The sounds of explosions and commotion kept coming from the direction of Heavenly Market, drawing the eyes of many immortals. Everyone ran out of the safe Heavenly Pavilions to watch, while some unaffiliated cultivators had already taken to the sky for a better view.
"How could this happen? Wasn't Heavenly Market supposedly the safest marketplace in Heavenly City?"
"It's already descended into chaos? Could it be because the Heavenly Pavilion's business was doing too well?"
"Putting everything else aside, the Heavenly Pavilion's buying spree this time made us a fortune! I wonder what kind of background the Heavenly Pavilion has to be so confident!"
"Exactly! These heavenly crystals are enough to last me a lifetime!"
"Heavenly Market deserves this. They usually kept their prices suppressed so ruthlessly. I thought they'd changed after what happened recently, but it turns out they were only trying to suppress the Heavenly Pavilion."
"And now they've played themselves to death, haven't they? Couldn't they just do business properly? A merchant mustn't be too crafty! Now they've suffered the backlash, haven't they?"
"Hey, speaking of which, should we go join in the fun while things are chaotic? I heard they really intend to take everything for free!"
"What does 'taking everything for free' mean?!"
"Heh heh, it means taking the opportunity to fish out some goods without paying!"
"What did you say? Isn't that robbery?"
"What do you mean, robbery? This is taking everything for free!"
The immortals chattered among themselves. At first, they had merely watched the excitement, but in the end, when they saw the commotion erupting on Heavenly Market's side, they actually seemed intent on kicking them while they were down. They had gathered around the Heavenly Pavilion to watch, but soon began edging ever closer to Heavenly Market.
Ruan Yuer, standing beside