“Two hundred!”

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the female cultivator who had bid for the demon core didn't give up. She raised the price again, increasing it by a full fifty immortal essence stones.

This statement surprised almost everyone present, and many looked at the female cultivator with a strange glint in their eyes.

It wasn't that two hundred immortal essence stones was a huge fortune. After all, everyone present was at least in the True Immortal stage, and those attending the underground auction naturally had that amount to spare.

However, immortal essence stones were extremely useful. Besides quickly restoring depleted immortal spiritual power, they could also accelerate cultivation to open up immortal acupoints. Therefore, True Immortal cultivators were always short of immortal essence stones, and they were particularly cautious about how they used each one. To spend a full two hundred immortal essence stones for a damaged immortal artifact was simply not worth it.

However, the battle between the two sides didn't stop there.

"Two hundred and thirty!" A sharp voice didn't give an inch, bidding calmly.

"Two hundred and fifty!" The female cultivator didn't back down either.

"Three hundred!"

"Three hundred and fifty!"

……

Both seemed determined to get the scroll, not giving way at all. In the blink of an eye, they raised the price to an unbelievable level.

Seeing this scene, the others couldn't sit still. A mere damaged immortal artifact was definitely not worth such a high price, unless there was some secret hidden within.

After some thought, a few people even joined the bidding midway, directly pushing the price up to over eight hundred immortal essence stones.

However, their determination and financial resources were insufficient, and they were quickly left behind by the two. In the end, it was still those two competing against each other.

Han Li's eyes flashed with blue light as he carefully examined the blue scroll, his brows furrowing slightly.

No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see anything special about the scroll. The only thing that was somewhat unique was the Profound Nether Cold Qi contained within.

At first glance, this cold qi didn't seem special, but after he released his divine sense and scanned it several times, he found that it seemed to give him a special feeling.

Han Li couldn't explain this feeling clearly. If he had to say, it was somewhat like the refined flame firebird.

After looking at the scroll for a while, he withdrew his gaze.

This item had nothing to do with him, and he didn't think he would spend so many immortal essence stones to bid for it. What was the point of thinking about it?

"One thousand immortal essence stones!" The sharp voice no longer had the composure it had before, and it shouted through gritted teeth.

"One thousand two hundred!" The female cultivator's voice was still extremely calm.

"I bid... one thousand five hundred!" This time, the sharp voice was silent for a long time, until the short figure on the auction stage announced "second time" before it bid again.

"Two thousand!" The female cultivator finally seemed impatient, quoting an unbelievable high price.

Everyone present gasped lightly. Such a high price was more than enough to buy ten immortal artifacts.

The sharp voice also went silent all of a sudden. After a while, it finally said, "Hmph! You have great courage. In that case, I'll let you have this fragment of the River Styx map."

After saying this, the person actually stood up and walked towards the outside.

Han Li watched the person's departing figure and secretly speculated. Could it be that the person failed to bid and wanted to use other means to seize the item, so they left early to make arrangements?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the female cultivator not far away.

The woman sat there calmly, without moving at all, seemingly not worried at all.

The short host also seemed a little stunned, until this time did he announce the ownership of the Myriad Cold Mountains and Rivers Diagram.

While everyone present felt regret, they also watched a jaw-dropping spectacle.

The auction quickly continued, and the items that appeared next became more and more precious. All kinds of rare treasures emerged one after another, making Han Li also feel tempted.

It was a pity that there were no Dao Pill materials he was looking for among these items. As for the other treasures, although he had quite a few immortal essence stones, he wasn't very wealthy. He still had to refine pills later, so he could only endure the pain and watch these items slip away from his eyes.

After another half an hour, the last auctioned item was also bid for, and the auction finally came to an end.

"Alright, the auction is over. Now is the time for free exchange. If any of you fellow Daoists have treasures you want to sell, you can come on stage one by one to display them. I wish you all the best in exchanging for your desired items." The short host said and walked off the auction stage with the two people beside him.

As soon as he finished speaking, a white light shot over immediately, its speed reaching the extreme. With a flash, it took the lead and landed on the auction stage.

The other few people in the venue who were about to go on stage had to stop regretfully when they saw this scene.

Naturally, the sooner you sold something at this kind of exchange, the better. Otherwise, watching treasures slip away from your eyes was not a good experience.

"Haha, fellow Daoists, I'm not talented, so I'll take the lead." The person on the stage cupped his hands at the few people and said with a laugh. His voice sounded a little old, as if he were an old man.

Seeing this, the few people returned to their seats helplessly. Only a thin and tall figure still stood in place, grinning at the person on the stage and saying, "Hehe, Brother Qiu's Radiant Sunshine Wave Art has unparalleled escape speed. Every time I participate in an exchange with you, you always take the lead on stage."

"Oh, it's Brother Fu. It's a real pity; I really need a treasure urgently." The old man surnamed Qiu on the stage laughed.

The man surnamed Fu shook his head and turned around to sit down as well.

"Fellow Daoists, I've brought two items this time." As the old man surnamed Qiu spoke, he took out two jade boxes, suspending them in front of him on the left and right sides, one large and one small.

As the old man waved his sleeves, the box lids were opened, revealing the items inside.

Inside the large jade box was a spiritual herb about a foot tall, shaped like a young bamboo, with very few leaves, only twelve. What was more peculiar was that each of the twelve leaves had a different color, emitting different halos of light.

