The strength of a sect was a relatively comprehensive evaluation.
Although high level cultivators accounted for a large proportion, there was a qualitative difference between a sect that had a Golden Core cultivator and a sect that didn't. However, it didn't mean that the ranking was completely based on high level cultivators.
In fact, the Fallen Leaves Sect, which had two early Golden Core cultivators, and the Star Picking Sect, which only had one Golden Core cultivator, Luo Qingfeng, should be about the same in terms of strength.
The reason was very simple, Luo Qingfeng was "young".
Although Luo Qingfeng was a little old man compared to Xia Ruofei, Luo Qingfeng was really relatively young among the Golden Core cultivators.
Being young meant that there was a lot of potential for development.
In addition, Luo Qingfeng still managed to break through to the Golden Core stage after the cultivation environment on Earth began to deteriorate.
In fact, when most of the existing Golden Core cultivators broke through, the cultivation environment on Earth was still good. Relatively speaking, the difficulty of breaking through wasn't that great. The reason why they could become Golden Core cultivators was that they were born a few years earlier.
However, Luo Qingfeng was different. When the cultivation environment was getting worse and worse, he was still able to go against the flow and successfully break through to the Golden Core stage. This showed that Luo Qingfeng's cultivation talent was stronger than many of the existing Golden Core cultivators.
Therefore, in terms of overall strength, Luo Qingfeng alone was equivalent to two Golden Core cultivators of the Fallen Leaves Sect.
Of course, this wasn't completely based on combat strength.
If the two sides really fought, the two Golden Core cultivators of the Fallen Leaves Sect could basically beat Luo Qingfeng.
It was reasonable to say that when Luo Qingfeng came to Shuangqing, as the host of the Fallen Leaves Sect, Shao Qingyang, should personally come out to receive him.
However, the other Golden Core cultivator arrived at Shuangqing almost at the same time as Luo Qingfeng. In comparison, Shao Qingyang definitely thought that the other party was more important, so he sent Hao Qingsong to represent him to greet Luo Qingfeng.
The cultivator that Shao Qingyang had decided to personally welcome was the Soaring Flower Valley's Valley Master, Liu Mansha.
From her name, one could tell that she was a female cultivator. Moreover, Liu Mansha was a very famous beauty in Huaxia's cultivation world. Over the past few decades, countless cultivators had hoped to become her dao companion. Unfortunately, she was still single.
Of course, even if female cultivators had a slight innate advantage, it wasn't much. What cultivators valued more was their cultivation and strength. Although a feast for the eyes was not bad, it was just a bag of skin. It was not as important as people thought.
The reason why Shao Qingyang had personally come out to welcome Liu Mansha was probably 20% because of her status as the beautiful Valley Master. The remaining 80% was because of her strength — Liu Mansha was a cultivator at the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm.
Furthermore, the overall strength of the Soaring Flower Valley was much higher than that of the Falling Leaves Sect and the Star Plucking Sect.
Other than Liu Mansha, the Valley Master of Soaring Flower Valley who was in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, there were three other elders in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm.
More importantly, it was rumored in the cultivation world that there were still a few Nascent Soul old monsters alive in the world. One of them was the Grand Elder of the Soaring Flower Valley, Xu Chuchu.
Although Xu Chuchu had not shown her face for decades, and no one knew whether she was dead or alive, but in the cultivation world, there had always been noses and eyes. A sect that might have a Yuanying stage old monster was still something that no one dared to underestimate.
Moreover, the strength of the Soaring Flower Valley was very strong and had always been firmly ranked among the top sects.
In comparison, Shao Qingyang naturally wouldn't neglect Liu Mansha in order to welcome Luo Qingfeng. This was a very easy choice.
Hao Qingsong led Luo Qingfeng and the other two into the hotel lobby while constantly apologizing to Luo Qingfeng and explaining why Shao Qingyang hadn't personally come out to welcome them.
Luo Qingfeng was actually a little unhappy in his heart.
Of course, this was not because he had been neglected, but because he felt that his master, Xia Ruofei, had been neglected.
In Luo Qingfeng's mind, Xia Ruofei was undoubtedly a god-like existence.
Xia Ruofei came to the territory of your Falling Leaves Sect, but your Sect Head actually avoided meeting him. This was really too rude!
In Luo Qingfeng's eyes, even if Liu Mansha, the Master of the Soaring Flower Valley, was a middle Gold Core stage cultivator, she wasn't worthy of being compared with Xia Ruofei.
