Chapter 29
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As Sha Ku approached the stage where all the beasts were being shown his eyes lit up, even though these were bound to be nothing in front of his eyes he still decided that this was rather exciting.
There was a simple reason for this, the beast tamers were selling them as mounts, and there was an auction taking place.
Sha Ku scanned the place; he could tell that there were quite a few cultivators here, there was even one Qi Sea realm old man!
This was apart from the seven Qi Core realm cultivators that'd been following ever since he entered the town.
Sha Ku climbed up the wooden stands, taking a seat in the nearly deserted top row, while An Tang followed him and the two Yang guards decided to go to the front row, ogling all the beasts.
Sha Ku looked at the centre stage. Currently, there was a giant lizard, with a turtle-like shell on its back with spikes protruding out all over.
This beast was called a 'Steldon', it was massive, around twelve feet long and assisted as a combat beast to whoever its handler it.
Sha Ku frowned, he'd never seen such an odd creature, it had a snapping jaw as well.
A man in a suit, with a moustache and was sweating heavily stood on stage next to the beast with a bright smile. It was obvious that this man was auctioning these beasts, and he probably didn't know what half of them were. Fortunately, sales were sales, and a good seller could make earwax more precious than gold!
"Good afternoon to all you folks that were gracious enough to come out today! We have four items that we're going to be selling today, all of which are surprises!" The man spoke out, waving his arms about, pointing to the first beast.
"This big fella is called Bruno, he a Steldon! As we all know Steldon's are a hybrid race between the Giant Black Turtles and Water Lizards!"
"They have both a broad shell, that can't be pierced by anybody under the Qi Core realm and they're extremely loyal. There a defence style beast, great for when you're in a tight spot! Starting price, ten gold!"
"Ten Gold!" a hand in the audience went up.
In a flurry multiple other hands were raised, this kind of beast was beneficial to those that hadn't entered the Qi Core realm and was in all truth just a giant mobile wall to defend them.
But this mobile wall could mean the difference between life and death!
After around a fierce round of debate, the price had gone up to ninety gold! This was an extraordinary amount and could purchase a decent plot of land!
The man who purchased the freakish wall, had a giant smile on his face as he went up on stage to claim his prize. The man who looked only in his twenties grabbed the Steldon by its lead and walked off stage dragging it along.
While one could bind it to themselves on stage with a drop of blood, that'd be too public and also take up the time that when people could be buying!
Next on the auction list was a moon-scale tiger.
The moon-scale tiger was a large creature that stood over five feet tall and was the same weight as several men and had the ferocity to match!
The moon-scale tiger also had scales shaped like circular moons that littered the entire surface of its body. The thing was a killing machine!
The moon scale tiger sold for four-hundred gold coins in the end, the person that bought it was a dark-haired fairy, who took up everybody's time by binding the creature straight away, which caused a ruckus with everyone.
Nobody would dear cause her to harm though, as she had both the backing to buy such a majestic and fierce creature, as well as the animal itself. She could set it on whoever provoked her and anyone that even insulted her!
This caused several lesser cultivators to shake in their boots, unable to control themselves, not daring to make even the slightest bit of eye contact with the woman.
Once she'd bound the tiger, she jumped on its back, which caused it to rear on hits hind legs growling, which made everyone sweat a little.
A moon-scale tiger was a formidable existence among beasts and was easily able to reach a tire three beast!
That was the same strength as a Qi Core cultivator!
She road down from the stage proudly with a smile on her face, turning towards an old man in green and blue robes, sticking her tongue out, causing him to frown.
This old man was the Qi Sea realm cultivator that Sha Ku had detected.
Turning to An Tang, he whispered gently, "Do you have any idea what the rivalry between those two it?"
An Tang seemed to be knocked out of his daze that was so focused by the beauty of the girl.
"Sha Ku, you should know that old man is a member of the Kuo Clan, right? And that young girl is Lin May from the Lin clan, who comes from the Kuo's new rivals."
"New rivals?" Sha Ku was intrigued.
"Yes, the Lin clan only has a few dozen members, but ever since the Kuo clan's been shaken by the Ancestor, they've been declining. Furthermore… forgive me its just rumours." An Tang scratched his head, slightly embarrassed.
"An Tang, all rumours are caused for a reason, tell me quick." Sha Ku demanded.
