Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"Hmm?" Professor Li was somewhat surprised.

He never expected that someone would compete with him for the Heavenly Profound Beast Bone.

And the person competing with him was actually Yu Li?

The skeleton of this strange beast is an extremely rare extraordinary material. The Heavenly Profound Beast is a strange beast that is on the verge of extinction, and it is very difficult to obtain even on the battlefield of all races.

However, while these animal bones are scarce, the demand is also not high. Most people don't need them because they are something only alchemists use, and only those at the level of master alchemists and above.

Even in the duchy of Arsen, the number of top-tier alchemists would not exceed five!

Yu Li, this little girl, is just an intermediate alchemist. What would she need such a thing for?

Moreover, where did she get so much money?

"One hundred twenty thousand!"

Professor Li snorted coldly, not thinking much of it, and raised the sign again.

Yu Li, steeling herself, raised her paddle again: "100,000...130,000..."

Professor Li: "150,000!"

"..."

"Three hundred thousand!"

"Three hundred and one thousand..."

"Half a million!"

"...510,000."

"..."

The two bid against each other, eventually reaching a price of 800,000!

Professor Li's expression was quite grim.

As a top-level alchemist at the War Academy, his monthly salary was only 500,000!

In this version, alchemists are still not very popular because there are too few items and potions. Even top-tier alchemists can only concoct some high-tier health and energy recovery potions...

What could have been resolved for 100,000 yuan has now been dragged out to 800,000 yuan, which has greatly displeased Professor Li!

"Yu Li, what do you want to do?!"

Professor Li sat to Yu Li's left front, and there were no other guests between them, so they could look each other in the eye.

So he lowered his voice and questioned her through gritted teeth at a volume only the two of them could hear.

Yu Li kept her head down, but she could clearly feel Professor Li's angry gaze, and her petite body trembled involuntarily.

In the past, let alone facing such an angry look from someone, if the other person had even the slightest indication that "he wanted it too," Yu Li would have immediately chosen to back down from the competition and let the other person have it...

But this time... it's different...

She wasn't just doing it for herself.

And it was all for her childhood sweetheart...

"One...one million!"

Yu Li lowered her head, not daring to look at Professor Li's face, and raised the sign again, this time directly raising the price to one million.

She wanted to end it all quickly; the atmosphere was a terrible torment for her.

"..."

Professor Li's face was ashen.

He only has a maximum of 850,000 yuan on hand.

In other words, he failed in the auction.

He couldn't understand it at all. Wasn't this girl from the slums? She wasn't even a superhuman, just a mid-level alchemist. How could she possibly have so much money?

"One million, are there any other bidders?"

The auctioneer asked with a smile.

No one spoke in the auction hall.

"Then, one million, deal."

......

Unlike the typical plot of some TV dramas or novels, this auction did not cause any great sensation.

For such an aristocratic auction, an item worth one million wouldn't generate much discussion or attract much attention. The bidding between Yu Li and Professor Li, two insignificant figures, was merely something the nobles present found amusing.

Yu Li was someone who never wanted to be in the spotlight.

She received the Heavenly Mystic Beast Bone she wanted from the auction staff, breathed a sigh of relief, and revealed a simple smile.

"Yu Li".

At that moment, Professor Li's cold voice came from behind.

Yu Li shivered involuntarily, turned around, and saw Professor Li striding towards her.

"Professor Li... no, I'm sorry..."

Yu Li quickly bowed and apologized.

Professor Li stopped and stared at Yu Li's lowered head.

Although Yu Li's status was lowly, and she wasn't even a superhuman, but just an ordinary civilian.

But of course, he couldn't possibly steal her auction items. The academy has its rules, and as a professor at the War Academy, if he did such a thing and was discovered by the academy's enforcement team, he would not only be expelled from the academy but would also face severe punishment!

This is a rule set by Principal Lan Mi, and no one in the academy has dared to break it so far, because everyone knows how terrifying this legendary principal is.

Professor Li scoffed, "What's there to be embarrassed about? It's just a normal bidding process. Do you really think a professor like me would bully a little girl like you?"

Yu Li: "Of course not..."

"But I just want to ask you, why did you spend so much money to buy the Heavenly Profound Beast Bone?" Professor Li asked.

Yu Li answered honestly, "It's just...doing an experiment..."

"Do an experiment? What kind of experiment?" Professor Li raised an eyebrow: "I remember that in the alchemy potion catalog, only the mental power enhancement buff potion requires the bones of the Heavenly Profound Beast, but that is something that only a top-level alchemist can make."

"It's not about crafting a mental power amplification potion." Yu Li hesitated for a moment. "It's an... original experiment... not one of those listed in the catalog..."

"An original experiment?" Professor Li was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly chuckled, revealing a disdainful look: "You, a mid-level alchemist, doing original experiments?"

Yu Li lowered her head, clutching the hem of her clothes with both hands: "This... um..."

Professor Li's expression was both contemptuous and stern: "I remember you only had a few years of experience as an assistant when you were at the War Academy, right? As an alchemist, you need to be able to calm down and patiently accumulate knowledge. But you only worked as an assistant apprentice for a few years, yet you're already aiming too high and want to do original experiments? Yu Li, is that how I taught you back then?"