This public market was held for a total of three days. Like most large-scale public events, a decent opening ceremony is definitely indispensable. It is said that the opening ceremony is the most concentrated essence of the entire event. In a country where ceremonial sense is emphasized, a grand and decent opening ceremony is even more about face and is what the organizer pursues tirelessly.

As for how to reflect the attention from the higher level, it depends on what level of leaders are coming.

The Public Pan Yuling Administration attached great importance to this time, so a deputy director was specially sent to participate in the opening ceremony.

Of course, the Spirit Stone Public Market is not a social activity in the general sense. In essence, it is a small circle of trading platform, so no media will report and exaggerate it in detail.

The official opening ceremony is scheduled to be held at 9 o'clock, and there is less than an hour left. Bai Xiao and others waited a little in the hotel after breakfast. They felt that the time was almost over, so they gathered at the entrance of the hotel.

...

August is the hottest time of the year in Pengcheng. Although it is still morning, as a celebrity said: the high temperatures in summer may be late, but they will never be absent. Today is a sunny day, so it is obvious that it is not even willing to be late.

As soon as she left the hotel gate, the scorching sun shone on her body. Bai Xiao raised her hand to cover the dazzling light. She looked up and saw a vast and blue sky. At the same time, she had clearly felt the heat in the air in just a few seconds.

There is no cloud in the sky. The blue picture looks like a work "sprayed" on the painting board, which is clear and a bit unrestrained. However, such a flawless summer morning in the blue and flawless summer morning is very unfriendly for fat people who are afraid of heat, because it indicates that today is another sunny and hot day.

Of course, Bai Xiao did not feel too strongly discomfort. In fact, the ability of the spirit controler to adapt to the natural environment is beyond the reach of ordinary people, not to mention that when the body really cannot bear it, he can still use his spiritual power to isolate communication with the outside world, and naturally he is not afraid of the so-called scorching heat or cold winter.

"Let's go." After everyone arrived, under the leadership of his uncle Bai Zhenye, the group walked towards the venue where the spirit stone publication was held.

The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held at an open-air theater on the Central Artificial Island. Along the way, you can see various guidance signs erected on both sides of the road, and each intersection has dedicated "volunteers" to provide services.

"Are these spirit controlers?" Bai Xiao walked beside Bai Yuchen, looking at the "tourists" walking like them around him and the volunteers wearing uniforms to maintain order, and asked in a low voice.

Bai Yuchen nodded: "Yes, they are all spirit controlers recruited by the official. Because this place was selected as the venue for this spirit stone publication, according to previous years, the three artificial islands in the ** Lake Scenic Area have been cleared since yesterday afternoon. In the early morning of this day, they were closed to the public. There are dedicated people to take care of the entrances and exits. If you want to enter and exit the island, you need a special pass."

Bai Xiao understood after hearing this. Since you need a pass to enter and exit, it is correct to say that this place is a spirit master! Fortunately, the hotel where Bai Xiao and others are staying is on an artificial island, which saves the trouble of entering and leaving requires identity verification.

Soon the group arrived at the open amphitheater where the opening ceremony was held. Unlike the crowds of people just now, colorful flags were flying and crowded. When Bai Xiao and the others stepped up the steps and walked into the theater, they were surprised to find that the empty square was already full of people.

"There are so many people!" Xiaoling shouted in surprise. It was her first time participating in the spirit stone publication, so she naturally felt it was very new.

"Yes, there are so many people!"

The others who accompanied him whispered and started talking. Many of them participated in the spirit stone publication for the first time, of course they were as fresh as Xiaoling.

“… are they all here to trade spirit stones?”

"Sure, sure!"

"Tsk tsk."

Such big scenes are rare.

Bai Xiao also stood on the high ground and glanced at the dark crowd in front of him, his eyes a little dazed.

She never thought that there would be so many spirit controlers here. You should know that the public market adopts an invitation system. In other words, the people who arrived at the scene... all passed numerous reviews, at least they only received the invitation letter after confirming that they had a certain foundation in terms of financial resources or talent.

