Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

Chapter 1114: Crisis Comes Again

"According to what we have learned, the scale of this auction will be unprecedented compared to the past. Both the items prepared for auction and the number of participants will be much higher than in the past." The three of them had already flown to the central area of ​​the market town. They could clearly see the huge Taixuan Palace at the end of their sight. After landing, Xiao Yunqing suddenly gave a reminder.

"But what happened?" Mo Juren's heart moved, and he asked back.

"Friend Mo is very sharp-minded and guessed the key point immediately." Xiao Yunqing nodded and gave an explanation.

“This is a long story. It all started three years ago when an elder from the Red Flame Sect went deep into the Ten Thousand Fires Abyss to collect resources and accidentally discovered an ancient secret realm.

The level of that secret realm was extremely high, and it was simply not something that a single sect could control. Even all the high-level members of the Red Flame Sect were unable to break the restriction at the entrance.

There was no other choice but for the Chiyan Sect to inform His Majesty the Saint Emperor of the situation. Afterwards, the human race’s top leaders sent a large number of powerful men to jointly explore this secret realm.

According to reliable information, the exploration was completed half a month ago, and the harvest was very fruitful. Some of the resources and treasures will appear in this auction. "

"So that's it!" Mo Juren suddenly understood. He had naturally heard of the great reputation of 'Wanhuoyuan'. Like Tiansha Valley, it was one of the ten forbidden areas in Fengyuan Continent.

The Wanhuoyuan is vast in area and is shrouded in endless "poisonous flames of the soul" all year round. It is an extremely dangerous place. Unless there are corresponding means of restraint, even the powerful ones in the refining and fusion realms dare not go deep into it for too long.

It is conceivable that an ancient secret realm actually appeared in a forbidden area like Wanhuoyuan, which is definitely not simple, and the resources it possesses are even more unimaginable.

Now that the secret realm has been explored by the human race's top leaders, not only have they reaped rich rewards, but part of it is also going to be auctioned off. This is a really great thing!

He participated in the auction this time in order to collect more resources. Wouldn't this be a perfect opportunity to catch up?

What is particularly crucial is that he came well prepared today and has no shortage of spirit stones. He will certainly be able to "show off his skills" later.

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but start looking forward to it.

As they were talking, the three of them had already reached the entrance of Taixuan Palace.

Just as Xiao Yunqing said, the scale of this auction will be unprecedented. Just at this moment, there are many powerful people in the Void Refinement Realm among the participants who are entering the hall one after another.

"As far as I know, you seemed to have just arrived in Tianyuan City three months ago. Have you ever entered the Taixuan Palace?" At this moment, Xiao Yunhuang on the side suddenly asked.

"Not yet." Mo Juren shook his head slightly, then looked at the other party and asked meaningfully,

"By the way, you seem to know a lot about my situation. You even know the exact time when I arrived at Tianyuan City. What else do you know besides this?"

"I know a lot. What's the matter? Is there a problem?" Xiao Yunhuang obviously realized that she had spoken out of turn and revealed that she had investigated the other party. However, she was only instinctively panicked for a moment and immediately returned to normal.

"Just asking casually, don't take it seriously." Mo Juren laughed in silence. It was obviously the other party's fault and he was right, but it was completely useless.

It turns out that you can't reason with a woman, especially one like Xiao Yunhuang who has an obviously willful personality. It's meaningless.

On the contrary, Xiao Yunqing, who was standing by, saw this and quickly explained apologetically:

"Don't blame me, Fellow Daoist Mo. We didn't deliberately investigate you. We just need you to become a protector, so we must learn more about you. Please forgive me for any abruptness."

"It doesn't matter. These are not secrets. We will know them sooner or later." Mo Juren shook his head slightly and stopped dwelling on the matter. He changed the subject directly.

"Speaking of the Taixuan Palace, this is indeed my first time here and I have never been inside. Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

“Under normal circumstances, we do need to be careful. After all, there are both humans and demons in the palace. The two sides can trade with each other, but conflicts are absolutely not allowed.

But today is different. The auction is held in a special venue in Taixuan Palace, not the hall where the two sides trade. In addition, only humans will participate, and the demons will not participate, so there will be no conflict! "Xiao Yunqing explained softly.

