Best Young Master

There were two reasons Ye Fan agreed to go to the auction together.

First, he wanted to see what differences there might be between an auction in the Xuan Realm and one on Earth, and what kind of good things might appear.

Second, he wanted to try his luck to see if he could find auxiliary materials for refining a Soul Gathering Pill. As for the main ingredients, he didn’t even dare to think about them – they were simply too precious and rare, hardly anyone in the Xuan Realm knew about them, let alone auction them.

Seeing Ye Fan agree to go, Tong Qianchen was very happy, while Jin Zhanfei quickly went to settle the bill and then sought approval from Shen Ximen.

Upon hearing that an auction was going to be held, Shen Ximen didn’t even bother to savor the food, he wolfed down the remaining dishes and then came out with Jin Zhanfei.

When Elder Shen Ximen appeared, Qingxuan inevitably exchanged some courtesies, even Ma Yuanhang and Liu Qingyun came over to pay their respects. Facing a strong person at the peak of the Holy Embryo Realm like Shen Ximen, they had to show sufficient respect.

Fortunately, Elder Shen Ximen wasn’t a stickler for formalities, and he wasn’t interested in these formalities at all, directly inquiring about some details of the Qingxuan auction.

Through Qingxuan’s explanation, Ye Fan learned that this auction was indeed unprecedented, having been in preparation for two years, and there were some truly good things.

Moreover, it was said that even people from some significant forces participated in this auction, making it truly unprecedented.

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With the guide of a well-versed person like Shen Ximen, the group quickly arrived at the entrance of the auction venue.

From the outside, this auction house seemed unremarkable. Unlike Earth’s opulent auction houses adorned with gold and jade, this building even seemed a bit old, yet it embodied a certain sense of history and weight.

There were not many people at the entrance of the auction house right now, only two cultivators in black attire standing on either side, resembling gate-keeper King Kong.

Judging from the aura emanating from them, it was clear that both were between the peak of the True Essence Realm and the Holy Embryo Realm, perhaps one moment away from successfully condensing a Holy Embryo and stepping into the Holy Embryo Realm.

However, Ye Fan knew that these two would never enter the Holy Embryo Realm in this lifetime. Not only were they somewhat too old, but more importantly, they were once cultivators in the Holy Embryo Realm, but their Holy Embryo seemed to have been shattered in their bodies, making it impossible to condense into a Holy Embryo again.

Generally speaking, when the Holy Embryo is shattered, one is destined to die, yet they miraculously survived, with cultivation still between the True Essence Realm and the Holy Embryo Realm, being anomalies.

To use such people as gatekeepers clearly showed how powerful the forces behind this auction house were.

“Please show your invitation!”

When Ye Fan and the group arrived at the door, the two gatekeepers took a step forward simultaneously, blocking their path.

“Without an invitation, call Yaling here. Just say Shen Ximen wants to attend the auction and ask her for a favor.”

Shen Ximen swaggered up to the front, smiling at the two with a Holy Embryo Realm peak aura slowly releasing.

The two were taken aback, and at that moment they noticed the Mystic Turtle pattern on Shen Ximen and Ye Fan’s clothes, quickly bowing respectfully, “Ah, esteemed seniors of the Xuanwu Sect, please enter, I will immediately ask Miss Yaling to issue VIP cards to you.”

Saying this, one of them clapped his hands, and a female cultivator with a graceful figure came out from inside, her black gauze attire adding allure.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please follow me!”

The female cultivator bowed to Ye Fan’s group and then led the way, and they filed in, stepping through the auction hall’s grand entrance.

After entering the entrance, they went down a gently sloping staircase to a grand, opulent hall. The hall was as big as two football fields, big enough to hold tens of thousands, with rows of VIP rooms above.

The female cultivator led Ye Fan and Shen Ximen’s group into a room with the character “Xuan” engraved on the door, “This is your VIP room. Someone will bring the VIP cards shortly. If you need anything, just infuse True Yuan into this icy gem on the wall and we’ll be aware.”