The host was from the Black Crow Merchant Guild.

Any merchant guild that wanted to sell items in the village had to first greet the village captains.

Therefore, the host recognized Captain Huo, knew who she was, and naturally didn't dare to say much. He just gave a look to the guild member waiting at the entrance, telling him to quickly repair the curtain at the entrance to prevent sunlight from shining in.

The guild members standing on various steps and in various positions around were originally doing these trivial things. Their levels were not as high as the host's, so they immediately obeyed the order.

Fortunately, the Black Crow Merchant Guild had often encountered incidents of people suddenly breaking into the entrance before, so they were very experienced in handling it.

Soon, the curtain at the entrance was repaired, blocking the sunlight. The inside of the auction house became dark again.

This kind of light and darkness made it easier for the auction house to adjust the lighting.

It was just that at night, it would cost more to use Renhun lamps (human soul lamps) for adjustment, while it was much cheaper during the day.

The others also retracted their gazes at this time, not daring to have any complaints.

If it were other people from Mo Village doing this, they would have already gotten angry and started cursing.

After all, those who could sit here to participate in the Black Crow Auction were all big figures with status, big figures who had gained a foothold in Mo Village.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be qualified to sit here, right?

The problem was that these big figures were all inferior to the Mo Village's three captains in terms of status.

In any village, apart from extremely special existences like Lord Han, no one's status was higher than that of the village captains.

In Mo Village, anyone who saw a captain had to respectfully salute and greet them.

If you offended the village captain, it would be useless no matter how rich or powerful you were.

A captain's power was enough to turn the village's tycoons into paupers, and even drive them out of the village to become food for the strange creatures.

Although doing so would negatively impact the captain's reputation, they truly possessed such power!

Therefore, in any village, you can offend anyone, but never offend the guard team captain! This was the experience passed down from ancestors.

Although Fang Yue was previously the vice-captain of Guyue Village, equivalent to the captain's position.

But in reality, no one had ever offended him, and he had never thought of using his captain's authority to do anything, so he didn't have any real experience.

Now, seeing Captain Huo entering so arrogantly, suppressing everyone so that no one dared to speak out against her, he truly realized that the captain could really do whatever she wanted.

The host wiped his sweat and began to routinely introduce the powerful business capabilities of the Black Crow Merchant Guild, like an old woman selling melons, praising her own wares.

Fang Yue found it uninteresting, and Captain Huo asked at this time, "Didn't I tell you to notify me before you came to the merchant guild? Why did you come here on your own?"

"I was chatting with Captain Lang about some things and forgot the time. When I saw that the Black Crow Merchant Guild's auction had started, I hurried over."

"Oh~~"

Captain Huo drew out her voice, suddenly approached Fang Yue, sniffed with her nose, and smiled, "That's the scent of truth."

The fragrance assailed his nostrils, and Fang Yue stiffened slightly, pushing her head away with his hand.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't get so close, it's affecting my viewing of the auction."

"Eh..."

Captain Huo propped her chin up and asked, "What's so good about listening to this? It's all nonsense. Also, how did you get in? I remember the Black Crow Auction requires invitation letters."

"What do you mean, 'I remember'... didn't you get in with an invitation letter?"

"My face is the invitation letter!"

Captain Huo proudly puffed out her chest slightly.

Fang Yue couldn't help but rub his forehead.

So, this person just forced her way in.

Captains really can do whatever they want!

"They."

"What?"

"They brought me in."

Fang Yue pointed at Hei Da and Hei Er.

"Hmm..."

Captain Huo narrowed her eyes, suspiciously sizing up the two black-robed men.

"You two look unfamiliar. How should I address you?"

Hei Da and Hei Er, what else could they be...

Fang Yue had just thought of this when he immediately realized that Captain Huo was asking for their real names.

How dare she ask!

Fang Yue curiously looked at the two black-robed men.

"Hei Da... Hei Er."

"You should know that I'm not asking for fake names. Also, your voice is very unique."

Captain Huo's eyes flickered with curiosity and exploration, exactly the same as the look she gave Fang Yue at Lang Fu's place.

"..."

Hei Da was silent, saying nothing.

"Not talking? Your black robes are also very interesting. I've never seen clothes with such a good camouflage effect before. Are they strange objects?"

"..."

"It's decided, I want to buy your black robe. Name a price."

"..."

"No price? Then I'll name my own price, okay? 1g of Black Embers, take off your black robe now."

