102: Qinglingdan

Being able to purchase the Pill Formula would save quite a few Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

He possessed an attribute panel; as long as he could successfully refine these two types of Medicinal Pills.

Once his proficiency reached the master level, he could guarantee a one hundred percent success rate.

Furthermore, as his proficiency increased, the quality of the refined Medicinal Pills would also improve.

The Qi Gathering Pills that Zhang Qingxiao currently used were all refined by himself.

The quality was much better than what could be bought outside, and there were far fewer Impurities; after consuming them, it could reduce his body's drug resistance to the Medicinal Pills to some extent.

Upon entering the Four Seas Merchant Association, Zhang Qingxiao found an attendant and told him that he wanted to purchase a Pill Formula.

"Do you have the Pill Formulas for the Spirit Enhancing Pill and the Purple Spirit Pill for sale in your association?"

While following the attendant to the counter selling Pill Formulas, Zhang Qingxiao asked again.

"Yes!"

"For specific details, Senior needs to ask the attendant in charge of sales."

The attendant replied respectfully.

The two soon arrived at the counter selling Pill Formulas.

After Zhang Qingxiao stated his request, the attendant responsible for selling Pill Formulas stated the prices for the two Pill Formulas.

The price for the Spirit Enhancing Pill Pill Formula was ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

And the price for the Purple Spirit Pill Pill Formula was five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Neither Pill Formula could be bargained for.

Furthermore, the purchaser of the Pill Formula had to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath not to disclose the Pill Formula to others privately.

If one wished to pass the Pill Formula to someone else, they would need to return to the Four Seas Merchant Association and pay a sum of Spirit Stones.

Zhang Qingxiao was not at all surprised by the prices of the Pill Formulas.

Back when he was in the Chang Sheng Sect, the price of a standard Qi Refinement Stage Pill Formula was already much more expensive than the Medicinal Pill itself, let alone a Pill Formula for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

"I wonder if you have any medicinal diet recipes or Pill Formulas for Medicinal Pills that can reduce the drug resistance of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?"

After learning the prices of the Spirit Enhancing Pill and Purple Spirit Pill Pill Formulas, Zhang Qingxiao did not purchase them immediately but continued to ask.

"Nine days from now, we will be auctioning an ancient Pill Formula that can reduce a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's drug resistance to Medicinal Pills."

"If you are interested, Fellow Daoist, you may attend this auction."

The attendant explained patiently.

"Thank you for the information. May I ask what the requirements are to attend the auction?"

Zhang Qingxiao's eyes lit up. He had only asked casually and had not expected that the Four Seas Merchant Association would actually have such a Pill Formula.

If he could purchase this ancient Pill Formula, then the issue of drug resistance should be resolved.

With the Pill Formulas for the Purple Spirit Pill and the Spirit Enhancing Pill, his cultivation speed would be greatly increased.

"As long as you carry fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, or possess the status of a distinguished guest of our Four Seas Merchant Association, you may attend the auction."

Fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones was indeed not a small amount.

Zhang Qingxiao had not expected the requirements to attend an auction to be so high.

Fortunately, he had brought enough Spirit Stones this time; otherwise, he wouldn't even have been able to enter the door of the auction.

Zhang Qingxiao asked more about the auction, requested a list of auction items from the attendant, completed the registration, and then left the Four Seas Merchant Association.

Returning to the inn, he immediately took out the list of items for this auction.

The Four Seas Merchant Association was indeed auctioning quite a few treasures this time.

In addition to Magic Treasures, Talisman Treasures, Medicinal Pills, Spirit Medicine, and Pill Formulas, there were also various types of surpassing ordinary Magical Artifacts, female Cultivator cauldrons, Yao Beast cubs, Yao Beast eggs, and so on.

When looking at the Pill Formulas, Zhang Qingxiao paid attention to three ancient Pill Formulas in particular.

One of them was for a Medicinal Pill that could reduce a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's drug resistance to Medicinal Pills, named the Qingling Pill.

