Chapter 179: 179. Chapter 178: Soul Power Refinement Potion

179. Chapter 178: Soul Power Refinement Potion

Half an hour later, the lights in the auction hall suddenly dimmed.

"The auction is about to start, come on, Xuan Ge'er'er," Lou Gao, seeing the lights dim, lifted his wine glass, stood up, went to the floor‑to‑ceiling glass, and looked down with a deep gaze.

Li Xuan, Si Long, and Si Yu all stood up together, came to Lou Gao's side, and curiously looked down.

At this moment, a huge platform in the center of the first floor slowly rose from the ground; a middle‑aged man in a black tailcoat stood on the platform, with an auction podium in front of him and an item covered by a red cloth behind him.

Li Xuan remembered that the first item on the auction list was a decorative piece of average quality, which he hadn't taken careful note of at the time.

Li Xuan also recalled that the items listed first were basically jewelry and crafts made of gold, silver and pearls, priced low, merely to warm up the crowd.

Bang!

With a muffled thump, the lights converged on the auctioneer, and everyone's gaze also focused on the auctioneer.

"Welcome everyone to the Star Luo Empire's White Tiger Auction. The auction will begin shortly; please remain quiet," the auctioneer lightly tapped the gavel and smiled as he announced.

The auctioneer's voice was loud, probably amplified by a Soul Guide Device of the kind that functions as a loudspeaker.

After hearing the auctioneer, the previously noisy auction hall quickly fell silent; everyone returned to their seats and fixed their eyes on the podium.

Seeing that everyone around had quieted, the auctioneer smiled and nodded at the crowd.

A few minutes later.

"The auction will begin shortly. Welcome everyone to the White Tiger Auction's annual auction, sponsored by the Star Luo Royal Family. Some items come from the public, others are royal treasures. We hope you can bid for what you desire. Now, the auction begins. The first item, Ice Fire Crystal Dragon Statue..."

The auctioneer stood on the podium, introducing the item with fervor, hoping to fetch a higher price.

The item is a sculpture about half a meter tall, formed from two crystal dragons—one blue, one red—crafted with exquisite skill, the dragons looking lifelike, but it is merely a visual piece, offering no aid to cultivation.

"The craftsmanship is impressive, and the material is precious—quite a fine piece," Lou Gao nodded.

"Do you want it?" Li Xuan said with a smile to Lou Gao.

"What's the use of this thing? I'd rather carve it myself," Lou Gao snapped at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan smiled and shook his head; he had no interest in the item either, since it offered no benefit to cultivation.

At that moment, Li Xuan suddenly noticed a middle‑aged man wearing a mask on the first floor.

"Huh? Isn't that Ning Fengzhi? Why isn't he in a private room?" Li Xuan looked at the middle‑aged man with resentment and said to Lou Gao. Li Xuan simply can't beat Jian Douluo or Ning Fengzhi; otherwise he would be reaching for Ning Fengzhi now, after all this fellow caused his family's downfall.

"Xuan Ge'er'er, don't even mention it—it's really Ning Fengzhi, always playing the 'join the people' trick. I don't get why he always goes to the main hall for auctions; the private rooms are so spacious, aren't they?" Lou Gao retorted irritably, expressing disdain and incomprehension toward Ning Fengzhi's behavior.

As the President of the Blacksmith Guild, Lou Gao does know Ning Fengzhi, but one is in the Star Luo Empire and the other in the Tian Dou Empire, so they have little interaction and aren't familiar.

Li Xuan stopped paying attention to Ning Fengzhi and turned his focus to the auction items, after all he still couldn't kill Ning Fengzhi.

The crystal‑carved decorative piece, though not as rare as imagined, is superbly crafted and a Star Luo Royal Family collection, so many high‑ranking officials and nobles still entered the bidding.

The price rose from 1,000 gold Soul Coins to 13,000 gold Soul Coins, clearly a bit inflated, meaning there were many wealthy, gullible big‑spenders at this auction.

Li Xuan silently observed the participants, noting them without showing any reaction.

The next dozen or so items were mainly decorative pieces and gold‑silver jewelry, nothing a Soul Master could use, so Li Xuan wasn't very interested.

Lou Gao made no bid, nor did Ning Fengzhi; it seemed they both looked down on these items.

"The next item is a last‑minute addition: a potion produced by a Soul Master Family that can amplify the soul power refinement of low‑level Soul Masters! Such potions are rare and hard to come by. This time, because it's a political auction, the family has brought it out for sale. There are three bottles, sold as a set, starting price five thousand gold Soul Coins! Each bid must increase by at least five hundred gold Soul Coins. The auction begins!" the auctioneer immediately tapped his gavel.

"Lou Lao, there are potions sold on Douluo Continent—does this potion accelerate soul power refinement speed?" Li Xuan was taken aback when he heard the auctioneer's words, not expecting that Douluo Continent had potions that could boost soul power refinement.

"You're talking about that, right? Yes, it's a potion that assists Soul Masters in cultivation, claimed to increase refinement speed by fifteen percent. However, it only works for Soul Masters below level 30; you're already over thirty, so it would have no effect on you," Lou Gao said doubtfully to Li Xuan.

"I don't need this thing at all; I just want to know what price it'll fetch," Li Xuan waved his hand and said.

His own self‑crafted Yunling Pill would surely outperform any such Soul Power Refinement Potion, so why would he need any potion? Moreover, the pill has no side effects; if this potion had side effects, Li Xuan would suffer.

Nevertheless, Li Xuan didn't care about the effects of the Soul Power Refinement Potion; if such a potion could be sold, his Yunling Pill could be sold as well.

"This item was originally researched by Yang Wudi, clan leader of the Po Clan, one of the four single‑attribute subsidiary families of the Clear Sky Sect, and has been on sale for a long time. However, its price has been suppressed by the Spirit Hall, and there are many restrictions, so it hasn't been expensive," Lou Gao thought for a moment and explained to Li Xuan.

"Po Clan?" Li Xuan furrowed his brows silently; he had heard of that clan before.

Although Yang Wudi is at the Soul Douluo realm, he can, with his Broken Soul Gun, stand toe‑to‑toe with a Title Douluo. More importantly, Yang Wudi is a herbal enthusiast; he often researches potions to sell, sustaining his entire clan and even supporting the Min Clan.

(End of Chapter)