Chapter 349

"Actually, that's not entirely true!"

An old man in the front row turned his head and said, "That little girl is just repeating hearsay; it's misleading!"

"If this century-old aged brew from the Chunyu Workshop only had the ability to boost virility, it would have disappeared hundreds of years ago. How could it have been passed down until now?"

"The actual situation is that this immortal brew from the Chunyu Workshop has two other functions, especially the second one..."

He Pingsheng had a feeling that this old man's sales pitch was quite good.

The old man continued, "First, this aged brew contains spirituality and spiritual energy. Drinking it can increase one's cultivation to some extent, but the key is that it can also clear away some of the pill toxins left behind by long-term consumption of elixirs!"

"Just this first point alone is enough to drive cultivators crazy!"

"And this second point, which is the most important one, is that this aged brew can be used as a spirit liquid for alchemy, to soak medicinal herbs and temper the Golden Core!"

"It can, to a certain extent, increase the success rate of alchemy and the quality of the finished pills!"

Hearing this, He Pingsheng understood immediately.

So that's how it is.

It is indeed good stuff.

"But... buying five hundred jars at once is too much, isn't it?" He Pingsheng asked.

The old man said, "They are all alchemy masters; they use a large amount because they practice alchemy frequently. But don't worry, even if they can't use that much, after they win the bid, they will likely set up secondary distribution at the entrance of the chamber of commerce in a while!"

One person can't swallow so much; they will definitely have to split it up.

He Pingsheng nodded: "Many thanks, fellow Daoist, for clearing up my confusion!"

Then there's no need to bid; I'll just wait!

In the end, these five hundred jars of century-old aged brew sold for a price of seventeen million.

Each jar was about thirty thousand plus low-tier spirit stones.

It wasn't exactly cheap.

"Congratulations to this fellow Daoist for obtaining the spirit wine. Please be prepared for the settlement!"

"Everyone, next we are going to auction a low-tier Earth-tier cultivation technique, earth-attribute..."

Following this, one item after another was auctioned off.

He Pingsheng didn't have much interest.

Not long after, the auctioneer finally brought out the small golden tripod that He Pingsheng had been longing for.

"Everyone!" the auctioneer said: "This tripod was obtained from ancient ruins and is an item consigned by a fellow Daoist. Our chamber of commerce has studied it; this tripod should have originally been a top-tier magic treasure, but unfortunately, with the passage of time, a certain degree of damage appeared on the ancient tripod, so the grade of this ancient tripod has also been slightly lowered!"

"Now, it possesses ten layers of restrictions and is a mid-tier magic treasure!"

"The starting bid is fifty thousand low-tier spirit stones, and each increment must not be less than ten thousand low-tier spirit stones!"

Fifty thousand...

How should I put this price?

It's not cheap, but it's reasonable.

Back in Dingxiang City, He Pingsheng once bought a low-tier magic treasure, the 【Cloud-Chasing Boots】, for over one hundred and eleven thousand.

But that was purely because no one was competing, allowing him to pick up a bargain.

Because many people were disgusted that the shoes had been worn by someone else, they didn't bid.

As for later at the trading fair, that 【Earth Origin Armor】 was bid up to over three hundred thousand.

And that was still a low-tier magic treasure.

A starting bid of fifty thousand for this mid-tier magic treasure is quite normal.

"Fifty-one thousand!" He Pingsheng was the first to bid.

"Fifty-two thousand!"

"Fifty-three thousand!"

Immediately after, more and more people began to bid.

He Pingsheng didn't bid again.

He waited quietly.

When the price was raised to eighty thousand and the number of bidders gradually decreased, He Pingsheng made his move again: "Eighty-five thousand!"

He added fifty thousand in one go, determined to win.

Finally, after two or three more rounds of bidding, He Pingsheng secured the alchemy furnace for a price of nine hundred and ninety thousand low-tier spirit stones.

At He Pingsheng's level, buying things is no longer about whether it's a loss or a gain.

As long as he likes it, that's enough.

There is no absolute loss or gain; it all depends on one's own preferences.

He didn't make any more bids for the rest of the auction.

When the auction ended, just as the old man had said, someone was selling the 【Century-Old Immortal Brew】 from the Chunyu Workshop at the entrance of the auction venue.

It was a middle-aged man; he wasn't holding the century-old immortal brew in his hands, but rather a pile of tokens.

"Forty thousand spirit stones per jar, twenty catties per jar!"

Good heavens!

This guy is still making a profit!

Forty thousand per jar, five hundred jars is twenty million.

He Pingsheng remembered that earlier at the auction, this guy had bought everything for seventeen million.

But there's no helping it; who told him to buy so much? If he couldn't sell it, he would have to bear it all alone; he also faces risks.

"I'll take fifty jars!" He Pingsheng walked over and incidentally took out two hundred mid-tier spirit stones and gave them to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man received a jade slip and input a sentence into it.

"Fellow Daoist... the wine is all in the cart outside. After you leave the chamber of commerce in a while, use this token to go and collect it!"

"Good!" He Pingsheng took the token and walked out of the chamber of commerce, then saw a large cart pulled by a demonic beast not far from the entrance.

On the large cart were jars of spirit wine.

All of them were century-old immortal brew.

He Pingsheng gave the token to the person guarding the stall and directly collected fifty jars of immortal brew before leaving.

Returning to his residence, He Pingsheng opened a jar of the immortal brew immediately.

A rich fragrance wafted out instantly.

He tried drinking a mouthful.

The taste was good!

It was a feeling that spirit tea couldn't provide.

Moreover, it contained rich spiritual power, enough to support the cultivation of a Golden Core Stage cultivator.

This is good stuff indeed.

One jar of wine is no less than the energy of one 【Gathering Gu Gu Yuan Dan】.

The key is that the price of this thing is even lower than a Gathering Gu Gu Yuan Dan.

It seems that brewing wine is also a great field of study.

Let it be for now!

This thing will probably be even better to use after strengthening it in the future.

He Pingsheng didn't strengthen the wine immediately, but instead threw the palm-sized golden tripod directly into the Treasure Gathering Basin.

After resting for the night, he went directly to the immortal ship plaza the next day.

He boarded a large ship and left Tiannan City, heading north toward Red Stone City in Red Stone Commandery.

During this time, the ancient tripod was also strengthened by He Pingsheng into two.

One black!

One cyan.

Both had an ancient and simple appearance.

The damage originally on the ancient tripod was also automatically repaired by the Treasure Gathering Basin.

He Pingsheng took the black ancient tripod and looked at it.

Name: Ancient Profound Tripod

Grade: Top-tier magic treasure (twelve layers of restrictions).

Function: After refining, it can be used for alchemy and artifact refining, and this tripod possesses extremely strong defensive functions; it can be used as a defensive magic treasure.

Note: No attribute.

Good stuff.

No attribute, which means I can input magic power of any attribute, and as long as magic power is input into it, the defensive function can be triggered.

Amazing.

Not to mention alchemy, just for defense alone, it is sufficient.

The second one, the small cyan tripod.

He Pingsheng picked it up and looked at it.

Name: Cyan Profound Tripod

Grade: Top-tier magic treasure (twelve layers of restrictions)

Function: After refining, it can be used for alchemy and artifact refining, and this tripod possesses extremely strong defensive functions; it can be used as a defensive magic treasure.

Note: Water attribute.

This one has an attribute.

But it doesn't matter; it's just right to give to Sister Qiao; Sister Qiao has an ice spirit root, so it's a perfect match.