Chapter 456 Getting Equipment
The auction is about to begin in six hours.
There was something Yu Zhiyi couldn't understand.
If the Longevity Pill is indeed related to a person's lifespan, then Yuan Yaying was captured because the other party coveted her lifespan. Why is she still alive now?
Logically speaking, she should have been made into a pill long ago, shouldn't she?
But before she left the new inn, she consulted the oracle again, and the result was still that she was alive.
This is very strange, it's practically a paradox.
Of course, Yu Zhiyi wasn't cruelly cursing an innocent girl to die; rather, the whole affair was truly full of strange twists.
Lost in thought, Yu Zhiyi arrived at the entrance of the auction house.
Before she even entered, she felt an invisible pressure.
This oppressive aura wasn't directed at her alone, but at everyone.
In an instant, her hair stood on end, and she immediately dared not make any further moves.
She had a premonition that if she dared to continue, even if the invisibility talisman on her body hadn't disappeared, she would definitely be found out.
At that time, let alone saving others, it is uncertain whether she herself can even survive.
Yu Zhiyi pursed her lips and took a few steps back.
The oppressive aura disappeared.
Inside the auction house.
A tall man grunted in response.
The older companion beside him asked, "What's wrong?"
The middle-aged man glanced in the direction Yu Zhiyi had left, then shook his head: "It's nothing, just a little bug that tried to get in, but I don't know what happened, it retreated."
He shook his head slightly: "What a lucky little bug."
As an auction house that has existed for thousands of years, and auctioning such a heaven-defying treasure as the Longevity Pill, how could the Gan family not take any measures?
There are over a hundred Nascent Soul Realm guards inside this auction house.
Furthermore, there are experts at the Nascent Soul stage in charge.
These two people are the Nascent Soul Realm experts in charge of overseeing the situation.
Although they were all at the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, they were sufficient.
Yu Zhiyi retreated a long way before the feeling of her life being threatened completely disappeared.
A gust of wind blew by, and she felt a chill all over her body, only then realizing that she was covered in a cold sweat.
There are definitely experts at the Nascent Soul Realm in charge of the auction house.
The oppressive feeling that person gave her was exactly the same as the oppressive feeling that Master Dongwei exerted when he used his power.
Of course, Master Dongwei had no intention of killing her, and because she was his junior, he kept his distance. So, she only felt pressured in front of Master Dongwei, but not dangerous.
But that person just now really had murderous intent.
The murderous intent was almost identical to that of the person who attacked her at the inn.
Thinking of the person who ambushed her, she was completely bewildered, not understanding how she had offended such a master.
If it's the Taixu Sect...
That makes sense.
But she always felt that the man's motive for killing her had nothing to do with her conflict with the Taixu Sect.
The plan to infiltrate the auction house using invisibility talismans was clearly not going to work.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. She wasn't the only one who knew how to draw invisibility talismans; countless people before her had mastered them to perfection.
But she learned in the past two days that the auction house has never had any problems in nearly a thousand years.
Of course, things like being ambushed must have happened.
However, the Longevity Pill has never been stolen.
"We need to consider this carefully."
Yu Zhiyi pressed her brow, reminding herself not to rush.
There are still six hours left, which seems like a short time, but it's not short either.
If a solution is found, it should be enough time.
Just then, two men walked out of the auction house.
The two men, dressed in matching gray uniforms, stretched as they walked.
"Finally off duty. I've been exhausted these past few days dealing with the auction."
"Who isn't? The closer it gets to the auction, the more unscrupulous people there are." The man said disdainfully, "Those guys don't even think about it. If the Longevity Pills of my Gan family were so easy to steal, why has the Gan family been able to stand for a thousand years without ever having any trouble?"
The two men chuckled.
Another person asked, "Are you really not going back later? Working extra these two days will increase your monthly salary. It'll be an extra hundred spirit stones a day."
Another man snorted, "One hundred spirit stones may seem like a lot, but you have to risk your life to get them. In the hours leading up to the auction, there are always a lot of little tricks being made by various forces. They might even send out experts at the Nascent Soul stage."
"We weaklings at the Golden Core stage shouldn't rush in and court death. Otherwise, no matter how much money we have, we won't live to spend it."
The other person wholeheartedly agreed.
Yu Zhiyi's eyes lit up.
They were worried that someone might cause trouble, but she wasn't afraid.
The two men parted ways at an intersection.
One of them walked toward the city's famous red-light district, while the other looked like he was going home.
Yu Zhiyi hesitated for a moment, then walked toward the man heading to the red-light district.
The man was at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm. He probably never expected that someone would dare to ambush him in the city. He was caught off guard and was taken down by Yu Zhiyi.
Yu Zhiyi pulled the man into a nearby alley, stripped him of his cloak, set up an invisibility barrier, and then headed towards the auction house with the equipment she had taken off.
The guards in the auction house were uniformly dressed in black cloaks and large hats that could completely cover their faces.
Furthermore, each guard has their own unique mask.
Yu Zhiyi is tall for a woman, while the guard is not tall for a man.
Combining the two, this person's things can be used by Yu Zhiyi.
Yu Zhiyi put on her gear.
This time, she easily slipped into the auction house.
It went incredibly smoothly.
The surprised Yu Zhiyi was unaware that the auction house had all the guards conceal their identities in order to protect them and reduce trouble.
Anyone associated with the Longevity Pill will become a thorn in the side of other forces, and a tool they use to covet the Longevity Pill.
Therefore, the auction house will not disclose the identities of the people living in the building.
Doing so can avoid a lot of trouble.
These people only cover their faces when they are inside the auction house; they revert to normal after leaving.
The people living next door would never have imagined that their neighbor was actually a guard at the famous auction house.
Furthermore, due to the prohibition against fighting, these people generally do not encounter danger after completing their duties.
After all, the selection criteria for the guards of the auction house is that their strength must be at least at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.
This level of strength is already quite high.
Unless they encounter an attack from a Nascent Soul Realm expert, even if they don't know how to save their lives, they can still make a commotion to warn others at the most critical moment.
Just like Yu Zhiyi dodged the attack in time.
If she hadn't been near a busy street, and the assassins had carried out a second assassination attempt, she might have been dead.
But she won't die unconsciously.
Yu Zhiyi is different from those people.
She had no intention of killing anyone, so she didn't reveal any murderous intent.
Besides, she's not a reckless person; she wouldn't rashly take action herself.
As the man changed his clothes and hummed a tune as he walked towards the brothel, Yu Zhiyi quickly overtook him, set up an illusion array at the end of the alley just before reaching the brothel's entrance, and then made her move.
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