69: Chapter 69 Clues to the Remains of the Spirit

What truly surprised Su Taotao was that her leveling speed was genuinely fast!

And after breaking through levels, the increase in strength was very significant!

It felt like she was cheating!

Especially her ears, which were slowly turning into beast ears, making her look even cuter.

"The Taotie Bloodline, huh? It seems I don't have horns? I wonder if Brother Chen Yi will dislike me because there's nothing to hold onto..."

At 3:00 PM, the spiritual power guidance ended.

Su Taotao successfully broke through to the tenth stage of the first rank, and thanks to her, Chen Yi also successfully broke through to the first stage of the third rank.

Breaking through from the first rank to the third rank in just over half a month, who else can say that?

"Ding-dong—"

Just then, the hotel doorbell suddenly rang.

Opening the door to look, it was actually Li Yang?

And he looked very excited.

Chen Yi frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong? You look so excited."

"Brother Chen Yi, good news!"

Li Yang excitedly took out a promotional flyer for the auction items, "Have you heard of this Black Ghost Market auction in Han City? This is the auction list just released by the Black Ghost Market. Among the items, there is a remains of spiritual light. You should need this thing, right?"

Chen Yi took the flyer and looked at it carefully.

Except for the dozen or so spirit beasts used for the grand finale, all other items were displayed.

The remains of spiritual light that Li Yang mentioned was among them!

"It really is there? I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence..."

"How about it? This counts as me helping you find it, right?"

"Hmm, it just so happens that I came to Han City to attend the Black Ghost Market! But like I said before, I have to get this thing before I can agree to cooperate!"

Li Yang also gave a wicked smile: "Since Brother Chen Yi is also here to attend the Black Ghost Market banquet, then it's much easier!"

"I still have some money in my private treasury. If Brother Chen Yi doesn't have enough money, I can still help cover some of it!"

"As long as Brother Chen Yi is willing to be my spokesperson, I guarantee I'll secure this thing for you!"

Chen Yi nodded slightly: "If there's a need, I'll rely on you then!"

After Li Yang left, everyone in Chen Yi's group clapped and celebrated.

"Tao Tao, as long as we secure this thing, Brother Chen Yi will have a way to stop your demonization!"

"Your demonization is saved! You don't have to live in fear anymore."

"Re---really? Is it really that simple?"

"Of course, don't you know who Little Brother Chen Yi is!"

Chen Yi scooped up Su Taotao, a playful smile on his lips, and whispered: "Tao Tao, you'll have to pay back whatever it costs at the auction!"

However, the next second, Su Taotao pulled out her phone and showed her bank account balance.

That string of numbers was staggering—a full three million!

Good grief, is being a female streamer this profitable?

"I think I should be able to buy it on my own!"

"Damn, you're actually a little rich girl? Then I definitely can't let you get away!"

"I won't run away... I will always be yours, Brother Chen Yi!"

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Meanwhile.

At this time, in the Black Ghost Market, inside an extremely luxuriously decorated room.

Wang Yu had just finished affinity training with his Contracted Spirit Beast and wearily pulled up his pants.

He casually lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled a smoke ring.

Amidst the swirling smoke, he finally had a moment of leisure and began to listen to the intelligence brought by his subordinates.

However, as the intelligence was revealed, Wang Yu's brows gradually furrowed.

"Chen Yi! How did this guy come to Han City? And he wants to attend the Black Ghost Market? Could he have discovered something?"

"We're not sure. Because of the Luo family's presence, we didn't dare to investigate too deeply for fear of exposing ourselves..."

"Damn it, what is going on?"

Wang Yu crushed the cigarette butt fiercely, and the feeling of unease in his heart grew stronger.

He had left in too much of a hurry, and many traces hadn't been cleared; finding out he had come to Han City wasn't difficult.

However, his backing was the Black Ghost Market.

If the Jiangcheng Beast Tamer Association investigated this, they probably wouldn't take it to the point of a life-or-death struggle.

They would just assume he went missing and stop worrying about his affairs.

These were still minor matters.

But the problem was, he didn't know if Qin Shousheng and Ning Yan had revealed his plan to kill Chen Yi before they died.

Chen Yi's relationship with the Luo family was so close now.

If it were truly exposed that he was suspected of murdering Chen Yi, the charge would be the same as suspected murder of a member of the Luo family!

By then, he would probably be in an irredeemable situation, with no place to bury his corpse!

He clearly had no other thoughts about Chen Yi and Lin Mengxue anymore, so why did they come to find him?

"No!"

"If that were really the case, the Luo family would have already brought people to raid the entire Black Ghost Market; it wouldn't have remained calm for a week."

"Lin Mengxue's father, Lin Xuan, was also once one of the high-level members of the Black Ghost Market."

"Was it his old faction that discovered Lin Mengxue's transformation and specifically gave her an invitation to let her come to the Black Ghost Market to gain some experience?"

Wang Yu frowned, thinking hard, and felt more and more that this possibility was extremely high.

After all, given the Luo family's style and methods.

If they had learned of this, they wouldn't need any evidence; he would likely have already perished and would have had no chance of living until now.

However, this was just his guess; the actual situation required further in-depth investigation.

After thinking, Wang Yu asked a follow-up question: "Has Chen Yi arrived at the Black Ghost Market yet?"

"Not yet..."

A subordinate suddenly received a notification, "Wait, no, they just left the hotel and got into a taxi; it looks like they are very likely heading our way!"

Wang Yu nodded: "Good, immediately tell the gatekeeper that tonight, they must..."

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According to the address on the invitation.

Chen Yi and his group of four took a taxi to a shopping mall located in the northernmost part of Han City—no, the scene before them couldn't even be called a shopping mall!

The night wind blew through the broken windows, making a sobbing, wailing sound;

The huge glass curtain wall was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, several twisted metal doors were hanging open crookedly, and the damaged ceiling let in a few wisps of bleak moonlight, illuminating the dust floating in the air;

A heavy smell of dust, mold, and a faint stench of decay permeated the cold air, making people feel suffocated...

If this could be called a shopping mall, the background time should be set in the apocalypse, right?

The girls all shivered.

This didn't look like a place to hold a banquet at all?

Su Taotao pointed to the address on the invitation: "It says it's on the second basement level, this doesn't seem to be the place, right?"

Chen Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I think, since it's like this up here, it probably won't be much better down there, right?"