X-Dragon Era

Sitting upright in the auction hall, Xin Yun's heart was filled with indescribable excitement. Even though he arrived quite late due to selling the Dragon Creation Stone, when Xin Yun arrived here, the auction had still not begun—after all, some preparatory work was required for the auction.

When it comes to auctioning people, the first thing that comes to mind for everyone is definitely slaves, but in fact, that is not the case. In this world, the concept of slaves does not exist. In the eyes of the people in this world, everything has its value, and people are no different; so in essence, it's just like any ordinary commodity, only... this kind of commodity happens to be human.

Of course, even though the terms might be different, in essence, they are the same. These people being auctioned have absolutely no freedom to speak of; they're just like an ordinary commodity. Once sold, they become someone else's property, just like buying a chicken or a little rabbit, with hardly any difference.

As for the issue of loyalty, there's absolutely no need to worry about that. Generally speaking, the people auctioned here have been brainwashed by the Demon Dragon Clan, and to use a term from Earth, these are the ones who have been "raised," only the methods of raising them are much more sophisticated, so there's no chance of betrayal.

Take Yan Qingying as an example. In her previous life, she had reached the realm of the Nine Great Experts in the latter stages, but what of it? She still couldn't break free from control. In fact... she never even had the thought to break free.

Of course, Xin Yun definitely had no intention of enslaving Yan Qingying, but as someone who had lived through three lifetimes, he also knew that if he wanted to change something, he might not be able to do it.

The auction finally began. According to the usual practices of the auction, all the commodities auctioned in this area were people, and the order of appearance was naturally based on the value of the commodities themselves. The more valuable they were, the later they appeared; the cheaper ones came first.

What would be the price of Yan Qingying? Xin Yun did not yet know. As a fan of Yan Qingying, although Xin Yun knew exactly where and how she would appear, he never could find out how much she was bought for at that time—no one knew.

To successfully purchase Yan Qingying, Xin Yun made thorough preparations: even if he had to spend his last penny, he would do so without regrets, knowing that Yan Qingying was priceless.

In his previous life, the family that bought Yan Qingying was not very impressive, just a newly emerged minor clan. However, precisely because they successfully bought Yan Qingying, the clan rapidly grew along with her development, and in the end, they even ranked seventh among the Nine Great Families!

It could be said that no matter how much money was spent today, this investment would be multiplied by tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, in the near future, and any price would be worth it.

As Xin Yun waited excitedly, a line of girls in neat formation slowly walked onto the auction platform from both sides and then turned around simultaneously, facing the thousands of guests down below.

Upon closer inspection, these girls were all around ten years of age, not exceeding eleven, and all were older than nine, roughly the same size. They were dressed in knee-length dresses that hung down charmingly to their knees, looking extremely adorable.

Due to the distance, Xin Yun couldn't clearly see the faces of the girls. Just as he was getting anxious, the auctioneer began to speak, "This is the first group of auction items, a total of ten beautiful girls. They all possess high quality traits, but unfortunately, they are the ones abandoned by the dragons. However...

it's certain that they all have the potential to become top-tier beauties in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Xin Yun grew even more anxious. These girls were all like Yan Qingying, abandoned by the dragons. It's known that among ordinary people, only one in ten is someone abandoned by a dragon, but here, ten appeared all at once. This showed just how many high-quality children the Demon Dragon Clan had collected.

What gave Xin Yun a headache was that these girls all had the same conditions as Yan Qingying, so it was impossible to tell which one was her. And now, with such a distance, it was impossible to clearly see their faces. What should he do?

As Xin Yun grew anxious, the auctioneer continued, "Don't miss this opportunity! All these girls have been trained by the Demon Dragon Clan and possess multi-faceted high-quality traits. Even though they can't become Martial Artists, if you buy them, they can be used as Maids, Maidservants, and in a few years, they can become Concubines.

Especially when they grow up, they will definitely all be top-tier beauties!"

Facing the auctioneer's words, the guests below were not very interested. What use is just looking good? If you want a woman, why go through the trouble of buying and raising one yourself? That's too time-consuming, and who knows if these girls, who look so cute now, will really grow up to be top-tier beauties?

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Merely enticing with bright lights is useless; apart from those who specifically come to purchase high-quality maids and maidservants, most people remain unmoved. After all... these are only the first batch of girls to be presented, and those to follow will be better.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, the auctioneer was unperturbed, having apparently anticipated this situation. He loudly announced, "Alright, now I declare that there are a total of ten girls here, to be auctioned off in a bundle. The starting bid is one thousand gold! Everyone can start bidding now..."

"Wait a minute!" As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, Xin Yun could not hold back any longer and shouted, "Even if you are selling them in a bundle, you should at least introduce these girls. At the very least, we need to know their names, right?"

In response to Xin Yun's request, the auctioneer frowned and said, "I'm sorry, sir. Due to the large number of items we have to auction today, we don't have time to list every single bid for such an auction. Moreover, it seems unnecessary, don't you agree?"

"Damn it!" Upon hearing the auctioneer's words, Xin Yun could not help but curse under his breath. Was he supposed to buy all these girls? That was too outlandish; how could he accommodate them? Resell them? That wouldn't do; he did not want to become a human trafficker.

As Xin Yun was unsure how to deal with the situation, the auctioneer gave a slight smile and continued, "However, since it is a request from a guest, we will make an exception just this once, but only this once!"

With that, the auctioneer turned towards the girls on stage and instructed, "Alright, starting from the first one on the left, announce your names one by one..."

Upon hearing the auctioneer's command, the children were exceptionally obedient. Despite their nervousness and slight shyness, they still spoke up one by one, "My name is Dun Zhu... My name is Lang Ma... My name is..."

As one child after another announced their names, Xin Yun's heart violently pounded. He was so engrossed that he failed to notice Yi Luo Xiang beside him, her head bowed in misery as tears rolled down her cheeks.

In Yi Luo Xiang's view, Xin Yun's interest in these girls must surely be like Ah Da's, merely wanting to buy them to cuddle with in bed and do the bad things that all men love to do. Could it be... he was truly just like all the other men?

Let us not dwell on how distraught Yi Luo Xiang was. Meanwhile, on the other side, the self-introductions of the girls on stage were still ongoing. Xin Yun stood up anxiously, his fists clenched and his whole body taut. Was Yan Qingying... among these girls? It seemed unlikely!

This was only the first batch, the least valuable one...

"My name is Yan Qingying. I am nine years and eight months old..." Just as Xin Yun was inwardly shaking his head, denying his own judgment, a delicate voice rang out from the stage.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Boom!" Upon hearing that voice, Xin Yun felt as though a thunderous boom erupted inside his head. Oh my god... she! She... she was actually here. And she was lumped together with the other nine girls, with a starting bid of just one thousand gold!

Wasn't that outrageous?

But on closer consideration, a girl destined not to become a martial artist and only nine years and eight months old was actually not worth much. In fact, one could simply adopt a child from the streets without spending a penny.

Don't think that one thousand gold is a small sum. For example, the last time Ah Da bought two girls, it cost him a total of only one thousand gold.

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Consider this: two girls, who had been trained for over a decade to be highly skilled in pleasing men and of very high quality, aged seventeen or eighteen, only cost one thousand gold. Therefore, selling ten girls of around nine years old for one thousand gold was actually quite a lot. Of course... one thousand gold was only the asking price. To actually buy them for that price was impossible!

Gazing at the girl who was eighth in line on the stage, Xin Yun's eyes glazed over as he swallowed hard. He hoarsely said, "Mr. Auctioneer, is it possible to purchase just one girl? You know, it's difficult for us being out and about to handle so many girls..."

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