From the long line of people waiting to enter the city, it could be seen that Taiyang City was definitely more prosperous than Xiao Lingyu had imagined. The cultivation resources stored here would definitely be an eye-opener for Xiao Lingyu.
When Xiao Lingyu was on Earth, he was a law-abiding student. Now that he wasn't very powerful, he naturally obediently waited in line to enter the city.
After waiting for close to an hour, Xiao Lingyu was finally less than ten meters away from the city gates. There were only ten cultivators in front of him.
When the ten people in front of him turned into five, a light breeze suddenly blew, and the five people in front of him turned into six people. In front of him was a burly man, but at this time, he turned into a petite woman wearing a purple gown.
It was very obvious that the woman had cut in line. The cultivators in front didn't say anything. After all, she hadn't cut in front of them. However, the cultivators behind them all started to criticize her. Xiao Lingyu was in the most awkward position.
Originally, there was only one more person, so he had to wait a little longer. This didn't matter to Xiao Lingyu. He wasn't in a hurry. However, everyone was looking at him. It seemed like he should be the one to step forward and ask the woman to obediently wait in line.
"What's wrong with that guy? Someone cut in front of him, but he doesn't even dare to fart!"
"Just look at his cowardly appearance. It's obvious that his cultivation is too weak, so he doesn't dare to cause trouble."
"What a coward!"
"Those who cut in line are detestable! Those who condone those who cut in line are detestable! "
Discussions continuously sounded behind Xiao Lingyu, causing his face to heat up.
He glanced at the brightly-armored city guards at the city gates. However, they completely ignored this matter. This was because this matter really had nothing to do with them. They were only responsible for collecting the entrance fee and interrogating the cultivators entering the city. They had no obligation to help maintain order.
Xiao Lingyu was forced to cough twice under pressure. Then, he patted the woman's shoulder.
The woman acted as if nothing had happened. After turning around, she blinked her large eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"
Although the woman wasn't very tall, only reaching Xiao Lingyu's shoulder, she was very beautiful. Her cheeks were white and tender, and her lips were red. She even had small dimples on her cheeks. Her nose was jade-like, and her eyes were especially lively and beautiful. It was as if she could speak words that could melt people.
Xiao Lingyu was stunned. It wasn't that he hadn't seen beautiful women before, nor was it that his immunity to beautiful women was weak. When he first saw a peerless beauty like Jiang Lanyue, he wasn't too shocked. But now, he was a little stunned. This woman actually looked somewhat similar to Jiang Lanyue's.
"What's the matter?" The woman asked again.
Only then did Xiao Lingyu come back to his senses. He secretly mocked himself. There were too many people who looked alike in this world. Jiang Lanyue was a person from the God Realm. She was as proud as a white swan. This woman was a person who cut the queue in the cultivation world. How could the two of them be related?
"Cough cough …" Xiao Lingyu coughed twice again. He was ready to lecture the woman.
"Uncle, is your throat uncomfortable? Are you going to the city to buy medicine to treat your illness? "The woman asked innocently.
"Cough cough!"
Xiao Lingyu coughed again. But this time, he was really coughing. The woman's words made his throat dry up.
"It seems like your illness is quite serious. Uncle, is this your first time in Taiyang City?" The woman asked again.
Xiao Lingyu took a deep breath and said, "First of all, I'm not sick. Second of all, do I look very old? Third of all, whether or not it's my first time in Taiyang City has nothing to do with you. Also … "
"If you're not sick, then why are you coughing? I'm calling you uncle out of politeness. You can't mess with me. If this is your first time in Taiyang City, perhaps I can be a free guide for you. " The woman didn't wait for Xiao Lingyu to finish speaking. She seemed to know that if Xiao Lingyu continued speaking, he would question her about cutting the queue.
Forget it, forget it. Xiao Lingyu tactfully shut his mouth. This little girl was very eloquent and intelligent. He was definitely no match for her. He should just let her be. After all, they were about to enter the city.
Although the cultivators behind had complaints, no one came up to drag the little girl out. At most, they just looked at Xiao Lingyu with disdain.
The little girl was very generous. She directly threw a piece of high-grade spirit stone to the city guard. She even said that there was no need for change. She said that she would pay for all the cultivators behind her.
This action immediately silenced the cultivators behind her. Although two pieces of low-grade spirit stone wasn't a lot to pay for the entrance fee, it was still acceptable to save a little.
A piece of high-grade spirit stone was worth ten thousand low-grade spirit stones. It could help five thousand cultivators pay the entrance fee. Moreover, there were only a little more than a thousand people behind her. The city guard was naturally happy to do so.
She was so generous, but her cultivation was only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm. This made Xiao Lingyu feel that this little girl might have an extraordinary background. Therefore, he didn't want to get too entangled with her. After entering the city, he saw that the little girl was walking straight ahead. On the other hand, he turned a corner and walked to the left.
The city was very safe because there were city guards inside. Ordinary cultivators wouldn't dare to cause trouble here unless they wanted to be hunted down by a large group of city guard experts. In most cases, people wouldn't dare to release their spiritual senses to spy on other people's cultivation. They were afraid that they would violate the taboo of some experts.
Everyone lived in peace. The city wasn't very noisy either. Cultivators rarely hawked or made a ruckus on the streets.
