Chapter 513 – Sea Abyss Demon Beasts
”Isn’t this Fellow Daoist Xu? But I’ve heard that you’re going back to Heavenly Star City, and you’re still unable to teleport?” The woman’s voice was delicate and glutinous, making it comfortable to listen to.
Han Li, however, inadvertently frowned and laughed bitterly in his heart. It seemed as if most of the female cultivators he had seen seemed to have practiced the secret art of charming. Although the woman in front of him was nowhere near as good as Zi Ling, Yuan Yao, and the others, making the hearts and minds of some lower-ranked male cultivators mesmerized was still easily achievable.
Thinking of this, Han Li swept his gaze slightly. The brocade-clothed man and Xu Yun were still able to keep their faces unchanged, while the rest of the men looked unnatural, their gazes intentionally or unintentionally twirling around the woman’s body.
”These are the new Daoists, I’ll bring them to see a bit of the world. As for returning to Heavenly Star City, I don’t think we’ll be able to leave for a while. I didn’t expect the rumors to be true, there’s really going to be a fight over there.” Xu Yun said with some unwilling hatred.
”It’s not bad to stay here. If we really left, wouldn’t my concubine have one less patron.” The brightly colored woman said with a smile as she covered her almond lips and her bright eyes flowed with autumn waves. That kind of seductive flavor of a mature woman, looking straight at the black-faced cultivator and the others without blinking, it was the two female cultivators who also blushed.
”Mrs. Ming, these people are all invited by me, quickly give me a tag.” Xu Yun called out the woman’s name, a little displeased with this woman for practicing her charming techniques in front of her.
”Hee hee! Got it. The cultivation and determination of these two Daoists are not below Brother Xu. By the looks of it, there’s absolutely no problem staying on this Qi Yuan Island.” Lady Ming smiled gently, and after sweeping Han Li and the brocade-clothed man twice, the charm on her face was withdrawn, and she truly became an ordinary-looking, normal woman. The quickness of the change caused the others on the opposite side to first be stunned, and then sobered up full of embarrassment.
”Snap!” With two sounds, this woman clapped her hands twice. From behind the screen another young mortal woman turned out.
”Take Immortal Master Xu to the auction room, the auction should only have started shortly!” The bright woman said coldly at this mortal woman. Then with a lift of her hand, an emerald green sign was thrown to Xu Yun.
Xu Yun took this so-called placard. Without even looking, he walked along with the mortal woman toward a side door. Han Li and the others naturally followed closely behind.
The moment he stepped through the side door, Han Li felt a strange movement of aura, as if he had entered some sort of prohibition, and his complexion couldn’t help but move, but then returned to normal.
The crowd’s eyes lit up, and there was unexpectedly another world behind the screen!
A long walkway, two feet wide, transformed the stone house behind it into two halls of considerable size. The hall on the left was spacious and bright, with no shade at all except for a few tall black stone pillars, and it was bustling with activity. There were nearly twenty to thirty cultivators staying there and lined up in a long queue, and all of these cultivators, regardless of gender, were accompanied by a young mortal woman. Although some of the male cultivators used colorful gazes to survey these mortal women who were not really well-dressed, but at most they made a few jokes under their breath, but none of them really moved their hands and feet. It seemed that they were afraid of something.
At the end of the line is a small hut, the door of the house on the white light flashes, queuing cultivators as long as the hand of the jade card to the door a press, people can enter. But it only looked like one person could enter at a time.
And the hall on the right. On the other hand, it was completely obscured by a light blue light curtain, and one could not see anything inside at all.
”This place is called Ming Zhu Xuan, a place that specializes in acquiring cultivators’ harvests from overseas and exchanging them for spirit stones. Or if you think something is expensive, it’s fine to participate in the auction directly after appraisal. There are several other places of the same kind of operation in this city, run by different forces, each with a YuanYing stage cultivator behind them. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to stand its ground in a lawless place like the Outer Sea.”
”There are so many YuanYing stage cultivators! Could it be the Four Great Merchant Alliance?” That Liu woman sucked in a breath of cool air when she heard this and muttered.
”The Four Great Merchant Alliance? There’s no place for them to meddle here. Perhaps all the other Demon Beast Islands are monopolized by the Four Great Merchant Alliances, but this Qi Yuan Island is the only Demon Beast Island that is completely controlled by a number of forces joining forces. These forces may be alone in the Inner Star Sea, can not fight against the four major business alliances, but after joining forces, even the Star Palace does not dare to easily offend. However, their teaming up is only limited to this Qi Yuan Island.” Xu Yun said nonchalantly.
”Listening to Brother Xu’s tone, is there something special about this Qi Yuan Island? Surprisingly, it makes so many forces, for that reason, dare to fight against the Four Great Merchant Alliances!” The brocade-clothed big man was also a man with a heart of gold, and he immediately heard something fishy about it.
