Chapter 131

Lu Ren said in a low voice, a flash of unwillingness in his eyes.

Without pills, relying on time to accumulate, when would he be able to reach the Small Completion of Gang Qi, and when would he be able to win the top three in the outer sect competition and stand out?

It was just that the bidding price was too high. Even if he didn't care about the premium, the money he had on him was not enough to qualify for bidding.

Xu Yang was also a bit moved. "What is your low price?"

Lu Ren said, "I have four hundred taels. How about you also take out four hundred taels?"

That was eight hundred taels!

But before Xu Yang could speak, the price of the Origin-Returning Pills had already been called to eight hundred taels.

Lu Ren looked blank and sullenly closed his mouth and didn't speak. Even if he went bankrupt, he didn't have the qualifications to compete.

Finally, these five Origin-Returning Pills were auctioned by a chubby middle-aged man for nine hundred taels of silver, a premium of almost double.

"Still need to earn more contribution points." Xu Yang thought to himself.

Although outer sect disciples of the Purple Sun Gate were like cattle and horses, some benefits were very good.

Contribution points could be exchanged for Origin-Returning Pills. One person could exchange for one pill every month, and thirty contribution points could be exchanged for one.

Next were some other good things. Xu Yang saw items he liked, but he didn't have the qualifications to participate in the bidding.

The highest was a Gang Qi martial art, which sold for more than five thousand taels.

At this time, another servant of the Wanbao Pavilion brought a tray and placed it in front of Tao Huaijin.

He untied the red cloth on it, revealing a piece of white paper full of words.

"This is a pill recipe completed by an inner sect disciple of the Purple Sun Gate, called the Blood-Coagulating Pill. The Blood-Coagulating Pill is a pill for the Qi Refining realm, which can coagulate blood and qi and temper the physique.

My Purple Sun Gate has verified the medicinal effect. The effect of the Blood-Coagulating Pill is no worse than the Qi-Nourishing Pill. Everyone can understand it as a weakened version of our Wanbao Pavilion’s Eight-Treasure Body-Strengthening Pill.

This auction, the base price is four hundred taels, and each bid must be no less than ten taels."

After Tao Huaijin finished speaking, very few people were interested.

"Not an alchemist, what is the use of this pill recipe."

"Refining pills is not just about having a pill recipe. Otherwise, why would the status of the alchemists of the Medicine King Peak be so high."

"Four hundred taels for a pill recipe is not expensive, but wanting to learn it, without thousands or tens of thousands of taels of medicinal herbs to practice, is wishful thinking."

Xu Yang’s heart stirred. Pills were very profitable. Things that cost a few taels of silver could be sold for at least double after being refined into pills, and some could even be sold at a premium of several times.

If he learned to refine this Blood-Coagulating Pill, he could have a means of earning money and wouldn't have to look at the things he wanted to buy but couldn't afford.

For others, wanting to learn to refine the Blood-Coagulating Pill might require thousands or tens of thousands of taels of medicinal herbs to practice, and they would also need a master’s guidance.

But he was different. He had a panel and could learn to refine pills without practicing with medicinal herbs. At most, he would just spend more martial arts longevity points.

"Four hundred taels!"

Xu Yang was moved and immediately bid first.

In an instant, many people who knew him looked over with surprise.

"Are you crazy? You are not an alchemist, why are you bidding for this thing?"

Lu Ren roared in a low voice, "Do you think that with a pill recipe, you can refine pills according to the recipe and then sell them? If it were that simple, this pill recipe would have been snatched up crazily."

He was not stupid and immediately saw Xu Yang’s plan.

Xu Yang was expressionless. "I want to try."

Gu Hao mocked, "Do you think you are an alchemy genius and can refine pills with just a pill recipe? Those alchemists on the Medicine King Peak have all studied pharmacology for many years, starting from recognizing and identifying herbs, and then having a large amount of medicinal herbs to practice, and finally becoming an alchemist. Do you think you are better than them?"

"You are too self-righteous." Lu Ren frowned.

Xu Yang was too lazy to explain or argue. "I have already bid. Can it be withdrawn?"

Once these words were spoken, Lu Ren also knew that saying anything more would be useless.

Because after Xu Yang bid, no one bid at all.

"Four hundred taels for the third time. Congratulations to the talent of the Purple Sun Gate for winning the Blood-Coagulating Pill recipe."

Tao Huaijin shouted, also looking surprised. He thought the Blood-Coagulating Pill recipe was going to fail to sell, but he didn't expect Xu Yang to bid.

"Isn't it said that he is cautious? Why is he so unwise, spending four hundred taels to buy a useless thing?" He thought to himself.

A servant walked to Xu Yang’s seat and led him to hand over the payment and the pill recipe.

"How could Brother Xu become like this?" Looking at Xu Yang's back, Liu Qian shook her head.

Today's matter was not at all like what Xu Yang, whom he knew, could do.

Yue Gui said: "Perhaps it's a case of breaking the jar because it's already broken. I estimate the matter of the alliance hit him very hard. After the alliance disbanded, I heard he didn't return to the sect. He should be afraid of seeing people.

If he could become an alchemist, his situation would change, but dreaming of becoming an alchemist through a pill formula is simply wishful thinking."

