"Su Xin, what do you mean?"
Long Ming frowned, clearly displeased with Su Xin's earlier reprimand.
"What?"
Su Xin glanced at Long Ming casually, her beautiful eyes still carrying a coldness. "I've said enough. Do you have an opinion?"
Her words were soft, but they didn't lessen their weight.
"You..."
Long Ming's face darkened, but in the end, he didn't dare to say more.
"Damn it! One day I will..." Long Ming cursed inwardly.
*Bang!*
"Ah!"
But before his curses were even finished, he felt a jolt in his abdomen. Before he could react, a terrifying palm strike sent him flying.
Still in mid-air, Long Ming spat out a mouthful of bright red liquid.
It splattered across the ground.
Fortunately, another man accompanying him caught him, or Long Ming would have appeared even more disheveled.
"I don't want to see that look on your face a second time. Otherwise..." Su Xin withdrew her jade-like hand and then slammed it onto the nearby stone wall.
*Crash!*
A palm print, twenty centimeters deep, appeared on the wall. Yet, there were no cracks around the edges.
This demonstrated that her control over her strength had reached a terrifying level.
"Bastard! You damn bastard!"
Long Ming lowered his head, an unprecedented sense of humiliation driving him to the brink of madness.
Even so, he didn't dare to turn on Su Xin.
This was because, whether in terms of personal strength or family backing, Su Xin was superior to his Dragon Clan.
After dealing with Long Ming, Su Xin turned her gaze towards Qin Yuan.
That one glance nearly made Qin Yuan's legs go weak.
"Th-that... Sister Xin, what advice do you have for me!" Qin Yuan said, steeling himself.
"Hmph! You be careful too!" Su Xin pointed at Xia Zhi Qiu and said, "If you corrupt Xia Zhi Qiu, I won't let you off!"
With that, she left.
A middle-aged man followed her.
...
However, this group of people was unaware that their earlier dispute was being monitored by someone.
"Dolissa, that young man named Xia Zhi Qiu, do you know him?"
Ye Ming asked.
"Yes! We've met before!"
Dolissa recounted the events at the airport to Ye Ming.
"Oh! His disposition is quite good!" Ye Ming looked at Dolissa and smiled slightly. "He seems quite interested in you!"
Hearing this, Nangong Qian Yu also couldn't help but scrutinize Dolissa and teased, "That's right! Sister Qian Yu! I noticed it too!"
"Qian Yu! How can you too..."
Seeing that the two were intentionally teasing her, Dolissa decided not to argue.
After all, she couldn't win an argument with them.
"Alright! Let's go too!"
Ye Ming took Nangong Qian Yu's hand and then left the Dawn Auction House.
But the two women didn't notice the trace of... loneliness in Ye Ming's eyes when he saw the woman named Su Xin.
...
Outside the Dawn Auction House at this moment, minor disturbances had already begun to emerge.
After all, among all the auction items, there were not only "Xian Tian Yi Qi" and the Spirit Binding Lock, but also many other rare treasures.
Therefore, some people were bound to have thoughts of "killing for treasure."
Such incidents were extremely common in the ancient martial arts circles.
Fortunately, these were all contained within a certain range. Even if some witnesses saw fighting scenes, there were no innocent casualties.
This was also within the plan.
"Brother Shangguan, is the item really genuine?"
At this moment, a middle-aged man, just as he exited the Dawn Auction House, encountered three men of similar age.
The one speaking was a man of slightly plump build, with a constant smile on his face.
He was Li Guang Ling, the current patriarch of the Li Clan.
The man to his left appeared very easygoing.
His name was Zhao Tai Ji, the current patriarch of the Zhao Clan.
To his right was the person from private room number six, and also the patriarch of the Yang Clan—Yang Yan.
Shangguan Yuan looked at the men and gravely presented the ancient book before them. "It is indeed the rumored 'Xian Tian Yi Qi'."
Upon hearing this affirmative reply, the men were overjoyed, clapping their hands and exclaiming, "Good! Excellent!"
"It was not a wasted effort after all!"
"Let's go! Back to our clans first. Other matters can be discussed later."
The men then walked together, heading in the direction of the Shangguan Clan.
They knew very well that this journey would not be as peaceful as it was now.
Five minutes later, as they passed a large outdoor basketball court, they all stopped.
They looked at the court before them, their nerves tensing.
Not for any other reason, but because in such a large basketball court, there was not a single person.
It was clearly a deliberate arrangement.
"Esteemed sir! Please reveal yourself!"
Shangguan Yuan's gaze turned cold, and a terrifying aura emanated from him.
This was... Imperial Qi.
It was the aura that only Martial Emperor experts could possess.
Not only that, but the others beside him also stepped forward.
*Bang!*
Three more Imperial Qi emanated from them!
These men were all Martial Emperor realm experts.
Under the convergence of their auras, the ground began to crack. The surrounding air seemed to have been drawn dry.
If a martial artist with weaker cultivation were present, they would likely explode instantly.
"Heh heh heh! Calculating the time, this old man hasn't made a move for nearly three years. Today, I hope to get these old bones moving again!"
In the center of the court, an ancient voice echoed from all directions.
However, Shangguan Yuan and the others could not pinpoint the speaker's location.
"Forget it! You juniors are not worthy of this old man's attention! Go..."
"Retreat!"
*Bang!*
The men heard an angry roar. Before they could react, they were repelled nearly ten meters by waves of sound.
On the ground, only five deep gouges remained.
*Gulp!*
*Gulp!*
After steadying themselves, the men felt a tightness in their chests, and a sweet, bloody taste instantly filled their mouths.
They were injured before even seeing their opponent, a testament to the terrifying power of the hidden individual.
"Esteemed sir, as a Martial God supreme expert, why must you hide!"
Shangguan Yuan propped himself up, his senses alert to his surroundings.
"Alas! So be it! This battle today is perhaps unavoidable!"
As Cang Long's voice fell, an elder, clad in a wide black robe and completely shrouded in shadow, suddenly appeared in their field of vision.
The Martial God realm, also known as the Heaven Merging realm.
This meant they could merge with heaven and earth.
And this was something Martial Emperors could never achieve.
"Now that I have appeared, how dare the four lurking in the shadows not reveal themselves for a battle!"
The elder's words were filled with an undeniable dominance.
He intended to fight all four of them.