Chapter 2351

「Act! 」 The thin, elderly man witnessed this scene and gave a low shout without hesitation. He raised the silver giant hammer in his hand and struck fiercely toward the center of the stone platform.

With a 「Boom」, a flash of lightning occurred within the cyan light curtain, and a bowl-thick silver arc descended from the sky, striking directly at the dark green giant tree.

This Commercial Alliance Elder was very clear-headed; he knew that if he attacked a Grand Ascension existence directly, he would likely be unable to do anything to the other party in a short time, so he focused his target on the giant tree that had suddenly appeared.

Although he didn't know what strange effect this giant tree had, destroying it certainly wouldn't be wrong.

The other three Elders saw this and naturally took action without hesitation.

Seven or eight treasures buzzed and gathered high in the air, connecting together to form a giant mountain of light, which descended toward the area below with imposing momentum.

The giant mountain emitted ten thousand rays of auspicious light. Before it had even landed, invisible threads shot down densely, as if they wanted to pierce the two people and the stone platform into a thousand holes.

The black-robed man under the light curtain laughed wildly. After a flash of his figure, he blurred and merged into the giant tree.

As for the long-bearded old man, he made an incantation gesture with an expressionless face and also transformed into a startling rainbow, escaping into it.

「Boom! 」

After a flash of silver electric arcs, they struck the giant tree.

The towering giant tree, which was dozens of zhang tall, had countless electric threads leaping on its surface. A burnt smell spread out, and it quickly withered and turned into flying ash.

The black-robed man and his companion, who should have been inside the giant tree, were nowhere to be found.

「They ran away. 」

The thin, elderly man was stunned, almost unable to believe his eyes.

The other three Commercial Alliance Elders looked at each other and also revealed expressions of shock.

This place had long been set up with layers of magic arrays by their Commercial Alliance. There were five or six anti-air restrictions alone, yet they had actually allowed people to borrow an object to teleport away so brazenly. It was truly an incredible matter.

「Do not panic. This is a grotto-heaven land, which has long been managed to be as solid as a copper wall and iron bastion. Even if they ran, where could they go? No... these two actually obtained the entry talismans that only Alliance Elders have. They actually tore through the restrictions and truly ran out of the grotto-heaven. Four Elders, follow me to pursue them! 」 The voice of Ming Zun, the person in charge of this Commercial Alliance, came from high in the air. At first, he was calm and unhurried, but he immediately discovered something through his divine sense and spoke with shock and anger.

Then, a ball of golden light was seen shooting through the air high above. After a few flashes, it disappeared without a trace in the distance.

The expressions of the thin, elderly man and the other three changed. They also raised their escape lights, each transforming into a startling rainbow to follow behind.

They left behind only the thousand alien race members in the plaza who were looking at each other in dismay.

Hu Yushuang only then walked back onto the stone platform with a pale face, bringing a forced smile as she said a few words of comfort. Han Li and the other Grand Ascension existences sitting in the flying houses had different expressions after witnessing this shocking change.

But not a single one of them left the houses; they all remained quietly inside.

Moving around casually at this time could easily be seen by the Helian Commercial Alliance as being an accomplice of the black-robed man, or be mistaken for someone trying to take advantage of the chaos.

Even if someone was truly drooling over that Ancestral Dragon Blood and could grit their teeth to abandon their scruples about the Commercial Alliance, seeing the confident appearance of the black-robed man and his companion, it would likely be of no use to set off in pursuit now.

These old monsters were all cunning and sly; naturally, they wouldn't do such a thing that brought more loss than gain. They all held the idea of responding to the changing situation with the unchanging.

Sure enough, as expected, the Commercial Alliance's thousand-person Grand Ascension group left quickly and returned just as quickly.

A buzzing sound rang out on the stone platform, and after a milky-white light array appeared, Ming Zun flashed out with a dark face, accompanied by the four Commercial Alliance Elders.

Seeing that their auras remained unchanged, they must have lost track of the black-robed man and the long-bearded old man.

The beautiful woman hurried forward to pay her respects as soon as she saw the five return.

Ming Zun waved his hand at her and gave an order:

「Immediately send out a message to distribute the images of these two people to the entire Commercial Alliance. You must figure out their background and find their whereabouts in the shortest possible time. 」

「Yes, this subordinate will go and do it immediately. 」 Hu Yushuang felt a chill in her heart. After agreeing, she immediately made an incantation gesture with one hand, and her figure hid itself away.

At this moment, Han Li, who was in the flying house, had a thoughtful expression as he pondered something.

He suddenly grabbed into the void with one hand. Fluctuations appeared in his hand, and a dark green wooden sword flashed into existence, which he grabbed firmly.

Han Li held the sword horizontally in front of him and used two fingers to brush over the dark green patterns on the sword body, a thoughtful expression flashing in his eyes.

Beside him, Xue Po and Zhu Guo'er saw this and looked at each other, not daring to interrupt Han Li's deep thought.

「Fellow Daoists, although there were some problems with the last auction item, according to custom, the special auction for cross-continental teleportation quotas will not be canceled. They will all be auctioned off today, and I will personally preside over the auction for these quotas. 」 Ming Zun turned his head back and said calmly to the people in the plaza.

