Chapter 577: Chapter 574: Candidate: Circular Flow

"The inaugural Peak Auction at Fengzi Auction House dazzles with the presence of numerous guild star players... Gangxin, they mentioned you declined the interview."

Cloud Palace Border Area.

Blood Spider, scrolling through the news, conversed with Bai Pu.

"The so-called guild star players are indeed powerful Advanced Awakened individuals, but they’re only slightly stronger than Fenghuo and others from the University Competition era. In terms of strength, they’re close to Xilou of the Star-Picking Tower, not even comparable to the Celestial Wolf."

From Bai Pu’s current perspective, this level is certainly not worth his attention.

In fact, truly top-tier Awakened individuals, such as title holders and candidates, don’t care about such exposure. Their names are already well-known among the Huaxia people.

The leaders of those major forces also refuse filming and news coverage— for them, the quarterly fame lottery is hardly significant, not worth exerting great effort to maintain.

Bai Pu also refused this interview. For someone earning hundreds of thousands of Spiritual Points monthly like him, there’s little to expect from the fame lottery. Moreover, Bai Pu is about to participate in the University Competition and various title battles, with no need for this type of exposure.

"You’ve improved so fast recently," Blood Spider sighed. She felt she had been diligent enough, but their recent sparring left her deeply frustrated.

Previously, she was not a match for Bai Pu, and now it’s like an adult playing with a child, with a vast difference in strength.

"You’ve also made significant progress; you should be stronger than Haotian," Bai Pu commented.

"Uh... do you mean Haotian from last year’s competition or the current Haotian?"

"Of course, the current one..."

Bai Pu spoke frankly. Due to the "Recruitment Order" from the Spirit Realm War, Blood Spider underwent her profession trial after mastering Mystical Arts in the Heart Demon World, and she is now a Level 7 Awakener as well.

Based on the recent spar, Blood Spider’s strength surpassed that of Haotian.

The Spirit Realm War has catalyzed the growth of many young talents.

In the past, talents like Blood Spider would start professional trials in their third or fourth year of college; Blood Spider is only in her second year.

However, compared to Bai Pu, Blood Spider still feels her progress is too slow.

"Qingyun, Gangxin." A gentle voice sounded, a mature beauty with a robust figure and slender waist stood smiling in front of them.

"Aunt."

"Elder Divine Lady."

Blood Spider jumped into the embrace of the Wushan Divine Lady, and the two equally voluptuous beauties shared a warm hug.

"Didn’t expect Elder Divine Lady to attend the Peak Auction as well," Bai Pu said.

"I’ve participated in the Peak Auctions at the Miracle Auction House in the past. I wasn’t planning on coming for this invitation from Fengzi Auction House, but since I hadn’t seen my dear Qingyun in a while, I thought I’d take this opportunity," the Wushan Divine Lady said, looking at Bai Pu, "Gangxin, you’ve become stronger in just a few months since we last met. I heard you had a confrontation with the Dragon King recently and even managed to drive him away?"

"It was thanks to the threat from the official special forces’ volley; I just held him back," Bai Pu waved his hand.

"I’m aware, but that’s already astonishing."

The Wushan Divine Lady looked incredulously at Bai Pu and said, "If not for your official status as a standing member, I’d have wanted to recruit you into our ’Hero Gang.’"

The Hero Gang is the name of the East Sea Witch Family’s force.

In the Spirit Realm, it’s called the Hero Gang, while on Earth, it’s known as the Hero Team; it is one of the strong teams in the A-League, having once secured a spot in the global Super League.

Bai Pu’s official status protected him from many recruitment attempts.

Guided by several of the Wushan Divine Lady’s entourage, the group entered the auction hall.

There were many familiar faces in the venue, mostly star players from the A-League. To become a star player, one must have both strength and appearance; the venue was full of handsome men and beautiful women, with the least of them being a hunk.

The Wushan Divine Lady, Blood Spider, and Bai Pu had no intention of mingling with the stars.

Their statuses were different; there was nothing much to discuss.

The Wushan Divine Lady was there to meet individuals similar to her in status, at least representatives of major forces.

Among the group, Bai Pu saw the Overlord.

The latter noticed Bai Pu, his expression shifted slightly, then he turned away without greeting.

However, a chubby middle-aged man ahead of the Overlord actively waved at them.

"Even the Beautiful Witch has graced the auction with her presence, adding much color! Oh, isn’t that Qingyun, from the same cohort as my Tianyou..."

The Wushan Divine Lady rose to exchange a few pleasantries.

Blood Spider whispered to Bai Pu, "The Iron Wall Guild of the Western Capital Zhou Family, the person ahead is the guild leader, as well as the number one MT, codenamed ’Circular Flow.’" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Circular Flow? The candidate for the Dragon King title!" Bai Pu recalled Li Ling’s data.

"That’s right, he’s very formidable."

Circular Flow caught sight of Bai Pu, hesitated for a moment, but decided to pretend not to know him.

In fact, given Bai Pu’s position as a "Jiangnan Region standing member," Circular Flow should have at least exchanged greetings casually. However, thinking about how this person was in the same cohort as his own child, he felt awkward and found it difficult to address him properly.

So, pretending not to know was the best option.

Bai Pu didn’t intend to embarrass anyone.

However, seeing Circular Flow grasping the Wushan Divine Lady’s hand during a handshake and not letting go, his eyes practically glued to her, Bai Pu felt a shiver from the greasy middle-aged demeanor.

The Wushan Divine Lady’s smile turned somewhat strained. Noticing Blood Spider’s glaring eyes, Bai Pu decided to step in.

"Senior Circular Flow, it’s an honor to meet you."

"Uh... and you are...?"

"Gangxin, a standing member of the Jiangnan Region."

"Oh, oh, oh! Hello, hello, Standing Member Gangxin."

(Handshake, the Wushan Divine Lady freed)

"Standing Member Gangxin, such a young achiever!"

"Not at all, I was a classmate with your son. Considering this connection, Senior Circular Flow, please invest more in the Jiangnan Region! So many Boundary Lands under the Iron Wall Guild, why not open a couple more channels in our Jiangnan Region..."

"Haha! Haha! Next time, for sure, next time for sure! Come, Tianyou, meet your old classmate..."

(The Overlord’s face darkened)

"Standing Member Gangxin, I have some friends over there, let’s catch up soon, definitely need to exchange ideas, haha!"

(Hastily leaves, waving goodbye)

The Wushan Divine Lady and Blood Spider watched this group depart, finding it somewhat amusing.

This was a minor episode; afterwards, as the Wushan Divine Lady went to meet other major force leaders, there were no such eager characters anymore. After all, as big figures, they mostly adhered to decorum.

Blood Spider had the chance to introduce Bai Pu.

"That group with Fenghuo is from Rapids Island, the batch with Haotian is from the ’Celestial Mansion,’ and that annoying Border Town Wanderer hails from the Iron Cavalry Guild..."