City of Light Chasing, Martial Artist Association.
As the sun set, the association, which should have been quieting down, was instead brightly lit. Countless martial artists had gathered together, and the lively scene was like a festival.
"What did you say? The dozen-plus Blood Condensation Realm experts hired by Dixing Pharmaceutical were all wiped out, and Mo Xiao, one of Smiling Skull's Seven Guardians, was killed? How is that possible?" Sitting in the VIP training room, the Elegant Winged Woman stared in utter disbelief at the golden-furred ape-man entering the room, suspecting she had heard wrong.
"Whether it seems possible or not, this news has already spread throughout the entire Wushan Region," the golden-furred ape-man explained. "And beyond that, all the major factions bought Obsidian Martial Arts Hall's advanced study slots at the Crimson Moon Auction. Every one of those slots sold for over a hundred thousand Energy Crystals. Even the City Lord bought one at auction, supposedly to reward one of his outstanding geniuses. Those reports shouldn't be false."
"One Obsidian Martial Arts Hall advanced study slot costs a hundred thousand Energy Crystals? Have those factions all gone mad?" The Elegant Winged Woman's beautiful eyes widened as she listened, feeling as though she were hearing a tale from the heavens.
As the chieftain of the winged race in City of Light Chasing and a peak Bone Forging Realm expert, she had never seen a hundred thousand Energy Crystals in her life. She had not even seen fifty thousand.
Yet one advanced study slot from Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could casually sell for a hundred thousand Energy Crystals. She did not know whether the world had gone mad or whether she was simply too poor.
"Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is no simple matter this time. I heard they will teach