Murim Recurve

'Who is that? And how did they managed to achieve this?' Re'Kha frowned, thinking if the other party dissolved an Elemental Qi Essence into liquid form and coated it on their skin?

But, she was unable to determine just how they managed to do it. After all, an Elemental Qi Essence was incredibly hard. It wasn't possible to shatter one easily. Moreover, despite the difficulty, when it was ground to dust, the Elemental Qi inside one would simply seep into the surroundings, causing its value to plummet.

Just grounding one alone was almost impossible, unless they used an Elemental Qi Essence after all the Elemental Qi inside it was expended. Then it was easy, for it turned brittle.

But to get any property of Elemental Qi into any item, the Elemental Qi Essence had to be forged when it was filled with Elemental Qi. Just grinding one to dust alone was difficult. But, turning it into a solvent and coating it on the skin was even more difficult, if not straight-up impossible.

Moreover, if the case had been something like this, the guards at the auction house should have sensed something amiss during their inspections while using an Elemental Qi Essence fragment.

So, it was indeed odd Re'Kha could come across such an individual. But, upon scanning the person from top to bottom after passing through the gaps in their fabric, Re'Kha noticed how their entire body was one big blank space, rather sharp at that.

The quality of the Elemental Qi was on the same level as her armour. So, it was incredibly suspicious. Moreover, due to her doubts, Re'Kha enveloped the entire place in her Wind Qi perception, seeping her attention into the gowns of everyone, frowning more and more.

She noticed how there were quite a lot among the participants, now that she had looked through carefully. And, almost half among them had been the ones who had pulled up the lever for the mural during the first bid.

The more she thought about it, the more suspicious Re'Kha felt. Moreover, her attention was grabbed by a certain individual seated in seat number 2021. This individual had placed her hand inside her gown and brought it towards her mouth, acting as if she was just scratching her cheek.

But in actuality, she had opened her mouth a little and was slowly pulling out a thin filament. The filament was a blank space, similar to the rest that Re'Kha had seen.

The lady in the seat was slowly but surely spreading the filament across her body. The filament seemed rather alive as it wriggled and adjusted itself to the contours of her body, outlining her figure perfectly.

Soon, she closed her mouth, having taken out the entire filament. Her entire figure was one big blank space to Re'Kha now.

'A Scheme…' Re'Kha thought, unable to determine the cause. But upon seeing their enthusiasm on the mural, she determined they were there for it.

Re'Kha swiftly looked at the money all the suspicious individuals had brought over, frowning as the amount wasn't much. Most of them had around 500-800 RuQi. There were only three individuals who had greater than 1000 RuQi.

And finally, the individual competing with Ki'Nua was the only person who had the highest amount among them all. He was only short of Ki'Nua by a little amount. But, he seemed determined to obtain it no matter what.

As for Ki'Nua, she too seemed hell-bent on obtaining it, not even relenting as she continued to increase the price. After the battle between the two of them continued, Ki'Nua increased the bid by another 100 RuQi, raising the total to 3600 RuQi. She only had 82 RuQi remaining after this.

Thankfully, her opponent had run out of money to spend, cursing as he didn't seem to wish to accept his defeat. Though, he hadn't cursed aloud, for the auction rules clearly warned against doing so.

All he did was curse under his breath while slamming on his lever, as if he was venting a little. Though, the moment Re'Kha heard the contents of his statement, her blood turned cold while murderous rage broiled within her.

"Shit, even pooling most of our money, I still failed to obtain that item. It will be difficult to control those three without that mural. Damn that seat number 200. Just you wait. I'll personally kill you and snatch that mural, no matter what. Our plan is close to competition, dammit. If not for our regional base getting destroyed, we wouldn't have been short on money."

Judging by his voice, it seemed to be a man in his late forties. And, judging by the tone of his voice, he was somewhat flustered, angry at himself for not being able to obtain it. But as she heard the contents, Re'Kha could easily determine their identity.

The Mysterious Organisation!

'So, the three Sha are theirs too. And, they seemed to be concocting something here.' Re'Kha tore off a piece of paper and noted the seat numbers of everyone that had been acting suspiciously. She wrote a word of caution and folded the note as much as possible before it was but a small piece.

She then took a deep breath, trying to regulate her breathing as she calmed herself, glancing at the auctioneer lady, 'I have to do something.'

Her Pranic Heart continued to circulate the Water Qi through her meridians. All the water Qi entered her Pranic Heart, changed nature, and was pumped out as Wind Qi. After taking in a deep breath, Re'Kha placed her hand forward, facing the palm downward, away from the line of sight of others.

It was also blocked by the gown, another layer of caution. 10 units of her Wind Qi condensed and turned into her Pranic Avatar, Rupak that immediately shrunk itself by condensing all the Wind Qi into a smaller form.

At present, it was only the side of her palm, the smallest it could become. As the inside of the auction house was clean and bereft of any wind, it was invisible to the naked eye.

The Rupak grabbed hold of the paper in its beak and flew out, silent in its departure, not even causing any stray winds due to the flapping of its wings. At present, its body was purely air.