A few disciples were oohing and ahhing at Long Tianming. As the first in line for the Dragonseal Family and a good candidate for the Divine Feathers Sect, to them he was a role model.
"Brother Ye Xuan is here?"
"Brother Long, how have you been?" Ye Xuan stood up giving a salute of respect. Very good lapdog that he was of course. But not as bad as Gu Heng.
"It's been three years since we met at the Skyblaze Sect, your cultivation has improved a lot." As pleasantries were made, he swept the tables. Pausing on Yan Yang and Shen Yue briefly. "
"Brother Long is flattering, your cultivation is what I want to reach." Being "humble" Ye Xuan stopped feeling a bit of a change in the air.
"Dear cousin, you are here." Long Tianming was assured the elders would make trouble for her and force that she hand over those Officers and guards she had. "The trouble caused by your servants..."
Long Yuyin's eyes narrowed as she didn't think the other would be foolish enough to bring it up here an now. She peeked at Shen Yue who was paying attention with interest.
"Losing a limb was not enough for you to learn a lesson, be careful you don't lose more." A collective gasp went around the table at her tone that lacked any respect. "The elders will be gravely disappointed to waste more resources to reattach again."
Gu Lan contacted Shen Yue at this time and filled him in a little more about what happened. The Officers had already left the Dragonseal Family area and were currently on their way with her.
"Hmmm." Shen Yue frowned as he pieced some of it together further. If he lost a limb and had it fixed, something major had to happen for his people to act and not kill the little monster. 'She moved to the next plans, so that is good to me. But why so soon?'
Gu Lan didn't offer any further details on the situation. Communicating via Astral Sense, she stopped once making it to the hall. Seeing the Officers with cold looks, Shen Yue thought the situation was even more odd.
*Bzzt!* A trail of blue white lightning circulated the room, swiping them all into his Astral Sense, the disciples had no idea where the people that just arrived went. Or who did it for that matter.
"Haaa, the New Skybalze Amabasdor is sure flashy." Yan Yang said under his breath. ENough people heard for that to suffice as an explanation. "I do hope he does not cause to much trouble."
It was a reminder to Shen Yue not to turn the Divine Feathers Sect upside down. A good reminder actually.
"Gu Lan, sit close." Shen Yue narrowed his eyes at her Having spoken briefy with his forces that were added into the Internal Space, he rather the little Gu girl not wander off to far. "Until you tell me what happened fully, I want you close by."
"Haha.. of course." She chuckled dryly. Somewhat scared that he was angry at her. Waving her brother Gu Bei off from his worry, she decided to just enjoy the 3 Sect Meet. 'Master Shuyun.. I hope all your plans go through well.'
'Nie Li," Gu Bei nudged Nie Li to get some details in regards to the person next to his sister now. 'that guy is from Tiny World, what's his deal?'
'It's a long story.' Nie Li didn't want to talk about it. Remembering the painful look of Ye Ziyun's face made him upset. Enough that a little bloodlust leaked out. Xiao Ninger grabbed his hand to settle him down some. Giving her a grateful nod, he gave attention to one of his few friends. 'He is from a prominent family back were we are from.'
'So a young master the same as Ye Xuan then.' Gu Bei nodded coming to his own conclusions.
'No, more dangerous than him. Shen Yue is the leader of the Dark Moon Family that he created from scratch and poor people. His actual family was the Sacred Family, in which he broke off from due to conflicting policies.' Nie Li still found the situation absurd that Shen Yue was nothing like he remembered in some regards but definitely cruel in other regards. 'In fact, the only other difference is that he gave up some control of his family to run the city instead of doing it all himself.'
As the two communicated in secret, others around the tables made small talk to help pass the time until the main events.
Shen Yue just cultivated and used the Metal Seed to amplify the sound waves to hear the conversations in the room. Sending out a few pulses to find any traps and secret doors in the place.
'The place is not that big, not that guarded, and not that important to keep intact if a fight breaks out.' Shen Yue felt a tingle and lifted up his hand. The runic lines in his body flared briefly as they expanded. 'I need to flex my power soon to get a better understanding, this is the perfect place to do so.'
