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Chapter 230 Ji Yuan's Senior Brother [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

The one questioning Master Heming now is none other than the legendary Master Lingyu.

After Ji Yuan heard this, a thought subconsciously arose in his mind... He wondered what Lingyu Zhenren felt as he watched himself being "auctioned off."

Lingyu Zhenren's question caused Heming Zhenren to fall silent.

It seemed as if he didn't know whether he should say it or not.

Or perhaps they are communicating telepathically?

Just as everyone was wondering, Master Heming suddenly spoke up and said, "Indeed, a small thing happened. When Junior Nephew Ye Chen and Junior Nephew Cao Lang were slaying the dragon, they discovered that there was not just one Earth-Turning Flood Dragon, but... two of them."

"What?!"

From inside the lobby on the first floor, a gasp of surprise came from somewhere.

Before anyone could react with surprise, Master Heming continued, "Then, when the two of them were fighting the Earth-Turning Flood Dragon, they were ambushed by the demonic forces..."

"Fortunately, Master Canglin from inside the sect arrived in time, drove away the demonic path, and brought the two of them back."

"Oh?"

Master Lingyu seemed somewhat surprised, "What kind of demonic sect dares to cause trouble on my Lanshan Mountain? Let me go and take a look."

After saying that, another streak of light flew away from the auction house.

Master Heming withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the many Foundation Establishment cultivators in the hall who were filled with righteous indignation. "Alright, the auction is over. I'm sorry that there were no third-tier dragons auctioned this time."

"Therefore, our auction house has prepared a small gift for each of you, which you can pick up at the door when you leave."

"Fellow Daoists, please make yourselves at home."

After Master Heming finished speaking, a clear crane's cry rang out, and his figure transformed into a white streak of light, leaving the place.

With the Golden Core cultivators gone, the remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators immediately relaxed considerably.

Most of them were discussing the demonic path's plot against Ye Chen and Cao Lang, saying things like they wanted to wipe out the demonic path or that the people of the demonic path were cunning and treacherous.

Some more level-headed people analyzed that Ye Chen and Cao Lang, working together, were capable of fighting against Golden Core cultivators, so anyone who dared to ambush and assassinate them was most likely a demonic cultivator at the Golden Core level.

Once you pass the Foundation Establishment stage, it's nothing more than sending yourself to your death.

After these remarks, the hall quieted down slightly.

From next door, Ji Yuan's talkative voice came again: "Heh, slaying dragons, slaying dragons, in the end, who knows which dragon we've slain."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan suddenly recalled something Ning Shanshan had mentioned a while ago.

She said that Ye Chen was known as the "mischievous dragon" within the territory of the Imperial Spirit Sect.

Ji Yuan seemed to be deep in thought. After waiting in the room for a short while, he saw the black-robed old man who had previously taken his Foundation Establishment Pill knocking on his door with a smile.

The person delivering the treasure arrived, and Ji Yuan naturally opened the door and let him in.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist! Congratulations!"

The moment the old man in the black robe entered, his face lit up with a broad smile.

For those in their line of work, Ji Yuan is naturally considered his customer, so any spirit stone transactions made by Ji Yuan within this auction house are counted as "performance" on his behalf.

He also gets a cut from the auctioned items.

So it's only natural that I'm happy.

"You're too kind, fellow Daoist."

Ji Yuan bowed to him.

After exchanging insincere pleasantries, the old man in black robes flicked his right hand, and a wooden box and a specially made jade bottle appeared on the table.

Ji Yuan opened the box, and inside were the two Heavenly Thunder Stones.

The jade bottle contained 10 drops of the Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.

He had both of these items in his storage bag, so he could tell the difference between them at a glance.

Ji Yuan covered the two items back up, not in a hurry to put them away. Then he heard the black-robed old man introduce them: "Fellow Daoist, you have auctioned 10 drops of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, plus two Heavenly Thunder Seeds. The total auction price is 5630 mid-grade spirit stones."

"The eight Foundation Establishment Pills that you consigned for auction, six of which were two-pattern Foundation Establishment Pills, were auctioned for 5100 mid-grade spirit stones, and two of which were one-pattern Foundation Establishment Pills, were auctioned for 580 mid-grade spirit stones. In addition, the other immortal materials and pills were auctioned for 880 mid-grade spirit stones. This is the auction price list. Please check it."