"Well, it's said that the Lin clan is actually only a branch clan from the central plains. And that several cultivators have been moved here to erode the influence of the Royal Zi family slowly!"
"Oh, is that correct?" Sha Ku was astonished.
The central plains were under the direct influence of the Wen Imperial Family, so it was hard to imagine that they'd allow a direct vassal to cause the power of a vassal state to wane.
He made his thoughts apparent to An Tang who completely understood his train of thought, but he had to correct him.
"Young Sha Ku, you may not know this, but all the Royal Families actually directly descend from the six great families of the Central Plains!"
"What!" Sha Ku was in shock.
"Yes, Zi, Jin, Ren, Hao, Xuan and Feng. The six great families of the central plains. They were assigned by the original Imperial Emperor to set up six kingdoms."
"Zi took the Zi Kingdom; Jin founded the Jin Kingdom…"
"Before you finish, did they all just originally name their domain's after their family name?" Sha Ku frowned, already bored by the story.
"That was originally the case, yet only the Zi and Jin Kingdoms still keep their original names. The rest is now: The Lotus Kingdom to the East, The Fire Kingdom to the south, The Night-Water Kingdom of the great bogs, which are just west of us, then finally the 'Heaven's Might' Kingdom of the west." An Tang explained.
"Heaven's Might?" Sha Ku was curious, the name Heaven's Might should have infuriated the rulers of the Wen Empire. It's an incredibly audacious name, to say the least.
"Yes Sha Ku, Heaven's Might. The Feng Family have a special position in the Wen Empire. Never once have they interfered in the internal politics of the Wen Empire. They're actually said to be led by a mighty immortal that fell from the heavens."
"This causes the Wen Empire just to ignore them and pretend they don't exist." An Tang continued.
Hearing An Tang's explanation, Sha Ku couldn't help but be a little disappointed. If what An Tang said was correct, it could put a significant hole in his plans.
But… at the same time, it could also provide him with an opportunity.
There must be a reason this 'immortal' fell from the heavens and hasn't returned. He was probably hiding here, cowering away from such an enemy he made in the higher realms.
This was the only conclusion Sha Ku could come up with, as anybody that earned the rank of 'immortal' must have been a cultivation maniac! They wouldn't risk living in a lower realm and falling behind their peers!
"Now for our final item!" A voice shouted from the centre of the stage, knocking Sha Ku out of his daze. He was in such deep discussion he'd actually completely missed the third item!
The man on stage was deeply sweating now, apparently being an auctioneer was tough work, "Next we have this beauty."
He placed a small box on a podium, opening it up, revealing a sizeable looking rock.
Everyone was speechless, a rock! What was this man trying to pull!
Seeing the crowd reaction, the auctioneer quickly spoke, "I assure you, good people. This rock isn't simple. It was found in the far west – Heaven Might's Kingdom, where it was deep in the cave a nightmare child!"
Gasp!
Those words – nightmare child, they caused everyone to shake a little. But the person who had the most significant reaction was Sha Ku!
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As Sha Ku approached the stage where all the beasts were being shown his eyes lit up, even though these were bound to be nothing in front of his eyes he still decided that this was rather exciting.
There was a simple reason for this, the beast tamers were selling them as mounts, and there was an auction taking place.
Sha Ku scanned the place; he could tell that there were quite a few cultivators here, there was even one Qi Sea realm old man!
This was apart from the seven Qi Core realm cultivators that'd been following ever since he entered the town.
Sha Ku climbed up the wooden stands, taking a seat in the nearly deserted top row, while An Tang followed him and the two Yang guards decided to go to the front row, ogling all the beasts.
Sha Ku looked at the centre stage. Currently, there was a giant lizard, with a turtle-like shell on its back with spikes protruding out all over.
This beast was called a 'Steldon', it was massive, around twelve feet long and assisted as a combat beast to whoever its handler it.
Sha Ku frowned, he'd never seen such an odd creature, it had a snapping jaw as well.
A man in a suit, with a moustache and was sweating heavily stood on stage next to the beast with a bright smile. It was obvious that this man was auctioning these beasts, and he probably didn't know what half of them were. Fortunately, sales were sales, and a good seller could make earwax more precious than gold!
"Good afternoon to all you folks that were gracious enough to come out today! We have four items that we're going to be selling today, all of which are surprises!" The man spoke out, waving his arms about, pointing to the first beast.
"This big fella is called Bruno, he a Steldon! As we all know Steldon's are a hybrid race between the Giant Black Turtles and Water Lizards!"
"They have both a broad shell, that can't be pierced by anybody under the Qi Core realm and they're extremely loyal. There a defence style beast, great for when you're in a tight spot! Starting price, ten gold!"
"Ten Gold!" a hand in the audience went up.
In a flurry multiple other hands were raised, this kind of beast was beneficial to those that hadn't entered the Qi Core realm and was in all truth just a giant mobile wall to defend them.
But this mobile wall could mean the difference between life and death!
After around a fierce round of debate, the price had gone up to ninety gold! This was an extraordinary amount and could purchase a decent plot of land!
The man who purchased the freakish wall, had a giant smile on his face as he went up on stage to claim his prize. The man who looked only in his twenties grabbed the Steldon by its lead and walked off stage dragging it along.
While one could bind it to themselves on stage with a drop of blood, that'd be too public and also take up the time that when people could be buying!
Next on the auction list was a moon-scale tiger.
The moon-scale tiger was a large creature that stood over five feet tall and was the same weight as several men and had the ferocity to match!
The moon-scale tiger also had scales shaped like circular moons that littered the entire surface of its body. The thing was a killing machine!
The moon scale tiger sold for four-hundred gold coins in the end, the person that bought it was a dark-haired fairy, who took up everybody's time by binding the creature straight away, which caused a ruckus with everyone.
Nobody would dear cause her to harm though, as she had both the backing to buy such a majestic and fierce creature, as well as the animal itself. She could set it on whoever provoked her and anyone that even insulted her!
This caused several lesser cultivators to shake in their boots, unable to control themselves, not daring to make even the slightest bit of eye contact with the woman.
Once she'd bound the tiger, she jumped on its back, which caused it to rear on hits hind legs growling, which made everyone sweat a little.
A moon-scale tiger was a formidable existence among beasts and was easily able to reach a tire three beast!
That was the same strength as a Qi Core cultivator!
She road down from the stage proudly with a smile on her face, turning towards an old man in green and blue robes, sticking her tongue out, causing him to frown.
This old man was the Qi Sea realm cultivator that Sha Ku had detected.
Turning to An Tang, he whispered gently, "Do you have any idea what the rivalry between those two it?"
An Tang seemed to be knocked out of his daze that was so focused by the beauty of the girl.
"Sha Ku, you should know that old man is a member of the Kuo Clan, right? And that young girl is Lin May from the Lin clan, who comes from the Kuo's new rivals."
"New rivals?" Sha Ku was intrigued.
"Yes, the Lin clan only has a few dozen members, but ever since the Kuo clan's been shaken by the Ancestor, they've been declining. Furthermore… forgive me its just rumours." An Tang scratched his head, slightly embarrassed.
"An Tang, all rumours are caused for a reason, tell me quick." Sha Ku demanded.
"Well, it's said that the Lin clan is actually only a branch clan from the central plains. And that several cultivators have been moved here to erode the influence of the Royal Zi family slowly!"
"Oh, is that correct?" Sha Ku was astonished.
The central plains were under the direct influence of the Wen Imperial Family, so it was hard to imagine that they'd allow a direct vassal to cause the power of a vassal state to wane.
He made his thoughts apparent to An Tang who completely understood his train of thought, but he had to correct him.
"Young Sha Ku, you may not know this, but all the Royal Families actually directly descend from the six great families of the Central Plains!"
"What!" Sha Ku was in shock.
"Yes, Zi, Jin, Ren, Hao, Xuan and Feng. The six great families of the central plains. They were assigned by the original Imperial Emperor to set up six kingdoms."
"Zi took the Zi Kingdom; Jin founded the Jin Kingdom…"
"Before you finish, did they all just originally name their domain's after their family name?" Sha Ku frowned, already bored by the story.
"That was originally the case, yet only the Zi and Jin Kingdoms still keep their original names. The rest is now: The Lotus Kingdom to the East, The Fire Kingdom to the south, The Night-Water Kingdom of the great bogs, which are just west of us, then finally the 'Heaven's Might' Kingdom of the west." An Tang explained.
"Heaven's Might?" Sha Ku was curious, the name Heaven's Might should have infuriated the rulers of the Wen Empire. It's an incredibly audacious name, to say the least.
