Chapter 148: The Black Cloak

  Xia Yan also hurriedly smiled and thanked him for the congratulations from several church deacons.

  The value of a single Qingyang flower is roughly around 30,000 gold coins. Even at the auction in Purple Leaf City, 30,000 gold coins can usually buy a Qingyang flower most of the time. Of course, sometimes there may be multiple people urgently needing a certain medicinal material, so the price of that material will naturally occasionally surge.

  Just as Mo Jia Yan was about to announce the return of Qingyang Flower to Mr. Gui Ling, a hoarse voice suddenly came from a corner at the back of the venue.

  "Thirty-one thousand gold coins!"

  The voice was not loud, deep and old, but very clear. In the venue, everyone heard it very clearly.

  Xia Yan furrowed his brow, and his gaze followed suit. All he saw was a person shrouded in a black cloak from head to toe, with an unreadable expression and a hint of greyish-white whiskers around him, and there were no others nearby.

  However, Xia Yan's heart was greatly shocked at this moment. Because he faintly felt the strong momentum and prestige emanating from the person wearing the cloak.

  This aura, perhaps others can't feel it, but Xia Yan, who cultivates the Ling Luo Secret Canon, can sense it.

  "Liu Xuan's aura is nothing compared to this person! This person's aura is mysterious and eerie. The energy that seeps out from the depths of their being is like a gathering storm, once it erupts, it will be unstoppable!" Xia Yan exclaimed in shock, "The last time we were in the Misty Valley, we met a strong cultivator who also had an extremely terrifying presence!"

  Thinking of the old man he met in the misty valley, Xia Yan's heart trembled involuntarily, and at the same time, a firm conviction burst out. In the future, I must also become such a strong person, a strong person who can fight against powerful spiritual beasts.

  "What's wrong?" Yafen asked softly, seeing Xia Yan's expression was unusually solemn.

  Her beautiful eyes turned slightly, and Yafen was also observing the person shrouded in a black cloak, but she couldn't sense that kind of hidden aura.

  To her, he was no different from an ordinary person.

  "Oh, never mind!" Xia Yan was slightly startled, then smiled, "Someone has bid against me, it seems that 30,000 gold coins are not enough to buy the Qingyang flower."

  "Hmph, who wants you to raise the price so high all at once!" Yafen's clear voice chuckled softly, her mouth curling up slightly. "However, even auction houses don't always have Qingyang flowers for sale. The auction house in Yushui City has held eight auctions this year, but only two of them had Qingyang flowers."

  Xia Yan nodded, "I know, 35,000 gold coins!"

  Xia Yan raised his voice and lifted his hand again, looking at Mo Jia Feng!

  35,000 gold coins!

  In Xia Yan's mouth, these 35,000 taels of gold were like stones on the street, without even a slight sense of heaviness in his tone. He said it so lightly and casually, as if he didn't put it in his heart at all.

  Even if he were the head of a large family, it would be impossible for him to be as carefree and uninhibited as Xia Yan.

  After the price was called out, Xia Yan turned his gaze to the man in the cloak again. This time, the cloaked figure slightly shook his head, seemingly giving up on continuing the bidding.

  However, Xia Yan secretly paid attention to him.

  In the next auction, Xia Yan bought three more high-grade medicinal herbs, spending a total of over one million gold coins.

  The hooded figure that Xia Yan had been paying attention to also bought a few medicinal herbs. Xia Yan and the hooded figure formed an unspoken understanding, where after Xia Yan bought one herb, the hooded figure would buy another, as if they had agreed on it beforehand, without bidding against each other.

  Almost all the medicinal materials auctioned at the entire auction were taken by that hooded person and Xia Yan. Other people also participated in the bidding from time to time, but none of them could compete with these two.

  Xia Yan's mind grew more and more suspicious, this hooded person was an alchemist, otherwise he wouldn't be buying medicinal materials like this. If not, then there must be an alchemist behind him.

  However, Xia Yan felt that this hooded figure was likely to be an alchemist himself. Because, Xia Yan estimated his strength, at least in the late stage of a spiritual master or a great spiritual master realm.

  That kind of powerful aura that can be vaguely felt from him is not something that ordinary people can possess. Even Liu Xuan, Li Tianlun, and Xia Feilong, such spiritual masters, do not have such a strange and powerful aura.

  "Heh heh, next up for auction is the third to last item. And that item is... the inner dan of the Blazing Leopard!" Mo Family's Huo suddenly raised his voice, "Perhaps some people don't know the value of the Blazing Leopard's inner dan, so I'll briefly explain it here. This inner dan was taken from the body of a Blazing Leopard, a very powerful spiritual beast. To kill one Blazing Leopard, you need several strong masters at the Great Spiritual Master level working together!"

  "Heh heh, even a strong practitioner in the Great Spirit Realm may not be able to kill the Flame Leopard. Moreover, the number of Flame Leopards is extremely small, and it's very difficult to find one! The effect of this inner elixir is threefold: first, it can be used to refine high-grade medicinal pills; second, it can strengthen the practitioner's physical body and toughen their martial arts meridians; third... heh heh, this is a great tonic, even if an ordinary person consumes it, they will quickly regain their vitality and become youthful again!"

  Mo Jia's voice kept echoing in the venue.

  Everyone's gaze was focused on the inner elixir of this Blazing Leopard. This thing was indeed extremely rare.

