Empyrean Dragon Egg

"The association had acquired this egg at the deepest part of Death Wilderness. Many of our members had died and the survivors had returned with this egg. We tried to use various means to research what kind of egg is this but we couldn't find out anything. However, this black egg was very hard that even a puppet which is built from many precious material or a very high level talisman couldn't destroy it. The bidding price would be forty Magic Stones." the old man explained its origins as he announced the price.

Hearing this, the crowd fell silent. Although this egg was quite special, the identity of this egg was still undetermined. Hence, although there were still some who wanted to bid, they would only shout a rather cheaper price as possible.

"Forty-one low-grade Magic Stones." one of the guest within the hall.

"Forty-three low-grade Magic Stones." another person bidded, only added two Magic Stones.

"How is this possible!? This…" suddenly, Luo Xiong heard Gu Yi roaring within his magic space causing the former to get bewildered.

"What is it?" Luo Xiong communicated through telepathy, as he asked curiously. It was very rare for Gu Yi to roar with disbelief just like that. And so, he couldn't help but ask.

Luo Xiong heard a gasping sound from Gu Yi, even though it is just a doll. Gu Yi finally said, "Kid, go and bid for that egg."

Luo Xiong formed a frown on his face as he asked confusedly, "Why? Is there anything special about his black egg?"

"Hmph, what do you know kid? That black egg was called Empyrean Dragon Egg which is even truly rare at the place I came from. This dragon egg has a dense bloodlineage of dragon race. Just bid for it and this dragon egg would benefit you in the future." Gu Yi urged the youth with a rare hint of excitement in its voice. Such a precious egg was indeed rare even at its peak and so, it wouldn't let that dragon egg to be snatched by others.

Meanwhile, Luo Xiong felt disbelief when he heard this. Dragon race? He didn't expect that the egg which is being auctioned off was actually related to one of the mythical beasts of ancient era. It felt quite ironic that a small empire like Great Wu had it. At same time, he also felt that the Death Wilderness near the Great Wu Empire was very mysterious. Huge amounts of treasures which is being sold in the trading grounds largely came from this place. It is no wonder that Luo Xiong felt a mystifying air about this so-called Death Wilderness.

Having heard about the origins of the black egg, Luo Xiong didn't dare to dilly-dally as he began to shout a price, "Five mid-grade Magic Stones."

Silence. The hall fell silent after heard the shout. At the same time, they followed the source of this voice and saw a black-robed man wearing a bamboo hat.

"Six mid-grade Magic Stones." another voice shouted out, coming from one of private rooms. The voice was extremely cold and it came from the room where the Ice Goddess was currently in.

"Seven mid-grade Magic Stones." another person bidded, which came from the private room of Chen Clan.

Hearing such an extravagant price, the crowd became even more silent. Even Luo Xiong frowned in front of this price. The current Magic Stones he had were insufficient to make another bid. Just seven mid-grade Magic Stones were already beyond his grasp.

"Seven mid-grade Magic Stones going once…" the old man at the stage began to countdown.

"Seven mid-grade Magic Stones going twi…" just as the old man was about to finish his sentence, another voice coming from a private room sounded out. "Twenty mid-grade Magic Stones."

When the people within the hall heard this, they suddenly tremble in shock as they glance at the private room where the voice shouted out. Twenty mid-grade Magic Stones! That is already equal to two hundred low-grade Magic Stones which even the heart descendants of major clans to go bleed. They tried to guess the identity of the voice but to no avail. They couldn't uncover who is it. So the crowd suspected that the person within that room either came from outside world or merely a person who was just lucky and encountered a fortunate situation.

"Is there anyone wanted bid higher than twenty mid-grade Magic Stones?" the old man asked, while his eyes was full of vigor after he heard the bid.

No one else bidded after that extravagant price and so, the Empyrean Dragon Egg was sold to that person in private.

Luo Xiong's body felt hot as greed emerged from his eyes. It seems that he would need to snatch the dragon egg so he could have a powerful beast companion in the future.

Suddenly, Gu Yi snorted as he tried to warn, "Kid, don't recklessly snatch the dragon egg because I could sense that there are at least two initial-stage Heaven Puppeteers within that room."

Hearing this, Luo Xiong was taken aback as he said in disbelief, "W…what did you just say?"

"I said there are initial-stage Heaven Puppeteers within that room." Gu Yi repeated.

