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【Demon Soul】

The warehouse for keeping the auction items is located behind the wall adjacent to the main platform on the first floor. It is a closed single room completely embedded in the wall without windows. It is distinguished and does not communicate with any room.

Qi Jingyu, Yan Mo, and Ghost Che were surrounded by several subordinates. The group hurried through the corridor separated from the hall by a wall, and stopped in front of a bulletproof password door at the end.

The security captain who was in charge of the safety of the auction items was waiting there. As soon as he saw the ghost car, he walked up a few steps to meet him, bowed symbolically to him, glanced at Qi Jingyu and Yan Mo behind him, and said in a low voice: : "Ghost, these two are your friends, let me tell you that there is a bit—"

Before he finished speaking, the ghost car flew over with a glance. Although the security captain didn't know which part of the play was sung, he immediately silenced himself.

Ghost Che cleared his throat, turned around and approached Qi Jingyu, and smiled apologetically, "My lords, something may have happened inside, I'll go and listen first, you two wait a moment."

Qi Jingyu raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled at him inexplicably.

The auction in the hall behind one wall was in full swing, but the more lively the copper bell was, the more eerily quiet it was. The cold beauty was thinking about something, but he didn't dare to say anything unless the other party said anything, so he just stood obediently and waited for the next sentence.

Qi Jingyu remained silent for more than a minute, then walked up to the window and looked at the deserted night in the yard through the open gap. Yan Mo followed and stood beside him.

A layer of sweat broke out on the ghost's forehead for no reason, thinking that the two of them should not be more straightforward in their actions, and they really made people nervous for a long time.He breathed a sigh of relief, pulled the captain aside, and said carefully: "Don't talk nonsense, I can't afford to offend those two, after a while, they can look at them as they want, and spend whatever they want It's time to run out, so I just have to take off my item smoothly, remember?"

"Don't worry," the security captain said, "but you have to wait for two minutes before you can go in."

Upon hearing this, Ghost Che's expression darkened immediately, and he said unwillingly, "I just told you not to mess with them, so I brought all these people down, are they just waiting at this door?!"

The security captain was also aggrieved, and quickly explained to him: "Ghost, you haven't been in there before, the aisle is less than two meters away, and now that the auction item on the stage is owned, the next one will have to be sold right after it." Now, this in-and-out transport won’t make your two distinguished guests turn sideways to make room for those playthings, will it?”

Ghost Che thought for a while and felt that this was indeed the case, he let go and said, "Okay then, how long will it be?"

The security captain said: "Five or six minutes later, listen, Mr. Agui is about to drop the hammer."

Sure enough, there was a bang on the other side of the wall, and the auctioneer on the stage began to announce the results of the latest round of auction loudly.Ghost Che rolled up his sleeves and glanced at the time. It is now much later than the planned departure time. Fortunately, there is still no news of that group of people coming. The heart in his stomach has been hanging high, but it has been hanging for a long time It means to be down-to-earth.

Probably numb.

"Then I'll go and tell them, and you go to urge them too, so that the auctioneer can be quicker."

After finishing speaking, the two separated, and the security captain went to the lobby to ask the servants to come over and carry things.Ghost Che breathed a sigh of relief, quickly conceived words in his mind, and then showed a very embarrassed expression and rubbed behind Qi Jingyu and Yan Mo. Before he could speak, he heard Qi Jingyu say: "There is a result?"

Ghost Che hummed, and repeated verbatim what the security captain said to him just now. Before Qi Jingyu could speak, footsteps came from the other side of the corridor. As soon as the ghost car spoke, it had already called people over.

The three consciously stepped aside to make way, and Yan Mo took a rough look at the height and shape of the people who came to move the auction items, playing with taste: "We need four people, it seems that the items in this round are not small."

The password door was opened, and several people entered in a file. From their perspective, they could see that there was a straight corridor behind the door. The light was bright, and the main entrance of the warehouse was inside.

