Ten days later.
early morning.
Zhou Ying came to Yun Yan's guest room early in the morning, because today she and Yun Yan were going to participate in the bidding and trading event held every three years in the auction city.
Zhou Ying was fully prepared for this. Of course, she was happiest when she was finally able to fulfill her previous promise to Yun Yan.
Therefore, she said proudly as soon as she saw Yun Yan.
"Brother Yun, you have to listen to me today, because I want to give you a surprise."
"Surprise? What surprise?"
"I told you it was a surprise, so naturally I can't tell you now."
"Haha, I understand."
Yun Yan was used to Zhou Ying's quirkiness, so he did not insist on giving up Zhou Ying's idea of spending money for him.
But before going out, he stared blankly at the two sets of clothes neatly placed on the table, as if it was difficult for him to choose one from them.
Zhou Ying didn't understand why there was any hesitation in this, because in her opinion, no matter what she wore on Yun Yan, it would be the most suitable.
So, she casually picked up the pure white and brand-new clothes and handed them to Yun Yan and smiled.
"Brother Yun naturally wants to be as white and dazzling as clouds during the day. I think this one is good."
"That makes sense."
Yun Yan took the coat handed to him by Zhou Ying and quickly put it on, while Zhou Ying looked on in a daze, only listening to her murmuring.
"I told you that my vision is not wrong. You are really charming in this dress and it makes people feel itchy."
Hearing this, Yun Yan almost couldn't hold back.
"Ying'er, you have to speak more gently, otherwise it won't be like a girl's home."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Ying pouted her mouth and replied disdainfully.
"What man doesn't like a straightforward woman? That's what the one at the auction house is like!"
"Uh... okay, but she is not you after all, so..."
"Hehe, I understand, because Brother Yun, you still care more about Ying'er after all, right?"
Seeing this, Yun Yan could only nod slightly.
Afterwards, they left the restaurant together.
...
Although the Auction City is located within the Third Heaven, the auction event held here every three years can attract most practitioners below the Sixth Heaven.
The reason is that there is no other branch within the Sixth Heaven. As for the trading activities above the Sixth Heaven, they can only be personally hosted by the Martial Arts Hall, the dominant force in the Sky City.
However, in a trading event of that level, the Martial Arts Hall would not easily come forward unless a new spiritual treasure-level mutated magic weapon was born in the heavens, or if there was an elixir of the fifth level or above.
The reason for this is that there has never been a sixth-level elixir in the entire Sky City since the death of the fifth-level mysterious medicine king more than a thousand years ago.
However, just a few decades ago, it was said that the top disciple who studied under that Medicine King suddenly had an epiphany and became a new generation of Xuan-level Medicine King.
Therefore, the only Xuan-level medicine king in the entire heaven became the great enshrinement of the Martial Arts Hall. From then on, the alchemist community in the Sky City respected the Martial Arts Hall and accepted its orders. Otherwise, they would be severely punished. Severe suppression.
These are what Yunyan heard from all over the auction city in the past ten days. Although the content is not entirely true, it is also very novel to Yunyan.
Just as the two of them were approaching the auction house, Yun Yan suddenly noticed someone peering at him. However, when he turned around and scanned the surroundings, he didn't find anyone suspicious.
Zhou Ying asked suspiciously upon seeing this.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, maybe I'm worrying too much."
Zhou Ying knew that with Yun Yan's cultivation level, if he noticed something strange, there would definitely be no problem. However, they were now on a crowded street and it was not convenient to discuss the matter too much.
So, she took Yun Yan's arm and walked quickly to the auction house. However, just after they left the place, a pair of sharp eyes appeared under the eaves not far away.
After entering the auction hall, a middle-aged man with a kind face hurried forward to greet Yun Yan and Zhou Ying.
I saw him clasping his fists to the two of them respectfully and saying.
"You two, please follow me into the VIP Accommodation."
Zhou Ying nodded lightly when she saw this.
"Please lead the way."
Then, she and Yun Yan followed the middle-aged man towards the second-floor attic. After they entered the VIP room and sat down, the middle-aged man stepped forward and whispered in Yun Yan's ear.
"Master Su has already told me that if you need anything, young master, just send a message to me. I will be waiting outside the door."
In order to avoid Zhou Ying's misunderstanding, Yun Yan simply nodded, and the middle-aged man withdrew from the Accord after accepting the order.
At the same time, Yun Yan noticed that this was not the only room on the second floor of the Accord. Instead, there were no fewer than a dozen rooms evenly arranged around the circular auction table located in the central hall on the first floor.
There are already people seated in seven of the Accords. Due to the wider view on the second floor, the entire auction hall can be seen.
But at this moment, Yun Yan suddenly noticed a very strange soul power fluctuation coming from the accommodation directly opposite their location.
As a result, Yun Yan couldn't help but turn his eyes to the other side, and he found that the other side turned out to be a noble lady with unfathomable cultivation.
Judging from her appearance, she can be regarded as a rare beauty, and it is not difficult to find from her every move that this woman's identity must be extraordinary.
