Ji Yun (Part 2)

"Brother..." - Xiao Wu clenched her fists. - "But isn't slavery forbidden in Heaven Dou Empire?"

"Officially it is, but covertly within such closed off auction they sell people to nobles." - said Ning Fengzhi. - "You want to save her? It might be meaningless. Even if you give her freedom, with her looks and unique features, she will just end up in the hands of the one who has stronger fists."

"It can't be..." - Xiao Wu was downcast and Tang San patted her head.

"Isn't there something we can do?" - Oscar asked Aiden, but when he saw his stunned look he was surprised. - "Do you like her?"

"What... like her?" - Aiden came to his senses and his voice normally calm sounded grave and even agitated. One thing to have a hunch and another see for himself. Earlier Third and Shadow checked the girl. Power of his Tree of Life inside the little crystal reacted to her, that gave rise to suspicion, but he never thought it will be that way. - "She must be saved no matter what. Even if I have to spend everything I earned today, I will take her to Shrek."

"You know something?" - Ning Fengzhi overheard their conversation and felt interested. If the deal was good, he didn't mind participating.

"Ning Fengzhi, for you she is someone completely useless. Unless you are attracted by her beauty." - Aiden paused and looked calmly at the man. - "But I don't think Rong Rong will share your fascination with you."

"What are you talking about?" - Ning Fengzhu grew nervous. - "It is not about appearance but talent. Our clan needs strong battle masters to hold the fort. Naturally, we use resources and wealth to groom many from a young age."

"In that case you are destined for disappointment. She won't go past 29 rank in her entire life. Let alone she never cultivated properly until now. I can help her." - the patriarch of one of the richest clans was amused, but he knew better than to disregard the words of this little monster.

Still, the sly clan head decided to keep an eye on the girl privately.

Little did he know, that because of that Aiden ordered to beat, tie up and deliver to Ning Fengzhi every single informant the Seven Tiled Glazed Pagoda Clan had around the academy.

Aiden forced the poor father who wanted to know how his daughter is doing to acknowledge his mistakes with a sigh and a laugh.

"As you can see, she has a unique mutation and will be a great servant at any home! Starting bid 100.000 gold coins." - the moment auctioneer announced bidding the price war heat up. One could see how deprived nobles of the current world were.

"250.000 a man in the corner. Who will give more?"

"300.000!" - another person placed a bid. - "I am Xue Xing of Heaven Dou Imperial family, I thank all present for this gift."

'Is he an idiot? No, he positively is. Using the name of the Imperial family to buy a slave. Man, they have no face left. That guy is a moron.' - thought Aiden.

"310.000." - came a bid from the second floor of the balcony. As there were only normal seats the brother of the Emperor immediately got enraged, but when he saw Ning Fengzhi gazing at him with clear intent from the nearby seat, Xue Xing reluctantly gave up.

"Thank you, Ning Fengzhi for this favor." - Aiden wasn't an idiot and didn't plan to be indebted to the sly man of his position. It can go awry in many ways during future negotiations. - "For helping me, how about I send one of my Spirit Weapons for free? You will know what I am talking about soon."

Right at that moment, a cart was pushed to the center of the auction, and when the cloth was removed people looked at it with confusion.

"You might ask why we are actually selling a sword here. Well, the answer to it is simple. It is not just a sword, but the so-called Spirit Weapon!" - the auctioneer made a grand gesture.

"What is a Spirit Weapon?" - one of the people in the VIP palates asked.

"Good question! Now I will ask specially invited master to demonstrate to you what Spirit Weapon actually is."

The auctioneer waved his hand, and an old man walked up to the podium. He unleashed his spirit power, however, it took some time to connect with the sword. Immediately after, he stepped back, took a stance and swung it. The event that happened next astonished all. Some mysterious patterns lit up on it and arc of sharp energy shoot out, traveling through the air reaching steel stand in a blink of an eye and cleaving it in half.

"Now master, please reveal your spirit." - said auctioneer respectfully.

"What?!" - came exclamations from all around.

"He has a support type martial spirit! Does that mean that the skill he used came from a weapon?"

"You are correct! That is a weapon that can store a skill and give a support spirit master firepower equal to battle type! That is what Spirit Weapon truly is!" - this news exploded like a bomb and all masters present went wild with desire to have it.

"Little monster, is it your creation?" - asked Ning Fengzhi with a shaken voice.

"Indeed. If you are interested to help me stir up profits a bit, I will naturally gift you one of your choosing and sell some more with adequate pricing. And also I want to trade some Heavenly resources with you, naturally money not an issue and if you want an equivalent exchange with spirit weapons, it can be done too." - with that said Aiden passed him a list of necessary things for creation of 100.000 spirit rings, after all, Liu Erlong already reached 90 level and if assimilated with the proper ring, she can directly jump several levels.

