Chapter 142 Buying the Canary
"Xue Xue, what do you see what it is?"
Qingwu gently tugged at Su Yanxue's sleeve, and then pointed to the table.
Following the direction pointed by the light mist, Su Yanxue saw from a distance that a huge white birdcage was placed on the high platform, and in the birdcage, there was a beautiful girl with bird wings behind her back, and the girl's long golden hair was scattered like a waterfall of the sun, and it was extremely dazzling under the light.
The girl's pure white wings shrank behind her, she lowered her head slightly, trying to bury her head in her lap, looking very uncomfortable with the scorching light, through the bright and flickering highlights, Su Yanxue could clearly see that her delicate face was full of misty sadness, her eyes lost their brilliance, and only a hollow resided in it.
Despite the girl's delicate and beautiful features, she was locked in a birdcage and remained in the lonely cage like a soulless puppet, allowing the guests in the venue to scrutinize her.
Su Yanxue felt very uncomfortable in her heart for a while, she looked around, hoping to find questioning or surprised eyes around her, but even Tianyin looked at this "commodity" indifferently, it seemed that this was just a thing to take for granted, or something that could not be normal.
Originally, listening to Tianyin's description of this auction, Su Yanxue once thought that since this auction was not a black market, there should not be such an unethical human commodity, but why was the girl who was locked in a birdcage publicly displayed on stage at this moment to be auctioned as a commodity?
Even if it's an orc, it's a flesh-and-blood creature.
However, even the light mist and Aoyin, who were still a little surprised just now, only said lightly after seeing the girl's appearance clearly
"That girl is so beautiful, but it's a pity that she is a half-orc who has not fully evolved."
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Su Yanxue wondered for a moment if it was her own problem? But no matter how many times she looked on the stage, the girl's sad expression could not be erased in her heart, but reflected more and more clearly in her eyes.
She couldn't help but reach out and grab Tianyin's arm, and asked in a deep voice
"Tianyin, why, there is such a commodity at the auction?"
"You say this orc slave?"
"Slaves?"
Hearing this word, Su Yanxue seemed to have returned to her original world in a trance, and she asked again in a cold voice
"But isn't she also a living person?"
"You say this orc slave? It can't be counted as human. ”
Tianyin turned his head to look at Su Yanxue with an inexplicable expression.
"What do you mean?"
But that girl clearly has the appearance of a human, even with wings, she clearly has a human form.
"This kind of half-orc is not the same as what we call the orc, the original form of this half-orc is a star beast without intelligence, they neither belong to the real orc race, nor do they belong to the pure star beast race, and they have no intelligence, only the instinct of the animal controls their own behavior."
"But that's not a ...... to treat them as slaves."
After listening to this, Su Yanxue was about to refute Tianyin's words, but Tianyin suppressed his voice
"Don't get excited, this kind of half-orc slave is very common in the family forces in the continent, and even the ruling class of the royal city has acquiesced in the existence and conduct of this kind of slave trade, so Senior Sister Su doesn't have to take it to heart, if she really sympathizes with it, then it doesn't hurt to buy her."
"Buy?"
Although Su Yanxue knew about the existence of the slave trade in her previous life, she never thought that those who were called slaves were inferior, let alone in their world, even if there was a slave trade, it would not be in such an open and grand occasion.
"Those people, what do you need these orc slaves for?"
After a moment of silence, Su Yanxue's tone suddenly became serious, and the cold aura wrapped around her, causing Tianyin to rub her arms
"Of course, it's free labor, and of course, there are some people with strange interests, after all, it's actually quite rare to see a good-looking orc like this, and it's estimated that it will be sold for a higher price than an ordinary orc slave."
"Special Interest ......"
Although Tianyin didn't say it directly, no matter how she said it, Su Yanxue had also spent time in the Qinglou in her last life, and the meaning of this was that if she expected, it was the meaning.
Through the heavy crowd, Su Yanxue looked at the beautiful girl with pure white wings again.
The girl's godless eyes were full of dazzling, illusory light, and she seemed to be numb to the gathered gazes around her. She slowly raised her head and stood up, although the heavy shackles restrained her to the ground, but at the moment when Su Yanxue fixed her gaze on her body again, her body seemed to have a holy light, and then she opened her mouth, and the crisp and gentle song slowly flowed out from her throat and from her heart.
Her empty eyes stared at the people under the high platform, and a piece of white feathers fell from her wings and also fell into Su Yanxue's heart.
Qi Shu's voice interjected at this moment, she stood on the side of the high platform, pressed down skillfully with her palm, and then picked up the auction hammer and said
"As we all know, orc slaves generally do not have intelligence and are easy to control, and this beautiful canary girl is a rare and superior product among half-orcs, so its price starts at 500,000 Bixing Coins, and guests who need to bid for it should raise your identity token."
