Meng Zhou had just taken two steps when Deacon Zhang's attentive yet respectful voice came from behind: "Senior, please wait a moment."

Meng Zhou, who was striding towards the auction house, stopped and turned to look at Deacon Zhang, who was running quickly.

In just a short period of time, Deacon Zhang had adjusted his mentality.

At this moment, he had completely cleared away all the negative emotions in his heart. He quickly came to Meng Zhou and said respectfully:

"Congratulations on the successful foundation building, senior. Do you want to go to the auction house now?"

"Yeah." Meng Zhou nodded.

Deacon Zhang said: "The road you are taking now can only lead to the first floor of the auction house. To go to the private room on the second floor, you need to go in the other direction."

Meng Zhou was stunned and realized his negligence just now.

This is because his own thinking has not turned around, and he has not realized that he is now a foundation-building monk, and his status has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before the breakthrough.

The previous two times, he just sat in the lobby on the first floor, crowded together with hundreds and nearly a thousand Qi Practitioners, and participated in the auction together.

But now that he is a veritable Foundation Establishment monk, he naturally has to go to the private room on the second floor that is specially prepared for each Foundation Establishment monk.

"How to get there?" Meng Zhou asked.

Deacon Zhang said respectfully: "Many rooms have been booked by other seniors. It's hard to tell them apart. This may cause unnecessary misunderstandings. I'd better take you there myself."

Meng Zhou nodded and did not refuse: "Okay, please lead me the way."

So, Deacon Zhang began to guide him, and from time to time he would whisper a reminder or introduce a few words.

Unknowingly, Meng Zhou had a general understanding of the situation on the second level.

Although Meng Zhou would not change his low-key and cautious style because of his breakthrough in cultivation, he would not refuse the change in status that would naturally come with the improvement of his strength.

"Who said Hexinlou is aloof and has no sense of service? That's just because he was not qualified before."

After a short journey, Meng Zhou felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Following Deacon Zhang, Meng Zhou was led into a room with simple and comfortable decoration and a good view. The auction table and even the first floor area could be easily seen.

After introducing Meng Zhou into the room, Deacon Zhang turned around and personally brought in a large tray, a pot of spiritual tea, several kinds of spiritual fruits, and special dried fruit and dried meat. The quantity of each was not too much, but it was better than

There are many categories, which look exquisite and bright.

Finally, Deacon Zhang said: "Senior, I will go out first. If you need anything, call me at any time!"

He backed out and gently closed the door.

It wasn't until Meng Zhou was the only one left in the room that he shook his head and laughed at himself:

"It seems that this feeling of being held up by someone is not something you can get used to all at once. You have to get used to it!"

People were still entering the venue one after another, and the auction had not officially started yet. While waiting, Meng Zhou tasted all the various spiritual fruit snacks one by one.

Not to mention the delicious taste, what's even more rare is that the abundant spiritual essence in it is even better than the best spiritual fruit he has ever eaten before.

Meng Zhou drank another cup of spiritual tea and felt the rich and dense strange spiritual essence slowly spreading in his body, making him feel warm all over.

"They should all be of second-level quality, right?" Meng Zhou guessed in his mind, admiring the generosity of the Qingxuan Sect behind Hexin Tower.

Although he knew that the wool would eventually come from the sheep, he was still amazed by Qing Xuanzong's handiwork.

After a while, the auction started.

The first thing to be displayed is still the precious third-level lot.

Hearing the fierce bidding in his ears, Meng Zhou only regarded himself as a spectator and did not participate in any bidding in the whole process.

It's not that there weren't any items that caught his heart, but looking at his shriveled wallet, Meng Zhou instantly regained his senses.

At the most, Meng Zhou had more than 56,000 low-grade spiritual stones, nearly 57,000.

Later, in order to make elixirs and upgrade them, I purchased about 15,000 various materials.

Later, I bought a Foundation Building Pill for 20,000 yuan, which is still lying in the jade volute.

Plus some other miscellaneous purchases, such as buying some notes from Xiangminglou.

Now he has just over 20,000 spiritual stones, which sounds like a lot.

But there are only two hundred middle-grade spiritual stones. For a foundation-building monk, these few spiritual stones are not enough to buy a higher-quality second-grade magic weapon.

