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As soon as the two of them stepped into the auction venue, many cultivators who had already arrived in the hall turned to look at them. Because of the concealment cloth, these people's faces couldn't be seen clearly. However, they seemed to find that the two of them were just ordinary cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage, so they turned their heads back and either chatted or waited quietly.

Li Jinzhi looked around and found that the cultivators on this floor were all low-level cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage. Most of the cultivators on the second floor surrounding the venue were in the Core Formation stage. On the third floor, there were only closed windows embedded in them. Presumably, only Yuanying cultivators were qualified to go to those private rooms.

Knowing this, the two of them tacitly walked toward a more remote place in the hall. After sitting down, Li Jinzhi suddenly found that there was a round magic tool installed on the handle of the chair. The magic tool was also marked with a number of nine and seven. The magic tool number on Ye Cheng's seat was covered by a cloud of white fog, so the number inside couldn't be seen clearly.

Li Jinzhi stretched his neck and glanced at the cultivators around him. When he found that no one else was using this magic tool, he couldn't help but think about the function of this magic tool.

Could it be a magic disk used for bidding?

After all, in modern auctions, some people also used electronic products to bid. However, if this was the case, it was a bit too modern.

He just didn't know if the numbers were random or arranged in order.

Ye Cheng sat on the chair and looked sideways at Li Jinzhi. He saw that the other party was calmly looking at the magic tool on the handle. Although he was a little curious, there was something more important in his heart.

"Jingzhi, is there anything wrong with Mu Yanji?"

His thoughtful tone seemed to be unintentional. If Ye Cheng's eyes were more natural, Li Jinzhi might really think that the other party was just asking unintentionally.

Li Jinzhi pursed his lips and thought about how he lost his composure when he heard the woman's name in the teahouse just now. He couldn't help but have a headache. How should he tell Ye Cheng? Could it be that the other party was one of his harem?

Or that the other party was a member of the royal family of Qingliao Country?

No matter how he thought about it, it didn't seem right.

Putting aside the fact that he had already taken over this body, he also had Ye Cheng. Princess Mu, who was one of the harem members, was destined to only be a casual acquaintance. And this casual acquaintance would never know that she was a member of the imperial family.

"There's nothing wrong with it. It's just that the name sounds a little familiar, but when I think about it later, I don't think so." Li Jinzhi calmly made up a story, trying to get away with it.

Ye Cheng and the other party had known each other for many years, so it was impossible for him to believe the other party's words. But since the other party didn't say anything, he must have his own reasons. Although he didn't ask further, he didn't intend to let the other party off. He leaned forward slightly, put his mouth close to the other party's ear, and whispered in a low voice, "Jingzhi, don't deceive me. You only know a few people, so why haven't I heard of this name before?"

Li Jinzhi wanted to say something, but his earlobe was licked by something cold and slippery. His back stiffened and he raised his face. His original contemplative expression was instantly wiped clean, and the words that he wanted to say were thrown out of his mind. He only faintly uttered, "Hmph."

There was no momentum at all.

Ye Cheng sat up straight, and there was some longing and deep thought in his red eyes. He knew that Li Jinzhi was hiding something from him. The other party seemed to be very familiar with some of the people here. This kind of familiarity didn't come from those people themselves, but from the fact that he knew their names very well. First, there was Du Si, then there was Mu Yanji.

But since the other party was unwilling to say, he didn't force him. He wasn't the kind of person who would share all the secrets since they were together, but he was willing to wait. He waited until the other party was willing to share the secrets with him.

Ye Cheng, who was deep in thought, didn't see that Li Jinzhi was squinting at the expression on his face, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

If the other party knew that those women were originally his harem, how would he react?

He felt that he would explode.

Ye Cheng seemed to sense the other party's gaze, and he looked at Li Jinzhi with a strange expression. His line of sight moved around the gray aura on the surface of the other party's face, and he asked with a voice transmission, "Why can I ignore the concealing restriction and see your face without hindrance?"

"Just now, I replaced the Concealing Qi Scarf with the Baiyin Handkerchief. Even if the Yuanying Old Monster used his divine sense to probe the two of us, he wouldn't find anything."

Li Jinzhi just realized that he hadn't explained the reason to the other party, so he casually explained, "Because the Baiyin Handkerchief is a pair of items, so its concealing power is ineffective against the two of us."

"I was negligent. I thought that although the Concealing Qi Scarf originally had a concealing effect, it was only effective against ordinary low-level cultivators. For those Yuanying cultivators, this layer of things is useless." Ye Cheng nodded thoughtfully.

At this moment, two melodious bell tolls suddenly sounded in the hall, and the slightly noisy venue suddenly quieted down. Li Jinzhi raised his head and looked around, and found that a white jade platform about two meters high was slowly rising in the open space in the middle of the hall, and the place where they were standing was relatively lower.

