Wang Yu listened to what Shu Tiansheng said, and while he didn't speak, his mind was racing.

As the auction progressed, except for a few individual items, the value of the auction items seemed to gradually increase.

Although the Blood Crystal Lotus Root was also considered a precious item, it was clearly inferior to the current auction items. Judging from this, the possibility of it appearing seemed unlikely.

Shu Tiansheng seemed to have thought of this as well, and became increasingly restless. After all, if the Blood Crystal Lotus Root didn't appear, he wouldn't be able to get what he wanted from Han Li. He even feared that Han Li would lose the little trust he had in him because of this.

At this moment, after the previous item was auctioned off on the auction stage, another new item was placed on display. It was a Fire-attribute True Immortal demonic beast's demon core, as large as a fist, emitting a flame-like red light, with circles of tiny scarlet runes swirling in the light.

"One Golden Scaled Crimson Crystal Flood Dragon demon core. This beast was at the peak of the late-stage True Immortal realm before its death, only one step away from breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm. Its demon core contains extremely powerful Fire-attribute laws, and there is no loss at all. For fellow cultivators who practice Fire-attribute techniques, the value of this item is immeasurable. The starting price is sixty immortal essence stones," the short figure announced.

Han Li retracted his gaze and nodded secretly.

The demonic beast to which this demon core once belonged was probably not low in cultivation, and had extraordinary talent. It should have mastered some Fire-attribute laws, so the power of law emitted from its demon core was far superior to that of the Black Crane demon core from Chong Luan. Even he was somewhat tempted by such spiritual material.

However, such good things would definitely not be cheap. Although he had saved a considerable sum of immortal essence stones before, after more than two hundred years of alchemy and cultivation consumption, he now had only a little over a thousand on him, so he couldn't waste them casually.

"Sixty immortal essence stones!" A voice sounded from beside him, and it was Shu Tiansheng who made the first bid.

"Eighty immortal essence stones!" A female voice rang out, this time coming from the other side of Han Li.

Han Li turned his head to look in the direction of the voice. He saw a slightly petite figure sitting in a seat near the edge of the venue to his left. Judging by the sound, it seemed to be a young female cultivator.

He had some impression of this person. She was the last cultivator to arrive at this auction, and her whole body faintly exuded an indescribable air of coldness.

"Ninety immortal essence stones!" Another tall cultivator on the right side of the venue bid.

"I offer one hundred immortal essence stones!" Shu Tiansheng said in a deep voice.

"One hundred and twenty!" This time, the female cultivator added twenty immortal essence stones without hesitation.

Shu Tiansheng hesitated for a moment and sat back down. This price was already very high, and it wouldn't be worth it to continue bidding.

"One hundred and thirty immortal essence stones!" The tall cultivator snorted and raised the price again.

"One hundred and forty!" The female cultivator's voice was indifferent, but she didn't back down at all.

Seeing this, Han Li shook his head slightly.

It was just a demon core of a late-stage True Immortal demonic beast. This price was already too expensive. One hundred immortal essence stones was not a small amount, even for a cultivator in the mid-stage of the True Immortal realm.

"One hundred and forty-five!" After a slight silence, the tall cultivator bid again.

"One hundred and fifty immortal essence stones!" The female cultivator seemed a little impatient and continued to bid with a slightly cold voice.

This time, the tall cultivator finally fell silent and did not bid again.

Seeing this situation, everyone in the audience looked towards the female cultivator and shook their heads.

The female cultivator sat quietly, without any reaction to the gazes of the people around her.

The short figure on the auction stage was exceptionally happy and quickly announced the ownership of the demon core.

"The demon core of a True Immortal demonic beast is certainly precious, but the following auction item is of even greater value. Everyone must not miss it." On the auction stage, the short auctioneer waved his hand.

A huge blood-red jade box appeared on the stage, emitting a layer of crystalline blood light, mixed with a faint sweet smell, spreading in all directions.

The short auctioneer waved his hand and pinched a magic seal. The lid of the jade box flashed with light and opened automatically.

Inside the jade box was a section of blood-colored lotus root, as thick as an arm, with three sections in front and back. It was preserved extremely well, and even the roots growing on the lotus root nodes were not damaged in the slightest.

The blood lotus root was crystal clear, as if it was carved from blood jade.

Soft blood light emanated from all parts of the blood lotus root, forming a small and exquisite blood-colored rainbow a few inches above it.

The extremely rich sweet smell spread out, refreshing the spirits of the powerful mid-stage True Immortals present.

Shu Tiansheng's body shook, his face filled with joy, and at the same time, he let out a long sigh of relief.

A hint of surprise also appeared in Han Li's eyes, and his expression relaxed.

It seemed that his previous prediction was biased. Although the Blood Crystal Lotus Root was difficult to find, as long as the age did not exceed 50,000 years, its price would naturally be insufficient compared to the previous auction items. But the age of this one in front of him was definitely not less than 100,000 years.

However, at the next moment, his face suddenly froze, staring at the blood lotus root on the stage, and a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

Although it was not obvious, there was a place on the blood lotus root about the size of a fingernail that was somewhat gray in color, as if it had been stained with some dirt.

"One Blood Crystal Lotus Root. Although the Blood Crystal Lotus Root cannot be considered a top-level spiritual object, this one in front of us is extraordinary. Its age has reached more than 150,000 years, making it a rare and hard-to-find spiritual object of heaven and earth. Moreover, I believe that some of you have already noticed the gray shadow on the blood lotus root. This is not caused by damage to the spiritual lotus root, but a rare symbiotic pattern," the short auctioneer said loudly.

When the people below the stage heard these words, many acquaintances began to discuss among themselves.

