Chapter 20 ( Part 6)

The auction ended.

Cherry and her family left the lounge and made their way outside. The auction house was alive. People chat excitedly about their new acquisitions, some discuss the bids. Buyers congratulate each other, and sellers beam with satisfaction. The auction was a success, with many items sold at high prices.

The Qing walked through the crowd, making their way towards the exits.

As the crowd thinned, the sounds of footsteps and shuffling faded away, leaving only the occasional murmur of conversation. The staff moved quietly, carefully wrapping up, the remaining items and loading them onto carts. The room that had been filled with excitement and energy just moments before was now eerily silent.

The only sound was the soft hum coming from the opened windows, the creaking of the wooden floorboards underfoot, and the rustle of packing materials.

Cherry! Hands that belonged to her grandma suddenly lifted her and held her in her arms.

Girls, we must leave immediately. Her grandma whispered.

What is going on? Cherry asked.

Now is not the time for a stupid question. She said.

A growl arose from nothing, and Cherry felt a small object from the ground rising in mid-air. She then smelled a foul and fried scent. That is when the exit door opened with a creak.

I told you this would work. Mortals after all. Cherry knew this voice, the man who was with Poppy a while ago. On the Main Street.

Who was he?

But before she could react.

Why are you doing this? Poppy said. Staring with bloodshot eyes at the well-dressed man in black.

Do you know him? Orchid whispered.

No,

that word sounds a little distant. He said with a smile.

So what is your relationship with her? Rose asked.

My soon-to-be wife.

If so, then stop blocking our exit. Grandma said with a calm voice which was unsuitable, whereas cherry in her arms almost had blackout from the sudden shock.

That isn't possible. Why do you ask? Well, there cannot be any witnesses.

This is slowly getting on my nerves, I have never wanted to be the strongest person, but this. Just because of their cultivation, they think can force themselves to acquire what they can not.

Time slowly froze. Cherry jumped out of her grandmother's bosom and opened a teleportation circle.

But before it could ignite, a force charged at them.

Running away. He said.

Poppy, you haven't told them about me. What a pity!

Poppy turned to Cherry and whispered. I will settle this.

Poppy poked Cherry's cheek.

Poppy had her plans, she would probably kill him one way or another.

Do invite him for dinner. The sisters said, in union, and laughed. When it came to the downfall of another person, the sister often shared the same thoughts.

Dinner, I would love to have dinner. But Poppy, do explain who these ladies are?

So what is this mess? Poppy raised her voice drawing closer to the man.

He raised his hands and said. Don't worry, I am not involved in this mess. He emphasized the word mess.

Then what are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

The auction. Why were you here? Poppy said.

The auction. He shrugged his shoulder.

Stop bickering. We must attend to important business.

Yes. Poppy regained her composure. They walked out of the hall. As the two men followed them. Cherry, carefully, listened to his steps and used the eye of truth to figure out what objects he had on him.

In the Inner Pocket of his outer robe was a wooden plate with abundant metal qi.

Cherry thought it was a little weird. She took the next steps when she noticed a foul scent in the air.

Miss, do you also have a bad feeling? Little Spirit asked Cherry.

Not a bad, but a horrible feeling. There is something in the air. Something

Cover your mouth and nose and slowly come closer. Cherry shouted.

Everyone covered their mouths. Cherry held onto the sleeves of the people surrounding her.

In total, we, Grandma and the two men. Peony said.

Is anything suspicious? Cherry asked.

The coachman and the people inside are coming closer.

What! It was when little spirit told her that they were surrounded by an army of people whose veins were a deep purple and whose skin was a pale green.

Cherry calm down. Grandmother said that Grandfather and official Qing will be here soon. We didn't tell you because you can't handle stress.

Is that the real reason? Lies.

Trust us Poppy said.

Trust, You don't even trust yourself. Cherry said back.

Can you at least unseal me?

Don't freak out.

I won't.

Cherry could now hear the clanging of swords and feel the qi currents. The situation is this bad, and they didn't let me help. Why?

She quickly moved her fingers and created a huge ice golem and gave it the ice attribute. The ice golem fought.

What in the world. Cherry's grandmother took a few steps back and admired the golem and looked at cherry since when could you.

She broke free from her family who had circled her Cherry didn't spare her a glance and created a sword defending.

Hours passed, and they were exhausted, yet the wave of people did not stop. When Cherry was able to catch a breath. She noticed that Poppy was gone and the two men as well. She looked up into the sky and took a big breath. Even though the golems eased the situation, they couldn't handle everything.

Stab, swoosh a sword came from behind before it could pierce through her shoulder, she evaded and only the sleeve of her garment fell.

Cherry quickly created a shield to protect herself from the person's attacks.

With each hit, Cherry slid backwards. Her thoughts wandered. They are too strong. But are they from this realm? What is going on? Is this planned?

An intense clash formed by fire hit Cherry's shield. She slid backwards and tripped onto the floor full of corpses.

On the floor, the corpses grabbed her and held her tight, so she could not break free. The person who had been attacking lifted his sword, but instead of beheading her, he slit a wound on her wrist. With the burning pain of her Nerve being opened, Cherry remembered that earlier that day, someone with a mild smell wanted to touch her wrist.

The smell! The guard she saved also had a similar smell.

Options one try to teleport

Option two ….

Option two is to ask for help and risk whatever he is trying to do.

Master Cherry, have you lost your brain? Little Spirit said.

Just freeze all of them if your space qi is finished.

Right! Cherry was embarrassed.

Cherry closed her eyes and imagined a cold coming from the tips of her fingers that slowly spread around, clothing the people around her in ice. A minute later the corpses on her were frozen, including the man, but that did not solve her problem, at least not all of them.

She was stuck under the frozen figures and was too weak to free herself.

Stop. Her grandma said.

Someone is coming from above. Little Spirit said from inside The space jade was in the form of the necklace he said.

You know I can feel when someone with a lot of qi is coming?

Oh really, It seems like you do not want to hear that the man is holding your father by the ear and look he just dropped him to the floor.

This son of yours. We will talk later. Let us get going. All of you come close, I have a scroll to teleport us away. The man said.

Where are Poppy and Cherry? He asked.

They already left. Cherry's grandma said.

I am here. Cherry shouted.

Where? He dashed to where Cherry lay and to his horror, saw the arm of a girl stretching out from a pile of frozen people covered in blood and a green gue. He quickly pulled her out and carried her in her arms, sprinting towards where the others stood, he pulled out a scroll and lit it on fire.

Within a second, the whole family had disappeared from the entrance of the auction house, which was filled with zombie-like people, blood and hidden mysteries.