The greatest significance of this auction to Meng Zhou was that it allowed his somewhat wandering mentality to quickly clear up after he had just broken through and got out of the barrier, and his feet were firmly on the ground again.

Well, I also got a portion of tea and snacks that were of good quality and good presentation.

Meng Zhou glanced at the tray that he had cleaned, stood up and walked out of the room.

The auction is not completely over yet, but the auction for foundation building and above has ended.

The next auction items were all prepared for the Qi Practitioner, so he naturally had no reason to stay any longer.

Meng Zhou was thinking about his future arrangements when Deacon Zhang appeared respectfully on the other side, "Senior, are you planning to leave?"

"Yes." Meng Zhou responded, then stared at the other person twice, "Is something wrong?"

"Our host would like to invite you to meet us."

After speaking, Deacon Zhang also explained two sentences:

"Every senior who has successfully built the foundation of Hexin Building will be met by the building owner in person whenever he has time.

It’s just that the timing of your exit was too coincidental, as the auction started, and he didn’t know that you had exited the quarantine until you entered the room.”

"Oh." Meng Zhou responded calmly on the surface, but thoughts were swirling in his heart.

Hexin Tower is a flag of Qingxuanzong in Qinglinfang.

To be able to be the host here, your ability and cultivation level cannot be low.

For such an invitation from a big shot...

"Where is he now?" Meng Zhou asked.

Deacon Zhang pointed to the top of his head: "It's upstairs."

Meng Zhou nodded and said, "Please lead the way."

Deacon Zhang took Meng Zhou up to the third floor and introduced Meng Zhou into a room.

In the room, two people were sitting opposite each other across a low table.

One of them, Meng Zhou, could only see his profile, but he could basically tell that he was a young man.

On the other side, facing the door, sat a middle-aged woman in her early fifties with a kind-hearted look and a smile on her face, as if she was communicating with the young man.

Seeing Deacon Zhang leading Meng Zhou in, she looked up at Meng Zhou, looked him up and down, then smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations, fellow Taoist!"

Meng Zhou was also very surprised. He really didn't expect that the host He Xin would be a woman.

She is also a calm and gentle aunt-type person who seems to have no sense of edge.

But Meng Zhou, a new junior Zhuji, still greeted him respectfully: "I've met my senior!"

The woman waved her hand and said with a smile: "We are all building foundations. I am only a few years older than you. We are all Taoist friends and I dare not be a senior!"

As she spoke, she extended her hand to ask Meng Zhou to take a seat, and also introduced the young man sitting opposite her.

"This is Hao Zhen, a true disciple of Qingxuan Sect."

The young man then looked at Meng Zhou seriously and nodded in greeting.

However, Meng Zhou's heart trembled, and he bowed respectfully to the young man with his fists in hand.

The host of Hexin did not introduce more to the young man, but for Meng Zhou, just a few words "Qingxuanzong True Biography" was enough information, even so much that it made him feel a little indigestion.

After staying in Qinglinfang for such a long time, I often went to places like Xiangminglou to listen to gossip, and I also learned a lot about the rules of Qingxuan Sect.

In Qingxuan Sect, there are tens of thousands of disciples, and they are divided very finely, from the most marginal registered disciples, to outer disciples, inner disciples, and true disciples.

But if you really want to think about it, there are actually only two categories, true biography and others.

Registered disciples can be promoted to inner disciples step by step through their own efforts and talents.

Each step has clear standards. As long as the standards are met, one can progress and enhance his status and status within Qingxuan Sect.

But this step only stops at the inner door.

True inheritance cannot be born through this method.

That's a completely different set of screening criteria.

It is said that as early as when they were very young, Qingxuan Sect would secretly select some true seeds.

After some tests, while others were still climbing the mountain step by step, they were taken directly to the top of the mountain.

Qingxuanzong's standards for cultivating true disciples are also different from other disciples.

There won't even be any pressure on the targets, and they don't have to worry about slow progress in cultivation or being eliminated by the sect for other reasons. They just need to use the platform of Qingxuan Sect to grow wantonly.

According to Meng Zhou's understanding, the other disciples of Qingxuan Sect are just employees and ministers.

The biggest difference between the registered sect and the inner sect is that the former is a low-ranking official and a minor official, while the latter is a high official in the temple and can participate in national affairs.

The true successor is the true heir, successor, and crown prince.
To be continued...