"Good! Good! We have a deal." - Ning Fengzhi was quite excited and felt like he found a goldmine.

Aiden felt like he cheated the man. After all the raw materials to create it are unassuming at best. To say it plainly – they are very cheap and he can stockpile tons in a matter of days if he wished so.

What Aiden never expected is that his Spirit Weapon which was created using lost knowledge about formations and artificial spirit rings would cost that much. Each went up in price to a 10 million give or take, making him filthy rich from the get-go. Of course, nearly 30% of a price can be contributed to the sly tactics of Ning Fengzhi.

The man earned his share of profits and a gift fair and square. Aiden looked at his side, where a leader of the Seven Tiled Glazed Pagoda Clan was sitting. He didn't know why, but Ning Fengzhi became so cute all of a sudden.

After the auction, several staff members came up to him and escorted to the private booth for exchange. When Aiden entered the room, he was instantly enraged. One of the staff males was shamelessly groping little cat girl all over her body.

Aiden didn't give whatever auction any face, and he was not a person who liked talking much. Especially with scums. He directly shifted in front of her with Storm Steps and gave the male stuff member a kick that sent him flying to the wall. Everyone inside including guards were shocked at first but then became scared.

Scared because that level of body strength without transformation and usage of spirit rings or spirit power was so high, that onlooker can find it only if cultivation level reached Spirit Douluo level. And that is a conservative estimation.

"Your Lordship, please don't be angry, don't be angry. We will severely punish the offender of your Lordship." - the manager bowed deeply, knowing full well that they were in the wrong.

"Really? What if I stayed to talk with my friend, will I come only to see her getting raped?"

"Your Lordship, show some mercy, we will severely punish him, severely punish him." - the manager continued to bow, but inside was very dejected and angry at the servant. What he tried to do was ridiculous. But there is a reason he tried to save him.

The manager looked with piercing eyes at his useless nephew. He accepted the young man as a servant at first. The plan was to give him time to familiarize with the enterprise and later give a loftier position. But he was a useless bum. It happens all the time everywhere.

At this moment, the servant crawled over through pain and blood and knelled in front of Aiden.

"Are you blind? Was I the one you were attempting to rape right now? Apologize to the girl, not me."

"I didn't attempt to..." - he didn't finish the sentence because of tremendous pressure falling down on him, pummeling him to the ground. It wasn't Aiden, but the manager.

"If Lord says you did, then you did!" - the latter said harshly.

"Yes, yes... I was wrong, miss, please save me..."

The girl only fearfully hid behind Aiden. Somehow she felt inherently attracted to the aura of his body and had a sense of security while being near. Still, she gave Aiden a tug on his sleeve and with courage and pleading eyes looked at him.

"Ah... you are too kind." - he smiled and patted her head. She looked to be about ten to eleven years old, but was malnourished from youth and had a small petite body. - "Thank her for sparing you."

Aiden came up to her and directly shattered all chains and locks of her body. Then he gave her clothes, abundant inside his ring. He didn't have the heart to throw them away.

They were all made for Na'er during those days and fit little cat woman perfectly.

Aiden no longer felt pain or grief. He only remembered her affectionate smile with warm feelings. After so many years he already moved on, but never forgot what happened.

Dragon Fang. Three principal tasks. First – kill corrupted and demons. Second – find wielders of protector spirits.

And third.

Find out who killed Na'er.

Those were the reasons for the creation of the organization and what hundreds of people belonging to it work to achieve every single day.

"Leave the room, do you expect a girl to change in front of you a lot?" - Aiden glared at the servants and they all left, including the manager. Seeing the one person remained inside, Aiden gave him a disdainful glance. - "Oscar, are you serious right now? I say, man... are you a pedo or what? She is so young, man."

"Who's a pedo? Is he strong?" - Oscar asked with an absent look.

"Fuck... Oscar... you are invincible..." - Aiden nearly laughed his head off. - "Now, are you getting lost or not?"

"Oh... yeah, yeah, I'll go." - he escaped from here as if running from a dragon's den.

"Okay, I will turn around and you change." - he did what he said and didn't turn back until he felt her little hand tugging his sleeve with head held down. She was very cute indeed. But only a sense of pity was born in his heart. - "Can you tell me your name?"

But in return, the girl just shook her head and meekly hung her head down.

"Can you speak?" - at this question, she panicked and through tears took his hand with shaking grip and tried to write several words on his open palm. The sight of her shaking there and trying her utmost to convey her feeling and thoughts really made his heart constrict with pain for a bit.

What she was trying to write was one clumsy sentence.

Don't leave me.