Chapter 1625

"What? Is there a trading place in the side hall? Isn't this place holding an auction?" Han Li heard these words and became somewhat surprised.

"Fellow Daoist Han is unaware of this. Since one needs to bid on items, a large amount of spirit stones is certainly required. And many fellow Daoists like to take out some of the rare materials they have accumulated before the auction to exchange for spirit stones. Therefore, before each realm's four-clan auction, a period of time is first set aside for some fellow Daoists to trade with each other, either to exchange for spirit stones or for other needed items. If one's items truly cannot be sold, they can also be directly sold to the auction hall. They will also purchase them. However, the price will definitely be a bit lower than the normal price. But the only advantage is that with the four great clans backing from behind, even the rarest items will not lack spirit stones for purchase. And the two side halls on either side of the main hall: one is specially for purchasing items, and the other is for selling items." Tie Jian explained in two sentences.

"Purchasing items?" Han Li felt somewhat moved.

"What, Fellow Daoist Han also has treasures you wish to sell? However, I suggest Fellow Daoist Han first go look at the place selling items, and then look at the side hall for purchasing items. If by chance the items in your hand can be exchanged for something you need, that would be best." The bald-headed big man said, enlightening him.

"Mm, what Fellow Daoist said makes some sense. Han will go take a look first." Han Li nodded in agreement.

"Since that's the case, Fellow Daoist, let's go together. If luck is good, perhaps we can indeed gain something." Tie Jian, upon hearing Han Li say this, 'showed' a happy 'expression' on his face, and immediately led Han Li straight toward the right-side entrance.

The few blue-robed guards stationed at the entrance merely swept their gaze over Tie Jian and Han Li, then let them in without any interrogation.

"This four-clan auction is originally intended to boost the popularity and fame of Yun City, so as long as one has an identity of Upper Clan or above, one can freely participate. Therefore, the participants in this auction have cultivation identities that are uneven and extremely disparate. But precisely because of this, each year the number of people attracted to participate in this auction is also far beyond what the other few major auctions in Tian Yun can compare to." Tie Jian, at the moment he and Han Li entered the side door, laughed and said to Han Li.

"Upper Clans can all participate in this auction, can this place really accommodate so many people?" Han Li frowned, appearing somewhat disbelieving.

It's no wonder Han Li would say this; the Upper Clans in Yun City absolutely number in the hundreds of thousands. And while the hall before them is not small, it is absolutely impossible to simultaneously accommodate so many people.

"Hehe, the reason, Fellow Daoist will soon know for yourself, no need for Tie Mou to explain anything." Upon hearing Han Li ask this, Tie Jian 'showed' a hint of mysterious 'expression' and said.

Upon hearing this, Han Li's 'expression' stirred, and his gaze unconsciously looked forward.

At this moment he realized that he had been standing at the entrance for too long a time; after walking for a while, he still had not entered the side hall.

Wrong! The exit ahead, faintly emitting white light, had been not far from them just a moment ago. How come after walking for a while, it still appears not to have drawn any closer at all.

Han Li's face showed a hint of surprised 'expression'.

"Spatial technique!" Han Li's 'expression' became solemn as he murmured softly.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Han has finally noticed. This auction hall is actually itself a supreme treasure, capable of ***expanding and shrinking, and it also possesses a certain spatial divine ability. The space inside the hall is fully ten times or more what is seen from outside. It can easily accommodate hundreds of thousands, with plenty to spare." Tie Jian said with a laugh.

"Now I understand. No wonder that ring at the top of the building looks so strange." Han Li 'showed' a thoughtful 'expression'.

"Although this entrance requires walking a bit further due to the spatial influence, it is not actually that long. We should be able to walk out of this place very soon." Tie Jian rubbed his smooth forehead with his large hand, speaking with full confidence.

Han Li merely nodded, and did not say anything else.

Indeed, as Tie Jian said, after they walked a little while longer, the front exit suddenly flashed and instantly closed the distance between them.

The two easily walked out of the entrance and arrived at an extraordinarily wide square. This place was bustling with people, truly like a market street with constant coming and going.

Around the square, one after another semicircular light curtains were densely arranged, with many cultivators entering and exiting through these light curtains.

And in the center of the square, there was a hundred-jade stone platform, upon which lay an ordinary wooden table. Two handsome and clear-eyed young attendants in green clothes were there, handing something to several foreign people in front of the table.

Han Li was gazing intently when Tie Jian turned his head, clasped his fist, and said:

"Fellow Daoist Han, let's part ways here. I need to go find a few suitable sellers to quickly dispose of my treasures. I won't keep you company any further."

"If Fellow Daoist has matters to attend to, please go ahead. I also wish to look around on my own." Han Li smiled faintly and replied politely.

