Gu Rong looked at Ning Bei beside him with a deep gaze.
"Bei'er, you're quite filial, aren't you? You know your mother is good to you?"
Gu Rong clearly knew that this evening gown was bought by Ning Bei for his mother, so he praised his filial piety.
However, the tone of his words sounded strange, as if he was reminding Ning Bei, 'I'm good to you too, where's my gift?'
Ning Bei awkwardly scratched his head.
"Grandpa Gu, if I see something suitable for you later, I'll bid on it too. You've been so good to me; I should show my respect to an elder like you."
Gu Rong nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.
"No need for a gift, your intention is enough for me."
Ning Bei looked at Gu Rong, who had a magnanimous expression, and was speechless: "I don't believe a word you say, you old scoundrel are really bad."
Items acquired through auction would be exchanged for money after the auction, so the auction continued.
Ning Bei had little interest in the subsequent storage spirit tools and cat-girl maids, so he did not participate in the bidding.
Until the fourth auction item was pushed onto the stage.
"This fourth auction item is a recently popular set of pills, ten each of the Injury Recovery Pill, Rejuvenation Pill, and Power Accumulation Pill, all made by the alchemy Grandmaster of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."
As she spoke, she pulled back the red cloth on the display cart, revealing several white jade bottles before everyone's eyes.
The mercenaries in the center of the auction house immediately burst into an uproar. They had come several times just to bid on these pills, knowing that in Spirit hunting, these unassuming small pills could be life-saving.
However, they were too sought after, and they hadn't been able to bid on them in previous attempts.
"The starting bid for the pills is 200 gold coins, and each subsequent bid must not be less than 10 gold coins."
This starting bid immediately caused a stir among the mercenaries below.
"Damn it, why did the price go up again? Last time it started at 150 gold coins!"
"Tell me about it, supportive Spirit Masters are hard to find, and pills are so expensive. It's truly killing me."
However, these complaints were immediately drowned out by the curses of their peers.
"If you think it's expensive, you don't have to bid! That just means fewer competitors for us."
"Exactly, just give up, you poor people."
"Less nonsense, turn right, walk slowly, and don't let the door hit you on the way out. Thank you."
The few who had complained about the price immediately turned red-faced with anger upon hearing the mockery from their peers.
"Who said we wouldn't bid? Here, 220 gold coins."
"Pah! Only an increase of 20? Are you trying to bribe a beggar? Here, here, I bid 250."
Before long, the 30 various pills had been driven up to 500 gold coins.
Ning Bei, watching from the private room, clicked his tongue, exclaiming that it was daylight robbery.
In the Sect, he had heard Ning Fengzhi say that pills were in short supply and might increase in price.
But now that he saw it with his own eyes, this increase was truly outrageous!
"Indeed, no matter in which World, selling medicine is a highly profitable industry."
Gu Rong, on the side, was also smiling and stroking his beard.
"Bei'er, these pills are quite popular."
"They are."
Gu Rong did not reveal that Ning Bei was the maker of the pills, likely fearing too many ears and loose tongues.
Ultimately, the 30 pills were auctioned for a high price of 600 gold coins, several times higher than Ning Bei's imagined price.
The 30 pills were Ning Bei's two-day production output. It seemed the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce also understood hunger marketing; it was simply outrageous.
After the pill auction, it was time for the next item.
Ya Fei pulled back the red cloth, revealing a dark, lumpy object on the display cart.
"This is ten-thousand-year whale glue, found by the Spirit Masters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School during their sea expeditions. It's the key to the door of a happy life, esteemed guests, are you ready to act?"
Ya Fei introduced the item while revealing an expression that implied 'you know what I mean'.
"The starting bid is 1000 gold coins, and each subsequent bid must not be less than 50 gold coins."
Listening to Ya Fei's words, Ning Bei was inwardly startled. This whale glue was the perfect item for increasing physical strength! At this time, people didn't know this; the noble lords only used it to enhance their capabilities in that specific area.
"1300 gold coins."
"1500."
"1700."
While Ning Bei was still pondering, the bidding below had already begun.
Before long, after several rounds of bidding, the transaction price for the whale glue had reached 2300 gold coins.
Seeing that the number of bidders was slowly decreasing, Ning Bei waved to the maid beside him again.
Gu Rong and Xiao Tao beside him looked at Ning Bei with strange expressions, as if saying, "How old are you? Playing such a dirty game?"
Ning Bei's old face flushed upon seeing their expressions, and he pondered how to convince them.
"Grandpa Gu, you know my Dan Tower is extremely sensitive to medicines and medicinal ingredients. This whale glue doesn't only have that one function."
Gu Rong and Xiao Tao still looked suspicious after hearing Ning Bei's explanation.
"Oh? How come I've never heard of this whale glue having other functions?"
"Young Master, you're still young; you shouldn't be doing those bad things."
Ning Bei's old face fell upon hearing their words, and he no longer offered further explanations.
"Just bid for it first; I'll explain when we get back."
The two no longer said anything upon hearing this.
"Oh! The esteemed guest in private room number 1 bids 3000 gold coins! Are there any other esteemed guests who would like to bid higher?"
After looking around and no one responded.
"Then congratulations to the esteemed guest in private room number 1 for acquiring this ten-thousand-year whale glue."
After successfully bidding for the whale glue, Ning Bei nodded in satisfaction. He did not bid on any subsequent auction items, as his small private treasury didn't have much left.
Just as the group thought there would be no more surprises in this auction, Ya Fei's words on stage caught Ning Bei's attention.
"Next up is the final item of this auction: an unknown herb."
"This herb was obtained by the auction house's Spirit Master during a Spirit hunt. When the herb was discovered, it was guarded by a 9000-year-old Giant Rock Python. Although the herb's specific use is unknown, being guarded by a Spirit Beast of nearly ten thousand years suggests it is certainly no ordinary item. Therefore, the starting bid is 1500 gold coins, and each subsequent bid must not be less than 100 gold coins."
The crowd below immediately burst into an uproar upon hearing the introduction.
"A broken plant for 1500 gold coins? That's robbery!"
"Exactly, and we don't even know what it does!"
"Tell me about it, what if it's poison?"
All the discussions among the crowd were disparaging the existence of the herb.
Ning Bei, looking at the herb in the private room, released his Spirit. Gu Rong, seeing Ning Bei's action, quickly knocked out the maid in the private room.
Ning Bei saw the first floor of the Dan Tower emit a brighter light than usual, seemingly very interested in the herb before him.
"Grandpa Gu, as you can see, that herb seems to have some effect on the Dan Tower."
Gu Rong nodded solemnly and shouted towards outside the private room.
"3000 gold coins, I'll take the medicinal ingredient."
"Oh, the esteemed guest in private room number 1 bids 3000 gold coins! Is there anyone with a higher bid?"
After looking around and no one responded.
"Then congratulations to the esteemed guest in private room number 1 for obtaining this herb."
"This auction concludes here."