The other two ancient Pill Formulas were the Youth Preservation Pill and the Peiyuan Pill.

As the name suggests, the Youth Preservation Pill was a type of Medicinal Pill that allowed a Cultivator to forever maintain their current appearance.

The Peiyuan Pill could consolidate the root and Cultivate the origin, enhancing a Cultivator's Foundation and talent.

Both were incredible items.

Although Zhang Qingxiao was also interested in the Peiyuan Pill and the Youth Preservation Pill, he knew that given his current financial situation, he could not afford them at all.

He was even a bit worried about whether he would be able to afford the Pill Formula for the Qingling Pill.

After all, the Pill Formula for the Spirit Enhancing Pill already cost ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

According to his estimation, the price of the Qingling Pill would definitely not be less than fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and might even reach seventy or eighty thousand.

He had only brought a total of over sixty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to Ancient County City this time, and had previously spent seven thousand five hundred Spirit Stones to purchase the Spirit Enhancing Pill and Purple Spirit Pill.

The remaining Mid-Grade Spirit Stones on him were already less than sixty thousand.

Time passed day by day.

Soon, the day of the Four Seas Merchant Association's auction arrived.

Zhang Qingxiao arrived at the Four Seas Merchant Association early in the morning.

When he arrived, a long queue had already formed.

He waited for nearly a quarter of an hour before he could enter the auction venue.

At this time, quite a few Cultivators had already gathered here.

Most of them were Cultivators at the Late Stage of the Qi Refinement Stage, with only a small portion being Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

After his Spirit Detection Technique reached the perfect level, aside from being able to see through robes to see the situation inside a Cultivator's body.

He could also more accurately detect a Cultivator's cultivation Realm.

Even if the other party practiced a Cultivation Technique to hide their aura, as long as their Realm did not exceed his own by three levels, he could see through it.

This also allowed him to have some understanding of most of the Cultivators in the auction venue.

After observing the situation for a while, Zhang Qingxiao found a seat in a corner, closed his eyes to rest his mind, and waited for the auction to officially begin.

As time passed, more and more Cultivators arrived in the auction venue.

The auction did not begin until half an hour later.

Zhang Qingxiao had no interest in the items auctioned earlier and did not want to spend Spirit Stones on them.

It was not until the afternoon, when the Pill Formula for the Qingling Pill was auctioned, that he perked up.

The starting bid for the Qingling Pill Pill Formula was thirty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, with each increment not less than one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

As soon as the auctioneer finished stating the price, the Cultivators in the auction venue began to compete.

In just a moment, the price of the Qingling Pill Pill Formula reached forty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

During this time, Zhang Qingxiao also placed a bid, but just after he made his bid, someone immediately called out a higher price.

Now that the price had reached forty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, there were fewer and fewer Cultivators bidding, so Zhang Qingxiao called out a high price of forty-five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones again.

After he called out this price, for several breaths of time, no Cultivator continued to bid.

It was not until the auctioneer was about to strike the hammer to close the deal that a Cultivator in a private box called out a price of forty-five thousand five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

After the other party called out the price, Zhang Qingxiao did not hesitate to call out a price of forty-six thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones again.

The two of them quickly raised the price to fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

By this time, Zhang Qingxiao began to hesitate.

It was not until the auctioneer was about to strike the hammer that he gritted his teeth and offered a price of fifty thousand five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

This time, the other party did not continue to compete with him.

It seemed as if fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones was already the other party's final price.

Seeing the auctioneer strike the hammer, Zhang Qingxiao breathed a sigh of relief.

He hurried to the transaction room of the auction, handed all the Spirit Stones directly to the Cultivator in charge of the auction from the Four Seas Merchant Association, and obtained the Qingling Pill Pill Formula at the first opportunity.

Afterward, he returned to the auction venue.

He did not leave at this time, mainly because he was worried about being targeted by others.

He planned to wait until the auction ended, or when a large group of Cultivators left, and then leave in the chaos.

This could somewhat reduce the risk of being targeted.