Douluo: Wuhun Seven Killing Sword, Sword Opens the Gate of Heaven

Chapter 303 The Unlucky Feng Xiaotian and the Other Three
After the academic exchange conference ended, Ning Tianchen was happy to have some free time.

These days, apart from accompanying Ning Rongrong for fun, he spent most of his time practicing in the back mountains.

Now, he not only has to try to cultivate the sword heart, but also needs to cultivate the weapon spirit beast soul transformation, so the daily training schedule is very tight. Of course, when he has time, he will also practice the Seven Killings and Killing God domains.

At the same time, in the back mountain of the former Shrek Academy, after Yu Xiaogang was brought back to the wooden house by Liu Erlong, he became depressed, had no appetite, and stared at the ceiling of the wooden house all day long, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Liu Erlong understood that this was a huge blow to him, but she felt extremely guilty that Yu Xiaogang had fallen into such depravity.

"How could I be so stupid? I knew it was a trap, but I still jumped into it with Xiaogang."

Considering Yu Xiaogang's age and cultivation level, he encountered a major change in his life, and his entire spirit and energy were instantly destroyed, and his hair turned white almost overnight.

That day, Liu Erlong delivered food to Yu Xiaogang as usual.

Yu Xiaogang was now pale and thin, even skinny and bony. If he continued like this, he would die in a few days.

Before Liu Erlong could speak to comfort him, the voice of the messenger came from outside the door, "Is this Liu Erlong's house? There is your letter. I put it under the stone at the door. Remember to take it away."

The messenger did not stay long. Seeing signs of life in the house, he placed the letter in a conspicuous place, turned around and left quickly.

Normal people wouldn't live on a mountain in the city. Who knows what kind of weirdos live here, so it's better to be careful.

As soon as the messenger left, Liu Erlong walked out of the cabin and took the letter.

The letter had no signature. Liu Erlong opened it and browsed its contents.

The letter addressed Liu Erlong as "Master's Wife" and Yu Xiaogang as "Master". Moreover, from the tone of voice and handwriting, Liu Erlong was very sure that this was a letter from Tang San.

Tang San is Yu Xiaogang's most proud disciple and the latter's pride.

Liu Erlong carefully delivered the letter to Yu Xiaogang, hoping to use it to resolve Yu Xiaogang's heart knot.

"Xiao Gang, this is the letter Xiao San sent back, take a look."

Hearing Tang San's name, Yu Xiaogang, who had long been numb, was slightly moved. But he did not move, or he was too hungry to have the strength.

Seeing this, Liu Erlong read out the contents of the letter for him.

In the letter, Tang San said that he already knew what happened to Yu Xiaogang. Moreover, he was at the scene that day and saw with his own eyes that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect joined forces with many scholars to set up a trap for Yu Xiaogang.

Due to his current special situation, he cannot show up in public for the time being and can only express his concern to Yu Xiaogang through letters.

In addition, after this period of training, Tang San's twin martial spirits' shortcomings have been temporarily suppressed. Moreover, his strength has greatly improved. If there is a chance in the future, he will definitely clear Yu Xiaogang's name and expose the ugly faces of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the major scholars.

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang's face showed a long-lost smile, and he whispered: "Erlong, feed me quickly. Xiaosan, Xiaosan will prove my theory. I must survive!"

Liu Erlong cried with joy.

At least, Yu Xiaogang regained hope in life, and they can live a good life in the future.

……

In the afternoon, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe sent an official from the Crown Prince's Mansion to send an invitation to Ning Tianchen.

Ning Rongrong happened to be with him at this time, "Brother Tianchen, you go. Rongrong has schoolwork later, so she won't go to join in the fun."

Compared to the original time and space, Ning Rongrong now seems unwilling to take over the burden of the sect. In her heart, as long as Ning Tianchen is there, there is nothing that cannot be handled.

Ning Tianchen said lovingly, "I'll go check out the situation first, but I think I might be busy until very late today. Rongrong, you can have dinner first."

After giving the instructions, he did not stop at all and quickly followed the official to the Prince's Mansion.

When they arrived at the Prince's Mansion, Xue Qinghe had been waiting there for a long time.

"Tianchen, you're here just in time."

