Chu Tian’s expression shifted slightly.
These fellows spoke the unified language of the Dragon Country, their intelligence was… and their greed was just like humans.
The people here were no different from Blue Star!
Judging by their expressions, the crystals that Yue Shang had offered as tribute did not satisfy them.
They looked as if they truly intended to strip them bare before letting them go.
“We suspect you have issues, and you’re bribing the city guards. Come with us!”
The one who had accepted Yue Shang’s offering spoke without a blush or a stammer… and actually accused them back.
Yue Shang’s face immediately darkened.
Chu Tian curled his lip. This fellow Yue Shang, before anyone had spoken, he went and offered tribute. Now look, his flattery had backfired.
Just as Yue Shang was about to speak, the guards drew their sabers.
They stepped forward, intending to place them at the necks of the two.
They made no move to defend themselves, believing no one would be foolish enough to resist at the city gate.
Yue Shang’s body tensed. Chu Tian reached out and pulled him back.
This guy was actually going to resist. However, his thought process was correct; if captured, their identities would be revealed, leading to death.
Resisting and trying to escape might offer a sliver of hope.
But the bit of power he had just gathered was extinguished by Chu Tian’s pull.
He froze, realizing that Chu Tian’s grip on his wrist rendered him utterly unable to muster any strength. His heart sank, and his perception of Chu Tian rose another level.
“Gentlemen guards, we are merely here to visit a friend and will be leaving shortly!”
Chu Tian said with a smile.
Yue Shang was anxious. These guys clearly wanted more, what was the use of saying this to them? They should run!
The next moment, however, they were dumbfounded.
The guards were stunned and then simultaneously nodded, saying, “Oh, then you… may go!”
“Thank you!” Chu Tian replied, released Yue Shang, and turned to walk inside.
Yue Shang froze for a moment and followed Chu Tian into the city.
He couldn’t understand for the life of him why the guards’ attitude had changed so suddenly!
Was it his doing?
Yue Shang followed Chu Tian, his gaze flickering as he watched Chu Tian’s retreating back. This person from the lower realm…
They walked through bustling streets, much like ancient Blue Star. Wooden stalls lined both sides, selling vegetables, fruits, meat, and fish!
It was a vibrant scene. The people here lived ordinary lives.
The vast majority of these people were just ordinary folks, most without cultivation.
Children laughed on the streets, and people bustled by, with traffic flowing like water.
The cries of vendors filled the air.
Chu Tian looked at all this, it was completely different from what he had imagined.
Before coming to Blue Star, he had thought that anyone here would be a formidable expert.
But upon meeting Yue Shang, he learned there were also natives, born-and-bred beings whose strength was generally not very great.
Now, arriving here, Chu Tian discovered that there were indeed ordinary people, just like on Blue Star, with commoners making up the majority.
Chu Tian and Yue Shang continued walking along the road.
The Ta Clan, Yue Shang had said, was like their Amo Clan, a mixed-race, semi-human race.
Therefore, they showed no unusual appearances. Compared to the Amo Clan, the Ta Clan people resembled humans more.
This was because their divine pagodas did not grow from their bodies.
The Amo Clan, however, had an eye grown on their right palm.
Some even had eyes on both palms. Those of noble lineage, like royalty, had nine eyes on each hand.
These were things Yue Shang had mentioned on their way.
However, he hadn’t mentioned the divine abilities of those eyes.
“Where is the teleportation array?” Chu Tian asked Yue Shang, turning back.
The latter shook his head.
“Benefactor, this is also my first time entering a Ta Clan city… Logically speaking…!” He started.
Chu Tian immediately turned and walked in a certain direction.
He didn’t want to hear “logically speaking.” Where were all these logics?
He chose a direction with more people and walked straight towards it.
It was very lively over there, with even a high platform erected.
Chu Tian thought: Since I don’t know the direction of the teleportation array anyway, why not enjoy the spectacle? Perhaps I can gather some useful intelligence.
He was here to rescue someone and currently had no information. He also wasn’t entirely trusting of Yue Shang.
He had a feeling that Yue Shang’s gaze towards him was often strange.
As they approached, he discovered that the high platform was actually an auction house.
Countless people were gathered around, at least a thousand.
“Let’s go take a look,” Chu Tian said.
With that, he walked directly towards the crowd. Everyone in his path slowly parted, and then the path closed up again behind them.
It was as if these people had eyes on the backs of their heads.
Yue Shang witnessed this and knew it was all Chu Tian’s doing.
Including the guards at the city gate, they had been subtly controlled by this benefactor.
Even after the control was released, they might have lost the memory of that period.
Otherwise, the guards would surely have pursued them by now.
Reaching the front row, they could finally see what was being auctioned.
Yue Shang’s expression changed drastically, his heart sank, and he turned to look at Chu Tian, thinking to himself with a sigh: It’s over!
Chu Tian’s brows were tightly furrowed, his gaze became extremely cold, and a chilling aura emanated from him.
Yue Shang, beside him, felt it most acutely.
The ordinary people around them also felt a chill and shivered involuntarily.
However, they were shouting excitedly, paying no attention.
They only thought it was getting cold.
On the auction stage, there were two large iron cages. Inside each cage were two men and two women.
The four were naked, with many bloodstains on their bodies.
Their skin was covered in bruises and dirt.
Between the two cages, a skinny monkey-like man held a stick, poking inside intermittently.
This caused the two men and two women inside to cry out and dodge.
“Haha, the final highlight item, and also your favorite, pure-blooded human slaves.” After taunting the four people in the cages, the skinny monkey-like man turned to the onlookers and said.
After he spoke, someone walked out from behind, holding two cages. They weren’t very large, but the creatures inside were terrifying.
Two dark, giant scorpions. Of course, they were only slightly larger than ordinary scorpions, about the size of ordinary dogs.
They were still far from the Death Giant Scorpions that Chu Tian had encountered in the Sea of Death.
However, these two large scorpions each had three tails, and their dark blue tail tips clearly indicated they were extremely poisonous.
As this person emerged, he threw the two scorpions into the iron cages respectively.
“Ah…!”
Piercing screams came from the cage containing two women.
The other two men were huddled in corners, trembling.
“Hahaha… these two three-tailed sand scorpions are spirit beasts I’ve tamed since childhood, and they obey me completely.”
The skinny monkey-like man said proudly, leaning his stick on the ground.
“The performance that follows is that they must mate with the same sex, or they will be tortured to death by the three-tailed sand scorpions. As everyone knows, the venomous tail of the three-tailed sand scorpion causes itching. If they disobey, haha!
The consequence will be them tearing their own skin apart, ripping open their flesh, and digging out their organs to scratch the itch!”
As the fellow finished speaking, Chu Tian gritted his teeth, making a cracking sound. It was too sinister.