Chapter 521

Before the Five Directions Array was activated, the world was noisy.

After the Five Directions Array was activated, everything was silent.

The bowl-shaped five-colored light curtain unfolded in the air, firmly enclosing the entire auction site.

East of the light curtain, human cultivators gathered on the walls of the Dui Gate Pass; west of the light curtain, in the gray high sky, Nine Nether powerhouses stood in the air.

The gazes of both sides were focused within the light curtain in the middle.

The slaughter within the Five Directions Array, although a 'contest' agreed upon by the Nine Nether and the human world, clearly had some glitches this time compared to previous ones.

On the Nine Nether side, the Crown Prince of the Nether River clan was actually trapped in the array; this could be said to be the first Nine Nether 'top-tier' figure trapped since the recovery of spiritual energy.

Besides that, a group of powerful Nine Nether creatures like the Ghost Carriage were also trapped in the array.

The situation on the human side was similar; first, there were the dozen or so members of the Chu imperial family who had been knocked into the array by Ghost King Su Mingyue.

Then there were the direct disciples of top forces like the major holy lands, Dao-protecting families, Tai Su Palace, San Qing Palace, and Xiangguo Temple who were trapped in the array.

Of course, the main group of people trapped in the Five Directions Array were still the Golden Core stage (Wei stage) and below cultivators from both the Nine Nether and human sides.

On the walls of the Dui Gate Pass, under the gaze of cultivators from all sides, Chu Chu Junyi walked to Wei Wei Zhenjie's side with an expressionless face.

"Master!"

Wei Wei Zhenjie found it inconvenient to speak with Chu Chu Junyi in public; he just patted his shoulder with satisfaction and then cast his gaze back toward the Five Directions Array.

Chu Chu Junyi stood beside Wei Wei Zhenjie, first using his eyes to reassure Meng Meng Ziyu and the others, and then nodded to greet other forces.

During this period, he noticed that the gaze of the monk Jing Le from the Talisman Saint Pavilion was fixed tightly on him.

"Master Jing Le, do you have any advice?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Jing Le, and even Wei Wei Zhenjie turned to look at him.

Jing Le's expression froze, and he smiled shyly: "General Chu Junyi is too serious; this monk has no advice, it's just..."

"Is that a Bodhi Buddhist bead hanging on the General's sword?"

Hearing this question, Chu Chu Junyi's right hand holding the sword tightened, and he looked at Jing Le with burning eyes: "Master Jing Le recognizes this Buddhist bead bracelet?"

Jing Le shook his head: "This monk does not recognize it, but Bodhi seeds are rare, especially golden-patterned Bodhi seeds, which can only be condensed by Bodhi trees over 100,000 years old; that Bodhi Buddhist bead on the General's sword has already revealed golden patterns..."

Such a treasure should be carefully collected; how could it be used to decorate a sword!

Chu Chu Junyi felt clearly disappointed after hearing Jing Le's answer.

He really wanted to find the owner of the Buddhist bead bracelet, but unfortunately, there had been no clues.

As for the preciousness of the Buddhist bead bracelet, he naturally knew it.

The reason he hung it on his sword was to motivate himself.

He had always felt that his cultivation talent was very high and his cultivation speed was incomparable to others, but the owner of the Buddhist bead bracelet was even more powerful than him.

Every time he felt he could erase the imprint on the Buddhist bead bracelet, the imprint would always become stronger again.

Since he began cultivating, the greatest frustration he had felt came from this Buddhist bead bracelet.

In daily life, the Buddhist bead bracelet was also carefully treasured by him; this time it was because he was in a hurry to 'transform' and leave the auction site that he hadn't put it away.

Chu Chu Junyi immediately took the Buddhist bead bracelet off his sword and put it into the Sumeru Jade at his waist.

Other cultivators saw this and, although somewhat envious that even one of Chu Chu Junyi's accessories was a high-grade treasure, they all shifted their gazes and focused their attention back on the Five Directions Array.

Inside the Five Directions Array, after the trapped crowd realized there was no way to escape, their first reaction was to gather toward their respective camps.

According to past experience, although only one person can survive in the Five Directions Array in the end, at the beginning, it is first a team battle between the Nine Nether and the human race, and only after the two sides decide the winner do they enter individual slaughter.

Even Cang Ming stood on the side of the Nine Nether creatures at the first opportunity.

Thus, on the west side of the array, Nine Nether creatures gathered, their turbid energy ominous; on the east side of the array, human cultivators gathered, their spiritual light shining.

The slaughter in the Five Directions Array after the previous auctions had always been a confrontation between only these two forces.

However, this time, there was an exceptionally striking figure in the array.

A Nine Nether rogue cultivator, who neither stood with the Nine Nether camp nor the human camp, but stood alone between the two sides.

Her figure was exceptionally abrupt amidst the confrontation between the turbid energy and spiritual energy, like a crack tearing through the boundaries of the camps, adding a bit of indescribable bizarreness to the already tense situation.

Regarding the three-legged standoff within the array, both Nine Nether powerhouses and human powerhouses were somewhat confused.

Wei Wei Zhenjie glanced at his disciple beside him and transmitted his voice: "What exactly is the situation with that Nine Nether rogue cultivator?"

Chu Chu Junyi also found it difficult to understand the behavior of that Nine Nether rogue cultivator: "The disciple is not very clear either, but she has been following me."

Just as the Nine Nether powerhouses and human powerhouses were discussing Hua Hua Changxi, inside the array, Hua Hua Changxi was frowning and examining the five flagpoles at the five corners of the array.

Metal, wood, water, fire, earth; exactly one attribute per flagpole.

"That rogue cultivator, have you been scared silly? Why don't you hurry over here."

In the Nine Nether camp, a demon cultivator saw Hua Hua Changxi standing still and immediately scolded her.

Hearing this, Hua Hua Changxi moved her gaze away from the flagpole, first looked at the human camp, and then looked at the Nine Nether camp.

She ignored the demon and looked directly at the Nether River man who had been staring at her and trying to catch her.

"Why target me?"

Before Cang Ming could speak, a cultivator from the Nether River clan spoke up: "Audacious, how dare you be disrespectful to Crown Prince Cang Ming."

Hua Hua Changxi raised an eyebrow: "Cang Ming... so it's the Crown Prince of the Nether River clan!" Then, she spoke again, "Why won't you let me go?"

Cang Ming did not answer but asked with a gloomy face: "Why won't you come over?"

Hua Hua Changxi: "Come over so you can catch me?"

Cang Ming's mood at this moment was extremely bad.

For no other reason than that, upon seeing Hua Hua Changxi refuse to stand with the Nine Nether camp, his heart sank to the bottom.

That guy is very likely, as the Nightmare Tapir said, a human!!!