However, what made Yun Yan feel uncomfortable was not that the other party was so rudely probing his cultivation, but that the lady's eyes were full of wanton provocation when she looked at him.
Yun Yan didn't know the details of this lady, but since she was already married to a famous woman, why would she unabashedly flirt with a strange young man in such a public place.
Could it be that no matter who he is in the heaven, as long as he is strong enough, he can ignore all rules and constraints and do whatever he wants at will.
Of course, this also includes the woman who is looking at Yun Yan with unsatisfied interest. Perhaps in her opinion, this extremely beautiful and elegant young man is her next target.
However, she may not have imagined that in Yun Yan's view, although she was still somewhat beautiful, compared with Su Xuan, who was famous in the heavens, she was nothing more than the gleam of a firefly compared to the bright moon in the sky, and could not be compared to the same.
The only thing that troubled Yun Yan was that this woman's cultivation seemed to be much higher than hers.
Although she did not deliberately show off her cultivation, with Yun Yan's keen perception, he was certain that this woman must have a martial heart, which meant that her cultivation had exceeded the fifth level of martial arts.
At the same time, he also gradually sensed that the guests in several other rooms were quite powerful. They must have been prestigious forces in the heaven.
From this point of view, the rumors about bidding transactions in the auction city are correct at all. This auction event has indeed attracted many strong people.
But while Yun Yan was secretly observing the situation around her, Zhou Ying on the side reached out to touch Yun Yan's elbow and whispered to him.
"Have you seen the woman opposite? She is Meng Zirou from the upper realm force Liuli Illusion. I heard that she has been practicing for nearly two hundred years since she broke through the fourth level of martial arts, but her cultivation has never improved, so she married as a woman. , and left Liuli Illusion."
Yun Yan was also very interested in Zhou Ying's sudden mention of Meng Zirou's past, because he knew that Meng Zirou's current cultivation level was no longer at the fourth level of martial arts as Zhou Ying said.
Therefore, he couldn't help but ask softly.
"Didn't you notice that her strength has improved?"
Zhou Ying was surprised when she heard this.
"Could you be able to sense her current cultivation level?"
"At least not lower than the fifth level of martial arts, and possibly even higher."
"It turns out you can really detect her cultivation."
Zhou Ying couldn't help but become curious about Yun Yan's cultivation.
"Why are we in the same realm, you can sense her cultivation, but I can't?"
"Uh... maybe it's because my ability to sense life souls is a little sharper than yours."
In fact, Yun Yan just couldn't admit it. In fact, it was because Meng Zirou deliberately released her soul power to explore his cultivation level, but instead he caught the aura of Meng Zirou's martial arts heart.
However, Zhou Ying did not dwell on this issue anymore, because she just felt that Meng Zirou's eyes stayed on Yun Yan for too long.
The woman's intuition told her that Meng Zirou had thoughts about Yun Yan. Although she had no ability to stop Meng Zirou from doing so, she had to remind Yun Yan to be careful about this married woman.
Of course Yun Yan understood Zhou Ying's little thoughts, so he turned his attention to the Accord next to Meng Zirou and asked Zhou Ying.
"Who are they? Why does one of these three people not even break through to the martial arts realm?"
Following Yun Yan's line of sight, Zhou Ying saw three richly dressed and extraordinary young people.
Just as Yun Yan said, the young man sitting among the three of them has the lowest cultivation level. Judging from the thin soul power emanating from him, this young man should only have the strength of the peak of the Star Realm.
However, Zhou Ying speculated from the clothes and weapons they wore that these people might be from the Sixth Heavenly Force, Raging Flame City, because their swords and cuffs were all printed with the same flame symbol.
"I heard from my elder brother before that the Raging Flame City in the Sixth Heaven is good at refining weapons. Looking at the flame marks on the three of them, I guess they should all be disciples of the Raging Flame City.
Moreover, the young man with the lowest cultivation level is most likely a weapon refiner, and his weapon refinement skills are even better than Zhu Liren's. "
Hearing this, Yun Yan suddenly remembered something about the art of refining weapons, and just listened to what he said silently.
"It seems that it is true that the level of weapon refining is not limited by one's own cultivation level. In this case, I am a bit underestimating myself."
Zhou Ying did not understand the true meaning of Yun Yan's words. She just thought that Yun Yan was a little surprised after meeting the high-level weapon refiner.
So, she continued.
"Besides them, there seem to be two senior executives from Tianque. Although I don't know who they are, the Accord room facing the auction stage has always been blocked by gauze curtains. Maybe they don't want to show up yet. .”
Only then did Yun Yan notice that the Accord that Zhou Ying was talking about had indeed revealed no information at all from the beginning to the present.
And when Yun Yan was not sure about the truth of the other party, he did not dare to release his soul power at will to spy on what was going on in the Accord.
But just as he was talking to Zhou Ying, Zhu Liren appeared on the auction table in the center of the hall. He looked around, bowed respectfully to everyone present, and then said loudly.
"I announce that this year's bidding event in Auction City will now officially begin!"
Some people died, but not completely...
