The invitation was handed to the gatekeeper, and everyone stood on the teleportation array.

Everyone only felt a flash of white light before their eyes. Before they could even open their eyes, they heard the loud shouts of vendors, making it as lively as an ordinary night market.

"Well-trained servants! Come and see! Five thousand each! Contracts included!!"

"Rare pet!! It can dance and fetch things, is highly obedient and good-looking, perfect for making your wife and kids happy! Absolutely worth it! Only 20,000!! Don't miss out!"

"Explosive agent! Grade A explosive agent! Only ten bottles available! Only ten bottles available! Hurry up! 10,000 per bottle, limited quantity!! First come, first served! First come, first served! Once sold out, no more stock!"

"Are you alright?" A tall woman lowered her head slightly, her eyes filled with concern, and carefully asked the woman beside her.

"Mmm." A petite girl, her face slightly pale, nodded, seemingly with some difficulty.

After browsing for a long time, Xia Shizhao was still a little uncomfortable with the items being auctioned in the black market. In his previous life, they would all have been illegal.

In particular, he saw a child with animal ears huddled in a corner of the cage, baring his teeth, but then turned to look at him after hearing a potion vendor shouting.

Explosive agents? Isn't that a banned substance?

She looked at Jun Yuyuan with some confusion, and only when she saw her nod did she realize that she hadn't misheard.

This black market isn't afraid of any trouble.

But what does it have to do with her?

Then Xia Shizhao turned to look at the animal-eared child in front of him.

Seeing that Xia Shizhao seemed very interested in it, the vendor grinned and stood up to enthusiastically promote it:

"This breed is really hard to catch, a half-orc with wolf blood mixed in! Once tamed, it'll be a great guard dog! You can even take it to the arena, maybe you can make a fortune!"

Xia Shizhao frowned:

"The Colosseum, and this is just a child."

The vendor was taken aback, then looked Xia Shizhao up and down with great interest:

"Looks like a kind buyer. Since you feel sorry for this child, why don't you take it home? I'll give you a discount, 500,000."

"50? You dare to sell this little brat before you've even tamed him? That's enough for us to buy several obedient orcs."

Jun Yuyuan pulled Xia Shizhao behind him and looked at the trafficker with disdain, his tone full of contempt, "If it weren't so small, you really wouldn't have been able to catch it, would you? You might not even have caught the wolf cub."

The vendor looked at Jun Yuyuan, who was taller than him, and took a step back, his tone guilty:

"How could that be? Who would dare to forge something here?"

“Heh,” Jun Yuyuan’s tone changed, “But I’ve always enjoyed challenges, so I’m quite curious how difficult it is to tame this little wolf cub.”

After she finished speaking, she stood in front of the cage and looked down at the wolf-eared child.

The wolf-eared child stared at her menacingly, seemingly utterly unafraid of the person before him.

Suddenly, Jun Yuyuan turned to look at Xia Shizhao beside him:

"Baby, do you like it?"

Xia Shizhao blinked, his tone innocent and naive:

"It's alright, it's just a bit novel, but I don't like naughty toys, let's go."

The vendors were getting anxious as they saw they were about to leave.

"Hey, you two, feel free to take them if you're interested."

Jun Yuyuan and Xia Shizhao exchanged a triumphant glance. "One hundred thousand."

The trafficker gritted his teeth and said, "Fine."

Jun Yuyuan frowned slightly as he looked at the obviously aggressive little beastman. He then looked at Xia Shizhao beside him and said, "Let's go to the private room and change her clothes. She's all dirty."

"OK."

"VIP room."

Jun Yuyuan handed a shimmering card to the front desk.

"Room number, A section 1909. There's an auction in B section tonight, feel free to check it out if you're interested."

The receptionist handed her the card with a smile.

The bodyguard placed the cage containing the orc in the room. Jun Yuyuan took off his mask, rested his chin on his hand, and looked at the child in the cage.

"Damn, I bought it on a whim."

"Haha, I'll give you the money later," Xia Shizhao laughed when he heard her annoyed words. He then filled a cup with water and placed a few bags of snacks next to the cage.

Then he plopped down on the ground and looked at the wary child inside. "We'll let you out, but you can't run around. When we leave, you can walk by yourself or choose to come with me. You can leave anytime you're capable of protecting yourself."

The wolf cub seemed bewildered, staring blankly at Xia Shizhao without saying a word.

Xia Shizhao scratched his ear in frustration. "You can't be deaf, can you?"

"Pfft," Jun Yuyuan laughed beside her, sitting down on the ground with her. "You're so cute. Half-beasts are still human, they can understand. She probably just doesn't understand why you're doing this."

"Sigh, I don't know, I guess I'll just consider it doing a good deed for the day..."

Xia Shizhao couldn't help but laugh after he finished speaking.

Orcs have a low social status; neither orcs nor humans like them. However, some people with special fetishes do like them, so they reproduce in large numbers. But it's important to note that there can be no offspring, otherwise they wouldn't appear on the black market.

The child in front of him looked rather wild, so Xia Shizhao was worried that he had been kidnapped and seemed afraid of frightening him.

