Chapter 153: Qing Xin
Qing Xin and Fei She were both elders of the Wisteria Merchant Alliance, but she was many years younger and had been highly regarded by Zi Di’s father.
The Wisteria Merchant Alliance was made up of smaller merchant alliances as well as individual stores and trading coalitions.
Qing Xin was once a shop owner, who engaged in low end alchemy materials.
The shop was crowded out and went nearly bankrupt.
After joining the Wisteria Merchant Alliance, she saved her store and displayed her unusual talents.
She was not only talented in business but also magic cultivation.
After obtaining Zi Di’s father’s appreciation, Qing Xin had enough resources to quickly become a bronze level magician.
Zi Di’s father wanted to keep cultivating her.
The Wisteria Merchant Alliance’s background was too superficial, it needed cultivators, especially cultivators on their side.
“I remember my father said that Qing Xin’s bloodline was neither high nor low, and according to his assessment, the silver level was her limit.”
“She should be an iron level magician, but from the outside, she looks like a normal person.”
“Before my father died, she was declared dead. Her caravan had been looted and slaughtered by bandits.”
“Did she feign death?”
“Actually, did she escape and conceal her identity?”
“Perhaps I am just guessing at things. The person in the image just bears a resemblance to her.”
“No, even if there is a chance, I cannot give up!”
The auction began.
A strong impulse rose in Zi Di’s heart.
She felt just like Men Shi.
Qing Xin had been a tender and close older sister to her. There was an unforgettable experience from Zi Di’s childhood that influenced her positively.
Only a few people could enter Zi Di’s heart.
With her mother and father dead, Qing Xin and Fei Ji were perhaps the only two people she considered relatives.
“However.”
“I don’t have that many gold coins left.”
“IF I acquire these slaves, buying the water pigmen will be very dangerous.”
“Don’t tell me we have to drain our liquid capital? No, that isn’t reliable.”
“Most crucially, I still can’t be certain she is Qing Xin!”
“Dang it…”
At that moment, the dragonman youngster’s voice came from room 14.
He placed a bid.
Zi Di blankly stared, then immediately understood that her beloved had passed on information.
Her eyes twinkled and her heart welled up with a warm feeling.
“Elder Fei She is by his side, he must have recognized Qing Xin too.”
“He wants to tell me that he knows the situation and won’t hesitate to purchase these slaves for the chance of saving a surviving relative!”
“That must be it.”
Zi Dis entire being seemed to glow with light.
Her bid immediately provoked many more to take notice.
“I didn’t expect room 21 to be interested in these slaves.”
“Who are these people, they have so much money!”
“Maybe they are just pretending?”
Upon seeing Zi Di enter the contest, the dragonman youngster remained calm and collected.
He said to Fei She, “Are you sure she is Qing Xin?”
Fei She blinked, “No, no I cannot. I know the Wisteria Merchant; Merchant Alliance had a young elder that was responsible for many secret businesses. She was an iron level, but according to relayed rumors, she was dead.”
Zong Ge looked at the magic image and interjected, “Perhaps she is still alive, maybe hiding herself because the Wisteria Merchant Alliance fell to ruins. Due to unexpected events, she was reduced to a slave. She concealed her strength and waited for an opportunity to escape and recover her freedom.”
The dragonman youngster pretended to mutter to himself, “If we took a chance and bought her, we might be able to recruit an iron level magician. But how great is that chance cannot be ascertained.”
After saying that, the dragonman youngster glanced at Zong Ge.
As Zong Ge and he locked eyes, Zong Ge replied, “I believe this is a rare opportunity. We originally wanted to buy the pig watermen, but if it is a magician, an iron level magician, then her worth will utterly exceed that of the water pigmen.”
The dragonman youngster couldn’t help but nod and continue bidding.
After three bids, the dragonman youngster withdrew from the competition.
He shook his head, “At this price, forget about it. The risks aren’t worth the money.”
Fei She also nodded, “The, the price indeed is high. Furthermore, I am not that familiar with Qing Xin.”
After the dragonman youngster withdrew, there was still three parties left.
Zi Di was one of them.
Not long after, she became the winner.
If the dragonman youngster purchased these slaves, it wouldn’t conform with the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps standards.
Zi Di purchasing them was far less risky.
Zong Ge sighed to himself.
He also believed that by purchasing these slaves, he would let the water pigmen he admired slip away. Because the team had to save some gold coins as movable capital.
Room 21’s door quickly rang.
The auction’s fighter and magician brought the slave contracts and imperial documents.
The documents were law binding and stated clearly that this slave trade was legitimate and was protected under imperial law.
After the slave agreement was amended, Zi Di and Cang Xu left the room.
She decided to act like Men Shi, prioritizing the acceptance of the slaves and renouncing joining in the following auction.
