27: The brick flies with great force, so increase the dosage!

Above the auction stage, the graceful female auctioneer gave a brief opening speech, and the auction officially began.

She then used her highly infectious voice to introduce the auction items one by one.

However, the first few items were either ordinary Ores or low-grade Medicinal Pills.

Clearly, this was just to warm up the crowd and did not cause much of a stir.

Inside the royal private box, Wu Mingyue rested her delicate chin on the railing, boredly drawing circles on the windowsill with her finger.

Her gaze drifted from time to time toward the black-robed figure downstairs, and she muttered to herself:

"Why hasn't he made a move yet... When exactly will he act? If he doesn't act soon, I am going back to sit down."

Finally, after another mediocre Magic Treasure was sold, the auctioneer's voice rose sharply:

"The next item to be presented is a century-old 'Dragon Saliva Grass'!"

"This grass is an excellent Spiritual Plant for replenishing Qi and blood and tempering the Physical Body. For a Body Cultivator or an injured Cultivator, it is an invaluable treasure medicine!"

"Starting bid, three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"

Following the appearance of this Spiritual Plant, downstairs, Old Qian beside Lin Tian finally raised the number plate in his hand.

"Three thousand five hundred!"

It was here! He finally made a move!

Wu Mingyue, who had been lying on the railing, was instantly energized.

Her originally lazy eyes became sharp.

She followed the instructions of Lu Yi without hesitation and participated in the bidding, and then her crisp voice resounded throughout the venue:

"Ten thousand!"

Once this price was announced, the entire venue fell into a brief silence.

Tripling the price directly; this kind of wealthy bidding method clearly came from the VIP box upstairs.

In the area where Lin Tian and his group were, Lin Tian's fists clenched instantly, looking somewhat anxious.

This Dragon Saliva Grass was one of the supplementary medicines he needed to reshape his Meridians.

"No need to rush."

Old Qian, on the other hand, appeared very calm. He patted the back of Lin Tian's hand and comforted him in a low voice:

"It is just a supplementary medicine. There are many similar Spirit Medicines later on. One or two will not have much impact."

However, developments did not go as smoothly as Old Qian had expected.

In the next few rounds of bidding, two other Spirit Medicines equally important to Lin Tian—'Blood Jade Marrow' and 'Nine-Leaf Orchid'—were intercepted by the same box upstairs using the same unreasonable price-hiking method.

This time, Lin Tian was completely anxious, his face full of anger.

He did not understand where the woman upstairs came from.

Why did she have to go against him specifically?!

Old Qian's expression also became solemn; he also realized that the situation was not right.

Once or twice could be a coincidence, but three times was somewhat deliberate.

They were being intentionally targeted!

To verify his conjecture, in the next round, when a defensive Magic Treasure called the 'Mystic Light Shield' began bidding,

Old Qian's eyes flashed, and he actually took the initiative to participate in the bidding.

He wanted to use this to test what the real purpose of the person upstairs was—whether it was those Spiritual Plants or the few of them.

Inside the box, Wu Mingyue heard that familiar voice downstairs again and was about to bid again, almost like a conditioned reflex.

But at this moment, Lu Yi stopped her:

"Wait, don't rush."

He had arrived behind Wu Mingyue at some point, his hands resting on her shoulders, a playful smile on his face.

He had probably seen through the intentions of the old man downstairs; it was mostly to test Wu Mingyue.

"This old guy is quite shrewd."

Lu Yi thought to himself, then adjusted his strategy.

He leaned into Wu Mingyue's ear and whispered:

"From now on, there is no need to intercept everything. You only need to target those valuable, uniquely effective, and rare-sounding Spiritual Plants. As for the rest, ignore them entirely."

Although Wu Mingyue did not understand why Lu Yi wanted to change the plan suddenly, she still nodded obediently to show she understood.

Whatever the Saint asked her to do, she would do; she could just stop thinking entirely...

Downstairs, when Old Qian saw that there was no movement from the box upstairs after he called out his price,

and finally allowed him to win the Mystic Light Shield at a normal price, his guard let down slightly.

It seems that the other party probably just happened to need those few Spiritual Plants as well.

In the subsequent auction, he successfully won a few Spiritual Plants with ordinary effects, and no sound came from upstairs again.

However, when the auction reached the second half,

when the auctioneer presented one of the finale items of this auction, Old Qian's expression became extremely solemn again.

"Everyone! This item is named 'nine-aperture exquisite grass'!"

"It is a supreme divine medicine legendarily capable of reshaping a Cultivator's foundation and rebuilding Meridians! Its value needs no further explanation from me! Starting bid, fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"

This was their most critical and core goal for this trip!

"Sixty thousand!"

Old Qian raised his sign without hesitation.

"One hundred and fifty thousand!"

That crisp and domineering voice came out from the box upstairs once again.

This voice was like a basin of ice water poured over the heads of Lin Tian and Old Qian, but Old Qian still gritted his teeth:

"One... one hundred and sixty thousand!"

Before he could finish his sentence, the voice in the box continued to sound:

"Two hundred thousand!"

In the end, those few most critical and rare Spiritual Plants needed for Lin Tian to reshape his Meridians were, without exception, all auctioned away by Wu Mingyue at a high price that they could not reach.

The auction ended. Old Qian looked at the few inconsequential ordinary medicinal materials in his hand and shook his head helplessly.

With just these, it was simply not enough to perfectly reshape Lin Tian's Meridians.

Especially with the lack of the most critical 'nine-aperture exquisite grass', it could at most play a repair role and would leave huge sequelae.

After thinking repeatedly, he said to Lin Tian and Qing'er:

"Let us not go back to the inn for now. We will wait at the entrance of this Tianbao Pavilion. Later, when that distinguished guest from upstairs comes out, I hope to negotiate with them to see if I can purchase those few Spiritual Plants from them at a reasonable price."

Meanwhile, in the private box exclusive to the Xuanwu Kingdom's royal family,

all the Spiritual Plants that Wu Mingyue had just auctioned had been respectfully delivered by the attendants of Tianbao Pavilion and filled the entire table.

"Saint Lu..."

She curiously picked up one of the Spiritual Plants and asked with full confusion:

"What are we going to do with so many Spiritual Plants?"

Lu Yi smiled mysteriously. He did not answer directly but took out a crystal-clear small jade bottle from his Storage Ring.

He still loved to poison things too much!

But what was in the bottle was not some Spirit Medicine, but a clear, water-like liquid.

This was exactly the water from the 'Yin and Yang' Spiritual Pool that Lu Yi had obtained in the Heart Demon Secret Realm of the Primordial Holy Land, which contained no Spiritual Qi but could greatly stimulate a Cultivator's Heart Demon.

"Just watch."

Lu Yi condensed a wisp of pure star spiritual power at his fingertips.

He carefully picked up a drop of Yin and Yang spiritual water and silently injected it into a Spiritual Plant.

The spiritual water entered inside and was instantly absorbed by the Spiritual Plant and disappeared without a trace.

Because he was not sure which ones were the most needed and critical for Lin Tian to reshape his Meridians,

he simply decided—brute force, increase the dosage!

He injected several drops of the spiritual pool water into each Spiritual Plant.

Especially that 'nine-aperture exquisite grass', which he focused on, injecting half a bottle directly.

After this operation, the originally full small jade bottle was directly emptied by more than half.

Then he beckoned to Wu Mingyue and said:

"Come, let me arrange another task for you..."

The confused Wu Mingyue had to come to his side.

Lu Yi leaned down and whispered a few words in her ear...