Thank you, BlueMoon, for the ko-fi~
The little merman said quite a bit to Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan fluttered right up to his face and patted his head with his short, chubby little wings.
“Chirp chirp.”
Don’t be afraid, I will definitely defeat the great demon!
When Feng Yuan said he would defeat the great demon, he didn’t mean right away.
Although he had advanced to the middle class of kindergarten, compared to the great demon, he was still a little small.
So, he had to wait for the adults to arrive before he could fight alongside them!
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to win.
The little merman trusted Feng Yuan deeply, sensing the phoenix bloodline within him.
Their entire race held great reverence for phoenixes.
From the clues provided by the little merman, Feng Yuan discovered even more mermen.
He searched all the way and eventually found traces of Uncle Chi Rong.
Uncle Chi Rong was locked in a tightly secured room. Feng Yuan couldn’t get in.
Just as he was trying to figure out a way to enter, he overheard the people there talking about an auction.
They were planning to auction off the mermen.
This auction wasn’t orchestrated by the great demon. It was a perk the great demon provided.
Once the mermen had been used and were no longer of any value, the people here could dispose of them as they pleased.
Thus, they came up with the idea of an auction to amass wealth.
The great demon had no need for something as mundane as money. But those who had been transformed into demons still harbored worldly desires for wealth.
Listening to them excitedly discussing the auction, Feng Yuan’s little black bean eyes lit up.
Feng Yuan had figured out how to find his dad!
He could sneak into the auction.
This place had no phone signal and couldn’t be located.
Feng Yuan had no idea where he was.
But if there was an auction, that meant there would be people coming to buy things.
He could sneak in then and find a way to locate his dad.
The clever little chubby ball immediately began tailing the people discussing the auction, making his movements in the area quite busy.
He had to track them while also figuring out how to meet with Uncle Chi Rong.
In this vast place, the little chubby ball was truly fighting alone.
As time passed bit by bit.
The little chubby ball actually had a bit of luck on his side.
First, he heard that the auction would start tomorrow, and the merman in Room 1 would be transported there then.
Afterward, he hid in a small bucket filled with food and was brought to the room where the dragon was imprisoned.
The imprisoned dragon was, of course, Chi Rong.
The bucket of food was meant for him.
His condition wasn’t very good. Since the people here had no experience raising dragons, they were afraid he might die, so they specially brought him this much food.
After the food was set down, these people turned and left immediately.
They didn’t dare linger too long.
Even in his weakened state, this dragon was still quite formidable.
In the short time since he’d been brought here, he had already bitten and injured seven or eight people.
The room fell empty and quiet.
Feng Yuan crawled out from the pile of food and looked up at Uncle Chi Rong, whom he had finally found.
“Chirp!”
Uncle Chi Rong!
Feng Yuan chirped excitedly, immediately reporting the most crucial information to Chi Rong.
“I found Second Eggy and Third Eggy!”
“I gave them to Eggy!”
“Eggy carried them away.”
Feng Yuan’s announcement made the weakened and ferocious red dragon freeze in surprise for a moment.
“Roar.”
My baby.
Hearing the news brought by Feng Yuan, the red dragon’s eyes grew moist.
From the moment he was trapped until now, his greatest worry has been for his egg.
The discomfort in his belly these past few days had actually been a sign of impending egg-laying.
But he had been oblivious, unaware of what was happening.
Even before his struggle with that monster, he had been weakened by the abdominal pain.
If not for this reason, he wouldn’t have been so easily swallowed and brought here.
“Uncle Chi Rong, don’t cry.”
Feng Yuan gently brushed Uncle Chi Rong’s face with his little wings, comforting him, “You don’t have to worry about Second Eggy and Third Eggy anymore. They’re very safe.”
Eggy was a clever baby.
With him looking after Second Eggy and Third Eggy, they would undoubtedly be safe.
“Roar.”
Baby, you need to leave quickly.
“Roar.”
This place is not good.
The demonic energy here is very dense. Everyone who comes and goes here carries the aura of demons.
And then there are the merfolk who have appeared here.
