To avoid arousing suspicion, Chu Hongyi went up first, while Lu Xingchen waited a minute or two before stepping onto the cable car.
As soon as he arrived at the mountain, he saw guards A and B standing watch. When they saw Lu Xingchen, they respectfully greeted him, "Master."
Then they promptly shut down the cable car.
Guard A exhaled, "Why is it cold again today?"
Guard B: "That's right, let's shut down the cable car right away and go back to the auction house. Hehehe, from now on, no one else can come up."
Guard A: "Yes, yes, the village chief said that those who arrive late will not be allowed in. How domineering!"
Guard B: "I find it quite strange. Wouldn't it be better if we had more masters at the auction, allowing us to fetch higher prices? Why has the village chief changed his ways?"
Guard A: "Hey, who cares? This way we'll have less trouble. Let's go!"
Lu Xingchen only heard two sentences before rushing to the Stone Square.
Now, there are about forty or fifty people in the Stone Square.
The snow had been cleared away, and there was a platform about one meter high directly behind it, which could be used as an auction platform.
There's no one up there now.
The people below were gathered in groups of three or four, chatting with each other.
Lu Xingchen quickly glanced around and spotted several familiar faces.
One group consisted of Master Leijin, Bubu, and Doll. They brought out a wooden sofa and sat casually in front of it.
One group represents Master Ji Sho—Ji Ba, Ji Jiu, and Ji Ershisan.
One group is Xuanyuan Lingyun and Xuanyuan Badao, they are standing in the corner.
Another group consisted of Lu Haoyue, Gao Dafu, and Qi Fangxin, who were just watching the commotion. They sat together on chairs and whispered among themselves.
Chu Hongyi stood not far from Lu Xingchen, next to a girl in red.
Ji Ba and Ji Jiu put out a large sofa chair and leaned on it, while Ji Ershisan stood aside with a sullen face.
She didn't recognize the rest of the people; some were sitting alone, while others were in groups of two or three.
Since there were no seats in the stone square, everyone brought out their own stools and chairs.
Lu Xingchen found an open space, took out a wooden chair, and sat down.
After sitting down, she took another careful look at the people in the square.
Lu Haoyue sent a private message: "Xingxing, are you here yet? The auction is about to start."
Lu Xingchen: "Coming!"
Lu Haoyue looked around: "Where?"
Lu Xingchen: "You'll find out soon enough. Oh, where are Gu Yanzhi and Bai Kaixin? They didn't come?"
Lu Haoyue: "The two of them didn't want to join in the fun. Another reason is that if we all came but didn't see you, it would be easier to arouse suspicion, so they stayed at the inn."
I see?
Lu Xingchen felt relieved, Lu Haoyue was very considerate.
Gao Dafu slumped in a large chair and exclaimed, "Five minutes have passed, why hasn't the auction started yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a "thump thump thump" sound came from not far away.
It sounded like footsteps.
Everyone turned around to look, but didn't see anyone.
"Ahem," Elder Ji appeared on the high platform: "Masters, I'm sorry, there's been a slight problem. The person auctioning the items has an urgent matter to attend to and will temporarily store the items here. We'll resume in a bit."
Master Lei Jin asked coldly, "How long?"
Most of the people who come here have some status, and they were already impatient. Now that they suddenly have to wait again, no one is very happy about it.
Old Ji was at a loss: "I don't know either, everyone please be patient."
It's been postponed?
Lu Xingchen was surprised. Couldn't Elder Ji have presided over the auction?
Why wait?
However, she wasn't in a hurry and sat down in the chair, touching the wine gourd.
Everyone had to wait.
After waiting for a while, the bored crowd began to look around, hoping to spot someone they knew.
Lu Xingchen identified them one by one, she wanted to know which one was Xuanyuan Batian.
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