On the Canglong Continent, Dark Practitioners are divided into several ranks based on their cultivation levels. These are, in ascending order, Dark Human, Dark Jade, Dark Earth, Dark Heavenly, Dark Pill, Yin Yang, Two Realms of Soul Seizing, Immortal Realm.
The nightclub categorizes auction items into five grades: "Mundane, Spirit, Sacred, Divine, Supreme Supreme."
If we use the Xuan Beast Xuan Pill as a benchmark, the prices of these five grades of Xuan Pills are respectively: hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million.
Turning to the so-called Valuation Pavilion, it is intricately designed with five arches set up inside. In front of each arch hangs a curtain of a different color, preventing prying eyes from the outside.
A few young girls, similar in age but slightly lesser in appearance than Xiao Ya, were leading clients through the various archways.
Yue Jinghua stealthily scanned the area with Divine Sense, but as Divine Sense just swept through, a sharp pain pierced her temples, forcing her to stop.
"There are Divine Sense prohibitions inside," Qing Pu's sinister voice chimed in just in time. Clearly, he also had some interest in this place known as the nightclub.
Yue Jinghua showed a puzzled expression, "This is my first time at the nightclub. I'm not clear on which Dark Grade my Elixir Pills fall into."
An elderly voice came from one of the archways: "Ya girl, bring the person to this old lady here."
Xiao Ya didn't dare to delay and respectfully led the person through the third archway.
Behind the red curtain, the first thing that caught the eye was an Elixir Furnace emitting a fragrance of pills.
Several hundred bottles of Elixir Pills of various colors and sizes were arranged on shelves of differing heights.
Not far from the Elixir Furnace, a beautiful woman sat, her hair done up in an elegant coiffure.
Xie Yu gave a slight smile to the beautiful woman.
Xiao Ya made a courteous bow and respectfully introduced to Yue Jinghua: "This is Lady Yao, a Middle-level Alchemist stationed in Polo City."
Learning that the other party was a Middle-level Alchemist, Yue Jinghua nodded her head; upon hearing the other party was a Middle-level Alchemist, Yue Jinghua also became more cautious—in fact, she also didn't know which Dark Grade her True Essence Pills were classified as for auction, "May I ask how Lady Yao intends to test my pills?"
To understand the effects of items like pills, one must swallow them, but beside Yue Jinghua who consumed one True Essence Pill, Xie Yu took another, leaving only eight remaining.
"With the old lady's experience, even if I've never eaten pork, I've seen pigs run. Take out your pills and I'll recognize them at a glance," said Lady Yao confidently. Considering that there are only a handful of Middle-level Alchemists across the entire Shang Kingdom, her confidence was not entirely without reason.
Yue Jinghua took out a True Dark Pill, and before it could be handed over, it "swooshed" into Lady Yao's hand instinctively.
Lady Yao took the pill, first glanced at it casually, then wrinkled her nose and sniffed the pill at the tip of her nose.
After observing for quite a while, a blush crept onto the cheeks of Lady Yao.
Seeing Lady Yao's embarrassment, Xiao Ya felt surprised inwardly, encountering a pill that even Lady Yao couldn't identify was unprecedented in the nightclub.
"This pill is called True Dark Pill, made from a mixture of Water Grass, Black Fire Vine, and Golden Jingli. Upon ingestion, it can enhance a person's cultivation by one rank within a Dark Practitioner below the level of Dark Jade within the time it takes for half a cup of tea to brew," said Yue Jinghua upon observing her expression, aware that the other party couldn't guess the origin of the True Dark Pill.
"I cannot accept this pill, Xiao Ya, see the guest out," Lady Yao said, flicking the pill back into Yue Jinghua's hand upon hearing the explanation.
Lady Yao's statement came as a surprise to everyone present.
"Lady?" Xiao Ya, having been at the nightclub for so long, had never heard of a Spirit Medicine capable of directly enhancing one's Dark Skill by a rank.
She herself was at the Small Success of Jade Dark cultivation level, but due to a lack of family protection, her cultivation stagnated. Should such a Spirit Pill exist, even if it cost a thousand pills, she would be willing to pay for it.
However, Yue Jinghua remained calm, responding with a question, "Why is the Lady unwilling to accept my pills?"
"If this pill is truly made as you say from those three medicines—Water Grass, Black Fire Vine, and Golden Jingli—even if it could rapidly enhance a person's Dark Skill, it must be a ruthless and harmful medicine." Yue Jinghua mentioned three medicines with completely antagonistic properties; ordinary Pill Masters couldn't even form a pill out of them, and even if they did, it would be a Poison Pill. Yet she had concocted such an odorless and colorless True Dark Pill.
"So the Lady suspects the pill's toxicity," responded Yue Jinghua without arguing. Walking slowly around the alchemy room, as if considering how to explain, she eventually reached Xiao Ya's side and flicked her finger. Taking advantage of Xiao Ya's surprise, she projected the pill into her mouth.