Once the terms were announced, several cultivators below the stage did not use their brains at all. Without caring what the auctioneer had to say, they rushed to bid first. Most, however, were utterly baffled. "Related to Madame Yellow Springs? What does that mean?"
The auctioneer said, "It means..."
"I'll explain what it means."
A deep voice rang by everyone's ears. The cultivators all turned their gazes, only to see someone walking over from the rear of the venue and heading straight up onto the auction platform. Wherever he passed, no matter how crowded it was, the cultivators unconsciously made way for him. From the auctioneer's angle, it looked for a moment as though waves had parted and billows split—a magnificent sight indeed.
The protective formation arranged by Suixin Pavilion was exceedingly sensitive. Based on the token upon the consignor's person, it detected that he was the current owner of the auction item and let him come up without any obstruction.
According to auction rules, once the owner of an item being bid on was willing to appear onstage, the auctioneer automatically stepped down and bowed. The auctioneer found it quite regrettable that such a rare wonder of heaven and earth would not fetch a good price through his own hands, but he would not defy the rules. He readily surrendered control of the stage and walked down.
Very soon, the only one left on the auction platform was this mysterious figure who had suddenly appeared to sell Xuanming True Water, facing the probing stares of more than a hundred cultivators.
This person was cloaked in a Black Robe, making his build and features impossible to discern. Yet every gesture of his conformed to impeccable formality. Faced with everyone's piercing stares, he remained calm and natural, without leaking the slightest