Although the ultimate treasure hadn’t appeared yet and there was still hope the water pigmen could be auctioned.
Zi Di had given that duty to the dragonman youngster, she couldn’t hold herself back from verifying if it was Qing Xin or not.
“The next auction is a group of water pigmen slaves.” The auction master presented.
A bronze level fighter dragged up a water pigmen.
The auction master walked to the water pigmen slave and shouted, “Everyone, as you can see, this is quite the unusual pigman – a water pigman.”
“Every adult water pigman is taller and fatter than a normal pigman.”
“Gaze at its stature and you will know they are an excellent source of troops.”
The water pigman slave on stage glowered at everyone.
His arms were tied behind his back, and he had been drugged. His entire body was limp and only his eyes could express his ire and hostility.
He was 2 meters tall, had very white skin, a pig head on a human body, his ears looked like two fans, and had a potbelly and was very rotund.
The auction master clapped the water pigman’s belly, causing a visible wave of flesh to break across it.
The dragonman youngster couldn’t help but associate it with Rou Zang.
Of course, the water pigman could never compare to Rou Zang.
After the auction master emphasized the water pigman’s outstanding swimming ability, the auction began.
Zi DI had left, so the dragonman youngster was the one to bid.
Fei She checked for him and informed him of the maximum amount he could spend.
Zong Ge paid close attention to this.
In room 1, Song Shou bid first.
A few merchant alliance representatives bid one after the other.
Zong Ge was somewhat nervous.
The bidders were all single powers, and one of them was even Song Shou, who was about to select his island to develop his territory.
The auction mood was not intense, and all who bid weren’t doing so fiercely.
The merchant alliance representatives were biding especially cautiously.
After all the water pigmen were beastmen, and there was a barrier between them and humanity.
The Ten Touch Pirates, Lightning Pirates, and other pirate groups remained silent.
The dragonman youngster persevered until the end.
“There is still hope.” Zong Ge’s mood was somewhat stirred.
But a moment later, Hun Tong spoke.
He raised the price ferociously as he announced a high price.
The dragonman youngster sighed, the price had exceeded the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ limit.
He was forced to give up.
Zong Ge also hung his eyes down, his heart regretful.
Hun Tong bid only once, acting at the last phase.
He succeeded.
These water pigmen slaves were now his.
“This price is affordable.” Hun Tong was mildly pleased, feeling it had been worth it.
The slave merchant who brought these water pigmen slaves to Two Eyes Island indicated that they would be joining this auction.
Hun Tong had been thinking about it and wanted to buy them.
Because the water pigmen could survive in water, and due to their unique body structure, they could breathe underwater.
Two Eyes Island was a special island, and the water pigmen were well suited to the bobbing island environment.
Just as he was envisioning his future on how he would employ these water pigmen, a rumble was heard.
Then, Hun Tong’s body began to shake.
Not only he, but everyone in the auction was also shaking about.
The auction master nearly fell off the stage.
“What’s going on?”
“What just happened?!”
“The entire ground shook, was it an earthquake?”
“Two Eyes Island can’t have earthquakes!”
Everyone was bewildered, and everyone sitting stood up and exhibited a cautious posture.
Hun Tong promptly ordered his subordinates to investigate.
At the same time, he smashed through the one way mirror and flew onto the auction stage, “Calm down!”
“An accident has occurred.”
“Don’t be impatient, don’t recklessly cause misunderstandings.”
“I am the feudal lord here; I will use my noble reputation to guarantee that this auction is safe and fair!”
Hun Tong handled it appropriately and exhibited his outstanding feudal lord knowledge.
But the situation couldn’t be controlled.
Because the auction’s floor tiling, walls, and even ceiling was being jabbed with thorns.
Ther entire auction hall became a trap that would kill everyone inside!
In room 3.
“Captain, what should we do?” A subordinate urgently asked.
Qi You coldly snorted, “Regardless of whether this is a scheme of Hun Tong or not, we need to break out first and discuss that later.”
Boom!
A loud sound caused Qi You to look to the side.
In another room, Dian Wan had already used a battle skill.
“How can this be?” Dian Wan’s battle skill left a hole in the wall.
Then that caused the entire wall to push towards him while simultaneously lining itself with spikes.
Dian Wan was forced to retreat, crashing through the one way mirror and falling into the first floor.
“Two Eyes Island is rebelling!”
“It is not an island; it’s a coral ball cage tree.”
“Lord Hun Tong, what’s going on?”
The buyers weren’t blind and quickly discerned the truth.
“What is happening…” Hun Tong’s eyes flashed, he unconsciously looked at room 2, a conjecture growing increasingly certain.
“It’s the fishmen!”
“They’ve made their move.”
“They decide to attack Two Eyes Island today.”
“It was actually today!”