"Who else is competing?"
Cao Mang, a short man, stood on the round platform and looked around. His loud voice echoed in every corner of the trading floor.
The eyes of the participants naturally fell on Luo Hongyan's flawless beautiful face inside the crystal.
However, no one spoke again.
To this day, those who are still qualified to enter the trading field are either the elders and leaders of the major sects, or the high-level independent cultivators who are famous in the third realm.
After Jiu Yuan, Lou Yunming and Yang Rui made it clear that they were competing for Luo Hongyan, and Jiu Yuan showed his determination to win...
The new bidder must consider carefully whether he can escape Yuanmang alive if he successfully bids for Luo Hongyan.
"Lao Cao, the boy named Pang Jian said he is the woman's brother. Qi Qingsong and Zhao Yuanqi are close to that boy. Is it okay for us to do this?"
Mrs. Hua sat quietly and dignifiedly, her red lips not moving, communicating with Cao Mang through the secret method of spiritual consciousness.
Cao Mang's face remained calm, and he responded with the secret method: "It's okay. He just recognized Qi Qingsong and Zhao Yuanqi, but he is not Qi Qingsong and Zhao Yuanqi!"
Mrs. Hua nodded slightly, barely perceptibly.
"From what I know, Qi Qingsong, Zhou Qingchen, Dong Tianze and others went through a trial together a few months ago. This Pang Jian should be just one of the trial participants, and he also provoked Dong Tianze."
Cao Mang, who had made the decision, had already sorted out the context and privately transmitted: "His true identity is a hunter from the Cenming Mountains in the lower realm. No matter how much Qi Qingsong and Zhao Yuanqi value him, this identity cannot be changed at present."
"I won't give up the millions of spirit stones just because of him and any connection with Qi Qingsong and Zhao Yuanqi!"
Cao Mang, who is greedy for money but not lustful, has been working hard to manage the Yuanmang Fragmented Land for many years, collecting rare treasures and spiritual materials from all over the world. He holds a trading event every three years to raise resources for himself and Madam Hua to continue their practice.
—He would never give away the money he had obtained.
"Well, it's good that you figured it out."
Mrs. Hua stopped persuading her.
“Wow!”
With a smile on her face, she landed beside Huang Qi and said, "Everyone who participates in the competition needs to prove that they have sufficient financial resources. We will not allow them to do so just by shouting."
She knew that Jiuyuan, Lou Yunming, Yang Rui and Pang Jian could all come up with millions of spirit stones.
Huang Qi... She had never seen him before, and estimated that his realm was only at the Dongxuan realm. She was worried that this person was deliberately causing trouble, so she signaled Huang Qi to show the money and belongings in his hand.
"It seems you don't believe me."
Huang Qi showed an insulted expression.
With his obscene eyes, he cast a fierce glance at the stunning peaks on Mrs. Hua's chest, and then began to pick up spiritual jade from the storage bracelet.
Soon, Huang Qi was almost drowned by the spiritual jade he took out!
"Is that enough?"
Standing in the narrow space surrounded by spiritual jade on all sides, Huang Qi looked at Mrs. Hua with a smile.
"Enough! Enough!"
Mrs. Hua nodded repeatedly.
at the same time.
Another ray of her spiritual consciousness entered Cao Mang's mind: "This person's origin is unknown. He once sold a fragment of the Great Creation Saint Body Art to Pang Jian. Yesterday, he ignored Yang Rui and bought a pair of eyes of the Red-Eyed Demon Wolf from Pang Jian for 600,000 spirit stones."
"I really didn't expect that he still has a million spirit stones in his hands!"
"I feel that his actual cultivation level is only at the Profound Cavern Realm, or at most the early stage of the Condensed Spirit Realm."
"Cao Mang!"
Mrs. Hua’s last thought was slightly excited.
On the round platform, Cao Mang had a blank expression on his face, but secretly responded: "You arrange for someone to keep an eye on him. After he leaves Yuan Mang, I will meet him in person!"