Even if he excluded the factor of the soul seal and objectively evaluated Xia Ruofei, Luo Qingfeng would still give a very high evaluation — in his twenties, he had already broken through to the early Gold Core stage, and his spiritual power cultivation was far superior to that of a cultivator who had broken through many years ago. With such a terrifying talent, how could Liu Mansha, an old woman who had been stuck in the middle Gold Core stage for twenty or thirty years, compare with Xia Ruofei?
Of course, Luo Qingfeng wasn't a hothead. Xia Ruofei didn't say anything, so he naturally wouldn't show it on his face. He just smiled and said that there was no need to stand on ceremony. In any case, everyone would be able to see each other at the auction tomorrow.
The whole hotel was the property of the Falling Leaves Sect, and it had been cleared long ago in order to receive cultivators from all over the place, so there was naturally no need to go through check-in procedures — everyone's rooms had been arranged long ago.
Hong Chunlei had already taken the room card in advance. He followed behind Hao Qingsong and took the elevator together to send Xia Ruofei and the others to the floor where their rooms were located.
In fact, it was said that the whole hotel was empty to make way for the auction, but there weren't many rooms that were actually used. All of them were suites with relatively high specifications.
Each invitation only had three places. Almost all of the people who came here were the leaders of various sects or forces. Even the worst were the more important disciples of their sects. Therefore, the relatively narrow single rooms, as well as the worse standard rooms, naturally couldn't be used to receive guests.
The rooms that the Falling Leaves Sect arranged for Xia Ruofei and the others were located on the 16th floor. Two of the rooms were located at the end of the corridor, just opposite each other. The other room was located at the end of the corridor on the other side.
It wasn't that the organizers didn't want to arrange them together, but the design of the hotel was like this. On each floor, there were a total of four suites, and in the middle, there were single rooms or standard rooms of different sizes.
The Falling Leaves Sect naturally prepared the best room for Luo Qingfeng. In fact, the layout of the three rooms was more or less the same, but the direction was slightly different. However, Luo Qingfeng's room had better lighting, and it wasn't facing the street, so it was relatively quiet.
The next best was the room opposite Luo Qingfeng's room, because it was facing the street. However, in fact, the difference wasn't too big. After all, the 16th floor was very high, so the noise was basically very low.
The worst room was the one at the end of the corridor. In addition to facing the street, it also faced the problem of being under the sun.
Hao Qingsong took the three people to the floor where the rooms were located. He personally distributed the room cards to the three people, and then accompanied Luo Qingfeng to the door of the room. Then, he politely said, "Fellow Daoist Luo, it's already late. You're all travel-worn. Why don't you rest early? How about we talk again tomorrow? "
Luo Qingfeng smiled and said, "Sure! Fellow Daoist Hao, you go ahead and do your business! This year, your noble sect is hosting the auction. Fellow Daoist Hao is also the mainstay of your sect. There must be a lot of things you need to do. "
"Fellow Daoists, please forgive me for my lack of hospitality!" Hao Qingsong said with a smile, "If you need anything, just call the front desk, or directly look for Martial Nephew Hong!"
On the side, Hong Chunlei quickly and respectfully handed over his business card to the three people and said, "Seniors, this disciple will be staying in this hotel. I'll be at your service at any time!"
Luo Qingfeng accepted Hong Chunlei's business card with a smile and said, "Martial Nephew Hong has worked hard."
After Hao Qingsong took Hong Chunlei downstairs, Luo Qingfeng quickly invited Xia Ruofei and Li Yifu into his room.
As soon as they entered the room, Xia Ruofei and Luo Qingfeng coincidentally used their spiritual force to explore the room.
There was nothing strange about the room. Whether it was the modern technology of eavesdropping or secret recording devices, or some small eavesdropping formations in the cultivation world, they weren't discovered.
Of course, this was also a habit of the two people out of caution. If the Fallen Leaves Sect really dared to play any tricks in their rooms, they would have to be crazy.
It had to be known that there were a lot of Jindan Stage cultivators here. It was almost impossible to hide from these experts and secretly arrange eavesdropping means in the room.
Moreover, the risk of doing so was too great. Once it was discovered, the Fallen Leaves Sect would become the target of the entire cultivation world.
Since they didn't find anything, the two people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Xia Ruofei still cautiously threw out a few talismans, instantly arranging a soundproof barrier. After all, the people living in this hotel were all cultivators. These people's hearing was quite heaven-defying. At any time, they had to be careful of the walls having ears.
