Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 224: Puppet Mechanical Beasts
The first item up for auction was actually a top-grade magical artifact with considerable power, which caught Han Li by surprise.
Especially since this artifact was being praised to the skies by a tall, slender man with smooth speech and a charming demeanor. He claimed it was unparalleled in the heavens and hard to find on earth. Even Han Li felt the urge to reach into his pocket for spirit stones, tempted to buy it. Not to mention the other cultivators who were in urgent need of a top-grade magical artifact.
Sure enough, as soon as the starting price of two hundred spirit stones was announced, three or four impatient bidders immediately raised their offers. In the blink of an eye, the price of the Firecloud Sword soared to over three hundred spirit stones. This made some other cultivators who had wanted to bid quickly lose the desire to continue!
Although the Firecloud Sword's fire cloud attack was decent, it was clearly not on par with premium top-grade magical artifacts. Spending three hundred spirit stones to buy it would feel somewhat pointless.
However, if some people were unwilling to buy, others were more than happy to be the overpayers!
For these buyers, even though better items were coming up for auction later, they knew they wouldn't be able to snatch them. It was more practical to buy this decent top-grade magical artifact now.
So the Firecloud Sword was smoothly sold for just over four hundred spirit stones after a competition among several qi refining stage cultivators.
The cultivator wearing the doll mask happily handed over the spirit stones and carried the sword back to his seat, treating it like a treasured heirloom. This made some other cultivators chuckle quietly.
After this person sat down, the tall, slender man cleared his throat and continued:
"The second item our shop is auctioning is a favorite among refiners—a top-grade Crimson Luo Heavenly Furnace. This furnace has passed through the hands of many master refiners and has been used to create many exquisite top-grade magical artifacts, such as the Illusion Sound Sword, Azure Flood Dragon Banner, and Black Flame Pearl. It is said to offer certain enhancements in artifact refining. Whether this is true, our shop cannot say. Therefore, the starting price is only four hundred spirit stones, which is definitely not high."
As he spoke, the man took out a fiery red pill furnace from his storage bag and placed it on the table for everyone to examine.
Boom! Although no one spoke loudly, the atmosphere inside the hall immediately heated up. Many cultivators fixed their burning gazes on the furnace, clearly interested.
Han Li sat quietly in the corner, observing everything coldly. But when he heard that the Azure Flood Dragon Banner in his possession also came from this furnace, he was somewhat surprised—though only mildly.
He knew nothing about artifact refining, so he had no idea how valuable this pill furnace really was. Still, if it wasn't something he could use, he would never spend spirit stones on it! Han Li was resolute on this front. Besides, he had a fair amount of spirit stones but wanted to save them for crucial matters.
"Four hundred fifty!"
"Four hundred seventy!"
"I bid five hundred spirit stones!"
"......"
No matter how Han Li thought about it, this so-called Crimson Luo Heavenly Furnace was soon driven to a terrifying price!
"Seven hundred eighty!"
This was shouted by a stout man wearing a yellow cloak, his voice full of grit and determination.
"Eight hundred!"
A female cultivator nearby calmly raised the bid further, making the stout man clench his hands in frustration.
At this near sky-high price, the others had long dropped out of the competition, watching with reluctant eyes as these two wealthy foundation establishment stage cultivators kept pushing the price higher and higher.
"Eight hundred fifty! Madam, if you can raise it by one more spirit stone, the furnace will be yours!" After raising his bid again, the stout man glared angrily at the female cultivator and said fiercely.