Dugu Bo's Visit (Please Follow, Please Recommend)

When the host announced, "Soul Bone auction," the entire auction house fell silent enough to hear a pin drop.

A moment later, the whole venue erupted into a constant buzz of excitement.

Soul Bones were an exceptionally special thing on Douluo Continent, and something every Soul Master dreamed of obtaining.

Unlike Soul Rings, Soul Bones had an extremely low drop rate. Generally, only powerful Soul Beasts that had encountered certain special circumstances before death had a chance of producing one.

For that very reason, Soul Bones were extraordinarily valuable.

Every major clan and sect offered bounties for Soul Bones, yet they often went many years without acquiring even a single piece.

Even the last time the Heaven Dou Great Auction House had auctioned a Soul Bone was twenty years ago.

That mere five-thousand-year-old head Soul Bone had sold for the astronomical price of four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

One Gold Soul Coin was already enough to cover several months of normal living expenses for an ordinary family of three.

The upcoming Soul Bone auction stirred up a tremendous uproar. Members of the various clans in the private rooms hurriedly relayed the news back to their clans, urgently mobilizing funds to compete for this Soul Bone.

The auction house also loosened its entry requirements, allowing some buyers who normally did not qualify to enter and sit in the regular seating area.

Though these people were not qualified to bid on something as scarce and sought-after as a Soul Bone, after witnessing such an auction spectacle, they would spare no effort in promoting the auction house.

That was the auction house's true purpose.

For a time, the area below the auction house was packed with people, while the private rooms at the sides saw a constant stream of visitors.

Yu Xiaowei pulled out a black card from his Soul Tool.

It was Yu Luomian's Soul Coin Card. He usually had no use for it and always made Yu Xiaowei carry it whenever he went out to play.

The last time he bought the Cat Girl, he had run into that fool Xue Beng, who kept raising the bid against him. Something he could have bought for just over a hundred thousand ended up costing more than three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

The card had been maxed out on the spot.

A few days later, when Yu Luomian needed money and discovered that only a few dozen Gold Soul Coins remained on it, he had angrily given Yu Xiaowei a brutal scolding.

Just as Yu Xiaowei was preparing to go home and ask for money, Ning Rongrong grabbed him.

"Brother Xiaowei, are you going to notify your family too?"

"Yeah. What's wrong? I don't have that much money, and my dad's a poor bastard too. Of course I have to go ask my uncle."

Ning Rongrong leaned closer and whispered in his ear.

"I have money. If you go home and notify your uncle, he'll definitely confiscate the Soul Bone for the clan again. We might as well buy it ourselves and let you use it."

Yu Xiaowei was tempted by her words.

Previously, he and Ning Rongrong had taken a liking to a Soul Tool here, but neither of them had enough money, so he went to Yu Yuanzhen.

In the end, they did win the Soul Tool at auction, but it was confiscated as soon as they got home.

The reason was that the two of them were too weak, and using such an advanced Soul Tool would be a waste.

It had angered Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong so much that they went together to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to reason with them.

"Rongrong, how much money is on your father's card? I'll consider it a loan this time. I'll pay him back once I make money in the future."

Ning Rongrong thought for a moment, then held up five fingers and asked with a smile, "Guess?"

"Five hundred thousand?"

"Nope. Guess again."

"F-Five million?"

Ning Rongrong pouted and shook her head. "Guess again!"

"Don't tell me it's fifty million?"

Yu Xiaowei was stunned. Was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect really that rich?

Fifty million Gold Soul Coins was nearly equal to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's annual income, and that was only Ning Fengzhi's personal Soul Coin Card.

"Hehe, my dad's card has un~lim~it~ed~ credit~."

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Alright, Yu Xiaowei was genuinely envious this time. He had thought his dad giving him a card with several hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on it was already incredible.

Comparisons really could make people furious.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The entire Heaven Dou Great Auction House was packed to capacity, and everyone was impatient to witness the grand occasion of a Soul Bone auction.

Nearly every major and minor clan in Heaven Dou City had sent influential figures, with only the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect not sending anyone.

This discovery secretly delighted the other clans. Without any elders present, how much money could these two juniors possibly have to compete with them for the Soul Bone?

"Everyone, please quiet down."

A spirited old man stepped onto the auction platform and tapped the table with a small hammer.

"This old man is Lei Tianhe. I am honored to host today's Soul Bone auction, and I thank all our distinguished guests for attending."

"I won't waste any more words. Let us proceed to tonight's main event."

With a wave of Lei Tianhe's hand, a beautiful woman in a long dress walked up, holding a wooden box in both hands.

Lei Tianhe took the wooden box, opened the mechanism lock on top, and displayed the item inside.

It was a jet-black leg bone, only about the length of most of a calf. Under the auction house's spotlights, it reflected a cold, ghostly gleam.

"Everyone, our appraisers have identified this soul bone as having come from a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, the Shadow Hunting Lizard."

"This type of Soul Beast possesses astonishing attack power and explosive strength. Its attacks also carry poison, and it has an innate skill: Swamp Mire."

"Our appraisers have concluded that absorbing this soul bone carries a 30% chance of producing a support soul skill that enhances multiple attributes, a 30% chance of producing a support soul skill that boosts a single attribute, a 20% chance of gaining an attack soul skill with poison, a 10% chance of producing a Strength Attack System soul skill, and a 10% chance of producing a control-type soul skill."

"The auction for this Ten Thousand Year left leg soul bone officially begins now. The starting bid is 500,000 Gold Soul Coins, and each raise must be no less than 50,000 Gold Soul Coins."

After Lei Tianhe called out "Begin," the previously noisy auction house suddenly fell silent.

Members of the major families watched one another, and for a time, no one made a bid.

Yu Xiaowei was also waiting for someone else to bid. By his estimate, this soul bone should sell for around 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins.

To be honest, after seeing this soul bone, he was somewhat disappointed.

Although it had been produced by a Strength Attack System Soul Beast and suited his needs, its quality was not very good.

And while it was called a Ten Thousand Year soul bone, its integrity was only slightly better than that of a few-Thousand Year soul bone.

Even if he absorbed it, the improvement it brought would only be useful before he reached Soul Saint. Once he passed level seventy, it would likely be of little use.

More importantly, once a soul bone was absorbed, it could not be replaced—unless he went to Tang Hao and stole that Blue Silver Emperor leg bone.

"Pfft." Yu Xiaowei laughed at himself. He was only a mere Soul Elder, yet he actually dared to set his sights on the Clear Sky Douluo.

At that moment, someone finally lost their patience and began bidding.

One stone stirred a thousand waves, and bids began to ring out one after another.

Only when the price reached 1.2 million Gold Soul Coins did the bidding gradually begin to slow.

Just as Yu Xiaowei had estimated, the major families showed only moderate interest in such an incomplete soul bone.

The smaller and mid-sized families were the truly enthusiastic ones, but their financial resources were limited. 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins was likely the utmost they could afford.

"Brother Xiaowei, aren't we bidding yet? What if someone else buys it?"

Ning Rongrong, who had never cared much about cultivation, failed to see the issue with this soul bone. Instead, she kept urging Yu Xiaowei to make a bid.

Knock, knock, knock—

Someone knocked on the private room's door.

"Who is it?" Yu Xiaowei asked with a frown.

The room he was in had been reserved by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, with dedicated guards stationed outside. How could a stranger have been allowed to knock on the door?

The person outside lowered his voice and said, "I'm Dugu Bo."