Luo Qingfeng saw that Xia Ruofei could casually arrange a soundproof barrier, and couldn't help but be secretly speechless.
Xia Ruofei always inadvertently revealed a variety of methods, making Luo Qingfeng feel that he had a certain understanding of his master, but he immediately discovered that his master seemed to be even more mysterious.
As for Li Yifu, because his cultivation was insufficient, especially in the field of formations, he only had a superficial understanding of them. Therefore, he didn't even know what the barrier that Xia Ruofei arranged with a wave of his hand was used for.
After the soundproof barrier was formed, Luo Qingfeng quickly said, "Master, this room should be left for master to use! The Old Slave can stay in the room at the end of the corridor. "
In the eyes of outsiders, among Xia Ruofei's group of three, Luo Qingfeng was definitely the leader, followed by Li Yifu. After all, although his cultivation wasn't very good, he was Luo Qingfeng's senior. As for Xia Ruofei, because he was too young, he could only be ranked third.
Therefore, the people of the Fallen Leaves Sect arranged the rooms according to this. Luo Qingfeng lived in the best room, Li Yifu lived across from him, and Xia Ruofei was arranged to live in the room at the end of the corridor facing the street.
They didn't know that the actual situation was the opposite of their judgment.
Xia Ruofei was undoubtedly the core of the three, and Li Yifu, as Xia Ruofei's martial nephew, had a status even above Luo Qingfeng. Strictly speaking, Luo Qingfeng could only respectfully accompany the last seat.
Xia Ruofei waved his hand and said, "No need to be so troublesome! It's only one or two nights, isn't it the same? We're all cultivators, so how can we be so delicate? "
In Luo Qingfeng's view, this was of course not a matter of being delicate or not. As a cultivator, even if they were to sleep in the wild, there would be absolutely no problem. Moreover, the three rooms didn't have much of a difference in conditions. At least, the price of the rooms was the same.
However, this was a matter of status and treatment. Luo Qingfeng felt that if the master went to live in the room over there, and he lived in the relatively best room, it was simply overstepping his authority!
However, Xia Ruofei's words were an imperial edict to him, and he didn't dare to refute them.
However, Li Yifu thought for a moment and said, "Martial Granduncle, how about this disciple and you change rooms? Qingfeng is the head of the sect. If he changes rooms, it will certainly arouse the curiosity of others. If this disciple changes rooms with you, it won't be so conspicuous. "
Xia Ruofei didn't know whether to laugh or cry and said, "Don't worry about the room. I'll live over there, and it's quiet! Don't talk about it anymore! "
Luo Qingfeng and Li Yifu looked at each other, and then nodded helplessly.
Xia Ruofei sat down on the sofa and said, "Qingfeng, I didn't know about the auction in detail before. You have participated in this auction before. Tell me about the general rules!"
Luo Qingfeng nodded quickly and said, "Yes! Master! "
Then, he first looked left and right, then quickly walked to the side of the desk, picked up an exquisite little booklet from the desk, and handed it to Xia Ruofei. He said, "Master, this should be the specific arrangements for the auction. According to past practice, the organizers will prepare a booklet in advance."
Xia Ruofei took it and flipped through it casually. He found that the booklet was very beautifully printed and thick, and the content was obviously very rich.
However, most of the front part was photos of some auction items, and the last quarter of the booklet was the details of the auction.
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "This booklet should be in every room! I'll go back to my room and read it carefully later! First, tell me about the past practice. "
"Yes! Master! " Luo Qingfeng said respectfully, "First of all, these auction items were initially put together by the Fallen Leaves Sect, as the organizer, after seeking the opinions of various sects. They are all treasures that everyone intends to auction. The Fallen Leaves Sect also asked for our opinions, but this time, we don't have anything to auction, so there are no items for us to auction. "
"Can it be added temporarily?" Xia Ruofei asked.
This was a question he was more concerned about, because if he didn't auction something, he didn't have the capital to bid for the items he wanted!
The auction was conducted with spirit stones. Although Xia Ruofei had more precious spirit crystals and even yuan crystals, strictly speaking, these were in the category of treasures and couldn't be directly used as currency.
Of course, if Xia Ruofei was willing to take them out, there would naturally be a lot of people who would be willing to use spirit stones to exchange for them.
It was just that spirit crystals and yuan crystals were non-renewable resources. If it wasn't a last resort, Xia Ruofei wouldn't be willing to take them out.
Therefore, the best way was naturally to auction something else. After exchanging it for spirit stones, he could buy according to his preferences.
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