For the first time, Hei Da turned to look at Captain Huo.

"Not... selling."

Captain Huo smiled.

"I said, I want to buy it!"

Saying that, Captain Huo directly reached out to grab Hei Da's black robe.

In the next moment, Hei Da's smoky hand instantly grabbed Captain Huo's hand.

"Oh? Dare to resist me?"

On the back of Captain Huo's hand, streaks of fiery red patterns lit up, and the surrounding temperature suddenly soared.

At the same time, the black smoke on Hei Da's smoky hand began to turn into vine-like tendrils, spreading to Captain Huo's hand and gradually entangling it.

Captain Huo smiled, a devilish smile, the corners of her mouth raised high, revealing neatly arranged pointed teeth, making her look like a madman.

The two of them exchanged blows in the blink of an eye, and they were already at each other's throats.

She made an enthusiastic voice, and the patterns that were originally only lit up on the back of her hand instantly spread along the back of her hand to her entire arm.

"It's been a long time since I've encountered something so interesting..."

"Stop."

Captain Huo's enthusiastic voice came to an abrupt stop.

Her expression froze, her face turned cold, and she frowned as she looked at the young man in uniform and wearing a straw hat next to her.

"Hei Ya (Black Crow), don't interfere in my affairs, this is my territory."

"This is also my territory." Hei Ya smiled.

Captain Huo said in a low and ugly voice, "I can kill you as easily as crushing an ant!"

Hei Ya's smile remained unchanged. Facing the threat of death, he was extremely calm, as if he was just discussing what to eat for lunch.

"My lord can destroy remote small villages as easily as crushing an ant."

Captain Huo was silent. After looking at the young man named Hei Ya for a while, she slowly let go and tossed her fiery red hair.

"Captain Ye (Night), let's go sit over there."

Saying that, she had already taken the liberty of walking towards the other side, and only stopped to urge Fang Yue when she saw that he didn't react.

"Come over here quickly. Do you want those two freaks to sit together? A beauty or a freak, think carefully."

Fang Yue looked at Hei Da and Hei Er, shrugged, and went to Captain Huo's side.

After the two left, Hei Ya politely bowed to the two of them.

"Sorry for the trouble I've caused you two guests. Please enjoy this auction."

"...Okay."

Only then did Hei Ya retreat, disappearing into the shadows.

Hei Da glanced at the direction Hei Ya left with some fear, and established a mental connection with Hei Er.

"Don't... cause trouble... their background... is not simple."

Hei Er nodded, seemingly understanding.

She didn't have any concept of these things yet, and her curious eyes were constantly busy, looking everywhere.

It was just that occasionally when she glanced at Fang Yue's side, she would suddenly pause, staring at Fang Yue for a long time before she was willing to look away.

One would have thought she had some special feelings for Fang Yue.

In reality, she did. Wu Ji's obsession was still affecting her.

Hei Da shook his head slightly, somewhat disappointed in this suddenly emerging royal family member.

So many members of the envoy group were sacrificed in exchange for the survival of a royal family member with impure blood. Was it worth it...

As soon as this thought emerged, Hei Da was shocked and immediately began to reflect.

The Wu Yu (Black Rain) tribe must not have such rebellious thoughts!

...

On the other side, Fang Yue sat next to Captain Huo. Although Captain Huo was sitting there nonchalantly, with a carefree posture.

However, Fang Yue still felt the huge fire hidden in Captain Huo's heart.

It seemed that captains couldn't do whatever they wanted either.

She had suffered a setback.

"Why didn't you take action just now? Are you afraid of Hei Ya? What's his background?"

Captain Huo glanced at Fang Yue.

"Hei Ya is a code name. The leaders of the Black Crow Merchant Guild of each generation will inherit the name Hei Ya. This generation's Hei Ya is not very strong, but behind Hei Ya stands an existence that our Mo Village can't afford to offend, a huge organization called Feng Wu (Phoenix Dance)."

"Feng Wu organization?"

Fang Yue looked blank. He didn't know much about the various organizations in the game. Suddenly a Feng Wu popped up, and he naturally knew nothing about it.

"You definitely haven't heard of it. I heard people say that vagrants only have memories after awakening, and Guyue Village is so remote that you couldn't possibly have heard of the Feng Wu organization."

"Is the Feng Wu organization very powerful?"

"Very terrifying, enough to destroy Mo Village."