"Is that so?" Mo Juren nodded. He had known about these situations for a long time, so he didn't pay too much attention to them and didn't ask any more questions. He then walked forward with the two women.

When they reached the entrance of the palace, Xiao Yunqing took the initiative to step forward and whispered something with the guards there. Then he paid a large sum of spirit stones in exchange for three jade pendants.

"This is a light-blocking pendant that can conceal auras..." Xiao Yunqing took the initiative to explain as she handed over the jade pendant. Of course, she was mainly speaking to Mo Juren. She and her sister knew everything clearly.

After taking the jade pendant, Mo Juren was also a little curious. He tied it directly around his waist. He was immediately wrapped in a hazy white light and his figure was completely obscured.

It is indeed worthy of being a top-notch product, the effect is indeed extraordinary.

The three of them followed the crowd and soon entered the gate one after another.

At this time, about a few hundred feet away from the entrance of the hall, inside a seven-story teahouse, at the window of a room on the top floor, a figure was standing there.

He looked like a young scholar, but he had delicate features and a feminine temperament. At this moment, he was waving a folding fan in his hand, looking at the entrance of Taixuan Hall with a half-smile, muttering to himself,

"Sly little fellow, I finally caught you!"

……

The three of them entered the gate and immediately walked into a winding and rugged corridor. In the middle, there were two paths that led to the dark sides respectively.

"Go left!" Xiao Yunqing was obviously very familiar with this place. She immediately gave a reminder and then went straight to the path on the left.

Mo Juren and Xiao Yunhuang looked at each other, and without hesitation, they followed closely.

The three of them walked forward in the darkness for about a meal's time, and finally reached the end. They could clearly see that there was an extremely spacious hall in front of them.

However, as soon as the three of them walked into the entrance and Mo Juren was about to look around, he unexpectedly saw a formation suddenly activated under his feet. With flashes of white light, the three of them disappeared.

"This is..." The white light dissipated and Mo Juren regained his sight. Only then did he realize that he was actually inside an independent dark stone house.

As for the two women, they were not around at the moment.

He immediately understood that the two women had been teleported away separately just like him.

Only then did he begin to observe the situation of the stone house. The space was not large, only about ten feet square, with walls on three sides and one side wide open, so he could directly see the situation outside.

The stone house was simply furnished. Apart from a jade table, a bamboo chair, and a red ritual plate on the table, there was nothing else.

Looking out through the open side, I found that there were quite a few similar stone houses, nearly a thousand of them, densely packed and crisscrossed in the low sky over a hundred feet high, like a series of flying stone houses.

The surfaces of these stone houses were flickering with faint blue runes, and each was quite far apart, like blue sky lanterns hanging in the low sky, mysterious and extraordinary. Mo Juren could clearly sense that there were extremely complex restrictions in the stone house, which not only allowed it to float in the air, but also blocked the prying of divine thoughts. Coupled with the light-blocking pendant he wore, there was absolutely no problem with confidentiality.

He was very satisfied with this, and then walked to the table and sat down, continuing to look at the situation outside the venue.

This is a huge hall, pitch black and dim. You can vaguely see several moonstones the size of heads placed around the auction table in the center, but they are not lit.

The entire hall is extremely large, with a radius of more than a thousand feet, so it can accommodate so many blue stone houses. If all of them are full, the number of participants will also be close to a thousand.

You should know that the participants of this auction are all cultivators above the Spirit Transformation Stage, and there are also quite a few in the Void Refinement Stage. Such a large number of high-level cultivators is already a very rare scale.

If it were in the past, he would have been shocked. However, after participating in the "Ten Thousand Treasures Conference" in Xuanwu Realm, the scale of the event before him seemed a bit ordinary.

The participants of the Wanbao Conference at that time were also all above the Spirit Transformation Stage, but their number was ten times that of the one here. There were also those at the Void Refinement Stage and the Fusion Stage everywhere, which was far from comparable to the one in front of him.

But it is understandable. The Wanbao Conference is only held once every thousand years, bringing together most of the top figures from the three realms and seven places, as well as the human and demon races. The auction in front of them is held once every ten years, so naturally they cannot be at the same level.

