Chapter 666 - The Green Lotus
“Hold on. If I remember correctly, Daoist Tang’s heaven-opening Wood Origin crystal has been traded with Daoist Di, right? Don’t tell me one item can be traded with two people?” Gou Zibi, who was thin and weak, opened his narrow eyes suddenly and asked this with a hint of chilliness.
When Tang Xitan heard that, her face immediately turned pale.
Although Di Jiu was unaware of the trade rules, he could guess that Tang Xitan had broken the rules. Without hesitation, he sent a voice transmission to Tang Xitan. “Senior Sister Xitan, just trade it. When I ask you for a trade later on, just take any item out. Regardless of what it is, just say it is the heaven-opening Wood Origin crystal. Leave the rest to me.”
At that moment, everyone had focused their attention on Tang Xitan. Ji Hongsen, who sat in the highest seat, had a hint of a ruthless sneer at the corners of his mouth. Without needing to think, everyone knew what he was thinking about. They sighed silently, as Tang Xitan was done for.
Without hesitation, Guang Mingzi put away Tang Xitan’s heaven-opening Wood Origin crystal but did not give her his Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix Blood.
Thanks to Di Jiu’s voice transmission, Tang Xitan calmed down. She silently felt glad she had come with him.
Tang Xitan, who had calmed down, stared at Guang Mingzi and said faintly, “Daoist Guang Mingzi, could you perhaps want to embezzle my heaven-opening Wood Origin crystal? I’ve long given you my item. Why don’t I see you giving me the Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix Blood?”
Guang Mingzi frowned and immediately responded, “You’re trading one item with two people, so the trade has yet to end. I shouldn’t continue trading with you.”
Despite saying that, he had no intention of returning the heaven-opening Wood Origin crystal to Tang Xitan at all.
Tang Xitan laughed. “Even if I trade one item with two people, nobody has pleased me yet, which means that I haven’t traded with anyone. Before I do that, do you want to violate the trade rules? I have many heaven-opening Wood Origin crystals. Or do you want to snatch away my thing instead?”
Gou Zibi’s face sank and he then looked at Ji Hongsen.
Ji Hongsen said with a cold expression, “The next Daoist shall continue the trade.”
Ji Hongsen did not say anything regarding Tang Xitan and Di Jiu, as the rules were set by him. If both parties had a successful trade and there were no objections, nobody else could join in. In other words, nobody could say anything even if Tang Xitan had deceived Di Jiu as long as he acknowledged it.
However, Di Jiu did not mind. Since he had set up many nomological array flags here, he would not be afraid even if Ji Hongsen really wanted to find an excuse. At most, he would just leave if he could not win the fight. None of the people there had the strength to crush him. Couldn’t he just leave if he could not win the fight?
Tang Xitan was relieved. Thank god Di Jiu was nifty.
It seemed as if the good stuff had been traded or perhaps everyone was unwilling to take out anything precious, as the following trades were ordinary. There were no more heaven-defying treasures such as the Chaos Qi, the Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix Blood, or even the heaven-opening Wood Origin crystal.
After half a day, everyone was done with the trade. Ji Hongsen once again smiled. “No one ended up empty-handed after traveling a long distance. You have all more or less gained something. Next, I’ll let everyone know the reason I invited you over. Before that happens, I’ll say something else. If you want to go with us, please stay behind. Otherwise, please leave first.”
As Tang Xitan was about to stand up, Di Jiu once again sent her a voice transmission. “Senior Sister Xitan, you definitely can’t leave now. I sensed earlier that this place is confined by a top-notch Confinement Killing Array. I’m sure that Ji Hongsen wants to silence people. If we leave first, this bastard will kill the two of us first.”
Tang Xitan quivered. She had come for the sake of the Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix Blood but had not expected Ji Hongsen to be so sinister.
Nobody stood up, so Ji Hongsen said with a wide smile, “Since nobody has backed out, I’ll speak truthfully. We’re looking for a treasure that is not ordinary. I believe everyone has heard of the top 10 connate Spirit Roots, right?”
“Could this treasure be one of the top 10 connate Spirit Roots?” the Demon Clan’s Primordial Chaos Sacred Emperor Fan Yuan blurted out, his eyes completely filled with a kind of excitement.
Ji Hongsen chuckled. “You may say that it’s one of the top 10 connate Spirit Roots, as this thing surpasses other Spirit Roots. It’s a green lotus…”
“The Chaos Green Lotus? That’s the only Chaos Spirit Root!” Fan Yuan gasped.
In the past, the Demon Clan’s Primordial Chaos Sacred Emperor, Zhuge Zhichen, had been killed because of this Chaos Green Lotus. Afterward, many experts of the Demon Clan had believed that the Wing Clan’s Cang Luo had fabricated everything about the Chaos Green Lotus so that everyone would have internal discord. He had not expected to once again hear about the Chaos Green Lotus that day.