Chapter 727A – Shadow Clan Auction

Through the Hidden Fog Sect, Yun Die completed the mission that Qin Yu had given to her in the shortest time possible. After reorganizing all of the information, she slowly read it out for her teacher.

She knew it was her teacher’s habit to never take the initiative to check the contents of a jade slip; she was well aware of this.

Qin Yu leaned back against a soft sofa, almost sinking into it. His eyes were closed as if he were deep in thought.

Almost an hour later, Yun Die put down the last jade slip. “Teacher, this is everything. I have already asked the Hidden Fog Sect to continue searching. If there are any harvests, I will inform you immediately.”

Qin Yu nodded, “Mm, I understand.”

He lifted a hand and rubbed his forehead to ease the discomfort and soreness caused by the overuse of his mind.

Yun Die had relayed a great deal of information to him about Dragon City, but none of it was related to what he wanted to find out. The records only indicated that Dragon City had existed for a long time, yet there was no mention of who had built it.

Then, there were only two possibilities. One was that far, far too much time had passed and things that had happened in bygone eras had already faded away in the endless river of time. The second possibility was that…someone had purposefully erased all information from that period of time so that the cultivators of today couldn’t find out any information about it.

Qin Yu couldn’t determine which possibility was the truth. He needed to obtain more information to make a judgment.

There was a knock on the door. Yun Die glanced at her teacher. Qin Yu lowered his hand and nodded.

Yun Die walked over to the entrance. After opening it she bowed, “I greet Lord Sect Master, Elder Si, and Mister Rong Wei.”

The Hidden Fog Sect Master had an even expression. “May I ask whether or not Mister Ning Qin has free time? There is an urgent matter.”

Yun Die fell to the side. “Teacher is resting. Please enter.”

“Greetings, Mister Ning Qin!”

The three people from the Hidden Fog Sect bowed.

Qin Yu collected his mood. He calmly said, “Sect Master has come to visit today, may I ask for what reason?”

The Hidden Fog Sect Master said, “I have just confirmed the news. Yesterday, this Dragon City that has been dormant for almost 2000 years finally gave rise to a connection again and has chosen a new guest.”

His face flushed red with a little excitement.

Coincidentally, Yun Die had just read out some information about this.

Qin Yu’s thoughts stirred. He finally realized why the Hidden Fog Sect Master was so excited. “The Shadow Clan is going to hold an auction?”

“Yes!” The Hidden Fog Sect Master took out a dragon-patterned jade card, “We have received an invitation from the Shadow Clan. They will officially hold the auction the day before the Beast King War begins.”

Every time a new guest appeared in Dragon City, they had the qualifications to receive the highest level of treatment from the Shadow Clan as well as to take out the true treasures from the Shadow Clan’s temple.

And the Shadow Clan’s rules were that they couldn’t hold onto these treasures. They needed to sell them all through an auction.

This was the reasoning for this current auction.

Yun Die received the jade card for her teacher. She probed it with her divine sense and read out the contents. There was little information inside; besides the invitation, there was just a description of three treasures.

That’s right, only things taken out from the temple had the qualifications to be recorded in this jade slip.

Dragon blood – it contained boundless vitality and could improve a cultivator’s lifespan and physique. Theoretically speaking, it had the ability to restore all of a cultivator’s mortal bodily wounds.

Dragon soul – this was a leftover soul fragment from when the great dragon died. Because it contained the essence of the entire dragon’s soul, when a cultivator fused with it, it could produce a qualitative change of the soul, greatly improving their cultivation.

Dragon fang – the hardest tooth of the great dragon. This was an unsurpassed treasure for refiners. A grandmaster refiner could forge this into a dragon fang sword, one with unparalleled power.

Beneath his black robes, Qin Yu’s eyes brightened. Besides the dragon fang, the dragon blood and dragon soul seemed to be custom prepared for him.

Originally, he didn’t care about the Shadow Clan’s auction, but that attitude had completely disappeared. The other items didn’t matter, but he needed to obtain the dragon blood and dragon soul no matter what!

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Shadow Clan.

News of the auction had been sent out. It would begin before the arena opened, scheduled to be two days from now. All members of the clan were busying themselves in preparation.

“Patriarch, the seven sects have gathered in Dragon City so why are we rushing to hold the auction? I fear it will only increase their strength.” A Shadow Clan Elder anxiously sighed. He had a black mask wrapped around his head, only a single eye shining through the fabric.

Even if these were rules set down by the ancestors, it was still within their rights to wait until the Beast King War was finished and for the seven sects to leave.

It had to be known that the lineage of the Shadow Clan stood across from the seven sects…even if their relations seemed harmonious these past years.

The Shadow Clan Patriarch had a calm expression. “The laws of our clan handed down to us by our ancestors prevent us from leaving Dragon City. The inheritance of our bloodline has begun to show signs of decline.”

The one-eyed Elder was stunned. He somewhat understood the Patriarch’s decision. The Shadow Clan needed the income from this auction to increase their clan’s overall strength. The reason they chose to hold the auction the day before the competition began was to incite a bidding war between the seven sects and improve their final harvest.

“One Eye, I know that you are worried. But as long as my clan retains a certain strength, the seven sects will not act rashly. Rather, in order to maintain their own interests, they will become a barrier that protects the Shadow Clan.

“As for whether the seven sects will obtain a harvest from this auction that will increase their strength, this doesn’t impact my Shadow Clan too much. There have been dozens of attempts to annex Dragon City over the years, yet none of them have succeeded. Is the reason really that the seven sects have r