Black-Clothed Girl

Black-Clothed Girl

Several more auction items were brought out afterward, but their prices all ranged from two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, none surpassing the Mysterious Ice Turtle Torso Bone.

During this period, Lin Hanye also bought an item—the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch that, in the Original Work, Dugu Bo had given Tang Buddha.

After Lin Hanye bid three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, far exceeding the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch's actual value, Dugu Bo chose to give up.

He turned instead to bidding on several costly Poisonous Grasses for cultivating his Poison Technique.

Then, Lin Hanye finally understood why people from the Upper Three Sects and Spirit Hall had gathered here.

It turned out that the final auction item was a Soul Bone of rather high quality.

Moreover, it was a Head Soul Bone, second in importance only to a torso bone among the six great Soul Bones.

It was called the Mental Immunity Skull—the very one Bibi Dong had absorbed.

Its quality exceeded sixty thousand years.

In the end, Spirit Hall purchased that Mental Immunity Wisdom Skull with its immense financial resources.

During This Period, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could have competed for it, but they chose to withdraw.

Once they felt that the price had exceeded the Mental Immunity Skull's value, profit-seeking merchants were one reason. The other was that although the current sect master was also an old schemer, he was not like Ning Fengzhi, always stirring things up. He knew who could be offended and who could not. As for Spirit Hall, it was best not to provoke them if possible.

Once the auction ended and the handover procedures were completed, Lin Hanye finally obtained the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch capable of storing living creatures.

Following the crowd out of the auction center, Lin Hanye had barely stepped outside when he heard someone cursing up ahead.

"Ah, what a pity Spirit Hall bought that Wisdom Skull. How great would it have been if Hao'er had gotten it."

"Hmph, they just have some stinking money. What's so impressive about that?"

"Alright, Brother Hao, say less. Yuehua is still young."

Lin Hanye looked over and saw that the speakers were those Clear Sky Sect disciples.

At this time, Tang Chen had yet to depart for Slaughter City, nor had he officially defeated Qian Daoliu.

Yet within the Clear Sky Sect, people had already begun looking down on Spirit Hall.

And Tang Hao, hailed as the Clear Sky Sect's once-in-a-century genius, was among the most prominent of them.

Without looking at them further, Lin Hanye skirted around the crowd and quickly slipped into an empty alley.

After confirming that no one was following him, he put away his cloak and mask, changed out of his azure cloth shirt, and only then turned out of the alley, walking down the street like an ordinary passerby.

However, the changes in his appearance caused by his martial soul's transformation gave him quite a headache.

His Ice Blue hair, like crystal and radiating a faint golden glow, his handsome face, fair skin, restrained yet noble bearing, and those deep blue eyes clear enough to see through—every part of him constantly drew the gazes of passersby.

Lin Hanye sighed softly but did not dwell on it. Something like Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue was naturally best consumed as early as possible. His Top Priority was to head to the Ding Family Inn, then find a Blacksmith Shop to melt it down before refining it at the inn.

But after booking a room and taking the Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue to a Blacksmith Shop, the smith, though unable to recognize the whale glue, examined it and told him that its material was far too hard. An ordinary Forging Furnace's flames could not melt it.

He would have to go to Gengxin City. It was the holy land of blacksmiths, and its Forging Furnaces had the highest flame temperatures in the entire blacksmithing world.

They could melt any metal ore.

Melting this "Golden Yellow Crystal Block" would naturally not be a problem either.

Of course, if Lin Hanye could find a Fire Attribute Soul Master with an exceptional-quality martial soul, that would work as well.

This left Lin Hanye deeply helpless.

He could only try his luck at the Great Soul Arena first.

If he could not find one, he would have no choice but to make a trip to Gengxin City.

At that moment, Lin Hanye missed Ling Yuan's Phoenix Flame more than ever before.

Like the Heaven Dou Auction House, the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena was a hemispherical structure.

However, it covered a much larger area.

Its diameter stretched a full thousand meters.

It was the largest Soul Arena in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Registering for soul duels here was simple. One only needed to fill out a form containing one's name, age, birthplace, and martial soul, then test one's Soul Power to receive the initial Iron Soul Duel Badge.

Of course, registration also required each person to pay ten Gold Soul Coins as a registration fee.

Having gone through countless soul duels in his previous two simulations, Lin Hanye was naturally extremely familiar with the Great Soul Arena's layout and duel procedures.

Putting on his previous mask, he entered the Great Soul Arena and made his way to the registration desk with practiced ease.

"The registration fee is ten Gold Soul Coins. After filling out this form, go Over There for a Soul Power test and have it stamped. Then come back here to collect your Iron Soul Duel Badge. Win one match, and you'll earn ten Gold Soul Coins."

The staff member collected Lin Hanye's fee in a businesslike manner and handed him a form.

Name: Haibodong

Age: 14

Martial Soul: Ice

Birthplace: Emperor Soul Village

Just as Lin Hanye was filling things in at random, the click-clack of high heels scraping against the bluestone floor rang out, and a young, graceful figure walked in.

She was a girl of about twelve, with delicate and refined features. Dressed in tight black leather, she strode quickly to the counter as though she were sulking.

Though beautiful and voluptuous, her temper was even more fiery than her figure. She wore an expression that seemed to say, "Don't provoke me, or the consequences will be serious." She was like a living volcano, as if she could erupt at any moment.

"What are you looking at? Never seen a beauty before?" Seeing the masked Lin Hanye looking her way, she shot him a glare, then took out ten Gold Soul Coins and slapped them onto the counter. "Register me," she told the staff member.

Lin Hanye merely smiled and paid it no mind.

Taking his completed form, he went next door for Soul Power certification and finished his registration.

Matchups in the One-on-One Soul Duel Area were decided by drawing lots.

While other Soul Masters were fighting, those waiting could choose either to watch or rest.

Each section of the Branch Soul Duel Platform had dedicated viewing areas for competing Soul Masters, located very close to the duel platforms.

Before long, Lin Hanye took the Iron Soul Duel Badge the staff had processed for him and sat down near the corresponding Branch Soul Duel Platform to wait.

Not long after he sat down, the hot-tempered Black-Clothed Girl from earlier also came over and sat down nearby.

"A Soul Grandmaster at around twelve years old? That talent really is enviable."

Lin Hanye gave her a surprised glance, and she noticed him as well.

She still had that same fiery temper.

Lin Hanye stopped trying to make trouble for himself and instead swept his gaze across the Soul Masters about to duel on the nearby Branch Soul Duel Platforms.

He had not forgotten the purpose of this trip: to find a Fire Attribute Soul Master to melt the Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue for him.

Of course, it would be best if he could find one.

But if he could not, it was no great loss.

At worst, he could make a trip to Gengxin City in the Star Luo Empire.

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