Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 87: Vassal Lands

"These types of pills are only available in the Central Region, and only the Sky Pavilion brings them to the Eastern Region.

But there is one thing: they only bring out these pills when they aren’t needed in the Central Region. But is that possible?

Almost half of the human population lives in the Central Region, and because of this, there is always a demand for pills. There can never be too many perfect-tier Grade 6 pills in the entire world.

This is the reason why the Alchemy Hall takes away all the talents to the Central Region to meet the demands.

Because of this, the Central Region kept getting stronger while other regions become weaker day by day.

Now everyone wants to go to the Central Region, but do you think it is easy? No, it isn’t.

Unless you are a genius and talented and agree to join one of the top sects in the Central Region, you will be forced to serve at the borders to maintain the peace of the cities.

And many people die because of this. After all, the teleportation arrays were all controlled by the great sects.

And traveling without teleportation... heh, it’s but a foolish dream.

The human establishment is very close to the center of the Central Region; it is more towards the north, but it is still considered in the center.

Outside that establishment is only wilderness, which contains many forbidden lands and places that might not be known even to cultivators of the Central Region.

When an area is infested with spirit beasts of Grade 7 or above, it will become a forbidden zone. Who knows how many of those areas have been formed in the Central Region?

Not to mention, in the Central Region, humans occupy an almost negligible amount of area, just like us in other regions.

So, in the end, getting resources like those pills is but a dream for many in regions like ours. And when they appear, the amount of spirit stones is the last thing people see while buying them."

Jiang Hao nodded in understanding. It seemed that other regions were treated like mere vassal lands, existing only to supply talents and materials to the Central Region without ever reaping the benefits themselves.

This was but the truth of the world: those who are strong will always rule over the weak. Righteousness is just a facade to hide one’s ugliness.

He wondered if those seniors who had ascended knew this or not. They fought for the well-being of the entire human race.

After ascending, they could have simply forgotten about this world, but no, they still created a connection from the upper worlds for the welfare of humans.

Or perhaps they belonged to these sects and did so to ensure their sects survived and continued their legacy. The survival of humans might not matter much to them.

Well, whatever. He didn’t care much for it. He didn’t know their intentions, but they would definitely not be happy if someone destroyed these two top sects.

If others didn’t find any solution, then the result of the destruction of these two sects would be the end of humans in this world.

The solution wasn’t hard, though: letting other powers take over the legacy of these sects. Well, they would see when the time came; it was still too early to assume anything.

"60,000!"

"63,000!"

"65,000!"

"75,000!"

The price was truly reaching an astonishing level. This bid was made by the Alchemy Hall; they had really raised it to the next level.

It seemed they finally decided to buy the pill to examine how well it was crafted.

And it looked like it would be the final bid.

The Blazing Valley elder gritted his teeth in annoyance. He knew he wouldn’t be able to win this bid. Although this was only a branch of the Alchemy Hall, they might be just as wealthy as the Heavenly Fortune Pavilion.

"Congratulations to our esteemed guest in room number 6. Please complete the transaction."

"Is it over, Lady Mei? Because we still have many spirit stones left. Please don’t disappoint us by saying this was the last item. We truly brought many spirit stones, listening to your advice," came a voice from room number 10.

"Oh my... hehe, of course, it isn’t the last item. There are many more to come; please have patience."

A new tray appeared on the stage, and when she removed the cloth, there were three pills on the tray.

One was water-attributed, one was metal-attributed, and the last was earth-attributed.

The others were stunned again. Wasn’t this method of auctioning similar to how she had auctioned those Grade 5 pills?

How could that be possible? Was creating perfect-tier Grade 6 pills really that easy?

Even the person sitting in room number 6 was stunned. He had examined the pill and discovered something astonishing.

He hadn’t bought any Grade 5 pills earlier, as he wasn’t really interested in them, but he was truly intrigued by a Grade 6 pill. Crafting one was far more difficult, even for Grandmasters.

The skills needed to elevate a pill to perfect-tier were far more demanding than those required for a Grade 5 pill.

This person must have a very deep understanding of pill crafting and shouldn’t be someone unknown. That’s why he wanted to check if he could discern the identity of this person by examining the pill. He had seen many pills and was quite skilled at identifying them.

When he looked at it, he came to a single conclusion: there wasn’t a hint of using the Dao to elevate this pill’s quality. It was as if it was crafted at perfect-tier by simply refining the pill.

His hands trembled. It was impossible to even think about something like that. He even thought the pill might be an illusion, but no matter how many times he verified it, it was a real pill.

There was only one possibility for how this pill could be created at perfect-tier: it was made using 100 percent pure refined spirit herbs and this was why he thought it was impossible.

Had the Heavenly Fortune Pavilion acquired some treasure that could refine spirit herbs to 100 percent purity? He had to figure it out quickly. Now he was even more eager to visit the Sky Pavilion.

If it was truly a treasure, he had to inform the main branch about it. It was something the Alchemy Hall should possess no matter what. They would try to acquire it peacefully, but if the Heavenly Fortune Pavilion didn’t agree, they would have to show them what it meant to defy the most respected establishment in the world.

Although he was eager to leave right then, he waited to see how many pills would be sold. In fact, he was even eager to buy all of them, but the only problem was that he hadn’t brought many spirit stones with him, as he was only there to scout talents.

He bought this one at a high price because 75,000 wasn’t much, but buying these three bottles would put him in a tight spot.

"Let the bidding start, and of course, just like the previous time, the price of bidding will be influenced by how sought-after they are. If you are dissatisfied, please feel free to refrain from bidding. So, the starting price is 225,000 for these three pills. Please begin."

The others gritted their teeth when they heard this, but they were still going to bid no matter what.

Jiang Hao was also surprised. This was outright fleecing others with a smile, and the amusing part was that others were still going to fall for it.

He couldn’t help but look toward Mei Ling.

"Why are you looking at me? It wasn’t I who set this up. Anyway, didn’t they say they brought many spirit stones? They shouldn’t boast like this if they are lacking," she said.

Jiang Hao didn’t say anything. Well, he was benefiting anyway.

"230,000!"

"232,000!"

"233,000!"

The increments were smaller than before, but every single increase was pushing the value of these pills higher than the first one, which was sold for 75,000 spirit stones.

This time, the bid was won by the guest in room number 4. He seemed quite eager to obtain it; perhaps his spiritual root matched one of the pills. The Thousand Petal Order also seemed interested but backed away when the price climbed high enough.

The Blazing Valley didn’t bid. It seemed they were hoping for more pills to come. Although the chances were low, there might be another batch with a fire-attributed pill.

"246,000, thrice! Sold to our dear guest in private room number 4."

With this round, there were still 35 pills left to be auctioned off, but he had already earned the amount he had estimated earlier.

Mei Lan didn’t wait, and a new batch of pills appeared—this time, five of them.

Among them were two fire-attributed pills.

The eyes of the elder sitting in room number 8 widened. He was determined to win this one no matter what.

The Alchemy Hall hadn’t bid in the last round, which meant they weren’t interested now, so this was his chance to acquire not one but two fire-attributed pills.

"Let’s adjust this one," Mei Ling said with a smile.

"Are you certain, Senior?"

"Of course. Even if we raise it a little, the Blazing Valley will still definitely buy it."

Jiang Hao nodded. He was content as long as he earned more.