"This is a Celestial Bamboo Leaf Grass. This grass grows one spiritual leaf every ten thousand years, which means this grass is already one hundred and twenty thousand years old. As for the effects of this spiritual herb, you all probably know, so I won't go into detail."

Immediately afterward, the old man surnamed Qiu opened another smaller jade box. Inside were some golden fine sands, emitting a dazzling golden light, so that looking at it directly with the naked eye felt faintly painful.

"Inside this box is Hao Yang Profound Gold Sand, an excellent material for refining metal-attributed flying swords. It can also be mixed into other immortal artifacts, greatly improving their toughness and sharpness." The old man surnamed Qiu continued to introduce.

There was a commotion under the stage. Clearly, people were quite interested in the two items that the old man surnamed Qiu had brought out.

"For this Celestial Bamboo Leaf Grass, I want to exchange it for a Vein Opening Grass of at least one hundred thousand years. As for this box of Hao Yang Profound Gold Sand, I want to exchange it for a spiritual material containing the power of the earth attribute law." The old man surnamed Qiu paused and stated his requirements.

Han Li's gaze turned to the Celestial Bamboo Leaf Grass, his eyes flickering.

Celestial Bamboo Leaf Grass was a spiritual herb containing a trace of the poison law. Using this as a medicinal primer, it could theoretically be combined to create a spiritual pill that could resolve all poisons. Although there were some detoxification spiritual herbs in his medicine garden, they were clearly incomparable to this treasure of heaven and earth.

It was a pity that he had never even heard of the so-called Vein Opening Grass. Moreover, the other party would obviously not agree to exchange this kind of spiritual medicine for immortal essence stones.

As for the box of Hao Yang Profound Gold Sand, he didn't care about it.

At this moment, a thin cultivator stood up and waved his hand, sending out a red light that wrapped around a long jade box and landed on the auction stage.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you think of my Vein Opening Grass?"

The old man surnamed Qiu picked up the jade box, opened a slit, and immediately closed it with a "pa" sound, saying decisively, "Deal."

Then, he waved his hand and sent out a white light, sending the Celestial Bamboo Leaf Grass to the side of the thin cultivator.

Seeing this scene, Han Li sighed regretfully.

The old man surnamed Qiu picked up the box of Hao Yang Profound Gold Sand and asked several times, but seeing that no one responded, he had to put it away and walk off the stage.

As soon as this person walked down, a green escaping light shot over, taking the lead in arriving on the stage. It was the man surnamed Fu from just now.

"Hehe, I'm not that rich. This time, I only brought a Seven Spirit Barrier Breaking Incense, which is of great help to True Immortal cultivators in opening immortal acupoints. If you light this incense when impacting immortal acupoints, it can increase the success rate by about 10%." The man surnamed Fu took out a purple sandalwood box. After opening it, inside was a red and black bundled incense stick. Although it wasn't lit, an indescribable strange fragrance had already spread out.

Seeing this, almost everyone under the stage focused their gazes on the red and black bundled incense stick, their eyes revealing eager expressions.

This kind of spiritual item that helped with breakthroughs was naturally the most popular.

"I want to use this incense to exchange for a Celestial Fragrance Musk Fruit." The man surnamed Fu seemed very satisfied with the reaction of the crowd under the stage, and then said.

Han Li didn't show much interest in this. After all, he was now relying on a large number of rare medicinal pills to impact immortal acupoints. This incense was at most a decoration to him, not something he needed. After all, even if he obtained it, he wouldn't have the ability to reproduce more of this incense like a spiritual medicine.

Although the Seven Spirit Barrier Breaking Incense was rare and precious, the Celestial Fragrance Musk Fruit was not an easy item to obtain either. The man surnamed Fu asked several times, but no one responded.

Seeing this situation, someone under the stage proposed exchanging it for other spiritual items, or directly buying it with immortal essence stones. Unfortunately, the man surnamed Fu directly refused and quickly walked down.

The exchange continued. One after another, cultivators who were originally sitting under the stage went on stage, displaying the items they wanted to exchange. Some were lucky and exchanged for the items they desired, or they agreed when the other party offered other things that far exceeded their expectations. Most of the items were just displayed on stage and didn't really get exchanged successfully.

This was also normal. After all, the scale of this auction was not large, and most of the cultivators present were not loose immortals. On the surface, they were all people with quite a bit of status, so the items they wanted were definitely not ordinary items that could be bought anywhere. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come to participate in this kind of exchange.

Han Li sat there quietly, not competing with those who were swarming onto the stage, watching one rare treasure after another flow before his eyes. He also took this opportunity to broaden his horizons, something he hadn't had many opportunities to do in the past.

As the exchange progressed into the second half, the people going on stage gradually lost the eagerness they had before. Sometimes, after the current person came down, there would even be a period of silence before someone went on stage again.

Seeing that there was no reaction from under the stage for a long time after the last person came down, Han Li was about to get up, but he saw a black light fly out in front of him, taking the lead and landing on the stage.

This person's body was surging with black qi, which was still clearly visible through the layer of spiritual light. A strong Yin Sha aura spread out.

Seeing this, Han Li didn't say anything and sat back down directly. Like the others, his gaze fell on the black light figure on the stage. He wanted to see what this person, who had waited so long to finally make a move, would bring out.