I am a cannon fodder, so what's wrong with grabbing an opportunity?

In order to appease the public anger, the public announcement was: Xia Yue was expelled and exiled and would never be allowed to enter Hibi Castle again.

This was the result of Xia Lin's bargaining with Qin Si, giving up some of the management power of the City Lord's Mansion in exchange for Xia Yue.

However, the conditions for exile remained unchanged, and Xia Lin could only swallow his anger and accept the loss.

After all, Xia Yue knew too much and he could not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Qin family. He had to be dealt with thoroughly.

When Xia Yue saw Xia Lin coming to pick him up in person, his heart skipped a beat.

Xie Zhiqiu was teasing cats and dogs in Qin Qi's animal training yard again, and he vented his dissatisfaction at the same time, "It's really too easy for him."

Qin Qi looked at the animals running around in the yard and felt overwhelmed, but he couldn't drive her out.

Zhao Qiu is now very popular with his father, and even his biological son has to stand back and take a backseat.

Regarding Xia Yue's matter, her father rewarded her with hundreds of top-grade spirit stones.

In his entire life, he had only received so many rewards when he successfully advanced to the Golden Core stage.

Whenever he thought of his father's admonitions to cooperate more with Zhao Qiu, to go along with her and not to cause trouble, he felt uneasy.

And in the current situation, who is causing trouble?

"Don't you have anything else to do?" Qin Qi asked helplessly.

Xie Zhiqiu thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I decided to learn animal taming from you."

Qin Qi: ...I shouldn’t have said so much.

In order to reject Zhao Qiu, he could only devalue himself, "I am just a half-baked person, I can't teach you."

"If you are a half-baked person, who else can be in charge of the city guard's animal training school?" With this sentence, Qin Qi was put in a difficult position.

Qin Qi couldn't possibly admit that he couldn't manage the animal taming school.

Xie Zhiqiu began his life of learning animal taming.

On the third day, Qin Qi couldn't stand it anymore and sent a text message to Zhao Qiu, saying that he was busy and didn't have time to teach her for the time being.

Xie Zhiqiu didn't believe his nonsense and went to block the door as soon as he received the news.

We didn't catch any people, but I heard from people at the animal training academy that an auction is being prepared in the city these days.

Before the auction officially begins, there will be a small auction where some lower-grade spirit beasts and demon beasts will be auctioned.

"Half of the spirit beasts and demon beasts in our animal training academy came from the small auction. The young master should have gone to the small auction."

Xie Zhiqiu spent a few spirit stones and asked him to find someone who was on vacation to take her there.

The man immediately found someone to take over the shift and took Xie Zhiqiu with him.

"Patrol Officer Zhao, I'll lead the way for you. The other people on leave don't know where Xiaopai is."

Xie Zhiqiu didn't point out his little thoughts, and gave him a few more spirit stones, "Let's go."

Qin Wei took Xie Zhiqiu on a long and winding journey for nearly half an hour before they arrived at the auction site.

There were huge crowds of people, and a huge stage in the middle, but the show hadn’t started yet.

"Envoy Zhao, the auction won't start for a while. Do you want to walk around first? Or go straight to the front row?" Qin Wei asked Xie Zhiqiu for his opinion.

Xie Zhiqiu glanced at Qin Wei and thought that this guy was quite sensible.

Looking around, there were quite a few scattered stalls, and I was interested, so I said to Qin Wei: "I'll take a look first, you go and arrange a seat for me."

"Okay, I'll wait for you at the door."

The entire market is interconnected, and most of the people there are independent cultivators. Their cultivation base is not very high, mostly in the Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage, and there are basically no Golden Core Stage cultivators.

After all, the cultivation levels of the spiritual beasts and demon beasts sold at these stalls were not high, most of them were in the Qi Refining stage, there were a few in the Foundation Establishment stage, but they were quickly bought up.

Xie Zhiqiu walked along the stalls from beginning to end, just looking but not buying.

As for why she didn't sell it, one reason was that she didn't want to buy it, and two, whenever she was even slightly interested in something, it would be snatched away before she could make a move.

After being robbed three or four times, Xie Zhiqiu knew that someone was targeting him.

When they arrived at a stall, they would message the owner and ask them to cooperate and raise the price.

The boss was a little confused at first, but he reacted quickly. The owners of the sparsely populated stalls nearby looked on with envy.

Then he received a message from Xie Zhiqiu, asking him to wait.

