Chapter 400: Meeting Li Shushu Again

A dark hole suddenly appeared in the corner of the wall, and a staircase leading down came into Lu Li's sight.

The woman turned around and smiled, "Fellow Daoist, follow me."

Then she walked down the stairs. Seeing this, Lu Li hesitated for a moment and followed him. After he reached the bottom, he found that there was a long passage below.

The door at the end of the passage was open, and several figures could be vaguely seen sitting inside.

While walking, Lu Li asked curiously, "Why do you make the auction house so mysterious?"

The woman looked back at Lu Li and suddenly stopped, "Fellow Daoist, this is your first time here, so let me tell you about our rules here."

"Please speak?"

"We call it an auction here, but it's actually more like a trade fair, but it brings buyers and sellers together. Here, everyone can go on stage to auction their items, and they can also freely choose the trading method. For example, you can sell spirit stones or barter! We just provide a venue here."

Just provide a venue?

Lu Li was very surprised. He thought that this place would provide auction items like Wanbao Pavilion. Now it seems that they have to provide the auction items themselves.

But this is also good. I guess the items that appear will be more diverse.

Thinking of this, he said, "You are not doing this just to do good things, right?"

The woman smiled and said, "Of course not. We have another rule here. That is, for every successful transaction of an item, we will charge the seller 300 low-grade spirit stones as a platform fee. I believe you can understand this."

"Three hundred is not much."

Lu Li nodded, indicating that he could understand. After all, they still rely on this auction to survive. If there is no profit to be made, I am afraid no one would be willing to do such a thing.

It is not difficult for him to guess that the other party is so mysterious, probably to reduce expenses. If such a place is blatantly opened there, the City Lord's Mansion will definitely take a part of it.

Seeing that Lu Li had no objection, the woman took Lu Li to continue walking inside.

The room at the end was neither big nor small, more than 30 feet long and wide. Opposite the entrance was a raised platform, where sellers could introduce their items, similar to an auction platform.

There were no luxurious seats below, only stone benches, which was incomparable to the venue of Wanbao Pavilion.

In the corner behind the auction platform, an old man in a gray robe sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes slightly closed. Although there were discussions in the venue, the old man had no intention of opening his eyes.

When she arrived at the door, the woman stopped going in and looked at Lu Li and said, "Daoyou, please go in by yourself. We don't have any special rules here, but before leaving here, you must not kill or rob, otherwise you will make Lord Mo unhappy and you will bear the consequences yourself."

"Lord Mo?" Lu Li glanced at the old man in the corner of the stone platform from a distance, "Is it him?"

The woman smiled, nodded without saying anything, and turned away.

"Could it be a Jindan master?"

Lu Li was secretly shocked. There was actually a Jindan master in such an inconspicuous underground place! Could it be that there is some powerful force behind this auction?

At this time, there were already more than 40 people sitting sparsely inside, some of whom seemed to have come in groups. Although they all wore masks or cloaks, it did not prevent them from sitting together and chatting quietly.

There were also some lone travelers who sat on the side without saying a word.

Lu Li stood at the door and looked around, and was about to choose an empty corner to sit down, but this glance made his brows under the mask frown slightly.

In the corner to his right, a man in a cloud robe wearing a cloak was whispering something with a woman wearing a white long skirt and a white veil.

He thought, "It can't be such a coincidence?"

After taking a look, Lu Li retracted his gaze. Perhaps, it was just a similar figure.

Perhaps it was because they had been waiting for too long, making everyone feel bored, so Lu Li attracted a lot of attention as soon as he entered the door, but most of them just took a look and retracted their gaze.

Only the man in the cloud robe showed a suspicious look, whispering to the girl beside him, "Wait a minute."

After that, he walked towards Lu Li.

Lu Li was about to walk to the corner on the left side of the gate, but when he saw the other party coming over, he couldn't help but stop and waited quietly for the man in the cloud robe.

"Qin?"

The man in the cloud robe came to Lu Li and tried to read a word.

When he heard the voice, Lu Li immediately confirmed his thoughts and smiled, "What a coincidence."

This person was Li Shushu, who met in Wangfeng Tower at the beginning, but for some reason, he came here again. It's really true that people meet everywhere in life.

Li Shushu also felt the subtlety of fate. He patted Lu Li on the shoulder and said with emotion, "It seems that you and I are really destined to meet. Let's go over there and talk."

The woman saw Li Shushu bringing Lu Li over and couldn't help but feel curious, "Brother, who is he?"

Li Shushu shook his head, "This is not a place to talk. Let's find a place to talk after we get out of here."

Li Shushu didn't intend to introduce Lu Li here, nor did he introduce the woman next to him. Lu Li was more curious that Li Shushu actually had such a sister.

Although wearing a veil, judging from the exquisite figure, this person's appearance is probably not much worse.

"Brother, are you going to buy something?" Although they didn't talk about names, it didn't prevent some superficial communication.

Lu Li shook his head, "I just took a look around, and there's nothing I particularly want to buy." At this point, he seemed to remember something, and asked quickly, "Do you have a map of Huanhai Kingdom, fellow Taoist?"

"Are you going to the Fantasy Sea?"

"Well, I went there to do some errands, but I've never been there, so I wanted to find a map here."

"Doing business? Shouldn't you..."

"What?"

"Haha, it's nothing. There are many people talking. We'll talk about it after we get out. As for the map of the Illusion Sea you mentioned, my sister happens to have a copy here. I'll just ask her to give it to you when we get out."

Upon hearing this, Lu Li couldn't help but take another look at the woman. When he saw the woman nodding towards him, it seemed that she agreed with Li Shushu's statement. He couldn't help but secretly felt happy. He cupped his hands across Li Shushu and said, "Thank you so much, girl."

"You're welcome." The girl's voice was clear and pleasant.

"Hey! What are you doing? Did you thank the wrong person?!" Li Shushu glanced at Lu Li resentfully.

The woman had never seen her brother talking to others in such an easy-going manner. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then she smiled and said, "Brother, I have this thing on me now, so of course you have to thank me, otherwise, I wouldn't give it to him."

"Tch, I knew I wouldn't give it to you, but you took this good favor in vain." Li Shushu said depressedly.

Seeing this, Lu Li couldn't help but feel envious. The relationship between the two brothers and sisters was really good. Unfortunately, he was alone and had no younger sister. He shook his head and raised his hands to Li Shushu and said, "Of course I have to thank you, Brother Dao..."