Chapter 0920: Meeting Wu Zhi Again

As soon as the host finished speaking, someone immediately shouted, “One thousand one hundred!”
“One thousand two hundred!”
“One thousand three hundred!”
Bids kept coming in one after another, and the price quickly rose to two thousand!
Normally, fragments of top-grade Dao divine artifacts wouldn’t attract so many bidders, but since the host had said it was above top grade, it meant this fragment might be king-grade or even supreme-grade!
If it were a fragment of a king-grade Dao divine artifact, it would be extremely valuable!
Of course, if these people knew it was a fragment of the World Tree—the number one sacred Dao divine artifact in the world—they would surely go crazy.
Listening to the bidding, Huang Long frowned.
When the bid reached three thousand first-grade spiritual veins, he felt disappointed and disheartened. It seemed this fragment of the World Tree was beyond his reach.
“The Ruins Continent,” Huang Long recalled what the host had said earlier—that this World Tree was found on the Ruins Continent!
“I’ll go to the Ruins Continent after this auction,” he thought to himself.
Huang Long was aware of the Ruins Continent—it lay at the center of the universe, a continent floating in space. Though just one continent, it was ten times, even a hundred times larger than a world like the Hongmeng Great World!
To be precise, no one knew exactly how large the Ruins Continent was. Not even the sages of the three thousand great worlds did.
The Ruins Continent had existed for countless eras. Even during the great destructions of the universe, those destructive forces couldn’t destroy it. Rumors said there were countless tombs and treasures of fallen powerful beings within it.
However, the Ruins Continent was full of dangers. Even sages dared not enter its core area easily because of the prohibitions there. Even if they entered, they might get trapped and struggle to escape.
As Huang Long pondered the Ruins Continent, someone in the VIP room bid ten thousand first-grade spiritual veins to buy the fragment of the World Tree.
Ten thousand first-grade spiritual veins!
Huang Long shook his head with a bitter smile. It seemed his foundation was still insufficient!
The wealth accumulated by some of the major forces in the three thousand great worlds over countless eras was far beyond what he could compare to now.
Although someone else had bought the fragment of the World Tree, Huang Long was somewhat disappointed but not worried. After the World Tree merged with his Sea of Souls, he realized that only one World Tree could exist in the three thousand great worlds!
Because the World Tree represented the Heavenly Dao, and there could only be one Heavenly Dao!
In other words, even if others obtained fragments of the World Tree, they could only use them as fragments of divine artifacts—they could never revive the World Tree itself.

Moreover, the World Tree is the top-ranked sacred artifact, and its fragments are incredibly hard. Even those in the hands of saints cannot refine them or incorporate them into other artifacts. After the World Tree fragments were auctioned, a few more items were sold before the half-saint skeletons were put up for auction. There were eight half-saint skeletons! The starting bid was 800 first-class spirit veins, equivalent to 8 king-class spirit veins. Although many people bid for the half-saint skeletons, not many did. In the end, Huang Long acquired them for 1,500 first-class spirit veins. Shortly after Huang Long paid with the spirit veins, an elder from the Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild delivered the eight half-saint skeletons to his VIP room. This elder from Jiudingxuan was quite powerful, belonging to the early era of the five eras just like Huang Long. When Huang Long took the spatial artifact containing the half-saint skeletons from him, he asked if the guild still had any more half-saint skeletons. The elder shook his head and said, “No more. We originally obtained ten in the Wasteland Continent, but the guild leader gave two to two executives!” Then, Huang Long asked more questions about the World Tree fragments, but the elder only knew they were found in the central region of the Wasteland Continent and knew nothing else. Watching the elder leave, Huang Long frowned. The central region?! But whether it was the central region or the core area, Huang Long needed to go there anyway. After the half-saint skeletons, the Jiuding Merchant Guild auctioned great path artifacts. The final item was the mid-tier great path artifact, the Taiyin Jiuyang Pearl, with a starting bid of 60 king-class spirit veins. Bidding was fierce, and in the end, it was purchased by a VIP in a private room for 250 king-class spirit veins. 250 king-class spirit veins! That’s equivalent to 25,000 first-class spirit veins! After the auction, Huang Long left the auction hall but didn’t rush to leave. He merged the eight half-saint skeletons with those of Susan, Livya, Vitya, and others, while strolling around Jiuding City. There were many good items in the city’s large shops as well. As he wandered, Huang Long bought many innate divine items and precious treasures—materials needed to craft the Supreme Divine Pill. The Supreme Divine Pill was ranked 15th among the great path pills. Huang Long planned to produce it in large quantities for future emergencies, so he didn’t mind having extra materials. A few days passed, and just as Huang Long was about to leave Jiuding City, his eyes suddenly lifted, and he saw an old acquaintance: Wu Zhi from the Wuliang Gate and his four disciples! With Wu Zhi were two elders, who, by their attire, were elders from the Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild.

These two elders were peak warriors from the later stages of six eras.
“What is Wu Zhi doing in Jiuding City?!” Huang Long’s eyes flashed. At that moment, Wu Zhi and the others flew out of Jiuding City, and upon seeing this, Huang Long followed closely behind.
At the same time, Huang Long activated his Heavenly Ear.
“Brother Deshou, we’ll leave this matter to you!” Wu Zhi said.
“Don’t worry. As long as that kid and Xinghai Yuan reach Luoxing Hall, he won’t be able to escape!” said an elder from Jiuding Xuan.
Huang Long’s heart stirred. It seemed they were referring to him!
“I never expected Wu Zhi to be able to get an elder from Jiuding Xuan Merchant Guild to deal with me!” A cold glint appeared in Huang Long’s eyes.
After a while, Wu Zhi and the others left the Five-Star Divine Realm and headed to another divine realm. From their conversation, it seemed they were going to the branch treasury of Jiuding Xuan Merchant Guild in the Star King World to retrieve something.
The branch treasury of Jiuding Xuan Merchant Guild wasn’t in Jiuding Xuan of the Five-Star Divine Realm? Huang Long was surprised. Then, a cold glint flashed in his eyes—branch treasury of Jiuding Xuan?!
Since Jiuding Xuan wanted to deal with him, then he would take that branch treasury for himself!
Huang Long concealed his presence and followed them. Soon, Wu Zhi and the others arrived at a mountain range. But just then, the two elders from Jiuding Xuan Merchant Guild stopped, turned around, and said coldly, “Friend, you’ve followed us all this way. It’s time to show yourself!” With that, they pointed, and a sword aura shot toward Huang Long.
Huang Long shattered the sword aura with a punch and revealed himself.
“It’s you?!” Wu Zhi exclaimed in shock when Huang Long appeared.
“Who is this kid?!” asked one of the elders from Jiuding Xuan Merchant Guild.
Wu Zhi laughed heartily and said, “He’s the kid who rescued Xinghai Yuan and was pursued by the Heavenly Dao Sect! It’s like finding something after endless searches only to get it effortlessly—this kid actually came here to seek death on his own!”