Zhang Ling also wore a bamboo hat and black clothes, using a secret technique to make his figure appear taller and thinner.
It's best to remain cautious here, as it's a mixed bag of good and bad people. There are basically no rules here; even killing someone in the street wouldn't be stopped by any cultivators.
The real managers of this place are the demon refiners. Their attitude towards ordinary cultivators isn't very good.
Zhang Ling has been here for a few days, visiting some shops and buying some good items. He even bought two fourth-order demon beast souls from one shop.
The cultivators who come here aren't just demon refiners; there are also many immortal cultivators.
Although this place isn't far from Myriad Manifestations City, some rare items that aren't available in other markets often appear here.
So, even knowing that there are many dangers here, many cultivators still come to find treasures.
Generally, low-level immortal cultivators don't come here.
Either they are high-level cultivators after Core Formation, confident in their strength.
Or they are cultivators who come in groups from sects or other organizations. They often have clear goals and are mostly commercial alliances selling various things.
Of course, some rogue cultivators come here, but their strength is hard to say.
In the past few days, he has also collected several demon refiner techniques. After reviewing them, he found that they have many similarities with the Profound Soul Demon Refining Technique he practices.
And today is the day of the auction, and he is heading to the auction venue.
Zhang Ling had a clear goal, and soon he arrived on a wide black stone street at the foot of Remnant Moon Peak.
After walking for a while, he came to a small stone house with an open door, which was a small shop.
Upon entering, he saw that the furnishings were very simple, with only one cultivator inside: an old woman wearing a veil, sitting behind the counter.
A flash of light appeared in Zhang Ling's eyes, and he saw the person's strength. This person also had late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.
The old woman, as if she hadn't seen him, was focused on reading a book in her hand. Zhang Ling walked in on his own and placed a black token on the counter with a wave of his hand.
"So it's a senior, please come with me." The old woman glanced at the token and said in surprise.
Then, the old woman took out a fist-sized moonstone and, in the dim light, walked towards the back hall.
Following her, he soon arrived in a small stone room. It was empty, with only a formation engraved on the ground. After a glance, he knew it was a short-distance teleportation array.
"Senior, please. I will activate the teleportation array and send you to the auction venue." Zhang Ling nodded and stood in the teleportation array.
A flash of light shone for a few breaths, and Zhang Ling disappeared. The old woman also left the stone house expressionlessly.
...
Everything went dark, then bright again, and Zhang Ling appeared in a corridor about ten feet wide. The corridor was dim, with only a few fireflies emitting some spiritual light.
"Xing'er greets senior, and welcomes senior's arrival."
As soon as he arrived, Zhang Ling noticed that there was another person standing next to him, but their strength was very low. This was a lightly veiled girl in revealing clothes, who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old.
Zhang Ling glanced at the girl, who only had sixth-level Qi Refining cultivation.
"Senior, please come this way, Xing'er will lead the way."
"Okay."
Zhang Ling responded and followed the girl named Xing'er forward.
The corridor looked long, but it wasn't very long. It ended after a few steps. A layer of blue light blocked the way.
Xing'er, the guide, raised her hand, took out a jade token, and stuck it on the light curtain. The light curtain dimmed, and a doorway opened in the middle.
"Senior, the auction venue is inside."
After passing through the light curtain, a burst of lively sounds immediately entered his ears.
"A bottle of White Jade Pills, suitable for late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, four hundred spirit stones once, four hundred spirit stones twice."
"Ah, I offer four hundred and thirty spirit stones."
"Five hundred spirit stones!"
A loud voice and the shouts of cultivators entered his ears, making Zhang Ling feel a little uncomfortable, as if he had gone to the wrong place.
It had been a long time since he had participated in such a place.
Inside was a large underground space, generally circular, with a diameter of about a hundred feet. A circle of ring corridors was built around it, and it was already full of cultivators.
In the center of the square, a two-foot-wide square jade platform floated.
On it, a male cultivator with a ghost face mask was holding a white jade porcelain bottle, with two light yellow pills floating beside him, shouting energetically.
This auction seemed to be more intense than auctions in other places; that was Zhang Ling's first impression upon arriving.
But Zhang Ling's location wasn't here. Under Xing'er's guidance, he passed through these corridors and came to the left side of the mountain through a small path.
Numerous rooms had been built on this side of the mountain wall, and some were lit up, indicating that cultivators were already inside.
And the cultivators who could sit in these rooms were mostly not ordinary cultivators.
Zhang Ling could have a separate room because he was already a Golden Core cultivator. He was a VIP wherever he went, so he naturally wouldn't be the same as ordinary cultivators.
Secondly, he had also consigned something to the auction.
...
With a creak, the door was opened by Xing'er. This was his room, located on the seventh floor.
The room wasn't very big, but it wasn't small either. The inside was decorated very exquisitely. The floor was covered with flawless white fur.
A mahogany table was placed in the center, with spiritual fruits, wine, and other items on it.
And the most unique thing about the room was the window position directly opposite, where an empty hole had been opened, and a gray jade disc was inlaid on it.
Some images were displayed on it, which was the jade platform floating in the air outside the auction venue.
Just this not-small image-retaining wall was worth hundreds of spirit stones, and there were many such rooms around, which showed the power behind the auction house.
After entering this room, Zhang Ling sat on a mahogany chair and looked at the image-retaining wall.
But the young girl Xing'er next to him blinked her beautiful eyes and pointed to something on the table, saying softly.
"Senior, although this place is not much different from other auction houses, high-level cultivators like you can enjoy some special treatment."
