Three Heavy Water Thunder Pearls had already reached a price of one thousand top-grade spiritual stones. This had silenced almost everyone present. It wasn't that no one could afford the price, but rather that everyone felt it wasn't worth it.

After all, this was a one-time consumable treasure, and one thousand top-grade spiritual stones could probably be used to purchase a not-so-good Postnatal Immortal Artifact in normal times.

Therefore, everyone's eyes began to wander back and forth between Han Li and the bald burly man, with a completely watching-the-show mentality.

Of course, the happiest person at the moment was Wen Hua, the host of the auction.

The more the price of the auctioned item was raised, the higher the commission and reputation he would ultimately receive.

"One thousand top-grade spiritual stones, the first time! Are there any other Daoists who want to bid?" Wen Hua cleared his throat and said, but his eyes looked directly at Han Li.

Han Li, however, frowned and remained silent.

Seeing this, the bald burly man's eyes flashed with a hint of triumph, and his gaze swept around seemingly casually.

Seeing that everyone else was silent, and no one intended to bid, and Wen Hua had already shouted "the second time," the burly man's triumphant expression grew even stronger.

On the auction stage, Wen Hua was about to finalize the deal when no one bid.

"I don't have enough spiritual stones on me. Fellow Daoists, please see how much this item of mine is worth." A voice suddenly rang out, it was Han Li.

As soon as these words came out, the whole place burst into an uproar.

The bald burly man was also slightly stunned, but then a sneer of disdain appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Han Li, in the form of a brawny man with a bristly beard, took out a strip-shaped jade box and handed it to the maid next to him.

The maid's heart was jolted, and she quickly held the jade box in her hands. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, she hurried to the side of the auction stage and placed the jade box on the long table in front of the gray-robed old man and the other two.

The blue-shirted burly man and the middle-aged woman sat still, obviously not very interested in whether Han Li could take out collateral.

After all, they were well-informed, and the auction had progressed to this point, and they had appraised countless treasures. Most of them were just so-so, and the most valuable was just a small piece of Sea Soul Stone with a trace of water attribute law, but they gave a price of four hundred and eighty top-grade spiritual stones.

Seeing that his two companions were unmoved, the gray-robed old man casually reached out to pick up the jade box and slightly opened a gap in the lid.

"Huh!" The old man suddenly raised his white eyebrows slightly, let out a soft exclamation, then glanced towards Han Li's direction, and handed the jade box to the blue-shirted burly man next to him.

The burly man saw the change in the white-browed old man's expression, and couldn't help but open a gap in the jade box suspiciously. His expression was immediately shocked. After a moment of contemplation, he handed the jade box to the middle-aged woman.

After the middle-aged woman looked at it, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she only glanced at the direction where Han Li was and didn't say much.

After the three of them discussed in a voice transmission, the gray-robed old man coughed lightly and looked at Han Li, saying, "Fellow Daoist, we estimate the value of this item to be one thousand top-grade spiritual stones. Are you willing?"

As soon as these words came out, the smile on the bald burly man's face completely froze, and a small wave was set off in the audience.

"What?"

"Did I hear wrong? What is this thing, worth one thousand top-grade spiritual stones?"

"Could it be a Postnatal Immortal Artifact... It doesn't look like it!"

"Could it be some kind of spirit pill?"

...

According to the rules of the auction, the appraiser doesn't necessarily announce what the collateral is. Therefore, the people on the first floor immediately started to discuss, and many acquaintances on the second floor also began to whisper and guess in voice transmissions.

"I'll add one hundred, one thousand and one hundred spiritual stones."

Han Li frowned slightly, but then relaxed, nodded to the gray-robed old man to show his approval, and then directly shouted the price.

The item in the jade box was the 30,000-year-old Soulbirth Flower he had cultivated. This was absolutely a hot commodity in the Blackwind Sea Area, so he was actually not very satisfied with the price in his heart. But firstly, he needed spiritual stones now, and secondly, the spiritual medicine that was quite rare for others was nothing to him at all, so after a little thought, he agreed.

"One thousand... one hundred and fifty!" The bald burly man hesitated slightly, then quoted another price.

"One thousand two hundred."

"...One thousand three hundred!"

"One thousand five hundred." Han Li said calmly.

"Humph!" Hearing this, the bald burly man's face changed for a while, and finally he snorted coldly, folded his arms, leaned back on the chair, and didn't quote any more.

"Three Heavy Water Thunder Pearls, one thousand five hundred spiritual stones, sold!" Wen Hua's face lit up, and he announced immediately.

Immediately afterwards, a black-clothed young woman walked to Han Li's side, smiled sweetly, and said softly:

"Senior, are you trading now, or after the auction is over? If you trade now, you need to move to the back hall for a moment."

"Let's trade now." Han Li said without thinking, stood up, and followed the black-clothed young woman towards the side of the venue.

In a certain private room on the third floor, Blackwind Island Lord Lu Jun was sitting upright, and next to him was a stunning white-clothed girl, Lu Yuqing.

Lu Yuqing looked at Han Li through the private room, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Yuqing, what's wrong?" Lu Jun asked when he saw this.

