This time, the Diao and Wang families will likely be unable to sit still and participate in the auction for second-grade pill formulas.
Selling pills is nothing special; directly selling pill formulas is the most direct way to make money.
Moreover, pill formulas are a piece of cake for Mu Yun, a former Immortal King. He can easily come up with tens of thousands of second-grade pill formulas.
"Shao Mingyu, I'd like to see what you can do!"
The auction house became increasingly lively, with more and more people gathering. Finally, several figures appeared outside the Saint Pill Pavilion auction house.
It was Shao Mingyu and his group.
Shao Mingyu, Wang Dongyu, Diao Zhenyun, and several alchemists and weapon refiners that Shao Mingyu brought.
"Hmph, I'd like to see what tricks this Mu Yun can pull!"
Shao Mingyu stood in front of the crowd with his hands behind his back. He didn't believe that a mere brat from Beiyun City could bring out so many second-grade pill formulas and third-grade pill rooms for auction.
"Hehe, Clan Chief Wang, Clan Chief Diao, I didn't expect you two to be here. It's quite a surprise." Ignoring Shao Mingyu, Mu Yun stepped forward and greeted Wang Dongyu and Diao Zhenyun.
Wang Dongyu and Diao Zhenyun, being old foxes, knew Mu Yun's greeting was meant to provoke them and didn't take it to heart.
"Young Master Mu truly lives up to his title as the young clan chief of the Mu family. So young, yet so accomplished," Diao Zhenyun chuckled. "
Not at all, not at all. Compared to Young Master Diao Yadong, the young clan chief of the Diao family, I'm still far inferior."
"You…"
Diao Yadong had been defeated by Mu Yun in front of everyone, and now the entire Beiyun City knew about it.
For Mu Yun to say such a thing here was practically a provocation.
"Clan Chief Diao, why get angry!" Wang Dongyu chuckled. "Young Master Mu Yun has been known as a good-for-nothing for ten years. Now that he's shed that label, it's naturally something to celebrate."
"Clan Chief Wang knows how to talk," Mu Yun replied with a smile. "This good-for-nothing of mine, leading a bunch of little good-for-nothings, defeated a group of geniuses. Oh, and it seems Wang Yunqi was defeated by Miao Xianyu, right? I wonder if she's been affected. Has she refined a second-grade pill yet?"
"You..."
"Mu Yun, you good-for-nothing! If it weren't for the Mu family, you illegitimate son would have no place to stand in Beiyun City!" Diao Zhenyun finally couldn't hold back anymore. Mu
Yun defeated Diao Yadong, who had been listless and spending his days drinking, completely losing his fighting spirit—all thanks to Mu Yun.
"You called me trash?"
"So what if I called you trash?" Diao Zhenyun sneered. "This Saint Pill Pavilion belongs to the Saint Pill Sect. I can come and go as I please. You can't stop me, can you?" "
Nothing much. Hmph, Diao Zhenyun, you old fox. Pill formulas, come and buy them if you have the money."
With that, Mu Yun went straight into the auction hall.
From beginning to end, he treated Shao Mingyu like air, completely ignoring him. "You brat, let's see how tough you can be!" Shao Mingyu was furious. Within the Saint Pill Sect, whether it was inner disciples or even some elite disciples, they all treated him with respect. This Mu Yun, a nobody from Beiyun City, actually ignored him completely. "Let's go!" Leading everyone, Shao Mingyu walked into the auction hall. "Everyone, quiet down!" Just then, a figure suddenly walked up to the auction stage in the hall. Mu Yun clapped his hands, signaling everyone to quiet down. "Ladies and gentlemen, today I, Mu Yun, am willing to auction off eight Grade Two pill formulas and two Grade Three pill formulas. These formulas have been appraised by the Holy Pill Pavilion, so I think you have no doubts, right?" "Of course! Who wouldn't trust the Holy Pill Pavilion!" "Exactly! A tenfold penalty for any counterfeit! If we overpay, the Holy Pill Pavilion will repay us tenfold!" "Young Master Mu Yun, rest assured! Everyone knows the Holy Pill Pavilion's reputation. Let's begin the auction!" "Alright!" Hearing the crowd's confident words, Mu Yun smiled slightly. Wang Dongyu, Diao Zhenyun, and the others below the stage were puzzled. The Holy Pill Pavilion's reputation in Beiyun City had never been compromised in decades. What was this kid up to now? "Since that's the case, I, Mu Yun, have something to say today." Scanning the crowd, Mu Yun said, "Today, for any pill formulas that I, Mu Yun, am auctioning, if anyone from the Wang or Diao families wants to buy them, the price will be doubled!" The price will be doubled if anyone from the Wang or Diao families buys them! This was a blatant declaration to Diao Zhenyun and Wang Dongyu that they wouldn't get a single pill formula! "Mu Yun, you bastard, this is the Sacred Pill Pavilion, not your Mu family's!" "Mu Yun, don't go too far. Do you think my Diao family cares about your shabby pill room?" Even the most good-tempered Wang Dongyu and Diao Zhenyun couldn't tolerate this. "I haven't finished speaking!" Giving Wang Dongyu and Diao Zhenyun a contemptuous look, Mu Yun sneered, "Anyone who purchases this pill formula is strictly prohibited from having any connection with the Diao or Wang families. If I discover this, the Sacred Pill Pavilion will take action against them. I've already added this rule to the Sacred Pill Pavilion's auction rules." "You..." "You..." Mu Yun's words were clearly aimed at the Wang and Diao families; how could the two not see through it? "It seems the conflict between the Mu family and the Diao and Wang families is escalating!" "You just found out? It's said that some time ago, Mu Fengyuan and Mu Fengqing, two elders of the Mu family, led nearly half of the family's alchemists and weapon refiners to defect and join the Diao family." "No wonder there's been a sense of unease in Beiyun City lately." "It seems the relationship between the four major families—the Wang, Diao, Qin, and Mu families—is about to change. Beiyun City is probably about to be transformed!" "Anyway, it's none of our business. Even if things change, we can still buy a second-grade pill formula, which is enough for our family to survive in the chaos." In Beiyun City, the four major families are naturally the most renowned, followed by second-rate families like the Qi and Mo families. There are also some third- and fourth-rate families, surviving in the cracks between the four major families. However, the entire Beiyun City market, including some of its subordinate towns, is not entirely controlled by the four major families; these second- and third-rate families are also crucial.
