Chapter 79: A Sudden Fortune

Who doesn't like money?

For cultivators, Dark Energy is the real money.

The money ordinary people use is just worthless paper, that's fiat currency.

Dark Energy is different; even if credit goes bankrupt, it's still a solid good thing.

"Five hundred thousand once, five hundred thousand twice, five hundred thousand three times..."

Finally, the first second-rank Saint-grade pill was bought by a pill master wearing a high-grade pill robe for five hundred thousand units of Dark Energy.

His pill robe had five silver leaves, indicating he was a fifth-rank Earth-rank pill master.

"Boss, you've made a killing."

Bai Ling gasped.

This second-rank Saint-grade Qi Gathering Pill costs only a few hundred thousand Huaxia currency to refine a batch.

Lu Xun's pill-making success rate is 100%; one batch yields a full twelve pills.

Spread out, each pill costs a few ten thousand Huaxia currency, or just a few tens of Dark Energy.

The result was a sky-high price of five hundred thousand Dark Energy!

This shows the importance of skill.

With the same amount of raw materials, other pill masters might only refine Mystic- or Earth-rank pills, which aren't worth much.

Of course, it also relates to rarity.

When Saint-grade pills first appeared, everyone wanted to see what they were like, so they were willing to spend money.

"The price of the second one should drop a bit."

Lu Xun guessed.

"Ten thousand."

"Twenty thousand."

"Fifty thousand."

"One hundred thousand."

"One hundred fifty thousand."

As expected, the bidding for the second Qi Gathering Pill wasn't so intense, and it finally sold for three hundred thousand Dark Energy.

The auctioneer of the Divine State Auction House is quite skilled at auctioning and didn't tell customers how many would be auctioned in total.

So the first sparked a frenzied scramble, and the second is still being fought over.

By the third and fourth, the price dropped further, falling to several tens of thousands of Dark Energy.

The fourth was taken by the Jia Family Head, who was accompanied by an acquaintance of Lu Xun and Bai Ling—Jia Yuxi.

"How come there's still more?"

The fifth came out.

People began to realize that the number of Saint-grade pills in this auction should be considerable.

That said, too many people wanted to see what a Saint-grade pill actually looks like.

Moreover, most of those attending this time were wealthy people who didn't care about a little money.

So even as more Saint-grade pills kept being released, the price remained strong, never dropping below one hundred thousand.

Until the second and third batches of second-rank Saint-grade Qi Gathering Pills were released did the price dip further, falling below one hundred thousand.

For Lu Xun, that was not bad either.

Given his costs, no matter how low the price went, he still profited—and profited greatly.

"Now auctioning second-rank Saint-grade Sea of Qi Pills."

After auctioning the Qi Gathering Pills, they began auctioning Sea of Qi Pills useful to martial artists.

After the first lesson, the first Sea of Qi Pill didn't fetch an outrageous price, selling for only several tens of thousands of Dark Energy.

Then it kept dropping, until the twelfth, when the price rose again to one hundred thousand Dark Energy.

Then the auctioneer began auctioning another kind of Saint-grade pill.

"None left?"

"I should have grabbed one earlier."

Some people regretted.

Not long after regretting, they fell back into frenzy.

Because this time auctioned was a second-rank Saint-grade Qi Supplement Pill that can directly boost cultivation by three months without any hidden drawbacks!

The auctioneer stated clearly.

Only one exists!

"Two hundred thousand."

"Five hundred thousand!"

"Eight hundred thousand!"

"One million!"

This Saint-grade Qi Supplement Pill sparked fierce bidding.

Especially the pill masters, who raised the price as if gone mad.

The price shot up sharply, actually reaching one million Dark Energy.

They went so crazy because Qi Supplement Pills, which directly boost cultivation, are actually quite popular in society.

It's just that the hidden dangers make people fearful.

If they could refine Saint-grade Qi Supplement Pills with minimal hidden dangers, the amount of Dark Energy they're spending now would be nothing at all.

"Two million!"

A voice suddenly silenced the entire venue.

Everyone looked, and the speaker turned out to be Jia Yuwei.

She directly added two million units of Dark Energy; this momentum of being sure to win made others lose the thought of competing.

This price is too high.

Exactly two cubic units of Dark Energy, worth over 2 billion, and what's bought is merely a second-grade pill!

Saying it out would scare people's teeth off.

"Two million once... two million twice... twenty thousand three times..."

In the end, this second-grade vital energy-tonifying pill was pocketed by Jia Yuwei.

If she knew this pill was refined by Lu Xun, who knows what expression she would have.

The auction continued.

After the second-grade Qi-tonifying pill, the auctioneer again auctioned the second-grade Sea-of-Qi pill, once again sparking a scramble.

Then came the second-grade Cultivating-Qi pill, which can directly raise a martial cultivator's cultivation level.

The names of these pills are very similar, but the people present can naturally tell them apart.

The second-grade Cultivating-vital energy pill was still bought by Jia Yuwei.

"Now, auctioning third-grade pills."

The main show has arrived.

Third-grade pills!

Everyone perked up.

This time, Lu Xun brought out only four third-grade pills.

Two increase cultivation speed, and the other two directly raise cultivation level.

"In this auction of third-grade pills, there are four in total, one of each kind..."

The auctioneer this time directly stated the quantity.

Upon hearing that each kind only had one, many people present could not sit still.

"Ten thousand."

"One million."

Thus, as the auction began, bidding became extraordinarily frenzied.

Others had just shouted ten thousand, when someone directly raised it to one hundred thousand.

"Three million!"

Moreover, experts even jumped to three million, trying to scare others.

"This time we'll make a fortune!"

Lu Xun naturally was pleased with this outcome.

He suddenly felt that the system's restriction on his pill refining was actually not bad.

Rarity makes things valuable.

If Lu Xun really toiled like an ox or horse, working ten-plus hours a day to produce a large pile of saint-grade pills, then they wouldn't be worth much.

"Four million!"

"Five million!"

No one was scared off, and the bidding continued.

The third-grade Qi-tonifying pill and third-grade Cultivating-Qi pill, these two that directly raise cultivation level, sparked fierce competition.

The Jia Family Group met its match.

Their rivals were the president of the Pill Refining Association and a great family.

Members of other great families came to watch the excitement.

The debut of saint-grade pills holds the greatest value for pill refiners and these pill-refining groups, because they want to study them.

If they were just used for cultivation, spending so much Dark Energy would not be very worthwhile.

After all, no matter how good the effect, it only adds three months of cultivation.

"Boss, you've made a fortune!"

Bai Ling was frightened by this frenzy.

Lu Xun, this is a surge of getting rich!