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Facing the gaze of Li Yilin, which felt as if he were looking at a dead man, Manshang wiped the sweat from his brow. With a slightly troubled expression, he said, "How about I go and ask?"

What if he had just misread the situation? The customer hadn't even made a final decision yet.

Li Yilin did not speak, but the pressure radiating from his body had already receded like a retreating tide.

"Phew!" Manshang breathed a quiet sigh of relief. Not daring to dwell on it further, he hurried toward the other side.

Damn legs, move faster. Once this deal is done, I'll be dead.

Fang Zhen was in the middle of the transaction process with a burly man. Seeing Manshang hurrying toward him out of the corner of his eye—clearly aiming for his position—he instinctively frowned. He glanced at the burly man, who was looking at the little slave he was about to acquire with eyes full of greed, and quickly opened his auxiliary optical computer to send a message.

"What are you here for? Trying to steal my business?"

"It's not even a big deal, what's there to steal?" Manshang replied quickly, his fingers tapping the screen so fast they left afterimages.

"Has your customer already set his sights on the goods in front of you?"

"He has. He's getting ready to pay."

"Oh, that's terrible news. My customer has his eyes on her, too."

"Don't you know the rule of first come, first served?" Fang Zhen sneered. How could he possibly afford to offend a customer?

"You don't understand," Manshang said. "My auxiliary optical computer can't detect the strength of this customer of mine." When he had reached that conclusion, a cold sweat had broken out all over his body.

Although his auxiliary optical computer couldn't compare to a legendary Smart Optical Computer, it was still capable of detecting the basic combat power values of Fighters from the Apprentice level up to the Universe Level.

Anything that could render an optical computer unable to detect a value had to be a legendary Domain Lord or an even higher-level powerhouse.

They couldn't afford to offend such a powerhouse—let alone them, even their boss wouldn't dare.

"Huh?" Fang Zhen's heart skipped a beat.

Even the auxiliary optical computer couldn't detect his strength?

"Manshang, you're trying to get me killed, you bastard!" Fang Zhen finished typing this sentence quickly, closed his auxiliary optical computer, and turned to the burly man, a perfectly apologetic smile rising to his face.

"This gentleman—"

How Fang Zhen explained things to his customer was of no concern to Li Yilin. Regardless, three minutes later, Manshang had already brought the person he wanted to stand before him.

"Sir, here you go." Manshang respectfully pushed the young girl toward him.

Pushed by him, the girl instinctively stumbled forward a few steps and came to a halt three paces away from Li Yilin.

Her small face was pale, and her eyes held trepidation and unease, yet her expression remained extremely submissive. Clearly, the Bio-Chip inside her body was controlling her.

"Remove the Bio-Chip from her," Li Yilin glanced at her and said indifferently.

Remove the Bio-Chip?

They were currently in the lounge area of the mall hall, but there were many slaves for sale nearby. Hearing this, they all looked over in unison. Many of the eyes looking at the girl were filled with envy, surprise, and shock—

Remove the Bio-Chip!

Would they ever have a day like that?

The girl, who had been filled with a sense of deathly stillness, was also startled by Li Yilin's words and instinctively raised her eyes to meet his.

His black eyes were flat and devoid of any emotion. Although they were indifferent, they stirred a faint, imperceptible warmth in the depths of her heart, causing her deadened heart to skip a beat.

Her heart jolted, and she lowered her head in a panic.

Why, why were the eyes of the person in front of her so familiar?

Where had she seen them before?

She desperately tried to remember, but the memory was distant and had been nothing more than a fleeting glance. If not for the fact that the terror of that moment had left a significant shadow on her, she likely would have forgotten those eyes entirely.

But even if she couldn't remember the eyes, the sense of peace she had felt at the time had left a mark on her heart.

"Remove the Bio-Chip?" Manshang was shocked. He looked at Li Yilin, wanting to offer a word of caution, but then he remembered Li Yilin's strength and immediately fell silent.

A little Planetary Level kid, not even an adult yet—if it weren't for the fact that she was exceptionally beautiful, she wouldn't even have been brought out for sale.

What threat could such a little kid pose to this gentleman of unknown strength? Removing the Bio-Chip was likely just a whim because he was in a good mood and didn't want to make things difficult for a child.

But to discard goods worth eight thousand Black Dragon Coins just like that—is this what a powerhouse is like?

A bit of pocket change, and he doesn't even blink an eye.

He was dying of envy inside, but his face still wore his trademark enthusiastic smile. He summoned two people to take the girl away for the surgery, then smiled at Li Yilin and said softly, "Sir, removing the Bio-Chip will take half an hour. Please wait patiently."

Li Yilin sat on the sofa with his legs crossed. Hearing this, he nodded slightly.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the numerous slaves nearby, and the people coming and going to buy slaves observing and selecting them carefully. From time to time, slaves would release their aura to demonstrate their strength according to the customers' requests.

"Bring some better-looking, younger ones over for me to see."

"They must be Star Level or above," he added.

On the other side.

As the girl was being led away, she couldn't help but look back one last time.

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In the mall, Li Yilin was sitting on a large, luxurious sofa in a comfortable posture, not a hint of tension on his face. Clearly, he was accustomed to being surrounded by servants. She couldn't help but ask, "Who is that lord?"

The staff member cast an envious glance at her and shook his head slightly, "I don't know."

"You are truly lucky. Manshang said that the strength of that lord has already surpassed the Universe Level." The staff member's tone was full of envy, with a hint of underlying jealousy directed at the young girl.

