Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 311 Hidden Sect

Chapter 311: Chapter 311 Hidden Sect

"Sure," Su Luo nodded. If there was a VIP box available, he would naturally prefer the enhanced service over squeezing into the public area with everyone else.

"That’s great."

Master Gu immediately smiled as well.

Following that,

Li Ya personally led Su Luo and Huang Qingyu to VIP box number 8.

On the way,

Su Luo’s Divine Sense probed the auction, but he quickly discovered that many people unleashed their spiritual power to resist his probing, clearly expressing their displeasure.

"It seems there are quite a few Grandmasters participating in the auction," Su Luo thought to himself, and among them, there were certainly strong ones.

Su Luo had to retract his Divine Sense and refrain from probing at will, otherwise he might stir up trouble unnecessarily.

"Did the people from Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce also come to the auction?" Su Luo turned to Li Ya and asked suddenly.

"Mr. Su, this..." Li Ya hesitated. She would have refused if it were any other Grandmaster asking, as it involved issues of customer privacy, and being an employee of the auction house, she definitely couldn’t disclose such information, but Su Luo was a Grandmaster who could produce the Ageless Pill, and she did not want to displease him.

After all, as a woman, she really wanted to obtain an Ageless Pill, even if it meant paying a certain price.

"If you tell me the information and do me a small favor, I’ll give you an Ageless Pill as compensation," Su Luo said directly.

Li Ya’s eyes lit up immediately. She wanted to agree right away, but ultimately, she managed to contain herself with great willpower and first asked, "Mr. Su, if it’s about the auction house, I can’t say."

That was her bottom line; if she betrayed the auction’s confidentiality, she would face serious consequences.

"Don’t worry, it doesn’t involve your auction house," Su Luo assured her.

Only then did Li Ya make up her mind and said, "The Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce did come to participate in the auction. Moreover, they have already arrived; they’re inside VIP box number 2."

Su Luo nodded.

Once they entered the box, Su Luo asked again, "How many people are there in total? What are their identities? What’s their strength like?"

Li Ya pondered for a moment and said, "There are six of them in total, all women. The leader is a middle-aged woman who should be a Great Grandmaster, but I’m not clear on her exact identity. That’s not within the scope of the information our auction house verifies. Among the others, only one is an Inner Strength Martial Artist, and all the rest are Grandmasters."

She remembered it clearly because among all the forces that came to the auction house this time, the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce had the strongest delegation, one could even say bizarrely strong.

"Only one Inner Strength Martial Artist, and all the rest Grandmasters?" A trace of shock flitted across Su Luo’s eyes. Why had the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce dispatched such a strong force?

Zhao Jingwu had only told him that the leader of the team was an Elder from the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce, a woman named Fan Lichun, whose strength was comparable to his father’s and was a Great Grandmaster.

But he did not know about the other members, and it was not convenient for him to inquire further.

Unexpectedly, Fan Lichun had brought so many Grandmasters with her, which made Su Luo feel that something was not quite right. He quietly took note and immediately took out his phone, flipped through to Aunt Shen’s photo, and showed it to Li Ya, asking, "Is this Inner Strength Martial Artist you mentioned her?"

"Yes, her, a very beautiful woman," Li Ya nodded immediately. This woman was about her age, but in her presence, Li Ya felt inferior, and the memory was deeply ingrained.

Hearing Li Ya praise Aunt Shen’s beauty, Su Luo couldn’t help but reveal a smile on his face.

He was happier than whenever someone else called him handsome.

And very proud.

He even wanted to say, "She’s my woman."

Of course, that was something Su Luo only indulged in his mind. He put away his phone and then said to Li Ya, "Find a way to make her come out of the No. 2 VIP booth for a bit."

"You want her to come here?" Li Ya asked.

Su Luo shook his head, "No need, just find a way to get her out of the booth, preferably without anyone following."

"I’ll try," Li Ya nodded.