"This time, I hope everyone will abide by the rules, otherwise... you all know the power of the Holy Pill Pavilion."
Mu Yun's words could be considered a threat, but they were also true.
Once the rules of the Holy Pill Pavilion were violated, that family in Beiyun City would almost certainly face annihilation.
The Holy Pill Pavilion, whether it was selling or buying divine weapons, pills, or other materials needed for cultivation, was the pillar of the entire Beiyun City.
In other words, without the Holy Pill Pavilion, Beiyun City would almost collapse.
The auction began.
The first pill formula was called the Spirit Expelling Pill. The Spirit
Expelling Pill, contrary to its name, was for seventh-level Qi Condensation Realm martial artists to gather spiritual power and accumulate substantial capital for entering the eighth-level Core Formation Realm.
In the end, the Spirit Expelling Pill was bought by a third-rate family for 700,000 low-grade spirit stones.
The auction continued, and as one second-grade pill formula after another was put up for auction, Diao Zhenyun and Wang Dongyu finally couldn't sit still.
Spirit Expelling Pill, Hundred Grains Pill, Qi Nourishing Pill—just hearing about the effects of these pills was enough to drive people crazy.
If elixirs are gold, then elixir formulas are a gold mine.
Gold will eventually run out, but a gold mine can produce gold endlessly.
Each elixir formula is a gold mine; how could they not be envious?
"Hmph, look at your pathetic selves. Even if they buy these formulas, you can just rob them! No guts at all,"
Shao Mingyu couldn't help but shout, seeing the barely concealed expressions on Diao Zhenyun and Wang Dongyu's faces.
These two guys, as the heads of two major families, really don't act like family leaders
at all. They're more trouble than they're worth.
Seeing Shao Mingyu's behavior, Diao Zhenyun and Wang Dongyu dared not speak out against him. Second
-grade pill formulas might be nothing in Shao Mingyu's eyes, but in theirs, they represented another new source of income for their families each year.
The profits from the formulas, bought for hundreds of thousands, would be enough to recoup their investment in a year.
"Now we're auctioning off third-grade pill formulas!" As the steward of the Holy Pill Pavilion walked to the center, everyone's attention was once again drawn to them.
Mu Yun auctioned eight second-grade pill formulas, with the lowest bid at 600,000 low-grade spirit stones and the highest reaching one million. These eight formulas brought him and the Mu family nearly six or seven million low-grade spirit stones in income.
This was practically the Mu family's entire year's income.
"This third-grade pill, after being appraised by our Sacred Pill Pavilion, cannot be definitively determined to be third-grade. However, its effects, once explained, should make the value of this formula clear to everyone,"
the steward explained carefully. "The Gathering Aperture Pill guarantees that martial artists at the fifth level of the Physical Body Realm, regardless of their talent, will reach the Spirit Aperture Realm within ten years."
What?
Upon hearing the steward's words, everyone present stood up in shock.
"A sixth-level Condensing Meridian Realm martial artist can reach the Gathering Aperture Realm within five years; a seventh-level Condensing Yuan Realm martial artist within three years; an eighth-level Gathering Core Realm martial artist within two years; a ninth-level Spirit Connection Realm martial artist within one year; and a tenth-level Gathering Aperture Realm martial artist within three months."
"Moreover, this effect is based on the premise that you can reach the Spirit Aperture Realm even without eating or drinking."
Heavens!
Upon hearing the steward's words, a roar resounded throughout the auction hall.
The Gathering Aperture Pill was more like a pill for cultivating Spirit Aperture Realm martial artists.
What did a Spirit Aperture Realm expert mean?
For example, second-rate families like the Qi and Mo families always have at least one Spirit Aperture Realm expert within them.
In third-rate families, the appearance of even one Spirit Aperture Realm expert is enough to elevate them to the ranks of second-rate families.
As for first-rate families like the Mu and Diao families, they each have more than one Spirit Aperture Realm expert.
The Gathering Aperture Pill can directly and inevitably produce a Spirit Aperture Realm expert within the family. Although it's only a third-grade pill, it's worth more than all the second-grade pill formulas combined.
"This pill formula has been personally appraised by Master Miaoqing. If it's ineffective, Master Miaoqing is willing to compensate ten times the amount at the Sacred Pill Pavilion, and then another ten times the amount."
As the presiding deacon finished speaking, the entire hall erupted in excitement.