Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

As soon as the Foundation Establishment Pill made an appearance, the vibe of competitive bidding in the underground cave hall shifted immediately.

"I bid five thousand Spirit Coins!"

A cultivator with a face-covering scarf called out a high bid with a serious tone.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than someone next to him shouted, "Five thousand five hundred Spirit Coins."

Hearing this, he couldn't help but glare at the person and promptly raised the bid, "Five thousand seven hundred Spirit Coins."

"Six thousand two hundred Spirit Coins!"

Another voice joined the bidding, instantly raising the price to a new level.

Generally speaking, the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill wouldn't be lower than five thousand Spirit Coins, but it also wouldn't typically exceed seven thousand.

After all, it was just an elixir for cultivators in the Qi Refinement Realm to take.

Therefore, at this time, Zhou Jiarui, who was next to Zhou Chun, also made a bid.

"Seven thousand Spirit Coins!"

He straight away added several hundred Spirit Coins, pushing the price to a new high.

At this height, indeed many of the bidders fell silent.

It wasn't that they couldn't produce that many Spirit Coins, but they needed to weigh if it was worth it.

But since it was an auction, there was always a cultivator with deep pockets to show up.

"Seven thousand two hundred Spirit Coins."

Yet another bid suppressed the price given by Zhou Jiarui.

Then it triggered a battle among several cultivators.

In the end, the Foundation Establishment Pill was sold for eight thousand seven hundred Spirit Coins.

Zhou Jiarui had already shaken his head and given up the contest when the price went over eight thousand Spirit Coins.

Before coming here, Zhou Daoyi, the clan leader, had also given him a bottom line; there was no need to compete if it went over that price.

As the auction for this Foundation Establishment Pill came to an end, the auctioneer quickly presented the eleventh treasure.

It was a second-grade superior Magic Artifact with a starting bid of five thousand Spirit Coins, and the final deal was closed at nine thousand eight hundred Spirit Coins, nearly breaking ten thousand.

The following treasures taken out were mostly Magic Artifacts, elixirs, and formations.

Since the starting bids were still slightly lower than the market price, all these treasures were successfully auctioned off.

When it came to the eighteenth item, the auctioneer once again brought out a Foundation Establishment Pill.

"Another Foundation Establishment Pill, the starting bid is the same, four thousand Spirit Coins, with each bid increment no less than two hundred Spirit Coins."

Listening to the auctioneer, those cultivators who had regretted not acquiring a Foundation Establishment Pill before started bidding again.

"There can't be a third or fourth Foundation Establishment Pill coming up later!"

Zhou Chun murmured softly, sensing that the auctioneers were playing psychological tactics.

The auctioneer had said at the beginning that only thirty treasures had been prepared for this time.

But now, the number of cultivators in the cave hall attending this underground auction was five or six times that number, and most of them had brought ample funds.

Having come all the way and gathered the money, would it not be a waste to leave empty-handed?

So, the competition for the second Foundation Establishment Pill was even more exaggerated than for the first.

The final closing price was a staggering nine thousand five hundred Spirit Coins!

Seeing this, Zhou Chun just shook his head repeatedly, only able to marvel at the wealth of some people.

He had killed a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage and was well aware of how much wealth one typically possessed.
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Like that black-robed elder from the Dragon Transformation Sect, even if you included the two second-grade Magic Artifacts that had been taken from him, his entire fortune was only a little over ten thousand Spirit Coins at most.

Even if the other party still had some things left in his cave within the Dragon Transformation Sect's main temple, and even if he was considered one of the poorer cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, his entire wealth wouldn't exceed twenty thousand Spirit Coins.

And now a single Foundation Establishment Pill almost cost a mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator half of their entire wealth!

This was undoubtedly extremely unreasonable!

But this was the reality!

The perpetual scarcity, which never meets the demand, meant that the Foundation Establishment Pill could only be consumed by a select few.

In the cave hall today, not every cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage had reached that level through taking a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Even in a large sect like the Green Lotus Temple, many of the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage hadn't taken a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Don't be fooled by the looks of those fighting over the Foundation Establishment Pill now, flaunting their wealth as if they were immensely rich.

In reality, the Spirit Coins they were spending were more likely the accumulated wealth of an influence, not personal assets.

Otherwise, unless it was for their own dear kin, which Foundation Establishment cultivator would willingly spend half of their fortune on an elixir that was of no use to themselves?

After the second Foundation Establishment Pill was sold, the auctioneer once again took out the second Talisman Instrument.

This second Talisman Instrument was an Inner Armor, crafted from the skin of some unknown Demon Beast. Its grade reached a mid second-grade and was reputed to withstand three attacks equivalent to the full force of a mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Such an item was tailor-made for Foundation Establishment cultivators' self-defense, thus causing many late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators to vie for it.

These late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators often had substantial personal wealth, enabling them to afford items valued over ten thousand Spirit Coins.

And they, looking to acquire Spiritual Objects that could aid in the opening of the Purple Mansion, would typically venture into various dangerous lands seeking adventure.

Naturally, they had a high demand for such protective life-saving items.

In the end, the Talisman Instrument sold for a high price of six thousand seven hundred Spirit Coins.

When the twenty-fourth treasure came out, both Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiarui were stunned, as were many other cultivators present.

They saw that contained within a jade box were five Spirit Fruits, which resembled white pears in shape, translucent and lustrous as if carved from jade.