The slave black market was hidden among the ruins of a house. The square house rebuilt by the slave traders looked exactly like a prison.
The cat demon Yu Xiaoli led Qianqi and Lingyu through several narrow alleys and came to behind a bush not far from the slave black market. Then he pointed at the square building and said to them: "Brother, you guys Look, that’s right there, my sister Yu Xiaohua is locked up there!”
"What are you waiting for? Just go in!" Qian Qi said and started to move forward.
But Yu Xiaoli stopped him and reminded him: "Brother, you don't know that there are many guards hired by slave traders there. It's very dangerous to rush in like this!"
"Look, stupid dragon, you are really reckless. You are not as good as a child! I think this is good, you tell us how old your sister is and what her characteristics are, and we pretend to be buyers and sneak in and buy her. Okay, it’s not like it’s a big deal.” Ling Yu thought for a while and said.
Qianqi glanced at him, nodded in agreement, then turned to Yu Xiaoli and asked, "Well, please tell me what your sister looks like?"
"My sister is fourteen years old and she is so beautiful! She is probably much taller than me, and her hair is very long and her eyes are big... "
"Wait a minute, a girl should look like that, let's get to the point!" Yu Xiaoli was about to continue but was interrupted by Ling Yu.
"There is a red birthmark on her left temple. That birthmark is very special because it is in the shape of a flower. It is because of this that her father named her Xiaohua." Yu Xiaoli pointed to her left temple and said.
"Did you tell me earlier? Let's go!" Qian Qi said and straightened out his clothes to make himself look more calm and unhurried.
Then he asked Yu Xiaoli to wait where he was, while he and Ling Yu walked to the front of the slave black market. After searching for a long time, they found the small iron gate hidden in the corner of the building. They knocked heavily on the door a few times, and the door mirror on the small iron door was pulled open. A scarred eye poked out from inside and looked at them for a long time. When they saw the two young men, they looked dignified. Although they were not like the buyers who usually came to visit, they were definitely wealthy owners, so they opened the iron door without any difficulty.
When they walked in, they saw that the scarred-eyed man who opened the door for them turned out to be a weasel demon. He was short, thin and wore a loose coarse cloth gown. He also had a bunch of keys on his waist, which would jingle at the slightest movement. The sound of clanging. The black market for slaves was very noisy. The guards had a private gambling game on the tables as soon as they entered, and they were not willing to stop even when buyers came in.
The weasel demon coughed twice and shouted at the guards: "A guest is here. If you don't hurry back to your place, be careful. I'll tell the boss and let you eat them all." I can’t walk around in circles.”
When the guards heard this, although they were reluctant, they collected all the dice and other things scattered on the gaming table and left unhappy. As soon as they left, the weasel demon immediately put on a flattering face and said to Qian Qi and the others: "You two young masters, do you also want to buy a few slaves to go back and play with?"
"Exactly!" Qian Qi responded, deliberately making his voice sound calmer.
"We want young people, preferably girls!" Ling Yu added from the side.
When the weasel monster heard this, he said with a evil smile on his ugly face: "I understand, I understand! Then you have come to the right place. We have all kinds of slaves here, come with me!"
He led Qian Qi and Ling Yu inside, and then passed through a door and entered a very spacious room. There were rows of cages covered with black cloth neatly placed in the room, but it was very quiet here, except for Except for the occasional chatter of guards coming from afar, nothing could be heard, as if the covered cages were all empty.
They came to a row of cages, and the weasel demon lifted the black cloth on one of them. Inside was a girl chained up. She looked very young, no more than ten years old. She was thin and small, her mouth was blocked by a leather mask, and her eyes were very blurred. Qianqi and Lingyu knew at a glance that this was why they couldn't make a sound, and the same was certainly true for the others.
"How's it going? Look at how good this little girl is! This little girl is just nine years old, and she can do everything. She looks good, has a good body, and for this price, it's quite a bargain!" Weasel Demon introduced and compared. Draw three fingers.
"Three taels of silver?" Qian Qi raised his eyes and asked. He found that the girl had no birthmark, so he shook his head pretending to be dissatisfied.
"What? Are you not satisfied? It doesn't matter, we have many other choices!"
The weasel demon was about to put down the black cloth as he spoke, but Qianqi could clearly see a trace of prayer flashing in the girl's eyes. Although it was half a beat slow, for a moment she seemed to be expecting them to put her down. I bought it, but in the end it could only turn into endless indifference.
They kept looking at the last cage in the row before finally finding the girl with the flower-shaped birthmark on her left temple. The weasel monster could tell at a glance that the two teenagers were interested in this girl, and he opened his eyes as soon as he rolled his eyes. After bidding the highest price, he said: "You two gentlemen have really good taste. This is our best product. This girl is already thirteen or fourteen years old. Needless to say, I can definitely serve you well if I buy it back. And it's five taels." The money will be yours!"
"I don't have any money. I'll give this to you! Is it enough?" Qian Qi took out a small piece of gold from his purse and threw it to him.
The weasel monster took it and weighed it for a long time, then responded with a smile: "Enough, enough! This little girl is so lucky to meet such a generous buyer! Will you take her away now?"
