Unrivaled Martial Emperor-Chapter 1543 - Obtaining the Key

This time, an herbal garden island had emerged in the inner sea, left behind by a sect destroyed during the middle ancient ages due to the demon race’s invasion. This point alone was enough to drive people crazy for it.

An herbal garden island had surfaced in the inner sea, a wondrous remnant left behind by a sect wiped out during the middle ancient ages, roughly three hundred thousand years ago, thanks to a devastating demon invasion. Its legendary origin alone was enough to send everyone into a frenzy.

An island of immortal herbs, growing undisturbed for three entire millennia. Who could resist the prospect? Even a single herb could raise one’s cultivation in leaps and bounds, its medicinal effects unimaginable.

Alas, a formation guarded the herbal garden that even Immortal Kings couldn’t break through. They could only feast their eyes on the tantalizing mountain of treasure, unable to claim even a nugget. Torture, plain and simple.

That’s why, when the Sunny Day Chamber of Commerce announced they had keys to the herbal garden, the whole of Chaotic Demon Sea turned upside down.

“We will auction off our ten keys one at a time. The starting price for each is a hundred thousand immortal stones!” Fairy Yao said calmly.

Suddenly, the crowd became depressed.

At that price, only the true bigwigs in the room could dream of competing; it was out of reach for the common cultivator.

Honestly, though, that price could be considered cheap if you managed a single windfall from inside the garden. The return on investment could be astronomical!

And didn’t legends say someone once blundered into the herb garden, barely scratching the perimeter, and came out with a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Nascent Grass? That was just the outer area. Who knew what riches awaited in the depths?

As soon as Fairy Yao finished speaking, Chen Fan jumped right in.

“Hundred and five thousand!”

Shark Crown Prince ground his teeth in anger. He had bled a hundred thousand immortal stones to Chen Fan, so he was left with little over a hundred thousand immortal stones. It would be very difficult for him to win the bid for a key.

Hmph, go on, bid for it. Everything you have will be mine! Shark Crown Prince thought.

“Hundred and ten thousand!”

“Hundred and fifteen thousand!”

“Hundred and twenty thousand!”

The price of the first key was soaring at a shocking rate.

“Hundred and fifty thousand!” Chen Fan shouted.

Stunned silence followed. The entire room seemed frozen, and most guests were too daunted to raise the stakes any further. All eyes fell on Chen Fan once more.

Chen Fan had fleeced a hundred thousand immortal stones from Shark Crown Prince; over the course of the auction, he had spent over four hundred thousand immortal stones in total. That would mean he had paid over three hundred thousand immortal stones out of his own pocket. He was, quite simply, a tycoon.

To wave around such a fortune without blinking only deepened the mystery surrounding his true identity.

Greedy eyes began to burn with the thought: if someone as reckless as Chen Fan had so much wealth to spare, who knew how much more he had tucked away? Robbing him could turn a nobody into a nouveau riche overnight.

Unsurprisingly, Chen Fan’s bold bid intimidated everyone else. There was no point in fighting for the very first key, especially with nine more on the horizon.

Thus, the first key fell into Chen Fan’s hands as he had hoped.

Almost immediately, an attendant brought the key to Chen Fan’s private chamber.

Chen Fan accepted the key with a smile and handed over the immortal stones. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

“I’ve got what I need. Time to head out.”

After obtaining the key, Chen Fan immediately prepared to leave.

He was well aware that he had drawn too much attention during the auction. Now, many people probably had their eyes on him.

In a chaotic place like the Chaotic Demon Sea, robbing and murdering were common currency. He wasn’t eager to attract a shark’s feeding frenzy right outside the auction doors. Blending quietly into the background, he left without looking back.

“As expected, there are tails on me.”

Sure enough, as he slipped out of the Sunny Day Chamber’s gates, he felt eyes on his back. Even someone thinking with their toes would know that the pursuers were the Shark Crown Prince’s people.

“Hmph.” Chen Fan snorted coldly and turned into a stream of light, flying into the distance.

Fortunately, Gongsun Jing had marked out the location of the legendary herbal garden for him, even sending him a rough map of the inner sea, so he had no fear of losing his way now.

The eyes of the person tailing Chen Fan immediately shone with terrifying light when they saw him suddenly speed up. A fourth-level Immortal Platform realm expert’s aura swept out, knocking the nearby crowd down and leaving them wailing in pain.

“You think you can leave after offending the crown prince? Dream on!”

This person was Sha Bichen, a capable subordinate of Shark Crown Prince. He wasted no time, unleashing a fearsome attack. His law power morphed into a massive deep-sea giant shark, its jaws snapping at Chen Fan.

There were no rules in Chaotic Demon City. Fights broke out over a sideways look, let alone the grudge lingering here.

Swish!

Chen Fan flitted, easily dodging Sha Bichen’s attack.

“Brat, you won’t get away!”

“Say that after you catch up!”

“Damn it, a mere ant in the second-level Immortal Platform realm like you dares to act arrogant in front of me? I’ll crush all your bones when I catch you!”

Chen Fan, completely unbothered, focused on his escape, zipping toward the inner sea, following the map in his head.

“Damn it, how could this brat be so fast? I actually can’t catch up to him!”

The longer Sha Bichen pursued, the more shocked he felt inside.

Logically, with a two-level cultivation advantage, he should have caught Chen Fan in no time, but the distance stubbornly held. When he saw their path leading toward the inner sea, a flicker of panic flashed across Sha Bichen’s face.

“Damn it, this brat is trying to enter the inner sea. If he succeeds, it’ll be like a fish leaping into the vast ocean. It’d be almost impossible to find him!”

The inner sea was chaotic and too vast. If Chen Fan escaped into the inner sea, it would be easier to find a needle in a haystack.

“I can’t let him get away, or there’ll be hell to pay with the crown prince!”

Anxiety flashed in Sha Bichen’s eyes. He executed a secret technique, and his speed instantly soared.

“I told you, little bastard. You won’t get away!”

A terrifying law hand materialized and grabbed Chen Fan like a prison, shrouding him within.

Suddenly, Chen Fan stopped. A Hand of Demon blasted out, colliding with Sha Bichen’s attack.

“Wait, you thought I was running away? I was just luring you here. Can’t have the shark boy stepping in to save you when I put you down!”