Soon, the matter of the Four Races Alliance was completely settled, and Dongfang Mian and the others had repaired the broken artifact fragments. There seemed to be no point in staying any longer, so they prepared to set off for their next destination.
Just as they were hesitating about where to go, the Crimson-Striped Divine Tiger Clan Chief suddenly came to find them in high spirits.
"My lords, it is like this. The Pegasus Merchant Guild will be holding an auction in the Beast Domain soon. The grand finale is a drop of blood essence from a person with an innate poisonous body. I wonder if you three are interested? If it is of use to you, my Crimson Tiger Clan will go bankrupt to bid for it for you," said the Crimson Tiger Clan Chief.
“Your clan doesn’t have any savings left. Let’s save for a few hundred more years,” Aju quietly reminded her.
"Uh... what you say is right, sir. It's all that despicable and shameless thief's fault. I will never let him go. If I catch him, I will skin him alive and tear him apart..." The Crimson Tiger Clan Chief was furious when he mentioned this incident and cursed fiercely.
"Ahem, um, excuse me, did you just say that you were auctioning a drop of blood essence from a person with an innate poisonous body? You can auction that?" Dongfang Mian interrupted urgently.
The Crimson Tiger Clan Chief immediately stopped his cursing and respectfully replied, "Yes, my lord. The essence and blood of those with innate poison bodies are priceless treasures for poison masters. They can not only enhance their ability to use poisons but also increase their resistance to poisons."
“But essence blood is incredibly precious to everyone. Randomly extracting essence blood will cause great harm to oneself, and one’s cultivation may never improve again. How could anyone be so foolish as to sell their own essence blood?” Dongfang Mian asked.
In the past, the Crimson Tiger Clan Chief would have slammed his fist on the table long ago for all these problems Dongfang Mian had. Now, however, the Crimson Tiger Clan Chief doesn't even dare to say a harsh word, especially since his ancestor had hinted to him before falling into slumber that Aju wasn't from the Crimson Tiger lineage; he just looked similar and preferred to live here.
Therefore, the chief of the Crimson Tiger Clan was always worried that if he was unhappy, Aju would go to live with another clan, since he didn't have any special feelings for the Crimson Tiger Clan anyway.
"My lord, you don't know this. Naturally, no one would be willing to sell their own essence blood. But what if it's someone else's essence blood? My lord, you don't know this. Innate poison bodies are extremely rare in the human realm. Each one is like a money tree. If any powerful family discovers the existence of an innate poison body, they will keep it firmly in their hands, nurture it with various pills and spiritual herbs, and then regularly extract its essence blood to sell," the Crimson-Striped Divine Tiger Clan Chief explained.
Dongfang Mian frowned deeply. She thought of Bao Bao, who also had a congenital poison body. Fortunately, he returned to his biological parents. Otherwise, as the Crimson Tiger Clan Chief said, how could Bao Bao's small body have withstood it?
It's been a long time since I've seen the baby. Shall we go see him first?
As Dongfang Mian was deep in thought, the Crimson-Striped Divine Tiger Clan Chief seemed to have remembered something and said, "By the way, sir, you may not know this, but the Heavenly Horse Trading Company said that this essence blood comes from the Shi family, one of the three great families of the Medicine Domain. It's said to be the core bloodline of the Shi family, making it even more precious than ordinary essence blood. Isn't that strange? This is the first time I've ever heard of a family taking out their core bloodline to squander like this. Isn't this a complete waste..." The Crimson-Striped Divine Tiger Clan Chief muttered to himself, unaware that Dongfang Mian's face was growing increasingly dark, as if ink could drip from it.
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