Cold Palace!
The auction was still proceeding in orderly fashion.
An auction of this scale involved so many resources and such complex negotiations among the interested parties that it could never wrap up in two or three days.
Of course, the number of cultivators in the hall had already fallen by nearly half.
That was partly because fighting was permitted in Emerald Cold City, and partly because the times were chaotic, with Robber Cultivators appearing everywhere.
Some unaffiliated cultivators with no powerful backers, or little strength of their own, chose to leave as soon as they secured the resources they wanted. That way, those who had lost the bids could not follow them and set an ambush.
In a spacious, lavish private room on the fourth floor,
a Golden Core Cultivator hurried inside.
"True Master, something's happened!"
Fu Chaosheng frowned. "What is it?"
Dan Shubao stepped closer and spoke quickly in a low voice. "That unaffiliated cultivator Luo Hai provoked the Qian Family. They sent several Golden Core Cultivators to surround and kill him. He fought fiercely enough to break through, but the Qian Family has operated on Cold Light Island for years. Their ties with its major powers are tangled beyond measure, and they've begun rallying those powers to hunt him down. According to the intelligence I just received, the Refining Peak Company, Hundred Refinements Mountain, and the Wu Family have all sent sizable numbers of Golden Core Cultivators to intercept Luo Hai from every direction."
Fu Chaosheng's brow relaxed when he heard the news.
"I thought it was something serious. You needn't report trifles like this to me."
Dan Shubao froze.
"Didn't you think highly of that unaffiliated cultivator, True Master?" he asked without thinking.
"What gave you that impression?" Fu Chaosheng asked with a chuckle.
Dan Shubao