Just another normal day

He didn't want to acknowledge it… "I'm lost." He mumbled with a bitter taste.

He was right in front of a bustling street, but how did he end up in this place with people wearing dark cloaks to cover their faces??? This definitely wasn't one of happy places that this body should be in… an 9-year-old kid walking inside what looks like a black market…

He quickly spotted a man in the corners alone. Simply knocked that poor dude out and too his mask. He had lived for thousands of years you know? Most of them were in a xianxia settings. Knocking out adult man's with a child's body we're easy to some point.

The large room's lights turned off, the stage light turning on.

"We shall start with our first product!" A cheerful voice rang, he glanced to that direction to see a man wearing colorful robes and a brightly glowing red mask.

Just as the man finished saying that, three man came while dragging a cage behind them on to the stage. Inside that cage… was a child.

Guess this really is the black market… damn his luck.

The child had dark black hair with deep black eyes… "shit," it's that dead body he saw earlier with a different robe. That small child was trying to put up a show of 'afraid child,' but Haoyu had a feeling that, that kid's eyes were showing something else…

"1,000 spirit stones!" The man sitting next to him yelled out.

He didn't know what he had to do… ah, he'll do the action and think later. "Can I offer this???"

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(Mob's POV)

Putting on my brightly colored red mask and starting my work!

The child they brought today will fetch a lot for sure!

"1,000 spirit stones!"

It seems like everything's going well…

"Can I offer this???" A child's voice rang. He was holding a pendant with an lotus sign… isn't that the symbol of Li family??? If you have that, you can ask for anything from the Li family… only those who have done something great for the Li family or is one of their child, can have it. That child isn't a normal one for sure… you'll be a fool to refuse a offer like that!

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Haoyu didn't really have eyes for jewels and stuff, but he sure knew the worth of it. This carefully crafted pendant should be worth a lot.

At least more than what the man next to him offered.

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(The kid's POV)

"Tch, those idiots with rocks for brains don't even have a single penny… I wasted my ******* time-"

He felt a presence of someone… "hello?"

"F-" the tiny kid jolted. His eyes showing a panicked expression before it calmed down, but soon got backed into that panicked state and ran away. 'Weirdo'

At least not all the things those mens carried were useless. This price of carved wood, showing a symbol of the black market should be good. He can sell himself and rob whoever buys him. People buying humans from that place have to be rich right?

...…

Who knew some snobby nosed kid would buy him? Even better! But… what's with his clothes??? They're obviously stuff that rolled around in who knows where for years… simply saying: 'it looks like shit.'

Found out, this kid doesn't even have a home!!! "Where did you get the money to buy me?," I'm sure my face were telling him: 'you don't have money for a house, but you have some to buy young kids off the black market?'

The boy stood still for a few moments as if he was thinking of a lie, "stole it."

"Why are you still wearing that mask??" The mask was too big for that weirdo, almost slipping off every second, that weirdo catching it every time and fixing it to its place.

"It's the only thing that my mother left me before she died."

That was a lie! He have seen plenty of people giving them out for free in the festivals!

"But those are the mask that people gives away for free every new year."

"…we're poor and I liked festivals so my mom got one for me," the kid was dripping with cold sweat… I'll let this pass for now.