A cursory glance revealed that the several hundred cultivators seated there were all at the Core Formation realm or above. There were extremely few at the mid Core Formation stage or below. Among them, there were even dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators.
Seeing this, Qin Fengming could not help feeling greatly astonished.
For so many Old Monsters in the Nascent Soul stage to come to this open-air venue to attend the auction was truly astonishing.
"Elder Brother Qin, judging by the looks of it, this doesn't seem to be an ordinary auction. It would be best to inquire about it." Lan Xue'er's beautiful eyes glittered, and the eyes revealed above her veil were filled with growing confusion.
"Mm. Once we go over there, we should learn why so many powerful cultivators have gathered here."
After a pause, Qin Fengming pointed toward a simple building beside the high platform.
Beside the tall wooden platform stood a wooden house. Though crude, it was also extremely large, occupying an area more than a dozen zhang wide. Its walls were inlaid with hard timber that was over a century old, and a faint layer of restriction energy shimmered across them.
Outside the wooden house's enormous door stood four late Core Formation cultivators dressed in the robes of the Cloud Heaven Sect of the Deqing Empire.
The Cloud Heaven Sect was a first-rate sect in the Deqing Empire. It possessed many powerful cultivators, including several in the late Nascent Soul stage, and had more than a hundred thousand disciples under its banner.
"Fellow Daoists, do you have any items you wish to auction?" Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er had only just approached the four cultivators when one of the old men immediately clasped his hands and spoke courteously.
Although the four Cloud Heaven Sect cultivators