"Then take care, Fellow Daoist Han!" After Tie Jian clasped his fist once more, he eagerly walked toward the edge of a certain direction.

Han Li watched the big man's back, his eyes flickering a few times, then after a while he gazed at the jade platform in the center and examined it twice, then suddenly walked over. After a short while, he arrived near the table.

At this moment, several more people walked up onto the platform.

But now Han Li could finally see clearly.

Those foreign people who went up onto the platform, each handed over a bag of high-grade spirit stones to the two attendants, and then received from them small flags of various 'colors'.

Han Li's gaze followed one of them, and upon seeing that person walk to a secluded spot at the edge of the square with no one around, he waved the small flag a few times, and a semicircular light curtain surged forth, completely concealing his figure beneath it.

Han Li extended his divine sense to probe it.

The moment his divine sense touched the light curtain, it was blocked by a layer of restriction from the outside, and could not silently penetrate within.

Clearly, these light curtains are specially used for the cultivators in the square to conduct trade.

In this way, one need not worry about one's secrecy being secretly observed by others.

After Han Li swept his gaze around, he saw that wherever his eyes reached, the light curtains were flickering unpredictably. And even farther from the square he was in, there were actually several smaller squares occupying that place, seemingly just as bustling and crowded.

Han Li let out a long breath, then immediately shook his head.

Even if one had treasures, wanting to find a suitable buyer among so many people would be absolutely like searching for a needle in the sea. He would not waste too much time here.

If he also wanted to plot for the Myriad Marvels Pill, he must raise a large sum of spirit stones before the auction.

Thinking this in his heart, Han Li began to move along the edge of the square without showing any 'expression', walking slowly. But most of the time he merely glanced at two places from outside, occasionally entering one or two light curtains, and then quickly coming out again.

When a quarter of an hour passed and Han Li still had gained nothing, he immediately furrowed his brows, then decisively turned around and actually walked back along the original path toward the entrance.

Whether by coincidence or Han Li's intentional doing, when he stepped into the entrance again, it happened that the entire entrance contained only him alone.

As Han Li walked, his sleeve suddenly twitched, and a piece of black 'color' gauze scarf floated out.

Following with a "peng" sound of a light resonance, a mass of faint black mist enveloped Han Li, making his figure become extremely blurry.

But almost the next moment, light flashed within the black mist, the mist suddenly surged and transformed into a piece of dark, lustrous long robe, which draped over Han Li's body.

At this time Han Li lowered his head slightly, emerging from the mist. '

His aura instantly became faint and elusive, incredibly faint. But when he then raised his head, what 'appeared' was actually a face with a pale 'color' of a stranger.

In that instant, Han Li instantly transformed his attire and appearance.

Without showing any 'expression', Han Li walked out of the entrance unhurriedly, and happened to brush past several foreign people who had just entered inside.

The blue-robed guards stationed outside merely glanced at Han Li when he came out, then performed no further abnormal actions.

Han Li strode confidently into the side hall on the other side.

Similarly a not-small square, but the situation inside made Han Li slightly startled.

Unlike the place selling items, here the number of people was similarly not small, but they all gathered in the smaller half of the square.

There, towering cyan stone walls, each over ten zhang high, stood upright, with silver 'color' characters flashing on them. The foreign cultivators all gathered around these stone walls, each gazing with different 'expressions'.

And behind these stone walls somewhat further, there were instead more than ten rooms connected together, surrounding a multi-storied high pavilion of jade.

Each room was crystal clear and translucent, extraordinarily snow-white.

However, at the doors of these rooms, white light flickered, being veiled by a rosy light, vaguely all fully open.

And the central pavilion, entirely crimson red, was enveloped by a layer of faint blue smoke, within which a faint fragrance seemed to emanate, as if not of the mortal world.

Those who were gathered around the stone walls watching would occasionally enter the jade houses, but upon coming out, some had faces clouded with uncertainty, some were despondent and gloomy, while others were unusually excited.

After Han Li clearly understood the situation here, he no longer hesitated and walked toward one of the stone walls.

But just then, at another stone wall nearby, a slender figure suddenly turned around and, likewise changing targets, walked toward the same direction.

Han Li's gaze unconsciously swept over that figure, his body trembled, and he could no longer control his face, which suddenly changed drastically.

This woman had long black hair, wore a blue robe, had a lovely appearance, but her expression was extremely cold, and she did not notice Han Li's abnormality, walking straight to the stone wall where the stone was taken out, then frowned tightly and stared intently.

"How could it be her? Impossible. But could such a person truly exist in this world?" Han Li came to a complete stop, his face slightly pale, his eyes unblinking as he stared at the blue-robed woman, murmuring to himself in a voice only he could hear.

Han Li's stunned stare at the blue-robed woman seemed to make her sense something, and she unconsciously turned her head back, just in time to meet Han Li's gaze.

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