As time trickled away bit by bit.
One treasure after another was continuously auctioned off.
The finale item was actually a Spirit Pill that could aid a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator in breaking through to the late stage.
Its price climbed all the way upward, making even Cheng Buzheng's heart pound in alarm.
In the end!
It was purchased by a powerful figure wearing a mask.
At the same time, with the sale of the final centerpiece treasure, this trade fair came to an end.
Cheng Buzheng did not linger either, leaving directly.
No powerful cultivators were keeping an eye on him from behind.
After all.
The only time he had made a move was when he exchanged for some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from the great demon's stall.
However, Cheng Buzheng did notice powerful cultivators following the person who had purchased the item for breaking through the Nascent Soul Middle Stage bottleneck.
Clearly.
Those powerful cultivators tailing them were also after the finale treasure.
As for that.
Cheng Buzheng paid it no mind.
It was perfectly normal.
Still, those followers certainly would not dare make a move within the ancient city.
Right after that.
Rather than returning to the guest room he had rented during the day, Cheng Buzheng went to another inn and rented a new room.
Led by an attendant, he arrived at a guest room somewhere on the sixth floor.
Afterward, Cheng Buzheng dismissed the attendant. Once he activated the formation, he immediately began inspecting himself with secret arts.
Rays of light with differing frequencies of fluctuation and ever-shifting colors repeatedly swept back and forth across his body. Not even the Spirit Materials he had exchanged from the great demon's stall were overlooked.
After using each of the many secret arts once...
Cheng Buzheng