“Have you ever counted what’s lost in Fengyu Palace?” Feng Hengkong asked angrily.
Feng Xichen answered respectfully, "The thing that Hua Minghai stole the most in the past was the Purple Veined Heavenly Crystal. However, the Purple Veined Heavenly Crystal and Purple Veined Divine Crystal in the Fengyu Palace have not decreased at all. Instead... half of the Phoenix Sunflower, which was half used, is missing. I think the thief's mind was in a mess after triggering the Guardian Mysterious Array, so he grabbed something and fled in a hurry."
“Half a Phoenix Sunflower?” Although Phoenix Sunflower was rare, it was not a very precious thing to the Phoenix Divine Sect. Feng Hengkong snorted coldly: “Even if nothing was missing, he dared to break into our Phoenix Divine Sect and he is courting death. From today on, we will track down Hua Minghai’s whereabouts throughout the empire. If we can capture him alive, that would be the best. If it is difficult to capture him alive, we will kill him on the spot!”
“Yes! I will give the order immediately. Even if Hua Minghai has the ability to reach the sky, he can’t escape from the grasp of our Phoenix Divine Sect.” Feng Xichen promised.
"I'll leave this matter to you. Hua Minghai can enter and leave my Phoenix Divine Sect safely, which is worthy of being a test for you! Don't let me down."
"Yes, Father, I will definitely not let you down."
Feng Hengkong turned around and prepared to leave. When he reached the door, he paused and said calmly, "Before the ranking battle begins, Xue'er will be in Qifeng Valley for cultivation. No one within a 50-mile radius of Qifeng Valley, no matter how serious the situation, is allowed to get close! But I am still a little worried. When you order the investigation of Hua Minghai, arrange some people to guard the east, west, and north sides of Qifeng Valley. No one is allowed to get close. If anyone dares to disturb Xue'er, no matter who it is, they will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes, I will do it right away."
After Feng Hengkong left, Feng Xichen breathed a sigh of relief. After being silent for a long time, he began to get anxious again. After pacing back and forth in the hall for dozens of times, he finally frowned and whispered, "Chihuo, come in!"
A flash of fire appeared, and a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties appeared in front of Feng Xichen as if teleporting, and bowed and said: "What do you want, Prince?"
“Leave the palace immediately. These few days, secretly search for a man named ‘Yun Che’ in Shenhuang City! He will come to participate in the Seven Nations Ranking Tournament, and will definitely show up within half a month... or maybe he has already arrived. After discovering him, immediately... kill him in secret... Remember, the more secretive the better. After killing him, destroy the body directly. It is best not to leave any traces!” Feng Xichen said with a sinister look in his eyes.
"Yes, Prince." Feng Chihuo nodded in agreement.
“Remember, don’t let anyone else know about this except you and me! Including my father.” Feng Xichen said with a serious expression.
The surprise on Feng Chihuo's face flashed by, and then he nodded without hesitation: "This old servant will definitely not let the prince down... This old servant will take his leave."
Feng Chihuo left, Feng Xichen clenched his hands, his eyes flashing with sinister hatred, he whispered: "Yun Che... If I don't kill you with my own hands, it's really hard to relieve the hatred in my heart! But before the ranking battle, you must die! After destroying the Blue Wind Nation, that deep humiliation will be buried under my feet forever!"
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The next day, Yun Che followed the direction Zi Ji had given him and arrived at the Luoyan Chamber of Commerce in Shenhuang City.
After arriving, Yun Che discovered that this place was just as Zi Ji had said. Although it was named after a chamber of commerce, it was not an orthodox chamber of commerce. To be precise, it was more like an underground exchange! And it was not large in scale. In this area, there were many similar underground exchanges, and they were all named after chambers of commerce.
However, as long as you can buy Phoenix Sunflower, it doesn’t matter whether it is from the Chamber of Commerce or the black market.
