Han Li offered no response to Shu Tiansheng, but his mind was racing.

At this point in the auction, the value of the auction items was gradually beginning to increase, with the exception of a few items that bucked this trend.

The Blood Crystal Lotus Root was quite a precious spirit plant, but it was already slightly lacking in value compared with the past few auction items, so it seemed increasingly unlikely that it was going to appear.

The same thought seemed to have occurred to Shu Tiansheng as well, and he was becoming more and more agitated. After all, if the Blood Crystal Lotus Root didn't appear in the auction, then he wouldn't be able to obtain a Blush Cloud Fire Crystal from Han Li, and he would most likely lose some trust from Han Li as well.

At this moment, an item had just been auctioned off, and a new item was brought out to replace it. The new item was a fist-sized fire-attribute True Immortal Stage demon beast core that was giving off a fiery red glow, within which were circles of tiny crimson runes.

"This is the demon core of a Golden Scale Red Wyrm at the pinnacle of the late-True Immortal Stage, meaning it was one step away from the Golden Immortal Stage at the time that it was slain. Its core is imbued with...