"Nothing. It's just that for some reason, that person gives me a familiar feeling." Lu Yuqing tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said.

"Familiar? Have you met this person before?" Lu Jun followed her gaze and glanced at Han Li. At this moment, Han Li happened to walk into a room next to the venue.

"It's nothing, maybe it's just my imagination." Lu Yuqing shook her head and didn't think too much about it.

At this moment, the auction continued, and her gaze was immediately attracted by the appearance of the next item.

Inside the room, a black-clothed old man sat cross-legged, with a strip-shaped jade box beside him.

"Daoist, please sit down." The old man stood up, his face filled with a smile, and cupped his hands.

Han Li sat down opposite him, without saying a word, he waved his hand, and a small pile of top-grade spiritual stones appeared on the table, exactly five hundred.

"Hehe, Daoist is really a straightforward person." The black-clothed old man chuckled, waved his hand, and three jade boxes appeared on the table.

Han Li waved his sleeve, and the lids of the jade boxes were opened. Seeing three Heavy Water Thunder Pearls lying quietly inside, he nodded quite satisfied.

After the handover was completed, he nodded to the old man, without intending to stay any longer, and stood up to leave.

"This Daoist, please wait a moment." The black-clothed old man also stood up quickly and stopped Han Li.

"I wonder what advice you have for me?" Han Li said lightly.

"I wouldn't dare to give advice, I was just entrusted by someone to ask Daoist, do you have any Soulbirth Flowers for sale? Anything over 20,000 years old is fine. This association is willing to buy them at a high price, and the price is naturally negotiable." The black-clothed old man said quickly.

"Hehe, if I had more Soulbirth Flowers, I would have taken them out during the auction earlier. How could I let a treasure slip away from my eyes? This one was just obtained by chance." Han Li shook his head and said with some self-deprecation.

Hearing this, the black-clothed old man revealed a trace of regret.

Han Li turned around and was about to leave, but just as he took a step, his figure suddenly paused, and he turned around and asked, "Speaking of which, I also have something I want to ask you. I wonder if you know who refined these three Heavy Water Thunder Pearls?"

"These three Thunder Pearls were also purchased by our auction house by chance. We don't know who refined them very well. But as far as I know, it should be an expert from outside the Blackwind Sea Area." The black-clothed old man was stunned, and then replied.

Han Li nodded silently, stepped out of the cabin, returned to the auction venue, and sat down again.

At this time, he had attracted the attention of many people around him, and many people's eyes began to scan towards him intentionally or unintentionally.

He naturally didn't care about this and remained calm.

"The next treasure is a pair of True Immortal Late-Stage alien beast Sky-Rending Howler's horns, perfectly preserved, without a trace of spirituality lost. The starting price is six hundred top-grade spiritual stones, and each increase must not be less than ten stones." Wen Hua waved his hand on the auction stage, and a pair of purple light-flowing horns appeared on the stage, blooming with ten thousand rays of purple light.

Inside the hall, the cultivators were enthusiastic and immediately began a fierce competition.

Han Li naturally had no intention of participating, he just watched the auction go through a few more rounds with a calm expression, without leaving early.

More than an hour later.

"Fellow Daoists must have been waiting for a long time! Next, is the finale of this conference!" Wen Hua's expression was faintly excited, and he waved his hand to take out an item and place it on the auction stage.

This was a crimson wooden box, with spiritual talismans pasted on it, sealed extremely tightly.

However, even so, the heaven and earth spiritual energy around the wooden box faintly fluctuated, and a circle of flame-like light emerged.

Han Li's pupils shrank slightly, and a trace of curiosity also appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Other cultivators couldn't wait to release a wave of divine sense, trying to probe into the wooden box, but they were blocked by the spiritual talismans on it.

Wen Hua didn't have any dissatisfaction with the crowd's probing, he smiled, muttered to himself, and waved his hand to cast a series of spells.

One by one, the spiritual talismans on the wooden box flew up. After the last talisman flew up, with a snap, the wooden box automatically opened, revealing a round, crimson pill inside.

The pill was only the size of a thumb, and it was fiery red all over, emitting strands of flame-like crimson glow, rippling out in circles.

On the surface of this pill, there was a rather striking crimson pattern. On closer inspection, it seemed to be condensed from countless law runes, giving people a mysterious and unparalleled feeling, almost like the Dao of Heaven.

In an instant, countless exclamations rose and fell, and the entire hall seemed to have completely exploded.

"Everyone sees it right, this is a Dao Pill known as the King of Pills!" Wen Hua said here, his voice also with a trace of excitement.

As an Earth-Grade Pill Master, his pursuit and yearning for Dao Pills was something that ordinary people could not understand.

"Everyone must be clear about the value of Dao Pills, so I won't say much here. This is a First-Grade Fire Attribute Dao Pill. If any of you are cultivating fire attribute cultivation methods, you may be able to grasp the law of fire in one fell swoop with the power of this Dao Pill! The starting price for this pill is two thousand top-grade spiritual stones, and each increase must not be less than one hundred!" Wen Hua's voice was full of temptation, and he simply reported the starting price.