The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1171: Chapter 1171: We Are Also Rich, Definitely!

Having confirmed that someone was after his life, Carson Flores left the commercial flying boat and took a shuttle-shaped aircraft to cross the continent.

From Misrds State to the south of Nutwood State, and finally to Eastern Emperor Province.

Originally, Carson wanted to visit Samantha Tate on the way, but because he was still marked with a mysterious brand, he decided to avoid visiting for the time being, lest he should bring her any disaster.

Although Cristopher Hopkins Immortal couldn’t erase the brand that was placed at the cost of the caster’s life, she told Carson that the brand would fade over time and wouldn’t last forever, estimating that it would exist for only a year and a half, or perhaps even less.

Passing by cities near the Heavenly Mountain, Carson entrusted a merchant guild to send a jade slip to the mountain.

In the jade slip, there were words from Samantha’s parents to her, as well as his own message for her, certainly she would be relieved knowing that he had met her parents and had provided them with various elixirs, ensuring their health and longevity.

Carson continued eastward, speeding along while waiting for the assassin’s arrival.

To his surprise, the assassin had not appeared by the time he reached the Eastern Emperor Province.

Could it be that they had failed to catch up to him?

The journey took two months, and the brand had significantly faded, but it still existed. Judging by the current situation, it would take another three to five months for it to completely disappear.

Near Ten-Thousand Spirit Stones Mountain was Wan Jue City, where Carson decided to stay, entrusting the same merchant guild to send a jade slip to Shirley Miller, informing her that her lord father had been brought by him to Nutwood Mountain.

It was just into July, with half a month left before the Spiritual Medicine Trading Festival on July 15th.

Many cultivators already resided in Wan Jue City, evidently, many who intended to attend the festival had arrived early.

This time, Carson had come bearing a substantial fortune, prepared to spend lavishly.

He had already disposed of all the goods from the Three Devil Sect, and most of the treasures from the White Stone Mountain Cave Heaven had also been dealt with by Carson, accumulating nearly five hundred million Spirit Stones in total.

A genuine tycoon.

Apart from Spirit Stones, Carson also brought with him numerous high-quality magical treasures, such as those seized from Immortal Slaves, from the Hollow Void Practitioners of the White Stone Mountain Cave Heaven, from the strong practitioners of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect, and so forth. In any case, it was never wrong to prepare more items for trade.

What if someone wanted a formidable magical treasure and wasn’t interested in Spirit Stones?

The half-month passed in a flash.

On the mountainside of Ten-Thousand Spirit Stones Mountain stretched a vast plain several miles long, forcibly carved out by a powerful being, its surface paved with white jade bricks and its edges lined with white jade railings, engraved with various Divine Beasts; dragons and phoenixes intertwined, and Kylins stood tall, a sight of magnificent splendor.

Wooden tables were set up across the White Jade Plaza, each table serving as a stall where any participant of the festival could vend the various Spiritual Medicines they had brought.

At the base of the mountain at White Jade Plaza stood a palace-like building, the auction house for the festival, built with Building Talismans, settled in place to serve all who joined the festival.

If you had a highly valuable Spiritual Medicine and were afraid it would go unseen by potential buyers at the market, thus not selling for its worth, you could apply to have it auctioned.

To enter the auction process, there were two requirements: first, the Spiritual Medicine must possess sufficient quality and value—one cannot simply auction any low-end medicine, lest it becomes a laughingstock. Second, one must pay a 10% commission of the final auction price as a fee.

The entire area was surrounded by a Formation, and all cultivators wishing to enter had to pass through an Identification Array at the main entrance. The main function of this array was to differentiate members of the Human Race from the Demon Race.

Demons were denied entry.

Who knew if a member of the Demon Race entering this place might cause trouble?

What if you were to get inside and decide to self-destruct? That would be the end for everyone.

Cristopher Hopkins Immortal telepathically communicated, ”I won’t go in, I’ll wait for you outside. Otherwise, passing through the Identification Array will cause fluctuations in the Formation and draw attention.”

”Understood!”

Carson readily agreed, the Identification Array seemed like the security system of an airport in the Mortal Realm— even if you were invisible, entering it would still trigger detection.

Carson wasn’t worried about his safety. Aside from his own strength, the festival clearly stipulated that all fighting within the market was forbidden; offenders would be at minimum expelled, or at worst, have their cultivation disabled or even be executed on the spot.

In the ruthless Cultivation Realm, there was no reasoning if you didn’t follow the rules.

The market at the festival was divided into three areas based on the estimated value of the items being sold: single commodities valued below one million Spirit Stones, above one million but below ten million, and those above ten million.

The four main ingredients for refining the Great Land Resurrection Elixir were Jade Phoenix Grass, Flawless Fruit, Divine Thunder Soul Wood, and Bodhi Blood, each an exceedingly rare treasure scarce in the world.

All four main ingredients were valued above ten million Spirit Stones. To put it accurately, they were virtually priceless. Even though this was a Spiritual Medicine Trading Festival, there was no guarantee any would be available.

”Let’s head directly to the high-end area. If these medicines are available, they’ll surely be in the high-end area. Then, we can check the auction house, there’s a very high chance they’ll appear there. After all, everyone wants to sell for a higher price...”