Seeing this, Liu Ming only glanced at the person before grabbing the Buddha necklace that was still glowing with a faint white light into his hand. Then, he took out some spirit stones and pills from the headless corpses and stuffed them all into his clothes.
The person that came out of the sea of fog first looked around and didn't find any traces of anyone else. Then, he let out a sigh of relief and quickly raised his hand, sending a few hand signs into the sea of fog behind him. Then, he looked at Liu Ming with a respectful gaze and cupped his hands as he asked:
"Thank you for your help. Are you one of the Third Marquis's people?"
This person looked to be around forty years old. He wore a full set of clothes and carried a long sword on his back. He looked quite smart.
"The Third Marquis? Of course not. Did you not hear my conversation with them? I am Qian Ming, a guest of the Hundred Spirit House. I just joined not long ago. This time, I was ordered by Owner Qian to come and help. However, the Third Marquis's people should be here soon. " At this time, Liu Ming had already finished looting the corpses. He stood up and replied calmly.
"What? Brother Qian is really a guest of the Hundred Spirit House? I thought you were just fooling those guys. I am Bai Qinghai and I am also a guest of the Hundred Spirit House. However, I usually stay at the branch. "The man was overjoyed when he heard this.
"Oh, so it is Fellow Bai. How are the other fellows? Are there any problems with the escorted items?" Liu Ming nodded and smiled as he replied.
"Hehe, Brother Qian doesn't need to worry. The auctioned items are all on us, so naturally there won't be any problems. It is just that the other fellows are in charge of the formation and have used up too much Fa Li. They need to rest for a while and won't be able to meet with Brother Qian immediately. "
"I see. Then I don't need to worry anymore. Let's wait here for a while."
Although the other person's words were very polite, he could naturally hear the caution in the other person's words.
This was no wonder. The other person had never seen him before. Naturally, he couldn't just open the formation based on his words and let him in.
Hence, for the rest of the time, Liu Ming and Bai Qinghai sat cross-legged outside the spell formation and chatted idly.
As soon as Bai Qinghai saw that Liu Ming had no intention of forcing his way through the formation, he immediately believed most of what he had said earlier. In addition, he had seen Liu Ming display his invincible might in the formation, killing powerful enemies and forcing back the old man and the others. Naturally, he was filled with awe and reverence towards Liu Ming and answered almost everything he knew.
At this time, Liu Ming finally knew that the Hundred Spirit House team that was escorting the auction items had been ambushed by the crossbows of the Practitioners that were hiding in the pits on both sides of the official road. Over half of the Shadow Guards had been killed in an instant. Only then did the green spotted elder and the other Spirit Apostles appear from the sky and launch an attack.
The other side had so many cultivators while they only had four Spirit Apostles. Naturally, they were unable to defend against them. They could only bring the remaining people to one side of the official road and retreat.
With great difficulty, they managed to escape to a place that was barely suitable for setting up a formation. Only then did the four of them use a set of formation flags from the auction items and set up the Four Symbols Vajra Formation as quickly as possible.
However, at this time, not only were they all injured, the other Shadow Guards had all been killed or injured in the previous pursuit.
"When I came over, I didn't see any corpses. They must have cleaned them up. That's right, from Fellow Bai's tone, you have already confirmed the identities of these people. Are they from the Gathering Treasures Building? "Liu Ming asked curiously.
"Why do I need to confirm? Yang Kun is the Ninth Prince's most capable helper. The others are mostly people by the Ninth Prince's side. "Hearing this, Bai Qinghai laughed bitterly.
"So that's how it is! Fellow Bai, why are you so depressed? However, no matter what, haven't we already secured these auction items? Moreover, they lost four Spirit Apostles this time, so their losses aren't small. "Liu Ming laughed as he spoke.
"Brother Qian is right. This time, the Ninth Prince and the Gathering Treasures Building went for wool and came home shorn. With such a large loss, I believe that they will be quiet for a long time." Within the sea of mist, white gas rolled and a sixty year old square-faced elder walked out. Once he came out, he cupped his hands towards Liu Ming and spoke.
"Let me introduce you. This is Fellow Sun Yin. Like Elder Mian, he has always been Owner Qian's right-hand man." Seeing the square-faced elder appear, Bai Qinghai was overjoyed and hurriedly introduced him.
"So Fellow Sun is also a Late Spirit Apostle. No wonder you were able to escape unscathed despite being ambushed and chased by so many people." Liu Ming looked at the old man a few times and lightly laughed.
"Hehe, how would I dare show off my abilities in front of Fellow Qian. I have seen Fellow's power just now and I am far inferior to you." Sun Yin waved his hand as he spoke.
