The moment the words "Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion" were spoken, the air throughout the auction hall froze solid.
That was an existence more terrifying than the Azure Dragon Eastern Continent, the Four Directions Star Region, and the combined backgrounds of everyone present.
The true ruling power of the Four Mortal Domains.
The territory of a Great Dao Venerable.
And the Great Dao Venerable's direct disciples had always been the people no one could afford to provoke.
The two Golden Core guards behind the young man in brocade changed expression. One of them leaned close and whispered a few words into the young man's ear.
The young man's face went from stiff to deathly pale, and the bidding paddle in his hand fell to the floor with a clatter.
It was not that he had not considered verifying Xu Changqing's identity.
But who would dare falsely use the name of the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion?
Xu Changqing indeed had never appeared on the Azure Dragon Eastern Continent.
Yet news that the Great Dao Venerable had recently accepted a direct disciple had long spread throughout the Four Mortal Domains.
And that person's name was Xu Changqing!
The surrounding cultivators sucked in cold breaths, their gazes shifting from sympathy to reverence.
The young man in brocade lowered his head even further, not daring to utter another word.
Just then, the curtain at the side of the auction hall was lifted, and a middle-aged male cultivator in a dark robe walked out.
This man was the auction house's steward. He first cupped his hands toward the young man in brocade and said gently, "Young Master Mo, could you give this humble one some face and let go of this Starfall Grass?"
Mo Changkong looked up at the steward, his lips moving slightly before he