Century-Old Whale Rubber, Ma Hongjun Got Beaten Up

After entering the Auction House, Oscar headed straight to the yellow VIP section and casually found a seat.

Oscar had only come this time to see if he could find any good bargains. He had no intention of auctioning Sausages, since Flender handled all auction matters.

The Auction had just begun. Oscar sat there calmly, watching the auctioneer below sell item after item.

There were some special weapons, Soul Tools, medicinal herbs, and pills, but nothing caught Oscar's eye.

Oscar sat there bored for over an hour, watching people compete over auction items. He could not help wondering whether the price of his Sausages had truly been driven up back then.

Finally, the auction reached its final fifth item. Oscar's attention had begun to drift, but when he heard the auctioneer's words, disbelief flashed across his face before an inexplicable excitement surged through him. He had to get this item.

"Honored guests, our sixteenth auction item took our grand Auction House tremendous effort to acquire. It may not be of much use to women, but as a fellow man, I can guarantee that with this item, even an eighty-year-old man can regain his former vigor—three seconds a real man, a golden spear that never falls..."

The auctioneer rattled on at length before finally lifting the red cloth covering the item, revealing a Dark Gold sphere the size of a fist.

It could not really be called a sphere, since its surface was uneven. It looked more like a fist-sized lump of mud, but its Dark Gold color made it seem far from ordinary.

And that was indeed the case. Although the auctioneer did not know this item's true value—or rather, no one present knew its true value—

what he had said about its effects was correct, and they were extremely potent. This was the Whale Rubber Oscar had been thinking about constantly for the past two years.

Though this piece of Whale Rubber did not look large, Oscar was certain that it was Whale Rubber.

Of the more than one hundred VIP guests present, fully four-fifths were men. Who knew how many of them had needs in that regard?

Yet after hearing the auctioneer's introduction, at least ten people wanted to bid on it.

Although bidding on it openly would expose the fact that one was lacking in that department, some people truly were lacking and genuinely needed this thing.

Oscar's eyes gleamed. Though this was his first time seeing genuine Whale Rubber, he understood its value very clearly. He was determined to get it.

"Honored guests, the starting bid for this good friend of all men is one hundred Gold Soul Coins. Each bid must increase by no less than five Gold Soul Coins."

The auctioneer knew very well how to stir up the crowd's emotions. Calling this piece of Whale Rubber a man's good friend was meant to provoke those who needed it.

Sure enough, a black-robed man in front of Oscar immediately bid one hundred and fifty Gold Soul Coins, directly raising the bidding level. His intention was clearly to make others back down in the face of the price.

And it truly did achieve its purpose. Compared with one hundred and fifty Gold Soul Coins, the next bidder would have to offer at least one hundred and fifty-five Gold Soul Coins.

For someone with that many Gold Soul Coins, even without this item to boost his virility, he could enjoy far more pleasures.

After all, Gold Soul Coins did not grow on trees. Everyone was weighing the costs and benefits.

However, one hundred Gold Soul Coins meant nothing to those holding purple or even black VIP cards. It was worth bidding for.

So another purple VIP directly bid two hundred Gold Soul Coins!

Under the tug-of-war between the two, this piece of Whale Rubber was driven from its initial price of one hundred Gold Soul Coins all the way up to eight hundred Gold Soul Coins.

Then one of the purple VIPs gave up, because he did not think it was worth it.

After all, the auctioneer had just said that this piece of Whale Rubber was only a little over seven hundred years old. Even if it could provide an improvement, the effect would be limited.

Oscar was not surprised. These people might be able to determine the age of the Whale Rubber, but they did not know its true value.

Even a piece of Whale Rubber that was only a little over seven hundred years old could greatly improve Oscar's Physical Fitness.

"VIP Number 45 bids eight hundred Gold Soul Coins, going once! Eight hundred Gold Soul Coins, going twice..." Seeing that no one else was bidding, the auctioneer called out loudly.

Just then, Oscar, who had not made a move until now, acted. He raised the bidding paddle in his hand.

"I bid one thousand Gold Soul Coins." A voice belonging to a young man in his thirties came from Oscar's mouth.

It was not that Oscar was being overly cautious. Changing his voice was not difficult for him. In fact, any Soul Master with sufficiently fine control over Soul Power could do it.

Since he was concealing his identity anyway, Oscar simply altered his voice as well.

The auctioneer's face lit up when he heard Oscar bid one thousand Gold Soul Coins. Eight hundred had already been more than profitable, but now the price had risen another two hundred. His commission as the auctioneer would be even greater! The VIP who had previously bid eight hundred Gold Soul Coins also hesitated after hearing the bid of one thousand, then sat back down. He did not believe this piece of Whale Rubber was worth one thousand Gold Soul Coins.

In the end, Oscar easily added this piece of Whale Rubber to his collection. Though the others thought this thing was not worth so much, Oscar had undoubtedly made a profit.

Oscar paid no attention to what others thought and continued waiting for the following items. However, none of the next four auction items stirred his desire to bid, because he had no use for them.

When the Auction ended, Oscar excitedly received the piece of Whale Rubber that was over seven hundred years old.

No one would covet or resent him over it, since he had obtained it through a normal auction.

There were indeed cases of people being killed for treasures after failing to win them at an Auction, but those were rare. Otherwise, there would be no need for Auction Houses at all—people could simply wait for others to buy things and rob them afterward.

After obtaining the Whale Rubber, Oscar did not choose to use it immediately. There were too many people around, so after checking that there was no problem, he directly stored the Whale Rubber in his Soul Tool.

He then headed out of the Auction House. The hour he had agreed upon with Ma Hongjun was nearly up, and Ma Hongjun might already be waiting outside.

After leaving the Auction House, Oscar looked around and found no sign of Ma Hongjun. Just as he wondered where the kid had gone, Ma Hongjun appeared at the end of the street, his face swollen and bruised.

Oscar's heart turned cold when he saw Ma Hongjun's condition. Had he been beaten up? Oscar quickly went over to him, and Ma Hongjun immediately began crying to Oscar, "Brother Ao, I ran into robbers! That bastard stole my money and beat me up!"

Hearing this, Oscar relaxed inwardly. Since Ma Hongjun could say that, he should not be in any serious danger. He had merely been bullied by some thug.

"You're a Soul Master, aren't you? How did you end up getting bullied?" Oscar asked.

Ma Hongjun cried even harder at those words and began telling Oscar what had happened.

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