A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 511: Sea Abyss Demonic Beasts

“Isn’t this Fellow Daoist Xu? I heard you were heading back to Tianxing City, but still can’t teleport?” The woman’s voice was soft and sweet, extremely pleasant to hear.

Han Li, however, couldn’t help but furrow his brow slightly, smiling wryly in his heart.

It seemed that most female cultivators he met had practiced secret charming techniques. Although this woman’s charm was far weaker than that of Zi Ling or Yuan Yao, it was still easy to make some low-level male cultivators intoxicated and distracted.

Thinking this, Han Li swept his gaze around.

The brocade-clad burly man and Xu Yun remained expressionless, but the other men looked uneasy, their eyes unconsciously drifting over the woman repeatedly.

“These are some newly arrived fellow cultivators I brought along to show them around. As for heading back to Tianxing City, I don’t think we can leave anytime soon. Didn’t expect the rumors to be true — it looks like a fight is really about to break out over there,” Xu Yun said with some reluctance and resentment.

“Staying here isn’t bad either. If you leave, won’t I lose a customer?” The refined lady covered her lips with her hand, her bright eyes sparkling as she smiled sweetly. Her mature feminine allure made the black-faced cultivators not dare to blink. Even the two female cultivators blushed deeply.

“Madam Ming, these people were invited by me! Hurry and give me a token,” Xu Yun called out to the woman by name, somewhat displeased that she was openly using her charm on him.

“Hehe! Understood.” Madam Ming smiled lightly and glanced at Han Li and the brocade-clad burly man. Seeing their strong resolve, she withdrew her charm and transformed into an ordinary-looking woman.

The swift change made the others opposite them momentarily stunned, then awkwardly come to their senses.

Clap clap. She clapped her hands twice. From behind the screen, a young mortal woman stepped out.

“Take Immortal Master Xu to the auction room. The auction should have just started!” Madam Ming said coldly to the mortal woman, then tossed a jade-green token to Xu Yun.

Xu Yun took the token without even looking and followed the mortal woman through a side door.

Naturally, Han Li and the others followed closely behind.

The moment they passed through the side door, Han Li sensed a flicker of spiritual energy, as if they had entered some kind of restriction. His expression shifted slightly but soon returned to normal.

Their eyes brightened as they saw that behind the screen was a whole new world!

A long corridor, about two zhang wide, stretched out, transforming the stone house behind it into two sizable halls.

The hall on the left was spacious and bright, with several tall black stone pillars but no other obstructions. Inside, it was bustling with activity.

Nearly twenty to thirty cultivators were lined up in a long queue. Each cultivator, male or female, was accompanied by a young mortal woman.

Although some male cultivators ogled the scantily clad mortals with lustful eyes, at most they teased verbally, but none dared to make any physical moves. They seemed to fear something.

At the end of the line was a small room. The door gleamed with white light. Cultivators in line only needed to press their jade tokens against the door once to enter. However, only one person could enter at a time.

The right hall, in contrast, was completely covered by a faint blue light veil, making it impossible to see inside.

“This place is called Bright Pearl Pavilion. It specializes in buying the overseas harvests of cultivators and converting them into spirit stones. Or if something is valuable, it can be appraised and directly sent to auction. There are several similar establishments in this city, run by different factions. Each faction is backed by a nascent soul stage cultivator. Otherwise, in the lawless Outer Sea, no one could hold their ground,” Xu Yun explained.

“So many nascent soul cultivators! Could it be the Four Great Merchant Alliances?” The woman named Liu gasped in surprise and whispered.