Soon Ye Mo discovered that this knife was indeed a very ordinary thick-backed knife, but there was something different inside the knife, in the middle of the blade there was even a space that isolated divine sense, divine sense could not sweep in at all. Not only that, there were dozens of formations carved around this formation that isolated divine sense. Ye Mo felt that he already had a good understanding of formations, but he couldn’t see any of these formations.
After listening to the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, the old man who was practicing Qi reached out and took the rusty thick-backed blade and said, “Sorry, two seniors, this blade was handed down from my ancestors. If I didn’t have no descendants and had no way to build a foundation, I wouldn’t have sold this blade just like that.”
Ye Mo walked in front of the old man’s stall before the two Foundation Establishment cultivators could speak, reached out and picked up the old man’s knife and said, “Let me take a look.”
When the knife reached Ye Mo’s hand, Ye Mo didn’t even look at it, he directly took out five hundred spirit stones and handed it to the old man and said, “This is a good knife of yours, I’ll take it, here are the five hundred spirit stones you asked for.”
When the Qi practicing old man confusedly accepted the spirit stones in Ye Mo’s hand, the two original Foundation Establishment cultivators realized that the knife they needed was already in someone else’s hands.
Seeing that Ye Mo had put the knife into his storage bag and was about to leave, one of the Foundation Establishment cultivators stopped Ye Mo and said, “This friend, we saw this knife first just now, why do you want to buy it?”
Ye Mo smiled lightly and said, “This is really strange, I clearly saw you guys bid 90 spirit stones and the stall owner didn’t sell it, is it wrong for me to pay a price that the stall owner is satisfied with and buy it back?”
These two Foundation Establishment cultivators were one at the third level of Foundation Establishment and one at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment. Ye Mo didn’t care at all, he displayed his cultivation level at the third level of foundation building, which happened to be the early stage of foundation building. He was just afraid that these two Foundation Establishment cultivators would not come to him afterwards, once these two came to him, it would be easier for him to talk. Because Ye Mo knew that the strength of his divine sense was already not inferior to that of a false dan cultivator, what he could barely see, these two foundation building cultivators could not necessarily see.
Since these two Foundation Establishment cultivators could not see that formation inside the blade that shielded divine sense. Then they must have another reason for wanting this thick-backed blade, and this reason was what Ye Mo wanted to know. Otherwise, if he took the thick-backed blade and left, even the two Foundation Establishment cultivators would not be able to follow him.
The cultivator at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment sneered and said, “According to you. When you are talking business with others, you can just take the money and leave. There is no need to care whether or not other people’s business is done.”
After saying this, the Foundation Establishment cultivator cupped his fist at the cultivators who had gathered around to watch and said, “Friends, isn’t that the truth? How did he know that I wouldn’t bid five hundred spirit stones, which I was about to take? In any business, it’s all about first come, first served.”
The people around them chattered, but of course no one would come out to reason, there was no reasoning in such matters. Whoever had the money got the item, and the difference between ninety spirit stones and five hundred spirit stones was too great, when this Foundation Establishment cultivator said he would take five hundred spirit stones, everyone knew he was talking nonsense.
Ye Mo suddenly laughed and said, “Suppose your statement is right. I’m going to be rich once the auction comes around. When an item comes out, I am the first to offer. According to Your Excellency, if I bid first, others should not bid because the first thing to be bid is his. Is that what your Excellency is saying?”
The people around him burst out laughing when they heard Ye Mo’s words, although Ye Mo was a bit soph*moric, it was also the truth. No one was saying that the first person to bid should get the item.
The Foundation Establishment cultivator’s face turned a little red as he snorted coldly and said, “The auction is about bidding, where is the room for me to bid, my friend? You seem to take it and leave.”
Ye Mo suddenly had a serious expression as he nodded and said, “Your Excellency has a point. “Very well, you can now bid, I have offered five hundred spirit stones, you start bidding, if the price is high, the item will be yours.”
The Foundation Establishment Cultivator didn’t know what Ye Mo meant for a moment and surprisingly froze, he didn’t expect Ye Mo to be so nice, he was willing to let him bid even after the item was in his hand.
But after only a moment’s hesitation, he said, “I’ll bid five hundred and fifty spirit stones.” No matter what Ye Mo’s idea was, this blade was something they had to get.
Instead, Ye Mo opened his mouth and said, “One thousand spirit stones.”
The two Foundation Establishment cultivators did not expect Ye Mo to add five hundred spirit stones at once, even Foundation Establishment cultivators would not be so rich. But after hesitating for a while, that Foundation Establishment cultivator still gritted his teeth and said, “One thousand one hundred spirit stones.”
“Two thousand spirit stones.” When Ye Mo bid two thousand spirit stones, he knew that his aim had been achieved, this thick-backed blade was definitely not an unusual item. Otherwise, ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would not be tempted to take out thousands of spirit stones to buy such a rusty knife.
