Chapter 95

There was a burst of derisive sounds from the audience. Although transformation techniques were difficult to cultivate, they were very common and had absolutely no auction value.

Only a few people did not scoff, such as Lu Yang and Chi Xulong.

The auctioneer continued to introduce: "This book is not an ordinary transformation technique; one can also attack during the process of transformation. If this transformation technique is used in battle, I believe it will have an unexpected effect."

People were now somewhat interested, but not very much; after all, who uses transformation techniques in battle?

The auctioneer reminded them again: "It should be noted that this magic technique is extremely difficult to cultivate. Master Yang Xuanling even said that this book looks plain and unremarkable, but in fact, it is far from as simple as it appears on the surface!"

Lu Yang continued to mutter to himself in a voice just loud enough for Chi Xulong to hear: "Sure enough, this book is too similar to the description of that legendary book."

Meng Jingzhou, sitting to the side, heard Lu Yang muttering and said in a low, urgent voice: "Shut up, can you say things like that out loud! When will you ever fix your habit of talking to yourself!"

Frightened, Lu Yang quickly shut his mouth and stared fixedly at the transformation technique on the stage.

Chi Xulong observed Lu Yang's performance out of the corner of his eye, and his suspicions were confirmed to some extent.

"Starting bid, one hundred spirit stones!"

This price was far lower than a normal transformation technique; it seemed the Chamber of Commerce was also unsure about the price of the Mimicry Fist.

"One hundred and ten!" Someone called out the price quickly; this amount of spirit stones was nothing, and buying a curiosity was fine too.

"One hundred and twenty!" Chi Xulong called out lazily, as if he had just shouted it casually.

"One hundred and forty!"

"One hundred and eighty!"

"Two hundred!"

The price of the Mimicry Fist soared rapidly.

"Eight hundred!" Lu Yang shouted.

Meng Jingzhou quickly pressed down on Lu Yang's hand: "Why are you shouting so high? Are you afraid others won't notice!"

"I, I'm just afraid someone else will buy it."

Eight hundred spirit stones was not a lot, but that was for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators; Qi Condensation stage cultivators could not just casually take out eight hundred spirit stones.

"One thousand!"

A voice rang out from beside Lu Yang. Lu Yang looked at Chi Xulong in astonishment, not understanding why the other party would compete with him for this transformation technique.

It was clearly just a magic technique that looked a bit unique!

Could it be that the other party had also seen the clues?

But how did the other party see it?

Lu Yang secretly thought it was bad; could it be that his muttering just now had been heard by the other party?

Lu Yang said to Chi Xulong in a low voice: "This fellow Daoist, this magic technique seems to be a long-lost technique of our family. Could you please yield it to me? After the auction ends, there will definitely be a generous reward!"

Chi Xulong sneered. Long-lost? The devil would believe you; this magic technique must hide ancient secrets!

Shen Jinyi, sitting to the side, wanted to persuade him, but seeing Chi Xulong's determined attitude, he didn't say anything more.

Seeing that sweet talk didn't work, Lu Yang bid: "One thousand two hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

"Two thousand." Chi Xulong didn't even lift his eyelids. Seeing Lu Yang shouting so timidly, he guessed that the other party was definitely not in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Lu Yang staked his entire net worth: "Two thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

"Three thousand." Chi Xulong still had that indifferent expression.

Lu Yang borrowed money from Meng Jingzhou: "Lend me one thousand spirit stones, I'll definitely pay you back next year!"

"Alright." Meng Jingzhou agreed readily.

"Three thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

"Four thousand!"

Lu Yang continued to borrow money, but he could never keep up with the wealthy and imposing Chi Xulong.

In the end, Chi Xulong bought the transformation technique for the terrifying price of eight thousand spirit stones. Lu Yang tearfully made a net profit of eight thousand spirit stones, achieving a win-win situation, and everyone was happy.

After the auction ended, the four of them were preparing to leave. Just as they walked out of the market area and arrived at the desolate foot of the mountain, they were blocked by Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi.

"What, what are you doing!"

A cruel smile curled at the corners of Chi Xulong's mouth: "What am I doing? Kid, don't ask when you already know. No one has ever been able to deceive me!"

Chi Xulong took out the Lu Family Transformation Technique and released his Foundation Establishment stage aura: "Speak, what is the ancient secret hidden in this book!"

"If you tell me, I can spare your lives. If you dare to lie, then don't blame your grandfather for being ruthless!"

Chi Xulong had no intention of letting the four go; the fewer people who knew the ancient secret, the better. Moreover, Lan Ting was stunningly beautiful; he had to toy with her before killing her!

In Chi Xulong's view, these four couldn't even take out a few thousand spirit stones, so they must all be in the Qi Condensation stage.

In front of him, there was absolutely no possibility of resistance from the Qi Condensation stage!

