Since this was the two races' once-in-a-millennium auction, the subsequent finale treasures that appeared one after another were naturally no ordinary items — each one was a material that ordinary cultivators could only dream of obtaining.
None of them, however, were what Han Li needed.
Once the first batch of finale items had been auctioned off, Tian Yanzi immediately summoned another group of attendants to begin auctioning large quantities of spirit medicine materials along with various spirit pills that would be nearly impossible to find at any ordinary auction.
These items were even less likely to catch Han Li's eye.
When several types of spirit herbs that only the Spirit Race could cultivate finally appeared, Han Li felt a flicker of interest.
But upon hearing that these particular herbs required the Spirit Race's own essence power to carefully nurture them to maturity, his interest died on the spot.
Though the medicinal effects of these herbs were truly remarkable — approaching those of several legendary sacred medicines — there was an overwhelming likelihood that the Green Liquid from his mysterious Small Bottle could not directly accelerate their growth.
For him, spirit medicines of this grade that could not be mass-produced were of limited use, no matter how rare they might be.
After this batch of spirit medicines and pills had been auctioned off, large quantities of cultivation techniques, methods, and magical artifacts and treasures were brought out one after another.
These items were perfectly suited to cultivators at the Deity Transformation and Void Refinement stages, so the moment they appeared, the entire auction house erupted into a frenzy.
Almost every single item was fiercely contested by hundreds of cultivators from both races.
Interspersed among them were several more finale treasures being auctioned off.
These included over ten bottles of "Rising Sun Pills" that could advance the magical power of Body Integration cultivators, a jade slip recording the cultivation methods of a famous Body Integration cultivator who had fallen tens of thousands of years ago, and two magical treasures that could be classified as spirit treasures.
These items naturally catapulted the entire auction to a fever pitch.
Yet even now, the Body Integration stage cultivators on the third floor had rarely made any moves to bid. When one occasionally did, the others seldom stepped forward to compete. It seemed that most of them were conserving their energy, waiting for something.
When the last dozen or so giant battle puppets, each standing ten zhang tall, were swept up in a single bid of tens of millions of spirit stones by some unknown figure, the grand auction finally reached its closing moments.
At this point, Tian Yanzi cupped his fists toward the crowd with a beaming smile:
"The next items to be auctioned are the final two — and the most precious two — treasures of this entire auction. My humble abilities are insufficient to preside over the auction of such treasures. Therefore, the last two items will be introduced and auctioned by Senior Li Huo Flood Dragon King and their original owner, a mysterious guest from a foreign race."
Having said this, the white-robed elder cupped his fists toward the surroundings once more, then walked off the stage regardless of the crowd's reaction.
Though many in the hall had previously heard that a foreigner might appear at the auction, the announcement still set off a stir of uneasy murmurs.
After all, relations between the two races and the nearby foreign races were far from harmonious — in fact, only a few hundred years ago, a great war with the Yaksha Race and several others had only just concluded.
However, the moment the red-robed Li Huo Flood Dragon King ascended the stage alongside a woman in yellow, everyone immediately fell silent.
In a flash, all eyes converged on the graceful figure standing beside the Li Huo Flood Dragon King.
The woman in yellow had a round face and delicate skin, looking no older than a sweet seventeen or eighteen. Her face was lit by a radiant smile that instantly endeared her to anyone who beheld her.
When the crowd saw that this supposed "foreigner" looked like this, many wore expressions of surprise.
Only those who cultivated unique spiritual sense secret arts could faintly perceive, in the instant their spiritual sense swept over her body, that her aura differed somewhat from that of ordinary humans.
Han Li, however, had no spiritual sense to speak of. His previously closed eyes had already opened, and with a flash of blue light in his pupils, he spotted the abnormalities in the yellow-robed woman's body. A brief flicker of surprise crossed his face before he quickly returned to a calm expression.
At this moment, the Li Huo Flood Dragon King, standing beside the yellow-robed woman, opened his mouth to speak: