Not Enough to Catch Up to Sang Ying!

Twin Orchid Realm, Haizhou City.

City Lord Hai accepted the latest list of Heaven's Chosen Ranking from the steward, and as usual, focused his attention on the bottom fifty, trying to find a new prodigy belonging to their Twin Orchid Realm.

However, after looking at them one by one, only a few familiar names were found.

He immediately tossed aside the roster with little interest and took the opportunity to advise his son beside him, "Tingzhou, you must cultivate diligently. Our Twin Orchid Realm is now in decline, and it has been a long time since we have had a young cultivator who has broken into the top fifty of the Heaven's Chosen Ranking."

"If you can achieve such good fortune, then I will not have failed the ancestors of the Hai Household!"

As people get older, they often start to worry about the future of their younger generation. The former City Lord Hai would never have said such a thing, but now, seeing Hai Tingzhou growing up to be more and more outstanding, he can't help but care more about this son.

Hai Tingzhou, on whom the City Lord Hai placed high hopes, casually picked up the register and flipped through it again. "Father is currently in the prime of his life, and his cultivation might break through one day. It's too early to worry about these things now."

Having taken the position of heir, Hai Tingzhou had naturally matured considerably through his experiences and was no longer the somewhat timid young man he once was. He had also become much more tactful in his speech and actions.

After hearing his words, the City Lord Hai's expression improved considerably.

"As for the Heaven's Chosen Ranking, I'm afraid I won't meet your expectations. Instead of hoping for my success, you should place your hopes on other young cultivators..." Hai Tingzhou suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on a name, his eyes filled with undisguised excitement and joy.

Unable to suppress a smile, he handed the page listing the top twenty prodigies to City Lord Hai: "It seems you don't need to wait for me anymore; someone has already fulfilled your wish."

The City Lord Hai lowered his head in confusion, and his pupils contracted involuntarily when he saw the fifteenth name.

Meanwhile, in the icy realm located at the northernmost tip of the Twin Orchid Realm, Fang Chi unleashed his final strike towards the distant snow-capped mountains.

The domineering blade energy sliced the snow-capped mountain in two.

Seeing this, she nodded in satisfaction, turned around and returned to the Layered Heavens Palace, which was made of red iron, in the distance.

To her surprise, as soon as she entered, her master—the current Palace Master of the Layered Heavens Palace —was over to her excitedly. "A-Chi, come quickly, I have good news for you!"

Fang Chi walked over, puzzled, and was immediately drawn to a name that was circled in pen on the roster.

"I never expected that such a talented young man would emerge from our Twin Orchid Realm. A-Chi, you should learn a lot from him. I'm hoping that you'll be on the list too!" The Palace Master, who was praising Sang Ying, didn't notice that her little apprentice became excited after seeing the list.

"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing that her little apprentice had finished looking at the roster and turned to leave without saying a word, the palace master curiously called out to her.

Fang Chi's response to the Palace Master was a resounding "I'm going to practice my sword!"

"Didn't you just finish practicing and come back?" The palace master shook his head helplessly, realizing that he understood his disciple less and less.

Fang Chi had already walked far away, naturally couldn't hear her murmur. Even if he had, she would only have replied, "That little bit of practice just now wasn't enough!"

Not enough to catch up with Sang Ying!

At this moment, Sang Ying was completely unaware of the upheaval that a single register had caused in the Twin Orchid Realm. Nor was she aware of the immense excitement her sudden emergence had brought to her friends.

She was busy packing her things to go to that mysterious auction.

Despite Jiang Zhuoxue's insistence, Sang Ying accepted the Storage Bag. After all, she knew that while her Spirit Stone were fine for everyday use, they wouldn't be enough to compete with others in an auction.

Although she didn't really want anything and was just going through the motions, she could tell from Jiang Zhuoxue's expression that there must be something she wanted at the auction.

Therefore, Sang Ying accepted the Storage Bag without hesitation.

"Don't be so nervous. You went with an invitation. Most people at the auction are there seeking fortuitous opportunity and won't make enemies easily. Even if someone causes trouble, the auction house has guards to handle it. Just treat it as going there for fun, there's nothing to worry about."

Jiang Zhuoxue, who had already transformed into a bracelet and was wrapped around Sang Ying's wrist, offered this advice, sounding as if he had attended many similar auctions before.

"The owners of this auction must be extraordinary?" Those who can get in touch with the auction must be powerful cultivators.

If their guards can easily stop the guests from causing trouble, then the guards themselves must be quite skilled. The host family's power must be considerable to be able to afford such powerful guards.

Jiang Zhuoxue quickly replied, "Of course, they are extraordinary Jimo Household of Spirit Prefecture is undoubtedly the number one powerful family in Spirit Prefecture. The current sect leader of the Azure Feather Sect comes from their family."

Hearing this, Sang Ying paused. "You've been locked up in the valley for so many years, yet you seem quite familiar with the outside world."

At that moment, Sang Ying felt Jiang Zhuoxue's body stiffen instantly, but he quickly recovered and used the same trick again to lightly brush his tail across Sang Ying's wrist. "Are you asking this because you want to know more about me?"

Sang Ying pursed her lips and quickly said, "Senior, I'm very ticklish. If you don't tone it down, I can't guarantee I won't accidentally drop you from my grasp during the auction."

Jiang Zhuoxue immediately stopped the movement of her snake tail and instantly retracted it.

"Let's go!" His tone was noticeably different from before.

After calming down the vines Green Vine that stayed behind to guard the gate, Sang Ying quickly left with Jiang Zhuoxue, Gu Shu, and the two swords, Floating River.

Since Floating River was a sword that had already developed sentience, Gu Shu was unwilling to move in. Sang Ying had no choice but to let him stay in the bone sword, planning to let Gu Shu stay in the treasure to recuperate once they found some powerful spiritual treasure.

Although Gu Shu was quite dissatisfied with no longer being able to be Sang Ying's sword, he could tolerate it as long as he could stay by Sang Ying's side. However, because of this, he would still provoke Floating River from time to time.

Fortunately, Floating River is a calm and steady older brother type, and doesn't pay much attention to the naive Gu Shu.

There wasn't much conflict between them, just some playful little actions.

The shopkeeper's invitation clearly indicated the location of the auction, and with Jiang Zhuoxue's guidance, Sang Ying quickly found it.

From the outside, it looks like an ordinary little shop, hidden in the market, with almost no customers and completely inconspicuous.

After Sang Ying went inside and handed the invitation to the smiling shopkeeper, he gave her a jade token and pointed to the door behind him, saying, "Fairy, just go in from here, and someone will take you to your private room."

Sang Ying nodded, turned around, and went through the door.