Maybe people can't help but feel a sense of pity for beautiful and fragile things, obviously hearing Tianyin say that this kind of slave trade is tacitly approved, but Su Yanxue still can't suppress the overflowing sympathy in her heart, far away, that burst of singing, as if the canary girl is doing the most desperate but calmest prayer and help.
Although there is no spiritual intelligence, as long as it is a living being, it will have feelings, not to mention the canary, a star beast that already has a spirit, Su Yanxue thought so.
She suddenly remembered what she had said to her, this Star Abyss Continent world on the other side had long since fallen. The beautiful world of stars will only be a legend that will never be reached for the people here, and it turns out that the word "fall" has such a meaning?
Isn't it the beginning of their fall when people lose their reverence for all things and begin to measure other things by the value of their selfish desires and try to override other races by some means?
It's not the destruction of life, it's not the continuous beacon fires, it's the beginning of a pathological expansion of people's own desires, which is the source of the real beginning of all disasters.
However, whether it is a human race, an orc, or a half-orc without intelligence, in essence, aren't they all creatures on the abyss on the other side?
Su Yanxue couldn't understand why this kind of slave trade was taken for granted by the people of this world.
In that beautiful world of stars, people can live in harmony with the spirits of all things because of reverence. But if you don't put everything in your eyes on an equal footing with yourself first, how can you talk about reverence in the true sense?
However, those who were lost in the world of the stars not only did not reflect on this, but began a so-called equivalent division of the self of all things, which is probably the result that the first butterfly god did not expect in any way.
Su Yanxue took a deep breath, she was not a sage, and she had never thought of being a kind and good person in the past. It's just that she knows that if she sees the canary girl being bought by someone else today, she will definitely regret it.
When Qi Shu, who was standing in front of the auction table, said that the bidding had begun, Su Yanxue heard countless voices around her
"I'll give 520,000 stars!"
"I'll give 570,000 stars!"
"Then I'll give 600,000 stars!"
"600,000 Bixing Coins, 600,000 Bixing Coins, 600,000 Bixing Coins, is there more, is there more?"
Qi Shu held the auction hammer and kept shouting on the high platform.
The guest who had bid 600,000 Bixing Coins was looking proudly at the "commodity" that was about to arrive, after all, there were not many such beautiful young orc girls.
However, just when he thought he was determined to win, Su Yanxue suddenly held up her identity token
"One million Bixing Coins!"
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When Su Yanxue's offer sounded in the venue, there was a moment of silence in the entire venue, especially when they saw that the owner of the offer turned out to be such an ice beauty as Su Yanxue, they felt a little incredible, wasn't it, someone was willing to spend a million to buy a low-grade half-orc slave?
And Tianyin then remembered that he didn't tell Su Yanxue about the market of half-orc slave trading, generally the price of such slaves is only seven or eight hundred thousand, after all, they have no spiritual intelligence, if they need to do something, they have to be trained separately.
So it's no wonder that Su Yanxue's offer surprised everyone in the venue, after all, they really couldn't imagine that a beauty like Su Yanxue needed that slave to do.
But after all, this auction is the highest standard auction on the mainland, and this Treasure Pavilion is also the top auction house in the royal city, so naturally it will not make the venue really embarrassing, so Qi Shu on the stage held the auction hammer, knocked on the auction table in front of him, and shouted
"This guest is bidding for one million Bixing Coins, are there any other guests bidding?"
For a moment, the man with the highest bid just now fell silent, although this slave was rare, but it was really not worth spending so much money to buy it, he better take a look at the next goods.
Seeing that there was no one to bid again, Qi Shu opened his mouth and walked the formal
"One million Bixing Coins, one million Bixing Coins, one million Bixing Coins, is there any higher, is there anything higher?"
"Okay, then congratulations to this guest for taking this canary for one million Bixing Coins!"
As the girl in the birdcage was pushed off the high platform, Su Yanxue's nervous mood just now finally relaxed, no matter what, she also did a good thing, and she could hear the words of the star beasts, and she would definitely be able to understand the girl's words, and when the time came, she would let her make her own choice.
And hearing that Su Yanxue photographed the canary girl, Tianyin was even more confused by Su Yanxue's temperament, and he just said it casually, but he didn't expect Su Yanxue to really say that he would buy it.
However, let's mention the market to her next time, after all, no matter how rich they are, they can't fight those famous nobles, thinking of this, Tianyin wanted to open his mouth and tell Su Yanxue about the canary girl just now, however, before he could speak, the Qingwu sisters had already asked first
"Yan Xue, why did you buy that canary girl?"
"Pleasing to the eye."
Su Yanxue replied without thinking, she had never said much about these questions, and since Tianyin had already said that this kind of business was very common on the mainland, she would not say that it was because of her "abnormal" compassion and pity.
Pleasing...... Hearing Su Yanxue's answer, not only the Qingwu sisters, but even Tianyin couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths speechlessly, and for a while, the three of them didn't know whether to say that she was kind and willful, or that she was uncertain.