"Steady."
Chen Ping'an's gaze was calm, without a ripple.
At the trade gathering, he appeared to be watching the transactions in the field, but in truth, the greater half of his attention had been on Red Peak True Person.
Fourth-rank spirit fruit, Red Sun Gold Fruit, fire element essence.
Having agreed upon the time and place for the exchange and heard the other party's response, Chen Ping'an finally settled his mind.
By his expectations, this Red Sun Gold Fruit might have fallen into someone else's hands. When that happened, arranging a trade would likely have taken some twists and turns.
After all, the Red Sun Gold Fruit was a fourth-rank item containing fire element essence, and it was worth no small sum. It was especially popular among cultivators of fire-attribute techniques, body-tempering practitioners, and even alchemists.
Yet unexpectedly, the Red Sun Gold Fruit in Red Peak True Person's possession had not been traded away.
It seemed—
The competition between Heart Inquiry Sword Pavilion and the Horizontal Mountain Sect had already moved into the open and reached a white-hot point!
When the spring river warmed, the ducks were the first to know. In Bicang's present situation, the Celestials present were precisely those ducks upon the spring river.
Recently, Heart Inquiry Sword Pavilion had been forceful. Shen Linyuan had broken through into Celestialhood, and during the Celestial Grand Ceremony, he had even defeated a Supreme Elder of the Horizontal Mountain Sect. The Horizontal Mountain Sect, meanwhile, had suffered a run of bad luck and was increasingly showing signs of decline.
There was no doubt that, in their struggle, Heart Inquiry Sword Pavilion currently held the absolute upper hand.
Under such circumstances, especially at this Cloud Mountain Convention organized by Heart Inquiry Sword Pavilion, it went without saying how the Celestials present would