Ximen Changqing took the last piece of the grand finale, and with that, this once-in-a-million auction came to an end.
Most of the participants began to leave the auction venue one after another, while some big players stayed to participate in small-scale exchange meetings.
At this time, Ximen Changqing was mixed in the crowd and left the auction house with a large number of monks.
Behind him, hundreds of people with ulterior motives followed quietly, including even ninth-level bosses among them.
A series of invisible tracking marks fell silently on Ximen Changqing's Taoist robe, and the Forbidden God gauze on his head was not missed either.
These guys have made it clear that they want to seize the treasures from Ximen Changqing, and Ximen Changqing is fully aware of this situation.
As soon as he walked out of the auction house, he went straight to the nearby inn, showed his room number, and successfully entered the room that had been prepared long ago.
"Void, let's get out of here!"
Ximen Changqing quickly hid in the Jiutian Space and asked the Void Doll to take him away to a cave on the outskirts of Zulong City.
That very ordinary cave was also rented by Ximen Changqing in advance in order to test whether there were still tracking marks that had not been removed.
In the Jiutian Space, Ximen Changqing took off his Taoist robes and detected dozens of tracking markers at once.
Fortunately, these robes are specially made, otherwise it would be difficult to detect these hidden tracking marks.
After burning all the robes, hoods and gloves, Ximen Changqing was still worried and used his spiritual consciousness to check his whole body.
What he is most worried about is that the boss will put a tracking mark on his body, which will be troublesome.
Although he had made adequate preparations and the robes on his body could prevent the tracking mark from intruding into his body, he was not sure that it would be effective.
After all, the big boss participating in the auction this time has a group of ninth-level powerhouses. He is not sure how strong they are.
If there is a tracking mark on your body, you will be in big trouble.
Ximen Changqing didn't want to bring trouble to the Yanlong clan, so he rented a relatively remote cave in advance.
If there is still a tracking mark on the body, the boss who left the mark will definitely take action. If no boss takes action, it is safe and can join the Yanlong clan.
Ximen Changqing has a powerful spiritual consciousness. He carefully checks every part of the body and does not miss any abnormality.
"Sure enough, the tracking mark was still put on the body, and it was actually hidden in Linghai. It seems that the big boss did it."
Ximen Changqing felt a chill on his back, and used his spiritual sea thunder technique to bombard the tracking mark left by the boss.
"So stubborn! If my spirit sea hadn't been able to release the power of thunder, I'm afraid it would never be able to eliminate it!"
It took half a day of effort and more than half of the true energy and spiritual consciousness to be removed before the tracking mark left by the big boss was finally removed.
At this moment, the inn that Ximen Changqing left was surrounded by powerful people from all sides.
These powerful men with ulterior motives could not sense the tracking mark, so they were all confused and even believed that there was something wrong with this inn.
"This little beast actually went to our inn! He really doesn't know how to live or die!"
Jianren followed it all the way, but it didn't have time to release the tracking mark, but found that Ximen Changqing actually entered the inn opened by the Sword Dragon Clan, and he couldn't help but feel happy.
Entering the inn opened by the Sword Dragon Clan, it was not up to him. If he knew that Ximen Changqing deliberately tricked him, he would probably go crazy.
"boom!"
A masked ninth-level strongman broke into the Sword Dragon Inn and asked the innkeeper: "Which room does the masked guy who came in just now stay in?"
"Senior, this is the guest's privacy!"
The innkeeper is a sixth-order stegosaurus and replied instinctively.
"court death!"
The ninth-level boss didn't tolerate him, so he directly used Soul Search, and then broke into the room where Ximen Changqing left in a flash.
"No one! When did you leave? It's like a ghost!"
The ninth-level boss was furious and searched the entire inn, but still found no clues.
"That's unreasonable!"
The boss burst into anger and smashed most of the inn to pieces with one palm, turning hundreds of guests into powder.
"Who is so bold as to destroy my Sword Dragon Clan Inn!"
As soon as Jian Ren walked to the door of the inn, he saw the scene of the inn being destroyed. The eighth-order stegosaurus sitting in the underground secret room of the inn also appeared shouting.
"snort!"
The ninth-level boss suddenly felt something and disappeared instantly.
"Who did this! How brave!"
The leader of the Stegodon clan instantly appeared at the door of the inn, looking at the dilapidated ruins and furious.
"The clan leader is a ninth-level strongman, and his face is still covered. He just left here!"
The eighth-level sword dragon answered respectfully.
The leader of the Sword Dragon clan scanned it with his spiritual consciousness. There were at least hundreds of people with evil intentions around, but there were no ninth-level experts.
He knew very well what these guys were doing.
"Ren'er, that boy entered our inn?"