Yun Che saw a plaque with the words "Luoyan Chamber of Commerce" engraved on it in a remote dark alley. Below the plaque, a young girl was standing gracefully. When she saw Yun Che approaching, she took the initiative to greet him and said, "Sir, are you here to participate in the Luoyan Trade Fair?"
"Yes, please lead the way young lady." Yun Che said naturally. Back in Cangyun Continent, he had come into contact with a large number of black markets, which were places where people were introduced to trade and had to pay a high "entry fee".
The young girl who guided them said, "There will be many rare treasures for sale at today's Luoyan Trade Fair, so the entrance fee will be slightly higher than usual, requiring twenty purple coins."
Twenty may not sound like much... but twenty purple profound coins are a full two hundred thousand yellow profound coins! And that's just the "entrance fee"!
Yun Che did not say much and happily handed over twenty purple profound coins… The little girl in front of him would never have imagined that Yun Che had a huge sum of 100 billion yellow profound coins on his body.
"Please follow me, sir."
The girl accepted the purple profound coins and led Yun Che into the dark alley. After several turns of the road, they walked into a hidden underground space. This space was not wide, and there were only thirty or forty seats in total. At this time, there were more than twenty people sitting in these seats. Although this place was remote and hidden, the clothes of these people were all extremely luxurious... Those who were willing to pay the entrance fee of twenty purple profound coins must have a very rich family.
After Yun Che came in, everyone present glanced at him. After sensing that he only had the profound strength of the Earth Profound Realm, they all showed disdain on their faces, then turned their faces away and never looked at him again. A person under the age of twenty who was at the Earth Profound Realm was a rare top talent in the Blue Wind Nation, but in the Divine Phoenix Empire, he could only be relegated to the middle and lower classes. In the eyes of these people who claimed to be upper class, he was not worth mentioning at all.
Yun Che naturally ignored anyone and just found a place to sit down.
After Yun Che, no one else came in. Not long after, a charming voice came: “Gentlemen, I’ve kept you waiting for a long time.”
The secret door opened, and a plump, graceful woman walked out slowly, followed by an old man with half-hundred-year-old hair. The woman was wearing a tight black dress, showing off her curves, and her charming eyes were like peach blossoms. She looked at everyone present with watery eyes, almost seducing their souls.
"Oh... my little Qiqi, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you so eagerly." A young man in blue clothes stood up and stared at the woman who walked in, with a look of lust and soul.
"Hehehe..." The woman covered her lips and laughed, her voice soft and coquettish: "Young Master Gongsun is always so anxious. I promise you that today's treasures will not disappoint you. Gentlemen, please open your eyes wide and look at me carefully. Don't show mercy when I bid later. Oh, by the way, gentlemen who are meeting for the first time, my slave Xiaoqi is the host of Luoyan Trade Fair. You must come often in the future and visit me often."
This woman named Xiao Qi spoke coquettishly and had a charming manner. Although the men present were still serious on the surface, they were all wagging their index fingers and drooling. If there was anyone who was truly calm, it was basically only Yun Che... Because this vixen was so far inferior to his two wives, even if he mobilized his male instincts, he could not arouse the slightest interest.
"When have I ever disappointed Xiao Qiqi with my actions?" The young man called "Master Gongsun" looked at Xiao Qi with lustful eyes, "I just wonder if Xiao Qiqi's treasure is among the treasures to be auctioned today? If so, I will buy it even if I have to spend all my fortune."
"Hehe, Young Master Gongsun is so bad." Xiao Qi covered her mouth with her hand and gave Young Master Gongsun a charming look, which made him so mesmerized that his whole body went limp.
A thousand alpaca horses were galloping through Yun Che’s heart.
The trade fair finally got to the point. Xiao Qi reached out and took a turquoise jade box from the old man behind her. She held the jade box in both hands, swept her charming eyes over everyone, and said with a smile: "In this jade box, there are two purple crystal chalcedony, which is the essence of a huge purple crystal jade mine. It can drive a mysterious boat with a weight of 100,000 jin. One purple crystal chalcedony can drive a mysterious boat of 100,000 jin to fly for 100 hours. If you pour it into spiritual weapons, it can greatly increase the spirituality of the weapons."
