Chapter 620 - 252: What Beautiful Escape Techniques

Chapter 620: Chapter 252: What Beautiful Escape Techniques

He instinctively reached out and caught the incoming Storage Bag as if it were a hidden weapon.

Then, realizing something was wrong, his expression immediately darkened.

Only Xiao Chen, who was in the middle, instinctively prepared to strike the moment he saw the apparent attack, but then he remembered that fighting was forbidden on the island.

So, he turned and dodged with even greater speed.

Although he wasn’t the quickest to react, his Escape Techniques were the best.

In a flash, he dropped from the second floor into the middle of the hall.

The Storage Bag hadn’t touched him at all; instead, it smashed against the wall behind him.

PHEW!

Once he had steadied himself, Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

’To think I’d encounter such a shameless, villainous scheme.’

’Good thing I’m agile and my Escape Techniques are far faster than a normal person’s. That’s how I avoided that trouble.’

The mysterious person had already reached the entrance of the hall. When he looked back, his entire body froze for a moment, clearly stunned.

He never imagined that, to ensure his success, he had even secretly cast an Illusion God Spell before the throw.

Yet somehow, Xiao Chen had broken free from the Illusion’s influence so quickly and dodged the empty Storage Bag.

If he hadn’t prepared three Storage Bags in total, this plan to create a diversion would have failed.

’But how is that possible?’

’I’m sure I secretly infused the Illusion God Spell into Xiao Chen’s body.’

’No Counter Magic on him activated or responded, yet he came out completely unscathed.’

The mysterious man couldn’t figure it out. How on earth had he done it?

However, he was pressed for time and obviously couldn’t afford to dwell on it.

He took a careful look at Xiao Chen, memorizing his face.

The mysterious man chuckled lightly. "What impressive Escape Techniques. We’ll be seeing each other again very soon!"

With that, he immediately turned and hurried away.

Hm?

’Trying to pull that on me?’

Xiao Chen’s gaze hardened. He had half a mind to let the man experience his Escape Techniques firsthand.

But after a moment’s thought, he calmly suppressed the urge to strike.

After all, Di Lang True Monarch had specifically emphasized that no Magical Combat was allowed on the island during the auction.

’I’ll consider this a favor to him and let this Bronze Face go... just this once.’

"What impressive Escape Techniques!"

From above, True Monarch Can Ye had also noticed Xiao Chen’s timely dodge. "It seems to have some foundation in Fire Techniques. That’s not something you see very often."

He sighed to himself and began to speculate.

According to rumor, there was a Hidden Dao Lineage in the West called the Flame Manipulation Sect, which specialized in Fire Techniques that were extremely rare here in the Eastern Domain.

’Could Xiao Chen be an heir from the Flame Manipulation Sect?’

He connected this to the items Xiao Chen had put up for auction—the White Jade Box with its distinctly different style, and the Purple Heaven Starlight Box whose origins were unclear but was suspected to be a relic from Ancient Times.

True Monarch Can Ye felt like he was beginning to grasp a piece of the puzzle.

If the Flame Manipulation Sect was truly making a move in the Compassion Sea, then the already murky situation would obviously become even more complicated.

He didn’t know if this would turn out to be a blessing or a curse.

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"Ahem!"

A low cough sounded as the Yi Family Ancestor walked out of his private room.

The A-Class Private Rooms all had back doors to allow Nascent Soul True Monarchs to depart discreetly.

However, he deliberately made an appearance before the crowd and didn’t rush off to pursue the mysterious man.

Seeing this, the young man in blue and the middle-aged cultivator from before immediately tensed up, their bodies trembling slightly.

They didn’t know how they could possibly explain that they had no connection whatsoever to the mysterious man.

But the Yi Family Ancestor didn’t make things difficult for them. Instead, he smiled and said, "No need to panic, my young friends. I may be old, but I won’t fall for such a simple, clumsy trick."

After reassuring them, he walked unhurriedly toward the main entrance.

By choosing to leave in front of everyone, he made it seem as if he had no intention of hunting down the mysterious man.

Then again, with a Nascent Soul True Monarch’s Range of Divine Sense and Escape Speed...

...letting an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator have a thirty-minute head start would still be nothing more than a game of cat and mouse.

"Hm?"

As he passed through the hall, the Yi Family Ancestor paused, as if he had sensed something amiss.

He actually stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Xiao Chen.

This action left the surrounding cultivators somewhat astonished.

What was going on? Xiao Chen was the one who had dodged the Storage Bag.

No one noticed the sharp glint that flashed through the Yi Family Ancestor’s murky eyes.

’Such dense Qi Blood!’

’Such overflowing vitality!’

’Such perfect material!’

He sensed an exceptionally strong life force from Xiao Chen, several times—or even dozens of times—stronger than that of an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator.

’It’s truly wonderful to be young!’

The Yi Family Ancestor sighed to himself. He, too, committed Xiao Chen’s face to memory before turning to leave.

The cultivators along his path consciously parted to make way for him; no one dared to try and leave first.

Only after he had completely exited did the other cultivators begin to follow.

Xiao Chen was baffled. He couldn’t understand why the Yi Family Ancestor had singled him out with that stare.

’Logically, it makes no sense. I didn’t try to snatch that Spirit Pill.’

’This should be our first time meeting. We have no past grievances or recent conflicts, so what was with that strange look?’

’Forget it. I’ll just deal with any problems as they come.’

Xiao Chen never let trivial matters bother him. ’I should go settle up for my Spiritual Objects first.’

He still needed to pay the Spirit Stones for the items he’d won before he could take possession of them.

As everyone knew, an item wasn’t truly yours until it was safely inside your Storage Ring. Otherwise, there was no telling what unexpected variables might arise.

Perhaps because he was one of the first to arrive, he smoothly completed the transaction at the back of the auction hall.

When the most crucial items—the Red Moon Dew and the Three Lights Soul Nourishing Jade—were safely in his hands, Xiao Chen immediately breathed another sigh of relief.