Inside the Panbo Water Mansion, all was unusually quiet.
Everyone's gaze fell in unison on the imprisoned flood dragons, and their minds immediately began to race.
There were seventy-two water eyes, but their precise locations, the strength of their defenses, and their peculiar features were all unknown. These flood dragons from the Outer Sea were the perfect source of intelligence.
Especially their leader, Bai Li. This Flood Dragon Woman had the highest cultivation among them and was bound to know the most. Securing her would yield not only a body's worth of treasure materials, but a wealth of intelligence as well.
Just as everyone's eyes began to flicker with calculation-
Chu Mo suddenly acted. He snapped open the Profound Banner, and a deep, spectral radiance descended over her.
Bai Li's figure abruptly turned insubstantial. Swept up by the banner's eerie light, she vanished into thin air. Before anyone could react, Chu Mo calmly put away the banner and declared, "Since my fellow Daoists are so graciously yielding, I shall go first and choose this one."
"You-!"
Yuchen's expression darkened. He had never expected Chu Mo to be so brazen as to take the most valuable Flood Dragon Woman directly before everyone's eyes.
An ice-blue Treasure Mirror immediately floated beside him, its radiance poised to shine.
Chu Mo ignored Yuchen and merely smiled. "You would all do well to seize the moment. Seventy-two water eyes, first come, first served. What opportunities you secure will depend on your own abilities. The sooner you mend your fate, the better. Arrive too late, and you may not even get a share of the cold scraps."
Before his words had faded, his figure abruptly vanished, disappearing into thin air.
Dead silence fell over the gathering, followed by a surge of anger.
Yet angry as they