Ning Tianchen glanced at the carriage parked at the door and couldn't help asking, "Where are you going, Brother Xue?"

"Yuexuan." After saying that, he invited the other party to get into the carriage.

In the carriage, Xue Qinghe said, "Today is Yuexuan's graduation ceremony, and the imperial sister invites me to attend."

"Today, we just happened to contact Tang San, hoping to get some information out of him."

Ning Tianchen shook his head, "It's useless."

Tang San has never participated in any affairs of the Haotian Sect. Asking too many questions about him would inevitably alert the enemy.

Besides, the Haotian Sect is now like a rat hiding in the dark, and they have not organized any actions.

Xue Qinghe explained, "You can't tell anyone about this. Recently, news came from the palace that the woman went crazy and sent a lot of people to look for the hidden place of Haotian Sect. I remember you said that the headquarters of Haotian Sect should be more than 200 miles away from Tiandou City."

"It's just that, after searching for a long time, there is still no discovery."

Ning Tianchen mentioned this sentence accidentally when he was talking about the experience of the Hao Te team.

What he didn't expect was that Bibi Dong would actually take action against the Haotian Sect.

Come to think of it, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is now in its heyday, and it also has the influence brought by the academic exchange conference. Unless Bibi Dong is crazy enough to lose her mind, she will definitely not attack the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

However, she seemed unwilling to give up the soul hunting operation. If she only dealt with the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family, such a sophisticated deployment would seem a bit wasteful.

Ning Tianchen speculated that she most likely wanted to wipe out two of the top three sects, leaving the remaining one of the top three sects unable to support itself, and thereby carry out her plan to unify the continent.

Ning Tianchen only knew that the Haotian Sect was in a certain approximate location, and he didn't know the specific situation.

"Brother Xue, it's better not to alert the enemy. Follow the location I mentioned and look for high mountains or cliffs nearby. I've been to a hidden sect before, and I think the geographical location chosen by Haotian Sect should be similar to theirs."

Xue Qinghe thought about it for a moment and felt that what he said made sense, so he lifted the car curtain and whispered a few words to the person outside the window.

Yuexuan's subsequent trip did not cause any waves.

Tang San still concealed his identity, while Xue Qinghe and Ning Tianchen accompanied him in the performance.

At this banquet, Xue Qinghe took Ning Tianchen to meet several high-ranking officials in the court. Most of these people had already joined the Spirit Hall, and to Xue Qinghe, they were his own people.

If there is an emergency in the future, Ning Tianchen can also seek their help.

……

Yuexuan’s graduation ceremony ended, and Tang San didn’t stay long. He turned around and left.

Xue Qinghe wanted to send someone to chase him, but was stopped by Ning Tianchen. "No need. He has a strong anti-tracking awareness and your people will be easily exposed. Besides, he may not go to Haotian Sect this time."

According to the original development of time and space, Tang San was heading to a waterfall outside the Xingdou Great Forest to meet Tang Hao. Afterwards, he returned to Haotian Sect through Tang Yuehua with Tang Hao's instructions.

Therefore, following Tang San would not only be meaningless, but would also alert the enemy.

Ning Tianchen did not say these words explicitly, but as an ally, Xue Qinghe instinctively chose to believe him.

After leaving Yuexuan, Ning Tianchen did not choose to take Xue Qinghe's carriage. On the way back, he unexpectedly ran into Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang, brother and sister, who were sitting in front of the tavern drinking with embarrassed faces.

Out of curiosity and also out of longing for Feng Xiaotian, he walked up to them and said hello, "You three, why are you so embarrassed? Were you bullied?"

Hearing the voice, Huo Wu, who was feeling annoyed, couldn't help but curse, "Who the hell is gossiping behind my back!"

When she stood up, she asked in surprise: "Ning Tianchen?"

Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian stood up at the same time, "Long time no see."

Ning Tianchen didn't care about Huo Wu's recklessness. He patted everyone's shoulders, motioned them to sit down, and said, "Waiter, bring out your best wine."

When the waiter saw the rich man, he immediately greeted him in a friendly voice.

After serving the wine, Ning Tianchen asked, "What happened? You all look like eggplants hit by frost. Are you depressed?" Feng Xiaotian and the other two couldn't help but sigh.

