476: Undercurrent surges, the second big fish!

After finishing all of this, the three clapped their hands, then found a very hidden place not far away, and began a month of waiting.

Although they were very confident that others would not discover it, facing a Magic Treasure of this level, it was better to be foolproof.

In the wide area, within the Seal.

Array Elder Chen, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, controlling the entire Seal Formation with his Divine Sense and perceiving subtle changes in the outside world, curved his lips into an almost imperceptible arc.

He did not open his eyes, and his voice directly resounded in the Sea of Consciousness of the other four:

"Everyone, the first big fish is on the hook. It's Mu Qingyang from Feiyu Mountain, at the Peak of Yang Solid Fifth Realm. He's quite cautious; he added two layers of Formations outside the Seal. Sect Leader Wei, do I need to break them?"

If it had been before, breaking these two Formations would have required a great deal of effort from Array Elder Chen.

But now, with the assistance of a Half-Immortal Artifact, breaking these two Formations was as easy as picking something out of one's pocket for Array Elder Chen.

Sect Leader Wei’s message quickly replied:

"Array Elder Chen, just leave them there, lest we alert the enemy. Xia has already gone out to spread the news. These two Formations won't stop those people. If they end up fighting among themselves, we can also watch the show."

"Understood, Sect Leader Wei!"

Array Elder Chen Chen Xuan's gaunt face showed a trace of disdainful sneer as he continued to immerse his mind in the Formation Seal, waiting for subsequent people to investigate.

Time flowed by day by day.

In the following days, Yangqi Prefecture appeared calm on the surface, but secretly, a terrifying undercurrent surged among the highest echelons of various forces.

News from an unknown source was circulating among the high-level members of various forces, and everyone who learned the news felt that they were the only one who knew about it!

Deep in the Chiyan Mountain Range, a Dao Grade high-grade Magic Treasure had appeared!

Heavenly Fire Sect, Molten Fire Hall.

Sect Leader Yan Jin was a burly man with red hair and a red beard, whose temper was as fiery as molten rock.

After listening to the secret report from one of his trusted Elders, he slammed the armrest, and a corner of his throne, made of Earth Fire Crystals, instantly shattered, sending sparks flying!

"Hahaha! A Dao Grade high-grade Magic Treasure! If it's true, then Heaven is truly helping me, helping my Heavenly Fire Sect!"

Yan Jin laughed wildly in the hall for a while, flames constantly rising around him, illuminating the hall in a fiery red and drastically increasing the spatial temperature:

"My Heavenly Fire Sect is destined for greatness! Issue an order, and make sure this news is kept absolutely secret. All those who know, apart from the Elders, are to be subjected to the Heart-Burning Curse! After everything is done, I will personally release them and bestow resources upon them."

"But if anyone dares to leak even a bit of information, I will personally throw him into the Earth's Core Furnace to be refined into ash, so that he may never reincarnate!"

Yan Jin's eyes flickered with greedy and tyrannical light, as if he had already seen himself holding a Dao Grade high-grade Magic Treasure and commanding a region.

"Grand Elder, Third Elder, come with me to investigate that area!"

"Yes!"

Cold Water Sect, Profound Ice Secret Realm.

Sect Master Chang Bingpo was a woman of exquisite beauty and incomparably cold and elegant temperament, like ice from ten thousand years.

She sat on a jade stool in the Secret Realm, quietly listening to the report from an Elder below.

As she listened, her slender, fair fingers gently tapped the cold jade tabletop, making a crisp sound that, to the ears of the person reporting, made him feel as if the temperature of the entire Secret Realm had dropped by several degrees.

"Hmph, a Dao Grade high-grade Magic Treasure..."

She curved her lips into a cold arc:

"I've felt a bit uneasy recently, as if something big was about to happen, and it turns out I was right!"

"A space-attributed Dao Grade high-grade Magic Treasure, if combined with my sect's 'Profound Nether Ice Soul Scripture,' a single thought would be enough to freeze the Void Realm and chill the Divine Soul... its power would be more than doubled!"

Speaking of this, a cold glint flashed in her eyes:

"If such a treasure truly exists, it must belong to my Cold Water Sect. However, I always feel that there's something strange about this matter. Where did you get this news?"

"Reporting to Sect Master, I obtained this news by bidding for it at the Yangqi Auction House, and I paid a large amount of resources for it! It is said that a Cultivator accidentally discovered it while searching for Vermilion Sun Fine Gold."

"Oh? If that's the case, why didn't that Cultivator monopolize this treasure himself and instead spread this news?"

"I asked the person in charge of the auction house, and they said that the Cultivator's cultivation was too low, and he wasn't confident he could obtain the Magic Treasure, so he chose to auction off this news, which could also be exchanged for a large amount of tangible resources."

"So that's it..."

Chang Bingpo murmured, but in her heart, she still held a skeptical attitude towards this news, feeling that some parts were illogical.

However, since she had received this news, she shouldn't dwell on it too much. To verify its authenticity, she would go and see for herself!

To be safe, Chang Bingpo also brought all the Elders in the Yang Shi Realm, as ordinary Nascent Void Cultivators would likely be completely unable to get involved with such a treasure.

Yangqi Auction House, in the most central secret chamber.

Chairman Shi Yue, nearly a zhang tall, was a giant of a man with muscles as gnarled as granite carvings.

He was listening in a booming voice to an Elder's report, his body constantly exuding an aura as thick and profound as the earth itself.

"Oh? Someone actually brought such news to auction? Who eventually acquired it?"

"Reporting to Chairman, it was ultimately acquired by the Cold Water Sect."

"Good, you did well. For news like this, there's no need to talk about so-called auction ethics; being able to eavesdrop and learn it is very valuable!"

"Pass down the order, have the Vice Chairman come to me immediately. I will personally go with him to investigate and see what the situation is!"

"Yes!"

......

Under the continuous operation of Nie Xia's multiple identities, it wasn't long before all the forces with Yang Shi Realm Cultivators in charge had received this news.

Most of the forces believed they had obtained exclusive, earth-shattering secret information, while a small portion, due to their suspicious nature, were certain that others must also know the news!

But all forces took one identical action: they personally went to investigate the truth!

The first to arrive at the wide area deep in the Chiyan Mountain Range was naturally the Heavenly Fire Sect.

After Heavenly Fire Sect's Sect Leader Yan Jin arrived nearby with two Elders, since they didn't know the exact location, the three began to investigate separately.

After a rough investigation, they found no abnormalities whatsoever, which made them frown.

Yan Jin was the first to look at the two Elders and said:

"It seems we haven't found anything unusual? Do you think this news is accurate?"