By the time Xue Fuyao and her companion reached the private room, the auction had already begun.
"I thought you weren't coming."
The moment she entered, Jimo Xiubai's voice drifted over.
Hearing him, Xue Fuyao walked into the private room quite naturally, sat down, and said, "This is the Three Realms Auction. How could I possibly miss it?"
Xue Fuyao had now removed her disguise and returned to her female form. At the sight, a flicker of surprise crossed Chu Tianshuo's eyes.
"Fuyao, who's this behind you?" Jimo Yunqi asked, looking at the young man who had followed Xue Fuyao inside.
At his first glimpse of Chu Tianshuo, Jimo Yunqi instinctively sensed danger.
This danger was not something his senses perceived. After all, Chu Tianshuo had been smiling ever since he entered. Even so, the instant Jimo Yunqi saw him, an urge to flee for his life rose in his heart.
It was an instinctive response that only arose when a weak creature encountered its natural predator.
This man is very dangerous.
Why was Fuyao with such dangerous people?
Only after seeing that the other man seemed to bear them no ill will did Jimo Yunqi breathe a sigh of relief.
Just then, a burst of commotion suddenly rose from the auction floor below. From the sound of it, an item seemed to have been sold.
Xue Fuyao glanced out through the window and saw that the item just sold appeared to be a piece of ore. It was as tall as a grown adult and required more than a dozen people to lift it together.
"Which item was that?" Xue Fuyao asked.
She had originally wanted to pick up a catalog and look through the other items, but after searching around, she found nothing at all.
*The grand Three