A few minutes later, there was a rumbling sound on the other side of the password door, like the sound of wheels rolling over the ground. It could be heard that the sound was muffled, indicating that the objects carried were very heavy.Qi Jingyu frowned slightly, and subconsciously looked at Yan Mo, who also had a suspicious expression on his face. The two exchanged a short glance, and then looked at the source of the sound in unison.

It was a huge rectangular object with a height of more than two meters by visual inspection. It was covered with a piece of high-grade navy blue velvet from top to bottom.Because the exposed shape of the thing is too regular, it is easy to guess that it is not an auction item itself, but more like a container.

Qi Jingyu stared at it getting closer with a calm face, glanced down inadvertently, and suddenly found a sparse trace of water on the ground, spreading all the way along with the cart, and the hem of the velvet cloth was also soaked by something up.

"Do you know what's in it?" he asked casually.

The ghost car also watched the group go away curiously, and said, "It's too specific, but it should be a water tank, and there are likely to be living things in it."

"What kind of living thing can get on the stage here?" Yan Mo frowned, his cool eyes fell on the ghost car, "Could it be a demon?"

The ghost car was startled by the coldness in the man's eyes, and quickly shook his head and said: "That's impossible, no matter how bold these mortals are, they would not dare to trade monsters for others to enjoy. To be honest, the people who spread in the black market are usually half-demons. That is, a demon transformed from an animal."

Hearing this, Qi Jingyu's heart sank in vain. This matter had been mentioned by the little apprentice as early as the night when he came back from the tea house, but he didn't expect to meet him for the first time - no!He quickly denied this statement. Maybe it wasn't because they were lucky, but because the circulation of man-made half-demons was more popular than expected, so that there would be one or two in every underground auction...

"Do you know the origin of these half-demons?"

"Originally this part of the content should be kept secret, but the two of you are not outsiders, so I'll just say it straight." The ghost car took two steps forward to prevent others from hearing the next content, and said in a low voice, "It's from that association. It came out. It is said that at the beginning, the number of monsters hunted was insufficient to meet the needs of newcomers, so they sought out the method of fusing animals and ghost souls to create artificial half-monsters. Some people wanted to use this business to make a fortune. A few will enter the black market."

Qi Jingyu hummed and didn't say much. What he was thinking about was that the little apprentice and Xing Yi were outside right now, and the specific details and even whereabouts could be obtained from them at that time. The bait is left behind.

Ghost Che opened his cuffs and looked at his watch again, not wanting to wait for the security captain to come back, he tentatively said: "My lords, one auction item is only available for half an hour, let's go in as soon as possible, so as not to disturb the two lords by moving things again clean."

Qi Jingyu nodded and said, "Lead the way."

The warehouse is a heavy place, and all the subordinates are not allowed to enter, so the ghost car had to lead the way in front, leading Qi Jingyu and Yan Mo into the warehouse.

Because the old cultural relics must be carefully preserved, the light after actually entering the warehouse is much darker than the corridor outside.The room is not big, and the walls are welded by alloy, which is very strong visually. The organizer has designated twelve exclusive areas according to the number of auction items that night, and each area is separated by a glass wall, which is independent. The temperature and humidity control system, and at this time the four glass grids near the entrance are already empty.

The ghost car closed the door casually, quickly followed the two people who were walking deep, and said, "The goods are at the innermost."

After finishing speaking, the three of them came to the deepest glass compartment together—there was a table of huanghuali placed in it, and a round blue and white porcelain fish tank was placed on it. The liquid in the tank was as black as ink. The tail is shaped like a jellyfish, and the whole body is translucent.

Qi Jingyu's feet stopped suddenly, his pupils tightened instantly, and he looked at the two souls in the porcelain vat without turning, as if he was nailed in place.

Yan Mo noticed something strange, and turned his head to give Qi Jingyu a questioning look. Before he came to remember to speak, a cold palm clasped his wrist in vain. Yan Mo lowered his eyes and stared at the man's veined arm. The joints of that hand were pale and trembling slightly.

"Jing Yu..."

Yan Mo's brows were tightly frowned. Thousands of years had passed, and it had been too long since he had seen such a groggy expression on the face of that always cold and aloof man.

