Inside the Xingyun Pavilion, a strikingly beautiful woman was attending to a person cloaked entirely in black.
"Esteemed senior, there are some medicinal pills you've presented that I don't recognize. Please wait a moment, and I shall fetch the Head Manager. The Head Manager is an alchemist and will undoubtedly offer you a fair price."
After Wanru finished speaking and saw the black-robed figure nod, she bowed slightly and walked out.
*Phew!*
After Wanru left, the black-robed man exhaled heavily and immediately removed his veil. This person was none other than Li Xuan.
Considering he had less than two million high-grade spirit stones on him, Li Xuan naturally wanted to acquire some spirit stones before the auction began. The best place for this was undoubtedly Xingyun Pavilion.
After leaving the Hu Manor, Li Xuan had realized that if he went to Xingyun Pavilion in his original appearance, there might be some complications. Moreover, Li Xuan had deeply understood the principle of not revealing one's wealth.
"Wanru, you said the other party was fully clad in black robes, making their age indistinguishable?" an old man in the top floor of Xingyun Pavilion asked Wanru.
"Yes, Head Manager. Look, these are the three pills he presented. Forgive my ignorance, but I only recognize one of them as a Guiyuan Pill, and it's a high-grade one at that. As for the other two, I am unable to identify them," Wanru replied with a wry smile, nodding.
"Hmm, it's normal for you not to recognize these two pills, Wanru, as you are not an alchemist. Even across the entire True Martial Continent today, there are no more than a handful of people who could identify these two pills."
"Look at this one, crystal clear and full of luster. If you sense it carefully, you'll feel the tempestuous aura surrounding it. This pill is the Wu Yun Divine Pill! It's a divine pill that stimulates power, with no side effects. Classified by its grade, it is an eighth-grade high-class pill."
After speaking, the old man looked at the second pill.
"This one, with black and white interlaced, intertwining and rotating like a living thing, with wisps of lightning flashing between the black and white, looks extraordinarily peculiar. This is the Du Li Divine Pill! Even if a Spirit Master is gravely injured, as long as they have a breath left, it can completely save them and restore them to their original state."
"Classified by grade, it is also an eighth-grade high-class pill, but it is even more precious than the Wu Yun Divine Pill."
The old man's eyes gleamed as he finished speaking, his thoughts unclear.
"These two pills are so heaven-defying! But how does that person possess such divine pills? And why would he want to consign them for sale?"
Wanru asked, extremely shocked and somewhat doubtful.
"Our Xingyun Pavilion never inquires about the origin of items. As long as they are willing to sell, we dare to accept them. As you just said, they were fully clad in black robes and wore a veil, clearly not wanting to reveal themselves. Let's go, we shouldn't keep our guest waiting."
The old man pushed the door open and walked out.
They're here!
Li Xuan had just taken a few sips of the tea Wanru had poured for him when he sensed someone approaching his room. He immediately put on his veil, resuming his previous appearance.
"I sincerely apologize for making the distinguished guest wait. I am Nanhua Zi, the Head Manager of Xingyun Pavilion. Greetings, fellow Daoist." As Nanhua Zi entered, he bowed apologetically, making Li Xuan feel somewhat uneasy.
"It's only been a short while, no inconvenience. Does Head Manager Nanhua Zi recognize my two pills?" Li Xuan nodded slowly and said in a lowered voice.
"Naturally, I do. Esteemed Daoist, please be seated." Nanhua Zi walked over and sat down next to Li Xuan.
"My eyesight is poor, I wonder what esteemed Daoist's surname is?" Nanhua Zi asked after sitting down.
"My surname is Huang, not to be too modest," Li Xuan replied.
Surname Huang? There doesn't seem to be any family power with the surname Huang on the Xuanwu Continent.
"Please forgive my presumption, but how many more pills did Daoist bring?" Nanhua Zi, unable to glean more, continued to ask Li Xuan.
"Head Manager Nanhua Zi, probing the customer like this seems to be somewhat contrary to your Pavilion's usual conduct. Moreover, I believe the quantity of pills I've presented is sufficient," Li Xuan said indifferently, glancing at Nanhua Zi.
"Indeed, indeed. Please do not be angry, Daoist. I was merely curious, with no other intentions." Nanhua Zi knew he had overstepped and quickly apologized, though a trace of disappointment was evident in his expression.
"However, I do have a few spiritual treasures here. I wonder if Head Manager Nanhua Zi can appraise them?"
Seeing the expression on Nanhua Zi's face, Li Xuan's heart stirred. He immediately took out three spiritual treasures from his ring and placed them on the table.
