Chapter 50

Hua Xiajiu stood at the entrance of the classroom, took a deep breath, and tightly held the black hood given to him by his mother, which could block soul detection. He then walked towards the two masked cultivators. This black hood was from the middle-aged man at Qingyun Temple.

After several breaths, Hua Xiajiu passed through the Spirit Crane Tower's gate. The scene before him darkened, and his figure suddenly appeared in a large hall.

"Hmm! Finally, someone has arrived. Now we have five people, and we can activate the teleportation array," a cold male voice said before Hua Xiajiu could fully take in the scene.

Hua Xiajiu's eyes showed caution as he looked around. There were already five people in the hall. One of them wore a white mask, similar to the guard outside, and the cultivator who had entered before Hua Xiajiu was also there. Both were wearing hoods, and another person, a woman with a graceful figure and a faint fragrance, wore a black veil.

At this moment, all five people were looking at Hua Xiajiu. Except for the masked cultivator who had spoken, the others glanced at Hua Xiajiu and then walked to a circular array on one side of the hall. The array was filled with glowing runes, looking extremely mysterious, and it was a simple teleportation array.

Hua Xiajiu's soul sense swept over the area, and he was startled to find that he could not discern the cultivation levels of four out of the six people, indicating they were at least at the Core Formation stage.

He briefly surveyed the scene in the hall and, combining it with what the masked cultivator had said, understood the situation. Seeing the masked cultivator placing spirit stones into some grooves in the array, he followed the other four into the array.

"This is a simple teleportation array that will transport all of you to the actual auction location. After the auction, you will naturally be returned here through the teleportation array. Hmm! There might be some discomfort during the teleportation, so I hope all of you, fellow daoists, do not misunderstand. Fellow daoists below the Soul Out stage, holding the token for the secret auction can provide protection," the masked cultivator said quickly after installing the spirit stones. Seeing that Hua Xiajiu had also entered the array, he reminded them.

After finishing, he did not wait for any response. He took out an array disk, and true essence surged within him. The array disk emitted a white light, which shot out six beams, striking the six points around the array.

In the next moment, the array glowed white, enveloping Hua Xiajiu and the other four. After a breath, the white light disappeared, and the five people who had been in the array were gone.

Hua Xiajiu felt a dizziness in his head and a faint pulling force around him. But before he could react, the token he held for the secret auction suddenly emitted a white light, enveloping him. The discomfort from the pulling force instantly vanished.

After four or five breaths, the scene before him changed, and Hua Xiajiu appeared in a circular hall. The hall was surrounded by numerous restriction arrays, with countless runes glowing.

Many people whose cultivation levels Hua Xiajiu could not discern were guarding the hall, walking around and occasionally scanning the area. Even in the air above the auction hall, four figures were seated cross-legged in the void. These four figures were shrouded in gray mist, making their forms indiscernible, but the pressure they exuded was far stronger than any Soul Out cultivator Hua Xiajiu had seen,震慑八方.

Hua Xiajiu's pupils constricted as he looked at the figures in the air.

"Could they be Dao Inquiry cultivators, or perhaps Soul Out cultivators at the peak stage?" Hua Xiajiu had only seen a few Soul Out cultivators, all of whom were at the initial stage. He had no experience with the differences between stages, so he could not determine the true realm of the figures in the air.

These were just the visible protective measures. The ability to set up a teleportation array and dare to host such a secret auction indicated that there were powerful cultivators overseeing the event. Therefore, Hua Xiajiu speculated that one of the figures in the air might be a Dao Inquiry cultivator.

Any Dao Inquiry cultivator was a formidable expert in the entire cultivation world, even considered an elder in the Three Sects and Nine Schools. It was worth noting that in second-rate sects like the Ice Blood Sect, Tianyi Sect, and the Zhao Family, the strongest cultivators were only at the peak Soul Out stage.

Thus, in the entire Great Wu Empire, the number of Dao Inquiry cultivators was extremely few.

At this moment, there were already dozens of people in the hall, and more were continuously arriving from four teleportation arrays, their figures often concealed by various means. Only a few seemed to have no concealment, but whether their exposed faces were their true faces was unknown.

As Hua Xiajiu stepped out of the array, he surveyed the other three arrays in the hall. Clearly, the entrance to the secret auction was not limited to the Spirit Crane Tower in Wu Ling City but included at least three other locations. It was highly likely that these locations, including this one, were outside Wu Ling City.

Since he could return to Wu Ling City through the teleportation array after the auction, Hua Xiajiu was not worried about missing the Purple Mystic Sect's entrance examination the next day.

Hua Xiajiu entered the auction hall, curiously surveying the venue, and then found a large stone bench in a corner at the back. He sat down cross-legged, mimicking the others.

Time slowly passed, and after half an hour, nearly three hundred people had gathered in the auction hall. A bell suddenly rang, its sound resonating with a mysterious power, causing everyone to feel a mental jolt. The bustling noise in the hall instantly quieted.

At the same time, the platform in the center of the auction hall suddenly burst into a bright white light.

Buzz—

The white light rapidly spread, enveloping the entire auction hall.

In the white light, a figure seemed to step out of the void and appeared in the center of the platform.

The figure wore a golden mask, a wide robe, and had slightly graying hair, appearing quite aged and weathered. However, his gaze, piercing through the mask, swept over the crowd, causing many cultivators to feel a mental shock.

"A peak Soul Out cultivator!" someone couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

The old man on the platform coughed and slowly spoke, his voice instantly spreading throughout the auction hall.

"My name is Meng, and I am today's auctioneer. Today, we have a total of 115 items for auction, including spirit weapons, elixirs, spells, cultivation techniques, heavenly treasures, and puppets. I won't go into the rules in detail; the auction is open, and the highest bidder wins. We will take a one percent commission on the final transaction price. Additionally, if any fellow daoist wishes to auction an item they are carrying, they can send me a message at any time. Alright, let's begin the auction. The first item is a high-grade spirit weapon, the Spirit Severing Spear!" As the old man spoke, a tall, muscular man, also wearing a white mask and standing over two meters tall, appeared beside him from the void.

The man held a nearly two-meter-long, entirely silver spear.

The spear glowed with a faint light, and it was adorned with numerous spirit patterns, intricately woven together, as if containing some profound truth of the universe. The moment it appeared, the entire auction hall seemed to be filled with the sound of clashing weapons, and a sharp and killing aura suddenly spread from the platform, enveloping the area.

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