The two Foundation Establishment cultivators saw Ye Mo breathlessly add a thousand spirit stones and already knew that even if they added more spirit stones, it would be useless. Ye Mo, a mere cultivator at the third level of Foundation Establishment, had such a rich family fortune, plus that thick-backed knife ……
These two Foundation Establishment cultivators looked at each other and did not add any more spirit stones.
Once Ye Mo took one look at the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, he knew that his practice of revealing his wealth had been successful. By revealing his wealth himself, these two Foundation Establishment cultivators would definitely follow him later. Ye Mo also knew that he might be overdoing it, maybe if he didn’t reveal his wealth, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators would also follow him, but just in case, he still revealed some wealth.
After watching Ye Mo take out another fifteen hundred spirit stones and hand them to the stall owner, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators did not say anything more, instead they turned around and left.
Ye Mo, however, did not follow the direction of the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, but went in the opposite direction. Because the auction was still going on, many senior cultivators had gone into the auction hall. Among the cultivators who had just gathered around, only the two Foundation Establishment cultivators who were competing with Ye Mo for the Thick Back Blade had the highest cultivation level. Therefore, Ye Mo was sure that even if he didn’t fight for the thick-backed knife, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators would still follow him because of the spirit stones he was carrying.
After those two Foundation Establishment cultivators saw Ye Mo leave far away, they immediately went into a secluded room and started to disguise themselves.
It was the cultivator at the third level of Foundation Establishment who said with some concern, “Senior Brother Gu, that person is already a Foundation Establishment cultivator at a young age and has many spirit stones in his hand, he shouldn’t be from a big family, right?”
But that senior brother Gu laughed coldly and shook his head, “What do you think? If he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, would he still use a storage bag if he had a lot of money? I guess this kid should have accidentally met some chance and made a fortune. Besides, that thick-backed blade is related to our future, so we can’t let him go no matter what. Besides, he’s an early Foundation Establishment cultivator, there’s nothing that warrants our caution, I can easily kill him.”
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Ye Mo did not panic as he exited the Nanshan Square Market, then took out his flying sword and left slowly, not even using his ‘Flying Cloud Cone’.
Sure enough Ye Mo had only just left the South Mountain Square City for tens of miles when he detected the two Foundation Establishment cultivators following him. It was just that they had disguised themselves and were no longer their original faces. But to Ye Mo that was just self-deception. If a cultivator did not have a special magic treasure, such as a spiritual weapon like the ‘Nine Transformations’ that could even conceal his breath, this disguise could only deceive his vision, there was no way to change his essence, and with a sweep of divine sense, he could be clearly identified.
Of course there was another possibility, that was that these two cultivators were not afraid of Ye Mo finding out that they were being followed, because the two of them were sure of Ye Mo.
Ye Mo did not walk fast, and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators were patient. They did not stop Ye Mo until they were several thousand miles out of the South Mountain Market.
“What do you two mean?” Ye Mo’s expression did not change in the slightest in the face of the two cultivators who blocked his way.
The cultivator at the third level of Foundation Establishment sneered and said, “There is no meaning, it’s just that you took something that you shouldn’t have, that thick-backed blade is not something that you should have gotten. Kid, hand over everything you have on you and perhaps we will spare your life.”
Ye Mo secretly thought in his heart that the thick-backed blade really did have some origins, and with a heated smile, his aura suddenly rose, and in the blink of an eye, he broke through the fourth level of Foundation Establishment. With his thick true essence and powerful divine sense, although he was only at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, it was perfectly fine to simulate a late Foundation Establishment cultivation.
Originally, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators thought that Ye Mo was just an ordinary early Foundation Establishment and surrounded him without any concern at all. However, now that Ye Mo’s aura rose up, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators were even unprepared and were forced back several steps by Ye Mo’s aura intimidation before they stopped.
“You’re a false dan cultivator?” The cultivator at the fifth level of foundation building screamed out in shock. At the same time, he had already understood that he and his companions were simply attracted out by this False Dan cultivator in front of him, who was simply pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. A false-dan cultivator would simply be extremely simple to kill the two of them, and what he had to think about most now was how to save their lives.
Ye Mo, however, didn’t say a word, the flying sword in his hand had already been sacrificed, and as dozens of sword rays shot out, Shadowless was released by him at the same time.
Even without Ye Mo’s help, a cultivator at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment would not necessarily be able to force out the Shadowless, which had already evolved once.
“The next moment, Shadowless had already started to rapidly devour the essence blood of the cultivator at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.
The battle between Ye Mo and that fifth level Foundation Establishment cultivator happened in an instant, and when that third level Foundation Establishment cultivator reacted, that fifth level Foundation Establishment cultivator had already been shattered by Ye Mo’s round shield. The first reaction of that Foundation Establishment Layer 3 cultivator was not to go forward to help, but to turn around and leave.
Only he had just taken a step when Ye Mo was already standing in front of him.
