CHAPTER 340
Rise to the surface!
Xia Fei took out the item in his hand and took a closer look. It was a rare white fruit, with rugged lines on it like a landscape painting. It looked like it was made of white porcelain, giving off a surreal feeling.
"Emperor Camel Dragonfruit!" Spiritshadow exclaimed: "This is a priceless Emperor Camel Dragonfruit!"
"Emperor Camel Dragonfruit? Is it very valuable? "
Phantom was speechless. "You're worth hundreds of millions now. Why do you still like to rely on money? This is a rare fruit that has gone extinct a long time ago. Consuming it has the effect of reviving the dead. How can it be bought with money? I really didn't expect Sun Zhan to have such a good thing. "
Xia Fei thought about it for a moment. "Don't you find it very strange?"
"Why do you say that?"
"Sun Zhan and his Nanming Association are nameless pawns that no one has ever heard of, yet he's able to bring out so many rare and precious items. The Zephyr Battle Boots are one such example, and so is the Emperor Camel Dragonfruit. What's even more miraculous is that these items are all peerless genuine items that have disappeared without a trace for many years. There's definitely something strange going on, and there must be some secret that we don't know about."
Phantom nodded. "You're right. The Zephyr combat boots need to be made from the leather of a Double-clawed Dragon. The Emperor Camel Dragonfruit grows on the Emperor Camel Dragon Tree that has disappeared for tens of thousands of years. It blooms every thousand years and bears fruit every ten thousand years. It can be said to be extremely precious. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have been preserved so well until now. This is too strange.
Xia Fei shook his head. "I can't rush this. Sun Zhan must have his reasons for hiding the Nannether Gate. If I were to ask him about it, I'm afraid that he'll suspect something. Since Sun Zhan has already joined the Adjudicator Union, why don't I get to know him better first and slowly dig out the truth from his mouth?"
"You're really patient," Phantom said with a shrug.
Xia Fei laughed. "Haste makes waste. That's an unchanging truth."
…
The trade fair was very peaceful for the next few days. Xia Fei managed to get a few decent items, but they were still far from what he had hoped for.
After some careful questioning, Xia Fei learned that the real climax would only come in the last seven days of the trade fair, when there would be a series of auctions. After all, it was difficult to put a price on the truly good items, so they would be placed in the auction to be won by the highest bidder.
This was also the usual rule of the carnival. The first seven days were for the trading of common items, and the last seven days were for bloody battles to compete for rare treasures. As for the last day, it was the climax of the climax.
The organizers of the carnival would choose the most valuable, precious, and luxurious items to be auctioned on the fifteenth day, and they would also choose the king of the auction.
In short, the trade fair would become more and more exciting towards the end. The early transactions were just a foreshadowing to lure people in.
Xia Fei calmed down after understanding all this. He gave Charlie a call and instructed him to prepare the bank's credit limit. The moment he came across a suitable treasure, he would do whatever it took to get it.
Even though Xia Fei usually did not like to be extravagant and wasteful, if he really came across a piece of equipment that could help him, Xia Fei would not hesitate to compete for it.
Furball had been sleeping in Xia Fei's arms all this time. Having learned his lesson, Xia Fei decided to reduce his intake of Purple Hearts of Spirit, letting him absorb the clone energy ball he had made every few days to replenish his strength.
He did not want Furball to grow into a crafty exotic beast. If that happened, what was the point of having a high rank?
Every morning, Xia Fei would stroll around the Thirteen Pearl Islands as usual, hoping to find something he needed. He would return around noon and cultivate all the way until the next morning.
Of course, he still had to call Avril every day, chatting with her and sharing their feelings.
The new house had already been decorated, and Avril was very confident in her judgment, swearing that Xia Fei would definitely be satisfied.
Xia Fei said, "With you around, I'll be satisfied even if I have to live in a shack. If you're not around, I won't be able to sleep even in the most luxurious palace."
Avril's face reddened, and she lowered her head in silence.
…
In the blink of an eye, it was already the fifth day of the carnival, and the auction was getting closer and closer.
After dinner, Xia Fei went out alone to cultivate. The meteor ball's cultivation location had already shifted from the mountainside to the forest.
With countless trees acting as natural obstacles, Xia Fei's training became even more difficult.
In five days, Xia Fei completed the first stage of the meteor ball's elementary training. These meteors were now even smaller and harder to catch.
After stretching his body, Xia Fei was prepared to practice the Crafty Thrust technique before practicing the meteor ball and the Beast Spirit Codex.
Xia Fei could not help but applaud, "The meteor ball's training is truly excellent. I'm afraid that no one in the Assassin Sect can compare to your current agility."
Xia Fei nodded. "Speaking of which, the Assassin Sect hasn't made any moves yet. Is it normal for them to let me be their representative without assigning me any work?"
Phantom replied, "What's not normal about it? Besides, Master Shadowless only intended to give you a title in name. Do you really want to go on more missions?"
