Chapter 160: If You Have Spirit-Enhancing Pills, I Will Swallow Stones

Because Wu Tian was on good terms with Ning Yujiao, the eldest miss of the Shunfeng Firm, he quickly settled the auction proceeds with them. Even after deducting the operational fees and the cost of the three brilliant necklaces he had successfully bid for, Wu Tian ended up with exactly one hundred thousand taels of black gold in hand—a rather neat little windfall.

With the money secured, Wu Tian walked out of the auction venue and immediately caught sight of Yue Shishi and her group waiting outside.

"Apologies, Sister Yue, for keeping you waiting so long!" Wu Tian hurried over, a look of apology on his face.

"You even know you've kept us waiting! When has our teacher ever waited for someone for this long? Almost everyone from the auction has already left, and only now do you show up!" Guo Yuemen said indignantly.

"Xiaomen, it really hasn't been that long." Yue Shishi shook her head and smiled slightly at Wu Tian.

"Brother Wu, did you have a reason for making us wait?" Tong Yixin asked with a puzzled expression.

"That's right, let's talk as we walk!" With too many eyes and ears around here, Wu Tian decided to change locations to avoid being noticed.

Thus, Wu Tian and Yue Shishi's group left the vicinity of the venue. They walked to a relatively secluded spot where almost no one was around before Wu Tian finally stopped in his tracks.

"What on earth is your game? First you said you'd talk as you walked, and now that we've reached such a remote place, are you doing this on purpose?" Guo Yuemen glared at Wu Tian with intense displeasure and anger.

Ignoring that jerk Guo Yuemen, Wu Tian clenched one hand into a fist, extended it toward Yue Shishi, and smiled mysteriously, "Sister Yue, guess what is inside my palm?"

Yue Shishi was momentarily stunned, then smiled and said, "It shouldn't be very big, whatever it is."

"Hehe, I bet Brother Wu has nothing at all in his fist!" Tong Yixin chimed in playfully with a smile.

"Let me give you a hint: I mentioned it during the auction." Wu Tian looked at Yue Shishi with a beaming smile.

A look of recollection flashed across Yue Shishi's eyes. Something mentioned during the auction... Suddenly, Yue Shishi, Tong Yixin, and Tong Yibing exchanged glances, a look of astonishment flashing in their eyes.

"Could it be the Spirit-Enhancing Pill?" Yue Shishi asked tentatively.

"Brother Wu only mentioned giving us a Spirit-Enhancing Pill during the auction. Could it really be true?" Tong Yixin looked at Wu Tian in disbelief.

"Junior Sister Yixin, you're overthinking it. Spirit-Enhancing Pills aren't something just anyone can have. He's definitely just putting on an act to toy with us. Look at how he's been stalling since the auction house—first this, then that—with no real business at all. How could he possibly have a Spirit-Enhancing Pill?" Guo Yuemen looked at Wu Tian with utter disdain. "I'll say it again: if he has a Spirit-Enhancing Pill, I'll swallow a chair."

"There aren't any chairs around here." Wu Tian shook his head.

"Then I'll swallow a stone instead!" Guo Yuemen rolled his eyes and said.

"You brought this up yourself, I didn't force you. Are you certain you want to swallow a stone?" A peculiar expression flashed across Wu Tian's face as he asked in return.

Convinced that Wu Tian was merely putting on a bluff, Guo Yuemen patted his chest and declared with absolute certainty, "If it's a Spirit-Enhancing Pill, I will definitely swallow a stone!"

With that, Guo Yuemen picked up a stone the size of a fist, pointed at Wu Tian, and said, "If you've got the guts, conjure up a Spirit-Enhancing Pill, and I'll swallow this very stone!"

"Senior Brother Guo, maybe you should drop it. What if it really turns out to be a Spirit-Enhancing Pill?" Tong Yixin kindly advised.

"Hah! Junior Sister, I've seen too many of these deceptive tricks. His whole purpose is just to spend a little more time with you lot—what a scheming man with ulterior motives!" Guo Yuemen curled his lip in contempt.

