Chapter 330: Han Li is Full of Confidence
In a mansion in a corner of the Great Jin Imperial City, several Nascent Soul cultivators appeared and seemed to be discussing something. There were both men and women, and they all looked somewhat similar.
If there were outsiders here, they would certainly be able to recognize that these people were the Nascent Soul elders of the royal family who often traveled outside.
At this moment, each of them looked extremely solemn, and it seemed that they were discussing something important.
"We need to take down a few items at this auction, but we must not let other forces find out that we bid for them. Otherwise, our plan might be exposed."
“So, you must arrange this matter properly this time. If something goes wrong and we are unable to collect all the materials to refine those magical instruments, our treasure-hunting trip in a few years will not be able to proceed smoothly.” A square-faced old man solemnly instructed the others.
"Don't worry, Uncle. This auction has been arranged perfectly. All the cultivators who bid for the auction are humble independent cultivators that we have already bought."
"How is the emperor coping? Why did Taiyi Sect and Tianmo Sect suddenly send two old monsters, Xuanqing and Qimiao, to the palace? Did they hear some rumors?" said a beautiful woman with a worried look on her face.
Hearing this, everyone except the square-faced old man showed worry on their faces.
This plan to go to Kunwu Mountain to obtain treasure is very important to their Ye family.
If the two largest sects of good and evil get wind of this, then everything will be ruined.
Not only that, the family might also suffer a devastating disaster, so they are extremely worried now.
"Don't worry about that. They are here for the Pingshan Seal. These two families have many informants. They figured out what treasure we were refining just from the little bit of information we deliberately revealed."
“So this time, these two old guys came up here eagerly to put pressure on our Ye family, demanding that we sell this treasure to their two families.” The square-faced old man said with a smile on his face.
"Humph, these thieves, any good stuff they get they immediately put into their pockets. We spent so much effort to refine these imitations of spiritual treasures, are we going to just let them get away with it for nothing?" said an old man wearing a black crown.
"Hehe, didn't we refine this Pingshan Seal just to attract their attention? It's just right now, but we can't let them get it for nothing. If we don't pay any price, wouldn't our royal family really be making wedding dresses for others?" said the square-faced old man with a sneer.
"With this bait out in the open, the real plan won't be noticed by them. But just in case, all elders who know the plan must go out together recently, so as not to be careless and fall into the trap of these two old monsters."
“Especially the Qi Miao Zhenren who came from the Heavenly Demon Sect this time, he is even more proficient in various secret techniques of bewitching souls. Even if a Yuanying-level cultivator is accidentally attacked, he will involuntarily reveal everything.” The square-faced old man’s facial muscles twitched, as if he remembered something, and warned with a serious expression.
"We would pay attention to it on a daily basis. Now the grand auction is about to be held, and Nascent Soul cultivators from all over the place have gathered here. This is the perfect time for us to fish in troubled waters!" said the beautiful middle-aged woman with a sneer.
The square-faced old man nodded when he heard this, and then his expression changed and he asked, "By the way, what was the origin of the Nascent Soul cultivator named Ye who appeared in the Tianji Pavilion two years ago? Have you investigated it?"
Upon hearing this, the old man in the black cap said immediately: "I sent someone to investigate as soon as I received the report."
"It is certain that this cultivator named Ye has no relationship with our family. I heard that he is an overseas cultivator and is very close to Bai Yaoyi of Beiye Xiaoji Palace. In the past two years, he has been living in the manor of Xiaoji Palace outside the capital!"
Hearing this, the square-faced old man showed an interested look on his face and said, "Oh, it turns out to be an overseas cultivator. Is there any possibility of winning him over?"
"Although the Beiye Xiaoji Palace is very powerful, it has never been involved in the internal affairs of Dajin. As long as it is not involved with the internal sects of Dajin, it is fine!"
The old man in black cap shook his head and said bluntly: "It's impossible. This person is not only friends with Bai Yaoyi, but also has contact with people from Jiuyou Sect!"
"Recently, the guy surnamed Fu from the Jiuyou Sect seems to be planning something. He has invited several cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. I wonder what they are planning!"
The square-faced old man suddenly became alert and asked, "Could their plan be related to what we are going to do?"
