Madness! Begonia Pavilion vs. Glazed Sect!

Starting bid: five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

The moment this price was announced, the Soul Masters who had harbored some thoughts fell silent.

Even if they brought every last bit of their savings, they simply could not afford the starting price.

However.

Though some people present could not even afford the starting bid, that did not stop others.

There were always people in the auction hall who could afford it.

Shangguan Xiu, master of Shangguan Que, spoke directly:

"I bid five hundred and twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

As the strongest force beneath the three top factions of the Land of Barbarian Martial Hundred Cities, and one that had made its fortune selling pills,

Shangguan Que lacked Gold Soul Coins least of all.

With one person taking the lead, the other bidders with sufficient strength and influence also spoke up one after another:

"The Ye Family of Ye City bids five hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

The Ye Family of Ye City was another immensely powerful faction.

An entire city was named after their family. One could well imagine their strength.

In the Land of Barbarian Martial Hundred Cities, there had only ever been four powers with cities named after them.

Savage Martial City and the Savage Martial Pavilion, Langya City and the Langya Auction House, Stone City and the Stone Gate, and Ye City and the Ye Family.

Title Douluos were exceedingly rare in the Land of Barbarian Martial Hundred Cities. Even top factions had only four or five Title Douluos guarding them.

Other factions almost never had Title Douluos.

Most merely had a few Soul Douluos, while some did not even have one.

Yet the Ye Family of Ye City had a Title Douluo overseeing it.

The Ye Family of Ye City had not expanded outward on a large scale, so its resources and wealth were somewhat inferior to Shangguan Que's.

However, the Ye Family had forged Ye City into an impregnable stronghold. The Ye Family was like its local emperor, and all of Ye City was like a Ye Clan Kingdom.

To achieve such a thing, the Ye Family naturally possessed considerable wealth, and its inheritance was ancient.

Unlike forces such as the Stone Gate, Langya Auction House, and Savage Martial Pavilion, which had been established less than fifty years ago.

The Ye Family had been passed down for over five hundred years, and its accumulated wealth was extraordinarily impressive.

There was even a famous saying in Savage Martial City:

Title Douluos may come and go, but the Ye Family stands firm.

Generation after generation of Title Douluos had changed in the Land of Barbarian Martial Hundred Cities, yet the Ye Family had endured all the same.

Of course, the changing generations of Title Douluos did not mean they had all died. They had simply left.

After all, as Soul Power increased, one's lifespan increased as well.

Especially after reaching the rank of Title Douluo, one could live for as long as a thousand years.

Once the Ye Family of Ye City made its bid, everyone in the auction hall understood.

This auction would likely become a competition among the thirty distinguished guests in the private rooms.

Among the forces in the auction hall, none surpassed Shangguan Que in wealth.

Yet now that Shangguan Que had entered the bidding, its momentum seemed faintly inferior to that of the Ye Family of Ye City.

Everyone was also curious about just who occupied those thirty private rooms.

There definitely were not thirty Title Douluos in the Land of Barbarian Martial Hundred Cities, much less thirty factions protected by Title Douluos.

At most, fewer than five factions in the Land of Barbarian Martial Hundred Cities had Title Douluos stationed within them.

Like the Tyrant Blade Douluo of the Blade Sect and Yao Feng, the Pill God of the Medicine God Hall, neither came from the Land of Barbarian Martial Hundred Cities.

There were likely quite a few people from outside regions like them in those private rooms.

Sure enough, after the Ye Family of Ye City placed its bid, other mysterious figures in the private rooms began speaking one after another:

"The Glazed Sect of the Eastern Martial Region bids six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

The Glazed Sect's Martial Soul was the Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul, also a Tool Soul.

Moreover, it was a top-tier Tool Soul.

However, this type of Tool Soul leaned more toward support. Thus, even as a top-tier Tool Soul, there was still a gap in strength. Its faction was inferior to those possessing the Clear Sky Hammer, Langya Cauldron, and Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul.

Even so, the Glazed Sect was one of the hegemonic forces of the Eastern Martial Region. Like the Blade Sect, it was one of the ten top factions of the Eastern Martial Region.

Beneath the Upper, Middle, and Lower Seven Sects of the continent, it could be considered a first-tier power, with a Super Douluo stationed within it.

There were even rumors that a generation's Seven Kill Sword God was hidden within the Glazed Sect.

