"What is this?"
Di Qinglong took a document bag from a discarded mailbox by the roadside, while Wen Duo bought two breakfasts nearby—rice noodle rolls with extra sauce... and lots of sesame.
"The list of the auction's wealthy patrons." Di Qinglong casually grabbed half the documents and handed them to Wen Duo.
"You're pretty serious about this, huh?" Wen Duo clicked his tongue twice.
Di Qinglong shrugged. "After all, it's a major deal worth several hundred million. Isn't it normal to take it seriously?"
Once he finished this job, he would be debt-free!
Actually, Di Qinglong had already received a copy at midnight, but he had never shown it to Wen Duo. This one was the latest update; the one he had just given Wen Duo was the copy he had already read.
The updated information was on the later pages. Di Qinglong began reading it carefully.
Most of them were civilian organizations from the various Lower Continents far outside Huoyun City, or independent freelancers. As for the major powers, they had already taken action long ago and would not wait until the last moment to appear.
"Interesting. There are actually two suspected forbidden-item hosts." Wen Duo chuckled. "As far as I know, forbidden items can devour one another, and their hosts also have a struggle akin to destiny's decree, right?"
Di Qinglong hummed. "I investigated the records on the Emperor's Hate Blade being auctioned this time. Strictly speaking, its previous host wasn't killed by the Huoyun branch of the Ninth Prison. He failed to withstand the forbidden item's erosion, eventually went berserk, and destroyed himself. The wandering god of the Huoyun branch merely happened to pick up the spoils."
He looked at Wen Duo and slowly said, "The reason he went berserk this time was that he was devouring