C41 Pill Formula

"Elder Hai, do you know the black-faced man who just came in?" Among the crowd of Wu Family, Wu Haiya saw the change in Hai Qinglan's expression. He also saw the black-faced man who entered. He asked Hai Qinglan with some suspicion. He had never seen this person before in his memory, but he felt a faint sense of familiarity with him.

"Yes. I know this person. He is a pill master." Hai Qinglan's voice was gentle, with a hint of ridicule.

"What? He is a pill master? " Hai Qinglan's words shocked Wu Haiya. It was widely known that there were only three pill masters in Xin Si City - Hai Qinglan from the Wu Family, Huang Ziwei from the Wang Family and Jiang He from the Lin Family. How come here appeared another pill master? But when Wu Haiya heard that Hai Qinglan knew this pill master, he became somewhat excited.

"Hai Qinglan, since you know him, could you introduce him to our clan? Then we can have two, no, three pill masters." Just as Wu Haiya wanted to say two, he suddenly remembered that his son Wu Hui was also a pill master, and this recollection made him even more eager. If the Wu Family had three pill masters, their strength would be greatly increased.

"Hehe… Patriarch Wu, I am not the only one who knows this person. You know him too." A strange expression appeared on Hai Qinglan's face, but what she said confused Wu Haiya.

"I know him?" Wu Haiya looked once again at the black-faced man seated at the side of the venue and his sense of familiarity grew stronger. The black-faced man in the distance seemed to have sensed Wu Haiya's gaze, he turned and looked over, revealing a smile towards Wu Haiya.

“Ah! Is he… Hui Er? Elder Hai, it appears that you have successfully concocted the disguise pill!" Wu Haiya was astonished when he saw the black-faced man's extremely familiar smile. He pointed at him in disbelief and asked Hai Qinglan in a low voice.

"I didn’t make it. It is Wu Hui who has successfully concocted the disguise pill." Hai Qinglan said with a slight smile. A trace of astonishment remained in her eyes as she thought about Wu Hui's exceptional talent in pill refining. She felt somewhat jealousy. “Maybe it's a kind of compensation from the God for his not advancing for seven years."

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Hearing Hai Qinglan's words, Wu Haiya was stunned for a moment. Judging from her tone, it seemed that Hai Qinglan was even inferior to his son in terms of pill refining.

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In the distance, Wu Hui felt his father's gaze and knew that Hai Qinglan had already told his father his identity. He felt slightly reluctant. He didn't want to hide it from his father, but the fewer people who knew his identity, the better. However, there was one benefit to this. His father had promised him that he could use the wealth of the entire Wu Family. If he were to do this as Wu Hui, he would definitely attract the attention of many people. But as "Bai Wuya", nobody would relate him to the Wu Family.

Not only did the Wang Family and the Wu Family noticed Wu Hui’s arrival. Liu Qianqian, who was in charge of the auction, also saw Wu Hui. When she saw him, her eyes blinked and the corner of her mouth curved into a beautiful smile. “He’s finally here.” Actually, Liu Qianqian was not afraid that this mysterious Bai Wuya would not come. Because he had not yet taken away the Red Meteorite Furnace that she had promised him the other day. However, Liu Qianqian still felt that it was a pity. If that scroll of Fire Martial Skill was auctioned a litter later when Bai Wuya arrived, its price could have been more than 500,000.

"The next item up for auction is a first-grade pill formula - the pill formula of Qi Recovery Pill. This pill could allow the Martial qi to quickly recover. The reserve price is 100,000, and every bid shall increase by no less than 10,000." Liu Qianqian's clear voice once again sounded throughout the venue.

"A pill formula! Who would have thought there will actually be a pill formula on auction today?" On hearing the words “pill formula”, Wu Hui could not help but stand up. Pill formulas were the basis of pill refining. Only with pills formula could he refine pills. Although Wu Hui could make some changes to a pill formula, he could only add or subtract a single medicinal herb on the basis of a formula. Without it, even a high-grade pill master would not be able to successfully refine a pill with mere imagination.

Wu Hui was not the only excited one in the venue. The other three pill masters also stood up with an urgent expression on their faces. Other than these four, the rest looked somewhat surprised, but more like they were just watching a show. The pill formulas were important to the pill masters but useless to others. However, just sitting there and watching the competition between these three great pill masters was also something that everyone loved to see.

However, what surprised everyone was that there was actually the fourth one interested in the pill formula. Could it be that the black-faced man who seemingly came from the countryside was also a pill master?

"I bid 100,000!" As expected, the dark-faced man was the first to speak.

"I bid 200,000!" Jiang He from the Lin Family increased the price by 100,000.

Wu Hui looked at Jiang He, and frowned slightly. He had heard him before - Jiang He, a pill master, who was originally just an ordinary disciple in the Lin Family, but had accidentally developed the attribute of fire and become a pill master, thus gaining his current status today. The Lin Family's wealth was not much less than the Wu Family's. Hence it would take some effort to obtain the pill formula.

"I'll pay three 300,000!" At this moment, Huang Ziwei's low voice came out from the group of Wang Family.

Since three of them had already made their bids, now everyone turned to look at Hai Qinglan of the Wu Family. What surprised everyone was that Hai Qinglan did not bid, but instead sat down with a smile on her face.

