Chapter 937: Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill

Qin Yi's gaze met Li Luo's, lasting only a few breaths before each of them looked away.

However, beside Qin Yi, there was another person who noticed this scene. This person was also an acquaintance of Li Luo — it was Zhao Zhao Jingyu. He hated Li Luo to the bone, so the moment the other appeared, he looked over immediately.

"Hehe, Fairy Qin, I heard that during the Dragon Pool dispute of the Li Li Tianwang lineage, while you were distracted suppressing Li Li Qingfeng and the others, that Li Luo seized the opportunity to snatch the Golden Dragon Pillar, stealing the spotlight that originally belonged to you. Such despicable behavior really is fitting for a country bumpkin from a remote place like Outer Shenzhou." Zhao Zhao Jingyu's eyes flickered slightly as he said with a smile.

The moment his words fell, the young prodigies from various other forces nearby immediately feigned righteous indignation, one after another speaking up to denounce him. Although they didn't know the inside story, that didn't matter — what mattered was showing their stance, supporting the goddess, and condemning Li Luo.

Qin Yi smiled faintly and said with a hint of praise: "In just a few short months since we last met, Li Luo has already become the new generation Dragon Head of the Li Li Tianwang lineage. This kind of talent — everyone underestimated him before."

Zhao Zhao Jingyu sneered: "That's only because this generation of the Li Li Tianwang lineage's Twenty Banners is incompetent, letting a country bumpkin show off. Honestly, it's quite embarrassing."

The crowd beside them, prompted by Qin Yi's praise, couldn't help but feel a measure of wariness and hostility toward Li Luo. Although they all knew about the past grievances between Qin Yi's mother Qin Qin Lian and Li Luo's parents, that kid Li Luo honestly had a decent-looking face, and they worried the goddess might momentarily lose her judgment and be fooled by his looks.

So they strongly agreed with Zhao Zhao Jingyu's words, and for a moment they all spoke up, disparaging this generation of the Li Li Tianwang lineage's Twenty Banners as truly incompetent.

As for the slander from Zhao Zhao Jingyu and his lot, Li Luo had no interest in paying attention. He also had no intention of going up to chat with Qin Yi — the grievances of the previous generation destined them to mostly be on opposing sides. If he entered the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven this time, Qin Yi's threat level in Li Luo's mind was enough to rank in the top three.

If the chance arose, it would be better to strike first.

As Li Luo thought these things in his heart, his steps carried him toward the crystal boxes, his gaze looking at their contents with keen interest.

A dazzling array of curiosities came into view. These items might not be of high grade, but many were the rare sort — some were even pills that could temporarily boost one's strength, perfectly suited for the upcoming Spirit Phase Cave Heaven.

Clearly, these had been specially selected by the Golden Dragon Treasure House, though the prices here were basically several tens of percent higher than usual.

Li Luo even spotted several Purple-Eyed Treasures — although they were only single-eyed, their power was quite impressive.

However, Li Luo did not make a move to buy them. After all, he wasn't short on Purple-Eyed Treasures now, and besides... single-eye grade, he could hardly be bothered. If he really wanted to get something in the future, it would have to be at least double-eyed or even triple-eyed.

But soon enough, Li Luo did find something that caught his eye with pleasant surprise.

It was a black pill, looking like a black river pebble, except on its surface there were six tiny orifices, with faint wisps of smoke flowing out and drifting within the six holes.

"Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill."

Li Luo's gaze fixed on this black pill, his heart stirring. This so-called "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" was most suitable for someone at the Extreme Fiend realm to consume — once refined, it could enhance one's own Fiend Gang.

A "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" like this might be able to enhance Fiend Gang by about five zhang, saving considerable time spent on arduous cultivation.

Currently, Li Luo's own Fiend Gang had already been refined to sixty-five zhang — the result of a month of bitter cultivation. Moreover, the further the Fiend Gang progressed, the harder it became to refine, so many people would choose pills as assistance, and among them, this kind of "Refining-Gang Pill" had the best effect.

However, this kind of "Refining-Gang Pill" only worked the first time it was refined. Even if obtained later, once the body developed resistance, the medicinal properties would be wasted.

This "Refining-Gang Pill" came in three grades, distinguished by the orifices on the pill's surface: "Three-Orifice," "Six-Orifice," and "Nine-Orifice."

Naturally, the "Nine-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" was the strongest and had no side effects. The other two grades of Refining-Gang Pills were not refined purely enough — if absorbed and refined, they might affect the quality of one's own Fiend Gang, making it harder to pursue the ultimate Fiend Gang later on.

But most people didn't pursue such extremes, so generally speaking, the "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" was already a highly sought-after pill, and once it appeared normally, it would be snapped up quickly.

"Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill, three million per pill."

Li Luo glanced at the price. Elsewhere, this Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill would only be worth two million per pill, but here it had been marked up so much — the Golden Dragon Treasure House really knew how to make money.

Li Luo hesitated slightly. He was an ambitious person, pursuing precisely the ultimate Extreme Fiend realm — ninety-nine zhang of Fiend Gang — so he was a bit worried about the side effects of this "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill." Otherwise, when he was at Yashan, he would have had the chance to obtain this item.

But now the "Spirit Phase Cave Heaven" was about to open, and no one knew what would happen inside. Having a "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" on hand for emergencies would be appropriate.

Thinking this, Li Luo took out the device a maid had given him when he entered, entered the serial number of this "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill," and added a bit to the price.

Three million two hundred thousand.

When Li Luo finished these operations, a line of text immediately popped up on the light screen at the center of this floor.

That was the price Li Luo had bid.

If no one else bid within five minutes, Li Luo would obtain this "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" at the price of three million two hundred thousand.

However, this smooth scenario did not occur. In fact, the very next moment, a line of information directly popped up on the light screen.

"Number 58 has acquired the 'Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill' with a buy-it-now price of five million."

Li Luo was stunned for a moment. In the bidding here, besides incremental bidding, those with deep pockets could also directly snatch it with a buy-it-now price, bypassing the need to wait out the five-minute bidding period.

But... the value of a "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" topped out at around four million — who would spend five million to snatch it?

Li Luo thought for a moment, raised his gaze toward Qin Yi's little circle, and then saw Zhao Zhao Jingyu, whom he had met before, giving him a smile that didn't reach his eyes. At the same time, Zhao Zhao Jingyu raised the tag on his wrist, which bore the number fifty-eight.

Li Luo was speechless — sure enough, it was that guy.

"This damned sense of déjà vu," Li Luo sighed inexplicably.

However, he wasn't angered, just smiled and shook his head, because he had been hesitating about this "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" anyway — it was fine that it had been snatched away.

Moreover, he noticed that after this "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill" was taken, the Golden Dragon Treasure House put up two more.

Li Luo casually tapped, adding one hundred thousand to each.

Then he looked up and smiled at Zhao Zhao Jingyu in acknowledgment.

But this time, Zhao Zhao Jingyu only gave a cold snort and didn't snatch the bid again. Instead, he turned his head and exchanged a few words with a laugh with some young prodigies from other major forces beside him.

Those prodigies, upon hearing this, glanced toward Li Luo, and then two of them smiled and reached out — immediately, those two "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pills" were snatched by them at buy-it-now prices.

The forces they belonged to were originally close to the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage, so for Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face right now, they naturally didn't care about offending Li Luo.

"How generous," Li Luo sighed.

But he wasn't angry here. Li Li Fengyi, who had been browsing other wares nearby, noticed and immediately bristled, about to start cursing.

Li Luo quickly held her back and said with a smile: "Forget it, I didn't really want it in the first place — just teasing them."

Li Li Fengyi said angrily: "Whether you want it or not is one thing — them daring to act like this is a provocation."

Li Luo persuaded her a couple more times, and Li Li Fengyi finally said viciously: "When we meet them inside the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven, I'll chop them up."

Li Luo smiled and nodded.

Meanwhile, at Zhao Zhao Jingyu's little circle, Qin Yi also noticed and immediately said to Zhao Zhao Jingyu and the others: "This item probably isn't essential for Li Luo — why bother fighting over it?"

"Just having some fun," Zhao Zhao Jingyu said with a chuckle.

"It's only a few million — that Banner Chief Li Luo shouldn't be too poor to play, right?" the others said with light laughs.

Qin Yi understood their mentality and said no more. Actually, she would rather Li Luo obtain the "Six-Orifice Refining-Gang Pill," because if Li Luo truly chose to refine this pill, then in her mind, his threat level would actually decrease somewhat.

For people like them, to go further in the future, every step had to be extremely solid. One misstep, and filling the gap later would require an even greater price.

While they were each nursing their own thoughts here, at the third-floor railing, the girl with a thin veil over her face and eyes like Binghu had taken in everything. She frowned slightly, thought for a moment, summoned a woman who always followed by her side, and whispered a few words.

"Young Lady?" The woman heard this and cast a surprised glance her way.

The girl merely waved her hand lightly, and the woman turned and left.

After another good while, Li Luo, who was wandering around the second floor, suddenly saw a new item appear on the light screen, and then his eyes could no longer look away.

Because what was written on it was—

"Nine-Orifice Refining Astral Pill, starting bid five million."