Huo Wushuang blamed himself and said, "Oh~ It's all my fault. If I had been quicker at that time, the things wouldn't have been taken away by someone."

"The key point is that we still don't know the identity of that group of people."

"What is it?" Ning Tianchen asked curiously.

To make them care so much, the value of the thing must be very high. It is either a soul bone or a rare treasure, and it must be an extremely valuable treasure.

"It's soul bones. A month ago, we found a nest in a cave system in the Xingdou Great Forest. The owner of the nest should have died long ago. There are many soul bone remains and quite a few soul bones in the nest. But after a long period of weathering, most of the soul bones have become ineffective and almost break at the slightest touch. Only a few soul bones were relatively intact, but we didn't have time to clean them up, and a group of people snatched them all away."

"Ah, it's also our fault that we are not strong enough. There are powerful Soul Saints in that group of people. We are no match for them at all."

Since there is a soul bone, Ning Tianchen became interested, "Oh? Tell me the details."

Soul beasts fight from time to time, and cannibalism is common. Over a long period of time, soul beasts' nests have accumulated some soul bones. However, the quality of these soul bones is hard to describe, and very few are intact.

Feng Xiaotian restored the situation at that time based on his memory. There were at least three soul bones that were more than ten thousand years old, and two thousand-year-old soul bones of relatively poor quality.

However, they failed to hold on and were robbed by a group of people who had been in the forest for many years. Moreover, this group of people were very familiar with the terrain, and they couldn't even catch up with them.

"They got your soul bones but didn't kill you. This proves that these people probably knew your background, so they are afraid of you and dare not kill you. So, this is the key to your survival." Ning Tianchen said.

After some thought, Feng Xiaotian and the other two agreed with what he said.

Of course, this is just speculation. If the other party simply felt that their identity would not be exposed and did not want to attract other people's attention, they would not attack them.

Feng Xiaotian said: "The soul bone is of great importance. If it doesn't work, I will tell grandpa and the others. Find a way to get it back from them."

Ning Tianchen smiled and said, "No need. These people have only two choices after getting the soul bones, either absorb them themselves or sell them. You just said that they are a team composed of a soul saint and three soul emperors, and there are five soul bones, so one must be redundant. Do you think they will sell the stolen goods in the city near the Xingdou Great Forest?"

"So we're going to intercept them?" Huo Wushuang asked.

Feng Xiaotian thought about it and quickly shook his head, "No. According to convention, they will definitely predict that we may be waiting in the city near the Xingdou Great Forest, and even bring our elders with us. So, they may do the opposite."

Ning Tianchen said: "If this group of people knew your identity, they might choose to sell the stolen goods at the Tiandou Auction House. Even if they don't know, they might come here. Anyway, they are hard to find, why don't we wait in the Tiandou Auction House?"

Feng Xiaotian and others knew that there was a high probability that these soul bones could not be retrieved.

In a place like the Soul Beast Forest, if your things are stolen by someone else, you can only accept it with a pinch of your nose.

Suddenly, Feng Xiaotian realized something and asked, "Wait, why are you so sure that group of people came to Tiandou City?"

Tiandou Auction House is the largest auction house in the Tiandou Empire. Treasures such as soul bones can be sold at a higher price here. However, there are more than one auction house of this scale on the continent.

If the other party went to other auction houses, wouldn't they be left empty-handed?

Ning Tianchen smiled and took out the invitation from the auction house from his soul guide. "The auction in three days will have two thousand-year soul bones, two ten-thousand-year soul bones, and a mysterious finale item, which may also be a soul bone."

"Ah?" Feng Xiaotian and the other two quickly took the invitation.

This is an invitation to the Tiandou Auction House, with a list of auction items attached. No wonder Ning Tianchen is so sure that the soul bones they encountered are likely to appear in the Tiandou Auction House.

Of course, it doesn’t matter whether it is or not.

Now that the soul bone has arrived at the Tiandou Auction House, the identity and safety of the seller will be kept confidential by the auction house. It is impossible to settle accounts with this group of people.

"Four soul bones, it seems they kept one." Feng Xiaotian's face was gloomy.