Hiss—

Fang Yue gasped.

"With Mo Village's formation and your three captains, you're still no match?"

Captain Huo glanced at Fang Yue.

"What are you thinking? Our Mo Village's formation is only for dealing with strange creatures. When can it be used against living people? Without the support of the formation, our Mo Village's limit is two Houtian second-rate realm cultivators and one Houtian first-rate realm cultivator. This strength is indeed extremely powerful in our area, but outside... it's not enough."

Speaking of this, Captain Huo sighed.

Admitting that one's strength is inferior to others is sometimes a very hurtful thing.

"Alright, don't think about the Feng Wu organization or anything like that."

"Now it's the Black Crow Merchant Guild in Mo Village. If I don't take action in the big tent, he has no reason to protect others. Once I leave the merchant guild's big tent, even if I kill everyone present, he wouldn't dare to say another word."

"Ah, this... superficial protection?"

"What else? In the tent, the Black Crow Merchant Guild has an obligation to protect the participating guests for the smooth running of the auction. When you leave the tent, who knows you? It all depends on your ability. Otherwise, why do you think the people below are all wearing masks and disguises?"

Alright.

When he first arrived, Fang Yue thought Mo Village had good public order.

Now it seemed that it was just a good superficial appearance.

However, Captain Huo was just saying that, she wasn't so lawless as to kill people in the street... should be?

And there was no reason to kill people...

Seeming to feel Fang Yue's strange gaze, Captain Huo's face darkened.

"What are you thinking! I was just saying the extreme just now. Why would I kill the village's rich people for no reason?"

Who knows...

"Then what do you want to do?"

"Those two black-robed men are very unfamiliar. I've never seen them before."

"Mo Village has such a large flow of people. It's not like my remote Guyue Village. What's wrong with a few unfamiliar faces?"

"No, it's not just that, they're also... very strange! In short, I want to test their bottom line."

This...

Fang Yue was a little conflicted. Although Hei Da and Hei Er were a bit strange, they had just helped him get into the Black Crow Auction. Was he just going to watch Captain Huo cause trouble for them?

After thinking about it, Fang Yue just reminded, "Don't make too much of a fuss."

"Why are you, a captain of Guyue Village, caring so much? Don't worry, I have a sense of propriety."

Alright, Captain Huo probably does this kind of thing often, so I won't worry about it.

"When the auction is over, don't follow me. I'll go explore their bottom line myself. I'll tell you the information later."

"Why?"

"Don't you have any self-awareness?"

"What?"

"It means you're a hindrance. When I was about to fight with that Hei Da just now, I didn't see you take action. You're so slow to react, so don't act with me, lest you hinder me."

Hey!

So, that's what she was complaining about.

Wasn't that because you acted so fast, starting a fight as soon as you said you would? I was hoping for the auction and wanted you to resolve it peacefully so as not to disturb the auction process.

Pouting, Fang Yue ignored her.

At this time, the host had finished introducing the Black Crow Merchant Guild and finally entered the main topic.

"I'm very sorry to keep the esteemed guests waiting so long."

"Now, I announce that today's Black Crow Merchant Guild auction officially begins!"

"Next, please welcome our Ya Ya (elegant) girl to bring over auction item number one."

As the host's voice fell.

A woman wearing light clothing and with long legs walked to the host's side, holding a transparent box high.

It was a pearl.

"Fluorescent Pearl, Human-Grade Low-Rank, a beautiful pearl that can continuously emit light at night. It is produced from the powder that naturally falls from Huan Ying (Illusory Glow) when it flaps its wings, mixed with a little Black Embers and various materials."

"This pearl is infinitely useful, whether it is given as a gift or used by oneself."

"Such a beautiful thing, given to a beauty to express your feelings, will surely capture her heart, causing countless of her sisters to scream with envy!"

"If you use it yourself, it can also save the consumption of Renhun Yangshou (human soul lifespan). You no longer need to hold a Renhun torch every day. With this pearl, night is no different from day! The free hand can also be used to fight when encountering strange creatures, increasing combat power, killing two birds with one stone!"

With the host's introductions, many people on the scene showed interested expressions.

Seeing that the timing was about right, the host shouted loudly.

"And the starting price of the Fluorescent Pearl is also very cheap, only 5g of Black Embers, and each increase in price must not be less than 1g of Black Embers."

"Now, let the auction begin!"