In a secluded courtyard, a ruddy-faced old man in a green robe and a plump, well-rounded blue-dressed woman sat within a stone pavilion.
The old man in green was Huangfu Xiong, a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator. Golden Eagle Market was holding a Grand Auction. Huangfu Xiong had received word through unofficial channels that a Dragon Transformation Grass over a thousand years old might be up for sale. Dragon Transformation Grass was a relatively rare spiritual herb that could be used to refine body-tempering pills. Flood dragons below the Fourth Order could increase their chances of advancing by consuming it.
The blue-dressed woman was Huangfu Zhen, also at the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
"Third Brother, is the news true?"
Huangfu Zhen asked with a frown. Over the years, the Huangfu Family had gathered materials everywhere that could help flood dragons advance to the Fourth Order, raising two Tier 3 High-Grade ice-attribute flood dragons. Their purpose in coming to Golden Eagle Market for the Grand Auction this time was to purchase Dragon Transformation Grass and raise one Third-Order Flood Dragon to the Fourth Order.
Huangfu Xiong nodded and said, "It's true. I asked Lady Li about it—it's absolutely certain. Speaking of which, we have Zhou Sihong to thank. He slaughtered several Nascent Soul Cultivators, causing certain powers to decline, and that was how the Dragon Transformation Grass ended up in circulation. We brought two Nascent Soul Forming Treasures this time. They should be enough to trade for it."
Zhou Sihong had wreaked havoc in the South Sea for decades, killing several Nascent Soul Cultivators and upsetting the balance of power in some sea regions. As a result, certain treasures had found their way into circulation, Dragon Transformation Grass among them.
Dragon Transformation Grass could increase a Third-Order Flood Dragon's chances of