5 Snake and Rabbit 4

"Eh? His Majesty is heading out to the human world?" Bai Lin and Bai Mu were astounded. That shut-in demon king was actually heading out? In their entire lifetime, he had not taken one step outside of that castle, but now he was actually going to the human world!

"Yep!" Yin Mei replied energetically. Finally she would be able to start this mission. She wanted to quickly finish in order to kiss this world goodbye, but she got the feeling that it would take a really long time to finish. These xianxia protagonists, with their cockroach-like vitality, really wouldn't go down so easily. But she wouldn't let those thoughts dampen her excitement. After all, those thoughts could be left for later. For now, she would finally be meeting that scourge of a male and female lead, along with their lovely treasures...

Bai Lin and Bai Mu looked at each other, then looked at Yin Mei, who was still caught up in her happiness. They knew that it was definitely her who had put some sort of thoughts into the demon king's head for him to head out to the human world, but they weren't sure what she did in order to convince him to actually leave the house.

In the end, the preparations to leave were finished in only a couple of hours. After all, anything that needed to be packed could just be sucked into a storage ring with the wave of a hand. As for travel, who needed to bother with that when they had on their side a high level immortal who could manipulate space? That's right, the demon king actually practiced the space laws, as well as the laws of darkness. The only people that would be accompanying them where the demon king's hidden guards and the chef uncle. Even though the demon king himself didn't really need protection, they were useful in taking care of troublesome matters that the demon king couldn't be bothered to raise a hand in. In other words, they were joined by Yin Mei under this title of errand boy.

As for all other matters, of course, Yin Mei would be the one taking care of it. Bai Yu's parents wouldn't be coming along, and would be left behind to house sit.

Yin Mei, the demon king, the chef uncle, and the handful of hidden guards were standing together in the palace courtyard. Yin Mei was wearing a thin white veil for going out, though it was probably unnecessary. The demon king was also wearing a veil, though his was black. In addition, he was actually properly dressed and his chest was covered up by a black and red robe. Even with the veil, he still looked like an evil beauty that could seduce others with a simple glance.

When the demon king waved his pale and slender hand, the space before them seemed to fold and distort in on itself before it finally formed a dark portal that no doubt led the human world. Just looking at those actions and that portal, Yin Mei felt that she was being enlightened in the laws of space. Bai Yu, like most of the rabbit clan, focused her studies on the laws of nature and wind, as they were suitable for her constitution. Knowing that even if she studied the laws of space, she wouldn't make many gains in it, Yin Mei shook her head and followed the demon king and his hidden guards into the portal.

Emerging on the other side, they were in a place that looked like a manor garden. The place was neat and exuded a sense of peaceful, dignified luxury. But, for Yin Mei, who had already gotten used to the splendor of the demon king's palace and the natural beauty of the Jade Bamboo Valley, she only glanced around a few times before thinking that the sight was slightly disappointing. She thought that they were probably in the Li Kingdom, and this was the best that the small kingdom could do.

But Yin Mei predicted they would be staying here for a long time, so she would surely make sure to decorate it with all sorts of good things. The manor was already well furnished, but all the items were ordinary and in Yin Mei's opinion, rather low quality. In Li Kingdom, these materials were actually considered fairly high quality, but they simply couldn't be put in the eyes of this rich young miss whose eyes had already been corrupted by the riches she saw everyday at the demon king's palace and her own home.

The biggest issue, though, was probably the difference in the qi in the air. The qi inside the mustard seed dimension made by the demon king was thick and perfect for cultivating in, so suddenly stepping into an area with such thin qi immediately made Yin Mei a bit worried. After all, during this period of time, the demon king's cultivating would surely slow down. Yin Mei then disagreed with herself after thinking for a bit. Actually, at the demon king's level, this small amount wouldn't make much of a difference. It would be better to quickly get their hands on the treasure or the female lead. Only then would it be possible for the demon king to quickly ascend.

Renewing her determination, Yin Mei busied herself with replacing the furniture in the manor and redecorating with a vigor. She finished the demon king's room first in the blink of an eye, to which he quickly buried himself in the bed without another word. Yin Mei once again felt that the demon king was strange and didn't seem to match the image of cold, cruel, and ruthless that she thought a demon king would have. Rather, wasn't he just a lazy shut-in?

Yin Mei, while busy refurnishing the manor, also proceeded to check on the circumstances of the female lead. "Oh? Ohhhh? It's this event!" She muttered to herself as she watched the events on the screen. Would it be a good time to drag the demon king out with her? Or should she go alone? No, she should still check with the demon king first. If he's willing, that'll be good, but if he isn't, then there shouldn't be much of a problem. Although he would be missing out on a chance to flaunt in front of the female lead, it wasn't a super important event and there would be more chances in the future.

Thinking this, Yin Mei quickly headed over to the demon king's room, barging in without knocking this time, forgetting her manners in her excitement. Well, in the first place, knocking had never been necessary. It was only because she was afraid of the demon king that she had been so polite, but now that she was getting more used to his presence, she was gradually dropping formalities with him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I'm going out to play!" She said, opening up the curtain that covered the bed, immediately regretting such a decision. She was faced with the gorgeous view of a sleepy beauty, whose robe was messily worn, XXX and OOO parts showing to the world. Yin Mei immediately received a one hit K.O., unable to handle the sheer power of this scene. She even felt that if the female lead ever witnessed this scene, perhaps the male lead wouldn't have ended up being the ninth prince, but the demon king instead. That was just how high of an attack power the demon king possessed in his current state. She quickly closed the curtain before her nose started bleeding, covering her blushing face with two hands.

