After the time it took an incense stick to burn, Lin Chuan and a bruised and battered Meng Jingxian emerged from the time-space.
"Let's go. We're heading to the Ancient Immortal Auction!" Lin Chuan said calmly.
Everyone glanced at Meng Jingxian, whose own mother probably would not have recognized him, but said nothing more. They followed Lin Chuan into the spatial passage opened by Yomotsu Hirasaka.
"How did clapping for love feel?" Southern Dipper asked Meng Jingxian from within the Nine-Mystic Construction Coffin.
"Ling Hong!!! Don't let me catch you, or I'll let you have a taste of clapping for love too!" Meng Jingxian snarled. Lin Chuan had beaten him mercilessly in the time-space, and those slapping sounds had been downright delightful.
"You're only at the middle stage of Void Refinement. I'm already at the late stage. You can't beat me!" Southern Dipper said.
"I..." Meng Jingxian was too furious to speak.
Clear Wave City was located at the center of the third level of the Ancient Immortal Realm. It had initially been a market controlled by the major factions, but as its scale continued to expand, it had simply been turned into a massive city. Although it had not been built long ago, constructing a grand city in a short period was no difficult feat for cultivators. It was now the largest cultivator city in the Ancient Immortal Realm, and the Ancient Immortal Auction had been chosen to take place here.
After leaving the Cosmic Light Hall and seeing the long-lost sunlight and bustling crowds, everyone felt as though a lifetime had passed. They had spent six years in the Cosmic Light Hall, and their intense cultivation had kept their nerves constantly taut. Coming out this time was also a chance to relax. Lin Chuan had brought them out