Yin Flow Giant City

Fang Yuan watched as Heavenly Capital Divine Lord and Shi Hou's figures nearly vanished over the horizon. At last, he withdrew his gaze and looked at the Immortal Zombie Gu Ye beside him, his eyes seeming to flicker.

Choosing his words carefully and hesitating somewhat, he asked, "Brother Gu... um, how many times has something like this happened?"

The sorrow on Gu Ye's face receded slightly. He patted Fang Yuan's shoulder and instead consoled him. "Not too many times. It is only that Qin Baisheng's Auction Convention is about to be held. Some shameless people, wanting to gain the qualifications to stick a foot into such a grand occasion, rack their brains to seize capital."

Fang Yuan had not stepped forward, but Gu Ye did not blame him for it. He had not held out much hope to begin with, so the disappointment and grief in his heart had nothing to do with Fang Yuan.

Thus, though they had not known each other for long, Gu Ye became even more convinced that Fang Yuan was in much the same predicament as himself—perhaps even slightly worse off—a down-and-out Gu Immortal who had helplessly turned into an Immortal Zombie.

"But to eat with such an ugly face is truly too unsightly." Fang Yuan feigned indignation.

Yet in Gu Ye's eyes, this expression was a genuine display of emotion.

"At least they left behind a fig leaf." Without suspecting anything, Gu Ye cast a mocking gaze at the Immortal Essence Stone in his hand.

This Immortal Essence Stone was precisely the "price" Shi Hou and Heavenly Capital Divine Lord had paid for the three hundred jin of Withered Essence.

He shook the Immortal Essence Stone in his hand. "Look, although Heavenly Capital Divine Lord and Shi Hou are strong, they still have to