The top-level junior sister also wants to act weak today

"This person is really incomprehensible." The woman turned around angrily and looked at the white jade swallowtail butterfly gilded hairpin that was removed from the stage. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

She gritted her teeth. If the guy from Xianyun Sect hadn't raised the price when bidding for the elixir, the extra money would have been just enough to buy this hairpin... Damn it!

The guard saw his lady's mood and quickly reminded her: "Miss, it's important to do business."

"I know! As for filming the Spirit Girl, I just spent four thousand Spirit Stones! Why are you so nervous? I won't film until the Spirit Girl appears, okay?"

The guard nodded when he heard this: "As long as you understand, young lady."

The treasures that were brought up for auction changed round after round. At this moment, He Qingfeng, who had taken off his black robe and mask, returned to his seat, and his position was right in front of Jiang Yingxue and Chu Ying.

Chu Ying rolled her eyes and muttered, "What the hell! The most annoying person is sitting in front of us."

Jiang Yingxue glanced at He Qingfeng's back and nodded: "That's right."

She recalled carefully that among the treasures she had just bid for, three of the pills were refined by He Qingfeng. Now, adding them up, it was conservatively estimated that He Qingfeng had 15,000 spirit stones in his hands.

Suddenly, the lights at the auction venue dimmed slightly, and the originally lively atmosphere was instantly shrouded in an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Then, two tall, stern-looking masked men carefully carried a large cage covered in red cloth onto the stage. The cage was quite large, and the metal bars surrounding it shone faintly with a cold glow.

Auctioneer Shi Yue cleared her throat, looked around, and said loudly, "Dear distinguished guests, the next item is definitely not an ordinary treasure! Everyone sitting here tonight must be aware of this item. Many dignitaries and famous monks are probably here just for it."

After saying this, Shiyue stretched out her hand, suddenly grasped a corner of the red cloth, and with a flick of her wrist, she ripped it open. Her movements were clean and sharp, as if she were revealing a priceless treasure. As the red cloth fell, the object in the cage came into view. It was an extremely beautiful elf.

The caged girl sat quietly, her slender figure and picturesque features as if sculpted by nature. Though her features resembled those of a human, they held an indescribable spiritual beauty, as if condensed from the essence of all nature. Most striking were the distinctive silver lines on her forehead and the silvery-white scales around her wrists, dense and shimmering, as if condensed from moonlight.

Although the elf was trapped in a cage, its wrists and ankles were still bound by heavy shackles, leaving red marks on its delicate skin, which was particularly glaring.

She raised her head slightly, her gaze sweeping across the audience. Her clear eyes held both resistance and a hint of despair.

However, the audience below the stage turned a blind eye, their eyes filled with greed and joy.

"Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!" a middle-aged man in the crowd praised, his eyes naked and undisguised. Others around him also echoed, smiling brightly, and some even couldn't help but rub their hands, eager to try it out.

"Hurry up and make an offer!" another young monk shouted loudly, his eyes fanatical, and his gaze almost devoured the elf in the cage.

Auctioneer Shiyue smiled faintly, a hint of pride in her eyes. She raised her hand gently, signaling for silence. Then she stepped toward the cage, her voice laced with allure, "Everyone, please be patient. The elf we're auctioning today is our auction's crown jewel—the Spirit Girl. She hails from the Snow Tribe, born in an extremely cold land, and lives year-round atop the snowy mountains."

She smiled softly and continued, "This spirit is not only stunningly beautiful, but also possesses extremely pure spiritual power. Rumor has it that practicing with her will significantly increase one's cultivation, and can even help others break through bottlenecks."

The audience held their breath, their eyes blazing. The caged spirit girl trembled slightly, a hint of undisguised fear welling up in her eyes. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she was trying hard to suppress her fear. But all this only made her appear more delicate and alluring under the lights, a rare treasure in everyone's eyes.

Shi Yue raised her head confidently, her voice resounding clearly and powerfully throughout the auction hall: "Starting price: three thousand spirit stones!"

"Three thousand five hundred!"

"I'll pay four thousand!"

"Five thousand! I offer five thousand!" The bidding sounds became louder and louder, and the crowd immediately became excited.

Just as the people below were scrambling to bid, someone in the upstairs box also raised a sign: "Eight thousand spirit stones."

There was an uproar in the auction hall, and the noise in the audience died down slightly at the high price.

"What's going on?!" Chu Ying looked at Jiang Yingxue in surprise and pointed at the spirit girl, "Why are you selling people?"

Wan Jinan said helplessly: "Alas, that's not a human, it's an elf."

"But she clearly looks like a human!" Chu Ying frowned and looked at the spirit girl on the stage indignantly.

Then, she swept her gaze over the pairs of fiery eyes around her and whispered with disgust, "Those men have such vulgar looks. They're not here to buy treasures, they're clearly trying to take her for a—" She couldn't bear to continue, her heart filled with disgust, "If they take this spirit girl, won't she just be a furnace?"

Before he finished speaking, He Qingfeng, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly raised his sign and said in a faint voice, "Nine thousand spirit stones."

After hearing this, Jiang Yingxue's mouth twitched slightly, and she couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Here comes another tragic female supporting character in this book, the Tianshan Spirit Girl.

Alas, here she is, one of the poor female cannon fodders in this book, the Tianshan Spirit Girl.

According to the plot, He Qingfeng would take a picture of the spirit girl out of "pity" and even declare in public that he would "give her freedom", as if he were a righteous person.

But this was merely a high-sounding rhetoric. Everyone knew that spirit girls possessed rich spiritual energy, but their powers were extremely low, their natures kind, and their inexperience with the world. They had always lived in the isolated snowy mountains, never having witnessed the dangers of the human world.

The spiritual girl who had no place to stand had only one destination in the end - to follow He Qingfeng back to Xianyun Sect and do chores for him, such as washing clothes, boiling water, planting flowers and cleaning, almost becoming his personal slave.

Even more bizarre, during this process, the spirit girl gradually fell in love with her master, He Qingfeng. When He Qingfeng encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation, the spirit girl willingly sacrificed herself to cultivate with him, helping him to achieve a significant improvement. Unfortunately, a supporting role is still a supporting role, and it didn't end well. During a mission, He Qingfeng failed to keep a close eye on the girl, causing her to be kidnapped by a villain, ultimately leading to a tragic end.

Enough of this Marvin-like plot...

Thinking of this, Jiang Yingxue and Chu Ying looked at each other at the same time, and then rolled their eyes together in tacit understanding.