323: rigid guards

The next day.

Lin Yang and the others set off for the Immortal Alliance Auction House.

It was an extremely grand and magnificent building, circular in shape and resplendent with gold and jade, resembling a sanctuary.

"It's rumored that the Immortal Alliance Auction House contains its own Space Law and can accommodate up to hundreds of thousands of living beings. I wonder if it's true."

Most of Lin Yang's group were visiting the Immortal Alliance Auction House for the first time. The information they had gathered lately spoke highly of the event, and now, they were all eager to go inside and see for themselves.

"Stop! Please show your VIP card!"

Just as they reached the entrance, a guard clad in golden armor appeared. Seeing their unfamiliar faces, he blocked them and demanded to see their entry permits for the auction.

"I'll do it."

Just then, Li Shiya stepped forward from the back and handed over an exquisite platinum card.

"So it is Her Highness the Moonlight Goddess. My apologies!"

Seeing Li Shiya, the Golden Armor Guard politely cupped his hands. After all, the Moonlight Divine Hall was a well-known veteran power in the Upper Realm. As one of its core figures, the auction house guards naturally recognized Li Shiya.

The guard then took a perfunctory look at the platinum card in Li Shiya's hand and stepped aside to let them through.

But just as Li Shiya put away the card and prepared to lead everyone inside, the guard stood in front of them again.

"What? Is there something else?"

Seeing the guard jump out to block them again, Li Shiya couldn't help but knit her brows.

The guard cupped his hands with a look of difficulty and said, "Your Highness the Goddess, today's auction seats are full. The management only allows VIPs of Rank 10 and above to enter. Your Rank 70 VIP card is fine for you to enter alone, but for so many people together, a Supreme VIP card might be required for registration. Please forgive me... I cannot let you pass."

Hearing this, Li Shiya turned to look at the group behind her with a helpless expression.

The VIPs of the Immortal Alliance Auction House were also divided into Ranks.

Initial VIP status costs one hundred thousand per Rank, up to Rank 99.

Super VIP status is counted in the tens of millions. To become a Super VIP of the auction house, one must have accumulated a total expenditure of over ten million dao coinss at their auctions.

As for the Supreme VIP mentioned by the guard, that was an honor reserved only for the wealthiest patrons who had spent over a hundred million in wealth at the auction house!

People of that level didn't need to queue up in the normal passage at all; the auction house would have exclusive seats ready for them at any time.

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in dismay.

They had traveled thousands of miles just to broaden their horizons at the Immortal Alliance auction, but they hadn't expected to be blocked at the door by a guard. Could it be that they wouldn't even be able to set foot inside today?

Just then, Zhong Yu stepped forward with a smile and threw his arm around the guard's shoulder. "Brother, don't be so rigid. Help us out. We've got plenty of money. After today, everyone you see here will be Supreme VIPs of the auction house."

As he spoke, he pulled a heavy pouch of money from his robes and stealthily tucked it into the other man's chest.

"Slap!"

However, faced with Zhong Yu's action, the Golden Armor Guard flew into a rage. He slapped Zhong Yu's hand away and knocked the money pouch aside, causing the dao coinss inside to scatter all over the ground.

"Do not use your filthy money to insult my noble character!"

"If you don't have a VIP card of Rank 10 or higher, please go elsewhere!"

The Golden Armor Guard's righteous words quickly drew the attention of countless onlookers.

Seeing the coins scattered on the ground and Zhong Yu's frozen expression, the people around them immediately understood what had happened and burst into fits of mockery.

"Hehe, another fellow trying to fish in troubled waters..."

"Doesn't this guy know that the entrance guards here are the most rigid and show no favoritism? He actually thought of bribing a guard to get through. How bold..."

Hearing the whispers around him, Zhong Yu's face turned beet red. He looked sheepishly at the serious-faced guard in front of him, wishing he could jump up and give the guy a few good punches.

Dammit, if it's a no, it's a no. Why the hell did you have to shout so loud!

Now look at this. Before he, a proud Dragon Clan Prodigy, could make a name for himself in Lingxiao Heaven, he had first lost face here at the entrance of the Immortal Alliance.

"If you've got no money, then get lost, you bunch of paupers! Is this a place you're qualified to come to?"

Just as Zhong Yu's bribery attempt was exposed and drew a crowd, a faint mocking voice came from another entrance not far away.

Everyone looked toward the sound and saw seven familiar figures coming into view.

It was the Seven Immortals.

"You don't even have a single Super VIP card, yet you think you can all go in together? Do you think the Immortal Alliance Auction House is your own home? You think you can just walk in whenever you want?"

"If you don't have a VIP card, go play somewhere else, you brats! This place isn't about martial prowess; it's about financial power!"

Within the Seven Immortals, several were clearly still brooding over their defeat in the Immortal Duel that day. Seeing Lin Yang's group blocked by a mere Immortal Alliance guard, they were suddenly overjoyed.

"I wondered who it was. So it's you losers. What, have your wounds all healed?" Zhong Yu retorted with a cold sneer.

"Losers? You four-legged snake, you really have some nerve..." The members of the Seven Immortals who had just spoken narrowed their eyes, clearly indignant.

After all, strictly speaking, the ones who had defeated the Seven Immortals weren't Zhong Yu, but Lin Yang and that blonde girl behind him.

"Enough! Green Tiger, Blue Ox, shut up. Let's go."

Just as both sides were about to engage in another war of words, the leader of the Seven Immortals, the Red Crow Immortal, sharply silenced his subordinates. He then gave Lin Yang a faint glance without saying much before turning to lead his people into the auction house.

After they left, the guard's gaze toward Lin Yang's group changed slightly. He clearly hadn't expected this group to have a history with the famous Seven Immortals.

Their team's strength must be extraordinary.

Unfortunately, this was an auction house; it only cared about financial power, not martial prowess.

No matter how heaven-defying your methods were, if you were penniless, you'd still have to endure a few cold stares before leaving.

Following that, the Golden Armor Guard stretched out his hand toward Lin Yang and the others with a fake smile. "Guests, if you don't have a higher-level VIP card, please move aside. Don't block the way for other distinguished guests."

"We indeed don't have a higher-level VIP card. But I have this. I wonder if it can have the same effect as the Supreme VIP card you mentioned..."

Lin Yang fell silent for a moment before slowly taking out a golden token.

Seeing Lin Yang's action, the guard grew impatient, and a flash of contempt crossed his eyes.

Having worked at the auction house for so many years, he had only seen Supreme VIPs twice. Each one was a living fossil-level existence who had accumulated status over many years.

And now, a complete stranger of a young man actually claimed he could produce something with the same effect as a Supreme VIP card.

It was simply ridiculous!

One should know that in Lingxiao Heaven, there were indeed many powerful experts with wealth exceeding a hundred million.

But those willing to take out that wealth and spend a hundred million at the auction house just to get a Supreme VIP card were few and far between.

After all, no one's money just blew in with the wind.

Even the Moonlight Divine Hall, which had an annual income of over a hundred million—wasn't their goddess currently only a Rank 70 VIP?

So how high could the status of this young man traveling with the Moonlight Goddess possibly be?

Harboring total disbelief, the Golden Armor Guard looked with a sneer at the card Lin Yang was slowly pulling out.

Hmm? It looked a bit familiar.

Wasn't this the Immortal Alliance's War Token?

Almost every Immortal who joined the Immortal Alliance had one.

What was so special about it?

Wait... "Why is this young man's War Token golden?!!"