The height of the auction platform allowed the cultivators in the back row to see the scene on the platform, and they didn't have to look up.

At this moment, the entrance door slowly closed, and a white mist suddenly rose from the ground of the hall on the first floor. Faced with this scene, some people were surprised, while others turned a blind eye, as if they had already expected this.

Li Jinzhi looked at the mist that had already spread to his waist. Although he was surprised, his face didn't change at all. Fortunately, this strange mist stopped as soon as it touched the edge of the high platform, as if it only covered the figures of the cultivators in the hall on the first floor.

It was strange to say that if you just looked up at the high platform, your vision was very clear, but if you looked around, you couldn't even see your fingers in front of your face.

The same was true for Divine Thought exploration.

Ye Cheng and Li Jinzhi were both slightly surprised. They never thought that the security of this sect auction would be so strict.

The bell rang once more, and along with the echoes of the ethereal echoes, a beautiful woman in a palace dress flew onto the high platform and slowly said in a clear and beautiful voice, "I am Xu Yan. I am indebted to the Elder of the Exchange Division for his favor. He has ordered me to preside over this auction. This auction is divided into three sections, namely Refining, Artifact, and Technique. In each section, there will be ten treasures up for auction, and there will be one final treasure up for auction."

As soon as the woman finished the introduction, she raised her hand and clapped twice in the air. 10 maids landed lightly with trays in their hands, and they stood there uniformly without moving.

Seeing this, Xu Yan smiled slightly. Her figure flickered and appeared beside the first maid, "Then the auction officially begins. The first item is the refining material, white light crystal."

Li Jinzhi leaned slightly on the back of the chair. After looking at the item in the woman's hand, he lowered his head and no longer paid attention to it. This white light crystal was a unique item in the extreme north, and the resources in the extreme north had long been occupied by the Tu Family, which made the white light crystal, which was produced in small quantities, even more precious.

But he was born in the Li Family. Although he was not favored, he still had some of this kind of stone. Naturally, he would not bid for this kind of thing.

As soon as Xu Yan finished introducing the item in her hand, she said loudly, "White light crystal, the starting price is 100 low-grade spirit stones. Each bid must be no less than 20 low-grade spirit stones."

Hearing this, Li Jinzhi's expression moved. He waited for a long time, but he didn't hear anyone bidding. As he was wondering, Ye Cheng patted him. He turned his head, only to see a magic weapon swaying in front of his face.

It was the magic weapon placed on the handle of the chair. A lifelike white light crystal was drawn on it at this time, and there was a number 420 beside it. There was a countdown next to the number.

"This item is actually used for the competition." While he was still in shock, he heard the woman on the stage say, "Fellow Daoist No. 61 bid 420 spirit stones. Are there any other Fellow Daoists who bid? If not, this White Light Crystal will go to this Fellow Daoist."

Xu Yan put the white light crystal back on the tray, and the woman disappeared directly from the high platform. At the same time, there were some sounds in the fog in the distance, but it was impossible to tell where they came from.

At this time, the number of the magic plate in Li Jinzhi's hand suddenly changed from 97 to 21.

After that, for every item in the auction, as long as the transaction was completed, the number of the magic plate would change. The first stage was the auction of refining materials. Li Jinzhi was rich, so he naturally didn't care about these low-grade materials. Even if the final treasure was really extraordinary, it was of little value to him.

The cultivators on the second and third floors of the auction did not bid. They were probably waiting for the cultivation method to strengthen the Divine Sense.

After all, although the sect auction was not considered a big one, it would not be that big. For people like them, it was better than nothing.

Most of the magic weapons in the second stage of the auction were middle-grade and low-grade. Although the competition was fierce, it was probably only among the low-grade disciples.

Core Formation cultivators could use their own core fire to temper their natal magic weapons. Of course, they would not be interested in the items taken out by the auction.

Time passed little by little, and it was finally time for the last item to be auctioned.

"High-grade cultivation method, Spirit Concentration Technique. Cultivating this cultivation method can help to strengthen the Divine Sense. It is divided into upper, middle, and lower levels. The cultivator can feel a significant increase in the Divine Sense at the first level."

When Xu Yan spoke up to here, she couldn't help but pause for a moment. She glanced at the white mist in the surroundings before smiling and saying, "The reason we're using such a secret method today is to allow everyone to bid for this item fairly."

Just when this woman took out the Spirit Concentration Technique, the entire auction house was in an uproar, and whispers were endless. At this moment, a man's voice suddenly came from the third floor, "Why is this cultivation method not in the top grade, but only in the upper grade?"

As soon as this remark came out, the noisy hall suddenly became silent. Everyone looked at the high platform, as if waiting for an answer.

Ye Cheng couldn't help but frown. Listening to the tone of the person on the third floor, this kind of Spirit Concentration Technique should be the top grade in Green Flame Country. Why was it ranked in the upper grade by the auction house?