One day passed by very quickly. Xiao Lingyu bought a lot of medicinal ingredients for concocting pills. Most of them could be used to concoct mid-grade spirit pills. If he could successfully concoct these pills, they would be of great help to his cultivation in the Chaotic Gold Core realm.
Similarly, he also bought some materials for refining magic treasures, preparing to forge some magic treasures for himself.
At night, Tai Yang City was as bustling as during the day. Generally, there was no night curfew in cultivation cities. Shops were open as usual and cultivators were walking on the streets as usual.
Xiao Lingyu went to the center of the city. Here, he saw the lofty and majestic building of the city lord's mansion. There was also a large square. In the center of the square, there was a stone tablet that was over one hundred zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall. On top of it, there were two bold and powerful words … Void Inquiry Stage!
This stone tablet indicated that Tai Yang City was actually under the control of the Void Inquiry Stage Immortal Sect.
On the opposite side of the city lord's mansion, there was an extremely majestic three-storey building. Even though it only had three floors, it was no less than thirty zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall. Moreover, the side facing the city lord's mansion was over two hundred zhang * (3.33m per zhang) wide.
However, this wasn't the thing that attracted Xiao Lingyu's attention. What really made Xiao Lingyu want to go closer and take a look was that there was a huge screen on the second floor of the building. It looked just like a huge screen that was a few hundred inches wide on Earth.
When he got closer, Xiao Lingyu first glanced at the signboard of the three-storey building. On top of it, there were five words that were gilded in gold … Heaven Dou Auction House!
"So it's an auction house. No wonder it's built in such a bustling area. Moreover, it's so majestic."
Xiao Lingyu understood. Then, he looked at the huge screen again. He knew that it was not a high-tech product. Instead, it was an extremely powerful illusion technique.
On the huge screen, pictures of various cultivation treasures were constantly scrolling. There were only a few introductions attached. The general idea was that these treasures would be auctioned later so that everyone would know what to expect.
More and more people gathered in front of the auction house and the square in front of the city lord's mansion. Everyone was pointing at the huge screen and whispering among themselves.
Through the undisguised discussions of some cultivators, Xiao Lingyu understood the situation after stopping for about ten minutes. It turned out that the Heaven Dou Auction House was preparing to hold an auction tomorrow. At that time, a large amount of precious cultivation materials and finished products would be put up for auction. Many cultivators were rubbing their hands in anticipation.
Xiao Lingyu was a person who did not like crowds. However, he was also a person who was filled with curiosity. Since he had nothing to do and there was nothing important for him to do, he decided to stay and stare at the treasures displayed on the huge screen. He took it as an opportunity to increase his knowledge.
However, as he looked at them, his calm heart began to stir. This was because there were a few things that were very helpful to his cultivation of the Nine Revolution Chaos Formula. One of them was even one of the materials that he had to prepare to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Cultivating the Nine Revolution Chaos Formula made Xiao Lingyu different from the vast majority of cultivators in the cultivation world. The materials he needed were not commonly seen in the cultivation world. However, they were items that ordinary cultivators did not need or like to collect. This had both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantages were that no one needed them, so the prices would not be too high. The disadvantages were that most people did not like to collect and search for them. These types of items rarely appeared in the market.
The more Xiao Lingyu looked, the more he felt that he had to participate in this auction. He had to do everything he could to obtain the items he needed.
Fortunately, Ge Yunfei had left him a lot of Spirit Stones. Although it was not enough for him to bid for all the treasures he had his eyes on, if combined with the large amount of Spirit Liquid he had prepared before, everything should not be too big of a problem.
The starting prices of the treasures were all displayed on the huge screen. Although the final prices would be much higher than the starting prices, Xiao Lingyu could at least obtain a few of them.
"Eh? Uncle, are you also going to participate in this auction? "
Just as Xiao Lingyu was secretly calculating, his shoulders suddenly sank and a cool breeze blew past him.
Xiao Lingyu knew that it was the little girl. He secretly cursed his bad luck and turned around. He smiled and said, "I want to buy some medicine to treat my cough."
"It's good that there is medicine to treat it. I'm just afraid that there is no medicine to treat Uncle's illness," the little girl said casually.
Xiao Lingyu gritted his teeth in anger. However, he could not fly into a rage because of this. He walked directly into the auction house, but the little girl followed behind him.
"Why are you following me?" Xiao Lingyu stopped and asked.
"I'm going to reserve a seat first," the little girl said confidently.
Xiao Lingyu was also going to reserve a seat, so the two of them were going the same way. It would be inappropriate for him to blame her for following him.
What made Xiao Lingyu even more depressed was that the two of them had reserved seats one after the other. Naturally, their seats were next to each other.
After the little girl left, Xiao Lingyu requested to change seats, but he was rejected by the Heaven Dou Auction House.
He waited in the plaza for an entire night. During this time, other cultivators had gone to restaurants or teahouses to pass the time. However, Xiao Lingyu did not want any accidents to happen, so he waited in the plaza of the City Lord's Estate.
Xiao Lingyu had read many novels back on Earth. Restaurants and teahouses were the easiest places for accidents to happen.
Early the next morning, the melodious sound of a bell rang through the air. The Heaven Dou Auction House's auction had officially begun. Cultivators who came to participate in the auction could use the jade medallion they received when they reserved a seat.
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