The merfolk originally possessed the power of evolution. But now, that power has transformed into a force that can corrupt people.
Those who are deemed unqualified or unusable are simply discarded as defective products.
Chi Rong had heard them say—
They also wanted a batch of demon dragons.
Chi Rong belonged to the lineage of divine dragons. He had no interest in becoming a demon dragon.
“Baby, there are so many demons here.”
Chi Rong was determined to make Feng Yuan leave.
There were too many demons here, and there was even a great demon controlling this place.
Chi Rong couldn’t help but worry about Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan listened to Chi Rong’s low roars and nodded his little head, looking very obedient.
But in reality, he hadn’t taken Chi Rong’s words to heart at all.
Leaving just like that was out of the question.
He, the Great King Yuan Yuan, was no useless little chick.
“Uncle Chi Rong, eat a little bit of the food, but don’t finish it all.”
Feng Yuan pointed at the bucket.
He asked Chi Rong to save some food so he could continue hiding in it later.
“Roar.”
Okay.
Chi Rong reluctantly ate a few mouthfuls of the food.
Soon, the leftover food and Feng Yuan, who was hiding in the food bucket, were taken away.
After being brought out this time, Feng Yuan shook his dirty little body and went to stake out the auction.
Time flew by in the blink of an eye.
As Feng Yuan waited, the dawn of the next day quietly arrived.
The merfolk on display were placed in massive glass containers.
Thanks to his small size, Feng Yuan managed to follow along without being detected, though not without some close calls.
He passed through another spatial passage before arriving at the high-end auction venue, which had already been set up.
There weren’t many people in the high-end auction venue, but those qualified to be here were all extremely wealthy.
Feng Yuan hid inside, making good use of the spatial passage.
He no longer took the form of a chubby little ball.
He had transformed back into his young child form.
Here, it was much more convenient to move around as a young child.
Feng Yuan wasn’t very familiar with the auction process.
He only knew that whoever offered the highest price would win the bid.
Just as he was trying to find a signal to make a call while also wanting to buy a merfolk, he spotted a familiar guest.
“Charles!”
Upon seeing him, Feng Yuan became incredibly excited.
He toddled over on his short little legs without hesitation.
Charles, who had been brought by his uncle to broaden his horizons, hadn’t even started looking at the auction items when he heard Feng Yuan’s little voice.
At first, he thought he had misheard, but then he saw Feng Yuan’s small figure rushing toward him.
“Yuan Yuan!”
Charles was also shocked.
Charles never expected to see Feng Yuan here.
Instinctively, he opened his arms and caught Feng Yuan as he leaped into them.
Feng Yuan hugged him tightly.
As the two embraced, Charles’s uncle raised an eyebrow and asked, “This little one looks familiar, Charles. Aren’t you going to introduce us?”
“Uncle, this is Yuan Yuan. You know him.”
Charles frowned, feeling that his uncle’s memory shouldn’t be this poor.
Feng Yuan was clearly very famous!
Moreover, he often mentioned Feng Yuan at home.
Seeing his little nephew furrowing his brow, Charles’s uncle chuckled.
“I know, I know, sweetheart Yuan Yuan. How could I not know him?”
Feng Yuan had found someone he knew, so he didn’t waste any words.
Holding Charles, he freed one of his chubby little hands and pointed toward the stage.
“Charles, buy all the mermaids! Please.”
Charles replied, “Alright.”
Charles turned his face to his uncle and said, “Uncle, buy them. Use my card.”
Charles’s private savings were quite substantial.
The number of zeros in his account balance was more than Feng Yuan could count.
Charles’s uncle listened to his nephew’s request and nodded with a smile.
“Okay, as you wish.”
He was very fond of his nephew Charles.
After agreeing, he immediately began raising his bidding paddle.
Feng Yuan, meanwhile, asked for a phone that could make calls.
“Our phones aren’t with us,” Charles’s uncle replied while raising his paddle. “Photography is prohibited here, and all electronic devices are forbidden.”
“I’ll only be able to retrieve my phone when we make the payment later.”
Feng Yuan: “…”
Feng Yuan: “Alright then.”
