The beautiful mage was kidnapped by the contracted beast again

Jiang Liujing narrowed his eyes slightly, and after adjusting to the sudden brightness, he looked around.

The auction organizers, perhaps wanting to show off their own worth, spared no effort to fill the venue with an atmosphere of ostentation.

The towering pillars, encircling the sky, resembled the ruins of an ancient temple, painted a gorgeous dark red. Atop the dome-like ceiling, giant crystal chandeliers dispelled all shadows. The dome, illuminated by the light, was gilded, and the walls were painted with murals depicting the advent of the god of magic. A crimson curtain hung on the stage, as if a tragic performance would unfold as soon as the curtains opened.

In such a place, people will unconsciously feel very small, and it seems that they can meet the eyes of the gods in the murals when they look up and down.

Jiang Liujing and the others followed the instructions and took their seats. Gu Lian had already arrived, sitting right next to them. Seeing Jiang Liujing, he smiled and said teasingly, "I thought you would arrive earlier."

Jiang Liujing didn't say anything, but a white bird's head suddenly popped out from his left pocket. Before Gu Lian could react, it flew out and snatched away the light red jade pendant hanging around his neck.

Gu Lian's expression suddenly changed, and he raised his hand to catch the bird. However, the bird was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye it flew back to Jiang Liujing, still tightly holding the pale red jade pendant in its mouth, proudly shaking it left and right at Gu Lian.

Jiang Liujing was also slightly stunned, and quickly reached out to catch the bird, scolding: "Isel, stop being rude, return the things quickly."

"Chirp." Israel was still very obedient to his master. He lowered his head and stood still, allowing Jiang Liujing to take the jade pendant out of his mouth.

Jiang Liujing handed the jade pendant back to Gu Lian and said apologetically, "Sorry, Yiser was a little naughty."

Gu Lian's expression had returned to normal by then. After checking that the jade pendant was not damaged, he put it back around his neck and smiled reassuringly at Jiang Liujing: "It's okay, as long as it's not broken."

Then he looked at Isser and said, "After all, he's a child of the Tianhuang clan, so it's normal for him to have some personality. Speaking of which, haven't his clan members come to look for you?"

Jiang Liujing shook his head.

It was about a year after Iser hatched that she took on her initial racial appearance. She transformed herself from an ugly, short-haired little gray bird into a white phoenix, hailed by countless students as the "most beautiful fantasy beast in school."

But what it didn't expect was that when it grew up and became beautiful, it was ruthlessly rejected by its daddy.

When Jiang Liujing saw the transformed cat, the first words it said were, "Now that you have grown up, go sleep in the woods outside with Dahei."

It caused great trauma to Iser's young mind.

Only then did Jiang Liujing finally recognize the species of bird Iserl belonged to. The Celestial Phoenix, a family also considered a top-tier bloodline among mythical beasts, possessed a unique characteristic: the power attributes of their offspring were completely random.

Usually, the offspring of fantasy beasts will inherit one or two of their parents' power attributes, but the Sky Phoenix is ​​a complete eccentric. Two water-attributed ones can also give birth to a fire cub. It is impossible to tell who the parents are based on the attributes, so this race is particularly prone to cuckolding.

Jiang Liujing originally wanted to find an opportunity to send Iser back to their tribe's hometown, but Iser thought that his father was cruel and didn't want him anymore. He hugged his legs and cried for a whole day and night, crying away all his temper in Jiang Liujing.

When he turned around, he also awakened the ability to change his size at will, and successfully shrunk himself back to a size that was only slightly larger than when he was born. At this size, he could fit into Jiang Liujing's pocket and would not be thrown out by Jiang Liujing because of being overweight.

"It doesn't want to go back, and its tribesmen haven't come over." Jiang Liujing sighed.

Gu Lian understood and said, "This is indeed the personality of their clan. They value freedom more than family. It seems that they like you very much."

Jiang Liujing smiled helplessly.

The auction organizers had deliberately arranged the positions of various forces. Some of the nearby forces had decent relationships and exchanged simple greetings with each other.

About half an hour later, the lights went out one by one, and finally only the giant chandelier in the center of the dome remained lit. Jiang Liujing thought to himself that this was about to begin.

Chi sat on his left and Ajin sat on his right. The two tall humanoid phantom beasts separated him from the people around him like two impenetrable walls.

In the darkness, Jiang Liujing felt that Ajin's breath was slightly restless, as if he felt that there were too many people, which triggered his instinctive reaction of hating humans. He reached out and patted it as if to comfort it, and injected a little of his own breath. Then he felt that Chi, who was originally calm on the other side, also began to become restless.

Jiang Liujing: "..."

I don't understand. Is this some new kind of trend-following ritual?

He was forced to place his hands on each of their forearms, locking the two restless guys in place like shackles.

Iser and Dahei nestled in his legs, immersing themselves in Jiang Liujing's scent, and watching the two big guys beside them with tense faces as if they were watching a show.

Hehehe, who told them to be big? The bigger they are, the more independent they are. Only the small can be pampered. Iser realized this truth at a young age.

Ahead, a series of bells suddenly rang, drawing the attention of the entire audience. The guests' voices fell silent, the red curtain fluttered, and a young man in a golden robe stepped out.

As he appeared, a white circle of light slowly extended upwards, and finally blocked the auction table like a prison.

This is a protective measure. Even if the people present are either rich or noble, robbery of valuable auction items has still happened in history.

The golden-robed man looked around and said loudly, "Everyone, welcome to this auction. I'm today's auctioneer. I won't waste any more time on this; everyone should be familiar with the rules. Next, please hold on to your number plates and don't miss out on the items you desire."

He paused, "Now, I declare that today's auction officially begins!"