Unlike Yin Mei, who had received one million points of damage, the demon king didn't seem bothered, opening up the curtain again and standing up. "What is it?" He asked in a sleepy voice, his lazy eyes exuding a unique sort of charm.

"Please cover yourself up...!" Was what Yin Mei wanted to say, but in the end she didn't, merely averting her eyes from him. "I'm going to the auction house to play." She said.

"The auction house?" The demon king was confused. Why would she need to go to the auction house? Could it be that he had not provided her enough, to the point that she needed to run off and buy those low quality things?

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," Yin Mei said, her HP and mental trauma seeming to have quickly recovered to normal. It was almost as if she could read the mind of the demon king (miraculously, considering her mind reading skills were negative ten), as she replied, "Don't you know that the auction house is filled with all sorts of fun (face-slapping) events?"

The demon king was confused. Why has it that he had never heard the auction house hosted such fun events before? Recalling in the old days when he still personally attended auctions, he didn't remember them being that fun. It was just competing to buy things, was it really that amusing?

Although he didn't really understand, he decided that he would tag along with the little rabbit to see just what all the fuss was about. Maybe he really would see something interesting? He felt like it had been a long time since he had experienced this thing called "fun", so he was a little curious.

Yin Mei was surprised that the demon king had actually agreed to come with her, but then thought that perhaps the fate between him and the female lead was stronger than she thought. Even though it was only one sided. With a wave of his hand, the demon king was properly dressed once again, wearing that same black and red robe from before, along with the thin black face veil. As for Yin Mei, she put on her white face veil, before calling for an expensive carriage. The demon king had actually wanted to teleport them with the portal, but Yin Mei thought that such a method would really be way too shocking for the citizens of Li Kingdom. Yin Mei recalled that many male leads in the romance xianxia stories that had female protagonists would be mysterious experts that hid their true powers. Such being the case, Yin Mei didn't want the demon king to reveal his awesome OP-ness too soon. After all, those female leads all seemed to be really into mysterious bad boys right? All that was left was to meet the criteria of overbearing, black-bellied, and possessive, then everything would be good.

The carriage that Yin Mei rented was the best in the city, and although it might not be able to compare to a custom-made carriage, she guessed that it could probably still be pretty good for the Li Kingdom's standards. But, Yin Mei was really having trouble judging the value of these sorts of things, as everything in the Li Kingdom simply looked too trashy when she compared it to the things she owned or the stuff in the demon king's palace. Even just casually picking something on the ground in her house and it would be higher ranked than anything here!

But, she still had some expectations for the auction. After all, it was an auction that the main character participated in. The main character aura would surely cause many hidden treasures to show up that didn't belong to such a lowly Li Kingdom, though regretfully, Yin Mei didn't think it would be good to compete with the female lead for such things. Although she didn't want to compete with the female lead, she also didn't want her to grow more powerful, or stealing from her later would be much harder. It was such a troublesome dilemma.

Boarding the carriage with the demon king, the two set off (along with the hidden guards who were... well, hidden) for the auction house. This auction house was known as the Seven Treasures Pavilion, and was a prestigious auction house with many branches across the main continent. They even had a few dealings with the demon world, and the demon king had been friends with the founder of the auction house. Although he had been a shut-in for a long time, he was still friendly with the current head of the founder's family, which was still in charge of the auction house to this day. Because of this, the demon king possessed a VVVIP token for the Seven Treasures Pavilion.

The reason Yin Mei knew this was because this token was actually in her possession. The demon king had had the captain of the hidden guards give her anything that might be useful in the human world before they had left. Yin Mei, being the diligent (greedy) person she was, had carefully gone through all the items and asked about the purpose of those items that weren't recognizable at first glance.

Arriving at the entrance of the auction house, Yin Mei got off first, before extending a hand out for the demon king. She wasn't quite clear on the customs in these ancient times, as Bai Yu had been a carefree young miss that didn't pay attention to those sorts of things, so Yin Mei wasn't sure if the actions she was taking was correct or not, but she felt that it should be okay. The demon king took her hand as he came down, so Yin Mei took it as that she had performed the correct action.

There were employees at the gate, that would lead the guests in when they arrived. Although the carriage they arrived in wasn't the best, the moment the two stepped out, anyone could tell they were exceptional. Though they wore veils, their exceptional aura was still obvious, their beauty unable to be hidden. In addition, the clothes they wore were clearly unordinary.

"Excuse me? There is an auction taking place soon, right?" Yin Mei asked the female attendant standing at the door.

"Yes, would young miss like to join? A membership token is required for entrance," The girl replied politely. Unlike in some stories where the person at the entrance might make some troubles for the protagonist, such a thing didn't happen here. After all, the people who served at the Seven Treasures Pavilion were professionals. Even if someone was dressed like a beggar they would still treat them politely. After all, who knew how many eccentric experts that were out there that enjoyed dressing up like beggars.

"Here you go," Yin Mei said, taking out the VVVIP token from her storage ring. The token was about the size of a large coin. Imprinted on it was the image of a phoenix. The material was rare and unique, shimmering red and gold, like fire. The image corresponded to the clan emblem of the family that owned the Seven Treasures Pavilion, while the material corresponded to the level of membership. In this case, the fire gold was the material that corresponded to the highest level VIP. Any employee of the Seven Treasures Pavilion knew this, but the woman blinked a few times, the knowledge taking a while to sink in. After all, such a high level VIP never actually would visit this small Li Kingdom.

The young woman immediately become several times more polite, gesturing them in to follow her. Like Yin Mei thought, those novels where those professional employees would disrespect the protagonist for the littlest things were all scams, totally not following reality. After all, such a high class establishment, there's no way that they would do something so crass.