  Moreover, the inner elixir of this fierce flame leopard is not like those high-grade medicinal materials that can only be used to refine elixirs. Its uses are many. Even ordinary people can ingest it.

  Some people in the field lit up their eyes.

  Many businessmen, what they want most is one wealth and another a healthy body.

  "Let's get started, what's the bottom price?"

  A businessman could no longer bear it and shouted out.

  "Alright, let's start the bidding!"

  Many people in the field followed suit and shouted along.

  After taking a look at the scene in the field, Mo Jia Fen was very satisfied, and with a smile on his mouth, he said: "The base price of this fierce flame leopard's inner elixir is 20,000 gold coins! Each time you increase the price, it must not be less than 500 gold coins. Everyone can start bidding now!"

  As Mo Jia's voice fell, the bidding voices in the field rose and fell! Soon, the price was raised to 30,000 gold coins, and it was still rising rapidly.

  Xia Yan sat in his seat, gently shaking his head, showing no intention of participating in the auction.

  "This inner elixir of the fierce flame leopard is also a material for refining high-grade medicinal pellets, don't you want to buy it?" Yafen looked at Xia Yan with doubt by her side.

  In the auction just now, Xia Yan bid on all the materials for refining Dan medicine.

  Now, it doesn't mean making an offer.

  "Never mind, we should leave some good things for others anyway. Besides, there are many more people with money here than me."

  As she spoke, she smiled lightly and her eyes sparkled, naturally turning towards the person in the cloak.

  At this time, the Cloak Man also did not intend to bid a price.

  Yafen smiled lightly, a crystal color flashing on her red lips. "That's also true, you see, even the Saint Temple's executor has made an offer."

  Yafen's mouth twitched slightly to the side, and Xia Yan's gaze shifted, seeing that a temple executive had indeed offered a price of 38,000. This executive was not in Yushui City, but rather one from the lower towns. Among the twelve executives of the Temple of Yushui City, six were in Yushui City, while the remaining six were in the lower towns.

  Xia Yan's heart moved slightly as he thought of his own Golden Horned Wolf, Golden Horn. He didn't know which one was more precious, the Golden Horn or this inner elixir.

  Her eyebrows slightly raised, Xia Yan leaned in towards Yafen and asked in a low voice: "Miss Yafen, do you know about the Golden Horn of the Golden Horned Wolf?"

  The Golden Horned Wolf King is not a spiritual beast, but its rarity is absolutely comparable to the Blazing Leopard.

  Yafen's eyebrows slightly raised, looking at Xia Yan in surprise, "Ling Luo, sir, don't tell me you have the Golden Horn of the Golden Horned Wolf?"

  Xia Yan asked, so he didn't plan to hide it, and directly said: "Yes, last time I went to the Forest of Sin, I accidentally encountered a group of iron claw wolves, among which there was a golden horned wolf."

  Yafen's eyes widened in surprise, and she exclaimed: "Ling Luo...!"

  "Mr. Ling Luo, your luck is truly excessive!" Yafen's expression changed, her eyes gleaming like flames dancing, "Although the Golden Horned Wolf is not a spiritual beast, it is extremely rare to see one. The value of the Golden Horn is only surpassed by the Inner Elixir of the Flame Leopard. Moreover, the effect of the Golden Horn is even stronger than that of the Flame Leopard's Inner Elixir!"

  Xia Yan was somewhat surprised when he heard Ya Fen say this.

  Although he knew that Golden Horn was rare, he didn't think it would be so precious.

  At first, the mercenary group I encountered didn't directly rob me of my gold horn. Their leader probably won't be able to sleep for several days, will he? However, they did get the corpse of the Golden Horned Wolf for nothing.

  "Sixty thousand gold coins!" The Cloak Man made his move!

  As soon as he heard this hoarse voice, Xia Yan's heart suddenly moved.

  600,000 gold coins! The family property of a small family is just this number.

  And yet, the inner elixir of a single spiritual beast is worth such a high price.

  "Those alchemists must be richer than one another!" Xia Yan thought to himself.

  "But for alchemists, gold coins are probably worthless, right? What they need is medicine, high-level secret recipes, and those rare treasures!" Xia Yan's eyes flashed with a hint of intrigue.

  "This time at the auction, the second to last item should be the Blood Lingcao. But what about the very last item?" Yafen said with a furrowed brow.

  Xue Ling Cao, she also knew, but the last item, she didn't know.

  Xia Yan smiled and said: "Maybe it's a kind of medicine!"

  His spiritual liquid has not been auctioned off yet, and the inner elixir is now the third to last item. So the last two items must be the Blood Lingcao and the Spiritual Liquid.

  "Oh? Medicine?" Yafen leaned forward, almost touching Xia Yan's arm, surrounded by a refreshing fragrance. "It might be a dan medicine! Even the best medicine, an auction house wouldn't put it up for sale last!"

  Obviously, Yafen didn't think the last item was a medicine.

  Xia Yan looked at Yafen and smiled: "Don't worry, wait a moment, you'll know soon!"

  Seeing Xia Yan's expression, Ya Fen's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily. It seemed that Xia Yan was very certain that the last item was a medicinal agent. But how could a medicinal agent possibly be auctioned off last? Even the best medicinal agents were worth only a few thousand gold coins at most. The items auctioned off last were usually the most valuable ones, weren't they?!