Raising the Price on the Spot, the Jade and Xu Families (Seeking Monthly Votes, Seeking Monthly Votes)

Jade Cloud Archipelago. As the waves lapped against the shore in endless circles, a spirit skiff had somehow already reached the coast.

Several cultivators leapt down from the spirit skiff, their faces full of vigilance.

Only after seeing no spirit beasts did they all let out a sigh of relief.

With the Heavenly Flood Dragon Sea's retreat, quite a few demon beasts had evidently withdrawn as well.

The Azure Cloud Sea Region now seemed to have returned to how it once was.

Only, everything had been destroyed and needed to be rebuilt—cities, defenses, all of it.

The cultivators who had disembarked wore golden robes and jade belts, carrying the naturally wealthy air of clan cultivators.

"Brother Xuanying, which archipelago do you think the family head will choose?"

"Anything but Jade Cloud Archipelago. So many Nascent Soul sects are here, and the auction has drawn so many cultivators. If our Jade Family still chooses Jade Cloud Archipelago, we'll definitely be courting our own destruction in the future!"

"And life for our Jade Family certainly won't be easy from now on!"

Previously, thanks to the information provided by Yu Xiaoqi and Xu Changqing, the four sects of the two nations had promised to help the Jade Family and Xu Family reclaim their lost territory and secure an archipelago for them to establish themselves in.

But now that so many Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators from so many sects had arrived—even the Penglai Immortal Sect had sent quite a few people—the promise of the four Nascent Soul sects would naturally be greatly discounted.

After all, they did not have that much say in the matter.

They would already be content if they could preserve the foundation and resources of a Golden Core family.

"So from now on, all of you need to