Chapter 350: The Upcoming Auctions

After surviving the Nine Nine Immortal Tribulation, he disappeared without a trace. The story then moved directly to Xiao Ran and her companions opening the passage to the Divine Realm and entering it.

The leading cultivator became even more convinced that Xiao Shou possessed an extraordinary background.

How else could he immediately recognize who Tushan Shanhe was?

And why else would Senior Tushan Shanhe repeatedly instruct them to take especially good care of him? Yet there were still rumors claiming Xiao Shou was merely an orphan with no connection to the Upper Realm.

How ridiculous.

Keeping those thoughts to himself, he answered respectfully. "Senior Tushan Shanhe came here together with Senior Tushan Qing. Senior Tushan Qing became occupied with other matters and was unable to preside over the Heaven Origin Grand Competition or oversee the allocation of spirit veins. Therefore, he invited Senior Tushan Shanhe to take his place and supervise this year’s competition and the distribution afterward."

"I see." Xiao Shou nodded thoughtfully. So Tushan Shanhe had descended together with Tushan Qing.

But why?

Surely he was not here to hunt down Xiao Ran again.

No wonder Xiao Shou had felt that something was off back when he had visited the Immortal Palace in the Sunfall Domain. He had constantly felt as though another powerful presence was secretly observing everything.

At the time, he had dismissed it as his imagination. Now it all made sense. Still, those matters had nothing to do with him now.

Tushan Shanhe did not appear to harbor any ill intentions. Rather than worrying about that, Xiao Shou became interested in seeing the Holy City for himself.

The author of the original novel had devoted an entire Chapter to describing this place. This was where the World Core of the Heaven Origin Realm was located, the place where the world’s very origin had condensed.

As long as the Holy City remained intact, the Heaven Origin Realm would remain safe.

If this place were ever destroyed, the entire realm would perish along with it.

Because of that, the Nine Great First Rate Sects had jointly established the Holy City here and permanently stationed their core disciples to defend it.

Major organizations such as the Nine Treasures Pavilion, the Ten Thousand Wisdom Hall, and numerous great clans with connections to the Spirit Realm had either established their headquarters here or maintained extremely important strongholds within the city.

Without question, this was the true gathering place of the Heaven Origin Realm’s cultivators.

Even demonic cultivators and ghost cultivators regularly dispatched Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation experts to serve here as elders, guards, and officials. Naturally, their responsibilities depended entirely upon their strength.

This was a place where only power determined one’s status. The land within the Holy City was unimaginably expensive.

Its value could truly be described as every inch of land being worth its weight in gold.

Ordinary cultivators could not even afford to purchase something as small as a restroom here. Even the personal disciples of major sects found property within the Holy City far beyond their means.

Although ordinary cultivators could not afford to live here due to insufficient wealth, the commercial districts of the major powers were all located within the Holy City.

The auctions held periodically were events that cultivators simply could not bear to miss. Therefore, whenever major events such as the Heaven Origin Grand Competition or large scale auctions were held, cultivators from all over the Heaven Origin Realm would temporarily stay here for a period of time.

While recalling the original story and looking around, Xiao Shou discovered that the Holy City was indeed exactly as described in the book.

No.

It was even more lively than the descriptions.

It was rare for such a massive city to maintain such a bustling atmosphere.

Following the cultivator leading the way, Xiao Shou continued releasing his divine sense and observing everything around him.

He was extremely busy taking everything in.

Seeing that his master was interested, Fu Young immediately decided that once they had time, he would come out and buy everything his master liked.

Unfortunately, Xiao Shou had no idea that while he was happily observing the lively streets, the people around him were also secretly observing him. Countless divine senses flew back and forth as cultivators discussed him.

After all, he had just arrived by controlling an enormous battleship that passed straight through the city’s barrier. Not only had the city guards not attacked him, they had instead respectfully welcomed him inside.

Even more shocking was that such a gigantic battleship still had people standing aboard it. Yet with only a casual gesture, he had shrunk the entire ship.

A spatial flying spiritual treasure of such obvious power was something no cultivator could possibly ignore. Nor could they fail to care about it. For a time, everyone began discussing Xiao Shou, the Eternal Prosperity Sect, and the spatial flying spiritual treasure.

As the entire Holy City seemed to become even more lively.

Xiao Shou continued sweeping his divine sense around, constantly sensing everything within the Holy City.

He compared what he saw with the descriptions from the original story. The experience felt extremely interesting.

At that moment, the Terrestrial Fox Black Fire, which had once eaten its fill on Yingzhou Celestial Isle, suddenly released a vague thought.

There was something delicious nearby. Knowing that Terrestrial Fox Black Fire possessed an ability even more powerful than purification techniques, and that it showed no mercy toward truly unforgivable criminals, Xiao Shou immediately became cautious.

There might be cruel cultivators nearby who cared nothing about karma or the sins they had committed. He quickly suppressed the restless Terrestrial Fox Black Fire that wanted to emerge. Then he turned to the guard captain beside him and began asking questions.

From the guard captain’s explanation, Xiao Shou learned that there were still around ten days before the Heaven Origin Grand Competition began.

As for the many second rate sects, third rate sects, great clans, and independent cultivators that had arrived, they were not even worth mentioning.