After spending so many days with Chen Yan, Bai Su had gained a general understanding of his character.
She knew he was looking out for her, but she still pulled his hand down and said, "It's actually not that bad."
Watching Bai Su hand over the spirit stones, Chen Yan felt as though his heart were bleeding.
What neither of them noticed were the two people who emerged from the teahouse and headed in the opposite direction...
The auction house opened as scheduled.
Huayin City was especially crowded that day. The area around the West City Auction House, in particular, was almost packed solid with humans, demons, and ghosts.
Without question, human cultivators were still the fewest among them, followed by demon cultivators, with ghost cultivators the most numerous.
As Su Jiu and Chu Luohen made their way through the streets, they noticed that many demons in human form had their tails and ears showing. Quite a few showed only their ears, which looked rather cute.
But before Su Jiu could look for long, she saw an argument break out up ahead.
"What are you staring at? If you want a fight, just say so!" The demon speaking had a tiger's ears and tail, and his human form was powerfully built. He was glaring indignantly at a somewhat frail ghost cultivator opposite him.
But the frail ghost cultivator clearly had yet to grasp her situation. "Y-you... why are you being so fierce! When did I ever say I wanted a fight?"
"You were staring at my tail! What else could that mean but that you want to fight me?"
"Y-you... you're utterly unreasonable!"
"You were the one who looked at my tail first!"
Seeing Su Jiu's bewildered expression, a flicker of amusement crossed Chu Luohen's eyes. "Demon cultivators have