Once Li Ya had left the booth, Huang Qingyu then said with some uncertainty, "Mr. Su, the things you’re having her do are clearly aimed at the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce. Aren’t you afraid that after she gets the Ageless Pill, she’ll sell you out?"

Su Luo replied indifferently, "That doesn’t seem like something you need to worry about."

Huang Qingyu immediately shut his mouth.

"How’s the preparation for your herbs going?" Su Luo asked Huang Qingyu as he sat comfortably on the soft sofa inside the VIP booth.

Huang Qingyu felt like slapping himself; had he known, he wouldn’t have spoken.

However, he also knew that even if he kept silent, he couldn’t avoid the matter. He could only brace himself and reply:

"Mr. ... Mr. Su, the five-hundred-year-old herbs are really hard to get my hands on, I’m still trying to find a way. This time, I’ve traveled all this way to attend the auction precisely for one plant. My plan is to bid on the herb, use it to concoct a new elixir, and then go to the Hidden Sect exchange meeting to see if I can get the five-hundred-year-old herbs from their hands."

On this matter, he truly didn’t dare to play any tricks. After all, the impression Su Luo left on him last time was too profound. For that reason, Su Luo even cut off one of his arms, and he really didn’t dare to do any mischief again, fearing that if Su Luo was dissatisfied, next time, it wouldn’t be as simple as losing an arm.

Seeing that he didn’t seem to be lying, Su Luo didn’t bother to argue with him but instead asked, "Tell me about the Hidden Sect exchange meeting."

"The Hidden Sect exchange meeting is a gathering formed by the hidden sects to exchange resources among themselves. Many hidden sects exist independently and, over time, they also lack some resources. Therefore, some Hidden Sects have come to an agreement and every three or five years, they join forces to hold an exchange meeting. Most of the time, they utilize a more primitive means of resource exchange, bartering goods," Huang Qingyu explained.

"Initially, only Hidden Sects participated, but with the evolution of the era, in recent years, the Hidden Sects have realized their lack of knowledge about the outside world. Thus, more than ten or twenty years ago, the Hidden Sect exchange meeting gradually opened up to the outside world. If a martial artist from the outside world is willing to participate, they are not refused."

"For example, the upcoming Hidden Sect exchange meeting in Kun City, during that day’s event, aside from people from the Hidden Sects, any Grandmaster level experts from the outside world is eligible to attend, and each Grandmaster is also allowed to bring one non-Grandmaster slot."

"Dongsheng Auction House chose to hold an auction on this date and started building momentum a month in advance precisely because they knew about the Hidden Sect exchange meeting. They deliberately did it to ride the wave of the event, taking advantage of the gathering of many powerful figures in Kun City to conduct good business," he continued.

Huang Qingyu told Su Luo all he knew.

"But if that’s the case, can the Hidden Sects still remain hidden?" Su Luo frowned. He had thought those Hidden Sects were truly isolated from the world.

"They still can," Huang Qingyu slowly said, "Just like our Medicine God Temple, we already have a lot of contact with the outside world. But to ninety-nine percent of people, they have no clue that places like the Medicine God Temple exist. Even within the Martial Arts World, the majority of Inner Strength Martial Artists and the like are unable to reach this level."

"Apart from the Hidden Sect exchange meetings, these Hidden Sects still have very little contact with the outside world. Even within the Martial Arts World, ninety percent, or even ninety-five percent or more of the people, do not know about the Hidden Sects at all."

"Moreover, those Hidden Sects that participate in the exchange meetings...to some extent, they are no longer entirely hidden. But there are also Hidden Sects that are completely isolated from the world and have almost no contact with the outside. To differentiate them, they are categorized as Inner Hidden Sects and Outer Hidden Sects."

"Those who participate in the exchange meetings and have contact with the outside world belong to the Outer Hidden Sects. Those who do not really interact with the outside world, or do not interact at all, and are still unknown to people to this day, are classified as Inner Hidden Sects."

"The Inner Hidden Sects are more mysterious, and perhaps even more powerful."