Since last night, many people have sent their men to the auction house to inquire about the sellers, but the auction house staff are quite professional and ethical, and haven't revealed any information about the sellers. So, basically everyone has returned empty-handed.
However, although they did not receive any news about Suiyi, the auction house manager told everyone that two more Life-Giving Pills would be auctioned at the next auction. So everyone went back with renewed enthusiasm to prepare spirit stones, hoping that the two pills would end up in their own homes.
Even the Xuanfeng Sect is no exception.
"Elder, I heard that the Hua family will be holding a Life-Giving Pill at their next auction. What should we do?" a man asked the dignified old man.
"Once you understand the Hua family's background, it would be impossible for us to use robbery."
"The Hua family..." The man was somewhat puzzled. Wasn't the Hua family just an ordinary family in the mortal world?
"Although no one in the Hua family cultivates at the Xuanfeng Sect now, it's because they're keeping a low profile. Hundreds of years ago, two cultivators from the Hua family ascended to immortality at once. Moreover, through their auction house, they made many friends. The Hua family's ancestor was particularly charitable, and many people have benefited from his family's kindness. Besides, the current head of the Hua family comes from the Upper Realm and is very mysterious. Even I don't know his strength. Nobody knows how many trump cards the Hua family has. Stealing or robbing is absolutely impossible. Let's honestly pool our money and buy it!" The old fox was indeed shrewd, and his words revealed some of the current situation of the Hua family.
"Then we can't start with the Hua family. We can only look for an opportunity to meet the seller and bribe him to work for us."
"Forget about it!" The old man glanced at the man. "You need to understand, someone who possesses such a pill is no ordinary person. If it's an old man, then he's definitely an unparalleled master; if it's a young man, then his family's influence is far from ordinary. In any case, we can't afford to offend them. This world is vast, with many realms. The place we're in now is merely the lowest level realm. The law of the jungle prevails, an unchanging truth since ancient times. When we covet others, aren't we also making enemies for ourselves?"
"Can we compete with others?"
“You are my grandson, and I will always give you the best things. But you should also consider whether I have the ability to do it. You are a member of the family, and I hope you can think about the family and not just think about yourself all day long.” The old man said earnestly, his tone heavy.
"Okay! I understand. If there's nothing else, I'll head down now."
"Okay! Go! Cultivate diligently and try to get into the inner academy in six months. The outer academy is not a place for you, and you won't get much training there."
"Yes, Grandpa, I'm going down!"
"Go!" The old man waved his hand, and the man left. After the man left, the old man seemed to remember something, and in a flash, he was gone from the room!
After leaving, the man did not return to his own place, but went to another hilltop and walked towards a grand hall. The hall was magnificent, and some disciples dressed in white were moving around inside. Upon seeing the man, they all bowed slightly and respectfully called out, "Senior Brother Zhao."
The man arrogantly did not answer, and walked straight inside without looking to the side.
"Senior Brother Zhao, you've come to see Senior Sister Jiang again?" A female disciple from Xuanfeng Sect walked towards him and greeted him with a smile.
"Hmm! Is Junior Sister Jiang here?"
"Senior Sister Jiang isn't here. She went out with Senior Sister Qi and a few others. I don't know where she went!" the female disciple replied, shaking her head.
"Alright! Then when she comes back, send someone to let me know so she can come to my little hut to find me."
"Okay! Take care, senior brother!"
The man turned and left. He had originally wanted to discuss with her how to find that pill, since even his grandfather couldn't do it. He also wanted to sound her out to see if she really needed that pill.
After the man walked away, the female disciple curled her lip in disdain. It was Jiang Yuan again. Everyone knew she was just a pretty face with a useless spiritual root; she must have gotten incredibly lucky to catch the Fourth Elder's eye and be allowed to cultivate here. And she even attracted the attention of so many male disciples.
The Senior Sister Jiang mentioned here is our main female lead, Jiang Heng. At this time, Jiang Heng and several other senior sisters went out to do a mission. By the way, she also had a selfish desire to find the ginseng she had encountered a few months ago. As long as she ate that ten-thousand-year-old ginseng, her spiritual root would definitely undergo a mutation, and she wouldn't be as useless as she is now.
"Senior sister, we've arrived at the Enchanted Forest. In order to complete the mission, I think we should split up and search. How about we meet here before dark?"
“Alright! We’ll do as Junior Sister Jiang says. Let’s split up; that way the mission will be faster. But don’t go too far. Remember, don’t go inside. With our strength, we’d only be wiped out in there.” The woman in the lead said solemnly.
"Okay! Senior sister, we'll be going now."
"Okay! Be careful, and if anything seems amiss, be sure to signal it."
The rest of the people started to scatter in several directions, and the female protagonist was no exception, but she walked alone and did not go with the other women.
Their mission this time was to collect five hundred Shattered Star Grass plants, which are very common in the Enchanted Forest, so the group came at great risk.
After parting ways with the others, Jiang Heng went to the place where she had separated from the ginseng according to her memory. There was nothing on the ground. It seemed that the ginseng was indeed intelligent and had kept its distance.
She squatted down, touched the soil, smelled it, and looked up into the depths of the dense forest, wondering whether she should go in. She regretted it; she should have stayed with them or asked some senior brothers to guide her. With her current strength, going in meant only one thing: death, if she was unlucky.
After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't resist the temptation and slowly and cautiously walked deeper into the area.
The further he walked, the more his brows furrowed. What was going on? Why had he moved from the outer perimeter to the inner perimeter, yet not seen a single spirit beast? Had something unusual happened here?
Puzzled, she walked along, crouching down to trample the herbs and put them into her spatial ring. This ring was a gift from her senior brother Zhao. Looking at the ring, a smug glint flashed in her eyes.
Before they knew it, it was evening. Everyone else had returned to their original spots to wait, but Jiang Heng was nowhere to be seen. They paced back and forth anxiously, glancing inside every now and then.
"Senior sister, we shouldn't have brought her here in the first place. Now look what's happened, we have to wait for her for so long. You know, the night in the Magic Forest is far more dangerous than the daytime." A woman stomped her foot in frustration and said with a worried face.
"There's nothing we can do now but wait for her here." The woman's face was full of displeasure, and she regretted bringing her along.
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