Wu Tian chuckled instantly. "Alright, I'll stop playing tricks and show it to you directly!"

Saying this, Wu Tian opened his palm. A medicinal pill rested in the center, identical in every way to the divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill from the auction—matching it completely in size and quality.

Everyone stared with eyes wide in disbelief.

"Th-this... is this a real Spirit-Enhancing Pill, and a divine-grade one at that?" Tong Yixin leaned in close, staring intently at the pill as she asked in sheer amazement.

"Indeed, it is a genuine divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill. Sister Yue, that's why I told you not to bid for one back then. If you need it, I can gift this divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill to you!"

Sensing the surging true qi emanating from the pill, Yue Shishi's eyes were filled with shock. She had initially thought Wu Tian's earlier words were just a joke, yet he had actually produced one.

"It's identical to the divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill from the auction. How did you get it?" Yue Shishi could tell for certain that this pill was the real deal.

"Actually, those high-grade pills at the auction were all closely connected to the Sun family. I hail from Pingyang City myself and have deep ties with the Sun family. This pill was a gift to me from them. It's of no use to me, so I'm giving it to Sister Yue." Wu Tian fabricated the story without batting an eye or flushing.

"Impossible! This cannot be a divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill! If it were a real divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill, would you give it away to someone else so easily? It fetched ninety million taels of silver! This is definitely fake!" Guo Yuemen finally snapped out of his shock and pointed frantically at Wu Tian, denying it vehemently.

"From its size to its quality, it's identical to the one at the auction. Furthermore, you can clearly feel the surging true qi within the pill—it feels exactly like the one seen at the auction. There's no doubt it's a divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill." After carefully sensing it for herself, Tong Yibing also concluded that the pill was a genuine divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill.

"N-no way!" Guo Yuemen still stubbornly denied it. "You're nobody special to the Sun family; why would they gift you such a precious pill?"

"You don't need to know my connections with the Sun family. In any case, this pill was given to me by them." Wu Tian chuckled. "Regardless of where this pill came from, it's mine now. Earlier, someone seemed to claim that they would swallow a stone if I possessed a Spirit-Enhancing Pill."

Guo Yuemen's face instantly turned flushed and crimson.

"This pill is indeed a divine-grade Spirit-Enhancing Pill. Younger Brother Tian, I'm sure you and Xiaomen were just joking just now." At this moment, Yue Shishi stepped in to smooth things over for Guo Yuemen.

"Sister Yue is right, I was merely joking." Wu Tian shrugged. Since Sister Yue had spoken up, naturally he wouldn't bicker with Guo Yuemen.

"Brother Wu, are you really going to give this pill to the teacher?" Tong Yixin asked.

"Of course. I, Wu Tian, always keep my word. Since I said I'd give it, I will." Wu Tian patted his chest and said resolutely.

"Younger Brother Tian, our Seven Stars Academy does indeed need a Spirit-Enhancing Pill, but Sister Yue cannot accept it as a gratuitous handout. Sister Yue was already undeserving of the brilliant necklaces from earlier, and now, as for this Spirit-Enhancing Pill, the Seven Stars Academy can purchase it!" Yue Shishi shook her head, declining Wu Tian's offer of a free gift.

"I'd only be keeping it with no use for it anyway."

"That has nothing to do with whether you have a use for it. I need the Spirit-Enhancing Pill because I am carrying out a mission for the Seven Stars Academy. I can buy it, but I cannot accept your gift for nothing."

"That's right, Brother Wu. Besides, how could a pill be of no use to you? You'll be able to use it once you reach the tenth-level Martial Spirit realm." Tong Yixin nodded vigorously in agreement.

Wu Tian smiled faintly. Having already reached the fourth-level Martial King realm, the Spirit-Enhancing Pill was truly useless to him.

"Since Sister Shishi insists so much... very well. Since you failed to buy a Spirit-Enhancing Pill at the auction, I can sell this pill to you instead."