms of spirit stones, she could still compete a bit more.

But it was not significant.

After all, Can Yang Master, despite being damaged in the past, was not someone in the Foundation Establishment Stage could afford to offend.

If for a portion of Yellow Springs Earth Milk she offended him, her master might think she was a fool instead...

Alas... However, without this portion of Yellow Springs Earth Milk, her ranking among the many disciples would immediately fall behind!

She could only later find other spirit medicines like the Purple Soul Herbs to reach a middle position, not falling behind others.

"This portion, Qiu Hui will not fight over, wishing Can Yang senior a speedy recovery and a long Immortal Dao."

She composed herself and spoke calmly, her words quite appropriate.

In the end, this Yellow Springs Earth Milk was auctioned off for a sky-high price of ten thousand spirit stones by Can Yang Master.

...

The auction ended.

The people from the Treasure Pavilion personally delivered the Fire Spirit Fruit to the box where Li An was located.

After checking, Li An accepted the Fire Spirit Fruit and paid two thousand nine hundred spirit stones.

"To inform our esteemed guest, someone has paid a thousand spirit stones to meet you. If you agree, this thousand spirit stones can be directly credited to your account. If you are unwilling, your identity information will also be kept strictly confidential by our pavilion."

The person who brought the Fire Spirit Fruit sought Li An's opinion.

"No, I'm not willing."

Li An refused and quickly left the Treasure Pavilion.

He had long planned his departure route, so he quickly blended into the crowd on the busy street, dodging everyone's sight while constantly changing his life aura.

He wound through the city for a long time, changing his appearance, and then directly went to Songxi Spirit Pill Store.

"Two Spirit Awakening Pills, please."

Li An calmly said.

For the past few days, Gu Hong was in charge of the spirit pill store. Upon hearing, he glanced at Li An, then routinely took out two Spirit Awakening Pills and handed them to Li An.

Li An handed her a storage bag and then turned to leave.

...

By dusk, Li An finally returned to his residence.

"Hmm?"

Just as he reached the front of his residence, he noticed two familiar figures waiting at the door.

Alchemist Luo Yong, and... Xu Qiuhui!

Li An felt a heavy heart, worried that things had come to this.

"Brother Luo, are you waiting for me?"

Li An approached warmly, "And this is?"

Luo Yong had a hint of a cold smile in his eyes, "This is Lord Xu Qiuhui."

Li An's face immediately changed, and he quickly saluted, "Wei Ming greets Lord Xu!"

"No need for courtesy,"

Xu Qiuhui, in a light yellow long dress, although years had passed, her appearance had not changed much since her time in the Profound Yang Sect.

Her beautiful eyes kept scrutinizing, "You are Array Master Wei Ming?"

Li An replied, "Indeed it is... Please, the both of you come in, into my humble abode. Having made Lord Xu and Alchemist Luo wait is truly a crime."

He immediately opened the door and welcomed them inside.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, Qiu Hui dislikes pretense, so I will speak directly—"

After sitting down, Xu Qiuhui said calmly, "This time I came to ask for something from Daoist Wei."

Li An was puzzled, "I wonder what I have that can catch Lord Xu's eye, please feel free to say so—"

Xu Qiuhui slowly said, "The Purple Soul Herbs you possess."

Upon hearing this, Li An was stunned and then suddenly looked at Luo Yong beside him, with a trace of anger and shock flashing in his eyes, then suppressed his wrath:

"Lord Xu, did Alchemist Luo tell you that I have Purple Soul Herbs?"

Xu Qiuhui replied, "Fellow Daoist Wei, that is not important, I asked Alchemist Luo to help me."

Li An said, "Unfortunately, I do not have Purple Soul Herbs, Lord Xu, you might be disappointed—"

Xu Qiuhui frowned slightly and glanced at Luo Yong.

Unable to sit any longer, Luo Yong said, "Wei Ming, you are lying!"

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