Chapter 518

Because of the arrival of Ghost King Su Mingyue, Lady Spider Lily, and Ghost Chariot, the lively and noisy auction site became somewhat quiet.

Everyone was watching the battle between these two King Realm powerhouses...

Hua Changxi was also watching, but her mood was somewhat heavy.

She was worried, afraid that these Jiuyou powerhouses were all coming for her.

Cang Ming, standing in front of Hua Changxi's stall, was also paying attention to the fight, but rather absentmindedly; his focus remained on Hua Changxi.

Hmph, this little brat actually has quite a few treasures, even a King Realm powerhouse like me can't probe her with divine sense.

However, this guy carries the scent of Underworld River water; he can be sure that this person is the Soul Clan member who rode the Netherworld Deer and stole the Nether Firewood.

She must be skilled in some kind of transformation technique, having previously shifted into a Soul Clan form.

As for the nightmare tapir, he actually didn't believe it.

Nothing else—how could a human summon the Netherworld Deer?

How ridiculous!

Outside the auction grounds, the battle between Lady Spider Lily and Ghost King Su Mingyue had reached a stalemate, neither able to overcome the other.

"That nightmare tapir has also chased over here. Are you sure you want us both to be crippled?" Su Mingyue coldly stared at Lady Spider Lily.

Lady Spider Lily did not respond, but her attacks began to weaken.

After a moment, the two stopped and landed on the ground.

"Hmph!"

Lady Spider Lily snorted coldly at the ghost clan members like White Bones Lady, revealed a sinister and charming smile, then strode into the auction area.

Su Mingyue was utterly sick of this Lady Spider Lily who kept relentlessly chasing her; she suppressed the anger in her heart, glanced at the ghost clan member holding a bone umbrella, and also entered the auction area with her subordinates.

As for Ghost Chariot, he had already slipped into the auction venue while Su Mingyue and Lady Spider Lily were battling.

Seeing that Lady Spider Lily, Ghost King Su Mingyue, and Ghost Chariot had all entered, Cang Ming glanced at Hua Changxi, turned around, and left her stall.

He didn't want others to know that the key to the Jiuyou Soul Realm—the Nether Firewood—was on this lowly ghost clan member right in front of him.

Anyway, she was stained with Underworld River water; no matter where she was, he could sense her.

Let her enjoy herself for a while first.

"Cang Ming, you sure are fast." Lady Spider Lily saw Cang Ming and revealed a stunning smile.

Cang Ming remained expressionless: "You all aren't slow either." With that, he strode toward the Jiuyou Auction Building.

Lady Spider Lily followed, and during that time she glanced at Hua Changxi: "What, did the ghost clan offend you too?"

Seeing that she had noticed Hua Changxi, Cang Ming said coldly, "That little brat is mine."

Lady Spider Lily was surprised by the determination in Cang Ming's tone, smiled, and didn't argue with him: "Fine, she's yours." After speaking, she glanced at Hua Changxi once more.

At this moment, Su Mingyue also brought her people to the front of the Jiuyou Fourth-Rank Stall Row; she too noticed Cang Ming's unusual attention to the ghost clan member Hua Changxi and gave her a few extra looks.

After looking, she immediately furrowed her brows—she could not discern this ghost clan member's realm!

Although Su Mingyue had some doubts about this, she didn't delve deeper into it.

Matters of killing for treasure happen every day in Jiuyou; it wasn't impossible that this ghost clan member had stumbled upon a stroke of luck and obtained a treasure capable of blocking a King Realm powerhouse's divine sense probing.

"The auction is about to end. If you don't want to die, leave quickly."

After all, she was of the ghost clan; Su Mingyue still gave a warning, having also realized that Cang Ming had set his sights on this lowly member.

"Whoosh~"

At the stall, Hua Changxi watched Cang Ming leave, saw Lady Spider Lily, the Ghost King, and Ghost Chariot enter the Jiuyou Auction Building one after another, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, aside from the Underworld River man, it seemed the others weren't coming for her?

This discovery slightly eased Hua Changxi's tense mind.

Originally, being targeted by the Underworld River man, she should have left quickly, but at this auction, both the Jiuyou stalls and the human world stalls had quite a few people trading forging materials.

The Vermilion Bird Army was short on weapons and in urgent need of forging materials; she needed to seize the opportunity to trade for a batch.