After the old man in black robes finished speaking, he handed Ji Yuan a specially made piece of white paper with the final auction prices of various items written on it.

Ji Yuan watched the whole thing and recorded it all. After comparing the two, he found that the prices were not a problem.

"Can."

"Alright, fellow Daoist, you have won 6560 mid-grade spirit stones in the auction. Our auction house takes a 50% cut, which is 328 spirit stones. You are left with 6232 mid-grade spirit stones."

"I wonder if the spirit stones from the auction will be paid separately, or deducted directly from this amount?"

The old man in the black robe asked very considerately, without making decisions for the customer on his own.

"Just deduct it from here."

"Alright, please accept the remaining 602 mid-grade spirit stones, fellow Daoist."

After the old man in black finished speaking, he handed over a small storage bag. Ji Yuan took it and glanced at it, and found that there were 10 mid-grade spirit stones and a small bottle of pills inside. He took them out.

"This is……"

"There was a slight mishap during this auction. This is our auction house's apology to all of you. Please accept it."

"I see, your bank is very thoughtful."

Despite saying this, Ji Yuan did not put the item away. Instead, he handed it to the old man in black robes in front of him, which startled the old man so much that he took several steps back.

"What do you mean by this, fellow Daoist?"

"It is like this, my sect elders do need the corpse of this third-tier flood dragon for alchemy. I wonder if your esteemed institution has any flood dragon corpse in stock? Or perhaps flood dragon essence blood would also be acceptable."

Ji Yuan had acquired a large number of spirit stones this time. Not to mention the 602 spirit stones from the auction house, he still had more than 16000 mid-grade spirit stones in his storage bag. He had to spend them.

"Oh, is that what it is?"

The old man in black robes smiled and relaxed. "Third-tier dragon corpses are indeed in high demand. Even if our sect gets some, they will be auctioned off very quickly. However, we do have a few bottles of dragon essence blood left. If you need them, I can help you get them."

"Then it will be hard work."

Ji Yuan cupped his hands slightly and said again, "Do you have any third-tier demon cores? My sect elders also need them."

The old man in black robes said helplessly, "This item is also in short supply, please understand, fellow Daoist."

"All right."

Ji Yuan had no choice but to accept his fate... It's all the fault of the demonic path!

Even without them, I shouldn't have any problem getting the demon core of that third-tier dragon, but auctioning off its corpse.

In the end, all I can do is salvage a few bottles of essence blood... It's all the damn evil magic!

Seeing that the old man in black robes was about to leave, Ji Yuan transferred the spirit stones in his storage bag to his own storage bag, then put the apology back in and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

The old man in black robes could guess that the reason this person was being so polite was largely because he didn't trust him and was worried that the auction house would tamper with the storage bag and the apology, so he gave it to him.

"In that case... thank you very much, fellow Daoist."

The old man in black robes naturally accepted the spirit stones, as they were free.

Ji Yuan didn't wait long before the black-robed elder returned with two small bottles of third-tier dragon essence blood, water-attribute, just what Ji Yuan needed... ice-attribute blood was far too scarce.

Unless you kill the second-tier Frost Dragon inside the spirit beast pouch and take its essence blood.

Two small bottles of dragon essence blood cost Ji Yuan nearly 800 mid-grade spirit stones, but it was worth it. He bought them to feed the fish... If he could raise a third-tier ice dragon cub, that would be a huge profit.

With the matter settled, Ji Yuan, led by the old man in black robes, left the place through a special entrance.

Everything was kept secret.

After Ji Yuan came out, he went to the nearest inn. When he went in and came out again, he had already changed his appearance and aura.

If it weren't for the Nascent Soul True Monarch keeping a close eye on him...

Otherwise, even if there were a Golden Core Peak cultivator here, they wouldn't be able to detect the abnormality in his aura.

He soon resumed his leisurely stroll on the street.

At this moment, the topic of conversation among the many cultivators on the street was the ambush that had been carried out on Ye Chen and Cao Lang. Perhaps the Yu Ling Sect had failed to hide it, or perhaps they had never intended to hide it in the first place; in any case, there was much discussion about it.

So much so that the fact that Lingyu Zhenren's disciple spot was won by Yuling Sect was hardly being discussed anymore.

Ji Yuan had already positioned himself as a "passerby," and neither matter concerned him. Besides, he had nothing else to do in Lanshan City at the moment.