The only pity was that when he was in Jiuxian Mountain before, he was still being "held hostage", and he did not have much capital, so even if he participated in the conference, the final gains would be limited.

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Such a long time had passed, but Hua Qingyao still hadn't shown up. She should have given up, right?

But then I thought about it and felt that it was unlikely. Who knows what that woman is thinking? Maybe she is waiting somewhere in Tianyuan City.

After all, I got the wolf tooth pendant relatively late, so I couldn't hide the direction of my escape. With the other party's intelligence, it should be no problem for him to guess my final destination.

At most, it has only been about three months since I arrived in Tianyuan City. Even if the other party wants to give up, they won't do it so quickly.

When he thought of this, he instinctively shuddered in his heart.

I have been a little careless recently and have not been vigilant enough when walking outside. If I am not careful, I might really be found by the other party.

The good thing is that the woman's reputation among both humans and demons is not very good, and she has even been hunted down by the Sky Fox King, so she doesn't dare to reveal her identity easily.

Even if we come to Tianyuan City, we can only search slowly through other methods. Otherwise, if we directly enter Yuque Pavilion to check the information, we would have found him long ago.

Since it has not appeared until now, it probably has not been done.

Tianyuan City is so huge, and the number of humans and demons is countless. It is not easy to find him from the vast crowd by other means.

Besides, unless he had something to do, he would hardly stay in the city, so the chances of meeting the other party were even smaller.

"I hope it's the same as I thought!" Mo Juren sighed, constantly analyzing the current situation in his mind.

This is Tianyuan City. As the front line against alien races, its status is extremely special. As a Qingming Guard, I have obtained an official identity, and the other party will not mess around.

Of course, this is just one of the reasons. I am no longer the same person I used to be. I have the support of Master Lei Luo and even the senior from the Nine Saints Palace behind me.

Although these two levels of relationship are not solid, they will still make the other party feel cautious!

Thoughts were racing in his mind, and his originally anxious heart finally settled down a little. However, at this moment, he could no longer be as calm as before.

……

Time passed slowly, and as participants arrived one after another, the auction was finally about to begin.

Suddenly, a melodious bell sounded, and the hall door below, which had been wide open, made a dull creaking sound and then slowly closed again.

On the auction table, the moonstones that had been motionless were gradually lit up, emitting a faint and soft white light, instantly illuminating the surrounding area with unusual clarity.

But that’s all. Perhaps it was intentional. Other areas were still pitch black, which not only affected the vision but also gave people a sense of mystery.

At the same time, a formation seemed to start operating on the platform. With a flash of black light, an old man with red hair and dressed in a black brocade robe emerged.

“It’s actually Senior Tu!”

The moment the red-haired old man was seen, exclamations rang out from the stone houses everywhere. It was obvious that this man's appearance surprised most people.

Mo Juren was also very surprised. From the reaction at the scene, he could be sure that this person's identity was not simple!

His cultivation has surprisingly reached the late stage of Refining Void, and one can tell at a glance that he is a person who has been in a superior position for a long time. His aura inside and out is extraordinary, and no one knows who he is.

"My fellow Taoists, long time no see!" The red-haired old man smiled slightly. He did not have the airs of a powerful cultivator in the Void Refinement Realm at all. Instead, he had a warm face, and his every word and action gave people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze.

"The scale of this auction is unprecedented. I'm sure many people have guessed the reasons. As you all think, I won't go into details here. I'm supposed to host it myself. I guess everyone has no objection, right?"

"As the master of Firestone Island, you are far superior to us in terms of both cultivation and knowledge. It will be no problem for you to preside over this event in person..."

"That's true. Besides, everyone knows that you are an expert in alchemy, weapons, and formations. We all know everything about it, so why would we have any objections?"

"..."

"..."

Voices came from different stone houses, almost all of which were compliments, and hearing these words, Mo Juren couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

This old man is well-versed in elixirs, weapons, and formations. He is truly extraordinary!

However, he had no idea which sect this Fire Stone Island belonged to or where it was located. Could it be an island off the coast?