zero o'clock

[last bell rings]

Could it be... senior brother?

Li Huan's eyebrows were tightened, and his eyes were fixed on the merman in the water tank who was constantly frightened by the auctioneer.

This idea of ​​breaking into his mind out of thin air is a bit penetrating, but it is indeed the one that is most easily associated... He suddenly felt extremely regretful, if the teacher's suggestion to send Du Qiu back that day was rejected by him, or If I was more self-willed, I simply asked the teacher to take in the little demon subduing master, maybe everything would be different today.

Li Huan still remembered his kindness, but the reality was to slap them hard on the face.

- A good beginning, but not a good end.

The mermaid that Du Qiu has become is obviously different from the half-demons he has come into contact with before. He is a child himself. Obviously he didn't want to take advantage of his status as a half-demon, otherwise he wouldn't have been trafficked to this kind of place, through trading to become a plaything for people to watch and raise...

Li Huan has completely calmed down from the initial shock, and his brain is spinning fast. Right now, only Chong Ye and the Demon Subduing Masters Association have mastered the demonization technology. It is assumed that the senior brother did not betray the sect, but sent him as promised. If it was handed over to the people of the association, then Du Qiu must have been transformed into a demon after he went back!

But...why would they do this?

Is it a provocation?

If it was a provocation, was it Xing Yi who was responsible for leading him, or the nine-tailed demon fox who let him die, or just a meaningless punishment?

A cold feeling permeated from the depths of his soul, gradually freezing his internal organs. Li Huan felt terrified. No matter which of the above possibilities, he would alienate the demon subduing master into the demon they hate the most, and forcibly downgrade the hunter into a prey. , perhaps all of this is Chong Ye's most malicious punishment!

From the very beginning, he didn't want to cooperate with human beings, and approached them for the purpose of using them. Once the goal was achieved, the demon-subduing masters lost their use value, and he used the technology he had handed over to destroy them bit by bit from the inside.

Sure enough, it is absolutely impossible for the demon and the demon subduing master to coexist, let alone cooperate.

Thinking of this, Li Huan took a deep breath, allowing his brain, which was full of information, to regain clarity.He took out his mobile phone to take pictures of the glass sink, and then directly shared the photos to the WeChat group. After finishing these, he leaned back in his chair and stopped looking at Du Qiu, who was disturbing. He quickly tapped the keyboard with both thumbs to describe the incident in detail Read it again and send it out.

"Although this incident happened unexpectedly, it has a great impact, so we must let the teacher know." Li Huan said.

Seeing him speak, Xing Yi knew that this guy had adjusted himself, so he stroked the hair on the back of his head reassuringly, and said, "You doubt your brother?"

"When I was impulsive before, I really thought that senior brother was suspicious, but after calming down and thinking about it, I don't think so." Li Huan said, "Du Qiu is an insignificant child after all, and will not have any real influence on us. Senior brother was ordered by the teacher to treat him as a survivor. Send it back to the association, if something goes wrong here, the senior brother will definitely be the first to be suspected. The teacher really loves us apprentices, but the nine-tailed demon fox is suspicious by nature, once it becomes the object of suspicion, it is difficult to regain trust. It's not a good deal."

Xing Yi said: "It may also be a bitter trick."

Li Huan nodded: "You are right, but these can only be judged by the teacher. To be honest, the position of the brother is very important. If he is the ghost, he is really more troublesome than anyone else."

Not long after the content was posted, Li Huan's phone vibrated several times in a row, and Ari blew up over there, but it went completely quiet after a while.After that came the news of Qi Jingyu, and he didn't say anything else, he just asked the two to take a picture of Du Qiu, so that it wouldn't fall into the hands of humans.

Li Huan replied "yes" to Qi Jingyu after browsing the WeChat content, then put away his phone, and picked up the brass hammer and brass bell on the desktop.

According to the rules of the auction, it is still in the stage of high prices, and the price will change very quickly, and those who really want to buy often will not participate in the auction during this time period.At this time, the bells in the entire hall were ringing intensively, and it seemed that everyone had fallen into a state of fanaticism and selflessness, and would not hesitate to spend a lot of money for that rare and beautiful creature.

Li Huan's expression suddenly changed, and his warm eyes glanced at a few booths not far away, and said coldly: "It's really ironic, the relationship between monsters and people is to eat and be eaten, but these people are not afraid of monsters. , On the contrary, I want to treat monsters as pets to enjoy. I feel that our forbearance and concessions have not been exchanged for a relatively peaceful living space. The greed in this world is really more chilling than monsters."

"You don't have to think so extreme," Xing Yi said, "They are just a small part."

Li Huan: "I know this kind of statement is very one-sided, but—" He stopped suddenly, pursed his trembling lips slightly, remained silent for a few seconds, and his voice weakened extremely depressingly, "After all, it was our mistake in judgment. That's why Du Qiu turned into something neither human nor demon..."

"You don't know, he told me himself that he hoped that the nine-tailed demon fox could help him erase all the memories related to the demon subduing master, and wanted to leave the association to live the life of ordinary people. A wisp of demon soul was entrusted to me, and I... I feel like I haven't done anything..."

Xing Yi said: "Xiao Huan, you don't need to feel guilty, this actually has something to do with you—"

"It's not guilt." Li Huan interrupted him, shaking his head indiscriminately, "I feel sorry for him as a child, who could have lived a good life in this mortal world, but now he has to live a life of incognito and being hunted by his former companions , and look at his appearance——" Xing Yi still looked over, Li Huan didn't turn his head, but said, "He is obviously still in the chaotic stage of being enslaved by demon souls, without personality and memory, and all actions come from instinct. Just like you were back then."

Xing Yi withdrew his gaze and stopped talking, and a strange relative silence fell between the two of them.

Halfway through the sixth round of auction, the price soared to an unbelievable height in just ten minutes. Many buyers had to give up the competition. After all, half of the auction items have not yet appeared on the stage tonight, so it is really unnecessary Spending too much money on a favorite.The sound of the copper bell became sparse, and even ordinary people can easily hear that there are still two or three companies competing for the right to buy.The buyers who can stay until now are really rich and wanting buyers, and of course there are low-key high-profile buyers who are waiting for the end with a bang.

Li Huan raised his eyelashes calmly, his cold eyes flicked across the direction of the ringing bells, and it was no surprise that they all came from the VIP room on the second floor.Agui on the auction stage no longer teased the Merman, but calmly shook his folding fan. Every time the bell rang, the fat man's eyeballs would turn to the bay window corresponding to the private room.

A few minutes later, the half-hour time limit was drawing to a close, and because the price was too high, two of the three rang their bells and withdrew from the auction.

Agui strolled back to the front of the table, closed the folding fan with a snap, and his shrewd eyes looked around the left, front, and right sides in turn, and then announced loudly: "The current price is 1350 million, and there are still three minutes left. The price per hammer has risen to 3 million yuan, if there is no bid from the boss within this period, then this South Sea larval mermaid will belong to..."

jingle--!

Agui was the only one speaking in the whole hall. Although his voice was loud, the ringing of the bell was still very clear.

There were movements in many booths, and even the beaded curtains on the bay windows on the second floor were pushed back a little. Everyone here is a frequent visitor to this kind of underground auction, so they naturally understand that the sale is at this time. He is the real expert who doesn't care about the price.

It's a pity that the ringing of the bell was too short, and it was difficult for ordinary people's ears to judge where the sound source was.

But there is one exception.

Auctioneer Agui, who was interrupted, turned his fat body and looked hesitantly at the most remote common booth. A person like him who needs to host the audience on the night of the auction has long been concerned about every table, even the The location and identity of each guest is well known, and that table is obviously not in the plan.

"This is..." Agui frowned, but he couldn't openly question anything.

At this time, a buddy ran up from the audience, leaned into his ear, and briefly explained the matter of arranging the temporary position earlier.

Agui is very shrewd, immediately showed a clear look, waved his hand and retreated to the buddy, bowed very flatteringly to the booth where Li Huan and Xing Yi were huddled, and said with an apologetic smile: "It turns out that the guests from the No. [-] VIP room came down to breathe. Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's Agui who neglected you."

"No problem," said a voice behind the gauze curtain, "Mr. Agui, please continue."

Agui said "Okay" bluntly, then turned back and faced the front again: "The auction continues, please continue to increase the price, buyers!"

The buyer who bid before was still unwilling to give up, and continued to chat with Li Huanbiao intermittently for more than a minute. At this time, every ringing of the bell meant that the total price had accumulated by 100 million, and the previously quoted price was quickly raised. , the man finally retreated.

Probably Agui didn't expect that the buyer who came from behind would be so reckless about the cost, so he couldn't help but glanced at the booth in the corner a few more times.

The hall fell silent again, with the last few tens of seconds remaining.

Li Huan put down the copper hammer and copper bell and heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that although the teacher cost a lot of money, as long as Du Qiu came back, the money would not be a loss.

After the previous reversal, Agui no longer announced in advance this time, but took out his pocket watch and stared at the second hand as it stroked towards the hour one by one.

The little shark in the water tank timidly supported the tank wall, a bubble came out of his mouth, and floated up unsteadily.

The next moment, the second hand points to the number 12, and Agui clicks with his thumb to end the timing.

At the same time, behind a certain row of beaded curtains in the VIP room on the second floor, the last bell rang quietly.

As soon as the sound came out, everyone in the auction hall was shocked, and all the buyers got up and left their seats, just wanting to see who made the finale sound.

Agui didn't expect that someone would ring the bell at the last second, and his attention was scattered, so he couldn't tell where the sound came from for a while.

In the booth in the corner, Li Huan's face was gloomy, and he reached into the Nike bag with one hand and gently grasped the handle of the Tang knife.Xing Yi got up directly, opened the gauze curtain and walked out of the booth, and looked up at VIP Room No. [-] without any hesitation.

Behind the beaded curtain, the room that had been vacant all night finally welcomed its owner for tonight.

——inued