The leader of the Sword Dragon clan asked through a message.
"Yes, father, I saw with my own eyes that that boy entered our inn, and in just half a cup of tea, the inn would be destroyed."
Jianren replied with a depressed look on his face. He didn't understand why the ninth-level powerhouse was so crazy and why he wanted to destroy the inn.
"What do you want to do when you gather outside our inn?"
The leader of the Stegosaurus clan was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he restrained dozens of followers and searched for their souls one by one.
"The tracking mark suddenly disappeared? No wonder this guy has the courage to challenge us. It turns out he has such a trump card!"
After searching for souls, the leader of the Stegodra clan understood everything.
The tyrannical ninth-level man got nothing, so he demolished the inn in anger.
"How can it be that the inn of my Sword Dragon Clan is so easy to demolish? I want to see who the fellow Taoist is!"
The sword dragon clan leader disappeared in an instant, searching for the masked ninth-level powerhouse.
At the same time, all the gates of Zulong City were closed, the void and the underground were also imprisoned, and even the ninth-level powerhouses could not leave.
The leader of the Sword Dragon Clan is really angry. Not only does he want to find the murderer who destroyed his inn, he also wants to find the guy who took the picture of the ancestral dragon marrow. He doesn't like to take the blame!
As one of the powerful clans controlling Zulong City, he has the authority to order the entire city to be sealed off.
"Could that boy be from the Stegoryu Clan? He entered the Stegoryu Clan inn and lost his senses instantly. It seems that the Stegoryu Clan has a secret treasure that can block the tracking mark!"
"The inn has been destroyed. We can't complete our mission. We should report to the owner as soon as possible!"
"Let's go and report to the master!"
Two seventh-level powerhouses who were following Ximen Changqing stopped for a cup of tea near the ruins of the inn. Seeing that they had nothing to do, they had no choice but to leave.
"The Sword Dragon Clan is really good at acting! That kid is 90% from the Sword Dragon Clan!"
"My tracking mark is so powerful. If it weren't for the secret treasure in the Sword Dragon Clan Inn, I wouldn't have suddenly lost my senses!"
"We must tell the master that that boy is from the Sword Dragon Clan!"
A group of guys following Ximen Changqing basically believed that Ximen Changqing was a member of the Sword Dragon Clan. Some had no choice but to give up the robbery, and some reported to the master behind it.
Soon, Zhenlan and other ninth-level experts landed in front of the ruins of the Sword Dragon Clan Inn and looked at the ruins quietly.
"Don't worry, brother, Zulong City has been sealed off, and the murderer will definitely be caught?"
Zhenlan patted the sword dragon clan leader's shoulder and comforted him.
"Fellow Daoist Zhenlan, there must be a deadline for closing the city. Do we still have to return to our respective continents?"
The ninth-level demon tiger is in a hurry to return to the demon continent and is very dissatisfied with the closure of the city.
"Don't worry, Taoist Tiger, we will open the city in three days at most."
Zhen Lan was also afraid of provoking public anger, and was even more afraid of affecting the prosperity of Zulong City, so he promised to blockade the city for three days.
"I heard that the boy who took the picture of the ancestral dragon marrow entered this inn. He must be a member of the Sword Dragon Clan! The murderer seems to be targeting the Sword Dragon Clan."
The ninth-level alchemist of the human race said lightly.
"That's right, I think so too. That kid is only at the sixth level, but he dares to challenge us. He must have someone to rely on behind him!"
The strong men of the Tianfeng clan nodded in agreement.
"I think so too..."
"You fellow Taoists are wrong. I don't know that little friend. He is definitely not a member of our Sword Dragon Clan."
The Stegosaurus clan leader was angry. It felt very uncomfortable to take the blame.
"Oh, is it so?"
"We believe in the Stegosaurus Clan Chief!"
The big bosses had no choice but to express their stance like this. Only they themselves know whether they believe it or not.
Soon, the Zulong City law enforcement team began to search for the murderer throughout the city, and also looked for the boy who took the picture of the Zulong marrow fluid.
At this moment, Ximen Changqing was resting in an ordinary cave outside Zulong City.
The cave has a large defensive formation and a warning array. In case of an attack, an alarm will be issued immediately.
Ximen Changqing was lying on the rocking chair, drinking spiritual wine and admiring the scenery outside the cave.
He was waiting patiently to see if any criminals came to his door. If there was no movement within three days, it would mean that there was no tracking mark on his body.
"I wish I had gotten rid of it!"
Ximen Changqing looked up and saw groups of law enforcement teams searching everywhere.
These law enforcement teams did not go straight to his cave, which meant that they were not looking for him. They were just conducting routine inspections, so there was no need to be afraid.
