Chapter 147: Mysterious Scale Iron

In Qin Feng's view, this Mysterious Ghost Female Essence Armor could barely be considered a mere plaything. Although it could produce a certain amount of profound Yin liquid, its effect on helping cultivators break through bottlenecks was still minimal. However, it was just about acceptable to use as a piece of alluring attire during intimate moments between men and women. Especially after Ye Youyou had worn it in person, things became entirely different. It was much like the celebrity effect popular in the world of his past life, where many people would collect the undergarments of famous personalities purely for the purpose of sexual fantasy.

Therefore, this armor, which actually possessed very little practical value, became truly popular under Ye Youyou's hype. Its price soared all the way up, showing a strong trend of breaking through one hundred thousand low-grade profound stones. In the end, it was still successfully secured by Ling Yazhi for a true sum of one hundred thousand low-grade profound stones.

"Very well, one hundred thousand low-grade profound stones! This Mysterious Ghost Female Essence Armor belongs to Young Master Ling!"

Ye Youyou smiled very happily, pointing at Ling Yazhi as she spoke.

She knew very well that this garment was not worth this price. If another auctioneer had been conducting the auction, selling it for ten thousand low-grade profound stones at the absolute maximum would have been considered good.

Yet the moment she stepped onto the stage, the price directly multiplied tenfold!

The premier auctioneer indeed possessed extraordinary methods.

Wriggling her slender willow waist, Ye Youyou walked forward. Because Ling Yazhi's position was closest to the front stage, only a few steps separated the two of them. Ye Youyou bent down slightly and asked in a low voice, "Does Young Master Ling wish to have this garment now, or would you prefer to collect it after the auction concludes?" Within her words, flirtatiousness was pushed to the extreme, accompanied by a wave of fragrant breeze hitting the face.

The corner of Ling Yazhi's mouth curled upward. He kept his eyes closed to enjoy the moment for a short while before slowly replying, "Let Miss Ye wear it. I present this Mysterious Ghost Female Essence Armor to you as a gift, and I hope that one day in the future, Miss Ye will be willing to wear it exclusively for me once."

"Oh? Then I thank the Young Master for his kind intention!"

Ye Youyou once again conjured up a wicked smile, blew a kiss, and let another wave of fragrance drift past. As she turned back, however, a flash of piercing, cold sharpness cut through the depths of her eyes.

Qin Feng watched from the sidelines.

He had not the slightest bit of interest in the flirtatious exchange between Ling Yazhi and Ye Youyou, though he felt slightly surprised that Ling Yazhi could spend so extravagantly. To shell out one hundred thousand low-grade profound stones simply to buy a seductive beauty a smile—such spending was truly generous. This also reflected from a side perspective just how formidable the strength of the Pill Domain was, where a younger-generation disciple could spend a fortune of tens of thousands without even blinking an eye.

Furthermore, through the bidding battle just now, Qin Feng also realized that those present were likely all disciples of major powers, none of whom would be stingy with their spending. No wonder the organization known as Tian Zhi had dispatched Ye Youyou in person.

When encountering a fat sheep, not slaughtering it would make one a fool!

They were bound to be heavily fleeced!

"All right, the second item up for auction is three Nether Conches."

With the first item having been successfully auctioned off by Ye Youyou at a sky-high price, her mood was exceptionally good.

Turning around, she reached out her delicate, slender hand to take a black stone shaped like a sea snail from a tray held by a charming and graceful attendant, once again drawing everyone's gaze toward herself. Using her alluring, enchanting voice that could make one's bones tingle with numbness, she explained the functions of the item in her hand to everyone present.

Looking at pairs of burning eyes, Ye Youyou felt a slight surge of triumph. Several years of honing her craft had made her understand just how powerful an attraction her beauty held for men. Her red lips curved into a faint smile, and her gaze swept across the audience. When her sweep landed on Xing Bing, who sat in the corner of the very last row, alongside that large black coffin, she could not help but freeze slightly.

Although Xing Bing's gaze appeared to be fixed upon the stage, that eternal and unchanging look let Ye Youyou know that this fat and repulsive fellow seemed to harbor no great interest in her beauty. Moreover, she always maintained a strange feeling that a pair of eyes within that mysterious coffin was watching her. This was a woman's natural intuition—elusive, yet something she deeply believed in. Her dark eyebrows could not help but lift slightly in astonishment.

"What a mysterious, interesting fellow!"

Qin Feng did not know that he had been inadvertently noticed by the great beauty; he was merely concentrating on the auction items. As for Ye Youyou herself, while he appreciated and admired her stunning appearance, he harbored no other thoughts.

