Above the Qing Tian.

Ye Wuping gathered red leaves and transformed into a startling flight speed across the sky; soaring high and dipping low to evade the Sword Demon’s eyes; crossing mountains, traversing rivers, looking back, she had no idea how far from Azure Abyss Pool she had ventured.

Light?

She remembered today!

On the day she returns to Red Leaf Sect and reaches Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted, she will personally extinguish the light and snap the Sword Demon’s little wooden stick in half!

New grudges with old ones, to be settled together!

Swoosh—

A black and white ray of light suddenly zipped past Ye Wuping, her already taut nerves instantly in disarray.

Not caring what appeared, she raised her hand, unleashing a storm of red leaves to eliminate it.

Yet, she saw the light again!

The light pierced through the gaps among the red leaves, making the sea of leaves resemble a red cloud with white thorns.

"How could it be?"

Ye Wuping knew who had arrived.

But at this moment, she had no time for surprise nor to contemplate why the Sword Demon’s flying speed was so swift.

She turned to flee!

Changing directions and continuing to flee!

Boom—

Behind her, the sea of red leaves exploded, a beam of black and white light shot out, swiftly passing by her again.

Without thinking, Ye Wuping turned yet another direction.

But the ending was the same—the Sword Demon easily caught up with her.

At this moment, the Sword Demon seemed like a relentless shadow, no matter how she escaped, in whichever direction, he would immediately catch up.

"Ye Wuping, do you really think you can outrun the light?" The Sword Demon’s ethereal voice reached her, causing Ye Wuping to stop.

She stopped fleeing!

Ye Wuping gritted her teeth, glaring fiercely at the Sword Demon standing merely ten meters ahead, then asked coldly: "Sword Demon, if I, Ye Wuping, were to perish with you, do you know how many chances you have of surviving?"

The Sword Demon stood holding the black and white long sword, his black and white eyes returning Ye Wuping’s hostile gaze, then said: "Then do you think that after you die, how likely is it that the Red Leaf Sect can survive? Will it vanish like the Lingxiao Sword Sect did? Dissipating with a breath... with the wind..."

Ye Wuping sneered and replied, "Then do you think the Domain Master will wipe out all your Immortal Sect members? Sword Demon, you should know how powerful the Domain Master is!"

"Asking back and forth like this is really boring." The Sword Demon slowly raised his sword, once again manifesting the Holy Light Descending at the ten-zhang distance.

The vast Holy Blade Qi fell like a torrential rain, forcing Ye Wuping to retreat step by step, using her last strength to release Vein Technique defenses. However, the Spiritual Power was ultimately running low; continuing the battle would only lead to death.

With just one encounter, the Earth Level Upper Grade Vein Technique Ye Wuping released was crushed, and three-tenths of her Spirit Body injured!

Under the incessant baptism of Holy Blade Qi, Ye Wuping’s Spirit Body, stubbornly resisting, was further damaged, ultimately reaching a injury level of nine-tenths!

At this moment, if Ye Wuping wanted to release Earth Level Upper Grade School Vein Skills, it was likely that before injuring the enemy, she herself wouldn’t be able to endure.

As the Holy Blade Qi was about to penetrate her last Vein Qi Shield, Ye Wuping suddenly smiled bleakly, then whispered softly: "Indeed, this world is just so quirky. Lingxiao Sword Sect wiped out the Ye Family, I survived, struggling for three hundred years, yet ultimately, I’m going to die... Father... Mother... Little Ye kept you waiting for so long!"

Bang—

The Vein Qi Shield shattered.

The expansive Holy Blade Qi struck Ye Wuping’s body, who had closed her eyes to await death.

...

Jianshui City.

Wen Ping sat on the second floor of the auction house, overlooking the auction below.

Actually, the nine Four-Vortex Vortex Map’s Special Abilities, in the sea selection pool of special abilities, are only a Middle presence. But to the people of this world, as long as a Vortex Map comes with an ability, it equates to an additional means, even the most trivial Special Ability is extremely precious.

Shui Yue, holding a Golden Hammer, shouted with a loud and crisp voice: "The special ability attached to the second Vortex Map is a curse! Simply put, as long as your attack hits your enemy, there is a fifty percent chance of cursing him. In a cursed state, the opponent’s power will be directly reduced by ten percent due to the curse, lasting for the duration of one incense stick!"

"200,000!"

A Middle Realm Earth Unrestricted expert raised a hand swiftly.

Another followed, raising a hand, "300,000!"

At this moment everyone knew, the Immortal Sect never makes empty promises, many existing Earth Unrestricted experts with evenly matched strong enemies wanted to buy such a Vortex Map. They hoped the map’s ability could break the stalemate between them and their adversaries.

Fifty percent chance to reduce an enemy’s power by ten percent, lasting a stick of incense, such a Special Ability is indeed enough to change the tide of a battle.

300,000 White Crystals, though many, are purchased by gritting one’s teeth! Fearing it’s impossible to obtain for 300,000.

After all, there were several hundred Earth Unrestricted experts here, and their pockets weren’t short on White Crystals, while there were only nine Vortex Maps available now.

Originally there were ten, unfortunately, one was bought by Qian Jun, then sadly perished alongside Qian Jun.

Such a waste!

Utterly regrettable!

Ultimately, the second Vortex Map sold for 550,000 White Crystals, purchased by a Middle Realm Earth Unrestricted expert. At the moment of acquiring the Vortex Map, he was so excited that he lost the demeanor of an Earth Unrestricted expert, eagerly going to personally receive the map.

The third map was released next, similarly seized by more than a dozen people.

Naturally, those that didn’t compete were not unwilling, but the price escalated rapidly due to the Middle Realm Earth Unrestricted experts.

Opening bid of 100,000 White Crystals, they directly called 400,000, leaving no chance for anyone. For an ordinary Five-star Influence, squeezing out 400,000 White Crystals was impossible.

Ultimately, the third Vortex Map sold for 530,000 White Crystals.

Fourth, fifth, the selling price remained above 500,000 White Crystals, leaving Chen Xie profoundly astonished at the scene.

Earlier on, he didn’t think they would be that expensive.

The result was they were too expensive!

Ten maps!

That’s over 5 million White Crystals!

Immortal Daily distributed throughout the Red Domain, only needed nearly 500,000 White Crystals per month.

These over 5 million White Crystals are enough for the Jin Zhilou to distribute Immortal Daily across the Red Domain continuously for a year.

A year is sufficient for the Jin Zhilou’s members to spread across the entire Red Domain, becoming a giant intelligence organization covering the sky with one hand!

Thinking about this, Chen Xie’s heart surged with excitement, it’s something he never dared dream of at Heaven and Earth Lake.

He glanced at his Sect Leader, noticing the leader seemed to have lost interest in watching, already standing to leave.

After rising, Wen Ping instructed: "Make sure the Vortex Map’s auction prices are shown to all in the Red Domain, and tell them there won’t be a second auction. If they want to buy a Vortex Map, let them send a prodigy to the Immortal Sect."

Chen Xie nodded, "Sect Leader, in doing so, the Immortal Sect will gather all the prodigies under the heavens, stabilizing the Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking."

Wen Ping further said: "Also tell them, there aren’t many spots!"

Of course, it’s just a tactic.

There are plenty of Vortex Maps left.

Moreover, during the explosive development of the Sect, there’s no restriction limiting to selling one a month.

Sell as many as you want.

He already planned to sell off a portion to develop Jin Zhilou, leaving the rest for rewarding Sect Disciples and Elders.

(Second update will be later...)