Hua Changxi glanced at Cangming, who was already seated in the Jiuyou Auction House, packed up her stall, and decisively walked toward the stalls trading in forging materials.

Dragon scales, phoenix feathers, roc bones, white tiger fangs, rhinoceros horns, nine-tailed fox tails, golden roc wing bones, black tortoise shells...

Though the quantities were small, the variety was great, so Hua Changxi bought one of each kind she saw.

Although she bought a lot, it wasn't too unusual; others were also hurrying to snap up goods and trade.

Up in the Jiuyou Auction House, Cangming saw Hua Changxi moving among the stalls with no intention of fleeing, so he relaxed and turned his attention to the auction.

Though the Styx clan was rich in resources, they still needed to exchange some cultivation resources with other clans.

Especially some cultivation resources from the mortal world.

Now that the auction was about to end, everything offered was the most treasured treasure; he was still very interested.

After Cangming successfully bid on a few treasures that pleased him, he cast his gaze toward the stalls again and immediately furrowed his brow, but soon his brow relaxed.

Hmph!

Did she think that just by changing her appearance, he wouldn't be able to find her?

Indeed, after Hua Changxi realized she had been targeted by the Styx man, she found an opportunity to take out another Mingsui Stone and place it on her Heart's Desire Mask.

Now she was no longer a small-time ghost tribe nobody, but a distinctive sight—a Jiuyou rogue cultivator wearing a black mask and black robes.

She thought she could hide it from everyone, never imagining that earlier, when the netherworld deer carried her through the Abyss Gate, she had been drenched from head to toe in Styx water.

To avoid leaking her human aura, she had merely dried her robe with steam and not used fire to burn it, so the robe still carried the scent of Styx water.

That was exactly why Cangming had fixed his eyes on her.

Cangming sneered at Hua Changxi's disguise, but soon he couldn't laugh anymore.

Not only him, but many strong practitioners from Jiuyou and the mortal world were also becoming distracted from the auction, their gazes occasionally turning to a wealthy rogue cultivator on the fourth-class stalls of Jiuyou.

The Jiuguan Auction was not only an auction but also a trading fair.

Among the attendees were both lone rogue cultivators and powerful factions.

Thus, trade took many forms: from single rare items to bulk transactions of large quantities.

Generally, bulk trading was only conducted between major forces; it was rare for a rogue cultivator to trade large quantities.

First, they lacked the financial resources; second, they lacked the strength to protect such goods.

Ten tons of dark iron? She'll take it!

Five tons of black gold? She'll take it!

Nine tons of cold iron? She'll take it!

Ten tons of refined iron? She'll take it!

If when buying these she hadn't attracted much attention, once she took out ten million spirit stones and traded with the demon race for a batch of a hundred tons of dark gold, she became the most eye-catching Jiuyou rogue cultivator on the stalls.

Cangming looked at Hua Changxi with utter speechlessness, wishing he could fly over, pry open her head, and see what was inside.

Carrying the Styx firewood on her, she didn't know how to keep a low profile but instead showed off like this. Did she think no one would discover her? Was she afraid she wasn't dying fast enough?

Even he, if he had obtained the Styx firewood, would have immediately hidden back in the Styx Palace, not flaunted it outside.

Hua Changxi, unaware of Cangming's thoughts, continued to bury her head in searching for forging materials.

She also knew that such lavish shopping might attract some attention, but there was no choice—time was running out, the auction was about to end, and she hadn't bought many forging materials yet.

After finishing her purchases at the Jiuyou stalls, Hua Changxi turned her gaze to the mortal world stalls.

To be honest, although Jiuyou's resources were also plentiful, only a few could be used by the Vermilion Bird Army; the real bulk was the forging materials from the mortal world.

However, her current appearance was definitely not suitable for running to the mortal world stalls and shopping extravagantly—it would be too conspicuous!

Just as Hua Changxi was about to find a hidden spot to transform back into a human, she suddenly sensed several burning gazes falling on her.

Following the sensation, she looked toward the auction building and her eyelids jumped.

On the auction building, many powerful practitioners were scrutinizing her.

Being watched, Hua Changxi couldn't change her appearance. She had to continue moving through the Jiuyou stall lanes while looking around for a place to transform.

During this time, she noticed that some human cultivators disguised as various tribes of the Nine Nether were entering the auction venue one after another.

They were exactly the same group she had seen earlier in front of the Nether River Waterfall on the fifth level of the Nine Nether!