Chapter 847 - 765: Auction
At that moment,
in a Secret Hall within the Beilin Dynasty,
a black-robed figure stood respectfully, reporting.
“…Commander, the words of your subordinate are all true!”
“I believe that the Guardians have discovered our presence, and the Chaos Sun-Shooting Bow is most likely intended for… that ‘distinguished person’!”
Hei Luo finished speaking,
—After leaving the Deadman Wilderness, he had rushed overnight to the Beilin Dynasty.
This location served as their main base in the Northern Border.
Moreover, he knew that, in the near future, a real notable figure from within the organization would head to the Martial Desolate Realm.
Hence, he had hurriedly come to report.
Hei Luo’s rank wasn’t high enough, so he could only report to Zhao Jixiao, the leader responsible for the Northern Border.
Now, having heard everything, Zhao Jixiao’s eyes also revealed a trace of pensiveness.
“Interfering with our plans in the Deadman Wilderness.”
“Three exceptionally talented Ancient Law Cultivators, one of whom is a Martial Path prodigy!”
“Ha, and even holding the Chaos Sun-Shooting Bow!”
Zhao Jixiao slapped the armrest of his chair and stood up, exclaiming,
“The Guardians… so untrustworthy!”
“It seems that the negotiations with the bigwig in the True Ancestor World… have failed on the Guardians’ end!”
“They’ve even taken hostile actions, thinking of targeting us, how contemptible.”
As one of the five high-ranking leaders responsible for the Martial Desolate Realm, he was privy to certain secrets.
The Guardians and the Ban Explorers, archenemies from time immemorial, had been continuously battling since the Era of the Latter White Mist.
However, this lifetime brought significant changes in the True Ancestor World that allowed for a potential truce between the two factions.
Hence, the Ban Explorers had reached out to the Guardians.
According to earlier news, it was very likely that the Guardians would compromise.
But now they had actually dispatched troops, wielding the Chaos Sun-Shooting Bow to the Martial Desolate Realm?
Were they planning to assassinate the upcoming notable figure in the Martial Desolate Realm?
Unacceptable!
“Commander, what should we do now?”
“Gather our forces to eliminate the threat?”
Hei Luo suggested.
“No!”
Zhao Jixiao shook his head, saying,
“The Ban Explorers want to hunt us… ha, let us turn the tables and hunt them instead!”
“They’ve sent a Martial Path prodigy, it seems they want to compete with us for that legendary Evil Corpse…”
“We might as well use their own strategy against them!”
—Those Ban Explorers had always been searching for the “Evil Corpse” across the Four Domains Eight Desolations.
According to legend, after the end of the Era of the Ancient White Mist, the heavens and earth left behind twelve earth-shattering corpses—those corpses had once been peerless figures from the Era of the Ancient White Mist.
Those corpses were connected to the truth of ancient battles, and also to the fate of all beings from the Era of the Latter White Mist.
However, no one could find those corpses.
Over the eons, the Ban Explorers continued their search.
Until this lifetime, when a peerless power in the True Ancestor World divined the secrets of fate.
Items related to those twelve unrivaled figures might begin to emerge, consequently leading to the discovery of the twelve Evil Corpses.
Thus, the Ban Explorers laid out the largest Luo Net in history, spread across the Four Domains Eight Desolations.
Their responsibility… was the Martial Desolate Realm!
And now it seemed, the news about the Evil Corpse wasn’t just known to the Ban Explorers—the Guardians likely knew as well.
That was probably why they had sent a Martial Path prodigy with a bow to contend.
“Commander, you mean to use that Martial Path prodigy from the Guardian Organization?”
“But he is one of the Guardians, how can we use him?”
Hei Luo wondered.
According to their years of research, the key to finding the Evil Corpse in the Martial Desolate Realm was to find a contemporary genius whose physique closely matched that of the Evil Corpse!
Then, have the contemporary genius cultivate all of the deceased Evil Corpse’s Cultivation Techniques along with an ancient ban curse, so that the contemporary genius could resonate with the Evil Corpse.
At that time, the Evil Corpse would be awakened!
“Ha… indeed.”
Zhao Jixiao coldly laughed, saying,
“What if that Martial Path prodigy belongs to the Guardians?”
“As long as he cultivates our technique, at that point, he will have no choice but to become our slave!”
“Go, retrieve some ancient artifacts related to that Evil Corpse and set up an auction, it must include some techniques from before the Evil Corpse’s lifetime!”
