Although today's event followed the usual auction format, with the highest bidder winning, it was reserved exclusively for Golden Core immortals.
The minimum requirement for admission was the false core realm, and an acquaintance had to vouch for each attendee. As a result, only a few dozen people were attending.
Had Fang Shu not spent several months mingling in the city and spending generously, he might not even have had the chance to join the festivities.
In a flash, he arrived near the Profound Altar and surveyed the lavish shop before him. Today's auction was being held in a shop called the Heavenly Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
Rumor had it that the shop had ties to the Moral Profound Teaching, and it bore something of the air of an officially run establishment.
In Fang Shu's view, however, it was at most a business founded by some disciple of the Profound Teaching, or perhaps operated by an aristocratic clan within it.
As soon as he entered, immortals who had been waiting hurried over without his needing to ask. "Might you be Immortal Fang?"
Once Fang Shu confirmed his identity, they promptly ushered him deeper into the shop.
Before long, Fang Shu arrived at a hall made of crystal glass.
The hall's walls consisted of large slabs of perfectly transparent crystal glass, with water filling their hollow centers. Within them were kept many
living creatures.
On closer inspection, those creatures included graceful flood-dragon maidens. When they noticed Fang Shu looking at them, seductive expressions appeared on their faces.
Even though Fang Shu had broadened his horizons considerably during his recent stay in the Profound Teaching, the sight still brought surprise to his eyes.
After only a few glances, however, he dismissed the immortal guiding him and entered the hall on his own.
Quite