Twisted Dreams

South Sea, Half-Mountain Villa.

Li Yang sat cross-legged in the living room, surrounded by various newly forged extraordinary items.

He wanted to hold an auction.

Through that auction, he could acquire desires, gain wealth, and obtain treasures.

Both desire and money are ways to become stronger.

True strength is not like in novels, where you find a cave and meditate in isolation for hundreds of years.

At least for Li Yang, it’s not like that.

Desire can enhance the strength of the Demon Club.

Money can sustain the operation of Six Paths Biotechnology.

As for treasures... Li Yang really wanted that Celestial Race corpse from the Security Administration.

If that corpse were transformed into an undead creature, it would definitely be the strongest undead creature in Li Yang’s possession.

The stronger the physical body of his undead creatures, the stronger their combat power.

There’s probably no one on Blue Star with a physique tougher than a Celestial Race member.

Li Yang had put in considerable effort for this auction.

The treasures beside Li Yang were rare and hard to find.

Among those treasures was even a Desire Potion.

Li Yang looked upstairs, with a hint of confusion in his eyes:

"Strange, why has Suzu been so well-behaved lately?"

This cat was very curious and excessively energetic.

In the past, Suzu would have surely run over mischievously to see what Li Yang was up to.

It might even have caused some trouble.

However, the cat had recently been so consumed by cultivation that it had forgotten to eat or sleep.

The revival of spiritual energy had already begun across Asia, and Suzu was causing a stir abroad on the TT short video app, harvesting all sorts of negative emotions and leaving behind a series of internet urban legends.

That’s actually quite good.

Since there would be a Celestial invasion in the future and disasters to come, her efforts to cultivate and enhance her power are ultimately beneficial.

In a sense, this auction is also to prepare for future disasters.

Li Yang shook his head and took out a notebook from his pocket.

The notebook contained the plans for this auction.

This auction would be held in the name of the Demon Club.

While bringing the Demon Club into the open, it would also showcase the strength of the Demon Club.

"Who should be chosen as the auction host?"

Actually, Su Yutang was the best candidate for hosting the auction, but Su Yutang was very busy.

Disrupting Su Yutang’s schedule for an auction seemed not worth it.

"I need to find someone reliable to host the auction."

Li Yang contemplated.

The professionalism of the auction host also represented the face of the Demon Club.

The Demon Club had so many talents, yet not a single auctioneer.

But that’s okay; finding a reliable host in Xia Country wasn’t difficult for the Demon Club.

Li Yang took out his phone and sent a message.

Eternal Night Castle received Li Yang’s message and immediately began operating like a huge, precision machine.

Eternal Night Castle was currently the most powerful assassin organization on Blue Star and the only extraordinary assassin organization, with a professional intelligence system.

Finding an auctioneer on Blue Star was very easy.

After a moment, a message arrived on Li Yang’s phone.

"Chu Chenggong."

....

In Xia Country, Guang City, Old Town.

This old building was quite aged, with safety warnings like ’Falling Plaster, Beware of Falling Objects’ displayed on the exterior.

Room 502 was a two-bedroom, one-living room, about sixty square meters in size.

The house’s decor was outdated, very plain and old-fashioned.

A father and daughter lived in this house.

The daughter’s room had a soft, sweet pink color scheme, like cherry blossoms blooming in spring.

The walls were adorned with several exquisite paintings, mostly depicting beautiful castles and blooming fields of flowers.

In the center of the room was placed a princess bed, with the curtains made of light pink gauze.

In front of the computer, Chu Nini dressed in knockoff Lolita fashion, heavily made up to look like a Barbie princess, was live streaming to the camera.

"Thank you, big brother, for your little heart."

"Oh my, thank you, Brother Feng Feng, for the yacht! Love you~!"

"Oh my gosh, thank you, Brother Feng Feng, for the blue rose!"

Chu Nini coquettishly posed in front of the camera, diligently flattering the tycoon in the livestream room.

That tycoon was Yue Feng, who had just come to this livestream room recently.

In this small livestream room, gifts were rarely seen, but Yue Feng’s generous spending quickly made him rank first on the leaderboard.

This top supporter had spent three thousand yuan, more than two thousand yuan ahead of the second place.

Chu Nini’s dream was to be a pampered group favorite, to be a real princess.

Unfortunately, she was just somewhat pretty, and her father was a useless middle-aged man.

Being a princess is determined by birth; only a king’s daughter counts as a princess.

Chu Nini’s princess dream could only be realized online.

Chu Nini imitated the style of online edgy girls, winking at the camera in the livestream room:

"Where the sunshine can’t reach, Brother Feng Feng can also shoot through~"

This act left the small group of a dozen or so fans in the livestream room parched and eager.

Yue Feng sent a message on the public screen:

"Can I invite Princess Nini to hang out with me?

We can have western cuisine.

Fortunately, I’m on a business trip in Guang City."

Chu Nini’s face lit up with a cute smile, and she agreed without hesitation.

She felt that Yue Feng was like the white horse prince to a princess.

These past few days, they had added each other on WeChat, and Chu Nini had a great impression of Yue Feng.

Yue Feng was well-mannered, eloquent, and very much like an upper-class prince.

Besides, big brother Yue Feng said he would treat her to western cuisine.

Elegant and noble western cuisine is truly the food for a princess.

Chu Nini ended the livestream, carefully touched up her makeup, and prepared to go to the western restaurant Yue Feng had set, as per his shared location.

She opened the door and bumped into her father head-on, her brow furrowing.

Chu Chenggong had an awkward look on his face, awkwardly scratching his palm.

He wanted to interact with and be close to his daughter.

Knowing his daughter liked livestreaming, he also wanted to see her livestream, but she never told him the room number.

He thought since his daughter was livestreaming, she must be singing or dancing like when she was little and cute.

Unwilling to directly disclose the room number, his daughter preferred he secretly listened outside the door to her stream.

And then... accidentally got caught eavesdropping by his daughter.

To ease the awkwardness, Chu Chenggong casually tried to make conversation:

"Nini, were you guessing riddles in the livestream room?

Which place is it that the sunshine can’t reach?"

This question had long puzzled Chu Chenggong.

What place can the sunshine not reach, but Brother Feng Feng can shoot through?

Chu Nini, irked, glared at her father, picked up her small handbag, and left through the door.

The place where sunshine can’t get through is obviously an online dirty joke!

Chu Nini looked down on her father, believing him to be just a biological father and not her real dad.

She came into this world to be a princess, yet she got a poor and scruffy father; it must have been a mix-up at birth.

Nini, that’s me, I’m just a princess lost in the mundane world.

Chu Chenggong watched his daughter’s departing figure, his mouth opening in stunned silence, eyes filled with deep sorrow and helplessness.

He didn’t understand why his daughter was becoming increasingly distant.

Clearly, he had given her everything he could offer.

Chu Chenggong was a man with a story; he wasn’t as simple as the middling middle-aged man perceived by his daughter.