"What a pity! Such a pity! Ah!" Li Xiaoya flew swiftly between the blue sea and sky, repeatedly lamenting his missed chance.
The Underground Auction had actually lasted longer than the Treasure Ship Auction, taking a full twenty days to finish. Its barter-based bidding was the main reason it had dragged on so long. Everything had to be inspected and compared, which naturally made things troublesome. Still, Li Xiaoya had accomplished his goal and traded for the thousand-year-old vermilion jade iron cherry blossom. As for the cultivator who had offered the Fire Dragon Palace's Red Pearl Jade Spirit Pill, a single question from the masked host-"Fellow Daoist, are you trying to cause trouble?"-had cowed him outright. Though furious, the cultivator could only swallow his anger. What surprised Li Xiaoya was that, in his haste, the cultivator had apparently forgotten to disguise his voice when he shouted. He had sounded very much like Sun Haotian...
Even Sun Haotian, the master of a Demonic Path sect, dared not speak recklessly at this auction. Clearly, its organizers had formidable backing. Still, Li Xiaoya was delighted to see the cultivator who seemed to be Sun Haotian suffer a setback. When he obtained the vermilion jade iron cherry blossom, he even deliberately announced loudly that his little disciple could undergo marrow-washing body tempering now! That had infuriated the cultivator. What puzzled Li Xiaoya, however, was that the vermilion jade iron cherry blossom had clearly been supplied by a cultivator from the Five Poisons Sect. It could have been sold at the Treasure Ship Auction, so why bring it to the Underground Auction? Had it been obtained through shady means? But then how had Zhu Yun known about it? Though he had his doubts, getting it was all that mattered. Why worry about so much else?