Alchemies

Chapter 57: Auction Sale

“Greetings, Daoist. I'm sorry because you had to wait so long.” Cai Ping apologized as he walked over. He constantly bowed and continued to say how sorry he was. For some reason, he started calling her Daoist as well.

"Oh, it's okay. I don't mind waiting," Alex was a little nervous to see him so bent towards her.

Cai Ping smiled slightly and sat down on the sofa opposite where Alex was sitting. He looked a little tired and desperate for some reason.

“Are you okay, Miss Cai? You look a little tired,” he said.

Cai Ping immediately straightened his posture and looked a little more active as he said, "I'm sorry for showing such a bad sight."

"Is working in an auction house difficult?" She asked.

"Oh no, it's usually easy. But today is different. The auction was rather hectic and frankly, mentally exhausting," he chuckled and continued, "You are actually the most troubled of all. Most alchemists don't do it." 'I didn't auction off their pills, so when so many pills appeared at once, people kept bidding on them one after another. It takes a lot of time."

"Does that mean all my pills are sold?" he asked expectantly. He was very hopeful of obtaining 80 spirit stones today.

"Ah, yes. Everything sold. I'm sure the transaction after the auction is being finalized right now, and someone will bring the total here."

"Oh, okay," he said and waited a little longer.

About 5 minutes later, a knock was heard from the door. “Log in,” Cai Ping speaks from the inside. A middle-aged man walked in and bowed to Cai Ping. He then turned to Alex and bowed once more.

Alex was not used to being subdued too much, so he simply nodded.

The man approached Cai Ping and handed the bag to him. Cai Ping looked at the bag for a while and nodded at the man, who then left.

“Your money after deduction is here, Daois,” he spoke. “Your monster corpse sold for a little more than expected and carried 15 ordinary spirit stones. After deducting, you get 13 ordinary spirit stones and 50 gold coins.”

Alex was shocked to hear that. '13 ordinary spirit stones cost around 120 dollars right?' he thinks.

Cai Ping then continued, "However, your name has never been wrong before."

Alex frowned. ‘The estimate is wrong? Does that mean I don't get 80 spirit stones in full?' he said?' he began to get discouraged. He expected quite a lot of money, but from his talk, it seemed like his pills did not give good results.

"Huh? They didn't do it badly?" She asked.

"Bad one? Of course not. They performed amazingly at the auction. Much better than I expected." He took out a talisman and started reading something.

“We sell all your pills separately, which is why the auction takes longer than usual. First, we sell your Qi-enhancing pills. We range from the lowest harmonized pills to the highest.”

"These are commonly found pills, so they are not sold for a high price. However, that total of 12 pills gives us about 42 ordinary spirit stones."

“The next pill we sell is a quick foot pill. Although it was rare, people did not need it much so it did not get much of an offer, yet it somehow still managed to sell for 32 spirit stones for those 5 pills. "

"Next we sell 2 face changing pills. These pills sold quite a lot because they were so rare. This pill has quite a lot to offer compared to the others. A 26% harmony face changing pill sold for 15 spirit stones, and 35% harmony face changing pills sold for 28 spirit stones. I had no idea how receptive the audience was to this pill."

“Last, 4 Qi Enhancing pills. We sold them last because people cared so much about the pills that helped them break through the bottleneck and helped them improve their cultivation. As expected, they did very well. Maybe, too good.”

“It seems that due to the scarcity of one of the ingredients for this pill, people simply could not get the pill made by these alchemists. So, when they heard we were auctioning Earth-level Qi Enhancing pills, they actually bid. flocked to get them."

“Similar to other pills, we start with a pill that has the lowest harmony and continues to the highest. In total, 4 different pills ended up selling for 83 ordinary spirit stones.”

Alex had long stopped turning spirit stones into dollars when he heard the number of spirit stones was growing high and high. Cai Ping looked at his shocked eyes and found the same feeling within them. He was similarly shocked when he presented the pill to the audience.

He actually obtained 194 ordinary spirit stones. That's a lot.

When's your next auction? he asked Cai Ping.

He didn't think much of the question and replied, "That's next Saturday. Although it will be a pretty big auction since it is our biennial auction, it is, where only items above 5 spirit stones were sold and the auction itself lasted longer than that." was ordinary."

Alex stayed silent and thought for a while. 'I should be able to finish making the pills by next Wednesday, maybe even Tuesday if I really try.'

"May I come back next Friday to auction more stuff?" She asked.

Cai Ping looked at him with a puzzled look and asked, "Do you have anything else to sell, Daoist?"