Amethyst Chalcedony... can it increase the spirituality of weapons?
Yun Che's heart suddenly moved. His Dragon Fault was a spiritual King Profound Instrument, but its spirituality was not high. Currently, the most it could do was automatically return after leaving his hand, and emit a dragon roar when angry. If he could make it have a stronger spirituality, it would undoubtedly be of great benefit to him.
He came here only for the Phoenix Sunflower, but he didn't expect to encounter this Amethyst Jade. Although the scale of this underground trade fair is small, the things sold are extremely extraordinary, no wonder the admission fee is so high.
"Oh! It's actually amethyst chalcedony!" The young man surnamed Gongsun showed an excited expression on his face: "I have been looking for this thing for a long time. I didn't expect that Xiao Qiqi has it, and there are two of them... You are worthy of being my Xiao Qiqi! Tell me, what is the lowest price for these two amethyst chalcedony?"
Xiao Qi held up the jade box with her hands, her eyes narrowed into a thin slit: "Six hundred purple coins, Master Gongsun should know how precious amethyst chalcedony is, so this price must not be expensive."
"Six hundred... well, this price is indeed generous." The young man surnamed Gongsun said with a smile. He half turned around, clasped his fists to the people around him, and said, "My dear friends, I am Gongsun Yu from the Holy Sword Sect. I urgently need this purple crystal jade to improve the spirituality of my beloved sword. I hope you will be kind enough to give it to me."
As soon as the words "Holy Sword Sect Gongsun Yu" came out, many people present suddenly changed color, and the idea of bidding was suppressed at once. Although the Holy Sword Sect could not be compared with the Phoenix Sect, it was also one of the famous sects in the Phoenix Empire, and it was also a bully that could not be provoked in the Phoenix City. And this Gongsun Yu was the youngest son of the current leader of the Holy Sword Sect.
A lazy voice sounded at this time: "Brother Gongsun, since this is a trade fair, of course the one with the highest bid wins. If you play like this, how can Miss Xiaoqi do business? Miss Xiaoqi doesn't say anything, but I can't stand it anymore."
After hearing this, Gongsun Yu was not angry at all. Instead, he burst into laughter and bowed to the person who spoke. He said, "Brother Nalan, what you are teaching me is that I was excited when I saw the prey. I will never do it again."
When they heard the word "Nalan", the people in the field changed their color again... The Nalan family was also one of the giants in Shenhuang City, and they had been friends with the Holy Sword Sect for thousands of years. The person who spoke was named Nalan Xiong, and his status in the Nalan family was also extremely prominent. He seemed to be rebuking Gongsun Yu, but in fact, he was using the reputation of the two families to put pressure on everyone else present, so that they would never dare to bid against Gongsun Yu.
"Two purple crystal chalcedony and six hundred purple coins. I want them." Gongsun Yu said with a smile.
At this moment, a very plain, yet extremely discordant voice suddenly came from a corner: "Seven hundred purple coins."
Gongsun Yu's brows furrowed, and he turned around, his eyes falling on Yun Che. He glanced at Yun Che's profound strength, and deep disdain flashed in his eyes... But the other party had the courage to compete with him, and maybe he was wealthy, so he didn't dare to offend him rashly, and said indifferently: "My friend, it seems that you don't want to give me, Gongsun Yu, this face?"
Yun Che smiled faintly and said, "What I want is the purple crystal jade marrow. What does it have to do with your face?"
Gongsun Yu's mouth twitched slightly, his face obviously darkened, he sneered: "You are right, the competition in the trade fair depends on strength, not face. Since you also want to get this purple crystal jade, let's see if you have the ability... One thousand purple coins!"
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