Over two days and two nights, nearly a thousand people filed one after another into the unremarkable courtyard before his eyes.
Elsewhere, so many Golden Core stage and Nascent Soul Stage cultivators gathered together would absolutely have been no small force.
But compared to the Auction Houses openly operating in Sunset City's central district, there was clearly quite a gap in both scale and numbers.
The number of people, along with the size of the courtyard before him, could not help but fill Su Shi'er with suspicion and make him even more vigilant.
Yet vigilant as he was, Su Shi'er's footsteps did not slow in the slightest.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived near the courtyard entrance.
However, before he could enter—
Footsteps suddenly sounded from several directions behind him.
Hmm? Someone else?
Su Shi'er's thoughts stirred, and he instinctively turned to look.
In his line of sight, seventeen figures silently emerged from every corner around them.
These people... had also been watching from the shadows all along?
It seemed I was not the only one with such thoughts!
Hmm? There was actually a Nascent Soul Stage giant among them? This... was truly unexpected. Who would have thought that even old monsters at the Nascent Soul Stage would remain so cautious in a place like this!
In that case, the backers behind this Black Market Auction were probably no small matter!
Su Shi'er raised a brow. He was startled at first, then quickly understood.
He swiftly swept his gaze around. Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and his eyes briefly paused on one black-clad figure among them.
Beneath his Bamboo Hat, two surprised glints flashed through his eyes.
It was him? He... had actually come to this Black Market Auction as well?
Among the seventeen figures before him, fully half