Divine-level Base

Inside an incredibly secret cave in Yellow Dragon Mountain.

A young man walked in, tall and dressed in black warrior attire. With his thick eyebrows, large eyes, and a valiant air about him, he was none other than Han Tiexin, the second of the Han Family Five Dragons.

"Greetings, Young Master!"

Inside the cave, four Spirit Warrior Level Warriors dropped to one knee before Han Tiexin.

"Rise,"

Han Tiexin said indifferently as he walked deeper into the cave.

"Greetings, Young Master!"

Before a prison inside the cave, a man with eagle-like eyes and a hooked nose, who appeared exceptionally sharp, bowed to Han Tiexin.

Han Tiexin asked coldly, "You haven’t touched the goods inside, have you?"

The man with the hawkish features quickly replied, "Of course not. This servant knows how important the goods are. I’ve been personally watching those little bastards. Not a single one of them would dare touch the goods."

"That’s for the best."

With that indifferent remark, Han Tiexin stepped into the prison.

Inside the cave prison were fifty cells, each holding a single person. There were both men and women, the men handsome and the women beautiful, all of them possessing a Spiritual Qi that far surpassed that of an ordinary person.

’What a beautiful little girl. The makings of a true stunner. A pity!’

Han Tiexin stopped before one of the cells and glanced inside. His eyes lit up, then a flash of pity crossed his face.

On a large bed inside the cell sat a little girl of about twelve or thirteen. Her skin was as lustrous as jade, her figure tall and slender, with long, deer-like legs. Her chest was just beginning to develop, and her hair shone like black silk. Her facial features were exquisitely perfect, and her large, clear eyes, like two gemstones, were incomparably cute and beautiful.

Even Han Tiexin couldn’t help but be moved by the sight of the little girl, but for the sake of his family’s great ambition, he had to give her up. After all, he could get his hands on any woman he wanted with ease.

"Young Master!"

Wherever Han Tiexin went, the Warriors in the prison bowed to him.

Han Tiexin made a round through the prison before leaving.

No one noticed that a few new mosquitoes and cockroaches had appeared in the prison.

After leaving the prison, Han Tiexin entered another room.

"Greetings, Young Master!!"

In the other room, three old men immediately bowed to Han Tiexin the moment they saw him.

Han Tiexin spoke gently, "Elder Liu, Elder Zhou, Elder Tie, is everything ready?"

The three elders—Elder Liu, Elder Zhou, and Elder Tie—were all Tributors of the Han Family, powerhouses at the Spirit Sect Realm Level. Even though Han Tiexin was one of the Han Family’s Young Masters, he didn’t dare treat them disrespectfully.

Elder Liu said, "Everything is ready. This auction will be absolutely foolproof!"

Elder Zhou asked worriedly, "Young Master! Are we really going to trade with those people? If I’m not mistaken, they’re likely from the Void Demon Association! If anyone finds out we’re dealing with them, the Han Family will face the calamity of total annihilation!!"

For the Han Family, things like murder, arson, and preying on the weak were trivial matters. Even when they used the power of the Guardian Flame to frame Shu Feng, the family merely had to pay a certain price to quell the incident. But if they were discovered trading with the Void Demon Association, and the evidence was conclusive, the Han Family would face extermination.

The Void Demon Association was an organization formed by traitors who had betrayed the Human Race and defected to the Void Demons. Behind the Void Demon Association stood numerous Void Demon Powerhouses. Anyone found colluding with the association, once the evidence was conclusive, would be annihilated—even a Noble Family.

"As long as we’re not discovered, nothing will happen! Trading with the Void Demon Association can bring profits tens, even hundreds of times greater than normal. In the Qianyuan Republic, are there so few people who deal with them? Everyone else plays deaf and dumb to rake in exorbitant profits. Why can’t the Han Family get its share?"

"That little bastard Li Xuan Yi teamed up with several other families and took a huge bite out of us. If we don’t find a way to cover this loss, our influence in the Qianyuan Republic will be squeezed out."

"Once we complete this transaction with the Void Demon Association, the Han Family will have a new source of revenue. We’ll be able to cultivate even more powerhouses."

"Even if we’re discovered, we won’t admit to anything. After all, the person we’re trading with is Earl Li Sinan, a Great Noble of Anu Country, not some Void Demon Association! Maintaining friendly relations with Anu Country is the national policy of our Qianyuan Republic. I’m just responding to the Prime Minister’s call."

Han Tiexin sneered with an air of utter confidence.

Although the Han Family had vaguely discovered that Earl Li Sinan, the Great Noble from Anu Country, was a front for the Void Demon Association, as long as they didn’t have direct contact with actual members of the association, they would have plausible deniability.

The three elders exchanged a glance and said, "Since the Young Master is prepared, we are relieved!"

Elder Zhou asked, "Young Master, for this transaction, will you require me to accompany you?"

Han Tiexin pondered for a moment, then said, "Very well! Elder Zhou, you’ll accompany me. I’ll have to trouble the two of you to hold down the fort here!"

The other two elders replied, "Yes!"

「Inside the presidential suite in Ancient Moon City.」

’The Han Family is actually involved in the trafficking of Spiritualists!! They deserve to die!!’

Possessing one Synthetic Beast after another, Shu Feng watched everything unfold, an incomparably cold killing intent rising in his heart.

Ordinary human trafficking wasn’t worth the Han Family sending a powerhouse of the Han Family Five Dragons’ caliber to oversee. Only the trafficking of geniuses among Spiritualists would warrant the involvement of a Spirit Sect Realm powerhouse.

The powerful human Spiritualists within the Void Demon Association emerged in an endless stream, and it was because they were captured by factions like the Han Family and secretly sold to the association.

「Late at night, in a valley within Yellow Dragon Mountain.」

"Han Tiexin, where are the goods?"

A tall, middle-aged man with a beer belly, a bald head, and a greasy face walked into the valley, escorted by over twenty men with impassive expressions and terrifying auras. He looked at the empty valley, a hint of vigilance flashing in his eyes, and took a few steps back before speaking coldly.

A plain-looking man in black with a crew cut stepped forward. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as his Spiritual Power surged, unleashing the Spiritual Pressure of a Spirit Sect Level expert.

"Earl Li Sinan, please be patient!"

Han Tiexin smiled faintly and snapped his fingers.

From the sky, giant eagles with wingspans of up to thirteen meters flew over one after another, each one carrying a black steel cage.

As the black steel cages landed, Han Tiexin’s subordinates quickly moved forward and pulled the black cloths off of them, revealing the fifty young men and women inside.

Han Tiexin smiled slightly and said, "These fifty Spiritualists are all Profound-level Upper Grade. This little girl, in particular, is a Spiritualist who has awakened an Earth-level Middle Grade Spiritual Ability. I guarantee you will be satisfied!"