"Um!"
When the weasel demon saw Qian Qi nodding, he quickly took off the key from his waist, skillfully found one inside and opened the lock on the cage. Then he suddenly took out the girl inside, and then took her out. The chains on her hands and feet were also loosened, and she took off the leather gag covering her mouth, and said, "Just follow them. Your parents' debt has been paid off!"
The girl nodded and followed Qian Qi and Ling Yu out of the slave black market. Seeing that her sister Yu Xiaohua was really rescued, Yu Xiaoli, who had been waiting outside for a long time and was scratching her head, couldn't believe her eyes. She stumbled over and got into her sister's arms, and then with a cry, she started crying.
"elder sister… "
"Xiao Li, my parents' debt has been paid off, and my sister has to follow these two people!" The girl, who had not yet figured out the situation, stroked Yu Xiaoli's little head and said.
"They are good people! In order to save you, I stole... stole their wallet. Instead of beating me, they promised to help me rescue you." Yu Xiaoli responded with sobs.
"Is this really so?" The girl listened to her younger brother Yu Xiaoli tell the whole story, and pulled him to kneel down in front of Qian Qi and Ling Yu, planning to kowtow to them.
"Little flower girl, you can't do this!" Qianqi said with a sheepish smile, stretched out his hand to pull them up, and then said to them, "You go home first, this brother and I still have something to do. manage!"
Yu Xiaoli nodded, and before leaving, he reluctantly said to Qian Qi and Ling Yu: "Our family lives in the outermost house on the old street in the south of the city. If you can't find it, just ask about the old Yu family. Everyone You all know that when you finish your work, you must come to our house for dinner!"
As soon as Yu Xiaohua and Yu Xiaoli left, Qianqi said to Lingyu, "It seems we need to come again tonight!"
"I thought so too. I walked around but couldn't find any clues. The other slaves..." Lingyu shook his head at this point.
"Yeah, all I can think about now is the girl's expectant eyes. We are their hope for survival. If we don't save them, one of them might be sold to a monster who is trained on living monsters. , Alas!" Qian Qi responded with a sigh.
"Then where are we going now?" Ling Yu asked, it was still some time before night.
"Let's go shopping around and maybe we'll find some new clues!" Qianqi suggested.
"I happen to be a little hungry. If I had known, I might as well have gone home with Yu Xiaoli and the others!" Ling Yu said, touching his flat stomach.
They walked back through the narrow alleys to the lively street, looking for restaurants as they walked. As we walked along the street, the monsters who were originally crowding around us all suddenly moved to the side of the street, leaving the middle empty. Qianqi and Lingyu didn't understand the reason, so they ignored their behavior and still walked in the middle of the road.
The monsters on both sides greeted them both:
"Hey, little brother, come here quickly!"
"That's right, didn't you see Master Yasha coming? If you piss him off, both of you will be left with nothing to eat!"
"Yaksha?!" Qianqi and Lingyu asked the question in unison, thinking that it was really hard to find a place even though they had worn iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it. I was worried that I couldn't find Yasha anywhere. I didn't expect him to come to my door. What I didn't expect was that he was still so bold today and dared to walk through the city.
The two teenagers saw a figure in a black cloak walking towards them from a distance. From the outline, it looked like it was indeed Yasha, so they were ready to summon their weapons to fight at any time. Unexpectedly, the figure in the black cloak walked towards them. The truth is revealed in front of them as soon as they open their mouth.
"Hey, where did you come from?! If you dare to block my way, I think you don't want to live anymore!"
Qian Qi immediately recognized that the voice was not Yaksha's at all. He exchanged glances with Ling Yu and asked disdainfully, "Hey, where did this coward come from and dare to call himself an uncle!"
Lingyu mocked: "No, I really thought I saw Yaksha himself, but I didn't expect him to be an impostor!"
"Hey, you guys are quite courageous at your young age. I just went to the slave black market to buy the little cat girl I had fallen in love with before, but I actually said that she was bought by two teenagers from outside. Could it be you two? Right? In Miancheng, no one has ever dared to fight for the slave I like! I was just planning to find you, but I didn’t expect you to come to my door yourself!" The man in black cloak yelled.
"Are you the monster who uses living monsters to practice martial arts?!" Qianqi immediately became serious and asked after hearing his words.
"Practice?!" Black Cloak was stunned by their question for a long time before he came up with these two words.
Qianqi felt from his tone that this was the first time he heard someone say that, so he continued to ask, "Didn't you buy those slaves just to use them for training?"
"I... Do I need to report to you two boys what I bought them for?! Stop talking nonsense, it seems I have to teach you to mind your own business in the future!" After saying this, the black cloak took off his hands. He took out the copper sword on his back and rushed towards them waving it. From the two moments he drew his sword, he looked quite intimidating.
Qian Qi first summoned the Jade Chan Sword to fight with him, but as soon as the sword in his hand touched the black cloak's knife, he felt his bluff. This black cloak's demon power is still weak, and his sword skills are messy. He really doesn't look like a ruthless character trained on a living monster. Before Ling Yu could take action, Qian Qi knocked the knife out of Black Cloak's hand within a few moves, and put his own sword on his neck.