The Auction House

Therefore, he will try his best to make everyone's lives more convenient while also trying to preserve their original appearance, so that they are not suddenly forced to separate from the environment in which they have lived for many years.

In this way, those who want to stay put have a place to stay, while those who want to make progress can go out and develop.

Xiushui City is so large that it can accommodate many people, so naturally it can also accommodate this small, peaceful piece of land in Xiushui District.

Although Liu Yunan did not relay this meaning verbatim, it conveyed that the Lingxian Sect's arrangement was not intended to restrict everyone from venturing out, but rather to allow villagers with ambitions to act without restraint.

Liu Yunan carefully explained the various changes to the villagers.

Not only in Xiushui Village, but also in all the villages covered by Xiushui City, Lingxian Sect specially sent disciples to explain to them.

Under the orderly arrangements of the Lingxian Sect, the establishment of Xiushui City proceeded very smoothly, and there were no disturbances among the people in the city. Even those who were initially a little confused were quickly calmed down.

Next, the management team that Lingxian Sect had previously planned to oversee the city entered the scene.

When the disciples who had gone to various villages to appease the people returned, Lin Yun was already waiting for them in the city lord's mansion.

Meanwhile, Village Chief Du of Xiushui Village, along with ten young men he had selected from the village, were also waiting in the council hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

After receiving the responsibility of managing Xiushui City from Lin Xiao, Lin Yun went down the mountain and contacted Village Chief Du, letting him make the selection.

Of course, he also recruited ten disciples through the General Affairs Hall in the sect to assist him in managing various affairs of Xiushui City. These were the disciples who came down the mountain today.

From now on, the affairs related to cultivators in Xiushui City will be handled by these ten Lingxian Sect disciples. Based on their previous performance in the sect, Lin Yun temporarily selected two of them to be in charge.

These two are Yuan Jinsheng and Xuanyuan Haoyue.

Yuan Jinsheng was Golden Core cultivator, and due to his age, he held considerable prestige among the younger disciples.

Xuanyuan Haoyue is a top disciple among those with no prior experience, and is also meticulous and knowledgeable about interpersonal relationships.

However, the vast Xiushui City does not reject ordinary people. Even setting aside the future, there are still many villages below that need to be managed. It is impossible to occupy the few disciples of their Lingxian Sect. Therefore, Lin Yun communicated with Village Chief Du to select more reliable young people from the villages to manage them.

Of course, such a job with power and no shortage of wages was obviously a lucrative one, so Lin Yun naturally prioritized hiring people from their original Xiushui Village.

After all, one of the original intentions of establishing Xiushui City was to give the villagers of Xiushui Village more choices in life.

Secondly, Lin Yun had already communicated with the imperial court in advance.

The topic of communication was the issue of the imperial officials stationed in Xiushui City.

After all, this city was being built within the territory of the Pusi Kingdom. The imperial court expressed its hope to send an official to the city to garrison, so as to facilitate better communication between Xiushui City and the imperial court in the future.

Lingxian Sect has always maintained a friendly relationship with the Pusi Kingdom's court, so they naturally have no objection to this.

Lin Yun stated that they hoped to be able to choose the officials to be dispatched independently, and the imperial court agreed.

The official stationed in Xiushui City was Tong Shuzheng, the former prefect of Liaoju Prefecture.

Once his annual leave is over, he will officially begin his duties in the city.

After the Lingxian Sect members finished explaining all the contents of the notice to the residents of all the villages within the city's boundaries, the village chiefs led everyone back to their houses to settle in.

People were overjoyed and wandered around the house, touching and looking at everything, and carefully tried it out according to what the immortals had taught them.

After Lin Xiao used his Divine Sense to confirm that there were no problems in any part of the city, he returned to the Trade Affairs Center.

This small village has been integrated with the city, and although its appearance has not changed much, its interior functions are quite complete.

Registering a transaction is just the most basic step.

The interior of this Trade Affairs Center has also been expanded to include a very spacious area.

This space is divided into many areas, but the largest area is the auction house.

To facilitate cultivators concealing their identities, especially those with treasures but low cultivation levels who are not easily robbed, this space is specially equipped with an array that conceals the appearance, voice, smell, and Spiritual Qi fluctuations of every cultivator who enters, making them completely unrecognizable.

In this way, none of the cultivators who enter will know who they are facing.

The main purpose here is for auctions; sufficient secrecy is necessary for their auction houses to be attractive to both buyers and sellers.

The other smaller areas are for monks who prefer not to show their faces to set up stalls.

Although the city outside has designated areas for cultivators to open shops and set up stalls, this place is still somewhat different.

Generally speaking, this place is commonly referred to as the "black market" by outsiders.

Lin Xiao does not reject the existence of the black market.

On the contrary, he believed that the existence of the black market was necessary.

The reputation and trajectory of the black market depend entirely on what its administrators ultimately want it to be.

The black market exists simply to provide convenience for cultivators who do not wish to show their faces. However, because of the mutual concealment, fraud is more likely to occur, and it is also more likely to become a place for selling stolen goods.

However, Lin Xiao thought that with the establishment of their Trade Center city, the emergence of a black market was inevitable. Rather than letting others take advantage of the situation and create an uncontrollable black market later, it would be better to control this chaotic factor from the beginning.

After all, while the black market and auction house might seem like a completely concealed entity to others, they were not so for Lin Xiao, their founder.

Everything in Xiushui City was available to him.

Furthermore, he delegated this supervisory power to the city lord's mansion in Xiushui City.

However, only Lin Yun has the authority to use it.

Furthermore, to protect the privacy of ordinary cultivators, Lin Yun cannot use this permission casually; he can only use it three times a month.

Of course, if something really serious happens, Lin Yun can use his identity token to apply for emergency access. Lin Xiao can receive and approve this application through the system at any time.

However, the black market is ultimately just an auxiliary market; the auction house is the most important and legitimate business, which is why Lin Xiao named this space the auction house.

The entrance to the auction house is located under the trees on both sides of the Outer Dao the Trade Affairs Center.

However, its exit is not here, but rather randomly located in various sparsely populated corners of public areas within Xiushui City in real time.

Furthermore, each exit is equipped with a very small illusion array, so even if someone comes out from inside, they will hardly be noticed even if someone occasionally passes by.