"That's right, didn't I promise you last time at the Lightning Refining Pool that I'd buy you a Xuan Yuan Pill?

I was too lazy to go out and look for one. Since they have it here, I might as well buy it for you."

As he spoke, Wan Lei directly grabbed Qi Manyao's fair hand and stuffed the Xuan Yuan Pill into it.

Wan Lei valued his promises and was never stingy with those he acknowledged.

As he pushed it into her hand, he vaguely saw the character "Xuan" carved on the pill.

"I…"

Could it be that I misunderstood him? He wasn't spending money recklessly, but was buying me a Xuan Yuan Pill? He actually remembered that casual joke I made back then?

Women are strange like that. Buying things for others is wasting money, but buying things for them is incredibly touching.

Qi Manyao's pretty face flushed red, her heart pounded like a deer, and her shy and hesitant beautiful eyes didn't dare to look at Wan Lei.

It was love; she couldn't hide it...

Wan Lei found her appearance extremely amusing.

"If you really feel bad, and are so moved that you can't control yourself, then give me a kiss as thanks..."

*Slap!*

Lei, the big rogue, received a slap and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Hmph, I'll pay you back!"

Qi Manyao pouted, glared at Wan Lei "fiercely," and turned her head away, ignoring him.

Damn it, she almost kissed him just now. With so many people watching, how could she face anyone if she did that?

Just thinking about it made Qi Manyao feel embarrassed and tense, digging out a three-bedroom apartment with her toes on the ground.

Some people around noticed Wan Lei and, seeing that he was buying pills for the beautiful girl with the Foundation Establishment cultivation beside him, gave knowing smiles.

"Hmph!"

Qiu Tianchi watched Wan Lei flirting with the girl beside him, and recalling that he had been thoroughly taken advantage of, couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.

He wanted to crush the Xuan Yuan Pill in his hand, but after thinking about it, he stopped. After all, he had bought it for thirty thousand spirit stones, and he could sell it later to compensate for some of the loss.

Thirty thousand spirit stones was a large sum for a rogue cultivator, even a Nascent Soul rogue cultivator.

"Hahaha, little friend Wan Lei is spending a fortune to win the favor of a beauty. It's true that a man who isn't romantic in his youth lives in vain. We can only envy him.

Alright, let's auction off the next item."

The old manager clapped his hands as he spoke, and the next item was brought up.

Second floor.

"That brat, I thought he was deliberately teasing that Nascent Soul kid, but I didn't expect him to have taken a fancy to that little girl. He's really got the spirit of youth. This Xuan Yuan Pill was worth the buy."

Elder Mingji nodded with a smile, as if recalling his own youth.

"Yes, when I first saw them a few days ago, I saw that the relationship between those two young people wasn't simple. Although they haven't become Dao companions yet, they're already developing feelings for each other."

Elder Xuan Dan also took a sip of tea and chewed on a peony.

"Mm, that's great. You could see it back then...

Eh? I remember that this batch of pills being auctioned shouldn't have included any Xuan Yuan Pills, you old rascal…"

Xuan Dan didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly, the corners of his eyes almost reaching the sky.

"You old thing, you still say I'm sucking up, aren't you sucking up just as enthusiastically? Bah, who in their right mind would do something like this? Shameless!"

"Learned it from an old thing like you."

"Shameless!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Xuan Dan's laughter grew more and more triumphant and arrogant, spreading downstairs and being drowned out by the tide of bidding.

Time passed bit by bit, and the later the auction items were, the better their value and usefulness. In the end, almost every auction item could arouse a frenzy of bidding.

The old manager was also extremely skilled in rhetoric, stirring people's heartstrings again and again.

Even Wan Lei couldn't help but want to bid several times.

The auction had been going on for two days, and it was finally time for the final treasure to appear.

"Everyone!"

The old manager picked up the small hammer and knocked it down heavily three times, and only nodded in satisfaction when he saw that the audience had quieted down.

"Presumably, everyone has come to my Treasure Hall for that most crucial item.

All of you here are Core Formation cultivators, facing the difficulty of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

And in this world, there is a rare treasure that can help people break through to the Nascent Soul cultivation stage, and can gather the energy of heaven and earth and protect the Nascent Soul when the Golden Core forms the Nascent Soul.

This item is produced by the Heavenly Pill Pavilion in the Central Domain.

Everyone knows about the Heavenly Pill Pavilion, right..."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and auction it!"

"Who doesn't know that the Qi Gathering Nascent Soul Protecting Pill is a product of the Heavenly Pill Pavilion? We wouldn't be here if it wasn't."

"Everyone's here for it. Those who don't know wouldn't come!"

"Too much nonsense! You're more long-winded than a web novel!"

The old manager's face turned red from being choked by the people on the stage, and he didn't say any more nonsense.

"Alright, let's start the auction directly. But this auction is different from when we sold the Xuan Yuan Pill. It's being auctioned separately.

There are a total of ten Qi Gathering Nascent Soul Protecting Pills, which are human-grade pills, so the starting price is not high.

Each pill starts at fifty thousand spirit stones. Now, let's start auctioning the first pill!"

"Fifty-five thousand!"

"Fifty-eight thousand!"

"Sixty thousand!"

"Seventy thousand!"

Looking at the people around him excitedly shouting prices, Wan Lei couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Good heavens, these people are too crazy. For the sake of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, they're really not treating money like money."

Qi Manyao heard this and said, "You don't understand, do you? The Nascent Soul stage and the Core Formation stage are worlds apart.

Core Formation cultivators are very common everywhere, but once you break through to the Nascent Soul stage, you can immediately look down on the masses. Even in the Central Domain, you're a strong figure.

Think about it. In a place like Qishan, not counting those in the dark, there are only two Nascent Soul cultivators on the surface in the County Governor's Mansion.

Even the Nascent Soul guardian of the Treasure Hall was brought here from the main branch in the capital this time.

For breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, even a sliver of hope is enough to drive countless people crazy."

In the end, this pill was bought by an old man at the peak of the Core Formation stage for a price of one hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones.

Looking at the old man's beaming, undignified, hand-waving appearance, Wan Lei almost thought he had already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.

"It's just a pill, is it really worth it?"

Qi Manyao was about to speak again, but was interrupted by Tian Suanzi.

"Don't pay attention to him. He's a full man who doesn't know the hunger of an empty stomach. He's a heaven-blessed genius. How could he understand the pain of us ordinary cultivators?"

Tian Suanzi's sour words made Wan Lei feel a little smug.

At the same time, he was also very grateful that he had met a senior from the Heavenly Pill Pavilion and had been gifted two Qi Gathering Nascent Soul Protecting Pills.

Otherwise, with his mere one hundred thousand spirit stones, he probably wouldn't have been able to buy this pill.

You have to know, this was just the first pill. People were still restraining themselves. The fewer pills there were, the crazier people would become.