Auction

"Sure." Lin Hanye nodded, then added, "I have many wives and concubines at home. Do you sell any precious medicines for boosting virility and nourishing the kidneys? I want the strongest kind."

Ning Zhihui froze for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Yes, of course. We just received a piece of whale glue a few days ago, and its quality has reached the Ten Thousand Year level. If Brother Hai is interested, I can make the call and sell it to you cheaply—one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins."

"Fine. I'll take it."

Lin Hanye knew the other party was overcharging him, but he did not care. As long as he could obtain the whale glue and become stronger faster, wasting a little money was worth it.

Not to mention that compared with the true effects of Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue, a mere one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins was nothing.

"Haha, straightforward."

Ning Zhihui laughed heartily and completely gave up on testing him. Anyone willing to spend one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on an aphrodisiac was either a spendthrift or a nouveau riche. There were no shortage of such people in Heaven Dou City.

There was simply no need to test him.

Before long, an auction house staff member delivered the whale glue.

Unlike the inferior Thousand-Year Whale Glue from last time, this piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue showed no signs of weathering or spoilage. It was entirely golden-yellow and about the size of an adult's palm. Its quality was no worse than the piece Bibi Dong had given Lin Hanye during the Second Simulation—truly exceptional.

After inspecting it and confirming there were no issues, Lin Hanye put the Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue away.

Ning Zhihui did not ask Lin Hanye for payment either. Once the Soul Bone was sold, the amount would be deducted directly from the auction proceeds.

A Moment Later, the young woman in charge of reception had completed the procedures for Lin Hanye.

The process was not complicated. All that was needed was to establish an account at the auction house linked to his Gold Soul Coin Stored Value Card.

Through this account, the auction house could both receive the appropriate proceeds after deducting commission fees from sold items and place bids. The prerequisite was that bids could not exceed the balance in the account.

The auction house rules were also simple.

Bidding ran around the clock, twenty-four hours a day, with no breaks.

A ten percent auction fee was charged for every item sold.

Every night was reserved for premium auctions. During those two hours, only buyers with deposits exceeding three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, or sellers whose auction items were valued at over three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, could participate. At Other Times, any bidder could take part.

"Because your auction item is worth more than three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, it has been scheduled for the evening auction. Please follow me to the VIP room and wait patiently. Once the auction begins, someone will come notify you to proceed to the auction center. Of course, if you are bored, we can also provide special services."

The young woman in charge of reception spoke as she led the way ahead.

"No need. Take me straight to the VIP room."

Lin Hanye had no interest whatsoever in those auction house dancers who had been completely brainwashed and stripped of their souls.

Before long, led by the hostess, Lin Hanye arrived at the so-called VIP room.

Though it was called a VIP room, it was actually just a room with a large bed.

It came equipped with special services.

Dancers of all types, with ample curves and considerable skill, were available.

There were women in their forties or fifties who still retained their charm, as well as little girls as young as eight or nine.

Naturally, all of them cost money, and not a small amount.

Faced with such special services, Lin Hanye refused on the grounds that he still had to go home and fulfill his marital duties.

He then closed the door, inspected the room, and after confirming that no one could spy on him, used 'Second Soul Skill: Mysterious Ice Bind' to enshroud himself.

Only then did he take out the potted Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass from his Storage Soul Tool.

"The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass is enclosed in an ice cabinet made with my Extreme Ice, so it will not have any problems in the short term. But over time, that may not hold. It seems I need to quickly acquire a Soul Tool capable of storing living creatures."

Although the Ice Rain Dew had already been stripped from this Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, it was still a priceless treasure to Ice Attribute Soul Masters.

As Long As he had it, it was equivalent to carrying a portable, movable Simulated Cultivation Environment with him.

And it was the finest kind at that.

In the blink of an eye, two hours passed. At last, an auction house staff member knocked on Lin Hanye's door.

Lin Hanye put away the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, dismissed the Ice Coffin, Opened The Door, and stepped out.

Led by the auction house staff member, he arrived at the so-called auction center.

The overall layout of the auction center somewhat resembled the grand auditorium from Lin Hanye's Previous Life. A circular raised platform stood at the center, surrounded by rings of seats arranged in a radial pattern.

It was divided into five major sections. The three rows closest to the platform had red seats. Radiating outward were black, purple, yellow, and white seats in order. Clearly, they had been arranged according to the bidders' differing ranks.

However, what surprised Lin Hanye more than this was the people attending the auction.

Spirit Hall, the Upper Three Sects, the Lower Four Sects, and numerous top Soul Master Families within the Heaven Dou Empire had all sent representatives.

Spirit Hall had sent Jin Zhong, the Pope's Personal Guard Douluo, clad in golden armor with golden robes beneath, along with several Red-Robed Bishops.

Clear Sky Sect had sent a White-Browed Elder and a pair of brothers whose appearances were seventy to eighty percent alike.

The elder was nearly Forty Years Old, while the younger was around twenty-four or twenty-five.

Beside them sat a little girl about eight or Nine Years Old.

Unless something unexpected happened, they were the Mouse Brothers and Tang Yuehua.

Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect had sent Yu Luomian.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had sent the newly promoted Bone Douluo, Gu Rong, along with a refined old man dressed in white and wearing a Seven Treasure Purple Gold Crown.

During his Second Simulation, Lin Hanye had seen this man's profile at Spirit Hall: Ning Daorong, the current sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Ning Fengzhi's father.

As for the Lower Four Sects, along with the rest of the Heaven Dou nobility and Soul Master Families, there was hardly any point in mentioning them. They were basically just here to make up the numbers.

One person, however, caught Lin Hanye by surprise. Green hair, green eyes, green clothes—everything about him was green. His identity was not hard to guess: Dugu Bo.

At this point, he was only a Soul Douluo. Yet the terrifying toxins in his body were enough to keep everyone away.

He sat alone in a corner, arms folded, his face full of pride.

Lin Hanye knew that his hair color was the result of his martial soul's toxins, but he had no intention of going over to befriend him.

Instead, he found an empty corner in the last row and sat down.

All he needed to do now was lie low and grow stronger, then find a few trustworthy companions and ensure his own smooth development.

After all, this world was simply too dangerous for a commoner Soul Master like him, someone with no backing or connections whatsoever.

Those great sects and powerful factions only needed to send out a single High-level Soul Master to easily take his life.

Before long, the auction began.

Beside every seat was a dedicated bidding button panel, with seven buttons marked one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, and one million, representing the amount added with each bid.

Perhaps to demonstrate the caliber of this auction.

The first item up for auction was Lin Hanye's Mysterious Ice Turtle Torso Bone.

Since it was only a thousand-year soul bone, neither the Upper Three Sects nor Spirit Hall thought much of it.

In the end, it was bought for five hundred and eighty thousand by the sect master of the Elephant Armored Sect, one of the Lower Four Sects.

Lin Hanye made a tidy little profit from it.