”Heh! Brother Yi guessed correctly. Since this place is named Qi Yuan, it means that in the nearby sea, there is indeed an unfathomably deep Demonic Beast Sea Abyss. High-ranked demonic beasts that are rare to see on other demonic beast islands often appear there. It was said that there were also Grade 8 or above demonic beasts that had appeared. For the sake of these high-level demonic beasts, the YuanYing stage masters behind these forces certainly won’t allow the Four Great Merchant Alliance to monopolize it again. I heard that when they first discovered the sea abyss of demonic beasts, these forces and the four big business alliance had several battles, and later on, it was the Star Palace that intervened to mediate. In the end, I don’t know what conditions were negotiated, but this island was handed over to these forces to manage. The real situation of this Qi Yuan Island is also strictly prohibited from leaking to the Inner Star Sea. Otherwise, it will be hunted down and silenced by these forces.” Xu Yun explained with a normal expression.
Hearing this, Han Li was shocked. The brocade-clothed man and the others even turned pale at the words.
”A Level 8 or higher demonic beast, isn’t that an existence similar to that of a YuanYing cultivator, there really is this kind of demonic beast in this place?” The brocade-clothed big man could no longer maintain his composure.
”This is hard to say, I haven’t seen it with my own eyes either. But it’s true that someone has hunted and killed a level seven demonic beast! That Level 7 Demon Pill was the one that was auctioned off for a sky-high price in this Pearl Hall, and was finally bid away by a YuanYing stage senior.” Xu Yun somewhat enviously tsked.
”Listening to Fellow Daoist Xu, the demonic beasts of the Sea Abyss seem to be a bit better to find than ordinary seas, is that so?” Han Li, who hadn’t said anything all this time, frowned lightly and still spoke up.
”The demonic beasts of the Sea Abyss are indeed easier to find. However, also because of the frequency of high-level demonic beasts there, the number of cultivators who were similarly exterminated there is countless.” Xu Yun glanced at Han Li with some surprise and said thoughtfully.
Hearing these words, the few people in the brocade-clothed man who hadn’t been to any other demonic beast islands were still somewhat half-hearted. Han Li, however, had a rough idea of the Sea Abyss in his heart.
This was clearly a place of both reward and danger. No wonder, it was so peculiar!
While Han Li was silent, the mortal woman leading the way respectfully asked, “Several Immortal Masters, do you intend to go to the Treasure Appraisal Hall first, or directly to the Treasure Bidding Hall.”
”There’s nothing to see in the Treasure Appraisal Hall, it’s just a matter of having something you don’t recognize for that appraiser to take a look at and directly exchange it for a spirit stone or participate in the auction. We’ll just go directly to the Treasure Bidding Hall. It’s the things there that will be an eye-opener for you fellow Daoists.” Xu Yun was obviously exceptionally familiar with this place, and before waiting for that mortal woman to lead the way, he took the lead and walked towards that right hall.
As he approached the light shield, without saying a word, he gently scratched with the jade token in his hand, opening a round door, and then his hand waved at Han Li and the others before walking in.
The brocade-clothed man and the others would naturally not be polite at this point, and fishtailed into the room.
”You don’t need to go in?” Han Li glanced at the mortal woman standing respectfully outside the door and asked with some curiosity.
”We mortals are not allowed to be able to enter the Treasure Bidding Hall. It will be fine for my concubine to wait outside for the immortal masters.” The mortal woman explained with a smile at Han Li.
Han Li nodded and without saying anything else also walked into the blue light screen, which automatically closed.
The inside was exceptionally simple, and aside from some wooden chairs, there was a stone platform several feet long right at the end of the hall. After there is an old man, hand holding a blue light shining stone, mouth like saying something.
And opposite him, either standing or sitting, there were dozens of cultivators of all ranks, there were Qi Refining Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, and just no high ranked cultivators of JieDan Stage.
”This blue light stone is an excellent material for refining water attribute magic weapons, the original owner is now auctioning it at the low price of five hundred spirit stones. The old rule is to raise the price by at least thirty spirit stones at a time. The bidding can now begin.” The old man on the stone platform said in a torrential voice.
”Five hundred and three!”
”Five hundred eight!”
”Six hundred spirit stones!”
As soon as the old man’s words were finished, many of the cultivators below began to bid, and although it wasn’t a hot and enthusiastic talk, it was still bought by a young Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator at a price of nearly seven hundred. He paid the spirit stone on the spot and immediately claimed the item.
”Below, an earth attribute magic weapon ……,” the old man continued auctioning the next item with barely a break.
Han Li naturally wouldn’t have any interest in any magic weapon, and as soon as his gaze swept through the light screen, he saw Xu Yun’s people standing in the corner of the hall talking in low voices. So he walked over with an unchanged expression.