Following the roaring, stampeding crowd like two ghosts drifting through a storm, Shen Yu and Bai Ruolan made their way toward the grand central headquarters of the Golden Cauldron Merchant Union.
Long before they even reached the main gates, the surrounding avenues were already entirely choked with people.
Cultivators of all descriptions, wealthy merchant leaders in heavy silks, grim-faced rogue experts, and local clan elders with long flowing beards, were aggressively forcing their way toward the grand entrance.
The energy in the air was frantic, buzzing with an electric anticipation.
Because the union leadership meticulously planned for this massive influx of traffic, they hadn't just limited the event to a single pill release.
To maximize the psychological blow to the Cao Clan and extract every single spiritual stone floating around the city, they had transformed the sudden gathering into a surprise Grand Auction.