To speed up the auction and get the phone sooner, Feng Yuan personally supervised Charles’s uncle’s bidding.
He even helped raise the bids.
By the end of the auction, the three mermaids had fetched a staggering price of 300 million.
Charles had intended to pay the amount himself.
But Feng Yuan wouldn’t allow it.
In his firm, childish voice, Feng Yuan declared, “Let my big dad pay for it!”
His big dad had money!
Since he was the one who wanted the merfolk, his family should cover the cost.
Charles’s uncle secured the mermaids.
Instead of swiping his card immediately, he called Li Sheng in front of the staff.
“Hey, Li,” he said directly. “You need to pay 300 million.”
“Yuan Yuan requested it.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Li Sheng replied decisively, “Send me the payment details.”
Charles’s uncle smiled. “Right away.”
While the 300 million was being transferred, Charles, his uncle, and Feng Yuan had to wait for the funds to clear.
This waiting period was exactly what Feng Yuan needed.
The adults Feng Yuan was counting on did not disappoint him.
They had located the auction site.
The dragons, along with Li Sheng, rushed over as quickly as possible.
Qin Xun had restored the underwater passage, and he, along with Feng Qi, who had returned, were making their way through it smoothly.
Every passage Feng Yuan traveled through carried his scent.
And no one was more familiar with the scent of a little phoenix than a grown phoenix.
The adults from both sides advanced from their respective directions.
Bai Ze and the others had also arrived.
Upon hearing about the spatial passage, the large number of missing merfolk, and the dragon’s disappearance, they knew that only the great demon they were searching for could be behind such a scheme.
The adults and Qin Xun were all busy.
Eggy, Rong Rong, and the other dragon eggs were left behind at the hotel.
Xiao Bai was tasked with looking after them.
Xiao Bai was so stressed about taking care of the young ones and the dragon eggs that he felt like his scales were going to fall out.
Rong Rong was well-behaved and required little attention.
But Eggy was truly difficult to handle.
He refused to stay at the hotel and insisted on going out to find his brother.
“Eggy, the adults have already gone to find your brother.”
Xiao Bai said with a worried expression, trying to persuade Eggy: “Can you please not go out?”
“Let’s stay here and watch Second Eggy and Third Eggy. Look, their eggshells are the same color!”
Xiao Bai attempted to divert Eggy’s attention with Second Eggy and Third Eggy.
But the trick didn’t work very well.
Second Eggy and Third Eggy were far less appealing to Eggy than Feng Yuan.
Eggy’s chubby little finger pointed at the door, and he kept repeating two words:
“Door door!”
He wanted to go out the door!
“No door door. Your dad won’t let you go out the door. Eggy, let’s wait patiently. Yuan Yuan will be back soon.”
Seeing that coaxing wasn’t working, Xiao Bai had no choice but to turn his gaze to Rong Rong.
Rong Rong tightened his little face but didn’t stop Eggy.
Because he also wanted to find Yuan Yuan.
Seeing that the little ones refused to stay in the hotel, Xiao Bai, feeling both distressed and frustrated, made a video call to Yan Yingli.
Yan Yingli looked through the video at Eggy, whose face was full of defiance. After a few seconds of hesitation, he offered his advice.
“Don’t stay in the hotel. You won’t be able to keep them under control there.”
“Take them outside to fly around.”
As he spoke, Yan Yingli also sent him a text message:
“Just tell them you’re taking them out to look for someone. Once you’re outside, take a few detours. That should do the trick.”
Yan Yingli’s method was to trick the little ones.
Xiao Bai thought for a moment but couldn’t come up with a better plan.
So, he had no choice but to adopt this approach.
He took Eggy and Rong Rong with him, packed Second Eggy and Third Eggy into a bag, and had Rong Rong carry the small backpack.
Just as Rong Rong was about to put it on, Eggy snatched the backpack away.
He put it on himself.
Seeing that Eggy wanted to carry his younger brothers, Xiao Bai felt quite relieved.
It seemed Eggy also had a lot of brotherly love for his younger siblings!
“Alright, let’s set off!”
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152