As the nearby caves were inspected one by one, the cave where Ximen Changqing rented also received inspections.
"Fellow Taoists, walk slowly!"
Ximen Changqing did not have any flaws. These law enforcement teams searched carefully and found nothing.
In order to prevent Yan Hao from worrying, Ximen Changqing had already sent out a transmission note and told Yan Hao that he would stay in seclusion in the cave for a few days to digest the opportunities gained from the Ancestral Dragon Secret Realm.
"What! Still haven't found it?"
The Stegosaurus tribesman looked very unhappy and felt very depressed.
"Yes, Patriarch, we have turned the entire Zulong City upside down. We have checked every place we can and found nothing!"
An eighth-level Stegosaurus serving in the law enforcement team reported with a helpless expression.
"Damn it, that strong man has not been found, and that boy has disappeared. Our Sword Dragon Clan has suffered injustice. Now, even Zhen Lan suspects that that boy is a member of our Sword Dragon Clan!"
The leader of the Stegosaurus clan was very depressed.
The three-day period is almost here and Zulong City is about to open.
The Stegosaurus Clan can only bear the loss of the inn themselves, and the pot that took the Ancestral Dragon Marrow Liquid must also be carried on the Stegosaurus Clan.
In the past three days, five members of the Sword Dragon Clan have had their souls searched by strong men. One of them has become dementia, and the other four souls have been damaged to varying degrees. It is considered hopeless.
Such a situation made the members of the Sword Dragon tribe extremely frustrated. In order to prevent the tribesmen from suffering another misfortune, he could only order them to go out as little as possible or to travel in groups.
As for the explanation! That is useless. No one will believe his explanation. Other strong people will only believe in their own judgment.
Three days later, in the morning, Zulong City reopened. The monks entering and leaving the city formed a long queue at the city gate. A group of people also gathered at the teleportation array.
Ximen Changqing stretched, packed up his luggage, and headed to the Yanlong Clan Inn to meet Yan Hao.
In the past few days, it was too chaotic outside. Yan Hao stayed in the inn room all the time, and so did Hu Xiong and the others. They didn't even know that Ximen Changqing was outside all the time.
"Brother Changqing, my father said that the situation in Zulong City is not good, and he wants us to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible and return to the clan as soon as possible!"
Yan Hao saw Ximen Changqing and expressed Yan Han's worries.
"Okay, it's time for me to return to the fairy continent. Are the people still waiting for me?"
Ximen Changqing smiled and expressed his plan.
Yan Hao did not try to persuade him to stay. He also felt that Ximen Changqing had been away from the family for too long.
Soon, Hu Xiong and others came over, and a group of six, under the personal escort of Yan Khan, prepared to go to the Yanlong tribe.
The moment they stepped out of Zulong City, Ximen Changqing and others were filled with emotions.
When they came a year ago, they had seventy elites, but now they only have six, a loss of more than 90%.
After setting foot on the flying boat, this feeling became even more obvious.
There are too many rooms in such a large flying boat, and there are only a few elites on board.
Standing on the deck of the flying boat, Ximen Changqing stared blankly at Zulong City, recalling all the past events of the past year.
"Seventy elites, now only a few of us are left!"
Yan Hao stood next to Ximen Changqing and sighed.
This time, his gains were great, but the Yanlong Clan suffered great losses. Five seventh-level elite clansmen and twenty sixth-level elite clansmen all died.
If Ximen Changqing hadn't rescued him in time, Yan Hao himself would have perished in the Ancestral Dragon Secret Realm. His survival is due to Ximen Changqing.
"It's good to have a few survivors. Some teams with more than a hundred strong men didn't even make it out! We are already relatively lucky."
Ximen Changqing could only be so comforted.
"Yeah! We're not the worst yet!"
Yan Hao paused and continued: "This time, except for the Hu Xiong ethnic groups who will be happy, the other affiliated ethnic groups will probably be heartbroken."
Ximen Changqing naturally understood that the seventy elites setting off this time were all elites from various ethnic groups, and many of them were even young clan leaders from various ethnic groups.
They are the core tribesmen who are related to the future of all tribes. If they fall into the Ancestral Dragon Secret Realm like this, they will naturally make the tribe behind them heartbroken.
"There are great opportunities in the Ancestral Dragon Secret Realm, but there are also great risks. They are willing to go there. Moreover, the losses of your Yanlong Clan are also heavy. These affiliated ethnic groups should be unable to say anything!"
Ximen Changqing said calmly.
"I understand that our clan has lost five seventh-level elite clansmen and twenty sixth-level elite clansmen this time, which is greater than the losses of all affiliated clans combined. Apart from being sad, they can't say anything?"
Yan Hao nodded. He was just sighing and was not worried about any complaints from the subordinate tribe.