"It takes countless planets and an unknown span of time to give birth to a single Universe Level powerhouse, let alone someone with strength even beyond that."

"If you can be favored by that lord and have your Bio-Chip control removed, as long as you can keep that lord happy, you'll be set for life." Another staff member added, his gaze toward the girl no longer one of superiority, but tinged with a hint of sycophancy.

The girl fell silent.

An existence whose strength surpasses the Universe Level?

Does that mean—

She touched her chest as if feeling something, her expression a mix of tears and a smile.

Inside the mall.

Li Yilin sat with his legs crossed, holding a drink in his hand, his expression relaxed and carefree.

In front of him, twenty men and women dressed exactly the same stood in two rows. If he liked one, he would pick them out; if not, he would swap them for another batch.

He raised his eyes and chose a thin, small-statured man standing in the second row.

"Him."

He raised his hand to point at the man, and Manshang hurriedly pulled the person out, then sent the others away to bring in a new batch.

By the time the girl had her Bio-Chip removed and was brought back, Li Yilin already had over a dozen Star Level slaves standing beside him, both male and female.

The smile on Manshang's face to the side was exceptionally radiant.

Star Level Fighters were already expensive, not to mention Spirit Readers, who were worth three times as much as Fighters of the same level. He could make a significant profit from each sale, and that was without mentioning that Li Yilin had already selected sixteen people, six of whom were Spirit Readers.

Such a wealthy and generous client was rare; as long as the transaction was successful, he would make a fortune.

"My lord." The girl walked up to Li Yilin and bowed respectfully, her face showing gratitude.

Seeing that a bit of vitality had finally returned to the girl's face, the corners of Li Yilin's mouth curled up, and he finally felt a bit more comfortable.

He crooked his finger, signaling her to come closer.

The girl walked over obediently, though the slight fluttering of the wings behind her revealed that she was actually quite nervous.

Li Yilin didn't mind, leaning back against the sofa with his arms draped over the backrest, "What's your name? How old are you?"

"My name is Celestia Si Yao, I am... fifteen years old." Si Yao said respectfully.

"Fifteen?" Li Yilin was quite surprised, looking her up and down.

Less than 1.2 meters tall with a childish face, she didn't look like a fifteen-year-old child in any way.

He had assumed she was only seven or eight.

Si Yao pursed her lips and explained, "The Star Feather Race has a relatively long growth period. Normally, we are in a childhood stage until twelve, and only start to grow slowly after twelve."

Before she was twelve, she hadn't even been a meter tall; the extra twenty centimeters or so had only grown in the last three years.

Although the bloodline rank of the Star Feather Race was sixth-tier, their childhood period was extremely long, almost comparable to those races with a first-tier bloodline.

As for why they had such a long growth period, it was actually related to a hidden talent of the Star Feather Race.

However, not every member of the Star Feather Race could awaken this talent; generally speaking, only one Star Feather with this talent would exist in any given era.

As long as the previous person with the talent was still alive, the next person with this talent would not be born.

Unless—

Unless the person with this talent broke through to become an Immortal, transforming their body into a divine form and transcending the category of flesh-and-blood life.

Thinking of this, Si Yao clenched the hands hanging at her sides so hard that her fingertips turned white.

"And your strength?" Li Yilin asked, glancing at her clenched hands.

To be at the Planetary Level while still in the childhood stage.

Is the Star Feather Race really that absurd?

It seems there is a secret.

Si Yao lowered her eyes, her blue star-like pupils staring blankly at the floor in front of her. She said softly, "My strength... it was my mother who..." She bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes, trembling on the verge of falling, looking as if she were about to shatter.

"Before my mother died, she transferred all her strength to me, which is why..."

After hearing her words, Li Yilin looked enlightened. No wonder she ended up in the slave market; it turned out her mother was gone. As for the so-called vendetta—

He glanced at the little girl, who was crying with tears streaming down her face and unable to control herself, and didn't believe it for a second.

In a vendetta, people would go so far as to split an earthworm in half; how could they possibly leave the descendant of their enemy alive? If they truly wanted revenge, they should have kept her by their side to torture her, rather than putting her into the slave market.

After all, even in the slave market, there was still a chance to change one's fate.

But it didn't matter; everyone had secrets.

No matter what the secret was, as long as it didn't affect him, it was fine.

Li Yilin chuckled and looked at her, "Are you willing to follow me?"

He didn't say to be his slave, nor did he say to be his subordinate; he simply said to follow him.

It was as if a kind and benevolent elder had finally found a pitiful little cub who had lost its parents, was wandering the streets, starving, shivering, and living in misery, and had walked up to her, crouched down, and looked at her with a beaming smile, saying, "Don't be afraid, you still have me!"

Li Yilin had a similar thought in mind.

He was willing to grant this young girl freedom and offer her protection entirely because of her smile back then; that smile had, at the time, brought him a moment of joy and a sense of peace. Just to ensure that smile continued to exist, he was willing to spend eight thousand Ganwu Coin to buy her.

Perhaps some would find it incomprehensible, or even think it utterly bizarre.

But in this life, there are just so many inexplicable thoughts.

There is no reason; it is simply because of a single phrase: "I like it, I am willing!"

"Follow you?" Si Yao suddenly looked up, her moist blue eyes staring at him blankly. As if she had thought of something, her eyes lit up, and with a thud, she knelt down. "Senior, can you take me as your disciple?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire room fell silent.

Everyone in the mall, regardless of what they were doing, stopped their tasks in unison and looked over.

Good heavens!

Manshang and Fang Zhen felt a sense of admiration for Si Yao's bold behavior.

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