In a room on the top floor of the auction house, an old man was sitting, seemingly resting with his eyes closed.
Just as the middle-aged man held the jade tablet in his hand, and then light suddenly burst out from under the carpet in the hall, the old man immediately sensed it and opened his eyes.
Then, as the old man waved his hand, mana surged out of his body, and he easily deployed a spiritual shield, firmly covering the entire hall.
In this way, it not only blocks the spiritual awareness of outside monks, but also prevents them from seeing what is happening inside.
What's more important is to completely block the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations caused by the middle-aged man.
Otherwise, with such a sky-high light, if it really penetrates, half of Zijin City will be able to see it.
Seeing that the hall was completely covered, the old man closed his eyes and rested again.
At this time, the sudden changes in the hall made all the female foundation-building cultivators who were admiring the auction items start to panic, not knowing what was going on.
"No, it's the formation!"
Only Song Wanzhen, the female cultivator in the late stage of foundation establishment, and a few others could remain calm and looked around to find the reason.
But when I saw the traces and sounds reflected on the ground, I knew that I had fallen into the formation.
Several people followed and prepared to try to see if they could open it, but they were wrapped in a solid white light and seemed to be restrained, unable to move at all.
At this moment, the roaring sound of the formation seemed to have reached its peak, and the dazzling light stung everyone's eyes, forcing them to close their eyes.
Then there was a flash of white light, causing a powerful wave of spiritual energy to form in the hall, which was then completely covered by the white light.
After a few breaths, as the white light gradually faded away, the roaring sound of the formation also stopped completely.
The hall once again returned to its original appearance, with only a little spiritual light flowing on the ground.
But the middle-aged man and the seven female cultivators who had just been standing in the center of the hall, completely enveloped by the power of the formation, suddenly disappeared and completely disappeared into the hall.
At the same time, the old man who was sitting quietly in the room on the roof opened the spiritual barrier that shielded the hall after realizing that the formation had stopped.
Then the old man seemed a little bored and raised his hand again, cast a spell, placed a protective shield in the room, closed his eyes and began to practice.
"Did it succeed?"
In a room on the podium next door, the famous young master of Cangshen Mountain, Meng Tu, was asking anxiously.
Yuan Li and several other people were sitting next to them. After hearing Meng Tu's words, they all looked at a man in unison.
In order not to arouse suspicion, Meng Tu and Yuan Li hid here and opened restrictions in the room to prevent others from seeing them.
But whether the strategy can really succeed, the layout of the auction venue takes up at least half of it, so Mengtu and others can't help but not worry.
"The barrier set up by the senior has disappeared, and there is no one in the hall at this time. It should be a success!" A man with the same cultivation level as the auctioneer used his spiritual consciousness to look in the direction of the hall and clicked lightly.
He nodded and said.
"It's good if you succeed. Let's go, let's destroy the traces as soon as possible, and then rush to the manor!" After saying this, Meng Tu got up and rushed over with everyone.
While Meng Tu and others were still waiting, a person wearing female cultivator's clothes quietly appeared near the hall, but judging from his movements, he was clearly a male cultivator.
The visitor gently opened the hall door and took a look inside, with a strange smile on his face. Then he quickly walked through the passage and entered the room further inside.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw that the shelves were filled with elixirs, magic weapons and weapon refining materials. I couldn't help but be overjoyed. I secretly thought that I was right, and I should make a fortune!
Then he quickly changed his clothes, and it turned out to be a male cultivator. He immediately stepped forward and started putting various things into the storage bag.
When he saw that almost everything on the shelves had been taken away, he quickly exited the room. After seeing that there was still no one in the passage, he once again showed an unclear expression on his face and left quickly.
Not long after this person left, Mengtu and others hurriedly entered the building and came to the hall.
When he saw with his own eyes that this place was empty, with only a trace of intense fluctuations of spiritual energy left, a look of ecstasy suddenly appeared on his face.
After thinking about it, Mengtu immediately turned around and said to the late-stage foundation-building monk: "Now that we have to rush to the manor, we have to trouble Master Lan to dismantle the teleportation array!"
The man surnamed Lan was specially invited to set up the teleportation array. After the teleportation was completed, it was his job to dismantle it. After hearing this, he nodded and said: "Okay, Mr. Mengtu can just go and leave this place to me."
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However, when Meng Tu Yuanli and the others entered the hall to check, a person following Yuan Li did not enter the hall, but walked straight to the room inside.
Originally this place was to be guarded by someone, but because today is a special day, the guard was temporarily dismissed.
Now that the matter is over, he plans to check it over before handing it over to the guards.
Then the man opened the door of the room that had just been visited and looked at the empty shelves inside. The man scratched his head and showed a confused look on his face.
"No, the goods were stolen!" The man reacted with a change of expression, and immediately turned around and ran toward the hall.
Meng Tu quickly arranged the aftermath of the dismantling of the teleportation array and immediately led Yuan Li and others out of the hall.
"Sir, no, the goods are lost!" The man who just ran over saw Yuan Li about to leave and said to Yuan Li hurriedly.
"It's lost! What's lost?" Yuan Li looked at his men.
"All the goods in the small warehouse are gone! It must have been unattended just now and someone broke in and stole it!" the man said.
At this time, Meng Tu didn't care at all about the lost goods. He was about to turn around and leave. When he heard the man's words, his expression suddenly changed and he stopped in his tracks.
"What! You said someone came in just now?" Mengtu asked the person with an ugly expression.
"It should be that, only for a period of time just now, all the guards here were evacuated." The man said firmly.
"No! Hurry! Do you know who has come in? Catch him quickly?" Meng Tu's face turned red and he shouted anxiously to Yuan Li.
Yuan Li woke up immediately and felt dizzy. One head seemed to grow into two.
Just when Yuan Li felt as if all his blood had been drained away, a few people came over in a hurry. They were the guards who had protected this place before.
One of the men who looked like a leader, when he heard that the goods were stolen, immediately stepped forward and said to Yuan Li: "Don't worry, sir, I can find the stolen goods!"
"Say, tell me quickly, how did you find it?" Yuan Li and Meng Turu were on the verge of despair when they suddenly met their savior. Their two pairs of eyes immediately stared at the guard leader.
"I have previously applied a powder to the packaging of several goods."
As he spoke, the guard leader lowered his head, took out a small bird with green feathers from a spirit animal bag hanging on his waist, and continued: "This bird can find lost goods based on the smell of powder."
"Okay, very good! Brother Yuanli, now I will go to the manor first, and you take them to find that person quickly, and then come to the manor." After hearing this, Mengtu immediately turned from surprise to joy and said.
He also handed over the few guards he brought with him to Yuan Li, making sure to catch the thief who might know their secrets.
"Okay, let's go our separate ways and finally meet up at the manor!" Yuan Li also knew that the other side of the manor was equally important, and immediately nodded in agreement.
A group of people hurried out and split into two groups. Montu boarded the carriage that had been prepared and ran towards the manor outside the city.
Yuan Li took the others and followed the little bird and began to track it. This chapter has been completed!