As the treasures emerging from the light cluster grew in number, there was a need for an auction to assimilate them while simultaneously taking this opportunity to collect some high-grade spiritual seeds and the Method of Seed Condensation and so on.
As for whether exposing a large number of treasures would attract covetous people, Lu Xuan had no worries about this.
The treasures being auctioned would include many high-rank spiritual plants he had cultivated; moreover, as a guest elder of the Sea Tower Chamber of Commerce and highly regarded within the Sword Sect, he could completely use these two massive powers as a guise.
Most importantly, he had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm, a great change from the past; even if others harbored greed, they would have to measure whether they had the strength to act on it.
