Chapter 2779: A Terrifying Thought

m followed two middle-aged men in their forties and fifties. Although they didn't look as tall and imposing as ordinary bodyguards, they exuded a powerful aura throughout their bodies. They were undou...Ye Bufan's heart was already in turmoil, but his face remained calm as still water.

He shifted his gaze to the side, acting like any other cultivator around him, seemingly here for a casual stroll and oblivious to the hidden secrets this plaza concealed.

Meanwhile, his mind raced. It would take three days for him to fully refine this space-world, and the Appraisal Conference was also scheduled for three days.

That is to say, by the time the appraisal meeting ended, or even before it was completely over, this small world had already fallen completely under the control of the city lord.

Walking down the street, he could clearly feel that there were many more people here than before. These were all cultivators who came to participate in the Treasure Appraisal Conference.

According to what he knows now, Paradise Island holds an appraisal conference every so often, and it never raises any suspicion from others.

And this is absolutely fair and just for cultivators, treating demon cultivators, ghost cultivators, and demon beasts equally.

Although transactions involving things like alchemy furnaces and primordial spirits might seem evil to outsiders, they are perfectly normal in the eyes of cultivators.

From previous experiences, it can be seen that Paradise Island has been painstakingly managed for so many years in order to give everyone a fair impression.

He couldn't figure out the mayor's purpose before, but now he knows. It was to attract more people here.

Let's use a different analogy. The city lord is like a fisherman, and fairness and justice are his bait. His goal is to catch as many fish as possible.

When the little world of space has been completely refined, that will be the day he retracts his net.

When the Treasure Appraisal Conference is over, both the lives of these cultivators here and their treasures will become the property of the city lord.

What a huge conspiracy, what a deep scheming, what a hidden personality.

As the saying goes, "a thought can lead to a dreadful fear," although Ye Bufan had not yet met the Lord of the City, he couldn't help but feel a surge of fear in his heart.

This person is truly terrifying. To have been scheming all this for a millennium is beyond comprehension.

He stayed here for about a quarter of an hour. Although his eyes didn't look over, his divine sense had already thoroughly examined the refining formation from beginning to end.

And the four law enforcement officers guarding here, although they looked imposing, had only the cultivation of the Great Perfection Stage and were completely unaware of his divine consciousness seeping in.

Ye Bufan sighed inwardly, no wonder that for so many years, no one had discovered that this place was refining the entire space. The formation was simply too cleverly arranged.

This formation is a genuine ninth-order array, and on the outside, there's also a hidden ninth-order array set up.

Two formations superimposed on each other, if it were just an ordinary ninth-order array master, unless they came with a purpose, they would be completely unable to discover the secrets within.

Even if it were oneself, without the cultivation of the array formations on Panlong Island to elevate one's mastery to its peak, it would be difficult to see through the arrangements here.

Now that I understand everything, the next step is figuring out how to deal with it.

With his current mastery over formations, he could have easily manipulated them in the past to refine them according to his own desires.

But the problem was that he couldn't get close at all. Although the four Mahayana cultivators couldn't stop him, everything was bound to be under the surveillance of that city lord.

Now is the time to pull in the nets, and I'm sure they will be watching closely. They won't allow anyone to disrupt things.

Based on what we know before, the City Lord is a strong fighter at the late stage of crossing the tribulation, and this is within someone's spatial small world.

Once discovered, the consequences will be dire.

As such, Ye Bufan not only dared not approach, but even dared not stay here for too long. He soon left with the crowd.

He walked down several bustling streets before returning to the inn where he was staying. At this point, he already had a basic plan in mind.

If he could leave Paradise Island before completely refining himself in the small world, he wouldn't care about what happened here.

After all, there are too many things happening in the cultivation world, and it's not something he can fully control. All he needs to do is protect his friends and family, and then return to Earth as soon as possible.

As for what exactly happened in the Yao Ming Sea and what that city lord was planning, it had nothing to do with him.

If he couldn't get the Hegemon Herb and Immortal Jade Flower before then, he would have to find another way. He absolutely wouldn't let the other party completely control his fate.

He rested at the inn for a night and the next morning, he came to the previous market square according to the invitation's location.

This is the largest trading hub on the entire Paradise Island. It was completely cleaned out a day before and transformed into the venue for this Appraisal Conference.

At this moment, the place is swarming with law enforcement officers. The security measures are clearly a hundred times stricter than before.

Ye Bufan came to the door and presented the invitation, then went into the main hall.

Actually, you can enter even without an invitation, but you'll have to pay an extra spirit stone.

Moreover, those who receive the invitations here are not ordinary. They hold positions of power and privilege exceeding that of common cultivators.

After entering, Ye Bufan began to wander around. According to the arrangement of the Appraisal Conference, there would be a total of three days here.

The first two days were open trading, where each cultivator could set up a stall here with their admission ticket and sell any treasures they wished to trade.

You can choose Spirit Stones, or barter for them.

It wasn't until the third day that the auction hosted by Paradise Island officially began, and it was only then that one could see the treasures mentioned on the invitations.

And the auction will not accept spirit stone transactions, only bartering. Use your treasures to exchange for treasures from Paradise Island.

The lord hiding behind, purpose was to get everyone to take out their treasured possessions and in the end seize them all for himself.

On the first day, he wandered aimlessly inside the main hall.

Here, it's simply too vast. There are tens of thousands of cultivators setting up stalls, and each one sets up a prohibition. It's impossible to forcibly probe with spiritual power.

That was also the reason why he spent a whole day going through everything everyone had taken out, although he did buy a few rare spiritual herbs, his harvest wasn't very significant.

He wanted the Emperor Grass, Fairy Orchid, and Soul Returning Grass, but he didn't see any shadow of them here.

But thinking about it, it's normal. Emperor Grass and Xian Qiong Flower are extremely rare top-grade spiritual herbs after all. It's normal that Heaven Island would use them as treasures to be auctioned off at the auction. Ordinary people definitely wouldn't have a chance to possess them.

The cultivators who come here may inevitably have some rare treasures in their hands, but they will not take them out to trade beforehand.

We will have to wait until tomorrow's swap meet to exchange items for the treasures I had my eye on at this auction.

Through a day's observation, he got a clear understanding of the situation here. The entire hall was covered by a surveillance formation, and every move of everyone was under the watchful eyes of Heaven Island.

Here, transactions still adhere to the principles of fairness and justice. Generally speaking, no one dares to force a transaction.

But there are exceptions. Some people with extremely powerful backgrounds don't need to coerce at all; the other party, intimidated by their power, can only sell at a low price.

For example, this burly one-eyed man, who stands well over two meters tall, strides aggressively towards a stall.

The person offered just an inferior spirit stone, when the spirit grass was clearly marked at ten thousand superior spirit stones.

And the other party didn't dare to say anything, they could only obediently hand over the spirit grass to him.

The Great Han let out a smug snort, turned around and walked away, going to find the next prey. Xiaqing had a simple mind and couldn't think of too many things, nor was she bothered to. She just held her game console, playing it while following Ye Bufan.After everyone left the city, they walked...