Chapter 159: Meeting invitation

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It took Li Huang less than a second to understand what Huizheng wanted out of this exchange, and it took him less to know why Huili wanted to have the rings for a few days. As someone who dabbled in the art of formations, Li Huang was interested in almost every formation that he could get his hands on, so it was natural for a grandmaster in the art of formation to be interested in seeing how these rings work.

Li Huang didn’t even need to waste time to think of a way to stop Huizheng from gaining favor with Huili as he had the perfect solution.

~”I am the one who is selling these rings and I am willing to give you the schematic for these rings.”~ Li Huang sent a sound transmission to Huili without any hesitation. This move could backfire if Huili didn’t like that Li Huang has initiated a private conversation but Li Huang didn’t want to risk giving such a chance to someone else when he could stop it.

What Li Huang said about the rings was the truth as he had been examining the rings for days before they came to the five river city. Li Huang could see the use in these kinds of formations but a one-to-one connection was not something that would make much sense to Li Huang so he decided to analyze the rings with the help of the peeping eye of heaven and try to understand how it works.

Of course, as someone who is self-thought in the art of formations, Li Huang had a hard time understanding even a small part of the rings but he mapped them all in the span of 15 days. Now he could use those maps so that Huizheng would not get a favor from a formation grandmaster.

Li Huang could see that this Huizheng was not someone who had just started walking in the path of cultivation so it would make him a bigger opponent as he had allies and experience. Now if he were to let him form a new friendship with the number one genius of the divine central continent when he could stop it and use this chance in his favor, he would be an idiot.

With this in mind, he didn’t think twice when he decided to send a sound transmission to Huili and now he was thinking it might have not been a good idea. Why? Because Huili decided to turn and look him in the face and now everyone was looking at Li Huang.

‘Come on! How tactless can you be?’ Li Huang was punching Huili in his mind. He couldn’t believe that Huili just turned to face him in the middle of a conversation like it was natural.

Luckily, Li Huang was an expert when it came to these situations and his expression was so schooled that you would think that he had nothing to do with Huili suddenly turning to face him.

~”Alright.”~ After a few seconds, Huili nodded and send Li Huang a simple answer through a sound transmission.

Huili then turned to face Huizheng who was waiting for an answer and spoke.

“I will think of a suitable compensation and contact you soon.” Huili said and Huizheng nodded with a smile as now he was the owner of these rings.

Li Huang on the other hand was surprised that Huili was smart enough to keep the other option while Li Huang had tried to strike a deal with them. Li Huang didn’t provide any proof about these maps so it was a wise move from Huili to not cross the bridge fully.

Li Huang nodded as he saw that this Huili was well trained by the other formation masters and was not a one-dimensional person who is only good with formations.

Now that Huili was no longer competing with Huizheng for the rings, Huizheng won them easily for 440,000 high-grade spirit stones.

Hu Anjing who now forgot about how Li Huang reminded her of the wedding was almost jumping out of her skin. She has made almost 220,000 high-grade spirit stones in a span of a few minutes.

Li Huang didn’t pay much attention to this as the next item was one of the items that he was looking for.

Seeing how Li Huang’s eyes were fixated on the podium, Cai ZhenKang felt excited.

“You want the next item too?” he asked as he had had some snacks ready for the show that was about to start.

“Yeah, this and the 15 that follow after it.” Li Huang said as he was taking note of the things that he has bought tonight. As he was now using one storage ring it was important to organize his items so that he can find them easier when he needs them.

Others who heard this could only look at him strangely as they couldn’t see why he was spending this much of his wealth. Those of them who knew about the amount that Li Huang had in his storage ring couldn’t help but pity whoever has their eyes on the same items as Li Huang as they won’t be getting them.

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Li Huang continued to win every item that he had on his mind for the rest of the night, this continued to the point that the cultivators would first look to see if Li Huang is going to bid on an item or not before they even think about getting into the competition.

Of course, there were some who would increase the price just to make Li Huang angry but he didn’t mind such a price increase, and instead, he welcomed it. If the price didn’t increase and Li Huang would win everything with the base price, the auction would think that there is something sketchy going on and that would be bad for Li Huang who wanted to buy more items in the coming days.

After a few more hours of Li Huang buying whatever he wanted, the auction came to a close and everybody could go and get some rest before the main auction tomorrow.

“This was really refreshing.” Cai ZhenKang said. Although he didn’t do much of bidding, he enjoyed it every time Li Huang bid on an item.

“Yes, it was refreshing.” Hu Anjing also nodded to Cai ZhenKang’s words. This was one of the only times that she agreed with something that Cai ZhenKang said.

Li Huang who was taking the last batch of the items from one of the auction employees nodded as he too felt more at ease after this auction. He had won almost everything that he wanted so he was ready to train more and he was ready for the war.

Just as Li Huang and others were going to walk toward their residents, someone walked toward them and stopped in front of Li Huang.

Li Huang didn’t need to think much to remember the man in front of him as one of the formation masters that were in the auction with the grandmaster Huili. Even if he didn’t remember such detail, he could easily recognize the symbol that was on his robes.

“Formation master, how can I help you?” Li Huang cupped his fists and said to the formation master who kept looking at him.

The formation master kept looking at Li Huang for a few more seconds but ultimately put a hand in his pockets and took out a parchment.

“This is a letter from grandmaster Huili.” The formation master pointed at the parchment and said. From his tone, it was easy for Li Huang to understand that he didn’t like him very much.

Li Huang took the parchment and opened it. There were some formal words but it was an invite for a private talk with grandmaster Huili.

“Grandmaster Huili is waiting for you, please get there as soon as you can.” The formation master said and walked away. Li Huang now could understand why the formation masters were so sought after. With this level of arrogance, it is obvious that everyone is looking to have one or two formation masters in their family.