"Three Nether Conches. This item is produced in the Bitter Devil Sea of the Eastern Domain, and can only be found in the Bitter Devil Nether Realm ten thousand feet below. This time, we are fortunate enough that someone managed to unearth them within the Nine Walls, giving them the chance to appear at this auction. This item is shaped like a sea snail, possesses an extremely dark attribute, and contains a massive amount of dark nether Qi. It is a superior material for refining Devil Dao profound treasures. The reserve price for this item is five thousand profound stones, and each bid increment must not be less than three hundred."

With a bewitching, seductive smile on her pretty face, Ye Youyou slowly explained the functions to the crowd. That mature charm, which easily caused a surge of wicked fire in the lower abdomen of those watching, effortlessly heated up the atmosphere in the venue.

"Six thousand profound stones!"

"Eight thousand profound stones!"

"I bid ten thousand profound stones!"

Bidding voices rose one after another, and the atmosphere in the venue reached unprecedented heights. One had to admit that Ye Youyou was naturally cut out for this line of work; she was simply too formidable.

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In just this short span of time, the bids had already exceeded twenty thousand profound stones, and the price was still continuously climbing.

"Thirty thousand!"

Finally, Ni Ni, who had been sitting there all along without uttering a sound, coldly shouted out a price. As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue instantly fell silent. Everyone dared not continue bidding any further, primarily because the fierce reputation of the "Corpse-Devouring Fiend" was too resounding, and most people present could not afford to provoke this person.

They were too late even to dodge him; to compete with him on price was simply courting death!

Ling Yazhi and the others might well be able to afford to provoke him, but this Nether Conch was an item used by devil cultivators and was useless to him, so the Nether Conch was ultimately won by Ni Ni.

Ye Youyou, however, was somewhat displeased and gave Ni Ni a resentful look, obviously blaming him for crashing in midway and preventing her from selling the Nether Conch at a higher price.

To this, Ni Ni gave a cold smile. He was no fool; anyone who managed to rank near the top of the Human Butcher and Devil Exterminator leaderboards was clearly no ordinary figure, and he naturally understood that the woman before him was not so easily meddled with.

The transaction of profound stones was concluded.

"The next item is a single Mysterious Bone Iron Pine Nut..."

The auction proceeded. The bidding for the next few items entered a tepid state. Although Ye Youyou exerted all her skills and repeatedly stirred up the enthusiasm of the crowd, overall, everyone's enthusiasm was not as fiery as it had been at the very beginning. Everything that reaches its peak must decline; it was a completely normal occurrence. Yet just as everyone's enthusiasm had dropped once more, Ye Youyou wore a mysterious expression and used a rather peculiar tone to hook everyone's appetite again—

"The item to be auctioned next is a mysterious medicinal pill. The origin of this pill is extraordinary, and even the master who acquired it does not know its true background. However, the efficacy of this pill is extraordinarily potent; it can play an unexpected role in helping cultivators break through the Earth Realm cultivation bottleneck. Furthermore, if this pill is given to Yin Underworld ghosts and spirits to consume, the effect is doubled."

"Everyone, please take a look."

As she spoke, Ye Youyou extended her fingers, and out of thin air between her two fingertips appeared a blood-red medicinal pill.

The spiritual sense of everyone present instantly locked onto this blood-colored pill. Every single person here was an expert, and sensing the quality of a medicinal pill was child's play for them.

Following a brief silence came an uproar!

Because the energy contained within that medicinal pill was simply too immense.

Ye Youyou cast an inadvertent glance at Ling Yazhi, smiled wickedly, and continued to explain, "I believe that regarding this pill, there are more formidable experts present who can identify it, so I shall not make a fool of myself. A single grade-five mysterious medicinal pill, with a reserve price of twenty thousand, and each bid increment must not be less than five hundred!"

"Twenty-five thousand profound stones!"

"Thirty thousand profound stones!"

"Forty thousand!"

...

The price skyrocketed all the way without any sign of stopping.

The enthusiasm of the crowd surged once again!

Medicinal pills held greater practical value for cultivators than the items auctioned previously, since cultivation realm was ultimately the fundamental basis of a cultivator. Therefore, as soon as this pill appeared, it immediately captured the attention of everyone present.

It turned out to be a medicinal pill for breaking through the Earth Realm cultivation stage!

Even in Ling Yazhi's eyes, a trace of astonishment flashed by!

Being the closest, he could naturally sense the quality of that pill. Grade five—it truly was a grade-five medicinal pill. One must know that such high-quality pills could only be successfully refined by a very small number of grade-five-and-above alchemists even within the Pill Domain.

