The Auction Begins

At this moment, the central hall was already surrounded by countless cultivators.

Though there were many people, everything was kept in perfect order.

There were more than a dozen entrances around the hall. With their entry jade plaques, they could choose any entrance to enter through.

"Come on, let's go in from that side." Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable led the group toward an entrance with relatively fewer people.

Before long, Qin Huaian and the others entered the hall.

The interior of the hall was exceedingly magnificent, laid out much like a Roman coliseum. The center was an open area, with a raised platform in the middle that was presumably the auction stage.

Countless seats filled the surrounding area from low to high, yet they did not seem cramped at all. There was even a small stone table in front of every seat.

Aside from the individual seats, there were also several small private rooms in the front rows near the auction stage, each capable of accommodating three to five people.

The entire hall could hold roughly thirty thousand people participating in the bidding.

Thirty thousand might sound like a great many, but compared to the enormous Heavenly Palace Market, it was actually not much.

Obtaining a ticket for this auction was no easy matter either.

Qin Huaian saw that more than half of the cultivators entering the auction hall were at the Golden Immortal Realm or above.

Most of this auction's tickets had probably been sold to Golden Immortal cultivators.

If Qin Huaian had tried to buy an auction ticket himself, he might not even have been able to get one.

Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable had purchased four adjoining seats.

Following the numbers on their entry jade plaques, they quickly found their seats, located roughly in the middle of the