Chapter Twenty-Nine: Little Demon Beast Appraiser
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Little Demon Beast Appraiser
"I'm sorry, little brother, I didn't scare you, did I?" Situ Tan quickly realized his gaffe and quickly apologized.
"It's fine. Chu Xinghe rubbed his temples and asked again, "Brother Situ, is something happening?"
"This ......" Situ Tan hesitated a little, and stopped talking.
"Brother Situ, you saved my life, if there is anything I can help with, I will definitely do my best!" Chu Xinghe said while the iron was hot, looking at Situ Tan's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, it was obvious that he was also in urgent need of help.
"Our family's chief appraiser had an accident temporarily, and he couldn't attend the appraisal of this beast hunting competition...... Situ Tan didn't know what was wrong, he knew that it was useless to say this to this thin young man in ragged clothes, but he still couldn't help but say it.
"Oh, I see. Chu Xinghe touched his chin thoughtfully, and muttered in his mouth: "The appraiser of the Situ family is unable to attend the appraisal, it must be that the other two families are playing tricks on it, and the purpose is to make trouble for the Situ family's competition......"
"Little brother, what are you muttering?" Situ Tan didn't hear what Xinghe said clearly, but seeing his thoughtful look, he asked expectantly, "Do you have any way?"
"Haha...... Didn't say anything!" Chu Xinghe pretended to smile stupidly, and waved his hand again and again: "This way, I want to think about it......"
Situ Tan sighed, scolding himself in his heart for being a stupid person, he was so bold, and he hoped that a naïve boy who didn't know anything could help him! Looking back at the stone platform, the two appraisers of the Ouyang family and the Gongsun family had already begun to examine the corpses of the three-headed demon beast, and Situ Tan couldn't help but clench his fists.
Situ Tan looked at his father Situ Zhen on the judges' seat, and Situ Zhen also stared at the demon beast appraiser on the stone platform with an ugly expression, but he couldn't do anything. The identification of this demon beast is a technical work, and without the perennial research and identification of demon beasts, it is impossible to judge whether a demon beast can produce a Xuanli crystal nucleus. Even experienced hunters can't, only those professionals who have been named demon beast appraisers have some of these qualifications and abilities.
Although Situ Zhen had also hunted a lot of demon beasts, the identification of demon beasts was his weakness, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire Bai Wuding, the best appraiser among the appraisers, to work for himself. But unexpectedly, a beast hunting competition would cost Mr. Bai's life. If this game is lost, it is conceivable what kind of situation the Situ family will be put in in the next three years.
Although Situ Tan has a big personality, he also knows the relationship very well.
In a hurry, someone suddenly pulled Rastuttan's sleeve.
Situ Tan looked back and saw that it was Chu Xinghe, and he was upset, so he could only say helplessly: "Little brother, now is the critical moment of the game, can you stand here quietly and watch?"
"No, Brother Situ, I have a way!" Chu Xinghe said with a bright smile.
"Little brother, don't make trouble!" A young man from the Situ family, who was not very good, pulled Lachu Xinghe impatiently.
"I'm not making trouble, I can help you identify demon beasts!" Chu Xinghe was not in a hurry, and said with a smile on his face.
"Little brother, this joke is not funny!" Situ Tan looked at Chu Xinghe with a straight face, but he was shocked in his heart, and said: "This demon beast identification is not a joke, even if it is a great master like my father, who has hunted countless demon beasts, he does not dare to personally identify demon beasts!"
"I know, you need professional knowledge to identify demon beasts!" Chu Xinghe still said with a smile: "But I don't think that as long as you have professional knowledge, you can identify whether a demon beast has a Xuanli crystal nucleus in its body! Many of those appraisers have professional titles, but in fact, they are not as good as us demon beast hunters who deal with demon beasts all day long!"
"Little brother, are you a demon beast hunter?" Situ Tan looked at Chu Xinghe again in confusion, still not convinced.
"I'm not a monster hunter, but my father is. Chu Xinghe continued to make up the story just now, and said, "I have lived with my father at the foot of the Black Bone Mountain Range since I was a child, and I have seen more demon beasts in the past ten years than their appraisers who specialize in studying demon beasts. Why don't I do it on behalf of your family?"
"This ......" Situ Tan was a little moved, but he still didn't believe Chu Xinghe, at his age, even if he had lived with demon beast hunters since he was a child and knew all kinds of demon beasts, it was still impossible to identify whether a demon beast had a Xuanli crystal nucleus.
"Brother Situ, you saved my life, I will definitely help you get things done! If you can't do it, I'll give you back this life!" Chu Xinghe suddenly said with a serious expression, looking like he was willing to gamble with death.
"This ...... You wait!" Situ Tan hesitated for a moment, thought for a moment, and then turned around and whispered a few words to his subordinates as if he had made a major decision. The subordinate took the order and left, and soon another servant of the Situ family walked to the judges' seat and whispered in Situ Zhen's ear. Seeing that Situ Zhentie's blue face instantly turned a lot redder, and then hurriedly waved a few words to let the servant go down to do something.
After a while, Situ Tan's men came back to report.
"Little brother, it's okay, you can come to the stage to identify demon beasts on behalf of our Situ family now!" Situ Tan looked at Chu Xinghe with a strange expression and said.
"Really? Then I'll go up. Chu Xinghe showed a bright smile at Situ Tan, and then strode out.