The old man in black cap shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I think the possibility is not great. There is no cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage among them, so how can they go to that place?"
"The Jiuyou Sect has more than one great cultivator!" the beautiful middle-aged woman frowned and said when she heard this.
"Haha, have you forgotten that the guy named Fu has broken up with the Jiuyou Sect?" said the old man in the black hat with a smile.
The square-faced old man's expression softened after hearing this, and he said, "That's good. Otherwise, if these people's plans coincide with ours, we will have to spend more time to silence them!"
“But it’s a pity that we can’t bring an overseas cultivator who has no interest in the inland into our family!” The square-faced old man shook his head regretfully.
“Even if he has nothing to do with the Jiuyou Sect, we can’t win him over!” said the old man in the black crown with a wry smile.
"Oh? Is there something wrong with this person?" The square-faced old man asked with a changed expression when he heard this.
“This cultivator named Ye was actually wanted by the Lord of the Ice Sea and the Ten Thousand Demons Valley nearly a hundred years ago!” said the old man in the black crown with a wry smile on his face.
"What? It's him?" The square-faced old man and the beautiful middle-aged woman were both shocked.
For unknown reasons, the Lord of the Ice Sea became furious and joined forces with the Ten Thousand Demons Valley to hunt down a human cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage, which attracted the attention of many high-level cultivators of the Dajin Dynasty.
There were also some Nascent Soul cultivators who were interested in the bounties offered by these monsters and went looking for this Nascent Soul early stage cultivator.
But soon it was discovered that this person seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and could not be found.
Later , the incident gradually faded away, but unexpectedly this person appeared again.
"It seems that this person must have hidden back overseas and cultivated to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul before daring to reappear in Dajin!" The square-faced old man said after a moment of hesitation.
"Wan Yao Valley once secretly expressed its support for us. Should we tell Wan Yao Valley about this person's appearance?" asked the beautiful middle-aged woman.
Hearing this, the square-faced old man shook his head repeatedly: "The relationship between us and the Ten Thousand Demons Valley is only about interests. There is no need to offend a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul for them. We should just pretend that we don't know about this matter!"
Hearing the words of the square-faced monk, the beautiful woman and the old man in the black hat nodded thoughtfully .
Upon seeing this, the square-faced old man said a few more words, and then the three of them dispersed.
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In the capital of Dajin, two years later, Ye Changsheng and Bai Yaoyi returned here again.
The figures of the two appeared in front of a huge stone hall, which was the Baoguang Hall where the auction was held.
There was another single-story hall built of white stone above the Baoguang Hall. Although it was slightly smaller, only one-third of the stone hall below, it was still several hundred feet wide, and it was definitely a huge monster in the air.
"Two seniors, the auction for the Nascent Soul level has been moved to the Jiuxiao Palace above, while the Jindan stage auction will still be held in the Baoguang Palace. In addition, each person must pay one thousand spirit stones to enter the Nascent Soul level auction." A Jindan stage cultivator came up to the two and introduced.
"Do I have to pay spirit stones to participate in the auction? You really know how to make money!" Ye Changsheng said lightly when he heard this.
"Senior, please understand. This is because there are three times more monks participating in the auction than in previous years, so we have to do this. The main purpose is to prevent the auction from being too crowded."
“But for a master of your status, you naturally wouldn’t value these spirit stones.” The Jindan cultivator said with an apologetic smile.
Bai Yaoyi smiled sweetly, her eyes moving as she said to Ye Changsheng, "This is also the tradition of the Grand Auction. Every time, the amount of spirit stones collected is determined based on the number of participants!"
"This time, they collected one thousand spirit stones. It seems that there are indeed a lot of people!"
Ye Changsheng shook his head and handed over a storage bag.
It’s not that he was reluctant to part with the thousand spirit stones, but he was lamenting that the methods used by the merchants in Dajin to make money were even more blatant than his.
"Senior, please come in. The Nascent Soul Auction will begin in the morning. This is the auction sign. You can participate in the Nascent Soul Auction in the next few days with this sign."
As soon as the Jindan cultivator got the spirit stone, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He pulled out a jade token with a number from his sleeve and handed it to Ye Changsheng.
On the side, Bai Yaoyi also took out a thousand spirit stones and exchanged them for a sign.
