Han Changming smiled and said, "The first time you take it, the effect is very good, but as you take it more and more times, the effect will gradually become worse. In any case, the Nine Element Spirit Forging Liquid can indeed increase spiritual awareness."
All medicines are poisonous to some extent. As long as it is an elixir, if you take it too many times, you will develop drug resistance. This is beyond doubt.
If there is a method to increase spiritual awareness, that would be the best.
Han Changming was just thinking about it. The skills that could increase spiritual awareness must be treasured by various forces and would not be leaked out.
At the hour of You, the sky darkened and the lights in Qingou City were bright as day. There were no fewer pedestrians on the streets than during the day.
The Qingou Sea is home to a species of Qingou bird, which is a magical bird that flies relatively fast and is actively hunted by various demon hunting teams.
Most of the shops on both sides of the street sell monster materials, mainly monster bird materials, and there are even a few shops selling young blue gulls.
A cup of tea later, they appeared at the door of a nine-story green pavilion. On the plaque were three large golden characters "Qingou Pavilion", which were very conspicuous.
There were many cultivators coming in and out, making the place quite lively.
Han Changming and Ye Xin walked in. As soon as they entered, they heard the sounds of birds and insects. More than a dozen monks were crowded in front of the counter, talking to the servants behind the counter.
"Welcome to our store, seniors. How can I help you?"
A middle-aged man with a simple and honest face came over and asked enthusiastically.
"We want to buy some elixirs for spirit beasts. I heard that your Qingou Pavilion is the largest spirit beast shop in Qingou City, so you should have some!"
"Senior, you have come to the right place. Please go upstairs."
Han Changming and Ye Xin followed the middle-aged man to the seventh floor, where a plump young woman in a golden dress warmly received them.
"I heard that you two Daoists want to buy Beast Spirit Pills! I wonder how many bottles you want to buy?"
"Five bottles, how many spirit stones do I need?"
The smile on the face of the young woman in the golden skirt deepened, and she said, "One bottle of beast spirit pill costs one thousand spirit stones, five bottles cost five thousand, and it will be available in ten years."
"What? It'll take ten years to get the product?"
Han Changming's face looked a little ugly. To be honest, one thousand spirit stones for a bottle of pills was indeed too expensive. However, Han Changming was an alchemist and he didn't lack such a small amount of spirit stones. He couldn't accept asking him to wait for ten years.
"Of course, the Beast Spirit Pill is difficult to refine. To be honest with you two fellow Taoists, we also purchased it from others, not produced it ourselves. Ten years is already fast. If you came later, it would take longer. There are dozens of fellow Taoists who have reserved Beast Spirit Pills in our store. The more customers who reserve Beast Spirit Pills, the longer it will take to get the goods."
The young woman in the golden dress gave a wry smile and explained.
"What if we want ten bottles!"
"That means you can get the goods after 20 years. We only recognize receipts and tokens. As long as you have them, you can get the goods when the time comes. If you don't have them, you can't get the goods."
Han Changming thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay! We want five bottles."
The young woman in the golden skirt took out a green jade token, wrote a note by hand, handed the token and note to Han Changming, and said, "One thousand for the deposit, and another four thousand for the delivery."
Ye Xin took out a thousand spirit stones and put away the receipt and jade token.
"If you two Daoists are in urgent need of Beast Spirit Pills, you might as well attend the auction tonight. The location is Qingou Palace. It is said that there will be Beast Spirit Pills. The price is hard to say. Calculating the time, it has already been held."
Han Changming immediately became interested. They had been to many markets, but had never encountered an auction. They did not expect to encounter one in the Qingou Sea.
No wonder there are so many cultivators on the street, it turns out they are here to attend the auction. If the young woman in the golden skirt hadn’t mentioned it, they might not have known about it.
This is also a very normal thing. Even if the market holds an auction, not everyone will be talking about it, and outsiders really don’t know about it.
After leaving Qingou Pavilion, Han Changming and Ye Xin went straight to Qingou Palace.
Half a quarter of an hour later, they appeared at the door of a five-story green palace, with two Foundation Establishment stage guards at the door.
Han Changming paid one hundred spirit stones and the guard let him pass.
After entering Qingou Palace, a young and beautiful maid immediately led them to the auction venue.
After passing through a long bluestone corridor, they appeared in a conference hall of more than ten acres in size. In the center was a circular platform, surrounded by thousands of neatly arranged blue jade chairs. The front seats were occupied, so Han Changming and Ye Xin could only find empty seats to sit down.
A middle-aged man with a shrewd look stood on a high platform, holding a green brocade box in his hand, with three golden flying knives in the box.
"One thousand five hundred spirit stones, deal. This set of golden glass knives belongs to this Taoist friend."
After bidding away the three flying knives, the middle-aged man took out three green porcelain bottles and said loudly, "Three bottles of Beast Spirit Pills. Daoists who raise spirit beasts should not miss out! Taking spirit beasts below level three will greatly help them advance. They are being auctioned separately. The starting price is 300 spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 100."
"three hundred!"
"Four hundred!"
"five hundred!"
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The competition was quite fierce. Han Changming bought a bottle of Beast Spirit Pill at a high price of 1,500 yuan.
The starting price was three hundred yuan, and it was sold for one thousand five hundred spirit stones. This is enough to show how lucrative the profits of an auction are. No wonder those big forces like to hold auctions.
"The next auction item, alchemists, don't miss it."
The middle-aged man kept the secret for a while, then flipped his palm, and with a flash of red light, a four-cornered tripod the size of a palm appeared in his hand.
"The second-grade Qingyang furnace has a 10% bonus to alchemy. Of course, this 10% is only theoretical. It doesn't mean that an alchemist with a 90% success rate will be able to make a perfect pill every time if he bids for this furnace. The starting price is 800 spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 100."
"Eight hundred!"
"Nine hundred!"
"one thousand!"
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The sound of bids continued. Han Changming was also interested in this alchemy furnace. The Qianyang Furnace he had was of good quality, but he used spiritual fire to make the elixir, and the Qianyang Furnace seemed unable to withstand the high temperature of the spiritual fire. He planned to change to a better alchemy furnace.
"I'll give you two thousand. I hope you will give me some face."
A male voice full of pride came from a private room upstairs.
"Hehe, Master Qingyun's reputation can suppress others, but it can't suppress me. I'll pay two thousand two."
A somewhat teasing female voice sounded from another private room.
Han Changming was speechless for a while. It seemed that the local forces in the Qingou Sea were competing for this alchemy furnace. He hesitated for a moment and gave up the bidding. This Qingyang furnace was not worth offending the local forces in the Qingou Sea.
This Qingyang Furnace was eventually bought at a high price of two thousand five hundred yuan by a foundation-building cultivator, who was said to be a descendant of Master Qingyun.