"The starting price is 1 low grade spirit stone." Tyler said as he pointed at the Auctioneer Xiaomei and said, "That girl's starting price is 1 low grade spirit stone."
"Ahh.. ahh.." Xiaomei woke up naked while panting heavily. She just realised it was all a dream. She looked at the man who was responsible for this. He is lying next to her in a deep sleep.
After the auction, Xiaomei was invited by Tyler for a Dinner. She accepted it. Maybe because he led her to the number one restaurant or Maybe because he ordered all expensive dishes and wine. Or maybe because he was a sweet talker, she somehow ended up in bed with him.
"You dare to sleep comfortably." She murmured and began to dive inside his blanket and do rituals.
Tyler woke up because of it.
After 2 rounds of ferocious fight. She nestled in Tyler's arm.
"I am planning to quit my job." She whispered in his ears with an expectation in his eyes.
"But aren't you a disciple of the soaring cloud sect?" Tyler asked.
"Yes. But I am just a servant disciple. I can ask for sect transfer. As long as one doesn't learn core techniques from the sect they are allowed to leave the sect." Xiaomei explained.
"Alright. I understand. Since my old manager messed up, I will send him somewhere. You can be the new manager and can get 20% of revenue from the auction house. You apply for a transfer to Frozen Heart Sect. I can bribe some elders to accept you without any problem." Tyler said.
"You are the best." Xiaomei happily laughed and started another round of fighting. She is not romantically interested in him or anything.
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"Second Level of Qi Refining realm." Tyler shouted in surprise. Because after taking a bath and a hearty meal he surprisingly made a breakthrough to the next level while meditating in the office.
"Is it because of Dual Cultivation with the Auction girl?" Tyler touched his chin.
"Dual Cultivation? Haha... Junior Brother, you don't have a proper Cultivation technique for that and that girl is just fifth level of Qi Refining Realm." Chen Xi who entered the office said,
"Then why? It took almost a year for me to reach the first level." Tyler asked curiously.
"Entering the new Realms is always the problem. But after entering it, it is not that much difficult. You also trained a lot during this month and relaxed last night. With all these ofcourse you can easily make a breakthrough." Chen Xi said.
Chen Xi is actually the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage.
"Junior brother. I have a small mission to finish in the city. I will be back in half a day. I also warned Ximen yesterday. So he prolly won't stir up trouble. But If he does, just don't hesitate to use all those Talisman." Chen Xi said seriously and left.
Half and hour after Chen Xi left,
"Soaring Cloud Disciple Ximen is here to see Junior Brother Tyler White." Ximen's arrogant voice sounded.
"Huh... Here comes the trouble." Tyler let out a sigh and made his way outside.
He also made sure that he is carrying all his Talisman.
Ximen brought more men with him. When Tyler was about to step out. The land quaked. The building began to shake.
"An Earthquake?" Tyler panicked and ran outside. He saw Ximen looking at the sky, his eyes followed his sight and saw a red colour energy barrier covering the whole city.
"City Protection Barrier? Are those Evil sect invading?" Ximen shouted and looked around in confusion.
"HAHAHAHA" An evil laugh resonated throughout the city. A man who possesses striking crimson wings that span wide, enabling swift flight through the skies. His left half body is adorned with shimmering scales, a deep shade of red reminiscent of molten lava, while his right half retains a more human appearance.
"The City Lord?" Ximen shouted out. Cultivators' eye sights are keen. Ximen was able to identify the half dragon-like monster immediately.
"That's the city lord?" Tyler looked at the city lord. The City Lord is hovering in the air, strange red coloured patterns of circles began to form around him. Soon it merged into the city protection formation. A red mist began to descend from the sky. Everyone inside the city couldn't escape, the red mist covered the whole city in a few minutes.
Everyone inhaled the air. Everyone feels that their body is strengthening.
"Hahaha... Mutation Mutation. I will give 2 pills to everyone. It will stop mutation for two days. But after two days? Even with your lousy Cultivation, your worms can only survive a day extra. If you worms wants to survive, Go and search for the antidotes. I have hidden many in the city. Or kill others and snatch their antidote pills. The formation will automatically be removed after a week. Hahahaha." The City Lord laughed and flew out of the formation. He headed straight towards the Dragon Jade Mountain.
"What the heck?" This is all that Tyler White could say.
"Hey Tyler, count yourself lucky." After leaving behind the words Ximen left with his men.
A light shone before him and two white pills floated before him. Not only him, everyone inside the city received two pills.
Tyler then saw a red dragon scale covering the back of his right hand.
Tyler grabbed the pill. Suddenly Xiaomei ran towards him with a scream. Her left half face is covered with Scales. She didn't think anything and ate a pill. It was too late to stop her. Because Tyler doesn't know if the Pill is actually an Antidote. But the scale suddenly fell off her face. She cried in joy and fear.
Tyler understood. Each antidote can only last a day. And each person has only two antidotes. There will be a bloody massacre the very next day. Might even start tonight.
"Everyone take an Antidote." As he commanded his people, Tyler went to his room.
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Soon Tyler and others set out to see if they could escape the city. But the borders of the city are covered with large energy shields. They couldn't get past it. Lots of people are using their spells, talisman, formations to attack the city's shield. But it was all in vain.
Tyler who glanced at this, realised that there is no much hope for escaping. The only way is to survive for seven days inside City.
He ordered everyone to return. On the way back suddenly a man jumped in front of Tyler, his face and neck covered in scales. Tyler used his right hand to block the knife.
*Ding* Sound of metal colliding resonated. Tyler didn't take the antidote yet. So his right hand below his wrist turned completely infected. It got covered by dragon scales.
Tyler took a deep breath and stomped his left foot forward while raising his left hand in half defence manner. Then he stomped his right foot forward and gave a punch with his dragon scale covered fist.
*Bang* With a loud sound, the man got sent flying by the punch. He felt all his bones are breaking. Even Tyler was surprised by his own strength.
"Why are you trying to kill me?" Tyler asked.
"I just want Antidote. M-Mine got robbed." The man said with despair while coughing out of blood.
"Boss White, what do we do with him?" XiaoMei asked. They failed to protect Tyler from sneak attack, they felt ashamed and angry.
Tyler took a pill from his pocket and threw it to the man. Everyone was baffled.
"Boss?" Marco asked in confusion.
But Tyler signalled him to shut up and then looked at the man on the ground. He ate the antidote and the scales began to fall.
Tyler laughed at him and signalled Marco to collect the scales.
"Thank You! Thank you, Benefactor." The man cried and kowtowed before Tyler.
"Help me with something." Tyler waited for the man to calm down and said.
"Just give the order Boss White." The man said he copied Marco's style to address Tyler.
"Go and tell everyone in the city. That White Auction Hall found many hidden antidotes." When Tyler said that everyone was surprised but didn't dare ask anything because they have been warned by Tyler already
"Tell them the White Auction Hall will give all of them Antidote for free " After saying that he moved past him. Others also woke up from stupor and followed him. This time they made sure to protect Tyler properly.
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Meanwhile, At the heart of Jade Dragon Mountain. The mutated City Lord landed on the ground. He looked back at the Jade Valley City which is covered by red mist and smiled evilly.
"Hope there will be a bloody massacre." He said to himself and looked below the ground. A big formation is placed underground which is connected straight to the city and another one is connected to a particular area in the Endless Darkheart Thicket where Monsters , demonic Beasts that used to live there are killing each other like a mad dog. It happened because of another formation called Bloody Thirst Formation which is also connected to the heart of Dragon Jade Mountains.
At the centre of formation of Dragon Jade Mountain lies a giant egg, it is slowly observing energy from the formation.