178: Tell your master to come out to me!

Just as Zuo Shaoyuan finished speaking, an elder from the Ancient Pill Sect, accompanied by a small girl, immediately spoke up: "I must have this second one! I bid thirty-five!"

After another round of intense bidding, the price increase for this Medicinal Pill was much smaller.

Finally, under the gloomy gazes of the crowd, the elder from the Ancient Pill Sect who had just made the bid, acquired the last Medicinal Pill for thirty-nine Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

"Yay! This is great! With this Medicinal Pill, Grandpa will surely take another step forward in the Dao of Alchemy!"

Hearing her, the elder smiled and patted her head, saying kindly: "There's only a slight possibility. If I can comprehend some methods to stimulate the medicinal properties from it, I might be able to achieve a Breakthrough."

"But if I can't comprehend it, then this money might have been spent for nothing."

"Grandpa can definitely do it! Grandpa is the most amazing!"

The auction for the Nine Heavens Spirit Convergence Pill concluded, and next up were the Medicinal Pills that hadn't been sold three days prior.

However, most people had already left. They had all come for the five-star Medicinal Pills, and now that the auction was over, many simply departed.

Suddenly, it became much emptier here.

But there were still some Cultivators who remained, wanting to see if any other miracles would occur.

In the subsequent auctions, a Medicinal Pill with seventy percent medicinal properties appeared.

In the past, seventy percent medicinal properties would have been enough to shock everyone.

However, because Lu Hao's Medicinal Pills were already a benchmark, the stir caused by this seventy percent Medicinal Pill was not as great as that of the previous sixty-five percent one.

But the price was still very high, reaching one hundred fifty billion!

Finally, amidst Zuo Shaoyuan's aged voice, this Yunjian Collection auction officially concluded!

According to the rules, Shi Yi had to go inside the Yunjian Collection to pay for the Spirit Stones spent on the auction and collect the medicinal ingredients obtained from the auction.

At this moment, she was incredibly nervous, her eyes constantly glancing at the puppet beside her.

"Come on! Shi Yi, don't be afraid. They wouldn't dare do anything to you! With the puppet given by Master, I am safe! Hmm, come on, come on! Don't be a coward!!!"

Shi Yi continuously gave herself a pep talk as she slowly walked into the Yunjian Collection.

Before this, she was just a small employee in a shop in Guangdong City. She had never experienced such a scene, so anxiety was inevitable.

Not long after she entered the Yunjian Collection, Zuo Shaoyuan found her.

He had already learned from relevant personnel that it was Shi Yi who had provided the Medicinal Pills, so he had been waiting inside for her arrival.

When he saw Shi Yi, the shock in his heart burst forth like a raging flood!

How could she be so young!

Could this woman, could this woman be a peerless Alchemy prodigy seen once in a billion years?

Or was it not her who refined the Medicinal Pills at all?

As for the puppet that was always with Shi Yi, Zuo Shaoyuan simply ignored it.

Many questions arose in Zuo Shaoyuan's mind, so he immediately walked towards Shi Yi, saying with a smile: "Fellow Daoist, what a pleasure to meet you! I am the person in charge of the Yunjian Collection. May I ask your name, Fellow Daoist?"

"Zuo... Senior Zuo, it's a pleasure to meet Senior Zuo... My name is Shi Yi..."

"Oh! Fellow Daoist Shi, why call me Senior Zuo? You have refined a five-star high-grade Medicinal Pill that none of us can refine. If Fellow Daoist Shi doesn't mind, how about we interact as equals?"

"Uh... Ah?"

Shi Yi's heart skipped a beat!

Interact as equals? This person in front of her was a Grandmaster of Alchemy renowned throughout the entire Danling State! How could he say such a thing to her?

"No, no, no, Senior Zuo, you've misunderstood. This Medicinal Pill wasn't refined by me; it was refined by my Master..."

Hearing Shi Yi's words, Zuo Shaoyuan's heart relaxed...

It was a good thing that the five-star Medicinal Pill wasn't refined by the person in front of him. Otherwise, if someone so young could achieve such a feat, it would truly make his hundreds of thousands of years of arduous cultivation a joke.

"Oh? It was refined by your Master? Miss Shi, would you be willing to take me to meet your Master?"

Meet Lu Hao? No, no, Master hates trouble the most. If I rashly bring a stranger to see him, Master might be unhappy, right?

I absolutely cannot do anything that would make Master unhappy.

Thinking of this, Shi Yi quickly waved her hand and said: "No, no... Senior Zuo, my Master generally doesn't see people. Without my Master's permission, please forgive me for not being able to take you to see him."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Shaoyuan's expression gradually turned cold.

What was his status? One of the dozen Peak Alchemists in the entire Danling State! How many people yearned to meet him but couldn't?

He had already spoken so humbly, yet this woman still showed him no Face?! He had his own pride, alright?

Could it be that she really thought refining a five-star Medicinal Pill meant she could lord over this old man?

Zuo Shaoyuan had meticulously observed that Medicinal Pill for the past few days. It only surpassed them in the third stage; the preceding stages were unremarkable, nothing special to mention.

Moreover, looking at his technique, he was at most at the level of an Alchemy Grandmaster.

At best, he was an Alchemy Grandmaster with a unique understanding of stimulating medicinal properties.

He had already given so much Face, yet this person dared to refuse him?

How many years had Zuo Shaoyuan dominated Danling State? When had he ever suffered such humiliation?

Zuo Shaoyuan looked at Shi Yi coldly and slowly said: "According to the rules of my Yunjian Collection, the person who auctions the Medicinal Pill receives the auction remuneration. However, your cultivation is too low, and I'm afraid something might happen to you on the way. Go back and tell your Master that if he wants the medicinal ingredients, he must come himself!"

When Shi Yi heard this, her mind went blank.

"Ah?! Senior Zuo, no, there's no such rule... I've read the auction manual; I can just take it, it's fine, I have ways to ensure my safety."

"Are the three major auction houses also trying to embezzle the resources we obtained from the auction?"

Zuo Shaoyuan continued: "Firstly, I will not embezzle your resources; I am merely asking your Master to come and collect them personally. Secondly..."

"Hmph! My rules are the rules! See her out!"

"No, Senior Zuo, you can't do this! Hey, Senior Zuo!!! Hey!!!"

Two men in black, each holding one of Shi Yi's arms, carried her out of the Yunjian Collection.

Shi Yi was furious. How could one of the three major auction houses do something so shameless!

She looked back at the puppet and said indignantly: "Puppet, let's go back and find Master, and tell Master to deal with him!"