The Trading Convention officially began when the Emerald Creature spoke.
Chen Lin sized up the creature. He could only say that it possessed a few human features, but its anatomy was entirely different from a human's. Not only were its eyes as small as soybeans, they were set extremely close together, making it look like a flounder. Its nose, meanwhile, was an enormous hole.
Most outrageous of all, it had no mouth!
Its voice came from its nose, though. Perhaps that nose was its mouth, or perhaps the two shared the same opening.
After so many years of exploring the Nightmare Realm, Chen Lin had grown accustomed to such peculiar creatures. Among the twenty traders present, aside from himself and True Lord Wanmeng, there was only one other human cultivator. All the rest were bizarrely shaped.
Of course, while he thought they looked bizarre, they might well think the same of him. After all, aesthetic judgments went both ways.
"I organized this Trading Convention, so let me toss out a brick to draw forth your jade!"
The Emerald Creature looked around and took out a palm-sized blue leaf.
"Heh heh, I'm sure everyone recognizes this! A leaf from that fellow Blue Phantom. I barely escaped with my life picking it. If anyone wants it, a single Pseudo-Source Treasure will do!"
He slapped the leaf onto the table, scrunched up his tiny eyes, and chuckled.
Chen Lin could not help frowning.
This item was clearly well known here, but he knew nothing about it.
With that thought, he glanced at True Lord Wanmeng. The other man immediately understood, and his transmitted voice sounded in Chen Lin's ears.
"This is a leaf from a Shapeshifting Tree Demon deep in the Wilderness. That Tree Monster's body can assume countless forms, and it possesses