"Lord Gray!"
With a few teleportations, Gray brought Ying Ba and Allen to the island with the Earth Vein Fruit. Walter Saint, who had received Gray's order, waved the others away and hurried over.
"How long will it take for it to ripen?"
Gray asked.
"More than a month."
Saint Walter replied respectfully and then said, "Yes.
"Lord Gray, I wasn't able to contact you some time ago because you were in the plane. There's news about the blood of the blood beast with the Law of Eyes that you're looking for."
"Oh, there's news. Which faction has it?"
Gray was overjoyed. There was really good news coming one after another.
The Earth Vein Fruit would ripen in a month at most, and now there was news about the blood of the blood beast with the Law of Eyes. These two pieces of news were absolutely good news for him.
"It's in the hands of the Order Temple."
Walter Saint replied.
"You didn't send anyone to exchange for it?"
Gray looked at Walter Saint with some doubt. The Earth Temple should have received the news for some time. Logically speaking, they should have already exchanged for it by now.
"I've already sent someone to exchange for it, but they didn't manage to do so. The blood of the blood beast with the Law of Eyes is one of the trading items that the Order Temple prepared for the Holy Trade Meeting. They don't intend to exchange it now.
"But don't worry, Lord. The Earth Temple has already sent someone to the trade meeting. They will definitely be able to exchange for the blood of the blood beast with the Law of Eyes."
"Holy Trade Meeting? What's the Holy Trade Meeting?"
Gray nodded and asked curiously.
"It's a barter trade meeting organized by a Saint-level faction. It's usually held once every hundred years. This time, it's organized by the Order Temple."
"Organized by a Saint-level faction?"
Gray couldn't help but be interested when he heard that it was organized by a Saint-level faction.
"Are there many Saint-level factions participating?"
"Because it's organized by a Saint-level faction, there are many items that are useful to Saint-level factions. Therefore, every time it's organized, half of the Saint-level factions in the Origin World will send people. Some Saint-level factions will even send Saint-level experts."
Walter Saint said with some yearning.
If he didn't need to protect the Earth Vein Fruit, he was prepared to go and see if he could exchange for the items he needed from other Saint-level experts.
"When does it start?"
"Half a month later."
"Half a month? There's still time."
Gray immediately decided to go. He had a lot of valuable things that he could not use. He might be able to exchange these things for useful things at the Sacred Trade Meeting.
"However, the Earth Vein Fruit …"
Looking in the direction of the Earth Vein Fruit, Gray raised his eyebrows slightly, but soon relaxed.
The plane opened, and four blood beasts of laws walked out and appeared on the island.
One of them was a huge silver dragon.
One was a giant bird covered in golden feathers that looked like an eagle.
One was a huge colorful spider.
One of them was a giant beast with a single horn and striped patterns all over its body.
The aura of the Rule Blood Beasts permeated the air. Both humans and beasts on the island felt a terrifying pressure descend upon them as if the end of the world had arrived.
Each of the four nomological blood beasts had combat strength comparable to a veteran nomological powerhouse. With the four of them working together, any veteran nomological powerhouse would not be able to return. Even a three-nomological powerhouse would be able to hold on for a while until he rushed back.
With the protection of Saint Walter and these four nomological blood beasts, he could go to the Sacred Trade Meeting without worry.
Originally, he had even prepared to place the Crimson Behemoth here to guard the Earth Vein Fruit, but considering that he might need the Crimson Behemoth's ability on this trip to the Sacred Trade Meeting, he gave up on this idea.
…
Ten days later, Gray arrived at a giant city with Ying Ba and Allen.
This was a huge city. The city walls were a hundred meters tall and seemed to have been directly created with ability. There was not the slightest gap.
It stretched for dozens of miles. From afar, it looked like a giant mountain lying on the ground.
The huge city gate was made of many metals. With Gray's metal ability, he could even feel the fluctuations of heritage weapons.
And there was a lot of them. Conservatively speaking, there was enough metal to make dozens of heritage weapons that had been integrated into the metal gate.
Whether it was the city wall or the metal gate, there were many patterns on the surface. They were part of some kind of giant runic array.
If activated, it would definitely be able to transform into a huge defensive barrier that even nomological powerhouses would find difficult to break. It should also have offensive abilities.
After entering the city, they saw a huge passageway that could accommodate ten carriages side by side. On both sides of the passageway were neatly arranged pointed buildings.
