A Nirvana Pill with a starting price of four hundred million was enough to bankrupt Golden Core experts. At the very least, the Golden Core experts of the Ascension Gate, Jialan, Wanluo, Lingxiao, and Yaoguang could not afford it. Not to mention, if one wanted to win the bid for this medicinal pill, four hundred million would be far from enough. It was not impossible for the final price to double.
However, a medicinal pill capable of helping a person break through a bottleneck was a priceless treasure.
"Four hundred million medicinal pills, this is not a small sum. Fortunately, I had Prince Yi sell all the God Race items; otherwise, I wouldn't even be able to afford the base price this time. This Xuanhuang City is truly worthy of being the number one great city in the world. The Nine Tripods Pavilion is also truly worthy of being one of the world's three great merchant chambers; taking out such an item right off the bat. Right now, I have a crystal card with six hundred million medicinal pills on hand. I wonder if I will be able to win the bid for this medicinal pill?"
Fang Han secretly calculated in his heart, but did not call out a price first.
Now, all the treasures of the six divine lords had been sold, and although they were worth six hundred million medicinal pills, whether he could buy the Nirvana Pill remained an unknown variable. Pondering for a moment, he asked Prince Yi: "Prince, can you call someone from the Nine Tripods Pavilion over right now? I want to sell something."
"Is it a lack of funds? However, the price of this Nirvana Pill is somewhat absurd. I also did not expect the starting price to be this high." Prince Yi furrowed his brows. A price of four hundred million was a very large expense even for him: "What treasure do you want to sell? Actually, you can wait until the auction is over to settle the account."
"You already know what I am selling, an excellent treasure I just got my hands on. Just a Golden Core of Patriarch Qingyang!" Fang Han said.
"What! You are taking this item out to sell too?" Prince Yi was startled, his expression shifting: "Selling a Golden Core directly is something I have truly never heard of, nor seen previously. However, there are some people with extremely good luck who can find the remains of fallen Golden Core experts in ancient ruins and discover un-decayed Golden Cores within them. But they would all refine them themselves, saving thousands of years of bitter cultivation! This Golden Core of Patriarch Qingyang, how about you let me have it? I will offer a high price! Do not sell it to the Nine Tripods Pavilion."
Prince Yi was an expert of the Heaven and Human Realm, and he could also refine a Golden Core to obtain the divine abilities within.
"Oh? I wonder what price Prince Yi is willing to offer?" To be honest, Patriarch Qingyang's Golden Core contained thirteen kinds of divine abilities, none of which were considered powerful. For someone like Fang Han, who possessed the Golden Cores of two Taiyi Sect little titans, it was fundamentally useless like chicken ribs; he might as well sell it. Of course, he was probably the first person to ever sell a Golden Core.
"How about this, whatever amount you lack to win the bid for this Nirvana Pill, I will make up for it?" Prince Yi thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said. "I actually still have some reserve savings, which I originally planned to use as birthday gifts for Immortal Venerable Linglong and to give to other female disciples. At worst, I'll just give gifts to fewer female disciples."
"It's a deal."
Fang Han thought for a moment and directly tossed Patriarch Qingyang's Golden Core over to Prince Yi.
Prince Yi stored it away with joyous delight. Armed with this Golden Core, after refining it, his strength would definitely advance significantly, and his cultivation would reach a terrifying realm. Although Patriarch Qingyang's Golden Core was a chicken-rib-like commodity to Fang Han, for others, it was a treasure among treasures. A Nirvana Pill could still be bought, but a Great Golden Core containing divine abilities was something you had no place to buy even if you tried.
"Four hundred and fifty million!"
Within the span of this single transaction, out on the floor, the price of the Nirvana Pill had already reached the fifth round of bidding, adding fifty million to the price. This kind of madness was truly difficult to control.
"Five hundred million!" Fang Han signaled Prince Yi to call out an astronomical figure.
Sure enough, as soon as this was called out, the现场 choked for a moment, swoosh swoosh! Fang Han felt many powerful divine senses sweep toward their direction. Fortunately, this VIP room had the function of blocking divine sense probes; otherwise, they would have been discovered. Of course, this carried both pros and cons, which was that Fang Han could not see the people in the other VIP rooms.