"you······"

Xia Shizhao smiled gently as he watched her munching on her food.

She picked up the key and opened the door. The child glanced at her, then quickly resumed eating.

"Miss, the clothes are here."

The bodyguard opened the door and handed the items to Jun Yuyuan. She waved her hand, signaling him to leave, and then handed the clothes to Xia Shizhao, saying, "Here, her clothes."

Then he looked at the cage: "Hey, little brat, what's your name?"

The orc ignored her completely, instead looking intently at Xia Shizhao:

"Qingli".

Xia Shizhao asked, somewhat bewildered:

"Qingli?"

She nodded, then slowly moved next to Xia Shizhao, her eyes unusually serious: "Take a bath."

"Me? I'll take you there."

"Yes!" Qingli nodded seriously.

She's kind of cute. Xia Shizhao was charmed and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up. "Yuyuan, I'll take her to take a bath."

"They really treat people differently based on their status," Jun Yuyuan muttered to himself, then nodded quickly to indicate that he understood when he heard Xia Shizhao speak.

Once in the bathroom, Xia Shizhao combed her hair, then frowned as he looked at her neck. "They even hit people?"

Qingli tilted her head. "Is there anyone who doesn't want to fight, sister?"

She looked up and stared at Xia Shizhao with her round eyes, seemingly a little curious.

"Forehead·····"

Xia Shizhao remained silent. "I don't know."

"Haha! Big sister is so cute~ Qingli likes you!"

Hearing the knock on the door, Qingli smiled and squinted her eyes. "Thank you for combing my hair, sister. I can wash it myself. Your friend is looking for you."

Xia Shizhao answered, stood up and said to her, "Then call me if you need anything, I'll go out first."

"good."

Are you alright?

Jun Yuyuan walked over to her with concern and asked.

"Hmm? What could be wrong?"

“I’m afraid that brat will hurt you. Orcs are very emotionally unstable and can easily go berserk and hurt people.”

"Oh, no, she seems quite stable, it's just that she has a lot of bruises on her body."

Jun Yuyuan shrugged, unfazed. "There are even scarier things you haven't seen yet. Never mind, let's not talk about this. Want to join the fun at the auction later? If not, I'll have someone take you home."

"Are you going?"

"Hmm, there are rare medicinal herbs and crystals. I'll go check if they're real or fake. If they're real, I'll buy them; if they're fake, I'll see who's the biggest culprit."

"They sell fakes here?"

"Even professionals can't always tell the difference between medicinal herbs. Plus, some herbs have been missing for a long time and aren't even recorded in books. Crystals, on the other hand, are generally more reliable and their authenticity is guaranteed."

Jun Yuyuan waved his hand, "Buying things here depends entirely on luck. Nobody has a conscience, and nobody cares about the gray areas. If you get cheated, you can only suffer in silence."

"It seems quite interesting, I'll take a look."

Xia Shizhao rested his chin on his hand, looking at the red wine in front of him with a bored expression. "This place is too chaotic. They sell everything, even life itself."

Are you scared?

Jun Yuyuan suddenly jumped in front of her.

Xia Shizhao leaned back to avoid her close-up attack:

"I'm not so much afraid, it's just... a little hard to believe."

She'd never seen anything like it before. It was utter chaos. Rare animals were kept as pets, human lives were openly priced… like livestock. Casinos would chop off hands on the spot if you ran out of money, and the gamblers nearby showed no fear, their faces beaming with excitement like madmen.

Thinking of what he had witnessed, Xia Shizhao looked pale and felt a little nauseous. He silently moved the glass of red wine away from him. "A thousand bottles of S-grade healing potion have been made. When do you need them?"

"Wow, so fast! Zhao Zhao, you're amazing. I'll send someone to help you get it when we get back tonight. And are you really not planning to join the Potion Association?"

"I'm not really considering it for now," Xia Shizhao said, then hesitated for a long time before stammering, "..."

Do you know what materials are used in explosive agents?

"..." Jun Yuyuan frowned and looked at her seriously.

"This product is prohibited from being sold in the market."

"I know, I'm not selling it, but I feel that the side effects of this potion are too great," Xia Shizhao said awkwardly, scratching his cheek. "I just wanted to experiment to see if I could cancel or weaken the side effects and help the warriors a little, but I don't know what the specific medicinal materials and crystals are, so I don't know where to start."

"Wow, that's an idea! I support you! I'll go back and ask about it in a couple of days."

Jun Yuyuan patted her on the shoulder, "You should be able to go directly to the Pharmacy Department of the Star Alliance Military University, right?"

Xia Shizhao nodded: "If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be any problem, but I'm also quite interested in mecha, hehe."

"That's great, that's ambitious."

"Sister! I'm all ready!"

Qingli walked out looking clean and crisp. Standing at 1.34 meters tall with her ears standing up, she looked exceptionally cute, except for being a little thin.

A tail hung down from under the skirt and swayed from side to side.

Jun Yuyuan put the hat on her head. "Put the hat on properly. We're going to an auction later."

Qingli nodded obediently.