The ghost car walking in front of the two didn't notice it, and pushed open the door of the glass compartment, then flicked the edge of the magnetic cylinder, and said flatteringly: "I have kept this pair of ghost souls for more than half a year, and I have been carefully feeding them with human blood. That said, the state is very good, if the two of you take it back to devour your cultivation, then you must—"

Before he finished speaking, there was a loud bang in the silent warehouse!

The back of the ghost car slammed into the glass partition, and the whole person was so painful that his eyes went dark. The man clasped his throat with five fingers like iron pliers, and continued to apply pressure as he retracted. The location spreads out, covering the positive glass partition bit by bit.

"Where did you get these two strands of demon souls? I will only ask this one last time. If you continue to be vague, I will directly smash your head!"

The man's cold voice seemed to be covered with a layer of ice, and every word was poured into the eardrums, as if even the bones and blood were to be frozen together.

The back of Ghost Che's head was full of wet blood, and his cheeks were flushed. He struggled to open his eyes and looked at the expressionless man in front of him. The translucent animal tail danced away, and he stared into the man's eyes, but it was more like looking up at a condescending ancient monster.

"You... who are you?!"

"Me?" Qi Jingyu said coldly, "Open your dog eyes and take a good look. You colluded with Nightmare to acquire human souls, and you dare to attack demons on my territory? Hehe—ghost car, Even if you have the guts, do you really think that I, Nine-Tails, is a reclusive waste?!"

Ghost Che's eyes widened when he heard the words: "You...you are..."

"Answer the deity's question!" Qi Jingyu suddenly raised his voice, gathered his five fingers together, and his sharp nails dug into the flesh after being demonized, and penetrated deeply into the neck of the ghost car.

Blood flowed profusely from the side of the ghost car's neck, and the smell of blood was strong in the warehouse. Under the oppression of the nine-tailed coercion, he couldn't even keep looking at him.

"I, I really don't know... It's just that I collected the demon soul at the auction last summer, and I didn't expect to offend Lord Kyuubi's Tai Sui..."

"I don't even know what that demon soul is... I have been taking care of it carefully since I found out that I can't swallow it, just waiting for someone to take over—Master Nine Tails! The little demon was just fascinated by ghosts for a while, and he really never laid hands on the same kind. ah!"

Qi Jingyu narrowed his eyes dangerously, exerted force with his wrist, and forced the demon to bend his neck back to the limit, and said, "You don't want to attack the same kind, but you actually want to buy a demon soul from the nightmare. Tell me, ghost car, what's the matter with you?" What's the difference between doing it yourself?!"

Ghost Che opened his mouth wide in pain, and an indistinct moan came out of his throat.

Yan Mo, who had been watching silently from the sidelines, took two steps forward to Qi Jingyu's side, glanced at the helpless ghost car with his lowered eyes calmly, and said flatly, "Jingyu, is that soul..."

"Yes!" Qi Jingyu's voice trembled, he interrupted the other party suddenly, and said word by word, "I have a third apprentice who fell into the hands of the Demon Subduing Master, and his whereabouts are unknown so far. The same ancient ferocious beast, Zhu Yan, is this answer satisfactory to Master Mo Luo?"

Yan Mo sighed silently, knowing that the little fox was very angry. He was lying down with the ghost car and shot him. He couldn't laugh or cry: "Jing Yu, calm down first, don't forget why we took him to death. Leave……"

"I haven't forgotten!" Qi Jingyu said, "But I can't wait for Feng Chi to come to the door, let alone let Feng Chi take his life easily. I don't believe that he doesn't know the whereabouts of the guy who sold Zhu Yan's second soul. I must keep him and avenge my apprentice who died in vain!"

Qi Jingyu took a deep breath, his eyelashes drooped slightly, and a terrifying silence spread. After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes again, and the cold eyes were so quiet that it was frightening.

"It's a demon subduing master. Those sanctimonious bastards dared to draw my apprentice's three souls and use them to participate in the dirty business of this world. They really don't take my Nine Tails seriously. They... are too bullying !"

——inued