Chapter 3063: Pill Auction

Three days later, Ye Liuyun also entered the auction house's private room on time.

"I never thought I'd one day come to auction pills!" Ye Liuyun mused inwardly.

He had previously rarely used pills to refine various powers, but now he had absorbed so much power that without a pill to condense it he truly could not find enough resources to refine the power.

Especially since the amount he needed was large; not only he himself required it, but his two clones also did. Even the Monster Beast and Term (generic, exclude) also needed it.

So he felt even more that a higher‑level Alchemist was needed.

The Refinery Master and Formation Master were the same in this respect, only that they currently had little combat and each relied little on external items, so the demand was not obvious. Yet once an urgent need arose, going to find one then would certainly be too late.

The private rooms of the auction house all had strong Formation that blocked Divine Sense; Ye Liuyun could not probe the situation with Divine Sense, and could only see the Martial Cultivators in each room with his Golden Pupil.

However, in the other private rooms, the strongest Martial Cultivator was merely a lone Guiyi Seventh Layer elder, whom he could handle himself. There was also a young gentleman of Guiyi Sixth Layer, accompanied by two guards, dressed in He family uniforms.

Ye Liuyun did not ask He Yunzhang, assuming he was merely a descendant of some Elder of the He family, and he did not care. There was also a woman in her thirties, only at Guiyi Fifth Layer. Yet her two guards were both in the late stage of Guiyi Sixth Layer.

After a while, another middle‑aged man entered, at Guiyi Sixth Layer, but judging by his bearing he seemed to be an official, with two armored soldiers as his attendants.

The others were also mostly at Guiyi Fifth or Sixth Layer; some came with guards, others as a few youths together. Seeing their levels, Ye Liuyun felt a little relieved, not fearing he could not get out.

He glanced again at the scattered seats outside and saw only one Guiyi Seventh Layer Martial Cultivator; the rest were all Guiyi Fifth or Sixth Layer, which made him even more at ease.

"It seems these pills are often auctioned, and few strong ones are attracted; those who should buy have already done so. And those major powers surely have channels to obtain such pills directly, without needing to come here for an auction."

Ye Liuyun now had a sense of the situation and thought that if he encountered what he needed later, he could bid with confidence.

However, once the auction began, Ye Liuyun also felt a surge of emotion.

"The items aren't particularly extraordinary, but the prices are absurdly high. Some seemingly ordinary items already have opening bids of hundreds of millions of top‑grade Divine Crystals."

At this auction, weapons of true‑rank Seventh Grade and above were all priced in Primordial Power. Several Martial Cultivators at the scattered seats had already pledged up to seven Primordial Power.

Ye Liuyun remained silent, watching their bidding quietly, waiting for the pill he needed to appear.

The people in the private rooms did not participate in any bidding, evidently because they were not interested in these ordinary items.

Only when the auction was halfway did the merchant guild bring out ninth‑tier pills that refined Soul, bloodline, Physical Body, and True Essence, drawing the crowd's attention. Their opening bids were all thirty Primordial Power.

At that moment, few Martial Cultivators at the scattered seats were still bidding. In several private rooms, people began to place bids one after another.

Ye Liuyun participated in each auction, purchasing these pills for fifty to sixty Primordial Power each.

The Guiyi Seventh Layer strongman among the scattered seats only joined the bidding for the Soul‑refining pill; after bidding up to fifty‑five Primordial Power, he stopped. Ye Liuyun then raised the price to sixty Primordial Power and won it.

Although he added only five Primordial Power, to the Martial Cultivators at the scattered seats outside, he now counted as a very affluent lone cultivator.

Yet the many strong Martial Cultivators here did not dare to scheme against Ye Liuyun.

The people in the private rooms paid even less attention to him. Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil saw their expressions and guessed that each of them possessed considerable wealth.

"They aren't bidding on these scattered pills, probably because

they are waiting for that true‑rank Ninth‑grade Marrow‑Cleansing Pill!" Ye Liuyun guessed, thinking the auction pressure would not be light later.

He calculated in his mind that these four pills had already cost him over two hundred Primordial Power.

"That Marrow‑Cleansing Pill will probably exceed three hundred!"

He thought a single pill didn't merit that price. They were accustomed to using pills refined by Lin Luoyi and never spent money to purchase them.

Nevertheless, the items here were priced like this, and buying them outright was certainly the most time‑saving method.

He thought that for a while and stopped worrying about price; since the resources were useful, he didn't care how much he spent. Even if something were more expensive, a stolen merchant guild from the Thief Cat would be enough.

At this moment, the auction host presented a large bow covered in rust to the crowd.

"This bow comes from the depths of the Desolate Sea; according to our Refinery Master's assessment, it was originally at least a Void‑Tier Fifth‑grade bow. However, it had been eroded in the Desolate Sea for too long, and the Formation on it has become ineffective.

If you can find a high‑level Refinery Master, restoring its original grade would not be a problem. The opening bid for this bow is thirty Primordial Power."

However, his introduction did not spark much interest.

The bow was too large, hardly looking usable by humans. It was probably too big even for the ancient Demon Race. Moreover, it was rusted; not only had its grade vanished, its material might also be subpar.

Finding a high‑level Refinery Master to restore it would likely cost a large sum, so most people sneered at the bow.

"Thirty Primordial Power for a scrap of iron, your merchant guild really knows how to make a profit!" someone scoffed.

Ye Liuyun looked at the bow with his Golden Pupil and found that the rust was merely a thick layer of corroded metal on the surface, while the underlying metal material was uncorroded.

Not only was the bow body uncorroded, the bowstring remained intact, indicating the material itself was extraordinary.

Ye Liuyun thought the Formation's failure might be due to the rusted metal blocking it. Yet on second thought, if it were that simple, the Refinery Masters in the merchant guild would surely have noticed.

He also did not understand Formation well, so he was unsure whether the bow could actually be used.

The host surveyed the room and received no bids. Just as he was about to declare the item unsold, Ye Liuyun then offered thirty Primordial Power.

He felt the bow's material was worth something. Not only was the bow's metal unusual, but the bowstring, uncorroded in the Desolate Sea and untouched by other sea beasts, could not be ordinary. At least his Golden Pupil could not discern which fierce beast's tendon it was made from.

He only sensed that the metal and bowstring were rare. Yet if someone tried to outbid him, he would not raise his price further.