The Nascent Origin Pill is an essential Medicinal Pill for breaking through from the Foundation Establishment Stage to the Golden Core Stage.
In short: It's very difficult without it.
So, this Medicinal Pill is very important.
Because it's important, it receives a lot of attention, and there are many Sects and powers in the Cultivation World that cultivate the main Materials for the Nascent Origin Pill.
Ultimately, this leads to the Materials for this Medicinal Pill not being scarce.
It's important, but not rare.
Otherwise, where would so many Golden Core Stage cultivators in the Cultivation World come from?
If it were truly outrageously expensive, Feng Daogu wouldn't be able to afford it, right?
After considering all these reasons, the price of the Nascent Origin Pill wasn't particularly outrageous.
Furthermore, the one being auctioned now was only of Low Grade quality, so after Wang Dun called out the high price of fifty thousand, no one else followed.
“Congratulations to this Fellow Daoist for acquiring this Nascent Origin Pill; someone will settle the transaction with you shortly!”
“Because this is a consigned item, there is a five percent commission fee. Please prepare a total of fifty-two thousand five hundred Spirit Stones, Fellow Daoist!”
As soon as the woman finished speaking, a staff member immediately brought the Nascent Origin Pill to Wang Dun.
Wang Dun took out forty thousand Spirit Stones from his pouch, then winked at He Pingsheng and said, “Little brother, you cover the rest, and I’ll pay you back when I have Spirit Stones!”
He Pingsheng nodded and took out twelve thousand five hundred Spirit Stones from his Storage Pouch.
The logic behind lending to Wang Dun was simple.
On one hand, it was due to the camaraderie of the Tai Xu Sect disciples; on the other hand, it was because he valued Wang Dun's strength.
Wang Dun was a top-five ranked existence on the dragon soaring rankings; countless Families would try to win over such a person. It could be said that if Wang Dun needed to borrow money, creditors would line up.
Building a good relationship with Wang Dun now would mean having a backer in the future.
After all, this guy would soon Breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage.
“Thanks, brother… hehehe…”
Wang Dun had a simple and honest smile, reaching out to pat He Pingsheng's shoulder; “Good brother, you're so generous, I won't let you suffer a loss in the future!”
“Don’t worry!”
After paying the Spirit Stones, this Nascent Origin Pill fell into Wang Dun's hands.
The auction in the auction house continued.
However, neither He Pingsheng nor Wang Dun had much interest in the subsequent items.
The two leaned on the table, chatting in low voices.
“Little brother!” Wang Dun said, “How about this? The Divine General Mountain is opening in a year, right? When we enter Divine General Mountain, each qualified person can bring one additional person. How about you come with me?”
He Pingsheng’s reaction was lukewarm: “This… that won’t be necessary!”
“I’m afraid I’ll drag you down then!”
In fact, He Pingsheng truly had no intention of going to Divine General Mountain, especially after he understood the rules of Divine General Mountain.
Comprehend Spear Intent?
No, no, no…
What would a mere Foundation Establishment Stage Second Layer like me do there?
Anyone else who comes is at the Peak of Foundation Establishment, casually.
This kind of Trial Grounds was still too dangerous for him.
Because, it was imaginable that if he couldn't defeat Wang Dun, he couldn't defeat most people!
“No way!” Wang Dun patted his chest hard and said, “How could you drag me down? Actually… hehehe… I’d be thrilled if you came with me!”
“Still no!” He Pingsheng shook his head again, refusing: Spear Intent doesn’t matter.
I’m not a spear user, damn it.
Currently, my Spells are sufficient.
As for other Heaven And Earth Treasures inside?
Hehe… Why would I risk my life for something I can buy with Spirit Stones?
“No, no, no… little brother!” Wang Dun said, “Don’t refuse, come with me. Don’t worry, you won’t suffer a loss; you don’t know, if I were to auction off this spot to bring someone to the merchant association, it could sell for at least one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, do you believe it?”
He Pingsheng nodded: “I believe it!”
Wang Dun said, “It’s good that you believe it. How about this, I won’t return your ten thousand-plus Spirit Stones, and I’ll take you to Divine General Mountain. We’ll call it even, how about that?”
He Pingsheng shook his head: “No, Senior Brother Wang… actually, borrowing money doesn’t matter, the main thing is, I really don’t want to go to Divine General Mountain!”
Wang Dun said: “I sincerely invite you to go!”
He Pingsheng: “Senior Brother Wang, I really don’t want to go, it’s really not about the Spirit Stones!”
“I know it’s not about the Spirit Stones!” Wang Dun became anxious: “Damn it, look, is it about Spirit Stones?”
As he spoke, the fellow anxiously pulled open his Storage Pouch.
He Pingsheng's Divine Thought swept over it. Although this guy wasn't very rich, he still had over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch.
“You have Spirit Stones, yet you borrowed mine?” He Pingsheng was furious.
“Sigh…” Wang Dun's face twisted slightly in bitterness and he said, “Little brother, you don’t know, I didn’t want to borrow your Spirit Stones!”
“Actually, when I bought the Medicinal Pill at Matou Mountain back then, I wasn’t short of your few Spirit Stones. The reason I borrowed your Spirit Stones was actually just a mission!”
“The mission I received was to give you a Pill Furnace!”
“But giving it to you for free would seem too fake, so I mortgaged the Pill Furnace to you!”
“This achieved the purpose of giving you the Pill Furnace!”
“Think about it, who would be so foolish as to borrow three Spirit Stones and mortgage a Pill Furnace?”
“Mission?” He Pingsheng was stunned, his heart suddenly trembled.
In an instant, countless thoughts arose in his mind.
What mission?
Who issued the mission?
Why give me a Pill Furnace?
Heavens… at that time I was just a rogue cultivator wandering in the Outer Sect, and someone was already paying attention to me?
Hiss, hiss, hiss…
He Pingsheng suddenly felt cold all over.
“Senior Brother Wang… who exactly issued this mission? They… they actually targeted me?” He Pingsheng’s face turned pale with fright.
Cold sweat broke out on his back.
“Hey… no… little brother, don’t misunderstand!” Wang Dun quickly explained, saying, “It’s not a person… it’s not a specific person who gave me the mission, but… but… hey… I can’t tell you about this, and you might not understand if I did!”
“But don’t worry, absolutely no one is targeting you!”
“Just trust me, otherwise I wouldn’t be explaining these things to you!”
“And this time!” Wang Dun said, “Actually, taking you into Divine General Mountain is also a mission… It… hey, I really can’t say!”
“Anyway, just come with me!”
“If you’re worried about safety, I can protect you at any time!”
“Is that good enough?”
Upon hearing this, He Pingsheng became even more reluctant to go.
I’m not an idiot, damn it. You’re trying to use me for a purpose, and I’m supposed to go?
Even if I go, I can't go with you, Wang Dun, right?
“Little brother, please… okay?” Wang Dun had a constipated expression.
He Pingsheng, however, pouted and said, “Senior Brother Wang, let’s watch the auction first, we can talk about it later!”
“Anyway, there’s still plenty of time until Divine General Mountain opens!”
Wang Dun had no other choice but to nod and say, “Alright, we’ll talk about it later!”