Just as Long Chen expected, the Soaring Dragon Company had occupied one of the ruins in the Sage King Convention and constructed a giant auction hall on it.

In order to attend this auction, not only did you need to buy a ticket, but you also had to deposit a certain amount of money with the Soaring Dragon Company. If you deposited enough money, you could even save on the ticket price.

However, the money that you deposited could not be withdrawn except through buying the wares of the Soaring Dragon Company.

For an ordinary person to get a ticket, especially for the rogue cultivators with no sect backing them, not only did they need to buy a ticket, but they also had to pay a down payment for the Soaring Dragon Company’s goods.

To put it frankly, they were binding these people to their business. When Long Chen arrived,...