Liu Ming faintly smiled. Just as he was about to say something, the sound of the sky splitting could be heard and a grey flying boat was flying over.
Bai Qinghai hurriedly looked over and immediately cried out with joy:
"It's the Third Marquis' men!"
"Hmph, they are so slow. If it wasn't for Brother Qian arriving in time, we might not have been able to hold on." Sun Yin's expression was not too good as he spoke.
At this time, the grey flying boat arrived at a low altitude with a buzzing sound. A figure flashed and a man and a woman flew down from the boat. Behind them, twenty or so guards wearing black clothes jumped down. Each of them had a blade and a bow on their back and their movements were extremely nimble.
"Yi, Brother Sun, you are already safe. Where are the bandits?" The man who jumped down from the flying boat was an ugly man with a face full of beard. When he saw that Sun Yin and the others were fine, he couldn't help but ask in astonishment.
"Fellow Min, you are too late. That old brat Yang Kun and the others have already been scared away by Fellow Qian. It seems that you two have come for nothing. "Sun Yin lightly said.
"What, that old guy Yang Kun also came and was chased away by someone? How is that possible? "The ugly man was shocked when he heard this and his face was full of disbelief. His gaze unconsciously swept over Liu Ming.
After all, among the three people present, Liu Ming's face was the most unfamiliar. In addition, before they left, Owner Qian had told them that he had already sent a guest of the Hundred Spirit House to support them. His surname also seemed to be Qian.
The woman who jumped down from the flying boat with him was a young woman around fourteen or fifteen years old. She had a pair of watery peach blossom eyes and a curvaceous figure, making her seem extremely charming and enchanting. When she heard Sun Yin's words, her face was also full of disbelief.
"I am Qian Ming. The bandits that attacked earlier have indeed retreated." Seeing this, Liu Ming said without a change in expression.
"Was it really Fellow Qian's strength that forced them to retreat?" The ugly man looked up and down at Liu Ming with a face full of hesitation.
"Hehe, if Fellow Min could also kill four Spirit Apostles in one go and easily receive the combined attack of old man Yang Kun's thirteen Swallowtail Blades, I'm afraid that you would also be able to scare them away." Sun Yin casually said.
However, the contents of his words gave Ugly Man and Big Man a great shock.
"They were willing to retreat because they felt that they couldn't break through the formation in a short amount of time. Naturally, they didn't want to stay. I only played a small part in it. "Liu Ming said noncommittally.
When the ugly man and the young woman heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.
"Alright, no matter what, this time it is all thanks to you fellows. The others should have more or less recovered. I will have them put away the formation and return to Xuanjing first before discussing other matters. "Sun Yin said with a laugh.
The ugly man, the young woman, and Liu Ming naturally didn't have any objections.
Thus, Sun Yin made a hand sign with one hand and turned around, entering the white sea of mist again.
After a while, after a wave of fluctuations appeared in the sea of mist, the white mist began to shrink. In an instant, the other two men who were sitting cross-legged on the ground and constantly waving the formation flags in their hands appeared in the original place.
… …
Half a day later, Liu Ming and the others returned to the Qian House in Xuanjing. When Owner Qian saw that everyone was safe and sound, he was overjoyed.
When he heard that Liu Ming had single-handedly killed four Spirit Apostles in a time of crisis and even scared off the others, he was naturally overjoyed and repeatedly thanked Liu Ming.
At this time, the ugly man and the young woman from the Third Marquis House didn't doubt Sun Yin's words anymore. When they looked at Liu Ming, their gazes couldn't help but carry a trace of respect.
Liu Ming only said a few words to everyone before saying goodbye and returning to his own residence.
As soon as he pushed open the door, a small figure pounced on him like a gust of wind. Two thin and weak arms tightly hugged his thighs, not willing to let go even an inch.
"Don't worry, aren't I back now!" Liu Ming smiled and lightly patted Qian Ruping's head as he said softly.
"Brother Ming, I want to learn formations!" At this time, Qian Ruping raised her small face and said this with an extremely stubborn expression.
When Liu Ming heard this, he was stunned.
A few days later, the news of the Hundred Spirit House suddenly gaining a Late Spirit Body Guest began to spread throughout Xuanjing.
The news of Qiu Longzhi killing four Spirit Apostles in one battle was also heard by many factions and they became very fearful.
Not long after, the news of Qiu Longzhi and Liu Ming sparring and being evenly matched was leaked by someone.
This naturally caused even more people to be shocked and they all sent more people to pay attention to the Hundred Spirit House's movements.
Under these circumstances, the Hundred Spirit House's auction finally officially started.
On this day, in the underground market of Xuanjing, in a huge hall that was built a hundred feet underground, thousands of practitioners gathered.
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