These words caused another stir in the plaza, but not many people were truly surprised.

In a general auction, once the finale item is auctioned off, the entire auction is over.

But the Commercial Alliance auction is different. Placing the auction for cross-continental teleportation quotas at the very end of the auction has long been a feature of the Commercial Alliance auction and is not easily canceled.

However, the person in charge of the continent personally presiding over the auction for the quotas was something the Commercial Alliance had never done before.

Even though most people had no thoughts about these quotas, they couldn't help but force themselves to perk up and cheer themselves up.

Han Li heard these words and also woke up from his deep thought, temporarily casting other matters aside.

For him, compared to that somewhat illusory and uncertain 「Ancestral Dragon Blood」, this cross-continental teleportation quota was related to whether he could see Nangong Wan as soon as possible; this was the item he was truly determined to obtain.

The subsequent bidding was surprisingly smooth.

Whether it was because all the teleportation quotas had been changed to Blood Heaven or because there really weren't many people who wanted to go to other continents this time, he didn't know.

Han Li easily auctioned off several quotas with a price only slightly higher than the base price, and his heart felt a slight joy.

「Today's auction ends here. Everyone may leave the grotto-heaven first. If there is anything the Alliance has done that is insufficient, I hope everyone will forgive us. 」 As soon as the last teleportation quota was auctioned off, Ming Zun cupped his fists slightly toward the people in the plaza and said.

The many alien races in the plaza, although they had various thoughts in their hearts, all stood up one after another and called out 「We dare not」.

Then, under the guidance of some Commercial Alliance attendants, these ordinary alien races left the plaza one after another.

After a short while, only the dozens of Grand Ascension old monsters in the flying houses remained in the large auction plaza.

「I apologize for the earlier incident, fellow Daoists. Since the Alliance was established, there has never been an incident where an auction item was snatched. Therefore, here, I, Ming, promise everyone that no matter who assists the Alliance in capturing those two, the Alliance will definitely reward them heavily. Not only can they make three requests that the Alliance can fulfill, but that drop of Ancestral Dragon Blood can also be taken directly as a reward. 」 Ming Zun raised his head and swept a glance at the row of flying houses suspended in the air, speaking so calmly.

「Is what you say true, fellow Daoist? 」

「Your Alliance won't go back on your word when the time comes, right? 」

The Grand Ascension cultivators gasped, and some asked in surprise.

The conditions offered by the Helian Commercial Alliance were so generous that even existences like them were moved.

「Hehe, although the Alliance dares not say it is the largest force in the Spirit Realm, it still has some small reputation. How could we go back on our word? After everyone returns, you can mobilize your sect members or clansmen to search for these two. This promise will remain effective until this matter is completely resolved. 」 Ming Zun replied with a chuckle.

「With your words, fellow Daoist, this old man can rest assured. 」 The Mayfly Clan old man smiled gloomily, appearing quite confident in finding the black-robed man and his companion.

「Brother Ming, forgive me for asking a question. When you and several fellow Daoists pursued them earlier, did you really not even see a trace of those two? Do you know what kind of escape technique they used earlier to be able to ignore so many restrictions in the auction venue and teleport away directly? 」 Another alien Grand Ascension cultivator asked cautiously.

「Originally, the four Elders and I had already caught up with these two little thieves outside, but it turned out they had long ago set up a temporary teleportation array nearby and teleported away directly. I don't know what tricks they played on this array; the Alliance's patrols were so strict, yet we never discovered its existence. As for the teleportation method used to leave this place earlier, this was also the first time I have seen it, so I cannot provide much information. 」 Ming Zun frowned and said.

「Thank you, Brother Ming, for telling the truth. I know how to proceed. 」 After this alien Grand Ascension cultivator thanked him, he did not ask anything else.

Afterward, several other Grand Ascension old monsters also asked a few questions related to the 「Ancestral Dragon Blood」 and the black-robed man.

But unfortunately, the answers from Ming Zun, the person in charge of the Commercial Alliance in the Fengyuan Continent, were mostly vague and could not provide accurate answers either.

At this time, some alien Grand Ascension cultivators began to walk out of the flying houses and left directly by driving their escape lights.

Ming Zun and the others saw this and had no intention of stopping them at all.

「Let's go. We don't have time to specifically look for those two. Let's go back and wait for the teleportation to the Blood Heaven Continent first. We shouldn't need to wait many days. 」 Han Li watched for a moment in the flying house, then suddenly stood up and said indifferently.

Xue Po and Zhu Guo'er nodded in agreement upon hearing this. A moment later, a ball of cyan light wrapped around three blurry figures and flew out of the flying house, flashing through the air and heading straight for the exit of the grotto-heaven.

After returning to his residence, Han Li gave instructions to Xue Po, Zhu Guo'er, and the others for a few days before entering the secret room by himself.

As soon as he sat cross-legged, he flicked his wrist, and a ball of golden light flew out from his storage bracelet. After a flash, it transformed into a golden page and landed in his palm.

It was exactly the page of the Golden Jade Book he had auctioned off earlier.