Wait a minute, where is my master?

Seeing that everyone in the venue had smelled the unique fragrance, Wu Li replaced the block.

"Ladies and gentlemen on the first floor, you must have all smelled this unique fragrance just now," she said.

The soft and contrasting voice of the female auctioneer, combined with the appetizing exotic fragrance, made the breath of the cultivators below a bit heavier.

In fact, the Third Elder of the Demon Sect had secretly added a Bewitching Technique to her voice, solely to catch Jin Xu's attention.

The other cultivators were merely "collateral damage."

Half of the auction had already passed, and that little Taoist hadn't bid on anything yet, which made her somewhat anxious.

Just now when the Age Chicken appeared. Wu Li noticed that Jin Xu, who had been looking down and drinking tea for quite a while, finally turned his gaze back to the auction item, so she began to implement her strategy.

After all, her purpose in luring the little Taoist here was to "test" him.

If the little Taoist didn't bid on anything, she still had other methods to continue contact, but those would be somewhat abrupt.

It would be more natural to use the auction as an opportunity to make contact.

Thinking this, Wu Li continued to apply the Bewitching Technique in her voice, coquettishly saying,

"Esteemed guests, this spirit bird is called Age Chicken, one of the descendants of the mythical bird. It tastes extremely delicious. It's said that after eating it, men can become invigorated, and the chance of having offspring increases. If accompanied by medicinal meals, the taste is even better, and the effects stronger~"

However, because the Age Chicken emits a unique fragrance after reaching twenty-five years of age, it attracts hunters.

Thus, in the Nine Provinces Realm, it has already gone extinct.

Today, this one was obtained by a fellow Daoist from a secret realm.

According to that Daoist, there were only two Age Chickens left in that secret realm, and he couldn't resist eating one himself.

The remaining one, he wanted to save as cultivation resources for his unborn child.

So, for those of you who want to taste this delicious spirit bird, you'd better hurry and bid," she continued.

When Miss Wu mentioned the part about invigorating men, she covered her mouth with a light laugh, her eyes brightly seductive.

After she finished speaking, she even sat directly on the high cylindrical stage, her two long, snow-white legs crossed, dazzling to behold.

This action caused Manager Shi, who was beside her, to frown deeply. Although Miss Wu usually added some atmosphere during auctions, today's behavior was somewhat dissolute.

"I need to speak with the Store Manager about this at the first opportunity; such behavior surely lowers the tone of our auction," he thought.

After the female auctioneer finished her introduction and made that move,

not only the people below the stage but also the cultivators in the second-floor boxes started to grow restless.

Although they knew the auctioneer's voice carried a Bewitching Technique, Wu Li's posture almost made it seem like whoever won the bid on the Age Chicken, she would go with them.

Moreover, the effect of this spirit bird also tempted everyone.

Don't assume that just because one cultivates immortality, one doesn't have unspeakable secrets.

In the Nine Provinces Immortal World, cultivators with disharmonious lives and no offspring were plenty.

Some had too high cultivation levels, which made conception difficult.

And others... well,

Cough, some things are better left unsaid.

"Miss Wu, don't keep us in suspense; just tell us the starting price," said a shill hired for the auction.

"Yeah, give us a starting price, let us give up early," said a Loose Cultivator who was painfully honest yet aware of his limitations.

"Since everyone is so eager, I won't keep you waiting. The starting bid is three thousand High Grade Spirit Stones, and each increment must not be less than five hundred!"

The flowery language and the postured attitude were because the little Taoist had looked up.

The actual price of this item wasn't high, after all, it was just a spirit bird with delicious meat.

The only effects were enhancing vigor and a nebulous chance of increasing offspring reproduction.

The cultivator who brought this chicken here was a Loose Cultivator, somewhat clever, but not by much.

He knew that after he entered the venue, he intentionally released the unique aroma of the Age Chicken to attract the attention of the auction organizers and the cultivators present.

However, he did not know that if he had taken this item to the most famous tavern in Shangjing City, it would definitely have fetched a sky-high price.

This was entirely due to a lack of vision.

"Three thousand five hundred!"

"Four thousand!"

"I bid five thousand spirit stones!"

A cultivator on the first floor began to make bids.

All the cultivators who could enter this place had high levels of cultivation and substantial wealth, and who among them would not carry extra spirit stones to an auction?

So, the initial few rounds were competed for by the cultivators on the first floor.

However, when the price climbed to eight thousand spirit stones, there were significantly fewer cultivators from the first floor bidding.

"I bid ten thousand spirit stones!"

A voice came from a private box on the second floor; it was none other than the second son of the Luan family.

"I bid twelve thousand!"

Another box was quick to outbid them, and from the voice, it surprisingly sounded like a young girl.

It was unclear whether it was a maid bidding on behalf of someone else or if the box's owner was indeed a little girl.

"Temple master, shouldn't we start bidding?"

Little White had already begun hugging Jin Xu's left arm and started to shake it continuously.

Her light brown eyes were filled with intense longing, clearly showing her desire to eat the chicken.

"If you buy that spiritual poultry, I'll teach you alchemy when we return,"

Yu Yaoer said while holding onto the Taoist's other hand, her clear yet somewhat naive eyes watching him expectantly.

The Little Fish Demon knew already that the Taoist "didn't care much for regular meals anymore."

So, she had to put aside her pride as the 'number one chef of the Shui Clan,' instead using the alchemy she disliked, to tempt the Taoist.

"Mr. Jin, if you don't have enough spirit stones on you, I can lend you some,"

Xia Yunzhao noted the Taoist's interest in the Age Chicken but his hesitation to bid, thinking he might be short on funds.

Although the conversation about the spiritual liquid had been overheard by the Seventh Princess and it was known that his family owned a well,

it was uncertain whether Jin Xu knew he would attend the auction when he left for Shangjing City, and he likely couldn't have brought much spiritual liquid from the Taoist temple with him.

During their conversation, the price of the Age Chicken had already nearly reached twenty thousand spirit stones.

Although there were certainly people deliberately driving up the price, the main reason was the rivalry between the second son of the Luan family and the young girl's voice from the second-floor boxes.

"Twenty thousand spirit stones! I hope you all will afford the Luan family some respect,"

A clear male voice emanated from the second-floor box.

Although the Luan family had substantial heritage, the Luan family was the Luan family and he was himself; and spending twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones on a single chicken was somewhat extravagant.

If it hadn't been for... Ah, he would not have persisted with this!!!

In another box on the second floor,

a young girl, looking about twelve or thirteen years old, was all set to continue raising the bid.

But she was stopped by the whispers of an old woman beside her.

"Ruoer, since the second son of the Luan family has already said this, let's give them some face,"

"But Granny Sun, I really want to taste that Age Chicken,"

the young girl called Ruoer said, pouting in her seat.

It was evident that she held great respect for the old woman, as she spoke in a negotiating tone.

"But Ruoer, your father is currently at a critical juncture in his promotion. It would truly be unwise to create discord with the Luan family over such a trivial matter. And think about it, twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones can buy us several feasts at the 'Earth Immortal' banquet in the Immortal Food Restaurant,"