The prisoner jumped in shock, thinking something was wrong with his body.
But after checking, he found nothing wrong with his body?
A flicker of confusion crossed his eyes.
Soon.
The confused gaze turned into bewilderment, and from bewilderment into a daze.
The prisoner slowly crawled on the ground, using all fours to move around the cell in a haphazard manner.
His movements were eerily like some kind of crawling creature...
He occasionally uttered meaningless syllables from his mouth.
"Oh, hehehe..."
"It's getting cold, time to build a nest."
"Oh, hehehe..."
...
His commotion quickly attracted the jailer.
"What the hell are you doing?" the jailer grumbled, approaching the cell door.
The jailer looked inside, puzzled.
The prisoner was lying quietly asleep in the cell, and there was no disturbance.
"Did I hear wrong?" the jailer muttered, turning away.
As soon as the jailer left, the prisoner's eyes snapped open.
He then continued to crawl around the cell, building his nest haphazardly, but this time without making any noise.
...
Great Ling Kingdom.
Luoxing City.
Ye Fan and Liang Rujing had inquired everywhere, but they could not get any news about the person from the book.
Ye Fan sighed in frustration.
It seemed that the person either died or had left Luoxing City.
"Brother Ye?" Just as Ye Fan was feeling down, a shout came.
Ye Fan looked in the direction of the sound.
"It's you?"
Isn't this the guy who was so rich and ostentatious that they met in the great tomb before?
He remembered that this guy had always wanted him to be his subordinate back then.
"Brother Ye, what a coincidence!" Bu Queqian walked up happily, "I was planning to go to Great Liang Kingdom to find you, but I didn't expect to run into you here!"
"Brother Bu, long time no see." Ye Fan replied politely.
"Brother Ye, are you here for the Luoxing City auction too?" Bu Queqian said enthusiastically, "If you see anything you like later, just say the word, and brother will help you bid for it!"
Ye Fan had heard a little about the auction in Luoxing City, but he wasn't interested.
"Don't be shy, brother isn't short of money!" Before Ye Fan could refuse, Bu Queqian pulled him towards the auction house.
Ye Fan thought about it and didn't refuse.
His clues about the abyss were broken, and he hadn't decided where to go next.
Might as well go to the auction and watch the fun.
"Let me tell you, don't look at Luoxing City being small, but this auction house has a big background!" Bu Queqian said as they walked, "This is a branch of the Sacred Land Auction House in Luoxing City. You might find some good stuff."
After listening to Bu Queqian's explanation, Ye Fan understood the general idea.
Simply put, there was a powerful entity called the Sacred Land, and countries like Great Liang and Great Ling were under its jurisdiction.
More directly, it was the largest main city after leaving the新手村 (beginner's village)...
Originally, Ye Fan wouldn't have been able to enter without an invitation, but after Bu Queqian showed his VIP card, all that became irrelevant.
Although there was still some time before the auction started, the venue was already full.
However, for Bu Queqian, this was not a problem at all.
As a nouveau riche, he definitely had a VIP private room.
Bu Queqian's private room was over a hundred square meters, and its decoration was incredibly opulent—reeking of money!
Several scantily clad women served fine wine and snacks, attending to everyone as they sat down.
This scene made Ye Fan feel as if he had returned to some kind of high-end club...
Before long, the auction officially began.
The auction included antiques, calligraphy, and paintings, as well as magical treasures and elixirs used by cultivators.
Ye Fan naturally had no interest in these items.
If he really wanted them, he had plenty in his ring.
Bu Queqian, on the other hand, was watching with great interest and soon bid on a pile of miscellaneous items.
"Brother Ye, if you see anything you like, don't hesitate to ask."
After bidding for another item, Bu Queqian spoke.
Ye Fan hadn't bid on anything since the beginning, and he thought Ye Fan might be embarrassed to speak due to lack of funds.
"Brother Bu, don't worry about me." Ye Fan smiled politely, "I'm not interested in these things."
The guards accompanying Bu Queqian quickly put a hand to their foreheads...
Your Highness, are you out of your mind?
Didn't Senior Ye show such ferocity in the great tomb last time? How could he be interested in these things?
Please, stop courting death, we're scared...
First floor hall.
A scantily clad maid walked onto the auction stage with a tray.
"This is a defensive magical treasure." The auctioneer gently lifted the red cloth, took out a exquisite jade pendant from the tray, and said, "It can withstand a full-power strike from anyone below the Void Refinement stage!"
"Furthermore, this magical treasure can automatically absorb true qi to recover its energy." The auctioneer held up the jade pendant, indicating, "With it, you can enjoy this life-saving measure once every day!"
"Wow—!"
The venue immediately erupted!
Magical treasures that could defend against attacks below the Void Refinement stage were already rare, and those that could be used repeatedly were even rarer!
The highest cultivators present were only at the Void Refinement stage, so this item was simply a treasure for them!
After all, battles between cultivators were generally confined within the same realm, and no one would be foolish enough to provoke a powerful figure of a higher realm.
With this item, it was equivalent to having an extra life!
"Mr. Zheng." someone asked, "What do the two symbols on the bottom right of this protective charm mean? I have some knowledge of formations, and these two symbols don't look like part of a formation at all."
His question immediately piqued the curiosity of others.
Whether they understood formations or not, everyone looked at the auctioneer.
"This jade pendant was personally authenticated by Mr. Wu, and its effectiveness is absolutely guaranteed." The auctioneer smiled politely, "Mr. Wu speculated that these two symbols might be the signature or mark of the artificer."
"Mr. Wu?!"
Another exclamation came from the crowd.
This Mr. Wu was the chief appraiser of the Sacred Land Auction House, and he had unexpectedly come to the Luoxing City branch?
But that wasn't important.
What was important was that since Mr. Wu said there were no problems, then there were definitely no problems!
If those two symbols were like text or marks, they were likely ancient characters that had long since vanished.
"The starting bid for the jade pendant is 1 low-grade spirit stone." The auctioneer placed the jade pendant back on the tray, picked up the small hammer, and tapped it, "Esteemed guests, you may now begin bidding!"
"Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones!"
"You want to get such a treasure for ten thousand? I bid fifty thousand!"
"One hundred thousand!"
...
The guests, with red eyes, began to bid frantically.
Second floor private room.
Ye Fan frowned, looking at the jade pendant on the auction stage.
He was too familiar with this jade pendant!
Because this thing was made by his own hands!
To be precise, it was made by a past incarnation of himself!
Those two so-called ancient characters were actually simplified versions of his name.
Having transmigrated a hundred times, the characters in each life would have slight variations.
Only these simplified characters had never appeared before!