26: Auction (Part 2)
"350,000 spiritual stones!"
"......"
"400,000 spiritual stones!"
"......"
"500,000 spiritual stones!"
At this moment, the price of the Core Formation Pill had exceeded its original value, reaching as high as 500,000 spiritual stones.
At this time, only three forces remained in contention for the Core Formation Pill, and these three forces were all backed by existences with Golden Core Peak cultivation.
Li Haotian recognized one of them, which was Tianmen Island.
It was clear that Tianmen Island was at a disadvantage at this time, as its resources couldn't compare to those of the deep sea forces.
"Our Luoye Island bids 525,000 spiritual stones!"
"The Shangguan Family bids 530,000 spiritual stones!"
"Our Tianmen Island bids 535,000 spiritual stones!"
At this moment, the three forces increased their bids by five thousand spiritual stones each time, locked in fierce competition.
There was no other way; even though their forces possessed Golden Core Peak experts, they were extremely lacking in Core Formation resources.
Core Formation Pills were reserve resources; to ensure that the major forces wouldn't face shortages, each force would keep a few resources like Foundation Establishment Pills or Core Formation Pills.
"540,000 spiritual stones!"
"560,000 spiritual stones, this is the limit for our Shangguan Family; if anyone bids higher, this old ancestor will give up."
"Then our Luoye Island bids 565,000 spiritual stones, exactly five thousand more than you."
Tianmen Island fell silent; they no longer planned to continue competing because the dragon essence fruit was their target.
The Tianmen Island Island Lord had been at the Golden Core Peak for a long time; if he could secure the dragon essence fruit and immediately rent a cultivation cave to break through, he would definitely have a great chance.
Li Haotian shook his head slightly; if he took this item, his net worth would decrease by nearly half, which was very uneconomical.
As for the dragon essence fruit, Li Haotian didn't care about it; that thing wasn't as effective as the nine-colored dragon fruit, nor was it as useful as the ten thousand year earth milk and ten thousand year Dragon Marrow.
The ten thousand year earth milk could increase the success rate of forming a Nascent Soul by eighty percent, while the ten thousand year Dragon Marrow had a lower success rate, but it still had seventy percent.
However, enhancing with ten thousand year earth milk and ten thousand year Dragon Marrow was not easy; first, it required high-quality earth milk or Dragon Marrow.
Although the spiritual stone enhancement system was powerful, it could enhance the potential of items, which was why Li Haotian wanted to bid on that pair of flying swords.
Li Haotian's Azure-Purple Twin Swords were of relatively low grade; if he wanted to improve them, he would need a large amount of materials.
Although Li Haotian didn't know artifact refining techniques, having become a Golden Core old ancestor, he could use his alchemical fire to fuse materials into the Azure-Purple Twin Swords, which was the best method to enhance his lifebound magic treasure.
Luoye Island ultimately won the Core Formation Pill with 565,000 spiritual stones; although this was much higher than the normal price, who could help it when the Core Formation Pill was an item with a price but no market?
If they didn't seize this opportunity to obtain a Core Formation Pill, even if they were a Golden Core Peak force, obtaining this item would be extremely difficult.
Unless one possessed a Heavenly Spirit Root, one would have to rely on treasures that could increase the success rate of forming a Core to break through to the Golden Core Stage.
Hongyi said with a smile, "Next, we will be auctioning the last item, and I believe you have been waiting for a long time, so let's auction this dragon essence fruit."
"The dragon essence fruit is a treasure that increases the success rate of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage; it has many benefits for cultivators at the Golden Core Peak, so I hope everyone doesn't miss out."
"The starting price for the dragon essence fruit is one spiritual stone, and each bid must not be less than ten thousand spiritual stones; let the bidding begin."
As soon as she finished speaking, someone couldn't wait to bid.
"100,000 spiritual stones!"
"200,000 spiritual stones!"
"I bid 300,000 spiritual stones!"
No one expected the bids to increase by 100,000 right from the start, showing the great appeal of the dragon essence fruit.
Li Haotian shook his head; indeed, he couldn't compare to the foundations of these major forces.
