Within the crimson woods, a golden figure emerged.
As it appeared, spectral figures stepped out from the surrounding crimson trees.
One of them emanated a Seventh Stage aura. It was none other than Yan Sui, whom Ye Jingcheng had seen before.
Yan Sui now landed before the golden figure with utmost deference, clasping his hands in salute with extreme politeness.
"Lord Golden Apricot."
"That human still hasn't come? Lord Great Gold is running out of patience!" The golden figure swept its gaze around. Seemingly not seeing the answer it wanted, it immediately frowned.
The Flamewood Clan members all revealed terrified expressions.
"He truly has not arrived. That Daoist Zhai Qing must have been tied down by some urgent matter, or perhaps entered seclusion," Yan Sui explained after hesitating for a moment.
Nearly two hundred years had passed since their last transaction.
At first, with those treasures and spirit pills, they had gained another Seventh Stage Demon Venerable. Later, the strength of many clan members had also risen.
Against the menacing Red Rhinoceros Wood Clan, they had gradually turned their disadvantage into an advantage, filling them with delight.
What they had not expected was for the Red Rhinoceros Wood Clan to report the matter to the Heavenly Wood Clan.
As the supreme rulers of the Heavenly Wood Continent, they naturally would not permit the clans beneath them to trade privately with humans.
If they were exposed, the Flamewood Clan would be in grave danger.
After all, the Red Rhinoceros Wood Clan truly possessed evidence that the Flamewood Clan had been trading privately with humans.
Fortunately, the Demon Lords of the Heavenly Wood Clan were not of one mind.
Great Gold Demon Lord had suppressed the news and dispatched the person before them to keep searching for that cultivator's whereabouts.
Although the