Ning Tianchen patted his shoulder and said, "It is possible that the seller is not the group you mentioned. Since you are back, come with me to the auction house to take a look. It will be a relief."

For the Tianzi Auction, the auction house did a very good job of publicity beforehand.

All the dignitaries in the city had received invitations in advance, and advertisements were posted on notice boards in all the busy areas of the city.

Feng Xiaotian and the other two were in low spirits when they entered the city, and they did not expect that soul bones might flow into the auction house, so they did not notice it.

After returning from the training, the three of them had planned to rest for a while. In this case, they had no reason to refuse Ning Tianchen's invitation.

……

There are many items for auction in this Tianzihao auction. Before the auction started, Ning Fengzhi collected a lot of funds and planned to compete for soul bones with all his strength.

You know, soul bones are well-deserved strategic materials for any large sect.

Whether it is to recruit strong people or reward meritorious officials, soul bones are undoubtedly the most prestigious.

Of course, for a sect as large as the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, there is no reason to miss out on spirit bones when they come across them.

“Tianchen, Rongrong, I will sit in the red VIP area with Uncle Gu. We are not convenient to sell some low-value items, so you will bid on their behalf.”

There is an unwritten rule for those who sit in the red VIP area of ​​the Tianzihao auction - they can only bid on high-value or finale items. If you force yourself to bid on low-value items, you will inevitably be maliciously bid on by other red VIPs, thus wasting a lot of money.

Therefore, by letting Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong bid on some low-value items, they could save themselves a lot of trouble.

"Uncle Ning, the scale of this Tianzihao auction is much larger than in the past. All the major forces will definitely compete to bid, resulting in a large premium on the prices of the auction items. The final mysterious auction item should be very valuable and will probably attract a lot of competition."

"Therefore, I think that apart from the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, we don't need to bid for the Thousand Year Soul Bone. Save some money for the final item."

Although the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is one of the owners of the Tiandou Auction House, they do not participate in the management of the auction house, and they are not very clear about the details of the finale item.

Ning Fengzhi nodded slightly, "What you said makes sense, let's see the situation and make a decision then."

Over the years, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect has made a lot of money, and there has been no large-scale investment recently, so all the wealth has remained within the sect.

Among all the invited guests, Ning Fengzhi undoubtedly had the most chips. If circumstances allowed, he could even buy all the finale lots.

Of course, as the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, he cannot spend money at will.

The situation on the mainland is turbulent now. Even the Soul Master Competition has been suspended. It is not an exaggeration to say that no matter what major events may happen in the future, it will not be an exaggeration.

Therefore, he needed to save a large amount of money and supplies to help the sect get through the difficult times.

……

At night, a figure flew to the top floor of Yuexuan.

The window of Tang Yuehua's bedroom was not closed, and the figure flipped in.

The person who came was Tang Xiao. He asked anxiously, "Yuehua, is there still no news about Tang Yue and others?"

Tang Yuehua stood up to greet them. "My people have already been deployed. I heard from Brother Hao that the team went to the Frozen Forest. Now, the road leading to the Frozen Forest is closed due to heavy snow, so it is difficult for my people to enter."

"I think it's not a problem for Tang Yue and his team to deal with them. It's probably because the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, which caused them to be trapped in the snowy town. Maybe they will come back next spring."

Tang Xiao did not express his opinion and picked up the teacup beside him.

Tang Yue is an overtime worker trained by the five elders and holds a pivotal position in the sect.

This time, he was asked to lead the team down the mountain to hunt down the Hao Te team, which was also a training for him. But he didn't expect that since he entered the snowy town, he had lost contact with the sect.

Under pressure from several elders, he had no choice but to find Tang Yuehua.

"I hope I'm overthinking it." Tang Xiao took a sip of tea. "By the way, where's Xiao San?"

Tang Yuehua shook her head, "Xiao San has already left. According to the agreement between me and Brother Hao, it won't be long before Xiao San returns to the sect to recognize his ancestors. Brother Xiao, you will have to mediate when the time comes."

Tang Xiao nodded seriously.

Tang Hao and his son have been away from the sect for too long and have suffered a lot of grievances during this period. As their elder brother (uncle), how could he just sit there and do nothing!

(End of this chapter)