But... that wasn't right either. No Nascent Soul cultivators, let alone Spirit Severing seniors, had appeared at this Bidding Convention. Who could repair a spirit artifact? Heh heh, I get it now. This was all just a gimmick!!!"
Sure enough, everyone's thoughts were similar to Xiao Hua's. After the surrounding cultivators whispered among themselves for a moment, they turned the topic away from spirit artifacts to other things, paying it no further attention.
"Fellow Daoist!" Zi Ye's somewhat strange voice came over. "Could Xuntian City truly have a spirit artifact? If so, then this trip of mine was not in vain!"
Xiao Hua turned back to look at Zi Ye beneath the Mihuan. Zi Ye's cultivation was truly not much to speak of; Xiao Hua could actually see through his Mihuan. Yet Zi Ye's Mihuan also seemed to be a high-grade item, and Xiao Hua still could not make out Zi Ye's true appearance!
"Fellow Daoist!" Xiao Hua spoke earnestly, as though he were looking at a prodigal son squandering spirit stones. "Didn't you see that there isn't even a single Nascent Soul cultivator here? How could a spirit artifact possibly appear? Even a damaged spirit artifact would be impossible! In this old man's opinion, it is probably just a fragment of a spirit artifact they are using as a gimmick. You must not climb up the pole once it is handed to you. When that time comes, your spirit stones will be thrown away for nothing, and you may even leave your life behind!"
"Haha! I understand!" Zi Ye greatly enjoyed this feeling of being cared for and laughed. "No wonder the cultivators around us stopped talking about it. So that was why. This little student truly lacks experience!"
"Exactly! If it were this poor Daoist, I would not