Hearing that his ears didn't deceive him, Luo Xiong couldn't help but suck a mouthful of air as he suddenly erased the thought of snatching the dragon egg reluctantly.

Heaven Puppeteer! They are the strongest expert here on Great Wu Empire. Even throughout the Mortal Desolate Region they were quite rare!

The first realm of cultivation was called Puppet Master Rank which is the realm that Luo Xiong was currently in. Above it was Puppet Grandmaster Rank, and it is the realm the peak-level geniuses of Great Wu Empire had attained. And the third and strongest realm of cultivation is the Heaven Puppeteer Rank! It is said that those who had stepped this cultivation realm could refine their own body into puppet, which means they would have an even better bodily performance than the lower cultivation realms. At the same, they would be able to open their special meridians throughout the body and execute basic martial arts technique. They could also make their body stronger and harder using a body tempering technique. As such, even though the distance of Puppet Grandmaster Rank and Heaven Puppeteer Rank was just one cultivation realm, their difference were akin to heavens and earth! Which means, a puny Puppet Master Rank cultivator like Luo Xiong was but a mere ant in their eyes. Even if Luo Xiong created a talisman furiously, he wouldn't able to contend against them unless he could advance into that realm of cultivation. But that day was truly far and so, he could only drool in jealously as he stared at the black dragon egg.

After the bidding of the black egg, the auction had continued for more than an hour before it ended.

Luo Xiong left the auction house with an empty pocket, after he bidded for high-quality talisman papers earlier. It seems that Luo Xiong really needed to earn some money to withstand the cost of cultivation. These items were truly expensive.

Luo Xiong yawned as he glanced at the darkening sky. He left the auction house and proceeded towards the inn.

As Luo Xiong was walking, he saw a group of three people leaving the auction house. The person at the front was a young man in blue-cloth while his face was grave and solemn.

At his back was two middle-aged men who also had the same expression, they cautiously gazed the surroundings before they bonded into the crowd.

"That three people were the one who bidded after the Empyrean Dragon Egg. I could sense a familiar Heaven Puppeteer Rank aura in the middle-aged men." Gu Yi's voice suddenly sounded out from his magic space.

Luo Xiong furrowed his brows after he heard Gu Yi. At the same, he felt confused why would the three of them had such a grave and solemn expression. Even though the people here had a greed on their eyes, it is not enough to make their expressions becoming like that. And so, Luo Xiong guessed that something happened that they seemed alerted by something.

'Should I follow them?' Luo Xiong thought as he said to Gu Yi, "Can you conceal my aura?"

The doll, Gu Yi nodded as it used its heavenly energy to cover Luo Xiong's body as the fluctuations of his aura suddenly dispersed.

He followed them by also blending through the crowd and few minutes of time, they had already reach in some abandoned building. Luo Xiong hid in a corner where they would not be able to see him because of the darkness, as he watched the three people glanced at their surroundings with alertness in their eyes. At the same time, the young man in blue coldly said, "If you still continue to hide, don't blame me for being merciless."

After he said that, a blurry shadow appeared in front of them as it materialized into a person. This person has an ugly face with his eyes red. He was smiling at the three and laughed, "Keke, Young Lord Mo, I didn't expect that you would acquire such a valuable egg there. How about share it with me?"

"Yu Zaijun? What do you thing you're doing!" one of the middle-aged man sternly said as he fiercely glared at the man in front of them whose name is Yu Zaijun.

"Old Zhao and Old Sun, you shouldn't get angry as I merely wanted a share of your Empyrean Dragon Egg." Yu Zaijun sneered as he laughed mockingly at the three of them.

"This Yu Zaijun seems to be a mid-stage Heaven Puppeteer. No wonder he dared to confront these three people." Gu Yi's voice rang out while Luo Xiong's brows furrowed as he stared at them focusely.

Meanwhile, Old Zhao who shouted to Yu Zaijun was shocked when he heard that the latter knew the origin of this egg. In truth, they only coincidentally discovered the information about Empyrean Dragon Egg in some extremely old record which came from the ancient era. Then they whiffed a news about this dragon egg being auctioned in some small empire. As a result, they secretly traveled from their homeland to this empire and bought the Empyrean Dragon Egg in a normal way. Who would have thought that the famed criminal of their homeland also knew about this and followed them from behind and what happened next was already obvious.

It seems that they would need to leave this empire stained with blood. As a result, murderous intent emerged from the two middle-aged men, as they muscles expanded while their veins bulged out.

They were ready to fight anytime!