"Could it be that the Wu Family does not want the pill formulas anymore, or that Hai Qinglan is able to refine such a pill herself?"

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"No one has ever heard that the Wu Family can refine Qi Recovery Pill before. Could it be that Wu Family's wealth is insufficient, and they know that they can't compete against the Wang’s and the Lin’s, so they just give up?”

"Bullshit, the Wu Family is the number one clan in Xin Si City, how could they not have enough money?"

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Everyone was discussing, but no matter how they guessed, they would never have thought that the first person to bid was someone from the Wu Family. Hai Qinglan naturally would not bid again.

Hearing Huang Ziwei's bid, the corners of Wu Hui's mouth curled into a slight smile. Looking at Huang Ziwei from afar, he said indifferently: "Master Huang, don't forget the agreement before, you’ve still got a large sum to pay.”

"Hmph, you need not to worry that we, the Wang Family, can’t even afford this little amount.” Huang Ziwei sneered, and said with an unfriendly tone.

"Oh, then I'm relieved. I'll bid a million." Wu Hui's voice reverberated around the entire venue, and for a moment, it was completely silent.

One million, this was already the highest bidding price in the auction. No one would have thought that the bid would come from this unknown black-faced man. They thought that only the three great families could afford such a huge amount of money. As for the other small and medium-sized clans, they didn't have neither the wealth nor pill masters, so they naturally wouldn't compete for it.

"I'll bid…" Just as Huang Ziwei wanted to add another 100,000, Wang Chuan, who was at the side, pulled him back. "Master Huang, it's best not to bid anymore. The family doesn't have much capital left. We still have to save the money for Storage Ring."

"What? Elder Wang, other than the 5 million for indemnity, doesn't the Family still have a few million? It's not like you don't know how important pill formulas are to me. With the formula for Qi Recovery Pill, the family's strength will definitely be enhanced greatly." Huang Ziwei's tone was a little dissatisfied. Fire Martial Skill might not be of such great significance to him, but the pill formula was something that he must have.

At this moment, Wang Chuan looked at the gloomy Patriarch Wang Yunfei, and whispered into Huang Ziwei's ear: "Master Huang, Our Patriarch is very unpleasant with you. You can bid for the pill formula, but you need to use your own money, instead of Wang Family's money."

"What?" Huang Ziwei's expression immediately darkened, and his gaze turned to Wang Yunfei. His heart was already burning with fury. At any rate, he had contributed to the Wang Family for so many years, but he didn't even have this bit of authority. He had to buy it with his own money, and he only had around 300,000 taels in total himself.

Huang Ziwei sat down angrily. He glared at Wu Hui, but did not bid again.

Seeing Huang Ziwei sit down, Wu Hui knew that he would not bid anymore, and turned towards Jiang He instead.

"Although a million is not a small sum, a pill formula is even more precious. I will not give up. I bid 1,500,000 taels." Seeing that the black-faced man was looking at him, Jiang He cupped his fist and slightly bowed as he spoke with an apologetic tone.

"Don't mention it, Master Jiang. The rule of auction is that the highest bidder gets it. I bid three million." Wu Hui had a good impression of the Lin Family's Jiang He. Although Jiang He's reputation was not as high as Hai Qinglan's and Huang Ziwei's, his ability to refine pills was not inferior to Huang Ziwei's, and was just a little behind Hai Qinglan's. He didn't have any bad reputation in the Xin Si City.

Hearing that Wu Hui offered three million, Jiang He appeared to be dumbfounded. He did not know how the black-faced man could be so rich, but the price had already exceeded his bottom line. If he had the entire Lin Family to support his further bid, he would naturally be able to catch up. But his clan would definitely have to suffer financially after this. Without raising the price, Jiang He sat down.

On the stage, Liu Qianqian was smiling like a flower. She thought to herself that this Bai Wuya was indeed rich. But she wondered which party he belonged to. Anyway, she was quite pleased that the Qi Recovery Pill could be auctioned at 3 million taels.

"Master Bai Wuya offered 3 million, is there anyone else willing to offer an even higher price?" As usual, after asking three times, Liu Qianqian made the final decision. The pill formula belonged to Wu Hui.

The entire venue was in an uproar. As expected, he was a pill master. Some of the small and medium-sized families were even more excited. If they could recruit a pill master to their own clan, their strength could be considerably boosted, even to catch up with the three big families. Among the three families, Lin Tong from the Lin Family was also somewhat interested. He thought to himself, "A new pill master... If he does not belong to any specific clan or party, we must have him.” Patriarch Wang was unsettled. He looked at Huang Ziwei with a slight displeasure. “If Wang Chuan and Huang Ziwei did not come into conflict with him last time in Treasure Pavilion, we, the Wang Family, are of the greatest odds to have him in.” Among these three clans, the one who cared the least was Wu Haiya. “This is my own son. Who can snatch him away? But the name is strange - Bai Wuya, why did he make up a name with his mother’s surname?”

The three-million Qi Recovery Pill had brought the atmosphere of the auction to a peak, and with everyone discussing, the entire auction venue became extremely noisy. Liu Qianqian looked at the warm atmosphere around in satisfaction. With a bang, she thumped the auction hammer onto the table. The crowd immediately quieted down.

"Next is the last auction item of the Treasure Pavilion, the Medium Storage Ring."