Wen Tianxiang, the signature auctioneer of Wenxuan Pavilion, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw a young man in ragged clothes who looked like a beggar coming out of the crowd. Just now, the Situ family sent someone to send a message, saying that the big appraiser Mr. Bai couldn't come, and there was a temporary change of appraiser, Wen Tianxiang was also curious about which appraiser the Situ family could invite, but he didn't expect such a little kid to come out of the crowd, and he didn't react for a while.
I heard the young man rubbing his temples and said in a somewhat embarrassed voice: "Hello everyone, I am the representative appraiser of the Situ family!"
The whole venue was quiet for a while, and then there was a burst of laughter, which was much more shocking than the applause of the two chamber elders just now. Some of the audience leaned forward and leaned back with laughter, and some pointed and said ugly ridicule words to the Situ family, and the scene was so lively.
Situ Zhen's old face turned green when he landed.
Just now he heard the news from Situ Tan that he had found a demon beast appraiser temporarily, thinking that he could be saved, so he hurriedly asked someone to arrange it and began to identify the demon beast, who knew that this so-called demon beast appraiser turned out to be a little beggar in tattered clothes!
"This, this is the appraiser that Brother Situ found temporarily?!" Ouyang Qing desperately suppressed his laughter, but he still couldn't help but sarcastically say: "I thought it was a big-name appraiser who didn't come out of the world! But I didn't expect it to be such a superb little appraiser! Haha......"
Gongsun Jie couldn't help but interject: "Brother Situ has a good eye for talent, Gongsun Jie really admires it!"
"Bastard!" Situ was so angry that he slapped his palm on the long platform, and the whole person stood up suddenly, and a gust of wind condensed on his body, and he couldn't help but make a move.
"Situ Zhen, do you still take us two old guys in your eyes?" At this time, an old but rather imposing voice came, but it was Elder Yin, one of the two elders of the Chamber of Commerce, who spoke.
"Hmph!" Situ Zhen snorted in his nose and sat back very unwillingly. He also knew that this face was thrown away by himself, where did he dare to really do it, slapping the table was just to vent, and it also proved to everyone that the appraiser he temporarily found was not doing it himself, and he just wanted to save a little face.
"Everyone be quiet!" Wen Tianxiang lifted the fan, and the sound was filled with a strong mystical force, which shocked the crowd and had to be quiet.
"Little brother, what's your name?" Wen Tianxiang walked up to Chu Xinghe and asked in a gentle tone.
"Hello Mr. Wen!" Chu Xinghe saluted politely, and then said: "My name is He Xingchu, I am the Orion under the Black Bone Mountain Range, and this time I am entrusted by the eldest young master of the Situ family, Situ Tan, to serve as the temporary demon beast appraiser of the Situ family. ”
As soon as he said this, everyone in the audience turned their eyes to Situ Tan. Although Situ Tan was uneasy in his heart, he still stood awe-inspiring in the face of everyone's disdainful gaze. It's just that when he looked at his father Situ Zhen, he was a little more worried, and he didn't know what was wrong with him, so he would believe what the young man said. If there is a fork, I am afraid that I will be infamous for the rest of my life!
Little brother, you must not let me down, otherwise I will have to die with you! Situ Tan had already prepared for the worst in his heart.
"This little brother He Xingchu, do you have a certificate of qualification for demon beast identification?" Wen Tianxiang liked Chu Xinghe's politeness very much, although he looked like a beggar, but he had the demeanor of a big family between his conversations, obviously he was not small, and there was no trace of disdain at the moment, so he treated him politely.
This demon beast identification qualification is issued by the relevant guild, and only the licensed person can be regarded as a real demon beast appraiser, and only then can he be qualified to identify demon beasts. At Chu Xinghe's age, even if he was born as a hunter, I believe it would be impossible to have a demon beast identification certificate.
"I don't have this qualification, but ......" Chu Xinghe said with a smile: "I have a set of ancestral demon beast identification techniques, and I can see through at a glance which demon beast has a Xuanli crystal nucleus in its body, and which demon beast does not have a Xuanli crystal nucleus in its body!
"Haha, little brother, you really love to laugh!" Wen Tianxiang said with a smile on his face, then his face sank, and he said, "If you don't have the qualifications to prove, I can't let you conduct the demon beast identification!"
"Mr. Wen, you can make it convenient, my life is at stake when I come up this time!" Chu Xinghe said with a smile: "If I can't help the Situ family identify a good result, I'm sorry for Brother Situ Tan's life-saving grace to me!"
"I really can't do this conveniently, I'm sorry little brother!" Wen Tianxiang is also very helpless, this unauthorized demon beast identification without the qualification of demon beast identification is an illegal operation in the Chamber of Commerce, if it is to hunt demon beasts in private, it is nothing, but this is a game related to the fate of the three major families, if someone does tricks or troubles when identifying demon beasts, then Wen Tianxiang can not afford this crime.
"I pledge my life, please let this little brother conduct the demon beast identification on behalf of my Situ family!" Situ Tan took a step forward abruptly, and shouted loudly with an unwavering expression.
The whole venue fell silent, and everyone's eyes were once again on Situ Tan. Did this burly young man get his head kicked by a donkey, and could this demon beast appraiser find someone to act as a random person? And for the sake of this little beggar of unknown origin, he actually put his life on the line! Is it worth it?
Situ Zhen's eyes were about to erupt with fire!