Ningxin Ancestor, after all, is an old demon pretending to be young.

The mutual love was also sweet, the affection between lovers was deep, but the deception was genuine too.

But was Ningxin Ancestor wrong?

She wasn't wrong.

She did all this for the Formless Ancient Race.

On the contrary, if she were to betray the Primordial Ancestor for her own sake, that would be absurd.

'Sweet Wine Island? Let's have a look...'

Song Yan made up his mind, then stood a little distance away and began to wait.

About a few days later, sure enough, several cultivators exuding an evil aura came from the Puppet Sect, and the leader was actually at the Early Stage of Purple Mansion.

The female cultivator who stayed behind begged for mercy for a long while, then explained the reason and led those evil cultivators to Sweet Wine Island.

Song Yan transformed his appearance and aura and directly followed them.

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...

A few days later...

Sweet Wine Island.

The island was crescent-shaped, with many spirit fish in its surrounding waters. It was a "Resource Island" under the Hundred Skills Sect. Due to the trade of spirit fish, it could also be considered a "Trade Island." As more cultivators came and went, it became a domestic market for the sect.

On this island, bartering was supported, and items could also be purchased with Profound Jade and Contribution Points of the Hundred Skills Sect.

"Contribution Point purchase" was quite advantageous for the Hundred Skills Sect, as they had the final say on how many Contribution Points to issue.

The entry procedure was not complicated, and after Song Yan simply stated he was a nearby Loose Cultivator, he entered the island.

After wandering around, even though there were plenty of elixirs, profound treasures, and magic techniques, nothing caught his eye anymore.

As for maps, there were only some of the surrounding common waters; larger and more distant ones needed to be purchased at larger markets.

The Cultivation Profound Realm area was vast, especially at sea, and getting lost without a map was quite common.

Song Yan paid some Profound Jade as a deposit to get an auction ticket and quietly waited for the auction to begin.

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The next day...

Noon.

The auction began.

The host cultivator introduced items eloquently while cultivators in the Hundred Skills Sect disciple uniforms presented one auction item after another.

Although these items were rare, Song Yan was yawning continuously.

During the fifth round, he sniffed the air, detecting a faint scent of blood drifting over from afar.

Some of the attending evil cultivators also had a bright gleam in their eyes.

On stage, the host cultivator proclaimed loudly, "The next item to be auctioned is rather special; righteous cultivators might not be interested at all, but for some demon cultivators, it's a treasure."

After speaking, he stepped aside and smiled, "This item is so special, let's have the Puppet Sect's Sect Leader, Cao Yunfei, speak about it herself."

With that, a female cultivator walked out from the back.

The female cultivator named Cao Yunfei was petite, her gaze was gloomy, yet her expression held an unmistakable tiredness and urgency. As she waved her hand, three pitch-black coffins appeared on the stage.

Cao Yunfei cautiously swept her gaze across the surroundings and said loudly, "Fellow Daoists, if you've heard of the name of my Puppet Sect, you must know our sect is exceptional at Corpse Refining..."

Before she could finish, an evil cultivator shouted from the floor, "I only have one question, is the Late Stage of Purple Mansion Sect's Blood Corpse in these three coffins?"

Cao Yunfei's expression remained unchanged and said, "The information you have is outdated. Our Sect's Blood Corpse recently experienced a great battle and is damaged, now reduced to the Early Stage of Purple Mansion, and is indeed among them today."

"Early Stage of Purple Mansion? Who are you trying to fool?" the evil cultivator snorted coldly.

Cao Yunfei said no more, raised her hand, and the three coffins opened.

With a creaking sound, two corpses with Early Stage Crimson Palace aura and one with Early Stage Purple Mansion aura were revealed.

Song Yan had been watching with a laid-back expression, but his pupils suddenly contracted because the corpse with the Early Stage Purple Mansion aura was not Zhang Han but a female corpse, that corpse was Cao Yuzhuang.

Her eyes were tightly closed, her cheeks deathly pale, like a porcelain doll, her body donned in a blood-red silk robe, with a blood evil-enveloped flying sword on her back.

Cao Yunfei looked at the blood corpse with somewhat indistinct reluctance in her eyes, but then her expression turned indifferent.

A black-robed old man in the audience suddenly said, "This blood corpse is quite good, at least the appearance is decent, she must have been an extraordinary female cultivator when alive. But the flesh is not solid, if I'm not mistaken, this is temporarily elevated to the Early Stage of Purple Mansion through Postnatal Secret Techniques, right? You claim it's your Sect's Late Stage of Purple Mansion Blood Corpse degraded to this level? That's truly laughable."

Cao Yunfei looked at the old man, recognized him as the renowned great demon cultivator "Old Coldblood Demon" Hong Qingsang from the surrounding seas, whose realm was already at the Late Stage of Purple Mansion, with a particularly bizarre attack method, allegedly capable of additional amplification with each thought stacked.

Her pupils shrunk, and she respectfully bowed, "Greetings, Senior Hong..."

Hong Qingsang said, "Since you recognize me, you should know why I'm here, I want your Late Stage of Purple Mansion blood corpse."

Cao Yunfei gritted her teeth.

At this time, a purple-robed young man next to Hong Qingsang gazed lustfully at the porcelain doll-like corpse and quietly approached the former.

Hong Qingsang looked dotingly.

The two of them whispered a few words.

Hong Qingsang pointed at Cao Yuzhuang's blood corpse and said, "My grandson has taken a liking to this corpse. Tell you what, name a price for your Sect's Purple Mansion corpse and this body, I'll take them both."

Cao Yunfei lowered her head in silence.

Hong Qingsang's aura spread out.

Cao Yunfei forcibly suppressed her fear and turned her head to look elsewhere.

There, a handsome young man descended from the high platform, cupped his hands slightly towards Hong Qingsang, and said, "Senior Hong, I am Lin Huan of the Hundred Skills Sect, my father is the Second Elder of the Hundred Skills Sect, I ask you to please, in respect of my father, refrain... refrain..."

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