Chapter 1350

Han Li could naturally afford the price of three million spirit stones, but for just this small vial of true toad spirit blood, it was extremely uneconomical.

Even if he had spirit herbs to exchange for spirit stones in bulk, with his cautious and meticulous 'nature', he would absolutely not sell too many of these ancient, rare spirit herbs within a certain period.

Otherwise, once discovered by someone with ill intent, it would bring endless future troubles!

From the bidder's earlier attitude, it seemed he was determined to obtain this vial of true toad spirit blood. Even if he actually bid three million, he might not win the auction, and instead would only draw attention from others.

Moreover, for Han Li, this small amount of spirit blood was only enough to familiarize himself with the refinement process of true toad 'liquid', and could not possibly refine much spirit 'medicine' at all.

After careful consideration, he ultimately did not bid, his face dark and sullen 'expression'.

Han Li not bidding does not mean others will give up on this item.

After a moment of silence, several people immediately bid in succession; these people were clearly late Soul Transformation cultivators, urgently needing true toad 'liquid' to break through their cultivation bottlenecks. Ordinary cultivators would never bid such a high price.

In the fierce competition among several people, this vial of true toad spirit blood was actually won by the first bidder at an astonishingly high price of four million.

Such a high price attracted many attentive cultivators, who frequently gazed at the flying stone house where that person was located, secretly speculating about his identity.

But naturally, they gained nothing.

The following several items were equally extremely rare, materials needed by Void Refinement cultivators to refine elixirs 'dan'. Although bidders were even fewer, the prices were even more staggering.

One purplish 'colored' ten-thousand-year barbarian wilderness exotic fruit was directly auctioned for nearly ten million, a sky-high price.

This left the cultivators attending such an auction for the first time staring in disbelief.

Just the materials alone were this astonishing; if it were finished elixirs 'dan' useful to Void Refinement cultivators, wouldn't that be a price one dare not even imagine?

Not long after, once the auction of materials and secret manuals concluded, the white-robed elder lightly clapped his hands, and the ten female cultivators standing behind him all flew down from the auction platform.

At the same time, three cultivators with different attire slowly walked up from below the platform.

One was a woman in a green dress in plain attire 'madam', one was an old man with a full face of red light, and one was a middle-aged scholar with an elegant appearance.

Upon seeing these three people, the cultivators in the hall stirred with a 'commotion'.

Han Li faintly heard words like "appraiser" and immediately understood these three were the three major appraisers of the market mentioned earlier by the red-surnamed elder.

These three people's cultivation was not as high as the white-robed elder's, only early Soul Transformation, but each had extraordinary bearing, and could cause such a 'commotion' among the cultivators in the hall, clearly they were not ordinary individuals.

Just as Han Li was pondering, upon seeing these three people ascend the platform, the white-robed elder stepped forward, exchanged a few polite words, then turned to face the cultivators and said:

"Below are the three most precious treasures of this auction, each carried by Fellow Daoist Qin and the others. The first is obtained from the barbarian wilderness: three shed scales of the true spirit Black Qilin. They can be used to refine the legendary Kui Water True Spirit Elixir, or as the highest-grade material for refining water attribute 'nature' spirit treasures. Treasures refined from these materials have a certain chance to enter the ranks of the Chaos Myriad Spirit Treasures. And refining the Kui Water True Spirit Elixir, taking one pill allows an early Soul Transformation cultivator to advance to the middle stage realm out of thin air. Of course, whether refining spirit treasures or the Kui Water True Spirit Elixir, even if one seeks an existence of grand master level, the success rate will not be too high. But if any Fellow Daoist truly purchases this item and intends to refine a spirit treasure, I, the old man, can freely refine it for this Fellow Daoist. Hehe, this is also a bit of my private intention."

The white-robed elder smiled as he spoke the above words, then casually retreated behind these three people.

Upon hearing the words "Black Qilin scale:" and similar terms, the cultivators in the two flying stone houses almost all gasped in shock, stared blankly at the three major appraisers on the auction platform, and fell silent.

Those cultivators of great wealth, who had originally come for the finale treasures, immediately became ecstatic.

It seems their wait this time was truly worthwhile. Regardless of the two items behind, just this Black Qilin true spirit scale is worth their going all out to bid.

However, more than half of them are thinking of the Kui Water True Spirit Elixir; those who intend to use it for artifact refinement are probably less than one in ten.

And among this one in ten, almost all are cultivators practicing water attribute 'nature' cultivation methods.

Upon hearing the name Kui Water True Spirit Elixir, Han Li's heart also shook violently.

This heaven-defying elixir that allows a cultivator to advance a stage overnight is exactly what he has long dreamed of; now having an opportunity to obtain it, he almost instantly decided that no matter what, he must obtain these three Black Qilin true spirit scales. Even if it requires taking some risks, it is worth it.

Han Li's eyes flickered, his spirit 'expression' became resolute.

At this moment, the middle-aged 'madam' among the three major appraisers stepped forward, flicked her hand on her storage bracelet, and a crystal-clear jade box about a foot in size appeared, its runes faintly flashing, emitting a white misty radiance—clearly not an ordinary object.

This woman needed no introduction from the white-robed elder; she simply pointed a finger at the jade box.

With a "Bang" sound, the lid opened by itself, followed by several "Swoosh" sounds, three streaks of black light shot out, flying straight toward the high sky.

