Three years later, Jinchang Island—the main island of the Jinchuan Archipelago.
With the once-in-a-decade Twin Moon Festival approaching again, Jinchang Island was exceptionally bustling. Many merchants had begun holding auctions of all sizes to build momentum.
That night, at an auction held by Seven Treasures Pavilion, one of Jinchang Island's largest trading houses.
A dazzlingly beautiful Core Formation Stage woman swept her lovely eyes across the hall and said in a coquettish voice, "All right, this fellow Daoist has bid four hundred and thirty thousand Spirit Stones. Is there anyone else who wishes to raise the bid?
"This top-grade Purple Jade Coral is absolutely a once-in-a-century rarity, the finest choice for refining jade-type magical treasures. If you miss this chance, who knows when you'll encounter another?"
Before her, a piece of coral radiating purple treasure-light floated silently.
The many cultivators in the auction hall stared greedily at the purple coral, but in the end, no one raised the bid.
"Very well, then this Purple Jade Coral belongs to this fellow Daoist. Please look to the next auction item.
"An unbound first-grade top-tier magical treasure—the Light Wheel Spear, forged by Master Qi of Xiao Han Island. The starting bid is four hundred thousand Spirit Stones!
"Each increase must be no less than five thousand Spirit Stones!"
The hall immediately entered another fevered climax.
In a private room on the third floor of the auction hall sat a yellow-robed cultivator with a sallow complexion and an utterly ordinary face.
A faint smile curled at his lips as he watched the auction below.
This man was Ning Fa in disguise.
After leaving the Huan Yu Islands, he had hurried without pause to the Jinchuan Archipelago.
This place was now Sikong Family territory, so Ning Fa had altered his appearance and assumed the identity