Night fell. Wearing his Ghost Face Mask, Lu Ye left his guest room, went down to the first floor, and headed straight for the Heaven's Mystery Hall where the Heaven's Mystery Pillar stood.
Every Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild had its own Heaven's Mystery Pillar, and the greatest use of these pillars was positioning.
Cultivators could use these Heaven's Mystery Pillars to travel back and forth from the Cloud River Battlefield. When Nine Provinces cultivators entered the Cloud River Battlefield, they could choose one of these pillars and enter this Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild. Cultivators on the Cloud River Battlefield could use the pillar here to leave and return to the Nine Provinces.
Thus, the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guilds on the Cloud River Battlefield were bustling with people at virtually every moment, with a constant stream coming and going.
The Heaven's Mystery Pillar had four sides corresponding to the four directions. On one side, space distorted from time to time. Whenever that happened, cultivators from all across the Nine Provinces would appear out of thin air.
On another side stood a not-too-long queue of cultivators preparing to leave the Cloud River Battlefield. They came before the Heaven's Mystery Pillar, raised a hand to press it against the pillar, and vanished in an instant. There were not many people in this line, since the process of leaving the Cloud River Battlefield was simple—one could even say swift. Most of the time, this side stood empty, with no need to queue at all.
The remaining two sides had considerably more people lined up, all here to use the Heaven's Mystery Pillar to enter the Heaven's Mystery Vault and conduct transactions.
After arriving, Lu Ye found a spot and stood there, waiting patiently.
There were not many people ahead of him, only a dozen