"Five hundred and ten million!" Just then, a voice rang out from a distant VIP room. It was unknown who it was, to actually dare to continue bidding!
"Five hundred and fifty million!" At this moment, Fang Han signaled to bid again.
"Exactly who is in that VIP room? To actually dare to bid against me! Investigate! Go out and investigate! Actually adding fifty million straight away!" At this time, in another VIP room, there also sat a man dressed in an imperial robe. This man was actually a Golden Core expert! Clearly, he was an imperial prince ranked within the top ten of the Grand Xuan Empire.
"Mister Hua, this time I originally wanted to buy this Nirvana Pill for you, but I never expected to encounter someone competing against me. I must see who exactly added fifty million in one go!"
This man wearing the imperial robe said to a person in green clothing beside him.
This person in green clothing was astonishingly Hua Tiandu!
"This Nirvana Pill is so miraculous; if we can successfully buy it, once Brother Tiandu consumes it, I infer you will be able to break through to the Longevity Secret Realm and become a titan across the ages. When that time comes, we will all have to go to the Ascension Gate to congratulate you." A Daoist beside Hua Tiandu smiled. It was the Taiyi Sect's little titan spanning the ages, Wang Tianyi.
"To me, this pill is dispensable. I will inevitably step into the Longevity Secret Realm and become a titan across the ages in three years at the shortest, or five years at the longest. For this realm breakthrough, I also need to savor and comprehend it carefully." Hua Tiandu said indifferently: "Obtaining the Nirvana Pill this time, it is merely to give to Junior Sister Yan as a congratulatory gift."
"Ah, it is rare for Senior Brother Tiandu to actually possess such thoughts. If these words reached the ears of that group of female disciples in my Taiyi Sect, I wonder how envious they would be of Senior Sister Yan Shuiyi."
Zhou Chuyi said: "Senior Sister Yan Shuiyi is a genius among the disciples of our sect. She cultivated to the tenth layer of the Divine Ability realm, the Defying the Heavens and Changing Fate realm, very early on. She is an outstanding figure in our sect with a very high hope of stepping into the Longevity Secret Realm. Looking across the ten sects of the immortal path, there are very few characters capable of contending with Senior Sister Yan Shuiyi. Being granted an edict by our sect's Supreme Elder Taihuangtian, assigning Senior Sister and Senior Brother Tiandu to be engaged, once you two have both cultivated to the Longevity Secret Realm, it will be the time of your marriage. Now that there is only one Nirvana Pill, yet Senior Brother Tiandu is actually willing to yield it to Senior Sister Yan Shuiyi, one can see your absolute sincerity."
"During the Gathering of Immortals, perhaps that will be the time when the two of us jointly attain the Longevity Secret Realm." Hua Tiandu calculated.
"Senior Brother Tiandu still needs to be careful of this youth, Fang Han. This child progresses extremely fast, and this time he killed two junior brothers of our Taiyi Sect. Elder Taihuangtian wanted to obliterate him, but was stopped by the ancient Demon Venerable sealed within the Place of Five Elements! He is clearly a chess piece of the Demon Venerable, and must be guarded against." Zhou Chuyi said.
"It matters not, I will let him jump around for now. Once I reach the Longevity Secret Realm, I will flip my hand and slap him to death. Right now in my Ascension Gate, many elders still harbor expectations for him. If I kill him now, Headmaster Supreme Feng Baiyu would have unspoken criticisms. Wait until I cultivate to the Longevity Secret Realm, and I will then possess enough weight to kill him."
A trace of a cold sneer appeared on Hua Tiandu's face.
"That naturally goes without saying. As long as Senior Brother Tiandu cultivates to the Longevity Secret Realm, the weight of your words cannot be compared to now." Wang Tianyi knew some of the profundities involved; the right to speak at the tenth layer of the Divine Ability realm, Defying the Heavens and Changing Fate, and within the Longevity Secret Realm could fundamentally not be mentioned in the same breath. "Moreover, the Panwu Supreme Divine Ability that Senior Brother Tiandu cultivates is an extremely marvelous Dharma method. Once you break through to the Longevity Secret Realm, you will be able to cultivate to the second layer Undying Body almost immediately."