Xia Fei hurriedly shook his head. "That's not what I meant. I'm just afraid that the sect might suddenly think of me and ask me to do this or that. I don't have the time for that."
Before Xia Fei could finish, a red neon light suddenly rose from the distant sea. The light was weak, and it seemed to be quite far from Sparrow Island.
"Hmm? What's that? "Xia Fei curiously asked.
All of a sudden!
The neon light scattered in all directions, turning into streaks of silver that danced wildly from the surface of the sea to the clouds!
"Demon Dance!" Phantom said in a deep voice. "This is a sign that an ancient ruin is about to be opened!"
"That's the Demon Dance!" Xia Fei exclaimed. He had already learned from the books that most ancient cities and towns would have a set of energy protection facilities to protect the town from the harsh weather or the invasion of external enemies.
If this ancient city had been preserved well and had not been devoured by the robot army, then this system would have been preserved forever.
Even the super machines produced by the ancient civilization could not stay the same forever. After countless years of being exposed to the elements, these energy protection systems were on the verge of collapse. If an external force were to destroy them at this time, they would explode.
That was why people called the explosion of these energy protection systems the Demon Dance! This meant that a complete ancient ruin was about to be opened!
There was actually a complete ancient relic on Thousand Island Planet!? Xia Fei could not believe his eyes!
He did not know if this ancient ruin had naturally revealed itself because it had not been maintained for many years, or if the energy protection system had exploded after someone discovered it. If it was the latter, then someone might have already taken the initiative!
"Hurry! We need to head over immediately! According to the Alliance's ancient ruin protection laws, the first person to enter will be able to obtain the items they unearthed in the ruin. If we can obtain a batch of precious ancient relics, we'll be rich! "Phantom shouted with bloodshot eyes.
"Okay!" Xia Fei nodded. In the blink of an eye, he was already at the dock.
It was already nighttime, and the staff had already gotten off work. There were a dozen or so high-speed jet-powered yachts, but no one was piloting them.
Xia Fei steeled his heart and used Celestial Moon to break the mooring ropes and jumped onto one of the boats.
Swiping his finger across his spatial ring, Xia Fei took out his toolbox and quickly disabled the lock function of the yacht.
* Whoosh! *
The high-speed jet-powered yacht let out a terrifying roar as it madly charged out of the dock, traveling at a speed of over 1500 kilometers per hour in the direction of the Demon Dance!
* Whoosh! *
A passenger jet whizzed past Xia Fei's head, its tail flashing with a high-altitude indicator. It seemed to be heading toward the location of the ancient ruin.
The passenger jet was of course faster than the jet-powered yacht. Xia Fei spat. "Crap! Someone's one step ahead of us! "
Before he even finished speaking, two boats identical to the one he was on came charging out from the left and right sides of the yacht. It seemed that the strange phenomenon from earlier had alerted quite a few people, and there was probably going to be a fight this time!
Xia Fei quickly took out his Bloodthirsty Ice God combat suit from his spatial ring and put it on. He then put on a pair of Zephyr combat boots, his right arm flashing with a cold light.
'I can't let a complete ancient ruin slip away from my hands. Since I'm going to fight for it, I'll have to throw caution to the wind!' Xia Fei warned himself.
Half an hour later, a pitch-black island appeared in front of Xia Fei. Unlike the other islands, this one was uninhabited, and there were no lights either. It looked desolate.
The island was not large, only about twenty square kilometers in area. There were no other islands around it, either, so it was all alone on the surface of the sea.
About five or six jet-powered yachts were already docked, and the people on them had probably already landed on the island.
"Someone's still one step ahead of us!" Phantom huffed.
Xia Fei hurriedly docked the yacht by the shore, not waiting for it to come to a complete stop before he dashed forward.
Xia Fei moved as fast as he could, following the circular path he took, wanting to quickly explore the entire island.
There were quite a few strange rocks on the island, and they looked very strange under the moonlight, as if there were figures moving about.
All of a sudden, a black figure charged out from the cluster of strange rocks, charging toward Xia Fei without saying a word, a bright silver blade in his hand!
'Well, for the sake of the ancient ruin, these people don't even care about the order to not use weapons. Since you're so heartless, don't blame me for being unjust!' Xia Fei thought to himself.
He had originally been moving at a cruising speed, not using his speed ability to its fullest, which was why this person thought that Xia Fei's rank was not high and wanted to secretly get rid of an opponent first.
It was just that he had no idea that Xia Fei's speed was much faster than what his eyes could see, and Xia Fei even had Crafty Approach!
* Shing! *
As the blade was about to reach him, Xia Fei's body suddenly spun to the side, dodging to the right of the blade.
At the same time, he grabbed the person's forearm with one hand and exerted a bit of force, using the force to twist his arm, making it so that the person's forearm was aimed right at his throat!
* Screech! *
The blade of the blade pierced through the front of the person's neck, and in less than 0.1 seconds, the person was dead on the spot!
What made him even more depressed was that it was his own blade and his own hand that had killed him.
* Whoosh! *
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