So after wandering around for half a day, Ji Yuan prepared to set off and continue north to Jinghu.

Lanshan City prohibits cultivators below the Golden Core stage from flying.

Ji Yuan had no choice but to walk obediently to the north gate of the city.

As luck would have it, just as he arrived, he saw a man clad in bronze armor squeeze through the city gate. He was extremely tall and burly, with a face full of flesh and a thick beard, and just one glance from him could give people a great sense of oppression.

Not to mention his unfathomable aura.

Peak Foundation Establishment, or... a Pseudo-Core Formation cultivator!

Those who saw this quickly moved away.

Ji Yuan looked at the person in front of him with great surprise, but quickly stepped aside and lowered his head.

The fact that even the usually composed Ji Yuan was so shocked was mainly due to the identity of the person in front of him.

Although it was Ji Yuan's first time meeting him, she knew his appearance, name, and personality very well.

Why?

It was because he was Ran Kui, the senior brother Ji Yuan had never met before.

His title is "Lord of Wudao Island"!

But why is he in Arashiyama City?

Ji Yuan remembered that not long after he became a disciple, Hua Yaoyue said that she had sent a message to Ran Kui, asking him to come back and meet his junior brother.

Ran Kui was fighting the enemy on Mount Shang at the time, but he still agreed to this.

Despite agreeing, Ji Yuan never saw him return.

It wasn't until a visit to Hua Yaoyue that she heard Ran Kui say that on his way back, he encountered the evil spirits and went to hunt them down.

Later, it seems he returned to the front lines of Shangshan to fight against the demonic forces.

How did I end up in Lanshan City now...? Ji Yuan was puzzled.

If he had met the Qinghe Island Master before, he wouldn't have needed to contact him. But now that he's met his senior brother for the first time, Ji Yuan feels it's necessary to do so.

Because whether it's the pretentious and arrogant Second Senior Brother Yun Qianzai, or the playful and adorable Third Senior Sister Feng Zhitao.

When they mentioned their senior brother Ran Kui, they both expressed great admiration and respect.

From their conversations, Ji Yuan learned that his senior brother, whom he had never met before, was a very kind person. The first time the two brothers met was in a foreign land... Ji Yuan's divine sense invaded the storage bag and took out a golden communication talisman from it.

This communication talisman naturally belonged to Ran Kui, but it was given to him by Hua Yaoyue earlier.

It is said that when Ran Kui left, he left a few spare communication talismans with Hua Yaoyue, saying that she could give one to anyone who needed it.

As Ran Kui's junior brother, Ji Yuan naturally had a need.

He lowered his head and went to a secluded spot before sending a message: "Senior Brother, it's me, Junior Brother. I saw you in Lanshan City."

"..."

"Junior Brother?!"

Ran Kui, who was walking briskly down the street, received the message and subconsciously turned his head to look around. But he quickly realized that since his junior brother had chosen to send a message instead of coming forward on the spot, he must have come in disguise.

After a moment's thought, he sent a message back:

"Good lad, I was just thinking of going back to my sect to see you! I never expected you to come all the way to Lanshan City."

"Okay, meet me at No. 3 Ding on Xuanwu Street in half an hour. That's my lodging, it's very safe and secure, no need to worry."

After Ran Kui finished sending the message, his previously somewhat depressed mood vanished, and he became very happy.

He naturally wouldn't doubt the truth of the matter. If someone could obtain his communication talisman and claim to be his junior brother in Lanshan City... then there must be no problem.

On the other side, Ji Yuan was relieved after receiving Ran Kui's reply.

As expected, just as Feng Zhitao said, although the senior brother had a rough appearance and seemed reckless, he was actually an extremely meticulous person.

He knew he was worried about being exposed after he only sent one message.

Ji Yuan replied with "Okay".

He put away the communication talisman and casually strolled around the street, but his direction changed from north to east.

Half an hour later.

Ji Yuan knocked on the door of house number Ding 3 on Xuanwu Street.

Ran Kui frowned subconsciously as he looked at the middle-aged man standing at his door. "Who are you looking for?"

At first, he thought it was Ji Yuan who had come, but he learned from Feng Zhi Tao's message that his junior brother was handsome and dashing. How could he be so ugly as this person in front of him?

"Senior Brother, it's me. Let's go inside and talk."

Ji Yuan silently transmitted a message.

Ran Kui suddenly realized, but he didn't move.