"That is indeed the case. The Panwu Supreme Divine Ability is the utmost extreme of 'force'. After cultivating it, intelligence, physical strength, Dharma power, Dao power, mental energy, origin power, root power, desire power, wisdom power, determination power… numerous forces can all experience a breakthrough increase. Of course, it is also ten times harder to cultivate than ordinary divine abilities. I have entered the tenth layer of the Divine Ability realm, Defying the Heavens and Changing Fate, for many years without making a breakthrough precisely to accumulate majestically. Once I reach the absolute peak and break through the Gate of Longevity, it will be like the rolling grand momentum of the Heavenly Dao. No one will be able to stop my comet-like rise! I can feel that this day is not far away!"
Hua Tiandu's words simply looked down upon heaven and earth, unstoppable, naturally bearing an aura that dominated the universe.
"Reporting! The one who just added fifty million in one bid seems to be Prince Yi." Just as Hua Tiandu was speaking, a cultivator who went out to inquire returned.
"Prince Yi? This piece of trash, since when did he possess such immense financial power? Five hundred million medicinal pills, hmm… Recently this piece of trash needs to prepare a birthday gift for Immortal Venerable Linglong, and his funds are tight. Five hundred million medicinal pills is probably already his limit. Furthermore, what does he need this medicinal pill for? To break through from the Heaven and Human Realm to the Unity Realm? That would be too much of a waste, and he might not even be able to break through. Five hundred and eighty million!"
Just during the time spent talking, the price had risen two rounds.
Hearing it was Prince Yi, this imperial prince who had cultivated to the seventh layer Golden Core realm felt somewhat relieved.
"Six hundred million!" Fang Han shouted out. He was determined to obtain this Nirvana Pill. Cultivating to the seventh layer Golden Core meant reaching the heavens in a single bound. He could also thoroughly refine the Nine Ghosts Origin Spirit, and at that time, spanning unchallenged as the number one person beneath the Longevity Secret Realm, what did six hundred million medicinal pills count for? Even six billion would be worth it!
"Six hundred and ten million!" The imperial prince beside Hua Tiandu shouted.
At this point, with the price reaching six hundred million, the people still bidding were very few.
"Six hundred and twenty million." Prince Yi also didn't dare to fiercely add numbers anymore and called out.
"Prince Feng, directly increase it to seven hundred million. Since I intend to support you in ascending the great throne, I will absolutely not have you bear the expense." Hua Tiandu looked at the imperial prince beside him and, waving his hand, seven crystal cards flew over. It was actually seven hundred million medicinal pills!
"This… Since Mister Hua has spoken thus, then I shall naturally give my full effort." This imperial prince was Prince Feng. He was the first to be born among the many imperial princes, serving as the eldest brother. However, he was not the one with the most formidable cultivation; among the imperial princes of the Grand Xuan Empire, the one with the most unfathomable cultivation was the fourth imperial prince, Prince Yi. As for seven hundred million medicinal pills, it wasn't that Prince Feng couldn't take them out, but it would place a major burden upon him, leaving him strapped for resources afterward.
"Seven hundred million!" Prince Feng shouted.
"How many medicinal pills can you take out?" Fang Han had already spent the six hundred million medicinal pills he possessed. Therefore, he asked Prince Yi.
"I can take out at most two hundred million." Prince Yi said. In truth, he could have taken out five hundred million, but played a petty mind game.
"That's good. Call the bid at eight hundred million." Fang Han's face remained unchanged and his heart did not skip a beat.
"Eight hundred million!"
The moment this price was called out, it shocked even Prince Feng. Not just him, but even Wang Tianyi and Zhou Chuyi sitting in the VIP room almost stood up. They were little titans of the Taiyi Sect, but to take out eight hundred million medicinal pills all at once was impossible even for them. This was already a method belonging to the Longevity Secret Realm.
"This… Mister Hua!" Prince Feng stared at Hua Tiandu.
"Nine hundred million!" Hua Tiandu closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly spoke.