A small spark can start a prairie fire

  A single pellet of Dan was actually auctioned off for 350,000 taels of white silver. This price left Li shocked and speechless. Although he now possessed the Red Mark on his Martial Soul, which could accelerate his cultivation, breaking through to the Refining Soldier Realm wouldn't be a huge problem in the future.

  Wealth is indeed a good thing, but now it's just in the small region of Hanshui Province. In the future, if there are large-scale auctions for 4th-grade ancient cities and 3rd-grade dynasties, his mere tens of millions of taels of silver would be insignificant.

  "Three hundred and sixty thousand taels!"

  The young lady of the Golden Light Gate gritted her teeth and spent 100,000 taels to buy a Shape Transformation Pill with 3.6 million taels of silver, which was not crazy, but also worth it.

  To know, the ninefold refinement of the soldier boundary is not as simple as advancing from the condensation boundary to the soldier boundary. It requires a certain amount of divine soldier energy to advance, and the transformation of the soldier is more about needing a foundation, while the transformation pill is one kind of elixir that can increase this foundation. Although it only has a small probability, this small probability may very well be enough to forge a master figure at the transformation boundary.

  Having become a grandmaster-level figure, what does 360,000 taels of white silver amount to?

  "Three hundred and seventy thousand taels!"

  The core disciple of Dì Hǔ Temple, Shì Zhì Hǔ, gritted his teeth and followed, thirty-seven million taels of silver was almost the limit he could bear, but in order to refine his troops and become a master of transformation, he had no choice but to take a gamble.

  "Heavens! It's already 370,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to the total income of a sixth-rank family for seven or eight years!"

  "The Liu family, the strongest of the six families, is only a nine-layered martial artist in the Refining Soldier Realm! You should know that these few are all big figures in the fifth-grade sect."

  "This bidding is too crazy!"

  "Yes! Crazy enough, really crazy enough! These few people are all core disciples of the 9th level of the Refining Soldier Realm. The eldest sister Xue Rou of the Golden Light Gate, the core disciple Shi Zhi Hu of the Earth Tiger Temple, and that dual-blade sect's core disciple Zhang Hao! Although they are still a bit short of reaching the 9th level of the Refining Soldier Realm, it's not much of a difference. These are all big shots who have achieved the Shape-Shifting Realm!"

  Prices continue to rise.

  "380,000 taels!"

  The man in black spoke with a tone that was always so calm and peaceful, without any fluctuations.

  "How despicable!"

  On the side of the Double Blade Sect, Zhang Hao suddenly turned his head, and a fierce gaze shot out from his eyes, staring fixedly at the black-clad man. His eyes were slightly red, and if it weren't for the young men holding him back behind him, he would have probably lost his temper already.

  "What kind of person is that?"

  The big sister of Jin Guang Men, Xue Rou, also slightly frowned, looking at the man in black, with unknown thoughts in her heart.

  Similarly, Dì Hǔ Sì's core disciple, Shì Zhì Hǔ, was also gritting his teeth. Halfway through, a black-clothed man suddenly appeared and killed him, directly raising the price of a single Huà Xíng Dān to 380,000 taels of silver. This was simply too crazy.

  "This guy..." Zhi Hu's forehead bulged with blue veins, his eyes dark and sinister, staring at the man in black for a long time before turning around and instructing his junior brother, Nei Men, in a few words, after which he fell silent.

  "38 million for the first time... 38 million for the second time... 38 million for the third time... Sold!"

  The blue-robed girl at the Eight Directions Pavilion didn't care about any of that; what she cared about was the high and low prices. A Shape Transformation Pill, purchased from elsewhere, would cost no more than 200,000 silver taels, but now the price had almost doubled to 380,000 silver taels. How could she not be delighted by this?

  ……

  The first three items brought up a wave of excitement, almost getting everyone's emotions high, but what followed were some common goods, leaving the people on the scene slightly disappointed.

  That's the cleverness of the Ba Fang Auction House. At the beginning of the auction, a small stimulus makes all the bidders rack their brains and frantically bid; but the calm period in the middle makes you lose your desire and slowly calm down, becoming impatient; towards the end, the items at the bottom of the box will appear, and at this time, the bidders who have experienced great fluctuations in emotions and become extremely impatient will one by one recklessly and frantically bid to compete for their desired items.

  Soon, the intermediate dull period passed quietly.

