White Tower Market teemed with people, its crowds far larger than usual.
In three days, a major auction would begin. It would run for nine days and cater to cultivators at high, middle, and low stages, so many cultivators from hundreds of thousands of miles around had come here. Even those who did not intend to buy anything wanted to join the excitement.
Fortunately, the market's interior was spacious enough. Otherwise, it could never have accommodated them all.
Chen Lin had arrived early to purchase information from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
With his Heavenly Secrets Pavilion token, he easily entered the Seventh Layer and headed straight to the courtyard entrance.
"Lord Zhao, please come in!"
Familiarity grew with each visit. The maid responsible for receiving guests recognized Chen Lin and led him straight inside without announcing his arrival.
"Is Pavilion Master Zhiming here?"
Chen Lin asked casually.
He had already learned that the Veiled Woman was the master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Normally, she did not receive ordinary customers. His previous visit had simply been well timed: she had just finished receiving Fairy Yaochi, and all the other information brokers were busy, so she had attended to him herself.
Once he demonstrated his strength, he earned the privilege of continuing to receive information from her.
"The pavilion master is explaining something to another guest. If you wish to see her, my lord, you will have to wait a little."
The maid answered softly, then led Chen Lin into an elegant room.
A cup of tea's time passed.
Chen Lin's expression shifted, and he looked outside through the window.
He saw Pavilion Master Zhiming personally escorting a woman out. It was Fairy Yaochi, whom he had encountered on his first visit.
What a coincidence.
However, Chen Lin did not stare.