Liu Qian felt a bit unbearable upon hearing this: "Were we a bit too much before?"

She really didn't know that after the alliance disbanded, Xu Yang didn't return to the sect.

Yue Gui shook his head: "We just made the right choice. If he doesn't even have this ability to bear it, sooner or later he would have been abandoned by the alliance."

At the auction, everyone who knew Xu Yang was shaking their heads, all feeling that he was daydreaming, actually wanting to become an alchemist with just a pill formula.

First row!

Sun Jian looked at Ye Qiuling and smiled: "Junior Sister Ye, the Blood-Coagulating Pill formula you painstakingly supplemented was auctioned off by someone who doesn't understand alchemy. Don't you feel it's a pity?"

Ye Qiuling glanced at Sun Jian indifferently and said: "I sold the pill formula to exchange for money. It doesn't matter who auctions it. If Senior Brother Sun Jian feels it's a pity, why didn't you bid to auction it just now?"

Sun Jian shook his head: "I'm not an alchemist either. Auctioning it would also be a waste of heaven's gifts."

Ye Qiuling didn't speak again, but her gaze was fixed on the disappearing back.

"Master Xu, why did you auction this useless pill formula?"

In the back of the auction, Zhou Yong saw it was Xu Yang and couldn't help but be stunned.

They said Xu Yang was steady, so how could he do such an outrageous thing at the auction? This would definitely cause a great stir.

It wouldn't be long before everyone knew that at the auction of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, a disciple of the Purple Sun Sect named Xu Yang didn't understand alchemy but still auctioned off a pill formula.

"Just playing!"

Xu Yang was too lazy to explain anything, immediately took out the silver banknotes to pay, and successfully obtained the Blood-Coagulating Pill formula.

The delicate handwriting wrote down more than a dozen medicinal herbs, from the name to the dosage and the heat, all written clearly. But even with such a detailed pill formula, even if you obtained it, you couldn't refine pills according to the formula.

After reading it once, a faint light flickered before his eyes, and the panel jumped out:

[Blood-Coagulating Pill (0/200)]

Xu Yang was overjoyed. Just as he guessed, the panel could be used to add alchemy methods.

"Two hundred points of proficiency... I can get at least three points every day. One point is used to add lifespan, and it will take fifty days to fill the Blood-Coagulating Pill. Nearly two months of time, not too long."

He handed the pill formula to Zhou Yong and said: "Help me see how much silver it will take to buy all these medicinal herbs."

Zhou Yong took it and looked, saying: "Returning to Master Xu, it will take about forty taels."

Xu Yang's eyelids jumped, and he said: "What about the Qi-Benefiting Pill? Do you know how much the cost of refining one Qi-Benefiting Pill is?"

Zhou Yong said: "The cost of the Qi-Benefiting Pill is less than thirty taels. The cost-effectiveness of the Blood-Coagulating Pill is not as good as the Qi-Benefiting Pill, otherwise, that inner sect disciple of the Purple Sun Sect wouldn't have taken the Blood-Coagulating Pill formula out to sell."

Xu Yang said again: "Generally, how many pills are in one furnace?"

Zhou Yong was speechless. He didn't even understand this most basic common sense, yet he dared to spend four hundred taels to auction the Blood-Coagulating Pill formula. He could guarantee that many of the medicinal herbs on the pill formula, Xu Yang had absolutely never heard of, and he was simply a layman who knew nothing.

"This depends on the ability of the alchemist. One furnace can produce five or six pills, or ten or so."

Xu Yang nodded secretly. Even if the cost-effectiveness of the Blood-Coagulating Pill was not as good as the Qi-Benefiting Pill, as long as one furnace could produce five or six pills, there would still be profit.

If he used the panel to fill the pill formula directly and then refine it, one furnace should be able to produce ten pills.

"Does the Myriad Treasures Pavilion sell alchemy furnaces?" Xu Yang said.

Since he got the pill formula, he also had to match it with an alchemy furnace, just waiting for the pill formula to be filled, and then he could start refining pills.

Zhou Yong shook his head: "Returning to Master Xu, no. Alchemy furnaces are generally customized at the weapon forging shop. However, for refining basic pills like the Blood-Coagulating Pill, you don't actually need an alchemy furnace. You can just buy a copper pot to boil it."

Xu Yang flicked his finger, and a piece of silver flew toward Zhou Yong: "This is a reward for you. Worthy of being a servant of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, you really know a lot."

A trace of unnaturalness flashed on Zhou Yong's face.

Xu Yang didn't notice his abnormality, took the pill formula, and turned to leave.

When he returned to the auction site, he found that the auction had ended and people were starting to leave.

Following the crowd out of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Xu Yang found that some people were leaving in a hurry. They were the people who had auctioned off good things.

Even the inner sect disciple Sun Jian looked vigilant and left directly using his light-body technique.

Xu Yang was also a bit vigilant at this. Participating in an auction, regardless of whether you auctioned off anything, you were bound to carry a large amount of silver. Robbing and killing anyone at random would have a harvest.

He also took action to auction off a "useless" pill formula. In the eyes of some people, he had already become a fat sheep who was stupid and rich, and he felt that several gazes had been fixed on him.