The Seven Kill Sword God was not a god with Soul Power above level one hundred, but the strongest sword wielder of a generation on the continent, bestowed with the title of Sword God.

However, that was only a rumor. After all, every person revered as a god on the continent was a Peerless Douluo with level ninety-nine Soul Power.

If the Glazed Sect truly had such an existence overseeing it, then even if it could not enter the Upper Seven Sects, it could at least join the Middle Seven Sects.

"I never expected the Glazed Sect to come as well!"

"I heard that the Glazed Sect's little princess possesses Innate Full Soul Power, and her Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul has even mutated. She is one of the continent's top geniuses. I wonder if she came this time!"

"If I could marry into the Glazed Sect, that would be wonderful!"

"Brother, you're already over thirty and only have level fifty Soul Power, yet you still want to marry into the Glazed Sect? If you had reached this level ten years earlier, you might have had a chance to join the Glazed Sect and glimpse their little princess from afar!"

"Hehe, I'm just saying, just saying!"

With the Glazed Sect and Blade Sect, two top factions from the Eastern Martial Region had already appeared.

At this point, everyone's thoughts were no longer on the auction item. They could not possibly win it anyway, so they might as well broaden their horizons by seeing these great factions.

Soon, another private room spoke:

"Begonia Pavilion bids six hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

"Li Rongrong, you should be in one of the private rooms, right? Since we've met, why don't you and I fight after this auction ends and determine who possesses the Eastern Martial Region's strongest support Martial Soul?"

Begonia Pavilion.

There was a wondrous flower in this world known as begonia.

Begonia as the Soul, seven cores as its core—it was also called the Seven-Core Begonia Martial Soul.

It was an exceptionally rare Plant Martial Soul focused on support. It had always been in competition with the Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul for the title of the Eastern Martial Region's strongest support Martial Soul.

Begonia Pavilion was likewise one of the ten top factions of the Eastern Martial Region.

A voice emerged from the Glazed Sect's private room:

"Tang Xin, I avoid you every time not because I fear you. Why must you keep pressing the matter? If you have the ability, go to the Continent Central Region and challenge the Zither Maiden Martial Soul, which is said to be the strongest support Martial Soul!"

"I will naturally challenge the Zither Maiden Martial Soul, but I will do so as the strongest in the Eastern Martial Region. First I'll defeat you, then I'll defeat the Zither Maiden Martial Soul!"

Fourth floor.

Lin Shu naturally heard the exchange between Tang Xin of Begonia Pavilion and Nie Rongrong of the Glazed Sect at the auction.

The Zither Maiden Martial Soul was an extremely mysterious Martial Soul on the continent.

It belonged neither to Beast Martial Souls nor Plant Martial Souls, nor did it belong to Tool Souls.

Legend had it that the Zither Maiden Martial Soul was an unparalleled zither maiden.

Once the Zither Maiden Martial Soul appeared, a stirring of its strings could support allies, kill enemies, and defend. It had almost no weaknesses.

Unlike other support Martial Souls, it did not lack powerful offensive methods.

Some even classified the Zither Maiden Martial Soul as the strongest defensive Martial Soul, while others called it the strongest offensive Martial Soul.

However, this Martial Soul was inherited by only one person in each generation.

Thus, it was also known as a Godly Martial Soul.

Only a Godly Martial Soul could be so perfect!

Lin Shu had only heard of it and had never seen it.

He was also looking forward to seeing such a Martial Soul once.

After all, his own Devouring Martial Soul did not belong to any category of Martial Soul on the present-day continent either.

Perhaps they could exchange insights.

As for Tang Xin's desire to challenge the Zither Maiden Martial Soul, Lin Shu did not quite agree.

Unless it was the rumored Nine-Core Begonia, it was not comparable to the Zither Maiden Martial Soul at all.

Given the temperament Tang Xin had displayed today, if she possessed the Nine-Core Begonia, everyone would likely have known long ago.

The auction continued.

Several more factions made bids, and without exception, all were forces guarded by Title Douluos.

Though their reputations were not as great as Begonia Pavilion's or the Glazed Sect's, they could still afford several hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Very quickly, the price of the ten-thousand-year Nine Netherworld Python soul bone soared to eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Just then.

An aged voice rang out:

"I, Liao Wushang, bid one million Gold Soul Coins!"

In an instant.

Even the private rooms fell into brief silence!