Early morning, the mist had yet to disperse.
At Heaven Pillar Mountain, cultivators had already begun arriving at the Cloud Boat Dock beneath the Cave Heaven Grotto.
The Cloud Boat Dock was an enormous plaza spanning a thousand mu, its entire surface forged from refined steel and capable of bearing immense weight.
The cultivators who had come today were all passengers. They would be taking the Vast Righteous Sect's Moving Mountain Cloud Boat to destinations throughout the Cultivation World.
Zhao Sheng and Zhao Jinjian were among those passengers.
The two had arrived early and waited silently.
Looking at Zhao Sheng beside him, who was scarcely twenty, Zhao Jinjian felt both emotional and deeply shaken.
He had never expected the youngest Family Head in the Zhao Family's history to be so formidable.
Formidable beyond his imagination! Even now, he could not help recalling his dumbfounded expression from last night, when he had been told that they would be going to the Dan Ding Sect to participate in the auction for the Centennial Token.
That was truly embarrassing!
Thinking of it, Zhao Jinjian could not help feeling ashamed.
Yet he quickly rallied. With such a genius Family Head leading them, the family's future was bright indeed!
Zhao Sheng, however, had no interest in what Zhao Jinjian was thinking.
At that moment, he was repeatedly reasoning through and predicting every possible situation and mishap the two of them might encounter after reaching the Dan Ding Sect.
This auction for the Centennial Token concerned the Zhao Family's fortunes for the coming centuries. There could not be the slightest carelessness.
Time passed bit by bit, and more and more cultivators gathered at the Cloud Boat Dock.
By the time the sun stood high in the sky,
someone suddenly shouted, "It's here! It's here!"
The dock