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At noon, one by one, the cultivators returned from outside and it was time to eat. Low-ranking cultivators could not inculcate food and the food was provided by the post hall for free and tasted good.

Lin Xuan had finished eating early, and as he had nothing to do, he did not return to his room, but sat in the hall of the dining hall and drank tea.

On the one hand, he could kill time waiting for the afternoon trade fair to start, and on the other hand, people would recount their own experiences after tea, so it was easy to hear useful information in the dining hall if one was so inclined.

This is the first floor, and Lin Xuan is sitting at the *window*, his expression casual as he sips his tea, his head facing out of the window as if he is admiring the view, but in fact he is listening intently.

Although the sound was noisy, it was nothing to a cultivator with strong divine sense, and the other party could hear every word clearly as long as they were not using mana to transmit their voice.

"Hey, did you guys go to the auction this morning?"

A broken gong-like voice managed to catch the attention of the crowd, and Lin Xuan glanced back, it was a big, thick man, dressed in rough clothes, dressed as a casual cultivator.

"What, your old brother is also involved in the bidding?" A chubby teenager next to him interjected, full of admiration.

The big man's face flushed, "We, the casual cultivators, how can we have the strength to participate, I don't go over to see the fun."

"Oh." The crowd showed a look of originality and lost interest, drinking tea and eating.

"Hey, you guys, listen to me." The big man was obviously very expressive, and when he saw that the crowd was not paying attention to him, he became anxious, "Do you know that the items participating in the auction are the real treasures, this morning alone, three lower grade spirit weapons, two middle grade spirit weapons, and one upper grade spirit weapon have appeared."

At the mention of spirit weapons, the minds of the surrounding cultivators were drawn again, although spirit weapons were simple versions of magic treasures, they were also divine, and many Foundation Establishment cultivators did not have them either, and they, the casual cultivators at the Spiritual Movement stage, had even less need to be delusional.

Most of the people present had never seen one with their own eyes, but they had heard their elders describe the infinite power of spirit weapons.

"Hey, I didn't think there would really be spirit weapons on offer, if I had known I wouldn't have gone to the stalls and wandered around, I would have gone to the auction and watched, even though I couldn't afford it, but at least looking at it would have been an eye opener."

"Hmph, you think it's that easy to spectate, you have to pay a ticket for a Marrow Cleansing Pill to enter the auction." In the corner, an old man looking cultivator coldly said.

Hearing these words, the casual cultivators were dumbfounded, they had to pay one elixir even for spectating. At once, the crowd looked at the big man with wonderful eyes, some admiring, some despising, wasting precious elixirs for the sake of opening their eyes, the standard ingrate, the loser.

But whatever the psychology, the crowd became more and more interested in the spirit weapons, vying to be the first to inquire, while the big man froth at the mouth to explain.

"You guys are not seeing the power of the spirit weapon, just one strike, it smashed a 10,000 jin boulder into powder, and that's just the medium grade spirit weapon ..."

Not to mention, although this big man's character was a bit clamorous, he was still very eloquent, and with some descriptions, he had the crowd listening to him in a leisurely manner.

"So who got these spirit weapons?"

"Who else could it be, of course it was the powerful sects, not a single one of the medium and top grade spiritual artefacts was left behind, while the lower grade spiritual artefacts went to the wealthy cultivation families.

"That's right, not to mention that we don't have that many pills to bid on, even if we do buy it, it's still a hot potato, and we might even get killed."

This was a bit more blunt, but the truth was clear to everyone, so they sighed and their interest dropped, so much so that not many people listened to what the big man said later, that the treasures in the afternoon's auction were even more precious, and that there was a very high quality spirit weapon and a few precious beast eggs used by the real Ling Yun Sect leader.

Lin Xuan picked up his cup and used the tea to hide the smile at the corners of his mouth.

It was just that to fully utilise their power, one needed a spirit control technique, and thinking of this, Lin Xuan's determination to acquire a mid-grade technique became even more determined.

The atmosphere in the hall was clearly somewhat low, and just then, a cold remark reached his ears, "Hmph, in the eyes of those sects and cultivation clans, we casual cultivators are nothing, not to mention that there is no share in the auction, even the items brought out for trade are operated behind the scenes and are pre-ordered."

"Behind-the-scenes operation, pre-ordered?" The cultivators present were astonished, and Lin Xuan also kept his eyes open, looking over at the voice, which was none other than the old man who was drinking alone in the corner.

"Fellow Daoist, what did you mean by those words just now?" There was no need for Lin Xuan to open his mouth, and naturally, some curious cultivator would do it for him.

The old man took a sip of wine and didn't sell himself short: "The Ling Yun Sect has five mid-ranking techniques, and apart from the most precious Jade Cloud Technique being used for auction, the other four are all brought to the trade fair for sale."

The crowd nodded, it was mentioned in the introduction about the treasure trade fair inside the jade cylinder brief.

"But do you guys know that three of the four middle-ranked gong methods taken out here have already been reserved by cultivation families."

"Pre-ordering, isn't that against the rules?"

"Hmph, rules?" The old man laughed mockingly, "All of you who have come to the conference must not be newcomers to the cultivation world, when have you ever heard of the cultivation world having to follow the rules, if you want to be reasonable, will those sect families talk to you, it's still by virtue of their power that they are running amok."

The crowd was silent, all the people here were casual cultivators, they were usually bullied by sect families, but what could they do, this was supposed to be a world where people were conquered by force.

Even if they were unhappy with the operation behind the scenes, there was still nothing they could do.

"Book in advance if you want, anyway, those intermediate level gong methods, we cultivators at the Spiritual Movement stage won't be able to use them!"

"Fellow Daoist is right, there are few casual cultivators who can succeed in building a foundation, taking intermediate level merit methods to us is just waste."

"Right, what the heck, drink and drink."