After circling the first floor, Jiang Lu looked at the treasures piled up in her space, then made her way upstairs at an unhurried pace.
Most cultivators on the second floor had already finished appraising treasures. Many had come in teams: one person stayed at the stall while another went to have treasures appraised, sparing them repeated trips and wasted time.
Like Jiang Lu, most cultivators saw little to gain by remaining on the first floor and had come upstairs to try their luck.
But stalls on the first and second floors were not permanent. Cultivators had two days to sell their treasures. If they failed, they had to leave the stall for someone else. If they sold out early, the vacant stall went to a new arrival.
There was no need to worry that arriving late meant missing a treasure. It simply meant the opportunity had not yet come.
"Master, these treasures are much better than the ones downstairs." Cutie's two round eyes appeared, darting this way and that.
"Yes. The first floor has mid-grade treasures, while the second has high-grade ones. If we're lucky, we might even find a supreme-grade treasure at a bargain."
After all, some treasures fell between high-grade and supreme-grade, and many appraisers classified them as high-grade.
Their prices ran somewhat higher, of course. That had long been an unspoken rule in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
But some needed only a little work to become supreme-grade. Finding one of those at a bargain meant earning back more than ten times the spirit stones spent.
"Master, over there."
Cutie sniffed the dense spiritual energy in the air and let out a contented sigh before pointing to Jiang Lu's right.
*If only I could stay in this treasure vault forever. Boohoo~ Master used to have treasures like