Chapter 360: Chapter 358: Nascent Soul Appears (Seeking Subscriptions)_1
"Congratulations to the distinguished guest in the private box for acquiring the Aquatic Gold Core Pill at the price of 1,030,000 Spirit Stones..."
Fairy Spirit Fox’s cheeks were flushed, her eyes almost brimming with water.
Inside the private box, Fang Xi rose and left.
In the final moment, Feng Bingxian did not obtain that Gold Core Pill.
After all, the Profound Ice Palace was but a minor power, with limited reserves.
"To secure the Spirit Origin Pearl at this auction is indeed an unexpected delight."
Fang Xi, mingling with the crowd, stepped out of the auction hall’s entrance but did not return to his Dongfu.
Instead, he made a detour and came to a storefront.
"Is the elder here? Please..."
The greeter, seeing him arrive, immediately brightened up, ushering Fang Xi straight into a private room to serve tea, evidently already well-acquainted.
Soon after, a bearded elder with clear eyes entered: "Elder, we meet again."
"Manager Gong, the materials I required?"
Fang Xi drank his tea leisurely and asked casually.
"Of course, everything was prepared for the elder in advance. To gather such a large amount of material in such a short period, apart from the Green Leaf Commerce Association, there are only a few others in the market who could manage it."
Manager Gong was well prepared and placed a Storage Bag on the table.
Taking it up, Fang Xi sent his Divine Consciousness inside. After a careful examination, he nodded: "Good, the numbers and types are correct..."
"Then... I wonder about the price." Manager Gong asked cautiously, his demeanor tinged with vigilance, and Fang Xi even sensed that tucked away in a secret chamber was a Jia Dan Cultivator, observing him intently with Divine Consciousness.
After all, this was a substantial deal and should any mishap occur, chopping up this manager would not cover the losses, and the shop might even go bankrupt.
"We’ll go with the price we agreed upon last time."
Fang Xi smiled slightly and with a flick of his hand, a small pile of top-grade Spirit Stones appeared on the tabletop.
Manager Gong, not daring to delay, immediately started counting them. He examined not only the color of the Spirit Stones but also checked if the spiritual energy inside was abundant before he stowed them away: "The transaction is complete, Elder; you truly are decisive... Here is our esteemed guest card from our commerce association. The next time you visit, you may use it to enjoy discounts."
"I appreciate it."
Fang Xi gave a slight bow, took the Storage Bag, and left the shop.
Manager Gong personally escorted him to the door and was about to say something more when suddenly a violent trembling occurred, throwing him off balance.
He instinctively activated his Spiritual Instruments, forming a protective shield around him like an eggshell, before looking towards Fang Xi uncertainly.
Yet he saw that Fang Xi also wore a surprised expression, looking towards the auction house: "Such an aura... A battle between Cultivators?!"
"Impossible!"
Manager Gong shook his head instinctively: "Even Core Formation Cultivators would not dare to cause trouble on Hovering Mountain. This is the territory of the Green Leaf Commerce Association, protected by a tier-four Great Array..."
Yet Fang Xi’s expression was somewhat odd: "When did I tell you it was a Core Formation Cultivator who took action?"
"Could it be..."
Manager Gong was startled, his face instantly reflecting shock and fear: "...Nascent Soul?!"
...
Boom!
The auction house, originally a building, was now reduced to rubble amidst violent explosions.
At the site, massive amounts of yellow clouds appeared, stacking upon each other, covering several acres, and shimmering with astonishing spiritual light.
Within the yellow clouds, Fairy Spirit Fox was bleeding from the mouth with a pale face, and beside her stood Huang Huzi, who was raising a red gourd above both their heads.
A layer of crimson radiance emerged from the mouth of the gourd, ceaselessly fending off the erosion of the yellow clouds.
"It’s a Nascent Soul old monster!"
Fairy Spirit Fox shouted in a panic, with fear on her face: "Our commerce association also has a Nascent Soul sponsor; why would such an elder strike against our association?"
"Hmph... Your association dared to kidnap my beloved disciple and auction her publicly... This humiliation, even if I slay you all here, the ancient ghosts wouldn’t dare utter a word..."
An angry voice emanated from the midst of the yellow haze, causing the two Gold Core Cultivators to change their expressions drastically.
"It’s that girl with the Heaven Grade Spiritual Root? I said there was something off about her! But you, blinded by greed, now doom us all."
Huang Huzi cursed loudly. The red gourd in his hand was a rare and special category of treasure, quite remarkable in defense. The Nascent Soul Cultivator was in a hurry to find his disciple earlier and didn’t pay much attention to them, which allowed Huang Huzi to barely hold on.
But by now, his magic power was gradually exhausted.
"Mercy, elder... that girl was not kidnapped by our auction house, but by the seller. Our Green Leaf Commerce Association is willing to fully cooperate with you to find that person and deal with them strictly... The seller claimed willingness; we were all deceived."
Fairy Spirit Fox wore an expression of pitiful grief, but suddenly, her expression drastically changed as she began to spout Essence Blood from her mouth.
"Hmph, using such lowly Charming Skills against me... The seller used Bewitching Skills on my beloved disciple, and has already had his soul hooked and refined by me. Next will be the buyer, and then it’s your turn!"
The cold voice continued.
"Damn it..."
From within the yellow clouds, a faint voice followed: "I am the protector of the Blood Sect, and we also have a Nascent Soul Supreme Elder. I am willing to make reparations; please quell your anger, elder!"
"Too late..."