"Yes Sha Ku, Heaven's Might. The Feng Family have a special position in the Wen Empire. Never once have they interfered in the internal politics of the Wen Empire. They're actually said to be led by a mighty immortal that fell from the heavens."
"This causes the Wen Empire just to ignore them and pretend they don't exist." An Tang continued.
Hearing An Tang's explanation, Sha Ku couldn't help but be a little disappointed. If what An Tang said was correct, it could put a significant hole in his plans.
But… at the same time, it could also provide him with an opportunity.
There must be a reason this 'immortal' fell from the heavens and hasn't returned. He was probably hiding here, cowering away from such an enemy he made in the higher realms.
This was the only conclusion Sha Ku could come up with, as anybody that earned the rank of 'immortal' must have been a cultivation maniac! They wouldn't risk living in a lower realm and falling behind their peers!
"Now for our final item!" A voice shouted from the centre of the stage, knocking Sha Ku out of his daze. He was in such deep discussion he'd actually completely missed the third item!
The man on stage was deeply sweating now, apparently being an auctioneer was tough work, "Next we have this beauty."
He placed a small box on a podium, opening it up, revealing a sizeable looking rock.
Everyone was speechless, a rock! What was this man trying to pull!
Seeing the crowd reaction, the auctioneer quickly spoke, "I assure you, good people. This rock isn't simple. It was found in the far west – Heaven Might's Kingdom, where it was deep in the cave a nightmare child!"
Gasp!
Those words – nightmare child, they caused everyone to shake a little. But the person who had the most significant reaction was Sha Ku!
As Sha Ku approached the stage where all the beasts were being shown his eyes lit up, even though these were bound to be nothing in front of his eyes he still decided that this was rather exciting.There was a simple reason for this, the beast tamers were selling them as mounts, and there was an auction taking place.Sha Ku scanned the place; he could tell that there were quite a few cultivators here, there was even one Qi Sea realm old man!This was apart from the seven Qi Core realm cultivators that'd been following ever since he entered the town.Sha Ku climbed up the wooden stands, taking a seat in the nearly deserted top row, while An Tang followed him and the two Yang guards decided to go to the front row, ogling all the beasts.Sha Ku looked at the centre stage. Currently, there was a giant lizard, with a turtle-like shell on its back with spikes protruding out all over.This beast was called a 'Steldon', it was massive, around twelve feet long and assisted as a combat beast to whoever its handler it.Sha Ku frowned, he'd never seen such an odd creature, it had a snapping jaw as well.A man in a suit, with a moustache and was sweating heavily stood on stage next to the beast with a bright smile. It was obvious that this man was auctioning these beasts, and he probably didn't know what half of them were. Fortunately, sales were sales, and a good seller could make earwax more precious than gold!"Good afternoon to all you folks that were gracious enough to come out today! We have four items that we're going to be selling today, all of which are surprises!" The man spoke out, waving his arms about, pointing to the first beast."This big fella is called Bruno, he a Steldon! As we all know Steldon's are a hybrid race between the Giant Black Turtles and Water Lizards!""They have both a broad shell, that can't be pierced by anybody under the Qi Core realm and they're extremely loyal. There a defence style beast, great for when you're in a tight spot! Starting price, ten gold!""Ten Gold!" a hand in the audience went up.In a flurry multiple other hands were raised, this kind of beast was beneficial to those that hadn't entered the Qi Core realm and was in all truth just a giant mobile wall to defend them.But this mobile wall could mean the difference between life and death!After around a fierce round of debate, the price had gone up to ninety gold! This was an extraordinary amount and could purchase a decent plot of land!The man who purchased the freakish wall, had a giant smile on his face as he went up on stage to claim his prize. The man who looked only in his twenties grabbed the Steldon by its lead and walked off stage dragging it along.While one could bind it to themselves on stage with a drop of blood, that'd be too public and also take up the time that when people could be buying!Next on the auction list was a moon-scale tiger.The moon-scale tiger was a large creature that stood over five feet tall and was the same weight as several men and had the ferocity to match!The moon-scale tiger also had scales shaped like circular moons that littered the entire surface of its body. The thing was a killing machine!The moon scale tiger sold for four-hundred gold coins in the end, the person that bought it was a