Everyone except Hundred Refinements True Lord returned to the side hall of Hundred Refinements Palace.
After that little incident, their expressions had changed slightly, especially those of Talisman True Lord Luan of the Spirit Talisman Sect and Blood Cloud True Lord. Both looked more pensive.
Clearly, they wondered why a cultivator from Penglai would brave the danger of walking like a lamb into a tiger's den just to trade for a magic treasure.
The more they thought about it, the stranger and graver it seemed.
Their two factions had grown close to Medicine King Valley partly because they shared that suspicion. Now, it seemed ever closer to the truth.
Ye Jingcheng looked dispirited too, but inwardly, he watched with keen interest. He had failed to obtain the Vajra Bodhi Tree, yet on reflection, if more people learned of Penglai's method of seizing the Dao, the Ye Family would stand out less in Penglai's eyes.
That would make the Ye Family much safer. It was good news for them.
He sat there, slowly sipping spirit tea as he waited for the trading to resume.
Before long, Hundred Refinements True Lord came in. He waved a hand, signaling everyone to continue.
Light Dust True Lord brought out her treasures and began trading.
She offered two magic treasures. Both were quite powerful, and one was even a mirror-type treasure, but Ye Jingcheng had ancient treasures, a spirit treasure, and plenty of magic treasures already. Neither interested him much.
Whether his luck had run out or not, he couldn't say.
Of the treasures offered by the next five or six people, Ye Jingcheng failed to obtain a single one. It wasn't that he had no use for them.
He simply had nothing their owners wanted. Even when he sent voice transmissions offering other treasures,