Grade-five alchemists—even their Pill Domain did not possess an abundance of them.

The crucial point was that they did not possess the medicinal formula for this pill at all!

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This was the crux of the matter, because even the Earth Realm retainers who had accompanied Ling Yazhi had never seen this kind of mysterious medicinal pill before.

A strong desire of curiosity prompted Ling Yazhi to directly quote a high price. He wanted to purchase it and take it back for his father to study; perhaps a new formula could be researched from it.

One hundred thousand!

As soon as these words were spoken, most of the people present wisely shut their mouths. For one, this price had already exceeded the tolerance limit of many; moreover, the person making the bid was Ling Yazhi, whom many people could not afford to offend.

Gu Lang, however, suddenly opened his eyes, which had been kept closed all this while, and increased the bid: "Twelve thousand!" Wait, twelve hundred thousand—no, "One hundred twenty thousand!"

Meanwhile, Ni Ni was also quite interested in this pill and coldly raised the bid: "One hundred thirty thousand!"

"Oh?" Ling Yazhi raised an eyebrow and continued to bid: "One hundred fifty thousand!"

Gu Lang's red eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty and evil glint as he sneered, "One hundred eighty thousand!"

Ling Yazhi's expression remained unchanged as he raised the bid: "Two hundred thousand!"

The price leaped all the way upward. With every single bid, the voices of the bidders were as cold as ice blades, piercing the listeners' hearts, and everyone in the room felt their hearts pound with fright!

Qin Feng, on the other hand, was inwardly overjoyed. This medicinal pill was precisely the flesh-and-blood pill he had entrusted to Tian Zhi to sell. Even though he had been mentally prepared, he was still startled by such a high price. Yet Qin Feng only felt joy, because the higher the price of the pill, the more advantageous it was for him.

With these profound stones, perhaps he could even scavenge for some items he needed.

At this point, Gu Lang began to hesitate. It was not that he feared Ling Yazhi, but rather that for such a high price to buy a single medicinal pill, he had to consider whether its value justified making a move. After hesitating for a moment, he chose to give up.

"Two hundred thousand. Young Master Ling has already bid up to two hundred thousand. Are there any further bids?" Ye Youyou's pretty face flushed slightly. Clearly, this pill being sold for such a high price exceeded her expectations. However, it was not hard to explain since the buyer was Ling Yazhi; he undoubtedly wanted to buy the pill back to use as a reference for researching new formulations.

The entire venue was dead silent. Although many people remained unwillingly resigned, no one else could offer a higher price.

"Very well, then this medicinal pill belongs to Young Master Ling!"

With that, Ye Youyou threw a flirtatious glance, placed the medicinal pill into a mutton-fat jade vial used for storing medicines, and signaled the attendant beside her to deliver it to Ling Yazhi.

An Earth Realm powerhouse by Ling Yazhi's side paid the profound stones on his behalf. Ling Yazhi himself put away the medicine vial, tossing it into his own storage ring. Spending two hundred thousand just to buy a single medicinal pill—such a grandiose move made everyone present look at the strength of the Pill Domain with renewed respect. At the same time, they all cursed inwardly. With several such formidable figures present, they would likely have no affinity for buying the vast majority of the items they had set their eyes on.

With the transaction of the medicinal pill concluded, Ye Youyou was in an exceptionally good mood. The auction having proceeded to this stage could already be considered a massive success; after all, not a single one of those finale treasures had appeared yet.

Thinking of this, Ye Youyou's gaze suddenly darkened.

"I hope that item can find someone willing to claim its ownership here..."

Secretly harboring anticipation within her heart, Ye Youyou perked up her spirits once again, striking while the iron was hot to proceed to the next item in the auction.

"The next item up for auction is a piece of mysterious scale-iron."

"This piece of black iron has bizarre scales growing on it, and it also originates from within the Nine Walls. Its sole characteristic is the effect of altering gravity. After appraisal by our Tian Zhi organization, it should be a fragment of some ancient-grade profound treasure. Because this item has an unknown origin and is merely a very small remnant piece, it is difficult to determine its true value. The reserve price is eighteen thousand profound stones, and each bid increment must not be less than five hundred. Everyone, please consider this carefully: purchasing this item carries a certain degree of risk. It is similar to gambling; if one's luck is good, it might turn out to be a remnant of some supreme divine treasure, but if one's luck is poor, it is very likely to be nothing more than a piece of scrap iron."

"Black iron growing bizarre scales? It can alter gravity?"

Upon hearing these two sentences, Qin Feng's heart suddenly began to beat wildly!