Soul Land: The Counterattack Against Bibi Dong Begins
Chapter 35

Twin Snake Girls

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The Chen Ge Pot, from "Genshin Impact," contained a small inner world where people could live, making it an ideal portable home.

The system sensed Gu Shenggo's intense desire and gave him a benefit mission.

Once a month.

Gu Shenggo studied the conditions for triggering benefit missions again. Besides his desire having to meet the system's standards, the benefit the host requested could not be too outrageous.

For example, Gu Shenggo's desire had now reached the threshold, but when he wanted the Lie Yuan Technique, the system ignored him completely. The gap was too great.

If Gu Shenggo changed what he wanted, replacing the Lie Yuan Technique with the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade or the Black God Set, it would meet the benefit mission's requirements.

The rewards given by benefit missions would not exceed the host's level by too much.

Watching the fiercely contested auction below, Gu Shenggo waited for the Snake Women to appear. He lowered his head and looked at Hu Yun and her daughter, who were diligently serving him. Once his new pets were in hand, he would throw these two into the Chen Ge Pot and play with them whenever he felt like it.

After all, he was already tired of them.

Gu Shenggo was the very image of someone who loved the new and loathed the old—a scumbag emperor among scumbags, a Sea God among playboys.

More than half an hour later, as one auction item after another was sold with the fall of the hammer, the Snake Woman auction that so many nobles had been anticipating finally arrived.

A huge square cage covered in black cloth was carried onto the auction stage by two strength-type soul masters. Everyone present fixed their eyes on the iron cage, desperate to see what lay beneath the cloth.

"I'm sure you've all seen the two snake-tailed figures on the last page of the auction brochure. That's right—today's main attraction is a pair of twins with mutated martial souls!"

The auctioneer spoke with fervor as he suddenly ripped away the black cloth, revealing the twin Snake Girls imprisoned within the iron cage!

In an instant, all the nobles present erupted into a frenzy. Their eyes turned scorching hot, filled with the same greedy, wicked look wolves had upon seeing a slab of delicious meat.

Feeling the blazing gazes coming at them from every direction, the two beautiful Snake Girls in the cage clung to each other in terror. They trembled uncontrollably, their long, alluring snake tails entwined so tightly that they seemed inseparable.

The nobles nearly drooled at the sight of the Snake Girl sisters in the cage. The sound of people swallowing echoed throughout the auction hall.

One alone was enough to drive them mad, let alone a pair of twins. They were the finest of the finest.

They had come to this auction specifically for these twin Snake Girls.

"I'm sure you can hardly wait any longer. Then let the auction for the twin Snake Girls begin! The starting bid is three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and each raise must be no less than ten thousand."

The auctioneer announced loudly. The starting price of three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins instantly stunned most of the nobles.

After all, the starting price had only been one hundred thousand in the past. They had not expected it to be so expensive this time.

Yet such a high starting price did nothing to dampen the nobles' fervor.

Twin Snake Girls were absolutely incredible. They could even be taken out for walks, and it would be immensely prestigious.

"Big Sister, I'm scared~"

Facing the nobles who wanted to keep them as collectibles, the younger twin clung to her sister, her voice trembling with fear.

The elder Snake Girl held her younger sister. Feeling the nobles' unbearably heated gazes, her heart was filled with sorrow and disgust. If she ever got the chance, she would take her sister and kill themselves. She would never give these disgusting nobles any opportunity to toy with them!

"Three hundred and ten thousand!"

"Three hundred and forty thousand!"

"Three hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Four hundred and seventy thousand!"

The nobles competed to bid, their calls constantly echoing through the auction hall.

The price quickly soared from three hundred thousand to four hundred and seventy thousand before the pace of bidding began to slow. Only great nobles and wealthy tycoons remained in the competition.

"Five hundred thousand."

Private Room One directly raised the bid by thirty thousand. Hearing that price, the nobles all looked up toward Private Room One with apprehension in their eyes. Several wanted to press the bidding button, but none dared to.

Pressing it would mean offending whoever was in Private Room One. But if they did not, these exquisite twin Snake Girls would slip through their fingers and become someone else's collectibles.

Still, the nobles did not dare offend the person in Private Room One and could only give up bidding.

"Five hundred and ten thousand."

Soon after, Private Room Two made a bid. However, it was not Ning Fengzhi who pressed the bidding button, but his wife, Ning Rou.

She wanted to save the twin Snake Girls.

"My wife is kindhearted," Ning Fengzhi remarked from the side. This was not the first time Ning Rou had rescued women being auctioned off at an auction house.

Even Snake Girls were humans in Ning Rou's eyes, and they deserved to be saved.

Ning Rou's bid immediately made the people in Private Room One feel defied.

Private Room One contained none other than Duke Luo Ya and an elderly man dressed in luxurious robes. The difference was that the elderly man sat while Duke Luo Ya stood.

Clearly, the elderly man's status was higher.

"Damn it, where did this person come from? How dare they compete with His Highness the Prince!"

Duke Luo Ya cursed with displeasure. The elderly man in luxurious robes was none other than Prince Xue Xing. He too looked displeased. Anyone daring to compete with him for these twin Snake Girls was courting death!

"Keep raising the price," Prince Xue Xing told Duke Luo Ya.

Duke Luo Ya quickly nodded and reached out to raise the bid. This time, he added fifty thousand at once.

"Five hundred and sixty thousand! Private Room One bids five hundred and sixty thousand! Is there anyone offering more?"

The moment he saw the new bid, the auctioneer shouted excitedly. Everyone in the hall looked toward Private Room Two, wanting to see whether it would bid again.

Gu Shenggo, in Private Room Three, withdrew his gaze from the twin Snake Girls, a hint of satisfaction appearing in his eyes. Not bad. High-grade goods.

He raised his hand and pressed the button to increase the bid by one hundred thousand five times in succession before stopping, instantly raising the price to one million and sixty thousand.

"One million and sixty thousand!"

The moment that figure appeared, the entire hall erupted. They had never imagined anyone would bid this high, far exceeding the twin Snake Girls' actual worth.

The nobles all looked up toward Private Room Three, eager to know what great figure was inside.

Even the auctioneer was stunned. Never before had a slave auction at the Heaven Dou Auction House reached such a price.

Prince Xue Xing and the others, as well as Ning Fengzhi's group, were equally astonished. More than one million was enough to cover the expenses of an elite soul master regiment in the Heaven Dou Empire for half a year.

Ning Rou looked at the twin Snake Girls in the cage and fell into hesitation. She truly wanted to save them, but she could not compete in bidding against a Titled Douluo.

She could not let a Titled Douluo develop ill will toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because of her own kindness.

Auctions had never been as simple as the highest bidder winning. Social standing and connections mattered far more.

Seeing that no one bid for a long time, the auctioneer began his excited countdown.

"One million and sixty thousand, going once! One million and sixty thousand, going twice! One million and sixty thousand, going three times! Congratulations to the esteemed guest in Private Room Three for acquiring the pair of twin Snake Girls!"

The auctioneer brought down his small hammer heavily, declaring the twin Snake Girls to be Gu Shenggo's.

Gu Shenggo looked at the trembling twin Snake Girls in the iron cage, an evil smile curling across his lips. His new pets were his at last. How should he play with them??

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