45: Nine-orifice exquisite ginseng

The auction continued for several more rounds, and without Tang Sang's bidding, it seemed to lose some of its fun.

It wasn't until the chief auctioneer, a beautiful woman, once again ascended the high platform.

"Everyone! Everyone, please be quiet!"

She forcefully struck the auction gavel in her hand, and the crisp sound instantly silenced the clamor of the entire venue.

"Next, will be the final item of this century-long auction, and also the most astonishing and shocking treasure!"

She took a deep breath and shouted, enunciating each word:

"That would be—the legendary quasi-divine medicine, the nine-aperture exquisite ginseng!"

As soon as these words were uttered, the entire auction hall, whether it was the Loose Cultivators in the main hall or the magnates in the VIP private boxes, everyone's breathing stopped at that instant!

"What?! The nine-aperture exquisite ginseng?! I didn't hear wrong, did I?"

"Isn't that a divine item that only exists in ancient texts?"

"Impossible! Such a divine item has been extinct for tens of thousands of years; how could it reappear!"

Amidst the deathly silence and extreme shock of the entire venue, a jade box crafted from ten-thousand-year-old cold jade was carefully brought up by two Old Grandfathers.

The moment the jade box opened, a refreshing medicinal fragrance diffused, instantly filling the entire Ten Thousand Treasures Tower!

Just smelling a trace of this aura, all the Cultivators present felt their Divine Soul being cleansed!

Inside the jade box, a ginseng lay quietly, shaped like an infant, crystal clear throughout, with colorful light swirling around its body, and one could even see nine luminous points flickering within it.

"Oh my god! It's real! It really is the nine-aperture exquisite ginseng!"

"This life aura... there's no mistake! This is definitely a quasi-divine medicine!"

The entire venue completely erupted.

And Tang Sang, who was slumped in the VIP private box, instantly stood up.

Indeed! The item Old Grandfather gave him wouldn't be wrong! This is his true foundation!

"What was that humiliation just now? As long as this item appears, the entire continent will go crazy for me! What does he have to compare with me?!"

Tang Sang didn't care who could bid for this item.

As long as everyone knew that this item came from his hands, that was enough.

In the heaven character qian private box.

Mu Qingxue and Luo Ximei were also greatly surprised by this sudden turn of events.

"quasi-divine medicine..." A hint of shock flashed in Mu Qingxue's clear, cold eyes.

"This is truly an extraordinary item."

"Revered Master, this item will definitely have a miraculous effect on your recovery! We..."

However, before they could finish speaking, they noticed Su Lin's expression was a bit strange.

He just quietly looked at the divine ginseng, which was being sought after by thousands, and smiled slightly.

"Revered Master, what's wrong?" Mu Qingxue keenly noticed his abnormality.

Su Lin didn't answer immediately; he just picked up his teacup, took a light sip, as if contemplating something.

A moment later, he slowly spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching the ears of his two disciple:

"This item... is quite interesting."

Downstairs, the auctioneer was already infected by the fervent atmosphere on site; she shouted with a trembling voice:

"The quasi-divine medicine, nine-aperture exquisite ginseng! Starting bid—thirty million High-Grade Spirit Stones! Each bid increment must not be less than two million!"

This price, like a heavy mountain, instantly weighed down on everyone's hearts.

After a brief silence, an old voice came from a VIP private box, breaking the tranquility: "Thirty-one million!"

"Thirty-two million!" Another force followed closely.

The price climbed steadily, the atmosphere tense and fierce.

However, at this moment, in the main hall and in various private boxes, many young Prodigies from top Sects, almost simultaneously, took out their Sect's specially made sound transmission Jade Slips, and with solemn expressions, they quickly transmitted the scene here and the aura of the divine ginseng back to the depths of their Sects.

For a time, the entire venue shimmered with spiritual light.

"Young Lord! No matter what, at all costs, you must bid for this item! The Sect's treasure vault is at your disposal!"

"Foolish child! This is the only hope for our Sect's rise! If you fail to bid for it, you don't need to return!"

"Listen! This Old Ancestor is breaking through and rushing here! Before I arrive, use all means to stall the auction! This item must not fall into other hands!"

Lines of sound transmissions, imbued with supreme majesty and an unquestionable will, emanated from the mouths of those old monsters who had been in seclusion for hundreds or even thousands of years, forcefully crashing into the Sea of Consciousness of those young Prodigies!

The young Cultivators who received the orders all turned pale, their bodies trembling violently! They had never seen their Old Ancestor so distraught, so reckless!

Amidst the intertwining of fear and excitement, the atmosphere of the entire auction house instantly changed!

The previous bidding still had a degree of rationality and probing.

But now, it had completely turned into a life-or-death frenzy!

"Fifty million!" Lei Ao of the Mad Blade Sect was the first to respond; his eyes were bloodshot, clearly having received a death order as well.

"Eighty million! My Seven Stars Pavilion wants it!" Lin Long, who had been injured earlier, had taken a Medicinal Pill at some point and shouted with a pale face.

"One hundred million!"

"One hundred fifty million!"

The price surged wildly in a completely irrational, almost suicidal manner. This wasn't an auction; this was clearly gambling with the future of an entire Sect!

Tang Sang watched all of this, his smile growing more smug and ferocious.

He did not participate in the bidding because this divine ginseng was already his.

He was merely enjoying it, enjoying the supreme pleasure of controlling the entire scene, watching all the continent's top figures go crazy for his treasure!

He provocatively looked in the direction of the heaven character qian private box, sneering in his heart: "Why aren't you bidding? Are you scared silly by such a display? Or is it that all your family's assets can't even afford the starting bid?"

However, just as the price climbed to the terrifying figure of "two hundred million," a sum capable of shaking the entire Azure Continent.

From within the heaven character qian private box, a calm voice finally emerged.

"This nine-aperture exquisite ginseng is fake."

The voice was not loud, but it clearly resonated in everyone's ears!

The entire auction hall once again fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was as if struck by a body-fixing spell, frozen in place.

Fake?!

What a joke?!

This was a divine item that had alarmed countless Old Ancestors in seclusion, an item for which death orders had been issued to acquire; how could it be fake?!

"Nonsense!"

Tang Sang was the first to react, instantly bristling, and pointed in the direction of the heaven character qian private box, cursing loudly:

"I think you're clearly just sour grapes!"

"It's just that you can't afford to bid!"

After this commotion, everyone's enthusiasm instantly waned.

No one dared to bet so many Spirit Stones on an uncertainty.

Especially from someone who made Gu Qiuyue give up the heaven character qian private box.

And at this moment, Steward Wang was already trembling.

If an ordinary person were to question the authenticity of goods in this Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, they would surely be thrown out immediately.

But who was saying this now?

It was an existence he absolutely dared not offend.

"It seems that Sixth Junior Sister's subordinates are not up to par; they actually let in a fake."

"Don't blame her; this item is indeed difficult to distinguish. Even I almost misjudged it."