Chapter 2160: No One Notices

Ye Liuyun doesn't need Divine Sense; just using his Golden Pupil, he has already seen many Ninth Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivators.

He estimates that this time Zhongxing Wangchao has dispatched at least a hundred Martial Cultivators to ambush him here.

However, his assumed identity is so inconspicuous that these people haven't noticed him at all.

But Shi Lianfu was singled out as soon as he arrived.

Ye Liuyun quickly discovered that several Martial Cultivators were specifically watching him.

That night, Shi Lianfu, together with Xue Li, ran to the local tavern and brothel to squander money wildly.

By the next day, Ye Liuyun found that the Martial Cultivators who had been watching Shi Lianfu had withdrawn.

"Probably they have already confirmed Shi Lianfu's identity!"

Ye Liuyun guessed in his mind.

He spent a few more days goofing off with Shi Lianfu, and truly found endless drinking and brothel visits meaningless.

"These rich youngsters, coming here every day, never find it tiresome!"

But he still has to pretend to smile along, praising Shi Lianfu and acting as if he's thoroughly enjoying it.

Fortunately, the three days passed quickly, and Ye Liuyun finally began to make a breakthrough.

Nevertheless, his time accompanying Shi Lianfu wasn't in vain.

On the day of the auction, Shi Lianfu rushed to the auction with ten guards, but was stopped by the auction's Steward.

"One golden invitation can only bring two guards!"

Ye Liuyun heard this and immediately grew nervous.

If Shi Lianfu only brings elite fighters inside, then his efforts these days would be wasted and he'd have no chance to bid.

Fortunately, Shi Lianfu chose Ye Liuyun first.

"Don't worry! I said I'd definitely bring you along!"

Shi Lianfu said with a smile.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun sincerely thanked Shi Lianfu.

He also selected a Ninth Realm guard, taking the two of them into the auction hall while the others could only return to the inn to wait.

Among their party, everyone knew Xue Li was assigned by the guard captain, and no one objected.

Anyway, at such an auction, security is guaranteed, nothing will happen.

So they all went back calmly to wait.

The auction venue constantly had strong Martial Cultivators patrolling back and forth, checking suspicious individuals.

Ye Liuyun also noticed that many people were subjected to intensive questioning, especially those slightly higher-level lone cultivators.

But Ye Liuyun and his companions smoothly reached a private room, and no one paid attention to his tiny guard.

"Huff!"

Ye Liuyun finally let out a breath: "Finally slipped in! I wonder what will happen during the auction!"

He was still uneasy, assuming Zhongxing Wangchao wouldn't let anyone easily take the Divine Blood Fruit.

Whoever wins the Divine Blood Fruit will surely be the target of their close surveillance.

"Relax, relax!"

Shi Lianfu also told Ye Liuyun and another guard.

"The guards inside are so strict, nothing will go wrong.

Take a break too, and watch the excitement together!"

Inside the auction hall, numerous factions were arriving one after another, and the private room grew increasingly crowded.

The private room Shi Lianfu booked wasn't even a particularly good spot.

He probably thought the Shi Clan also lacked sufficient status.

The guards protecting the auction hall that Ye Liuyun saw were all Ninth Realm elites.

There were even ten Ninth Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivators.

It seems the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance also feared trouble and bolstered the security here.

After surveying the situation, Ye Liuyun began to plot against the Ninth Realm guard beside him.

He seized the chaotic moment, when Shi Lianfu wasn't watching, released his Soul and placed a Slave Seal on that Martial Cultivator.

As for Shi Lianfu, he hasn't acted yet.

"Maybe when we leave, we'll still need his reputation!"

Ye Liuyun hasn't decided how to withdraw yet, planning to see how things go.

"Shi Shao, are you planning to bid for the Divine Blood Fruit this time?"

Ye Liuyun, in Xue Li's tone, probed Shi Lianfu.

"Hehe!"

Shi Lianfu gave a mysterious smile, whispering to Ye Liuyun: "The old master has already consented to my participating in the Divine Blood Fruit auction."

"And he also prepared many Divine Crystals for me, hoping to boost my Bloodline Power."

Ye Liuyun also gave a thumbs‑up: "Ingenious! So your earlier claim of not preparing to bid was just a smokescreen!"

Shi Lianfu boasted, "Exactly! The auction hasn't started yet, how could we reveal our true intentions!"

Then Shi Lianfu added, "When it comes to strength, our Shi Clan can't compare with those major powers."

"But regarding Divine Crystals, how many can match our Shi Clan?"

"Indeed! The Shi Clan monopolizes the Formation Plate trade, so Divine Crystals flow into the Treasure Vault like a river!"

Ye Liuyun continued insincerely praising Shi Lianfu.

Shi Lianfu grew even more smug: "Not to brag, but one of the Divine Blood Fruits this time will definitely be mine!"

Young Master Shi is heading out; he'll surely capture them easily!

Ye Liuyun also kept urging him.

It would be best if Shi Lianfu could win the bid; then I'd save myself a lot of trouble!

Ye Liuyun also secretly thought.

As the auction hall filled with more and more people, the auction was about to begin.

An administrator had already taken the stage to emphasize the auction rules.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil also saw that on the outer scattered seats, more than twenty hidden-realm martial cultivators were scattered about, all probing around, obviously searching for the people he had sent.

Soon, the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance began to close its doors, no longer letting anyone in.

The God King Mo Xiaotian of the Zhongxing Dynasty also received confirmation that Ye Liuyun did not personally attend the auction.

This inadvertently expanded their search target.

Many of the martial cultivators present could possibly bid on the Divine Blood Fruit in Ye Liuyun's stead.

Mo Xiaotian immediately sent a message to a martial cultivator in a private booth, telling them to join the bidding but not to actually win the Divine Blood Fruit.

The martial cultivators he had sent also focused their attention on whoever won the Divine Blood Fruit.

No matter who it was, once the auction ended, they would directly move to capture that person and take them back to the Royal City.

At that moment, a white-bearded old man at the Ninth Layer Late Stage also stepped onto the auction platform and began announcing the start of the auction.

The Central Region truly lives up to being a land of abundant resources; some of the auction items even stirred Ye Liuyun's interest.

"How about it?"

"Let's open your eyes!"

Shi Lianfu was also chatting casually with Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun also nodded sincerely in praise: "Indeed, there are quite a few good things!"

"Aren't you preparing to bid on something?"

Shi Lianfu deliberately asked Ye Liuyun.

"Me?"

"Young Master Shi, don't joke—I can't afford anything! Just looking is already satisfying!"

Ye Liuyun said deliberately.

"I have to make a move! These body-tempering pills are also among my targets!"

Shi Lianfu, however, said:

Ten body-tempering pills were about to be auctioned; they are ninth-layer top-grade medicinal pills.

Refined by a ninth-layer alchemist of the Alchemist Alliance, they are indeed excellent for body tempering.

The price of each body-tempering pill has already been bid up to a million top-grade divine crystals.

Ye Liuyun couldn't make a move; otherwise he might end up buying all of these body-tempering pills.

There was no way; for the sake of the Divine Blood Fruit, he could only endure.

He also worried that Shi Lianfu didn't bring enough divine crystals: "Young Master Shi, if you bid on these body-tempering pills, won't it affect the bidding for the Divine Blood Fruit?"