Lake Lord Bi Hu trembled slightly as he put away the jade slip, his mind a tangled mess, not knowing what else to say. At that moment, Xiao Hua asked again, "Let me ask you: does your Tonghu City have an auction house capable of gathering all the cultivators within the city in one place?"
Without even thinking, Lake Lord Bi Hu answered, "Reporting to Senior, this junior's Tonghu City has a Tonghu Auction House that can hold over a hundred thousand people. Ordinarily, the cultivators who come to Tonghu City to bid are only a little over one hundred thousand..."
At this point, Lake Lord Bi Hu suddenly froze, realizing there was something amiss with his answer. He hurriedly asked, "Senior just said... all cultivators? Including those who come to sell goods? And the owners of the shops and residences?"
"That is right, all of them!" Xiao Hua nodded.
"Reporting to Senior, this junior does not know much about the shop and residence owners from the first through sixth levels; they are all handled by this junior's disciples. As for the seventh, eighth, and ninth levels, most belong to stationed branches of nearby Immortal Cultivation sects and aristocratic families. To ensure their safety, this junior has Teleportation Arrays between those three levels and the auction house. If this junior activates the arrays, anyone weaker than this junior, or anyone not channeling magical power, can be teleported directly to the auction house. For the other levels, this junior would need to send disciples to notify them... But this junior fears that the auction house may not have enough room..."
"Is there an auction taking place there now?" Xiao Hua raised his brows and asked.
"Please wait a moment, Senior..." As Lake Lord Bi Hu spoke, he hurriedly took out a