The bidding for this treasure was fierce.
Golden Core Realm cultivators like Li Yunjing did not bid, merely waiting quietly.
Then came the seventh lot.
"The next item is a Cold Soul Bead condensed from mysterious underworld true water. It can help ice cultivators break through their bottlenecks!"
The entire hall erupted!
What are the Heavenly Net Dao Sect and the Heavenly Star Pavilion playing at?
Li Yunjing's gaze sharpened. This had clearly been refined from the essence of a seven-sha mystic yin python!
He could not quite understand it. This was something the Heavenly Net Dao Sect was desperate to buy, so why had they put it up for auction?
Were they trying to lure someone out with it?
Li Yunjing instinctively looked toward Zhou Dehai and saw him smiling, seemingly uninterested in the item.
"The starting bid is one hundred thousand spirit stones!"
The bids soared instantly, and a masked female cultivator finally won it for three hundred thousand spirit stones.
Yet just as a maid presented the jade box, something unexpected happened.
Boom!
The jade box suddenly exploded, and a cloud of black mist swept through the hall!
"This is bad! It's demonic qi!"
Chaos engulfed the venue, and several Golden Core cultivators immediately acted to suppress it.
Zhou Dehai's expression changed abruptly. He sprang to his feet. "Someone tampered with it!"
"This is only the beginning..."
The corners of Li Yunjing's mouth lifted slightly as his fingertip tapped the table.
Taking advantage of the chaos, he quietly left his seat and slipped deeper into the Heavenly Star Pavilion.
His real target was not the auction, but the Heavenly Star Pavilion's treasures!
Under cover of the confusion, Li Yunjing swept through the corridors like a phantom.
He flew deeper into the Heavenly Star Pavilion.
After passing through