Chapter 137: Mantis Stalking the Cicada

Just like the Marrow-Cleansing Pill obtained earlier, the entire transaction process of the Foundation Establishment Pill this time was also very fast. Even the cat-faced maid who guided Song Qingming out didn't feel that the Song Qingming beside her was the cultivator who was selected to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Including Song Qingming, a total of 40 or 50 cultivators went in and out. Everyone was wearing masks, and no expression could be seen. Song Qingming also didn't know which cultivator the other one selected to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill would be.

The Heavenly Elixir Alliance's move indeed protected the privacy of every guest who came to participate in the auction. Just talking about the process of Song Qingming exchanging for the Foundation Establishment Pill, perhaps besides a few core high-level members of the auction, no one here would know who the two people who finally took away the Foundation Establishment Pill were.

Until he had returned to his seat in the original main hall, Song Qingming's heart was still rolling. He really couldn't believe that his exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill this time was so smooth. The other party didn't even ask about the origin of the spiritual item in his hand and handed the Foundation Establishment Pill to him. The rhetoric Song Qingming had prepared for a long time turned out to be completely useless.

Seeing that the item in the jade box was indeed the Foundation Establishment Pill he had been dreaming of, Song Qingming's hands holding the box couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Fortunately, the tiger-headed masked man who gave him the Foundation Establishment Pill had given him a reminder in the secret room just now, which prevented Song Qingming from showing any abnormality after coming out. However, even so, when he came out of the secret room, Song Qingming instantly felt several sharp gazes looking at him.

Although the mask on his head could isolate the spiritual sense probing of cultivators, people with ulterior motives could still remember his figure and clothing. How to leave this place safely next became a problem that Song Qingming urgently needed to think about now.

As the last cultivator walked out of the secret room, the tiger-headed man hosting the auction also reappeared in front of the auction main hall.

"This auction has come to a successful conclusion. Thank you very much for coming to support us. The teleportation array for returning has been prepared for everyone. Everyone can leave here at any time. Over the next three days, our Alliance will still have some low-tier elixirs taken out for sale in the main hall. Daoist friends who still need elixirs can also stay for a while to take a look."

As the auction officially ended, most of the people in the main hall stood up and left their seats, walking toward the teleportation array in the cave at the back of the auction main hall. Only a few dozen people were not in a hurry to set off, wanting to see if they could still buy the elixirs they needed.

"Why hasn't anyone come after waiting for so long? Is the teleportation array broken? Why haven't they arranged for us to teleport and leave?"

"I don't know. Maybe there are too many people to teleport. Anyway, just wait. When the time comes, the Heavenly Elixir Alliance will naturally arrange for us to leave."

The cave where they were waiting to teleport back was soon crowded with people. Among them, a short person wearing a pig-headed mask identical to Song Qingming's secretly transmitted a message to a sheep-headed masked cultivator beside him: "Daoist friend Wu, what do you think? Could the person who just exchanged for the Foundation Establishment Pill be among us?"

The sheep-headed masked man heard this and immediately turned his face to the side. After looking around cautiously, he replied: "Little brother Lu, what do you mean by this? Don't tell me you dare to have designs on the Foundation Establishment Pill."

"Humph! The cultivation world has always valued strength. Spiritual items like the Foundation Establishment Pill naturally should be possessed by those who are capable. I have already recorded most of the people who entered the Heavenly Elixir Alliance's secret room just now. If two Foundation Establishment cultivators like us can join forces to try it after teleporting over, maybe we can find a chance. I don't know if Daoist friend Wu has this idea." The pig-headed masked man's words also revealed a hint of ruthlessness.

The sheep-headed masked man didn't nod and agree immediately after listening, but replied in a calm tone: "There are at least 40 or 50 people who went in just now. Besides the people from the Heavenly Elixir Alliance, who knows who finally got the Foundation Establishment Pill? The directions for so many people to teleport and leave are also different. It's almost impossible for you and me to find the Foundation Establishment Pill. Moreover, those who have the ability to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill are likely Foundation Establishment cultivators. With just the cultivation of the early stage of Foundation Establishment for the two of us, maybe we will kick an iron plate. If you want to have designs on the Foundation Establishment Pill, I won't accompany you."

"Sigh! Brother Wu is also right. It was Lu who was abrupt." Seeing that the sheep-headed masked man didn't have this idea, the pig-headed masked man could only sigh helplessly. Without anyone to help, he didn't have much confidence in facing a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Little brother Lu has the heart to have designs on the Foundation Establishment Pill, so why not consider others? This auction has flowed out quite a few good things. I remember that the person on the side seems to have obtained a set of second-tier magic tools that can be combined and used. This thing is worth over 1,000 spirit stones. Looking at that kid's appearance, he is quite young. He is either a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator or someone who has just reached Foundation Establishment. If the two of us join forces to take down this person, it shouldn't be a big problem. By then, we can also share 800 or 1,000 spirit stones, which won't be in vain for us to come here." Here, the pig-headed masked man had just extinguished his thoughts, but unexpectedly, when he looked up, the sheep-headed masked man had already sinisterly stared at a young man sitting on their other side.

This young man looked very ordinary. It's just that he not only had a mask on his face but also wore a black bamboo hat on his head that covered half of his head, looking very cautious.

Just at this time, news finally came that the teleportation array in the next cave was ready. Seeing this, the young man hurriedly followed the Heavenly Elixir Alliance cultivator who led the way to the teleportation place. The sheep-headed masked man and the pig-headed masked man looked at each other tacitly, nodded, and followed behind the young man into the teleportation array.

Following a flash of spiritual light from the teleportation array, the dozen or so people who teleported together appeared in another cave, with two cultivators wearing bull-headed and horse-headed masks standing on the side.

"Everyone, after returning the masks you are wearing to us, you can leave directly from here." The horse-headed masked man pointed to the mask on his face and said calmly to the crowd who had just teleported over and were still somewhat unsteady.

Before the horse-headed masked man finished speaking, an old man with a somewhat anxious temperament had already taken off the mouse-headed mask he was wearing and handed it to him, and then left here in a hurry without looking back.

As someone took the lead to leave, the crowd who had teleported over also seized the time to hand over their masks and took the initiative to leave here. Before long, only the bull-headed man and the horse-headed man were left in the cave.

That young man wearing a bamboo hat walked out of the cave, directly chose a direction, and went down the mountain alone. It's just that on the way he left, he didn't seem to notice that there were two figures following him tightly not far behind him.

After arriving at a large forest a few dozen miles away from where they had just teleported over, the young man wearing a bamboo hat suddenly stopped his steps. He turned around and said loudly to the empty space behind him calmly: "The two Daoist friends have been following me all the way. Is there anything you want to find me for? Please come out and speak!"

"Good kid, you're quite sharp. Since you have already chosen such a good place for yourself, then we will directly send you on your way here."

Following a ruthless sentence drifting out, two people, one tall and one short, walked out of the side of the forest quickly. They were the sheep-headed man and the pig-headed man who had already targeted him at the auction.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 138 =====