  Li Ke has been paying attention to all the items being auctioned, unfortunately, there hasn't been another special treasure like the bronze knife that was sealed away.

  Until the treasure at the bottom of the box was brought onto the stage.

  "Next is the third-to-last item in this auction, a top-grade human-tier artifact - the Purple Iron Seven-Star Blade!"

  "The Purple Iron Seven Star Blade is forged from the iron bones and iron core of the top-tier metal beast, the Purple Star Iron Wolf. It can cut through hair with a mere blow, its sharpness unmatched. A high-level master of the Refining Path can use it to slay high-tier metal beasts with ease, without even needing to exert themselves! Effortless and easy!"

  As she spoke, the girl in the blue long dress reached into a black wooden brocade box and pulled out the Purple Iron Seven Star Blade, slowly drawing it out.

  In an instant.

  "Clang!"

  A sharp, unparalleled voice came from the Purple Iron Seven Star Knife, accompanied by a stream of purple light that flashed continuously. The extremely sharp knife aura was fiercely ejected and sucked in, and the illusory purple seven stars on the Purple Iron Seven Star Knife flickered uncertainly. On the vast auction stage, the starlight shone brightly, and the sharp, menacing atmosphere was very oppressive.

  "Top-quality human family Fang Bing, purple iron seven-star knife... I didn't expect it to be a knife! Looks like it's for the Double Knife Sect after all!"

  "Hehe, but I think it's impossible for Double Blade Sect to be defeated that easily!"

  "The happiest one should be the Ba Fang Hui Guan, right?"

  "Purple seven stars surround the blade, not bad, this is exactly the kind of aura that a top-grade mortal sword should have! Good sword, absolutely a good sword!" In the Tianzi Pavilion private room, a middle-aged man wearing a white robe had his eyes shining with golden light.

  "Master, this Purple Iron Seven Star Knife is exactly what I've prepared for the Double Blade Sect! Next month's sect competition, this Purple Iron Seven Star Knife will make a perfect final prize!"

  "Alright! Elder's words make sense, after the sect's grand competition comes the bloody trial of the four major sects. At that time, whether it's a core disciple or an inner sect disciple who obtains this Purple Iron Seven Star Knife, our Double Blade Sect's chances of winning will increase by 10%. Alright then, let's set this Purple Iron Seven Star Knife as the reward for the ultimate winner among the core disciples!"

  "Our master is wise! I hope this year we can produce a talented disciple like Lu Jingfeng!"

  "Haha! How could a genius disciple like Lu Jinfeng be so easily obtained?! Last year's bloody trial was also something I didn't expect!"

  "I don't know if we can produce a few genius disciples from the inner door this year, but... I suddenly thought of an inner door disciple! He must be going to surprise us greatly this time!"

  "Hey! Inner sect disciple! Who are you talking about?" The middle-aged man looked at the black-robed old man beside him with great interest.

  The old man in black chuckled and said seriously: "Li Ke!"

  "Him!"

  The middle-aged man was slightly surprised, and then said with a heavy face: "When Li Ke's soldier soul was measured as a seventh-grade soldier soul, I intentionally arranged him in the Iron Horse House. The purpose is to see if he has any ambition. If he has ambition, even in the Iron Horse House, he can make a name for himself. If he doesn't have ambition, even if he is placed among the core disciples, he will probably be killed by others!"

  At this time, if Li Ke were here, he would be extremely surprised. The white-robed middle-aged man and the black-robed old man in the Tianzi Pavilion's private room were none other than the number one and two figures of the Double Blade Sect, Sect Master Yi Dai and Grand Elder Zhao Long.

  "Haha! The Sect Master has arranged things well! That Li Ke, hasn't let the Sect Master down either!" Zhao Long, the Grand Elder of the Double Blade Sect, smiled in great satisfaction.

  "What did he say?" asked Yi Dai, the leader of the Double Blade Sect, curiously turning to Elder Zhao Long.

  "Next month, the sect's grand competition will take place, and you, Sect Master, will see! That Li Ke is a young whippersnapper who will surely make a stunning debut! Trying to deceive me? I've been keeping an eye on you all along!" Elder Zhao Long burst out laughing and gave Yi Daiming a knowing look.

  PS: I saw some readers saying that the setting has a problem, White Robe saw it, first of all thank you for being serious, then this setting is indeed a flaw, which was not mentioned in the previous chapters, my original idea was to hide it in plain sight! Thank you book friends for your opinions, thanks!