Then the two of them flew towards the palace in mid-air.
Before the two of them, many cultivators had already appeared in the auction venue, and after them, a large number of Nascent Soul cultivators also appeared one after another.
Not long after, hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators flew into the Jiuxiao Palace in mid-air one after another.
And after three huge bell sounds, the grand auction began.
The person presiding over the auction was a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Ye Changsheng and Bai Yaoyi sat leisurely on the chairs, watching this person take out the auction items one by one.
Although this is an open auction, according to Bai Yaoyi and the old man surnamed Fu, there will not be any particularly rare items appearing.
But even so, many materials, magic weapons, elixirs, etc. were sold at prices of hundreds of thousands or even millions of spirit stones.
There are quite a few of Ye Changsheng's things here. He sent a dozen or so refining materials that were not particularly rare to the auction.
After all, it was someone else's auction, so he couldn't bring out too many things.
Just consider it as a small profit!
With the reserves of 100 million spirit stones in his hands, he would be considered a wealthy man in the spirit world. Some poorer fusion cultivators could not afford so many spirit stones.
The auction of hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in front of him really made him lose interest.
However, Bai Yaoyi on the side was very interested and took action one after another, buying several pieces of materials.
"Han Li is here as expected. I wonder how his Three Flame Fan is prepared?" Ye Changsheng glanced and saw Han Li's figure in a corner.
Han Li had also noticed him a long time ago. Seeing that he was accompanied by a beautiful woman, his eyes twitched involuntarily, thinking that he was worthy of being Senior Brother Ye.
Senior Brother Ye had a lot of things that Han Li coveted and was thinking about, but Han Li had never been sure he could get them from Senior Brother Ye.
But this time it was different. Han Li suddenly obtained something of inestimable value in these two days. With this thing, he dared to guarantee that he could exchange it for enough materials for his own use from Ye Changsheng.
Han Li withdrew his gaze and focused on the auction, waiting for the next transaction with Senior Brother Ye.
Ye Changsheng saw that Han Li was constantly making investments and was extremely wealthy, so he bought more than ten kinds of materials.
More than half of them are of fire attribute.
"Well, it looks like he is almost ready to refine the Three-Flame Fan. The other materials should be used to refine the puppet that Lord Dayan has spent his entire life developing, which is comparable to a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage!" Ye Changsheng thought to himself.
Ye Changsheng had been looking forward to the Three Flame Fan refined by Han Li for a long time.
The Pingshan Seal refined by the royal family of the Great Jin Dynasty was only about two-tenths as powerful as the Tongtian Lingbao that they imitated.
And under the guidance of Lord Dayan, Han Li's Three Flame Fan can reach about three or four tenths of the power of the Seven Flame Fan.
This is a magical treasure that is even more powerful than the Pingshan Seal.
Ye Changsheng had long been looking forward to Han Li refining it, and then he would analyze and copy one.
This auction was to last for several days. At the end of the first day, several items appeared one after another that were much more valuable than the previous materials.
Seeing these things appear, Ye Changsheng showed a smile. Among them were several things he put up for auction.
In the end, all these materials were sold at a price that Ye Changsheng was relatively satisfied with.
After getting the spirit stones from the auction house, Ye Changsheng and Bai Yaoyi left the stone palace. As soon as they flew outside, they saw Han Li who was waiting for him there.
"I met an acquaintance, fairy, please wait for a moment!" Ye Changsheng said to Bai Yaoyi beside him.
"Brother Ye, please go now. I have some small matters to take care of here. We can meet again in front of this palace tomorrow!" Bai Yaoyi said with a soft smile.
Then, she turned into a rainbow light and flew to somewhere in Jinjing.
Ye Changsheng knew that she was going to investigate the traitor who stole the cold marrow in Xiaoji Palace. At this grand auction, Nascent Souls would gather together, and the traitor might also show up. That was why she came out of Xiaoji Palace.
After Han Li saw Bai Yaoyi leave, he flew over and said solemnly: "Brother, let's find a private place to talk. I have a deal that you may be interested in!"
"Brother Han is so confident. I am curious about what kind of deal this is. Let's go!"
As they spoke, the two of them turned into two rays of rainbow light and quickly flew away.
