"No. I received a report from my people that Northern Cold Palace cultivators had arrived. The Northern Cold Star Domain is quite a distance from the Tianlan Star Domain. I never expected Young Friend Shi to be able to invite seniors from Northern Cold Palace here. This auction is sure to be a great success," Qu Zhiyang said with a smile.
"Never mind. Let's leave it at that for now. We'll hold the auction in three days."
After ending the call, the smile on Qu Zhiyang's face faded, and his brows knitted together.
Northern Cold Palace cultivators had traveled all this way to the Tianlan Star Domain to attend the auction. Could Shi Yue's master have ties to Northern Cold Palace? Or was Northern Cold Palace the power behind Shi Yue? He thought it over carefully, then dismissed the second possibility.
If Northern Cold Palace were the power behind Shi Yue, there'd be no need for them to make such a grand show of attending the auction. Northern Cold Palace must have some connection with the power behind Shi Yue. Besides, he'd never heard that Northern Cold Palace was skilled in spirit-plant cultivation.
A Body Integration Cultivator had traveled tens of thousands of miles to attend an auction in the Tianlan Star Domain. That alone showed how powerful the force behind Shi Yue was.
After hesitating again and again, Qu Feiyan walked over and asked, "Father, what's the story with Northern Cold Palace?"
"Some time ago, I contacted Shi Yue about holding an auction, but he turned me down. He said we'd have to wait for a senior in the Body Integration Realm to arrive. You know what happened after that: the moment the people from Northern Cold Palace arrived, he wanted to hold the auction. But who was that