Five Clans Gather
After chatting for a while, Qu Sidao left the Immortal Herb Palace.
At dusk the next day, the sky darkened. Many cultivators patrolled near the Immortal Grass Building, while others guarded its entrance. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the representative disciples of the Five Great Immortal Clans—Situ Wu, Gongsun Qian, Ximen Laijun, Yang Zhenzhen, Ye Ruiqiu, and others—filed into the building.
Many cultivators gathered nearby, chattering among themselves.
"Tsk, tsk. The core disciples of the Five Great Immortal Clans have all gathered at the Immortal Grass Building. Shi Yue must have quite a reputation."
"Cut the nonsense. If you could produce so many five-thousand-year-old Rare Spirit Herbs, the disciples of the Five Great Immortal Clans would befriend you too. You're just sour because you can't have the grapes."
"Exactly. Senior Shi is far above the ordinary. The Five Great Immortal Clans' disciples are on friendly terms with him. I wonder whether the Immortal Herb Palace will make another move."
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Shi Yue's meeting with the core disciples of the Five Great Immortal Clans was explosive news. Could the Immortal Herb Palace be planning something big?
Given the Immortal Herb Palace's influence, even the slightest stir it caused would have a huge impact.
On the ninth floor of the Immortal Grass Building,
Shi Yue, Ximen Laijun, Ximen Laihong, Gongsun Qian, Situ Wu, Yang Zhenzhen, Ye Ruiqiu, and Ye Ruiguang sat around a white jade table. Eighteen delicacies were laid out before them, their ingredients brimming with spiritual energy. There was also Purple Cloud Spirit Wine brewed from three-thousand-year-old purple pulp fruits.
"Thank you, fellow Daoists, for traveling such a great distance to attend the auction hosted by our Immortal Herb Palace. I've been rather busy these past few days. If I've neglected any of you, please