"Woah!" A young man said in awe. He was one of the few that caught a purple-haired woman walking by silently. Despite having bells on her feet and very flowly clothes, a lot of her steps were unheard. "So pretty."
"Not interested." Long Sha said to Maynard who nudged him. "She looks.. difficult to deal with."
"I can see that somewhat." Maynard nodded his head but thought something about her just appealed to him. "Maybe I am just restless or something."
"Its her strength and cultivation itself." Shen Yue looked the hippy over taking in her movements. "She is triggering a primal need in you to copulate, possess, or .. devour. Not many can entice that in others."
"That's not good." Maynard shut off his senses and immediately took control of himself. A stirring in his Soul Realm brought a smile to the cultivator's face. 'I am a master of myself, not primal desires.'
If not for cultivating a little Primal Chaos Law energy like some of the others to experiment with, nothing would have came of this most likely.
As plans were made, the hours rolled by a little faster.
"I am a disciple of the Heavenly Note Sect, Qin Yue. As usual at this gathering, we will hold an auction. Many treasures brought by the Disciples of the three major sects will be auctioned here."
Several disciples became excited. Especially when word got around about a few artifacts entered at a fairly decent price. Affordable prices for most of them who did not belong to big families.
The auction of Demon Spirits with Extrodinary Growth Rates had them bidding like crazy. Only one caught Shen yue's intrest to purchase. And that was only because it was a Abyss Demon.
Moving to the next items, Demon essence of the Star Level and Fate level were sold. Shen Yue bought the Star Level and dropped the Abyss Demon Spirit inside after applying some Inscriptions to it.
He also bought some Heavenly Note Dew and started drinking it there in the room like it was water. The outrage on a few peoples faces was comical. But it tasted and smelled like Hi-C orange.
"Shen Yue, I have a few for trade if you want some." Xiao Ninger blinked her eyes rapidly seeing him drink away happily. 'The flavor... is that the reason why?' Seeing him drinking more than cultivating the energy, it wasn't hard to determine that.
"Yeah, sounds good. What do you want for it?"
"Some more armors." Xiao Ninger thought about what she needed the most currently. A small box was handed to her. Opening it up revealed a few bracelets. Having seen these before, she nodded and passed over a storage bag with 10 jars of the Dew.
A bit of calm passed. The disciples all looked on with intrest in regards to a box taken out by the Heavenly Note Sect.
"It's such a pity that to this day we haven't managed to determine exactly what this item is." She paused for dramatic effect. "We only know that it's absolutely extraordinary."
Together they unraveled the scroll for view.
'Gu Bei! Bid on this painting for me!' Nie Li thought to his friend. 'As for the money, I'll pay for it!' Even though he was unable to get the money by healing Gu Lan and other methods, he still made a fortune by selling stuff. 'Hopefully, I have enough to secure it. To think the Painting makes an appearance here and now.'
'Ha, I'll take care of it!' He transmitted back wondering what was so important about it.
"I'm sure that everyone knows that this defintely isn't a simple item. Under normal..." She was caught off before the spiel could really start.
"75,000 spiritual stones." Shen Yue didn't wait to hear anything else on the matter from her and made an offer. 'Refining it into my Flame Vortex Core should help it develop a new property. The painting is on the level of the Star Pillars. Might even offset the Support qualities of my Soul itself. Or at least increase my Internal Space into something more.'
"Eh!" The auctioneers' eyes lit up at the value offered already.
"I do not care about the details or you hyping it up, do you accept the bid or not?" Shen Yue hated auctions and rather just buy what he wanted.
"I am sorry sir.." Caught on the spot, she deflected to keep from causing trouble. "..the owner was quite specific."
"I will keep that in mind for later." Shen Yue gave a simple smile. Turning towards Shen Ling and Huyan Lanruo, he spoke candidly. "You two will not be returning to that Dead Sect. Safety concerns make it to dangerous to do so."
"I understand." Lanruo was ready to depart from there anyway. Plus talks with Duan Jian and Hongyue made her miss the company of the two a lot. "I will send a message to my friends right now."
