Two or three days passed quickly, and the Treasure Ship Auction began right on schedule. Li Xiaoya and the others naturally disguised themselves rather than attending with their true faces. Most of the people they saw along the way were strangers, probably all painstakingly disguised as well. After all, anyone who obtained something valuable at the auction would fear attracting the attention of cultivators with ill intentions, so most cultivators concealed their real appearances. Please remember this site's domain name.
Li Xiaoya had taken on the appearance of a middle-aged cultivator, while Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong had dressed as handsome young gentlemen. Dong Santong, being so fat, was harder to disguise. He merely circulated his energy to darken his skin and put on a hat, but that was enough to keep anyone from recognizing him. Huang Hua and the others had already entered...
The Treasure Ship Auction was held on the fourth level of the five-story ship, while the fifth level served as a resting area for the participating clans and sects.
Although the auction was nominally organized by the Heavenly Dao Sect, the sect did not conduct all the bidding itself. It only auctioned its own goods and items entrusted to it by individuals. Other sects conducted the auctions for their own goods, while the Heavenly Dao Sect oversaw the proceedings to ensure everything ran smoothly and fairly. The participating clans and sects paid a substantial fee, of course. Otherwise, why would the Heavenly Dao Sect go to all this trouble?
Although this arrangement had quite a few drawbacks, there was no other choice. Getting these sects, especially the Demon Sect, to hand their treasures over to the Heavenly Dao Sect for auction was something they would never agree to, even if beaten to death. This was the