But the middle-aged 'madam' seemed to have prepared in advance; one hand had already lightly grasped upward in the air,.

Instantly, an invisible force appeared out of nowhere, immediately enveloping the three black light streaks, then suddenly pulling them downward.

After the three black light streaks circled once, they flashed with brilliant light and transformed into fist-sized black-green 'colored' scales, forced to fall, and were drawn into the middle-aged woman's hand.

The woman placed two of the scales back into the jade box, sealed it with a restriction talisman, then used her fingers to hold the remaining scale, showed it to all the cultivators, and said in a leisurely tone:

"As everyone knows, the Black Qilin is an innate water attribute 'nature' true spirit; its shed scales are the highest-grade water attribute 'nature' material in the world, and for fellow cultivators who primarily practice water attribute 'nature' cultivation methods, they are of the greatest use. However, to verify the authenticity of the scales, there are only two methods. One is that although the scales are shed, they contain astonishingly abnormal water spirit power; even without postnatal refinement, they themselves are sufficient to rival top-tier water attribute 'nature' extraordinary treasures."

The middle-aged woman, upon finishing these words, immediately poured spirit power wildly into the scale in her hand, then shook it upward into the air.

Instantly, the blue misty spirit light brightened, and the scale's surface suddenly blossomed into a blue 'colored' lotus of light, crystal-clear and dazzling, as beautiful as a diamond.

Under the middle-aged woman's hand seal, the lotus spun round and round, its size rapidly expanding, and in the deep blue 'colored' spirit light, it transformed into the size of a skull.

As the lotus petals swayed, countless blue 'colored' light points scattered 'shot' out, and the extremely dense water spirit energy instantly spread throughout the entire hall.

Han Li, in the flying stone house, saw his eyes flash, raised one hand, clenched his five fingers, and a blue 'colored' light point fell into his palm, instantly vanishing without a trace.

Han Li slightly closed his eyes, felt threads of icy coolness, rapidly spreading from his palm to his entire body.

When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were already full of satisfied 'expression'!

Indeed, it was extraordinarily pure water spirit power, capable of emitting such power—it truly seemed to be the true spirit scale of the Black Qilin.

Not only Han Li, but the other cultivators, upon feeling the extraordinarily pure spirit power contained in the blue 'colored' light points, almost all had seven or eight tenths of belief in their hearts.

At this moment, the middle-aged 'madam' shook her wrist, and the blue 'colored' lotus blooming on the scale in her hand made a "Pfft" sound and dissipated on its own.

The blue 'colored' light points filling the hall also instantly vanished into thin air.

The 'madam' then spoke again lightly:

"Among the myriad true spirits existing in heaven and earth, the qilin's scales are hard as not inferior to those of the strongest true spirits like the true dragon. Although after shedding, the hardness of the scales is reduced by half, ordinary attacks attempting to destroy it remain a foolish fantasy." The middle-aged 'madam' said this, then threw the scale in her hand upward into the air.

Instantly, a mass of black light floated up in the air with a humming sound, and remained motionless.

At this moment, golden light flashed on the middle-aged 'madam's' hand, and a foot-long axe appeared, its golden light flashing, cold air 'pressing' upon people.

This 'madam's' face sank in 'expression'; the golden axe trembled, then transformed into a streak of golden light soaring into the sky, aimed at that scale, and came down in a single chop.

After a loud "Clang" sound, black light flashed on the scale's surface, and it actually rebounded that extremely sharp axe head upward, the scale itself remaining completely unharmed.

The middle-aged 'madam' paid no heed to this, but began to mutter words under her breath.

A blue 'colored' fire pillar howled once and shot up from beneath the scale into the sky, instantly enveloping it and completely submerging it.

"Three 'colored' Azure Tribulation Fire"

Several cries of surprise rang out from the hall, causing many cultivators' faces to show expressions of extreme envy.

But when the woman was about to make another hand seal to dispel this fire, the scales left hanging in the void emitted a faint green glow, still appearing completely unharmed.

Afterwards, this woman successively unleashed lightning strikes, ice seals, and various other elemental attacks, all extremely sharp, yet they had no effect on this scale.

The woman finally used a demonic path treasure to release a cloud of blood mist, which also failed to corrode the scale, and only then did she stop the test.

She raised her hand, removed this qilin scale, and placed it back into the jade box, sealing it with talismans. Then, holding the jade box with one hand, she stepped back a few paces and stood still, composed.

At this moment, the white-robed elder walked to the front of the platform again, smiled at the cultivators, and then said briefly:

"Three scales of the True Spirit Black Qilin, starting price fifteen million spirit stones, each bid must increase by no less than one million, bidding now begins!"

"Seventeen million"

"Eighteen million"

"Twenty million spirit stones"

……

The price of the scale began rising rapidly from one or two million upward. Many cultivators experiencing such a treasure auction for the first time had their faces change dramatically, and in the blink of an eye, they completely lost the will to compete.

Although Han Li's expression remained unchanged, his flickering eyes also revealed a hint of surprise; he had not expected that even at the end of the auction, there would still be so many cultivators with astonishing wealth.

However, he did not rush to bid, but instead coldly gazed at the astronomical figures soaring above the auction platform, and merely pursed his slightly dry lips.

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