dark-haired fairy, who took up everybody's time by binding the creature straight away, which caused a ruckus with everyone.Nobody would dear cause her to harm though, as she had both the backing to buy such a majestic and fierce creature, as well as the animal itself. She could set it on whoever provoked her and anyone that even insulted her!This caused several lesser cultivators to shake in their boots, unable to control themselves, not daring to make even the slightest bit of eye contact with the woman.Once she'd bound the tiger, she jumped on its back, which caused it to rear on hits hind legs growling, which made everyone sweat a little.A moon-scale tiger was a formidable existence among beasts and was easily able to reach a tire three beast!That was the same strength as a Qi Core cultivator!She road down from the stage proudly with a smile on her face, turning towards an old man in green and blue robes, sticking her tongue out, causing him to frown.This old man was the Qi Sea realm cultivator that Sha Ku had detected.Turning to An Tang, he whispered gently, "Do you have any idea what the rivalry between those two it?"An Tang seemed to be knocked out of his daze that was so focused by the beauty of the girl."Sha Ku, you should know that old man is a member of the Kuo Clan, right? And that young girl is Lin May from the Lin clan, who comes from the Kuo's new rivals.""New rivals?" Sha Ku was intrigued."Yes, the Lin clan only has a few dozen members, but ever since the Kuo clan's been shaken by the Ancestor, they've been declining. Furthermore forgive me its just rumours." An Tang scratched his head, slightly embarrassed."An Tang, all rumours are caused for a reason, tell me quick." Sha Ku demanded."Well, it's said that the Lin clan is actually only a branch clan from the central plains. And that several cultivators have been moved here to erode the influence of the Royal Zi family slowly!""Oh, is that correct?" Sha Ku was astonished.The central plains were under the direct influence of the Wen Imperial Family, so it was hard to imagine that they'd allow a direct vassal to cause the power of a vassal state to wane.He made his thoughts apparent to An Tang who completely understood his train of thought, but he had to correct him."Young Sha Ku, you may not know this, but all the Royal Families actually directly descend from the six great families of the Central Plains!""What!" Sha Ku was in shock."Yes, Zi, Jin, Ren, Hao, Xuan and Feng. The six great families of the central plains. They were assigned by the original Imperial Emperor to set up six kingdoms.""Zi took the Zi Kingdom; Jin founded the Jin Kingdom""Before you finish, did they all just originally name their domain's after their family name?" Sha Ku frowned, already bored by the story."That was originally the case, yet only the Zi and Jin Kingdoms still keep their original names. The rest is now: The Lotus Kingdom to the East, The Fire Kingdom to the south, The Night-Water Kingdom of the great bogs, which are just west of us, then finally the 'Heaven's Might' Kingdom of the west." An Tang explained."Heaven's Might?" Sha Ku was curious, the name Heaven's Might should have infuriated the rulers of the Wen Empire. It's an incredibly audacious name, to say the least."Yes Sha Ku, Heaven's Might. The Feng Family have a special position in the Wen Empire. Never once have they interfered in the internal politics of the Wen Empire. They're actually said to be led by a mighty immortal that fell from the heavens.""This causes the Wen Empire just to ignore them and pretend they don't exist." An Tang continued.Hearing An Tang's explanation, Sha Ku couldn't help but be a little disappointed. If what An Tang said was correct, it could put a significant hole in his plans.But at the same time, it could also provide him with an opportunity.There must be a reason this 'immortal' fell from the heavens and hasn't returned. He was probably hiding here, cowering away from such an enemy he made in the higher realms.This was the only conclusion Sha Ku could come up with, as anybody that earned the rank of 'immortal' must have been a cultivation maniac! They wouldn't risk living in a lower realm and falling behind their peers!"Now for our final item!" A voice shouted from the centre of the stage, knocking Sha Ku out of his daze. He was in such deep discussion he'd actually completely missed the third item!The man on stage was deeply sweating now, apparently being an auctioneer was tough work, "Next we have this beauty."He placed a small box on a podium, opening it up, revealing a sizeable looking rock.Everyone was speechless, a rock! What was this man trying to pull!Seeing the crowd reaction, the auctioneer quickly spoke, "I assure you, good people. This rock isn't simple. It was found in the far west Heaven Might's Kingdom, where it was deep in the cave a nightmare child!"Gasp!Those words nightmare child, they caused everyone to shake a little. But the person who had the most significant reaction was Sha Ku!
