The boy hesitated, then added, "There is one, but you might not be able to get in."
Only after seeing that neither of them seemed angry did the boy relax and continue. "Dawn City holds an auction from time to time. The next one starts in two days, but you need an invitation to get inside."
Yun Huanling's head drooped at that. There were almost no places in the Yun Household or the Heavenly Secret Sect he could not enter, yet here in Dawn City, he had run headfirst into a wall.
As they passed a stall, Su Jiu stopped and studied the concealment stones over and over. How could a small vendor's stall have so many of them?
Seeing the puzzlement in Su Jiu's eyes, the boy was just about to explain.
The stallholder spoke first. "These are called concealment stones, a specialty of Dawn City. Interested, young lady?"
Su Jiu nodded. "How much do these concealment stones cost?"
The stallholder was an honest middle-aged man and did not try to fleece Su Jiu and Yun Huanling, who were plainly outsiders. "These concealment stones have only been given a simple polish. They're different from the ones refined into enchanted artifacts. Just five spirit stones apiece."
Su Jiu was stunned. Looking at the palm-sized concealment stones laid out on the stall, she could hardly believe they cost only five spirit stones each. No wonder even bandits could afford them.
Then she thought of the concealment stones sold in other cities. Never mind five spirit stones-even five hundred was considered cheap. Ones refined into enchanted artifacts cost even more. For her first magical artifact-grade concealment stone in her previous life, the shopkeeper had charged her a full five thousand spirit stones.
Her face darkened. At last, she understood just how ruthless