Chapter 405 - Chapter 405: Chapter 105: Lot Number 1, Li Qingqing (2/2)

moreover, it seemed that no nascent soul cultivator had made a move yet; otherwise, it would not be certain whether little sparrow could escape.

there was also another matter that puzzled lin jing.

why would li qingqing appear here?

could it be that the nanming domain has already fallen entirely?

during this time, lin jing had been cultivating and had not inquired about any news from the nanming domain.

moreover, why was li qingqing captured, and where had elder master li and the other members of the li family gone?

lin jing didn’t know any of this.

and to unravel these mysteries, the only way was to rescue li qingqing before discussing further.

as the final auction item, rescuing li qingqing would not be an easy task for lin jing.

even if he wanted to win the bid for li qingqing, with the spirit stones on him, there might be some risk involved.

after thinking for a while, lin jing made a decision; one must always be prepared for every eventuality…

on one hand, he would attend the auction to see if he could win li qingqing. if successful, all would be well.

on the other hand, he also needed to prepare for the worst.

if he really didn’t have enough spirit stones to win the bid for li qingqing, he would have no choice but to take her by force…

however, before doing so, lin jing still needed to ascertain the situation.

afterward, lin jing headed towards the trading market.

soon, lin jing arrived at the entrance of the black shark auction house.

at this moment, the black shark auction house’s doors were tightly shut and not open to the public.

the auction hadn’t started yet, and the ‘auction items’ should currently be stored inside the auction house, inaccessible to anyone.

even though he couldn’t directly access them, lin jing still had other methods.

next, lin jing came to an uninhabited alley nearby the auction site, where he summoned the system, directly entering the system space.

upon entering the system space, lin jing summoned the system once more and then spoke:

“enter observation mode.”

it had to be said, observation mode was an indispensable and practical feature.

as lin jing finished speaking, the scene before his eyes began to change, and soon his perspective appeared high above the black shark auction house.

after entering observation mode, lin jing directly controlled the observation viewport and began searching.

this black shark auction house, when it came down to it, wasn’t very large; apart from the main auction hall at the front, there was just a moderately sized courtyard behind it.

in this courtyard, there were several rooms, and lin jing could clearly see that these rooms were all protected by formations, with several foundation establishment cultivators guarding the entrance to the yard.

and the ‘auction items’ prepared for sale were presently locked inside these rooms.

lin jing directly controlled the observation viewport to peer inside the rooms. though protected by formations, these formations were ineffective against lin jing’s observing perspective.

approaching one of the rooms, it was almost identical to the shop lin jing had previously visited.

it was simply a cage that locked up these ‘auction items’ prepared for sale.

lin jing controlled the observation viewport to explore inside the room.

soon, he found lin jue.

at that moment, lin jue was curled up in a corner of the cage, his gaze carrying traces of fear and worry. he was pursing his lips, looking towards the door.

his cage was completely trapped by a formation, and on his body, there were several talisman seals confining him.

this showed just how strict the black shark auction house was with their ‘auction items’.

lin jing then looked over lin jue’s body.

he seemed all right, apart from being bound up, and had no other injuries.

actually, it was a rule of black shark auction house that every ‘auction item’ prepared for sale was not allowed to have any injuries, naturally to fetch a better price.

only, lin jing wasn’t aware of this rule.

seeing that lin jue was unharmed, lin jing relaxed a bit.

then lin jing scanned around the room and saw many cultivators who were about to be auctioned off. most of them, like lin jue, were frightened and anxious.

after scanning the entire room, lin jing still did not find li qingqing.

it seemed that as the number one auction item, li qingqing’s treatment must have been different from the others.

therefore, lin jing continued controlling the observation viewport to scout out the other rooms.

after investigating two more rooms in succession, he still did not find li qingqing.

lin jing frowned, thought for a while, and then stopped the search, controlling the observation viewport to rise again above the auction house.

lin jing had apparently forgotten something during his previous search.

the main reason for auctioning li qingqing was certainly little sparrow.

according to the list, little sparrow should be at the golden core stage by now and be quite troublesome…

lin jing had already experienced little sparrow’s intelligence back in the nanming domain.

with several years of growth, lin jing estimated her intelligence would likely be even higher.

otherwise, she wouldn’t have attacked the black shark auction house several times without being captured.

so, if they wanted to catch little sparrow, she certainly wouldn’t be kept with the rest.

therefore, the place where li qingqing was detained must be more secure, and there would definitely be golden core cultivators, maybe even nascent soul cultivators, guarding it.

after observing the auction house area, lin jing’s gaze finally settled below the auction house.

the entire auction house was covered by an extremely powerful grand formation.

if there was a safest place, it could only be beneath the auction house.

after that.

lin jing controlled the observation viewport and delved beneath the auction house…