Jin and Kong's Scheme, the Auction Begins

Hetian Mountain, Purple Qi Hall.

The entire hall was a hundred zhang wide and a hundred zhang long, built in magnificent grandeur. There were thirty-three radiant spirit pillars.

Each spirit pillar was carved with all manner of splendid mountain ranges.

As a stream of spiritual light poured in, all the pillars responded one after another. In an instant, they formed an unfathomable formation.

At the center of the hall, an incense burner slowly lit with purple sandalwood incense, releasing vast amounts of purple smoke that transformed into smoke dragons swirling endlessly through the hall.

Before the incense burner, Jin Family Patriarch Jin Chengyun and Jin Xuanhen sat upright and formal. Across from them, apart from the two patriarchs, sat another frail old man.

The old man wore a green Daoist robe. His expression was stern, and his eyes shone brightly.

He was Kong Taixuan, the Kong Family's newly advanced Golden Core cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist Kong, your plan is still somewhat too dangerous for our Jin Family!" After considering it for a long while, Jin Chengyun finally spoke.

Although Jin Xuanhen had condensed a mid-grade Golden Core, and his talent and prospects far surpassed Jin Chengyun's—

Jin Chengyun was ultimately more seasoned and shrewd, so he was the one who spoke.

Jin Xuanhen merely observed and learned from behind him.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, although your Jin Family is indeed doing quite well at present, look at the Zhang Family, look at the Zhong Family. Once the Taiyi Sect turns hostile, which family will survive?"

"Among us Golden Core families, who does not have, to a greater or lesser degree, some leverage that can be used against them?"

"Everyone now says that the Ye Family is controlled by the direct bloodline of Taiyi Sect's Illusion Peak. Are you planning to wait until