Ji Yuan knew what he meant, so he took out the wine cup that Hua Yaoyue had given him, which could resist attacks from Golden Core cultivators, and flashed it across his chest.

Ran Kui saw it clearly and quickly stepped aside.

After Ji Yuan entered the house, he closed the door, activated the magic array inside, and then turned around to see his junior brother's true face.

"As expected of my junior brother Ran Kui, he's born with exceptional talent."

Ran Kui chuckled and then reached out and patted Ji Yuan's shoulder hard... with great force.

Ji Yuan then made a grimacing face to indicate that he had been hit in pain.

"Senior Brother, weren't you on Mount Shang? What are you doing in Lanshan City? I thought I had mistaken you for someone else when I was at the North Gate."

"Come on, let's go inside and talk."

Ran Kui's smile faded slightly.

"it is good."

After the two entered the room, Ran Kui tapped the table with his hand, "Pour your own tea. We're all family here, so I won't stand on ceremony."

"Yes, you're welcome."

The two sat down separately. Ran Kui unconsciously clenched his right fist on the table. "Actually, not long after you became a disciple, my master sent me a message asking me to go back. At that time, I did indeed go down from Shang Mountain."

"Unexpectedly, on my way back to my sect, I happened to encounter a group of demonic cultivators. They had infiltrated from Shangxi. I chased them all the way, and they fled north. Finally, I learned some information from them."

"What news?"

Ji Yuan asked the question at the opportune moment.

"Their purpose in infiltrating Shangdong was to establish contact with a celestial sect."

"this……"

Ji Yuan understood, but he was still somewhat hesitant to believe it.

Ran Kui gave him a deep look. "Yes, you heard right. One of the six immortal sects in Shangdong has already sided with the demonic path."

For a moment, Ji Yuan thought of what Hua Yaoyue had said... This battle between good and evil is going to be very difficult.

There are already traitors before the fighting even starts. How can it not be tough?

"Did you tell Master and the others, Senior Brother?"

Ji Yuan hurriedly pressed for an answer.

He was worried that Ran Kui would investigate on his own without reporting it to the sect.

Fortunately, Ran Kui was not such a mentally deficient person.

"I told you, I immediately sent a message to my master and asked her to tell the other elders. Now the other immortal sects probably know that there is a traitor."

Hearing this, Ji Yuan finally felt a little relieved.

This was unexpected, yet perfectly logical.

Traitors are never lacking in any world.

"And then what happened?"

"After learning about this news, I followed the clues and investigated. I never expected to return to Shangshan again... This time I came down the mountain because I found out some more information. The demonic path in Shangxi is contacting the immortal sect in Shangdong again."

Ran Kui said this to Ji Yuan telepathically.

"Senior Brother, do you mean... the sect that betrayed us is one of these two sects in Shuibei?" Ji Yuan replied telepathically.

"I can't guarantee that."

Ran Kui shook his head. "During my investigation here, I witnessed quite a show in the Lanshan Mountains... I wonder if you've heard about Ye Chen and Cao Lang being ambushed by the demonic forces, Junior Brother?"

"I've heard about it."

As Ji Yuan nodded, an idea popped into his mind.

Over the years, Ran Kui has been investigating this matter, not only facing assassination attempts from the demonic path but also having to be wary of the righteous path. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he's walking a tightrope.

"In this attack, Ye Chen was seriously injured, while Cao Lang only suffered minor injuries. Moreover, the person who ambushed them was none other than a Golden Core cultivator from Corpse Driving Mountain."

Ran Kui said this while curling his lip in disdain.

Ji Yuan: "This..."

"Why would the people from Corpse-Driving Mountain ambush Ye Chen? Could it be...?"

"I'm not sure, I'm really not sure."

Ran Kui stroked the beard on his chin as he spoke, and shook his head, saying, "Your senior brother has dealt with both the righteous and demonic paths countless times over the years, and one conclusion I've come to is that you should never be deceived by appearances before you have substantial evidence."

What this means is... it seems that Corpse Driving Mountain is the traitorous sect, but until the truth comes out, no one can say for sure.

"Moreover, the other immortal sects are definitely investigating this matter as well, and they may have much more information than I do."

Ran Kui smiled nonchalantly.

"Alright, junior brother, your cultivation is still shallow, so don't worry about this. Just focus on your cultivation."

"Come on, nice to meet you. As your senior brother, I should give you a gift."

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