Ji Yaohua put on a sycophantic smile, left the railing, and approached Mu Qingge cautiously to discuss, "Qingge, I am your brother after all, our friendship is eternal! We shouldn’t let these external things affect it, right? So, can you offer me a little discount in private? I don’t ask for much, just as we agreed before, five thousand intermediate spirit stones, how about that?"
Mu Qingge raised an eyebrow and glanced over, her smile deepening, "Since it’s eternal, why would it be affected by little external things? Besides, if I discount it, wouldn’t that mean I’m looking down on you as the Young Master of the Ji Family?"
"No way! Absolutely not!" Ji Yaohua quickly said.
Mu Qingge still shook her head slowly, "We agreed beforehand. If we don’t stick to the arrangement, it will greatly impact your glorious image as the Young Master of the Ji Family!"
Ji Yaohua’s face fell, grimacing, "Brother, I only have this meager stash of private money. If you do this, I’ll become a pauper!"
Mu Qingge laughed unmoved, "Things outside of oneself cannot be brought at birth nor taken at death, wealth disappears and returns, only through giving can one gain."
"But my heart still aches," Ji Yaohua gritted his teeth.
Mu Qingge chuckled and gave him a suggestion. "This elixir, if you buy it and don’t use it yourself, you can sell it to someone else. You know, after today’s auction on the first floor, the black market prices for these elixirs will only go higher. By then, you’ll have the goods in hand, essentially exchanging them for spirit stones everywhere!"
Ji Yaohua was enlightened by Mu Qingge’s words, nodding in agreement, "Not bad, not bad! Although losing eight thousand nine hundred intermediate spirit stones will be painful for a while, having the elixir isn’t a loss. If I need spirit stones, I can sell it at the black market for double!"
As Ji Yaohua spoke, he held his breath, then immediately beamed as he tucked the elixir into his chest and waved his hand, causing eight thousand nine hundred intermediate spirit stones to clang on the floor of the room.
Luckily the room was big enough; otherwise, this pile of eight thousand nine hundred spirit stones would leave no room to stand.
"Here are eight thousand nine hundred intermediate spirit stones, count them." Although convinced by Mu Qingge, Ji Yaohua still felt a pinch seeing the small mountain of spirit stones.
Mu Qingge waved her hand grandly, collecting all the spirit stones into her space, generously saying, "No need to count, I trust you."
Her words of ’trust’ instantly touched Ji Yaohua deeply, feeling that Qingge finally saw his sincere heart, prompting him to refine the fan diligently.
...
On the first floor of the hall, the auction continued.
After a divine level elixir was auctioned off, the items that followed were no longer divine level elixirs but ordinary treasure level weapons.
These weapons, although not fetching sky-high prices, were mostly auctioned off for prices exceeding retail.
Next came the Divine Artifacts forged by the Sang Clan.
These Divine Artifacts had been exhibited to the crowd for two days, making many eager to own them.
Naturally, this ignited another fierce competition.
Eventually, the first Divine Artifact, a Divine Sword, was bought for thirty-nine thousand two hundred intermediate spirit stones.
This competition left everyone exhausted, but Xuan Ya then presented a second divine level elixir.
Seeing the elixir bottle in her hand, the previously fatigued crowd suddenly regained their spirits.
Xuan Ya smiled and addressed the crowd, "This elixir is of perfect quality divine level; however, it serves a different purpose. This elixir is meant for realm enhancement. It can safely elevate the user from Silver Realm Sixth Layer to Golden Realm First Layer, without any side effects."
"What!"
"A divine level elixir that breaks through bottlenecks!"
"Isn’t this defying the heavens?"
"To have such an elixir, I’ve been stuck at Silver Realm Sixth Layer for ages, I must have this elixir!"
"Too shocking! How can the first floor have so many great items!"
"This elixir is much more potent than the previous ones!"
"You can’t say that, one extends life, the other breaks through bottlenecks. Either way, they are all amazing!"
"Why are there so many perfect quality elixirs?"
Caught among the crowd, Xuan Ya heard the question and smiled slightly in the direction of the voice, "Since that alchemist can create a perfect grade once, naturally he can craft the second, third, fourth. What? Need me to prove it again?"
"No no no! It’s not needed! We trust your word, Hyeon-a!"
"Exactly! We believe you!"
What a joke!
Such precious elixirs decrease with every consumption; if this breakthrough elixir is the only one on the first floor and Xuan Ya used it, wouldn’t they have waited for nothing?
"Let’s start already!" urged someone.
Xuan Ya maintained her smile, calmly announcing the starting bid: "One hundred low-level spirit stones."
"Damn! The first floor is really stirring things up!"
"I bid one hundred intermediate spirit stones!"
"You jerk! Is that how you bid? Didn’t you hear the starting bid is in low-level spirit stones?"
"Of course I know! It’ll eventually get to intermediate spirit stones, might as well elevate the bidding now and not waste time! Hahaha—"
"I bid one hundred fifty intermediate spirit stones!"
"I bid..."
"A realm breakthrough elixir? It’s getting more interesting." In the corner, the man chuckled softly.
In a room on the third floor, Xi Qianxue watched Xuan Ya’s elixir, contemplating.
Her maid, Wu-er, spoke up, "Goddess, this elixir is fantastic, should we bid for it?"
Xi Qianxue mused aloud, "Though I’m not yet at Silver Realm Sixth Layer, securing this elixir would be wise for when I reach Silver Realm Sixth Layer to easily advance to Golden Realm First Layer."
After voicing her thought, she decisively said, "Bid for it, at all costs."
"Yes, Goddess."
Wu-er bowed slightly.
She approached the railing, and loudly announced outside, "Our Goddess bids one thousand five hundred intermediate spirit stones."
Upon her call, the surroundings fell silent.
The bidding had reached one thousand, yet Xi Qianxue raised it by five hundred all at once.
This made people wonder momentarily, is Xi Qianxue genuinely interested or merely stirring things up? But then they considered how rare the elixir was, deciding it was worth going against her even if they had to offend her.
Thus, many gritted their teeth and continued bidding.
Rooms on the second and third floors, like those of Ying Ze and Han Caicai, were occupied by individuals deeply interested in this breakthrough elixir, although before they could bid, Xi Qianxue made her move.
Her status represented two major forces.
Thus, after pondering, these people gave up on competing with her, thinking there were two remaining, right?
In the fifth-floor room, upon hearing the bid from Xi Qianxue’s maid, Mu Qingge frowned.
Ji Yaohua looked at her gleefully, "With this disruption from Xi Family’s Goddess, I fear your elixir won’t fetch a high price."
Mu Qingge pressed her lips silently.
The reality was as Ji Yaohua suggested; Xi Qianxue’s status was prominent enough that many would hesitate to compete against her, likely making the elixir bound for her possession, only the final price remained unknown.
However...
Mu Qingge considered the previous issues between them and sighed inwardly, ’Well! Let it be compensation for the previous rudeness.’



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