On the streets, carriages shuttled back and forth. There were not only carriages pulled by horses but also carriages pulled by all kinds of blood beasts.
Although there were blood beasts, they did not cause a commotion. These blood beasts were all tamed, and their auras were all restrained. They would not scare the crowd and horses.
The trading location of the Sacred Trade Meeting was at the Orderly Sacred Palace in the center of the city. However, Gray did not go there immediately. There were still five days before the trade meeting began. Before that, he needed to find an inn to stay in.
Of course, if he could reveal his identity as a nomological powerhouse, he would definitely be welcomed into the Orderly Sacred Palace. However, he did not intend to do so.
After looking at several inns, Gray and the other two finally found a place to stay. There were too many people entering the city at this time.
Although the Sacred Trade Meeting was organized by a Saint-rank faction and more than half of the Saint-rank factions were participating, in reality, the main participants were still top-tier factions.
Compared to the scarcity of Saint-rank factions, there were too many top-tier factions.
After settling down in the inn, Gray and the other two went downstairs to eat. In the dining hall, Gray saw at least a dozen groups that were likely to be participating in the Sacred Trade Meeting.
There were groups made up entirely of young people, and there were also groups made up of seniors and juniors. There was also a group that clearly seemed to have servants …
Among them, the noisiest group was none other than the group of young people. Without the control of their seniors, these young people were like runaway horses, chattering non-stop.
At the table next to Gray and the other two was a group made up of five young men and women.
"Elder Sister, you're so beautiful!"
Among the five, there was a young woman wearing a red combat suit. She looked above average and had a rather cheerful personality.
As soon as Gray and the other two sat down, she moved closer to Ying Ba and greeted her naturally and generously. She was not shy at all.
"Thank you."
Ying Ba responded politely, her voice obviously distant, but she didn't seem to notice it and instead kept talking non-stop.
One moment she said the colour of Ying Ba's hair was so beautiful, the next she said Ying Ba's skin was so white and what skincare serum she used …
It wasn't until a young man next to her rubbing his temples came over and forcibly pulled her back to her seat that she finally stopped.
The young man looked somewhat similar to the young woman. He looked at Ying Ba with a slightly stunned expression and said apologetically.
"Sorry, my sister has caused trouble for you!"
"It's fine."
Ying Ba shook her head and didn't say anything more. Seeing this, the latter smiled awkwardly and returned to his seat. Before leaving, he glanced at Gray who was sitting at the same table as Ying Ba with a slightly envious look.
Originally, he wanted to take the opportunity to talk to Ying Ba, but unfortunately, Ying Ba's coldness was beyond his expectations. There was a temperament that kept people at arm's length, and with just two words, all the words that had been brewing in his heart were all blocked back.
He didn't even have a chance to talk to Ying Ba, but Gray was able to sit together with her. This kind of treatment immediately made him envious of Gray.
Gray glanced at the young man and didn't pay any more attention to him. During this time, he had seen many people like this.
As a former Holy Maiden, Ying Ba's coldness was innate, and trying to strike up a conversation with her was doomed to be futile.
At this time, all his attention was focused on the table where three middle-aged men were sitting.
"How tragic, more than ten million people died just like that!"
A middle-aged man with a small beard exclaimed with a look of amazement on his face.
"That's right, more than ten million people, that's more than ten million people we're talking about!"
Another middle-aged man with a white face and beard also said.
"What's going on? Were they destroyed by an enemy?"
The other middle-aged man with a beard asked in surprise.
"I don't know, there were no survivors in the entire city. Everyone seemed to have been turned into ice sculptures in an instant. It wasn't until the next day that a caravan arrived that they discovered it, but one thing is certain, it was a Saint."
"A Saint?"
The three men's faces turned solemn. Such an existence was unattainable to them, and it was a great honor for them to be able to meet one.
"The Ice Temple also has a Saint, but where is the Saint?"
"I don't know, the cold air froze the entire city and condensed in the city without dissipating. I heard that even major figures would be in danger if they went in. Currently, the entire city has been sealed off by several Saint forces, and they're waiting for the cold air to dissipate before entering to search."
"What I've heard is somewhat different from what you've heard. As far as I know, the Saints from several Saint forces have already entered to investigate before this."
"What was the result?"
The other two men hurriedly asked.
"That Saint retreated with his entire body covered in ice, and his injuries were not light. He left on the spot. Not long after, several Saint forces jointly issued a lockdown order, and the entire city was sealed off."