The maid next to Xia Shan tactfully dissuaded her, "Miss, this Zhao Qiu is obviously a poor person and can't afford it at all. You don't have to take her to heart."

Xia Shan glanced at the maid, and the maid immediately fell silent, not daring to say another word.

She complained about Xia Shan in her heart. It was obvious that someone was against her and was deliberately colluding with the boss to cheat people. The spiritual beasts and demon beasts she bought were not worth the money at all.

"Dear fellow Taoists, the auction will begin in a quarter of an hour. Those who have not yet entered the venue, please do so as soon as possible." The organizer announced on the big stage.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Xie Zhiqiu decided to stop playing and turned back to collect his dividends from the stall owners.

Most of the stall owners kept their promises and handed over the spirit stones to Xie Zhiqiu very readily.

There were two or three people who were blind and wanted to refuse to pay, but Xie Zhiqiu simply showed him the token of the city guard, and they all obediently handed over the spirit stones.

She collected a handful of spirit stones. Although it was not enough to fill her teeth, it was better than nothing.

Some were happy, some were sad, Xia Shan was so angry that her face was twisted.

The maid next to her said nothing, fearing that the fire would burn her.

When Xie Zhiqiu arrived at the entrance, Qin Wei was already waiting. Seeing Xie Zhiqiu, he came up to him with a smile, "Patrol Officer Zhao, you are here. I have arranged a seat for you."

"Ah."

Xie Zhiqiu followed Qin Wei in, and before she took two steps, someone bumped into her.

I saw a woman, wearing a silk dress with an embroidered skirt, with moon-shaped earrings, gold, emerald and pearls on her ears, dazzling and eye-catching.

He was wearing magical robes and weapons from head to toe, and was followed by five people, one in the Jindan stage and four in the foundation-building stage.

At first glance, she is the eldest daughter of some family, but it's a pity that she has such a big mouth. "A good dog doesn't block the road."

Xie Zhiqiu did not respond to her, but asked Qin Wei: "Qin Wei, did you hear the dog barking?"

Xia Shan couldn't help herself and asked, "Who are you scolding?"

He suddenly approached Xie Zhiqiu, secretly holding a dagger in his hand.

Xie Zhiqiu naturally did not miss her movements and clamped her two hands.

The people behind Xia Shan didn't expect that the eldest lady would be so reckless. She actually took action on her own and was controlled by others.

Xie Zhiqiu held the struggling Xia Shan like a prisoner and made her stand in front of him.

He said to the followers who wanted to take action: "You'd better think it over carefully. If you move around and scare me, it will be bad if your young lady gets hurt."

Xia Shan struggled: "Let me go, do you know who I am? If you dare to touch me, I will make you pay for it."

"Oh, who are you?" Xie Zhiqiu asked following her words.

Xia Shan said proudly: "I am the eldest daughter of the Xia family, and my father is the head of the Xia family. Why don't you let me go."

"The eldest lady of the Xia family?" Xie Zhiqiu repeated, making Xia Shan mistakenly think that she was afraid.

Before Qin Wei could explain, Xie Zhiqiu said, "I don't know him."

"You bumped into me, you hit me, and you still don't apologize to me. It doesn't matter who your father is. If you don't apologize, don't even think about leaving."

"Apologize? Dream on." How could Xia Shan agree to that?

The two parties were in a stalemate, which attracted a lot of attention.

"Isn't this the eldest daughter of the Xia family? Who is this person? So brave."

"I know this person. He is the new patrol officer of the city guard."

"What? Are you having trouble with the Xia family?"

"More than that, let me tell you..."

There were already many people at the auction, and many people were watching the entrance.

Xia Shan felt embarrassed to hear those people talking about her like that.

He cursed at his followers: "A bunch of trash, why don't you do anything?"

Although the followers were dissatisfied, they had no choice but to obey due to Xia Shan's status.

"Stop." As soon as he started to act, Qin Qi came over, followed by the people brought by the organizer.

Xia Shan didn't care about Qin Qi and ordered her followers, "Don't do it yet."

Qin Qi: "Miss Xia, this is not your Xia family. You must think carefully before you take action."

"This is not your Qin family, why do you care about me?" Even though she was being held by Xie Zhiqiu, Xia Shan still remained stubborn. She didn't believe that these people could do anything to her.

"Hey, Miss Xia, you want to do something to me." A middle-aged man's voice came from behind the crowd.

Everyone moved out of the way.