Mrs. Hua's eyes showed joy.
As one of the strongest independent cultivators in the Third Realm, Cao Mang was able to amass a huge amount of wealth because of the shady things he did behind the scenes.
Going up, he had secret affairs with the most vicious people in the second and third realms.
Going down, he kept in touch with the alien races in the fifth realm.
Over the years, as long as independent cultivators like Huang Qi, who have no sect or family background, dare to show off their wealth in Yuanmang, when his gathering is over and the independent cultivators leave happily... many of them will disappear quietly.
"Jiu Yuan, Lou Yunming, Yang Rui, Pang Jian, Huang Qi."
In front of everyone, Mrs. Hua took out a round wooden barrel and threw five bamboo sticks into it.
"There is only one lot with the word 'Winning' engraved on it. You five can draw based on your luck."
“Crash! Crash!”
She shook the wooden barrel, messing up the five skewers, then stood in front of the crystal that sealed Luo Hongyan with the wooden barrel in her hand.
"Who's going first?"
Mrs. Hua asked with a smile.
Yang Rui from Lieyang Sect didn't respond, but strode over from a distance.
After arriving here, he did not look at Pang Jian, but looked at Qi Qingsong who looked carefree, and said: "It won't be long before I will enter the Second Realm and become famous in the Second Realm. Because I joined the Lieyang Sect first and practiced the Lieyang Sect's spiritual skills, when I reach the Second Realm, I may not be able to become an inner disciple of the Sword Tower or the Demon Sect..."
"But I can also become a distinguished guest official."
Yang Rui showed confidence on his face and said, "If I go to the Sword Tower, you, an inner disciple, whose realm is not as good as mine, should be polite to me when you see me."
Qi Qingsong heard the deeper meaning in his words, smiled indifferently and did not respond.
"I'll go first!"
Huang Qi suddenly took the initiative to step forward.
He stood in front of Mrs. Hua with his back to the crowd, staring at her chest with sly eyes, and stretched out his dry left hand to touch the bamboo sticks in the wooden barrel.
In the round wooden barrel, the bamboo sticks quietly shone with a silvery-white luster, preventing Huang Qi's spiritual sense from escaping and locking onto the bamboo stick with the words "win" engraved on it.
"Oh! Sorry, I think I touched the wrong thing!"
Because he was staring at Mrs. Hua's chest and didn't look at the wooden barrel at all, Huang Qi's hand touched Mrs. Hua's white and tender little hand that was holding the wooden barrel.
He secretly grabbed two handfuls, and when Madam Hua's beautiful eyes were about to burst with murderous intent, he hurriedly drew a lot.
Pang Jian said "hmm".
On the round table.
Cao Mang, who was a dwarf, looked at Huang Qi, who was deliberately taking advantage of Madam Hua, as if he were a dead man.
Cao Mang was already thinking about how he should treat Huang Qi after he left Yuan Mang.
The crowd of onlookers looked at the sly Huang Qi, then at Cao Mang on the round platform, and secretly admired Huang Qi's courage.
Many people were whispering in the corners, trying to find out Huang Qi's identity and guessing his origins.
Huang Qi, who had a huge fortune, actually dared to tease Madam Hua in public, and in front of Cao Mang. This man... was probably in great danger.
Those who knew Cao Mang's temper firmly believed that as soon as Huang Qi left Yuan Mang, he would be torn to pieces by the furious Cao Mang.
“Who’s next?”
Mrs. Hua suppressed her anger and shouted again.
"Let me do it."
Yang Rui of Lieyang Sect stepped forward.
He had no interest in Madam Hua, but kept looking at Luo Hongyan in the prismatic crystal, and exclaimed: "It's worth it to spend a million spirit stones to get such a wonderful woman, although there are other reasons."
He pulled out a stick, took a look at it, and said coldly: "I am disappointed that I couldn't disgust you with this."
