"I checked, but it's not very useful."

Qi Manyao shook her head, picked up a piece of braised pork hock, put it in her mouth, chewed it twice, and then spit it out, finding it a bit fishy.

"What do you mean?"

"The Wan Jiao List has different rules for each event. Sometimes it's a one-on-one duel to determine the strongest, and sometimes it's a competition between different forces or countries.

Even more bizarrely, all the participants are thrown into the Barren Marshland to hunt fierce beasts. The more and stronger the fierce beasts they hunt, the higher their ranking.

The key is that mutual killing is not prohibited, and they are encouraged to snatch other people's spoils. This led to the cultivators having to face fierce beasts while being wary of human sneak attacks, resulting in heavy casualties."

"In this way, it's impossible to know what form this competition will take."

Wan Lei frowned slightly. He felt very uncomfortable with this feeling of being completely in the dark.

"That's right. The rules for each event are only announced just before the competition begins. Except for the nine heads of the nine peak forces, no tenth person will know.

But one thing is certain, and that is that the rules are always fair, or at least strive to be fair. After all, the disciples of those major forces have a natural advantage over others."

"What's the casualty rate?"

Wan Lei took a sip of wine. This was what he was most concerned about.

"Not too high, usually around ten percent. Even that time in the Barren Marshland, it was only twenty percent.

After all, those who are qualified to participate are the top young people in the entire Lei Feng Realm. They can't allow too many deaths and injuries among the strong rising seedlings; that would be destroying their own foundation."

Wan Lei nodded, picked up his chopsticks, and was about to feast when he found that the table in front of him was a mess.

"Damn it, you two could have left me some!"

For the next day and a half, they didn't go out again. Tian Suanzi and Sui Xiaohang didn't go looking for their cheap master either. The four of them found an inn and played cards for a day and a half.

They all knew that after the auction, Sui Xiaohang would follow Grandmaster Xuan Dan to the Central Region.

They didn't know when they would meet again in the future.

So they used this joyful way to spend their last moments together.

"What do you mean 'last moments'? It's like I'm about to die. Don't be smug. When I achieve great success in the Dao of pills in the future, you'll all kneel before me and beg me for pills."

Sui Xiaohang stood at the entrance of the inn, striking a super cool pose towards the morning sun.

"Sheng Bao Hall is in that direction, right?"

"It should be. This poor Daoist just did a divination, and it's over there."

"Do you even need to do a divination? The cultivation fluctuation over there is obviously higher than anywhere else in the city. They must be people going to the auction."

Hearing the voices getting farther and farther away from him, Sui Xiaohang reluctantly put away his pose, cursed these people for not knowing how to cooperate with his pretense, and hurried to catch up.

Sheng Bao Hall was located in the center of the city, not far from the Junshou Manor and not far from the inn where they were staying.

Normally, Sheng Bao Hall was a place that specialized in selling various high-level magical treasures and rare items, with a wide range of channels. When there were many precious things that couldn't be bought on ordinary days, they would hold an auction.

If there were few items, they would also specially purchase some things from other countries or even the Central Region to bring back for auction.

Things that were very common in the Central Region were treasures in this remote place.

This time, the number of people participating in the auction was particularly large.

First, it was rumored that a batch of pills had arrived from the Tian Dan Pavilion in the Central Region, including the Heqi Huying Pill (Harmonizing Qi Protecting Infant Pill), which immediately attracted the attention of all Jie Dan (Core Formation) cultivators in Qishan Prefecture and the surrounding areas.

Especially those Jie Dan (Core Formation) cultivators in the upper or peak levels, almost all of them had gathered here, wanting to buy a pill to escort their breakthrough to the Yuan Ying (Nascent Soul) stage.

Second, the registration for the Wan Jiao List also greatly attracted the Jie Dan (Core Formation) cultivators.

If Sheng Bao Hall attracted the old Jie Dan (Core Formation) experts who continued to break through their cultivation to increase their lifespan, then the Wan Jiao List attracted the young Jie Dan (Core Formation) cultivators.

Most of them were barely qualified to participate in the competition, mostly in the lower levels of Jie Dan (Core Formation).

They were full of hope, they were enthusiastic, wanting to win a place on the Wan Jiao List, but they saw Wan Lei's name on the registration book.

Wan Lei was like a mountain, pressing down on the heads of all the young people in Qishan Prefecture. If Wan Lei participated, there would probably be nothing for them, which made them start to retreat.

Then, the Jie Dan (Core Formation) cultivator at the registration office spared no effort to tout that more than eighty percent of those participating in the competition this time had Wan Lei's qualifications and cultivation, which completely scared them into retreat.

But, having come so far to the Prefecture City, they had to do something.

Since they were here, they might as well go to the auction to see.

When Wan Lei and his group arrived at the entrance of Sheng Bao Hall, they saw this scene of people thronging.

Fortunately, Sheng Bao Hall was super rich and had built its building very large, so it could barely accommodate so many people.

Wan Lei and the others waited in line for a long time, and finally paid the entrance fee of one hundred spirit stones per person at the door and received their number plates.

"Good heavens, just this entrance fee is enough for Sheng Bao Hall to earn tens of thousands of spirit stones! It's really ruthless. I also want to hold an auction."

Sui Xiaohang looked at the number plate in his hand and then at the dark crowd in front of him, his mouth constantly turning down.

"Collecting an entrance fee is also to prevent those who don't have money but want to watch the excitement from going in to cause trouble. After all, if they can't even bear the entrance fee, how could they sincerely want to go in and buy something?"

After Tian Suanzi finished speaking, he led the group to find their seats.

They left early in the morning, and it wasn't until noon that they finally sat in their seats.

Almost all the people outside had entered.

When it was exactly noon, the door of the auction house closed, and the lights in the entire sales floor turned on.

Maidens brought tea and refreshments to everyone participating in the auction.

Wan Lei took a sip, nodded, and said,

"Good tea."

What did he know? No matter how good the tea in the world was, it was like a cow chewing peony in his mouth.

"Good tea."

The three cows next to him nodded while chewing peony.

An old man walked onto the high platform in front. This man was the owner of Sheng Bao Hall.

Normally, the auctions were hosted by the respected shopkeepers in Sheng Bao Hall, but this time the owner personally came down, which showed how much importance was attached to this auction.

"Thank you all fellow Daoists for gracing my Sheng Bao Hall with your presence. This time, it can be called the auction with the most experts since my Sheng Bao Hall held auctions.

Everyone knows the rules of the auction. This old man won't waste any more words. I'm sure you're all impatient. Now, the auction begins."