Lu Yang sighed, thinking that Branch Leader Chu had once hinted that he should cause more trouble during the Spring Festival. Could it be that Branch Leader Chu had already anticipated today's situation and was hinting that he should kill Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi?

Branch Leader Chu was truly a master of strategy!

Lu Yang took off his mask, revealing his true face: "Chi Xulong, there's no need for us to be so stiff with each other."

As he spoke, he secretly took out the image-recording orb.

"Lu Yang! You deserve to die!" Chi Xulong was furious, instantly realizing that Lu Yang had been playing him for a fool.

The auction was a play performed for him!

"There must be a misunderstanding between us. There must be some villain stirring up trouble in between. How about this, let's go to Branch Leader Chu and clear things up. Even if you don't believe me, you should at least believe Branch Leader Chu, right?"

It would have been better not to mention Branch Leader Chu, but as soon as he did, Chi Xulong became enraged: "You still dare to mention Branch Leader Chu? Where do you get the nerve!"

"Branch Leader Chu must have been deceived by you, which is why he let you be a deacon. And what villain? You are the villain!"

"How could I be a villain? Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Yang argued vigorously.

Chi Xulong sneered: "Don't think I don't know the good deeds you've done, damn you!"

"You pretend to be a good guy in front of Branch Leader Chu, but everything you've done since joining the sect has been to screw us over. I think you're an undercover agent sent by the righteous path!"

Chi Xulong was naturally speaking out of anger. If he really thought Lu Yang was an undercover agent for the righteous path, he would have long since secretly monitored Lu Yang to find evidence.

Lu Yang sighed deeply, put away the image-recording orb, drew his three-foot-long blue-edged sword, and said with some reluctance: "Since that's the case, it seems there is only battle between you and me."

A disdainful smile curled at the corners of Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi's mouths as they took out their weapons to face them.

Meng Jingzhou, Seeing Man Gu, and Lan Ting did the same.

The battle began.

Lu Yang brought the news of Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi's deaths to Branch Leader Chu.

No matter how strong Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi were, it was impossible for them to survive in the hands of four Immortal Sect disciples. It was a one-sided crushing situation, and the two died in such a gruesome manner that Lan Ting didn't even want to eat after seeing it.

Lu Yang took out the image-recording orb while explaining to Branch Leader Chu: "You know Chi Xulong's temper; he kills at the slightest disagreement. I was worried that such a thing would happen, so I recorded it in advance to avoid him running to you later to cry injustice and say I bullied him."

"Now it seems he won't be able to come to you."

"I don't know what went wrong with the image-recording orb; the recording is intermittent, but fortunately, it can roughly reflect the situation at the time. Please take a look."

Branch Leader Chu, sitting on the jade chair, picked up the image-recording orb and saw the scene at the time.

"Chi Xulong, there's no need for us to be so stiff with each other." Lu Yang was trying hard to ease the relationship with Chi Xulong.

"Lu Yang! You deserve to die!" Clearly, Chi Xulong did not appreciate the gesture.

"There must be a misunderstanding between us. There must be some villain stirring up trouble in between. How about this, let's go to Branch Leader Chu and clear things up. Even if you don't believe me, you should at least believe Branch Leader Chu, right?"

"Branch Leader Chu... Where do you get the nerve!"

"Branch Leader Chu... let you be a deacon... you are the villain!"

"... How could I be a villain? Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Yang argued his case.

"Don't think I don't know... he... the good deeds he's done!"

"... Branch Leader Chu... pretends to be a good guy... everything he's done since joining the sect has been to screw us over... I think... he's an undercover agent sent by the righteous path!"

The recording ended there, and Branch Leader Chu was gnashing his teeth in anger.

Lu Yang was indignant on the side: "Branch Leader, you have treated me well. We in the demonic path also have our own sense of loyalty and righteous anger, and we know how to repay kindness. When I saw Chi Xulong slandering and framing you, and Shen Jinyi not stopping him, anger rose in my heart. In a fit of rage, I took Meng Jingzhou and the others and killed them!"

"It wasn't appropriate to record during the battle, so I put the image-recording orb away."

Lu Yang naturally wouldn't let Branch Leader Chu know their fighting style.

Branch Leader Chu praised him loudly, and one could faintly hear his anger toward Chi Xulong: "Well killed! Those two animals deserved to die!"

Branch Leader Chu knew that Chi Xulong was dissatisfied with him. Out of consideration that Chi Xulong was a talent, he had even called him over to give him a few pointers. Chi Xulong had even pledged his loyalty in front of him at the time, saying that he would definitely do better than Lu Yang.

Now it seemed that Chi Xulong had been harboring a grudge against him all along, even spouting such nonsense as him being an undercover agent for the righteous path.

How could the Decayed Sect possibly have an undercover agent for the righteous path!

"Lu Yang, you have eliminated two major threats for this branch! Well done! When the Inspector arrives, I will definitely put in a good word for you in front of him!"