As the auction came to an end, countless cultivators, still wanting more, poured into the crowd.
A fifth-rank auction was exceedingly rare even in the Eastern Region. After all, there were not many Nascent Soul Cultivators across all the sects combined, and once those in secluded cultivation or training were excluded, there were even fewer.
Take this Trade Fair, for example. Even counting the Nascent Soul Cultivators of Medicine King Valley and the Western Region together, there were only a little over twenty.
And that was already a lot. At an ordinary Nascent Soul Trade Fair, five or six people made for a fairly formal small gathering.
Auctions were even rarer. The last fifth-rank auction in the Eastern Region dated back to when Sky Horse Pass resisted the beast tide and Sikong Zi Ming broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, which was enough to show how scarce fifth-rank auctions were.
Ye Jingcheng, Ye Jingli, and the others also withdrew from the side.
As Nascent Soul Cultivators and a Nascent Soul Faction family, the Ye Family naturally did not need to squeeze out through the main entrance with everyone else. They had a dedicated side gate.
What surprised Ye Jingcheng, however, was that Qingchen True Monarch was waiting for him.
The latter wore a long robe and stood outside the entrance to his temporary palace.
"Daoist Qingchen, what is this..." Ye Jingcheng was naturally rather puzzled.
"Daoist Ye, I came this time to bring you good news." Qingchen True Monarch smiled as he spoke.
He then glanced around, and Ye Jingcheng immediately understood, leading Qingchen True Monarch into the palace.
Ye Jingli and the other Ye Family members waited outside the palace gates.
After entering the palace, setting up the formations, and lighting the incense burner to release a faint