Auction (1)
At Zhen Wu blessed land, Yuan tribe’s Northern Plains headquarters, the surname Yuan marks a super force here though ordinary elsewhere. The tribe’s first supreme elder, a rank seven Gu Immortal with peak battle strength, practices spear moves above a peak pond while true martial carp, mutated beast kings, mock his form. Yuan Chi arrives and reminds him not to miss the auction, and he draws out Human Language, an Immortal Gu that turns beast speech into human words, then flies off. Once it is gone, only a slight bubbling remains when the carps open their mouths. Yuan Chi conceals the pond behind thick cloud. ch. 747
Elsewhere, a scholar recites poetry as his attendant Hong Xiu pours his wine. Finding little wine left, he decides to request more at the coming auction, and tells Hong Xiu to come with him while Tian Xiang guards their blessed land. Hong Xiu answers him with open joy. Elsewhere still, Gu Immortal He Lang Zi tests Immortal Gu Heavenly Gong at only five percent power and, while running a top tier defensive mortal killer move, still suffers shifted intestines and reversed blood before recovering within moments. Judging it very powerful and enough on its own to guarantee a buyer, he flies toward crimson reed marsh. ch. 747
Above the marsh, a rank eight guest in a tall hat calls the scene both delicate and grand. He judges Qin Bai Sheng meticulous and scheming enough to cause this commotion. Beside him, rank seven Murong Jin Xiao agrees with respect, greatly admiring Qin Bai Sheng’s methods as a true source of the commotion and a clever way to protect himself. Their exchange reveals the guest as an overlord from Eastern Sea, not Northern Plains. ch. 747
Fang Yuan greets Qin Bai Sheng as an old friend. Qin Bai Sheng grabs his arms very enthusiastically, as if he really regarded him as a brother, surprised he arrived straight from Fairy Li Shan’s side. Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng had entered Fairy Li Shan’s blessed land and used a hole earth Gu to reach Bai Sheng blessed land directly, carrying the thirteen sleeping cloud coffins with them. Paired hole earth Gu had been set between the two blessed lands under a mountain pledge Gu and their owners’ earlier agreement. Fang Yuan explains the route as a way to lower his risk while carrying such treasure at a low cultivation level, and Qin Bai Sheng waves off the modesty, calling him unfathomable and safe under Fairy Li Shan’s protection. ch. 747
Qin Bai Sheng then asks who the old man beside Fang Yuan is. Fang Yuan introduces him as a good friend, Gu Immortal Bai Sheng. Qin Bai Sheng greets him with respect, not having known of him before, and Tai Bai Yun Sheng, disguised by unfamiliar face, answers only that he is flattered. ch. 747
Qin Bai Sheng leads them to the huge auction hall, a blessed land he altered specially for the event, and Fang Yuan praises its magnificent aura. Qin Bai Sheng admits the huge pressure of hosting so many huge forces and experts has left him barely able to sleep, and asks how many blessed lands Fang Yuan has brought. Fang Yuan gives no number, only telling him to be at ease. ch. 747
Unable to draw out an answer, Qin Bai Sheng changes the subject. He explains the auction offers a main hall for free interaction, single rooms for solitary Gu Immortals, and secret rooms that hide a Gu Immortal’s identity entirely. All three places may be swapped during the auction, though nobody enters an occupied secret room without the owner’s agreement. Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng both choose secret rooms. Qin Bai Sheng says the first nine are already booked and gives them the tenth and eleventh. Once they enter, Bai Sheng blessed land opens its entrance and invites in the many Gu Immortals waiting outside. ch. 747
Named in this chapter
- Fang Yuan×14
- Northern Plains×8
- Tai Bai Yun Sheng×7
- Fairy Li Shan×4
- Eastern Sea×3
- Bai Sheng Blessed Land×2
- He Lang Zi×2
- Heavenly Gong×2
- Hong Xiu
- Southern Border
- Western Desert
- Zhen Wu Blessed Land
- Qin Bai Sheng×16
- Gu Immortal×11
- Yuan Tribe×7
- Immortal Gu×6
- Bai Sheng×2
- Murong Jin Xiao×2
- First Supreme Elder
- Human Language
- Tian Xiang