“By then… even the Guardians will be lured by the scent.”
“Make sure that the Martial Path prodigy… must obtain our Ancient Law.”
Hearing this, Hei Luo couldn’t help but be overjoyed!
“Commander, what a brilliant plan.”
He couldn’t help but admire it!
In this way, as long as they acted cleverly, the Guardians would think they had acquired an unparalleled cultivation technique and, after practicing it, would instead become their servants.
The so-called… switching the fake for the real.
“I’ll take care of it right away!”
Hei Luo immediately entered the main camp’s secret vault and took out one treasure after another.
“These cultivation techniques all have a forbidden curse integrated into them… Even the Guardians won’t be able to detect it.”
Hei Luo picked out an Ancient Law related to the Evil Corpse.
At the same time, he found some other ancient artifacts.
He casually picked up a corner of ancient beast skin, tattered like burlap, wrapped up the items, and then left, heading directly to the largest auction house in the Northern Imperial Capital of the Beilin Dynasty—World-Stabilizing Pavilion.
Soon, a message spread from the World-Stabilizing Pavilion:
“In the near future, this pavilion will hold a Martial Path auction!”
“Among the items, there will be many unearthed ancient artifacts, even items contemporaneous and of the same origin as those on the Martial Dao Golden Ranking!”
Many great powers received invitations.
Instantly, the Northern Imperial Capital was abuzz again.
“Is it true—items of the same era and origin as the Martial Dao Golden Ranking? Who would bring such things to auction?”
“Incredible, I feel like… the World-Stabilizing Pavilion is deceiving the public.”
“No, the World-Stabilizing Pavilion has a great reputation and has never made a mistake; I think… probably a great tomb has been unearthed!”
The capital was buzzing with discussion.
Subsequently, World-Stabilizing Pavilion preserved the images of the auction items in a special type of Crystal and shared them with the public.
Many received the Crystal images showing an ancient table piled with ancient artifacts placed on a dusty piece of ancient beast skin.
The Crystal could preserve some essence of the items, so everyone could sense their ancientness!
More importantly, among those items was a scroll of Ancient Law, described as not inferior to those that had appeared on the Martial Dao Golden Ranking.
This directly set off a storm throughout the entire Beilin Dynasty, even exciting the whole Northern Border.
Many major powers rushed there overnight.
It is known that the Martial Dao Golden Ranking only opens once every hundred years, and earning its favor is extremely difficult, requiring competition among supreme talents.
But, to receive even a bit of its legacy could prosper a clan or elevate a Sect!
Now, without having to compete for the Martial Dao Golden Ranking, an equivalent Ancient Law had surfaced.
This was considered… a heaven-defying opportunity.
Moreover, if one obtained the Ancient Law at this auction, it might also provide significant support during the competition for the Martial Dao Golden Ranking.
For many forces, even if it meant staking everything they had, just getting it was conceivable.
And due to World-Stabilizing Pavilion’s mysterious origins and good reputation, though people were skeptical, they were willing to check it out!
The World-Stabilizing Pavilion auction… had now become the focus of the Beixuan Continent!
Meanwhile, in a certain residence.
Big Black Dog saw something in a piece of image Crystal, and its ears perked up, barking:
“Wow… this thing is here?!”
“Who left this?”
It stared at the Crystal intently, very solemn.
“What’s wrong, Dead Dog, don’t tell me you are going mad, thinking of joining this damn auction?” Wu Dade spoke up.
Qing Chen also said, “Big Black, I have a feeling this might be a trap.”
Their interest in the auction was lacking.
Treasures? Cultivation Techniques?
They really didn’t care for such things.
But, Big Black Dog shook its head and said:
“Of course I know it’s a trick, but it’s worth the trip!”
Long Zixuan frowned and asked,
“Is there something among them that intrigues you?”
Big Black Dog shook its head and said:
“There are no treasures, what I want… is that ancient beast skin that looks like burlap!”
“That ancient beast skin… is most likely a relic from an earlier era, bearing important messages!”
“Some unparalleled powerhouse desperately wanted to pass down some matters of the earlier era to later generations!”
“Unfortunately… except for me, I fear no one in this era can understand it.”
Hearing this, Long Zixuan and the others were all shocked!
…
I had to end my trip early and rushed back home after more than a dozen hours.
There is an urgent family matter; my grandmother is seriously ill.
Goodnight.