Chapter 468: Chapter 241: The Old Monster’s Plot, Meeting the Lu Family Ancestor

However, Wen Jiu did not leave completely; instead, he wandered around the outside of the auction, seemingly browsing the shops of various major merchant associations, but in reality, his Divine Sense was constantly fixed on the auction, keeping a close eye on the movements of Lu Chan and her companion as they purchased the Blood Corpse Mushrooms.

Buying so many Tier Two Top-Grade Blood Corpse Mushrooms at once would inevitably attract the seller’s attention.

Whoever extended their Divine Sense over would most likely be the seller. Even if he didn’t intend to do anything, he still wanted to know who in the West Mountain Floating Domain was an infiltrator from the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect, so he could avoid them in the future.

Very soon.

The first group of Tier Two Top-Grade Blood Corpse Mushrooms began to be auctioned, with a starting bid of one million Low-grade Spirit Stones for a bundle of five.

"One hundred and ten."

"One hundred and twenty."

The price gradually rose.

In the West Mountain Floating Domain, the Heterodox Dao was flourishing, and Blood Corpse Mushrooms were not something only Corpse Cultivators could use, so there were plenty of bidders. Within a hundred breaths, the price of the Blood Corpse Mushrooms rose to nearly two million.

Lu Chan and Fellow Daoist Leng exchanged a glance, then Lu Chan placed a bid of two million. At the moment the hammer fell, Wen Jiu did not sense any Divine Sense spying on them. However, as the two of them almost monopolized the Blood Corpse Mushrooms, various cultivators began to extend their Divine Senses over, mostly at the Foundation Establishment Perfection level or at the level of Fake Pill Cultivators.

In this situation, who beneath perfection would dare randomly unleash their Divine Sense?

When it came to purchasing the seventh and eighth sets, Wen Jiu noticed that because of Lu Chan and Fellow Daoist Leng’s identities, there were hardly any more Divine Senses probing them, except for one Fake Pill Cultivator’s Divine Sense that kept targeting Lu Chan and Fellow Daoist Leng multiple times.

Following the trail of the Divine Sense, Wen Jiu found it led to a Fake Pill Ghost Cultivator who had not masked or hidden his identity, sitting just ten feet away from Lu Chan and her companion.

"I remember he never placed any bid... yet he paid close attention to Lu Chan and Fellow Daoist Leng multiple times. It seems likely that these Blood Corpse Mushrooms were consigned by him to the City Lord’s Mansion to sell." After all fifty Blood Corpse Mushrooms were auctioned off, Wen Jiu did not return, but instead planned to wait for half a day.

Meanwhile, to observe this person further.

...

A while later.

The Fake Pill Ghost Cultivator who had not masked or hidden his identity suddenly transmitted a message to Lu Chan and Fellow Daoist Leng, his tone full of mockery, "Fellow Daoist Lu, Fellow Daoist Leng, are you planning to go bankrupt and convert to the Heterodox Dao?"

"Fellow Daoist He Qiang."

Fellow Daoist Leng was the first to look in the direction of the Ghost Cultivator, not getting up, but simply cupping his fists from a distance as a greeting.

Lu Chan did the same, expressing a sentiment without mentioning that this matter was done at someone’s behest, because she was not foolish, and she understood precisely why Li Bai wasn’t present during the auction—it was obviously because he didn’t want anyone to know he was the buyer.

"It’s for the Lu Family’s sake; we no longer have the time to venture back into the Heterodox Dao."

He Qiang remarked with an unwavering smile, "Why didn’t the two of you say earlier? Our He Family has accumulated quite a few Heterodox Dao items. If needed, we could trade privately after the auction to ensure the Lu Family’s satisfaction."

"Let’s discuss it another time, another time."

Lu Chan responded perfunctorily, turning away immediately, ignoring him thereafter.

After exchanging pleasantries, Fellow Daoist Leng also did not say much more, just directly sent a message to Lu Chan, "This old guy suddenly asked such a question, what business is it of his? Making it seem like our relationship with the He Family is great, we only cooperated once to slay a demon in the Celestial Yin Mountain Range. Has the He Family forgotten how many of our Lu Family they slaughtered when weapons clashed... we will settle this account sooner or later, he’s inexplicably grinning at me."

"Don’t bother with him anymore." Lu Chan transmitted back indifferently, not quite understanding why He Qiang initiated conversation with them. Thinking it over, she still couldn’t figure out why, so she decided it wasn’t worth considering.

Afterward, Lu Chan sent another message, "We’ve almost used up all the Spirit Stones we brought, can’t afford anything more, might as well leave for now and find an opportunity to deliver these items to Fellow Daoist Li."

"Mmm."

Fellow Daoist Leng nodded.

The two of them stood up together.

But unbeknownst to them, as they rose and left, He Qiang’s cold eyes followed their departing backs, then he transmitted a message to another Fake Pill Cultivator from the He Family not far away, "Who would’ve thought deliberate efforts would bear no fruit, yet unintentional actions would succeed. I was just pondering how we might infiltrate the Lu Family, but they went ahead and bought all the Blood Corpse Mushrooms themselves... needing so many High-Grade Blood Corpse Mushrooms, most likely for a Heterodox False Pill."

"Keep a close watch on the Lu Family, see who needs the Blood Corpse Mushrooms, and whether we can establish a relationship with them, providing the Lu Family with more. If we can use this opportunity to infiltrate the Lu Family with Blood Corpse Mushrooms, you and I would both reap great merit." Another Fake Pill Cultivator from the He Family smiled faintly, transmitting his response.

He Qiang immediately nodded, a hint of a sinister smile appearing as his eyes watched the backs of Lu Chan and her companion gradually fade away.

The transmission between the two was beyond Wen Jiu’s ability to eavesdrop on, but he witnessed the entire scene through the Divine Sense of the East Spring Undying Bone.

"The He Family, and it seems there’s some existing connection with the Lu Family." Wen Jiu immediately searched through the soul memories he obtained regarding the He Family, easily finding relevant information from the many memories.

Even Bao Jifei knew of the He Family.

The He Family.

Though not as illustrious as the Lu Family, they are still one of the Golden Core Influences standing for over a millennium in East Pole Immortal City, with extremely deep roots. The family consists of six Golden Cores, though all are at the Early Stage of Golden Core, thus they rank almost at the bottom within East Pole Immortal City.

For elite Golden Core Influences like the Lu Family in East Pole Immortal City typically have Middle Stage of Golden Core Ancestors residing in the household.

Even a small gap in realm, in the Golden Core Realm, is such that a dozen or even twenty cultivators at the Early Stage of Golden Core likely aren’t a match for one at the Middle Stage of Golden Core.