What!
Upon seeing the three Primordial Treasures on the table, Wanru and Nanhua Zi's expressions changed in unison.
It was known that even one Primordial Treasure could serve as the foundational treasure of a sect. Even the City Lord's mansion of Shuangyang City only possessed one, the Layered Rainbow Lion King Brocade.
And this person here had actually presented three at once!
Involuntarily, Li Xuan instantly became even more mysterious in the hearts of Nanhua Zi and Wanru.
After all, there were few people in Shuangyang City who could casually present three Primordial Treasures, along with those three pills.
"Esteemed Dao... Senior, are you intending to sell these?" Nanhua Zi stammered.
"Naturally, I intend to sell them. The sooner a buyer is found, the better. You two can appraise them as well," Li Xuan said, relieved to hear Nanhua Zi's tone change after seeing the three Primordial Treasures.
It seemed Primordial Treasures were indeed sought after on the True Martial Continent.
As for the three pills, they were all found in Tu Suo's ring. Li Xuan had inquired about their effects from the Heavenly Dao Brush. Although their efficacy was potent, they were not of great importance to Li Xuan. They were undoubtedly the best as a stepping stone.
If Xingyun Pavilion couldn't even identify those three pills, Li Xuan would have had no reason to present the three Primordial Treasures.
"Senior, the estimated value of the three pills is around three hundred million high-grade spirit stones. As for these three Primordial Treasures, their lowest value is thirty billion high-grade spirit stones," Nanhua Zi said, then picked up his teacup and took a sip, as if he were tired.
Good heavens, they're this valuable! Upon hearing Nanhua Zi's words, Li Xuan almost lost his composure.
"Senior, Wanru has a suggestion that might fetch a higher price. I wonder if Senior is interested?" Seeing Nanhua Zi raise his teacup, Wanru stood up and continued.
"Oh? Miss Wanru, please feel free to speak whatever is on your mind." Li Xuan's interest was piqued. Was there a way to increase the price?
"Senior, you must have heard about the auction our Xingyun Pavilion will be holding in a month. Wanru's idea is to place these items in the auction, selling only one at a time. The price at that time might exceed your expectations."
"And these three pills can also be auctioned one by one. Wanru believes it will definitely be more profitable than you selling them now," Wanru said, looking at Li Xuan with anticipation.
"Oh? Doing so would indeed increase the price significantly. However, I have a question. Since auctioning them can earn more, why doesn't Miss Wanru acquire my items first and then auction them? Why tell me this information now?"
Li Xuan nodded, then glanced at Nanhua Zi before looking at Wanru and asked.
"Senior, to be candid, Xingyun Pavilion has a rule: once an item consigned by a customer is listed, we internally cannot repurchase it. You just mentioned wanting to find a buyer and consign it as soon as possible, so Wanru could only tell you the truth."
Wanru glanced at Nanhua Zi, pondered for a moment, and continued, "At this point, Wanru is not afraid to tell you in advance. This time, Xingyun Pavilion had originally prepared a Chaos Spiritual Treasure as the finale. However, the escort team was attacked midway."
"Headquarters issued an order that if this auction is not successfully completed, both Wanru and the Head Manager will receive severe punishment, and we might lose our management authority here. Now, the whereabouts of that Chaos Spiritual Treasure are unknown, and Wanru is worried that someone in headquarters might use this to cause trouble."
"Therefore, Wanru wishes to use Senior's three Primordial Treasures as a substitute. May I ask if Senior can agree?"
"I see. I agree. However, these three Primordial Treasures are not comparable to a Chaos Spiritual Treasure." Li Xuan nodded, finally understanding.
"Senior, having these three Primordial Treasures is already the best. You mentioned wanting to consign them as soon as possible, so I presume you are short of spirit stones. Wanru can prepay Senior thirty billion high-grade spirit stones to alleviate your urgent need."
"After the auction concludes, we will give Senior the spirit stones from the auction. What does Senior think?"
"It's not particularly urgent. I can wait for a month. How about this, I will attend your auction in a month's time."
Li Xuan finished speaking, stood up, turned, and left, quickly disappearing.
*Phew.*
Several minutes later, Li Xuan, after confirming he was not being followed, made his way back to the Hu residence.
"My goodness, a single Primordial Treasure can fetch a price of over ten billion high-grade spirit stones. It seems I'll have to go on a looting spree more often from now on," Li Xuan said with a smile, then picked up his teacup and took a large gulp.
Heavenly Dao Brush: "..."