Walking off with Duan Jian, she pulled out a transmission slip to report and break off from the Sect. Which the Ambassador was most fearful of happening considering the treatment given to them.
A few disciples did not take kindly to the newcomers from Tiny World. Especially with the strength, skill, and the way they wielded power. Not to mention the morals carried that clashed against their methods of exploitation.
Didn't help that Ze Yiyun rose to a prominent position and gained the attention of the Sect Leader. Xiao Ninger, Huyan Lanruo, and a few others kept themsleves restrained just a little as they searched for anyone worth taking to nurture and time spent gathering information regarding the Sects and the Draconic Ruins Realm.
"110,000!" The auction woman stated a little flustered. The crowd was immediately shocked and most looked towards Shen Yue who offered more than what it was worth most thought.
"I offer 120,000 spiritual stones." Long Tianming stated.
"130,000." Yan Yang stated simply as he leaned back. 'Trading this to Shen Yue would defintely be worth it.'
"140,000." Tianming bid.
"150,000." Yan Yang raised.
"160,000." Tianming bid once more.
"170,000." Yan Yang raised it without a care once more. The recent raid left them with a lot of funds.
"Haa!" Tianming sighed giving up. The crowd waited for anyone else to make a bid.
"I'll offer 190,000." Mingyue Wushuang said calmly. "If anyone raises the price past that, then I'll back out!"
"She raised the price up for her Sect, how crafty!" Shen Yue gave a sneer towards the weird female with contempt. "Raised a good margin then immediately gave up with a phrase after!"
"Come now, they are not a Sect like that." Yu Yan said from the side. "Yan Yang can afford it I think."
"Mingyue Wushang is interested, I should let her have it. If I was a fool that is." His smile was warm like the sun and caused a few to take notice. "Unfortunately, I'm also quite interested in this Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Painting. As most know, the Skyblaze Sect has quite a few artists that have come out lately. I am sure it will help with their cultivations."
"Heh!" Shen Yue smiled at the wording of Yan Yang, he seemed to improve with his cheeky ways.
"So... I hope that you won't be offended!"
"Don't worry about it." She remained polite all the same. "Junior brother Yan Yang should do as you like!"
"200,000" Gu Bei said as the auctioneer looked around. He swallowed his spit and just made the mention of that amount while looking at Nie Li in the corner of his eyes. "I really like this painting."
"300,000" Yan Yang spoke nonchalantly and smiled. The pressure coming off him caused Gu Bei to take a step back from bidding.
"350,000" Gu Bei spoke in a strangled voice. He really had know idea why Nie Li wanted this so badly. Yan Yang crossed his arms not participating anymore. "Phew... finally."
"400,00." Shen Yu spoke cooly as it was a drop in the bucket but still a lot to spend at once. "I can show my funds right now, can you do the same Gu Bei?"
*Thunk!* A bag was placed on the table with a very heavy sound. Gu Bei didn't have the funds on him, Nie Li was the one who wanted the painting and would have to slip him the funds later.
"It will not be hard for me to go and acquire it." Gu Bei said quickly. 'Hmm, I am not as close to Nie Li as Long Shuyun asked, but he was able to help pad my pockets quickly. Enough that it is best to get loser to keep from relying on the Dragonseal and Gu family.'
The auctioneer did not want to offend a member of the Gu clan so she did not say anything and smiled. But the rules were clear you were supposed to have the money and not bid with funds you did not have.
They also did not take I.O.U.'s either. The bidding continued once more.
"450,000..." Gu Bei gave a wry look as a few people stared at him. This was an absurd amount of money and would definitely cause trouble later.
"500,000" Shen Yue didn't even bat an eye raising the bid further. The room went quiet for a moment. Gu Bei didn't make another bid with everyone looking at him. "well?"
"One moment please..." Qin Yue received a voice transmission from someone higher up. The frown on her face did not take away from the fear shown. "I am sorry, the owner has retracted the item."
"Bullshit," Shen Yue said dangerously. The temperature in the room increased at high intensity. "We have bid on it already and have made known our funds, surely the Heavenly Note Sect is not setting us up to get robbed by others later?"