The voice of the Nascent Soul old monster came, and immediately after that, the faint voice roared: "Old monster, I’ll fight you to the end, watch me... Ah!"
A scream echoed followed by the anguished howls of soul refining.
The Fairy Spirit Fox exchanged a glance with Huang Huzi, both seeing the terror in each other’s eyes.
"Rumors say that Nascent Soul old monsters are capricious, and it’s indeed true!"
With gritted teeth, the Fairy Spirit Fox took out a black-and-white dual-colored token, "Given the current emergency, I haave no choice but to activate the Great Array!"
She fiercely infused magic power into the token, causing the entire Mid-Air Mountain to rumble with its activation!
...
"To think a Nascent Soul cultivator would make a move, impossible to deal with, impossible..."
Fang Xi glanced at the yellow clouds enveloping the auction and turned away without the slightest intention of getting involved.
Although he regarded himself as half a Nascent Soul cultivator, it didn’t mean he was willing to stick his neck out for the Green Leaf Commerce Association and clash with a formidable enemy.
Moreover... after being chased down post-auction last time, he found the oversight of Green Leaf Commerce Association lackluster and had made a note of it—now, even more unlikely to lend a hand.
Fang Xi released his Divine Consciousness, trying to locate Feng Bingxian’s whereabouts.
Suddenly...
Boom!
The entire Hovering Mountain Market began to tremble, followed by a black and a white ray of light swirling around, sealing off the entire sky.
"It’s The Divine Light of Biyi Magnetism!"
"The Origin Magnetism Array... has been fully activated!"
"It’s normal for Green Leaf Commerce Association’s grand auction to be destroyed and for them to activate this array..."
Fang Xi watched as streaks of The Divine Light of Biyi Magnetism fell like swords into the yellow clouds.
The clouds, refined by some unknown cultivation method, that could easily annihilate Core Formation cultivators, seemed to dissipate completely within the Divine Light of Biyi Magnetism...
"It’s a Nascent Soul old monster!"
"A Nascent Soul old monster has taken action against Green Leaf Commerce Association!"
A Core Formation cultivator flew into the sky and, initially intending to help, immediately fled without looking back upon witnessing the scene.
"To think a Nascent Soul cultivator would take action... this Hovering Mountain Market, I’m afraid..."
An elder Xiu, full of worry, suddenly turned pale.
An evil cultivator, shrouded in black light and of unknown origin, sneered as he stabbed a knife through the elder’s chest.
"With the market in chaos, it’s the perfect opportunity... steal, kill...haha!"
The evil cultivator laughed maniacally as he broke into a shop.
Now the attention of Green Leaf Commerce Association’s high-level cultivators and the Great Array of Origin Magnetism were all drawn to that unfamiliar Nascent Soul old monster, creating a heaven-sent opportunity!
Fang Xi, witnessing this scene, felt a sense of familiarity.
Wasn’t the Green Bamboo Mountain Market just like this in the past?
The destructive power that individual cultivators could unleash given the chance was simply unimaginable.
He even spotted some Core Formation cultivators of the Righteous Path, ducking their heads and sneakily starting to plunder the shops.
The very shop Fang Xi had just traded with seemed to have been targeted by a Core Formation cultivator.
But just at that moment, a Jia Dan appeared in the midst of the shop, activating the defensive array.
Only then did the cultivation-robber reluctantly retreat, in search of the next easy target...
"I always feel... there’s a conspiracy!"
Fang Xi stroked his chin, "The rage of that Nascent Soul old monster doesn’t seem fake, but the rest of it..."
Spurt, spurt!
While he watched the chaos, some careless cultivation-robbers sent Spiritual Instruments hurtling towards him; he casually caught the instruments and flicked them with his finger.
Two streaks of blue light passed by, and all that was left around him was a cloud of blood mist.
The surrounding cultivation-robbers, not knowing who had shouted about a Core Formation ancestor, then scattered and ran, leaving the place completely empty.
Whimpering!
Suddenly, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness detected an extreme cold light bursting somewhere in the market, freezing everything within hundreds of feet, turning the surroundings into ice, precisely the Divine Skill, Ice Soul Cold Light!
His figure flickered, and he arrived at the scene to see several Core Formation cultivators fighting.
Feng Bingxian had a cold expression on her face, a snow-white External Pill appeared behind her head, emitting a severe chill, continuously gathering into the Ice Soul Cold light.
Opposite her were two Core Formation cultivators, a tall and a short one, both with cultivation at the early stages of Core Formation.
The ground nearby was cracked open, the defensive prohibitions of ordinary shops unable to withstand the might of Core Formation cultivators, leaving them shattered and numerous corpses were strewn about the ground.
Among these, there seemed to be the body of a Core Formation cultivator...
"Frost Fairy, no need to hide any longer, we personally saw you kill that buyer and obtain the ’Aquatic Gold Core Pill’!"
The short cultivator sneered, "Previously, Master Li and the others fought desperately to severely injure that buyer, but ultimately, you reaped the benefits..."
The tall cultivator beside him wasted no words but simply opened his mouth to let out a shout, and a streak of black light shot out, transforming into a strange, black jade ruler.
The ruler initially only the size of a palm, after a single spin, expanded to over a meter in length, releasing a layer of white flame from it, shielding both cultivators.
The short cultivator’s magical treasure was a pitch-black flying dagger, darting back and forth, looking for an opportunity to penetrate Feng Bingxian’s defenses.
Together, the two cultivators forced Feng Bingxian into grave danger!