"So, did you buy these two jars of pills just to find out what was different about these pills?" Hei Long asked as he played with the pill in his hands.

"That and also because there was no loss in spending a few silvers for these treasures. I want to know who's the one refining these pills. That person sure has some talent in the field of alchemy." The Heaven Emperor replied to the Demon Prince's question.

A few silvers????

Of course, those millions of silvers were only considered as a few silvers in the eyes of the Heaven Emperor.

"Alright! Let's see if we can find this talented person." The Demon Prince replied as they both returned their attention back to the ongoing auction.

The price of the pills had risen to 3,000,000 silvers by now.

This time rather than increasing only one, twenty, fifty, hundred, or even thousand silvers, everyone was adding another million silvers into it.

"5,000,000!"

This time the person who raised the price was a man in his mid-twenties who was sitting inside the room opposite to Li Ming's private room.

"10,000,000!"

"..."

Not only Li Ming but almost every single person in the auction hall turned to stare at the private room on the fourth floor.

Exactly who was this rich man who was hell-bent on buying all the four jars of the spiritual pills?

For the next few minutes, the auction hall was only filled with light murmurs as everyone planned about what to do next.

Just as the old shopkeeper was going to open his mouth to start the counting, the Crown Prince of the Han Empire who was sitting silently beside Li Ming all this time suddenly shouted.

"50,000,000!"

Who knew how many centuries passed before Li Ming finally raised her trembling right hand to pinch herself to see if she was dreaming or if everything was a reality.

And when she almost cried out in pain, a huge beaming smile took over her face.

At that moment she wanted to jump up from her seat and hug the sweet Crown Prince tightly to show him exactly how happy she was at that moment.

No man, literally no man had ever made her feel so excited that she almost felt like passing out.

The auction hall erupted into loud whispers this time. No one tried to hide their shock or their disappointment in the situation.

"Do you really want to buy those pills that much?" Li Ming softly asked.

She had no idea that the Crown Prince of the Han Empire was such a rich person that he would happily give away 50 million silvers just to buy two hundred spiritual pills that were not even of high grades.

The Crown Prince turned towards her as he replied while shaking both his head and the two hands, "Of course, not! I have no interest in those pills."

If Li Ming was shocked after hearing the number 50 million then after hearing the Crown Prince's reply she certainly lost her ability to think or understand anything.

"W...."

Li Ming cleared her throat to make her voice more audible as it suddenly had gone low on its own.

"What do you mean by that? Why are you buying it if you don't even need them?"

The Crown Prince looked at the young girl and sighed before answering, "I'm past the level of High Cultivator, that's why these pills won't work on me. Also, I have no way of using these pills. Buying them would only be wasting my money."

Li Ming wanted to put out the fact that he could always distribute the pills to his military troops as it would not only help in increasing their military's strength but would also make his position as the Crown Prince stronger in the eyes of the nobles and the citizens but in the end, she stayed completely silent.

Instead, she asked, "Alright! But you just raised the price to 50,000,000 silvers. If the pills are not worth your money then what's the point in buying it at such a huge price?"

The Crown Prince chuckled at her questions making Li Ming stare at him in confusion.

"You really are very new to this, right? Well, let's just say that I'm helping the person who is the initial owner of these spiritual pills." He calmly replied.

Li Ming looked at the platform downstairs where the old shopkeeper was whispering something to one of the servants.

Looked like no one was going to increase the price anymore.

She turned back towards the Crown Prince and asked, "How?"

The Crown Prince kept looking at her face for a few seconds before he replied, "Remember that person on the fourth floor. He's trying to buy all the jars and he also sounds like a wealthy person. Since he wants to buy the jars he will buy them no matter how much he will need to pay. Now I have raised the price from 10 million to 50 million. Most of the people here will back down and whoever will buy those jars at the end, they will need to pay more than 50 million. In short, because of me, the person who gave these pills to the Auction house would get a lot of money."

Li Ming was calmly listening to the Crown Prince's explanation and it actually made sense.

In his own way, he indeed helped her. Now she would be getting 50 million silvers for the two jars.

But suddenly a new thought popped up in her mind, making a small twitch appear on her lips which were hidden under the purple veil.

She turned around to look at the Crown Prince once again, catching his attention as she asked, "What if no one raised the price anymore? Not even that person on the fourth floor."

A very evil part of her mind, which was full of craftiness and trickery, wanted her thought to come true.

She wanted to enjoy the helpless state of the Crown Prince as he would lose 50 million silvers from his treasury for buying something that, according to him, was completely useless for him.

Least did she expected to find out that the Crown Prince of the Han Empire could give her a good challenge when it comes to craftiness.

"Well, I can always buy them and then sell them in the auction house of the Song Empire. I'll get more than double the amount of those 50 million silvers there." The Crown Prince replied with a soft shrug of his shoulder as he returned his focus back on the auction.

Li Ming just kept staring at the Crown Prince with amazed and surprised eyes. She wanted to give the man a standing ovation.

Just like she had guessed, he was far smarter than what he was showing.

She also returned her attention back to the auction. This time praying for the man on the fourth floor to buy her pills. In no way would she let the Crown Prince enjoy the fruit of her hard work.

More than five minutes passed, but no one made any move to raise the silvers to buy the pills.

The old shopkeeper even started the final countdown.

Li Ming was almost on the verge of giving up as the old shopkeeper was merely a few seconds away from hitting the last countdown, when suddenly once again a deep voice came from the private room of the fourth floor.

"100,000,000!"

This time Li Ming just kept sitting in her seat without any expression on her face. She almost looked indifferent from everything that was going around her.

However, the truth was that her soul almost left her body when the huge number entered her ears and then registered into her brain.

She had never imagined that after falling from the throne of a billionaire to a little peasant, she would fly to the chair of a millionaire within a few hours.

The emotions that she was feeling were far too dramatic for her to reveal in front of others.

She was saving them for later to let them out when she would be alone.

The Crown Prince let out a proud laugh as he said, "See! I helped the person behind the scene. Now, they should be thanking me for the rest of their lives for making them so rich."

Li Ming didn't even pass him a single look. Her eyes were trying to look past the drapes of the private room on the fourth floor.

But due to the angle of the room from her seat and the fact that the blinds were tightly shut, she could not even tell if that room was filled with light or darkness.

After a few minutes of straining her neck and almost falling from her seat in front of the Crown Prince and another bunch of people, though she saved herself at the very last moment, she finally gave up.

If she was fated to meet the person who just bought her four jars of spiritual pills, then they would certainly meet someday or sometime.

Little did she knew that she would fall in the arms of that person very soon.

On the other hand, the Crown Prince, who was praising himself for playing smartly in the auction and helping the admirable refiner of the spiritual pills, was also going to regret being so smart very soon.

He was stuck with, or to say, against Li Ming for a long long time.