But looking at the number of people in front of me, I'm afraid it's not thousands.

From this point of view, the number of spirit controlers in the country is indeed a very large number.

"Has there been so many before?" she asked her father next to her in surprise.

"There are indeed so many!" Bai Zhendong answered affirmatively.

Bai Zhendong is naturally familiar with the public conference, so he is mentally prepared for the number of people on site. He smiled and said to Bai Xiao: "The spirit controlers who attended the spirit stone public market this year are the same as in previous years, and they were almost the same number before."

"Oh!" Bai Xiao nodded.

At this time, she glanced around her eyes, suddenly pulled Bai Zhendong's clothes, pointed to the things like lamp holders standing around the open-air theater and asked, "What are those?"

These "lantern holders" are about two meters high, and the white tube is very slender, but a "bowl-shaped" bulges on the top, like a lamp oil. Of course, if you look closely, you will find that this "big bowl" is actually covered with a layer of semi-spherical glass cover.

Bai Xiao saw eight such lamp holders, standing around the open-air theater.

"This..." Bai Zhendong looked at his daughter in surprise, with a look of surprise, and whispered: "Do you think these things are weird?"

"Yeah!" Bai Xiao nodded. She had been staring at these things for a long time. She always felt that it was not like the ones that were included in the open-air theater. She also keenly discovered that these lamp holders exuded a faint aura.

She frowned and said, "Something faint aura."

Bai Zhendong smiled happily and said, "That was the device set up by the organizer to ensure the smooth progress of this public market. It is powered by advanced spirit stones. It is amazing to be hit by it."

Bai Xiao was startled when she heard this, and then her face was stern. The term "mountain protection formation" flashed through her mind. Judging from my father's meaning, these inconspicuous lamp holders are the array eyes that form the "major formation"?

Although the actual situation is not that mysterious, these lamp holders are more likely to be something like laser guns made by the Science and Technology Bureau of the Yuling Administration, but it does not prevent Bai Xiao from understanding so much.

After thinking carefully, Bai Xiao was surprised to find that in addition to seeing these lamp holders here, there seemed to be a lot of arrangements around the entire ** Lake Scenic Area.

Sure enough, there are many hidden stakes like this.

"You can see that the specialness of these devices is amazing, so don't get too close when you're fine..." Bai Zhendong said in a low voice. He was afraid that Bai Xiao would come over and touch it because of curiosity.

"Well, I know." Bai Xiao nodded and promised.

At this time, more people gathered, and the opening ceremony was about to begin.

Near nine o'clock, after much urgency, a glamorous host finally walked on stage. This was a handsome male host, wearing a straight light gray suit, which made him look very tall. After holding the microphone and having a relatively old-fashioned opening, the host began to introduce the origin of the Lingshi public market and the status of the holding of recent sessions. Then, the conversation changed and invited special guests to announce the opening of the public market.

It was only three minutes before and after, which shocked Bai Xiao, who was mentally prepared to listen to a long speech for more than ten or twenty minutes.

"So short, so fast?"

Bai Xiao stared at the host on the stage, but because the distance was too far, she didn't see the host's face very clearly.

Really, it's not enough to make her feel it yet, and it's over?

It's simply not playing by the routine.

Later, the special guest came on stage, which was the deputy director sent by the above. Bai Xiao learned from the host's introduction that his surname was Yang. Director Yang's speech was also brief, with less than twenty words added up. After the announcement of the opening, he bowed to everyone and then left.

In exchange for applause from the audience.

"It's also very short. Sure enough, the bigger the boss, the faster the speed!"

Bai Xiao murmured to himself, as if he had summarized the rules.

"Let's go, we're going to buy spirit stones!"

Bai Zhendong pushed his daughter.

Bai Xiao reacted and thought of going to purchase spirit stones, his eyes immediately lit up.

(ps: As the end of the year approaches, I am getting busier and busier. I have been working all day today. I will try to get two updates tomorrow!)
Chapter completed!