In the blink of an eye, another month had passed.
A Flying Boat engraved with Pill Cloud Patterns slowly descended at the sect's outpost in Fenghua Immortal City.
The boat's door opened, and Li Yuan smiled at Chen Sheng. "Let's go, Junior Disciple Brother."
"After you, Senior Brother," Chen Sheng replied politely.
The two deferred to each other as they stepped off the Flying Boat. More than ten Alchemy Hall Elders followed behind them, all composed and dignified, clearly having looked forward to this auction for quite some time.
The headquarters of the Qingmu Merchant Association lay in the core area of the Immortal City, not far from the sect's outpost.
The Merchant Association had a complicated background. It had initially been founded by a descendant of Ancestor Li from the sect's Tianyang Peak. Later, as its business expanded into the territories of the other two sects, traces of other factions gradually became involved.
From afar, a colossal tower shrouded in Immortal Qi stood at the end of the street. Its body was built from white jade, and the four words "Qingmu Merchant Association" on its plaque danced like dragons and flew like phoenixes, radiating vigorous vitality.
At this moment, streams of people flowed endlessly before several passageways. Cultivators with unfathomable auras entered one after another, nearly all of them Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Chen Sheng even spotted quite a few cultivators wearing the robes of the Yueling Sect and Lixiao Sect.
Looking at the spectacle, Li Yuan chuckled. "The Qingmu Merchant Association certainly spread the news far and wide."
As he spoke, he took out a purple jade token engraved with the words "Long Xu" and handed it to the attendant at the entrance.
Upon seeing the jade token, the attendant's expression immediately became even more respectful. He hurriedly waved