"400,000!"
"500,000!"
"550,000!"
"I bid 600,000!"
The Nascent Soul Stage, that was an existence with a lifespan of up to a thousand years; the price of a treasure for breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage would naturally be very high.
Li Haotian just watched the excitement and had no intention of participating; at this rate of increase, the dragon essence fruit would probably require over a million spiritual stones to acquire.
With the spiritual stone enhancement system, he still felt that spiritual stones were better; if he had a dragon essence fruit, he would definitely take it out for auction.
As expected, before long, the major forces also made their moves, starting with a million.
"1,030,000 spiritual stones!"
"1,050,000 spiritual stones!"
"......"
"Our Wuya Sword Sect bids 1,200,000 spiritual stones!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene erupted, because the Wuya Sword Sect had made its move.
That was right; such a strategic resource was also very precious to the Wuya Sword Sect.
"Our Tianxuan Sect bids 1,210,000 spiritual stones!"
The auction hall became even more boisterous; the Tianxuan Sect, a powerful force that could be mentioned in the same breath as Wuya Island.
"Our Tianxing City bids 1,220,000 spiritual stones!"
Tianxing City was also a force with Deity Transformation experts, and together with the Tianxuan Sect and the Wuya Sword Sect, they were collectively known as the three peak forces of the inner sea of the South Sea Cultivation World.
No one expected these three major forces to actually start bidding.
The others stopped one after another; at this point, anyone who dared to interfere would definitely attract the attention of the other three major forces.
For the three top forces, the dragon essence fruit was not just a treasure for breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage, but also a treasure that would ensure their force's long-lasting prosperity.
The dragon essence fruit was the only main ingredient for refining the Dragon Essence Pill; by refining it into a Dragon Essence Pill, it could allow multiple Golden Core Peak cultivators to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage; for the three major forces, over a million spiritual stones was not a loss.
In their view, a million spiritual stones was definitely a small amount; taking Tianmen Island as an example, just two medium-grade spiritual stone mines could yield over two hundred thousand spiritual stones annually.
If other small spiritual stone mines and other income were added, wouldn't they be able to obtain four to five hundred thousand spiritual stones every year?
With so many spiritual stones each year, even if Tianmen Island had large expenses, they could still save over a hundred thousand spiritual stones annually.
A million spiritual stones, for them, could be accumulated in less than ten years.
But the dragon essence fruit was different; although its price wasn't high, ostensibly only a million spiritual stones, in reality, this item had a price but no market and couldn't be bought on the market.
Now that it had finally appeared, the major forces naturally wouldn't let it go.
After all, for them, spiritual stones were simply nothing.
Thinking of the spiritual stones of the major forces, Li Haotian's mouth was watering; if he didn't have sufficient cultivation, he would have rushed out and robbed these guys.
Ultimately, the dragon essence fruit was bought by the Wuya Sword Sect for 1.8 million spiritual stones; it wasn't that the other two major forces couldn't afford the spiritual stones, they just felt it wasn't worth it.
After the Wuya Sword Sect obtained the dragon essence fruit, the auction ended.
Li Haotian didn't hesitate at all, went to the back, and received that set of flying sword magic treasures.
Suddenly, Li Haotian felt a resentful gaze directed towards him and couldn't help but turn his head to look.
He found that the person looking at him was precisely the Golden Core cultivator who had competed with him for the Gathering Yuan Pill, and a look of disdain couldn't help but appear on his face.
When the Alchemist saw his expression, the resentment in his eyes grew even stronger.
Li Haotian ignored him and walked directly out of the Wanbao Pavilion; he actually hoped the other party would follow him, and then those elixirs would still be his.
Seeing Li Haotian leave, a sneer appeared on the Alchemist's face, and he walked in another direction.
Li Haotian was a little disappointed; he originally thought the Alchemist would try to kill and rob him; it seemed he had thought too much.
Without stopping, Li Haotian walked out of the Wanbao Pavilion and headed towards the city gate.
Wuya City did not allow flying, and there was even an anti-flight formation present; anyone who dared to fly would definitely be attacked by the formation.