Chapter 27 - What Kind of Joke Is This?

"6,000 Gold!" Xuan Wuhan immediately bid for the Soul Strengthening Pill once the auction began.

"6,100 Gold!"

"6,200 Gold!"

A few minutes later, Xuan Wuhan managed to secure the Soul Strengthening Pill for 7,500 Gold.

"Yes! Now I will be able to breakthrough to the third level Spirit Warrior Realm!" she made a victorious fist.

However, Xuan Wuhan was not satisfied with just a single bottle, so she proceeded to bid on the other two bottles.

After a few more minutes, two more bottles of Soul Strengthening Pills were handed to Xuan Wuhan, and she ended up paying 25,000 Gold for all three bottles.

"Hey, Yuan." Xuan Wuhan suddenly called for him.

"What's the matter?" he turned to look at her.

Xuan Wuhan smiled and opened one of the pill bottles to retrieve a Soul Strengthening Pill.

"Here you go. It's not much but I hope we can be friends for years to come!" she said while handing it to him.

Yuan accepted the pill with slightly widened eyes.

"Thank you!" he said with a smile on his face.

When Yuan held the Soul Strengthening Pill in his hands, the system automatically analyzed it for him.

[Soul Strengthening Pill] [Tier 3] [Purity: 82%]

[Effects: Permanently increases Soul Strength by 1,000]

[Description: A Spiritual Pill concocted by Bai Ming.]

[Limit: 3]

"It increases my Soul Strength! And by 1,000! If I swallowed 100 of these, would my Soul Strength increase by 100,000?! And what is this limit?" Yuan pondered.

"Xiao Hua, if I swallow multiple of these, will the effects stack infinitely?" he decided to ask her.

Xiao Hua shook her head and spoke, "Most pills have a limitation on how many you can consume before it no longer benefits your body. These Soul Strengthening Pills can only be eaten 3 times before it stops benefiting your body. With that being said, even if it won't improve your body, it still has other benefits such as calming your mind during Cultivation, hence why she bought so many of them."

"I see…" Yuan finally understood what the limit below the description was meant for.

"Hey, why don't you give us one of those pills too, Lady Xuan. Aren't we also friends?"

The Du Brothers asked her after seeing her give one to Yuan.

"If you wanted some, why didn't you even try to buy it?" Xuan Wuhan asked them.

"That's because you were very eager to have them, so we didn't fight for them with you," said Du Hai with a cheeky smile.

"Are you saying that I only won because you allowed me to win?" Xuan Wuhan narrowed her eyes at him.

Du Hai's cheeky smile quickly became an apologetic one and said, "T-That wasn't my intention…"

"Then forget it!"

"..."

After Xuan Wuhan turned her eyes away from him, Du Hai looked at Yuan with narrowed eyes, almost like he blamed Yuan for being responsible for the situation.

Sometime later, after ten more items were auctioned, Yuan's monster cores finally made its appearance.

"Umm… for our next item, we have a few monster cores…" Qing Qing sounded less confident and somewhat embarrassed by her own words.

"Monster Cores? Could it belong to a Beast that was at the Spirit Master level?" The people were slightly surprised by the appearance of monster cores, as they are rarely sold in Auction Houses.

"They are Spirit Apprentice level monster cores," said Qing Qing with a weird tone.

"Spirit Apprentice monster cores? Did the Auction House mess up? How could they sell such trash here?"

"There must've been a mistake. I cannot imagine the Azure Phoenix Auction House purposefully selling trash."

"The Azure Phoenix Auction House does not make mistakes. Although I don't know the reason, these monster cores were approved by Senior Chang herself," said Qing Qing, and she continued, "The starting price for all four of these monster cores will be 500 Spirit Stones."

However, nobody made a bid even after many minutes. It was an unprecedented event for the Azure Phoenix Auction House.

"Just take those trash away from our sights! Are you mocking us with them? Nobody wants it!" Du Bai shouted loudly.

"That's right! What kind of joke is this? Even if you are the Azure Phoenix Auction House, there is a limit."

Following Du Bai, other guests also began complaining. To sell something worth so little in this high-end Auction House with treasures worth tens of thousands of Gold was akin to selling street meat in a luxurious restaurant. The guests were feeling as though they were being mocked by the auction house.

"What should I do…? Senior Chang told me to sell these even if we have to lose face!" Qing Qing cried inwardly.

Meanwhile, in the VIP Room, Yuan was slightly trembling from anger. Even though the complaints were directed at the auction house and Qing Qing, he felt as though they were all directed at him, who wanted to sell these monster cores.

Xuan Wuhan noticed the irritated expression on Yuan's face and wondered if the monster cores belonged to him. After all, he gave her one of them at the city's entrance.

"It's just a few hundred golds. If these monster cores really belong to him, it'll definitely benefit our relationship, and he might even owe me for giving him face. It might also be another one of his tests..."

Thus, Xuan Wuhan spoke the next moment, "I will bid 600 Gold for these monster cores."

"Lady Xuan! Why would you bid for the monster cores? They are just trash! Don't waste your money on them. If you want, I can give you some at the Spirit Warrior level for free as a gift!" Du Hai said to her.

"Shut up! Do I need your permission if I want to buy something? I just happened to need these monster cores, so I am buying them!" she coldly snorted.

"..." Yuan looked at her with wide eyes.

"Not only did she give me a Soul Strengthening Pill worth hundreds of Gold but she's also buying my monster cores… I will definitely thank her properly in the future..." he thought to himself with a warm smile on his face.