"Why are you dressed like this?"

After welcoming them in, Li Ye curiously asked, "I remember only the Central State has a Dynasty, why are several Taoist friends dressed in this way?"

"Uh."

Duan Jiurui felt heartache when this topic was brought up.

She replied helplessly, "True Man Suoxing from your sect and my master made a bet, my master lost. As a result, True Man Suoxing asked us to wear these and come help you."

"..."

Li Ye could only awkwardly smile.

Thinking if his master suddenly asked him to change into some clothes, as long as it wasn't too outrageous, he would comply—masters in this cultivation realm are truly like mentors and fathers.

Repaying the debts of a father is naturally a righteous duty.

Wait.

That's Li Ye's master, how could he lose?

Wei Qingye couldn't hold back his laughter.

Sword cultivators and Body cultivators from the Spirit Refining Sect somehow don't get along well, and seeing them embarrassed, he couldn't hide his schadenfreude.

Then he faced the angry glares of the Body Cultivators.

"So what was the bet about?"

Li Ye instinctively felt the bet might have something to do with him.

Sure enough.

With this question, Duan Jiurui sighed deeply, "Taoist Friend, haven't you noticed the activities at Dongcang Marketplace? The auction entries you sold have skyrocketed to natural spirit stones for bidding."

Upon hearing this, Li Ye remembered he had prepared an auction, and also sent invitations to some friends.

The auction would sell the usage rights of the Five-Colored Water Lotus, entry slots for the Potato Flood Dragon, shop entries at Dongcang Marketplace, and various other spiritual objects.

He didn't pay much attention.

After all, it's just a way to open up his fame.

Normally, new marketplaces do this to showcase their strength and attract a fixed customer base.

But now it seems to have some other meanings?

"My master and True Man Suoxing made a bet to see how many forces would send people to compete, and not only did the major forces from the Four Domains come, but even people from outside the domain came."

"Outside the domain?"

The question was asked by Wei Qingye.

He didn't continue teasing the body cultivators and asked in confusion, "People from outside the domain must accept absolute surveillance if they want to enter our world.

The Qiongguan Great Inference Divine Array at Qiongguan Mountain is meant for this.

How could they be allowed to attend this level of auction?"

As Four Seasons Sect holds the most spirit beasts and plants in this world, border control is the strictest. Forget about outsiders; even locals must undergo strict inspections to enter.

Like when Wei Qingye entered the Eastern Domain for training, it was only possible with a True Man's endorsement.

Li Ye also looked over with curiosity.

Duan Jiurui confirmed that Li Ye truly hadn't paid attention to the situation over there; no wonder True Man Suoxing asked her to record everything and come to deliver the message!

"This matter is related to Taoist Friend Li."

"Previously, Taoist Friend Li and the Mo Family explored an Outer Heaven Grotto Heaven, where the Spirit Ant tribe has intelligence comparable to our human race. This time, the people from outside the domain are the royal family of the Ant Race."

She waved her hand.

The Water Mirror formed a picture.

In it was a group resembling humans but with ant antennae on their foreheads. They wore extremely intricate robes with ornamental jingling sounds.

Seeing this scene, Li Ye understood why the elders of the sect were willing to let them participate in the auction; they intended to showcase their prowess and had thoughts of recruiting them.

This kind of new, special race like the Ant Race thrilled cultivators of the Four Seasons Sect, making them eager to recruit... or rather, pocket them.

So the Earthquake Worm must be related to these folks.

Otherwise, the extremely special spirit beasts like Earthquake Worm wouldn't be sent to Dongcang Marketplace at the border—there are many marketplaces waiting for them, and even with Li Ye's special relationship, he couldn't pull this off.

The Mo Family once gave him some data about that Outer Space Meteorite; it was a meteorite with Five Elements attributes leaning toward fire and earth, meaning within the vast meteorite space, many ores would be preserved.

Besides, these ant races naturally love to eat ores...

That's it.

They used the mineral veins created by Earthquake Worm to guide them.

Li Ye's interest in these ants was piqued.

He immediately became interested: "Friends, first help me guide the Earthquake Worm into the earth vein, then let's check out the auction together."

Wei Qingye certainly wouldn't refuse.

And the people from Spirit Refining Sect were here to work; once the work was done they could take off the warrior-like armor, which looked quite heroic but was very uncomfortable, they were already eager.

Spirit Refining Sect specializes in Body Forging, the body as their magical treasure and weapon—allegedly, when cultivators from Spirit Refining Sect with high cultivation fight, their clothes would vanish, making defense and attack more unfettered.

To say nothing of the master, really knows how to play.

…

Dongcang Marketplace.

Below ground.

Li Ye met another acquaintance here, oh no, an old mouse acquaintance.

A white-haired mouse wearing a vest was lying leisurely on a recliner, with a table beside him laid out with soy-braised pork hock, soy-braised beef, marinated dishes, fried peanuts, and a few bottles of liquor.

Looking quite delightful.

"Senior Brother Shu, you're living well these days."

Li Ye spoke in a casual tone.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.