He looked at Pang Jian, and with a "bang", the bamboo sticks were suddenly burned to ashes by the blazing flames.
Disappointed, he turned around and left, went to the other end of the platform, and looked at a wooden box containing pills.
Right at this moment.
Pang Jian raised his head and looked at the old monster Cao who was suppressing his anger. He said calmly, "Cao Mang, has my sister ever offended you?"
He called him by his first name.
A gifted man of destiny like Yang Rui would also address Cao Mang as "Senior Cao" when facing him.
Jiuyuan and Lou Yunming, the elders of various sects, are either addressed as Brother Cao or Brother Cao.
All practitioners who enter the Yuanmang Broken Land will give due respect to this powerful independent cultivator who is famous in the third realm, and no one will call him by his name.
Today, at this moment, there is an exception.
"I can't remember how many years it has been since I was called by my first name..."
Cao Mang did not immediately answer Pang Jian's question. He first muttered something in a trance, and when he recovered, he looked at Pang Jian coldly and replied, "I have never offended me."
"Cao Mang, we are here to attend the gathering you are hosting. We will be stationed at the First Peak."
Pang Jian looked at him, spoke very slowly and in a low voice, and asked, "Why?"
"Why did you destroy the soul formation she set up on your way back? Why did you force her to rush from the First Peak of Yuanmang? And on what basis did you, Cao Mang, capture her alive and sell her as your trophy?"
"Why do you do that?"
Pang Jian questioned word by word.
The trading floor suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Surprised eyes were cast over Pang Jian and Cao Mang, and everyone was thinking deeply about his words.
"Little brother!"
Huang Qi gave Pang Jian a thumbs up and said, "Good job!"
"Yes, why?!"
Jiang Li pursed her lips and exclaimed softly.
Zhao Yuanqi looked thoughtful as she looked at Pang Jian's tall and straight back and thought to herself, "No wonder Zhou Qingchen, Jiang Li and the others think so highly of him."
He called Cao Laoguai's real name in public and questioned him in a loud and clear voice, let alone Pang Jian who had no identity or background.
If she were Pang Jian, she might not have such courage!
"Yeah, why did this old monster Cao capture someone for no reason? Just because she is a member of the Blood Spirit Cult?"
A beautiful young woman wearing Galaxy Alliance clothing, with a star plate hanging from her waist, also whispered in agreement.
"Thank you, girl. Stop talking!"
Liang Ying, the elder of the Galaxy Alliance, scolded in a low voice behind her.
"That Pang Jian has no background, yet he dares to speak out loudly. Why should I be afraid?"
Xie Xiwen curled her lips, glared at the elder, and said dissatisfiedly: "Or is it that our Galaxy Alliance is not strong enough to be timid in front of a casual cultivator?"
"We are standing on someone else's territory, so we should at least give them some face. This is the etiquette of the world!"
Liang Ying, the elder of the Concentrated Spirit Realm, said angrily.
"oh."
The talented girl Xie Xiwen said she seemed to understand but not quite.
"Just because I am Cao Mang."
The dwarf-sized old monster Cao stood in front of Pang Jian from the other end of the stage amid the criticism of the crowd.
He put his hands behind his back and an astonishing aura rose up to the sky.
He was still standing in the same place, but gave people a sense of towering like towering mountains, just like the first peak of Yuanmang, overlooking all the other mountains and suppressing all the hilltops!
Jiuyuan, Lou Yunming, Liang Ying and other elders from various sects looked at Cao Mang at this moment with heavy eyes.
They were all in the state of concentration, but they were only in the initial stage. Cao Mang was clearly one step ahead of them!
"It has nothing to do with her being a remnant of the Blood Spirit Cult. I am Cao Mang!"
Old Monster Cao looked directly at Pang Jian, as if he was looking at an ant struggling in the dust, and said domineeringly: "In my territory, I, Cao Mang, can do whatever I want, and none of the five major sects can interfere!"
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(End of this chapter)