"My brother?"
Meng Hongchen tilted her head again, then waved a hand, signaling Ye Luochen not to worry.
"You have even less reason to worry about my brother."
"The moment he transferred the money to me at the auction, it meant he had no intention of competing for that thing.
"Otherwise, with his personality, the moment he heard that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo capable of increasing the number of Martial Souls had appeared, he would have rushed to the auction house in a panic."
Ye Luochen was slightly stunned at her words, but after giving it some thought, it really did seem to make sense.
After spending so much time with Xiao Hongchen, he had more or less come to understand his personality.
That man was definitely not the sort to hesitate or act modestly.
As long as he wanted something, no matter the occasion or who he was facing, Xiao Hongchen would absolutely step forward without concealing his intentions in the slightest.
You could say he was used to throwing his weight around, or that he was simply straightforward.
But at the very least, he was open and aboveboard.
"And he's willing to just hand it over?" Ye Luochen could not help asking again.
"Who knows?"
Meng Hongchen shrugged and continued,
"Maybe it has something to do with that Ranked Carving Knife."
"The Ranked Carving Knife?"
The sudden turn in the conversation left Ye Luochen even more confused.
"That's right." Meng Hongchen nodded.
"The Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife that was auctioned off and purified by you."
"By rights, you were the one who insisted on buying that carving knife. Otherwise, neither of us would have had any interest in it at all. So it should have belonged to you.
"Even if you absorbed its most valuable life energy, that