"Perhaps some of you fellow cultivators are not very clear about this. The so-called symbiotic pattern is formed when two spiritual herbs grow too close together, resulting in mutual influence of spiritual power. This symbiotic pattern will form in extremely rare cases," the short auctioneer paused and continued.

"As far as I know, the impact of symbiotic patterns can be good or bad. Some can actually cause the medicinal properties to become mixed and weakened, making them unusable," a voice suddenly came from below the stage, and it was a wide figure.

Although it was obscured by spiritual light, judging from its size, it should be a wide and fat person.

"Hehe, this fellow cultivator is knowledgeable. That's right, the impact of symbiotic patterns on spiritual herbs varies, but we have already asked some masters who cultivate spiritual herbs to appraise it. The impact of this symbiotic pattern is benign. Not only is there no confusion in the medicinal properties of the Blood Crystal Lotus Root, but it is also exceptionally pure and mellow. Everyone can rest assured," the short auctioneer nodded towards the fat figure and said.

When the people below the stage heard these words, there was another buzzing discussion.

"The auction will now begin. The starting price is eighty immortal essence stones, and each increase must not be less than five immortal essence stones," the short auctioneer announced the start.

"Eighty-five immortal essence stones!"

"Ninety!"

"Seventy immortal essence stones!"

……

After the explanation just now, everyone became even more eager for the Blood Crystal Lotus Root. Moreover, this item was indeed extremely precious. It was not only an excellent spiritual object for nourishing qi and blood, but also a treasure that many people who practiced body refining techniques dreamed of. Before Han Li could make a move, it had already been raised to a relatively high price.

Han Li sat in place without moving, his eyes flashing slightly, as if he was deliberating something.

Although he was determined to get this Blood Crystal Lotus Root, there was no need to rush to make a move now. It would be better to join the bidding directly at the end.

He turned his head to look at Shu Tiansheng and said, "The Blood Crystal Lotus Root has indeed appeared at the auction. According to our agreement, this item belongs to you."

After saying this, Han Li turned his hand and took out a piece of Scarlet Cloud Fire Crystal the size of a fist and handed it over.

They were sitting in a position that was relatively far back, and there was no one around, so there was no need to worry too much.

The female cultivator not far away who had bid for the Fire-attribute demon core happened to look over, and her body suddenly shook when her eyes fell on the Scarlet Cloud Fire Crystal.

"Thank you, Fellow Cultivator." Shu Tiansheng was overjoyed and quickly accepted it.

Han Li didn't speak and continued to pay attention to the auction situation.

After several rounds of bidding, the price of the Blood Crystal Lotus Root had climbed to one hundred and fifty immortal essence stones. The person who made the bid was the fat figure from before.

The few people who had been closely following the bidding came to an abrupt stop and did not bid again.

"One hundred and sixty!" Han Li raised his arm and quoted a price.

"One hundred and seventy!" The fat figure turned his head to look at Han Li, snorted, and shouted out again.

"One hundred and ninety!" Han Li's tone was calm, with an air of determination.

"Two hundred!" The fat figure hesitated slightly and bid again, surpassing Han Li.

Han Li frowned slightly and continued to raise the price little by little, not knowing when the other party would stop following.

"Two hundred and fifty!" He directly increased the price by fifty immortal essence stones, quoting a shocking high price.

Shu Tiansheng looked at Han Li, his heart full of surprise.

Many other people in the venue also looked towards Han Li.

Although the Blood Crystal Lotus Root that had reached 150,000 years of age was extremely precious, this price was too high.

Han Li ignored the people around him. Although he was staring straight at the Blood Crystal Lotus Root on the stage, the corner of his eye had been paying attention to the fat figure.

The fat figure hesitated slightly and did not bid again.

Having auctioned to this price, the short auctioneer was already very satisfied. After asking twice, he immediately announced the ownership of the Blood Crystal Lotus Root.

Han Li's heart relaxed, and he let out a light breath, his eyes filled with excited light.

He had finally collected the materials for the Myriad Wheel Pill. As long as he had this section of Blood Crystal Lotus Root, he could use the green liquid to ripen it and promote its growth.

While he was thinking, the next auction item was also put on display.

It was a painting, with a high mountain, a large river, and a palace painted on it.

The painting was blue in color, and a strange cold aura emanated from it. It was actually a magical treasure. The cold aura was mixed with law fluctuations, which was actually an immortal artifact level, and it looked extremely extraordinary.

It was just that one corner of the painting was slightly damaged, which was a bit of a pity.

"Immortal Artifact Nether Cold Mountain and River Map, containing extremely powerful Profound Nether cold energy, can unleash several powerful cold-attribute attacks. Unfortunately, it is somewhat damaged, starting price sixty-five immortal essence stones," the short figure announced.

Han Li glanced at the blue painting, and his eyes lit up slightly.

This item was indeed extraordinary. The power of law it contained was no less than that of the blue immortal sword before. Moreover, the attack mode of the painting immortal artifact was definitely more varied than that of the immortal sword, and it was much more difficult to refine.

It was a pity that this picture was somewhat damaged, which greatly reduced its value, but it was still a very good treasure.

At this moment, the bidding had already begun, and there were many people who wanted this picture. The price quickly climbed to ninety immortal essence stones.

"Ninety-five!" Han Li quoted a price.

He was quite interested in this painting immortal artifact. If the final price was not high, he could also bid for this item.

"One hundred immortal essence stones!" A voice sounded not far from Han Li, it was the female cultivator who had bid for the demon core.

Han Li glanced at the female cultivator and began to calculate whether to continue bidding.

However, at this moment, another slightly sharp voice sounded:

"I offer one hundred and fifty immortal essence stones."

The voice came from the first row of the auction venue.

Han Li shook his head and gave up decisively. This price had exceeded that of the previous immortal sword.

Some other people who still had some thoughts about this painting also fell silent at this moment.