As the auction ended, countless cultivators, still hungry for more, poured into the crowd.
Fifth Stage auctions were exceedingly rare even in the Eastern Region. After all, the Nascent Soul cultivators of every sect combined did not number many, and fewer still were available once those in seclusion or deep in cultivation were excluded.
Take this trade gathering: even counting the Nascent Soul cultivators from Medicine King Valley and the Western Region together, there were only a little over twenty.
And that was a large gathering. Ordinarily, five or six people made for a perfectly respectable small Nascent Soul trade meeting.
Auctions were rarer still. The previous Fifth Stage auction in the Eastern Region dated back to Heavenly Horse Pass's defense against the beast tide and Sikong Ziming's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm. That alone showed how uncommon they were.
Ye Jingcheng, Ye Jingli, and the others withdrew from the side.
As a Nascent Soul cultivator and a Nascent Soul lineage, they had no need to squeeze through the main entrance with everyone else. The Ye Family had a side door reserved for them.
To Ye Jingcheng's surprise, however, Light Dust True Lord was waiting for him.
Clad in a long robe, he stood outside the entrance to Ye Jingcheng's temporary palace.
"Fellow Daoist Qingchen, what is this...?" Ye Jingcheng asked, puzzled.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, I've come with good news." Light Dust True Lord smiled.
He then glanced around. Ye Jingcheng understood at once and led him into the palace.
Ye Jingli and the other Ye Family members waited outside the palace gates.
Once they were inside, Ye Jingcheng set up an array, lit an incense burner that gave off a faint wisp of smoke, and brewed spiritual tea.
Only then did Light Dust True Lord speak:
"Fellow Daoist