Nine Thousand Year Demon Shark Head Bone

Xu Zihuang did not even need to speak. Yaoyang had already intended to help him bid on that Demon Soul Great White Shark Head Fish Oil.

When he had been young, his family had once been fortunate enough to hunt a lone hundred-year Demon Soul Great White Shark. He knew better than anyone how effective Deep Sea Fish Oil was; it was an excellent tonic for Spirit Attribute soul masters.

He simply raised the price directly to three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. That price was already somewhat inflated.

Viscount of Yuennan Yaoyang was still quite renowned, and Yueshu City was his territory to begin with. Seeing such a high bid, the other bidders present were happy to do him a favor.

But at the very last moment, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.

"Three hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins." Through a Voice Transmission Soul Tool, a vigorous voice sounded especially grating in the somewhat silent auction hall.

"That old bastard..."

On the platform, Zhu Yao's smile could not help but fade slightly when she heard that voice. However, she could not ruin Yueshu Auction House's reputation herself and could only continue presiding over the auction.

In the top-tier VIP room, Yaoyang's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant. Without hesitation, he continued raising the price.

"Three hundred and fifty thousand."

"Three hundred and sixty thousand."

"Four hundred thousand."

When Yaoyang raised the bid to four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, a teasing gleam appeared in the sole remaining eye of E Luo, who was in another VIP room. In the end, however, he did not raise the bid again.

He had only meant to disgust Yaoyang. Humiliating him on his own turf was enough. It was not yet time to tear all pretenses apart completely.

The Deep Sea Fish Oil was sold, and before long, the eighth item was wheeled onto the platform. The huge red cloth over the cart was lifted, revealing a massive creature over six meters long and entirely pitch-black.

Though its body was bound in thick Cold Iron chains, they could not conceal its ferocious aura.

When the enormous creature's dark red eyes shifted and its gaze fell upon the crowd, quite a few bidders seated in the front rose in terror.

"An Evil Spirit Orca?!"

It was no wonder they reacted this way. Those living in the Yuenan Islands understood the terror of this top-tier Soul Beast better than people on the continent. While sailing the seas, Evil Spirit Orcas were among the Soul Beasts one absolutely could not provoke. Because of their savage nature, there were practically no cases of anyone surviving an encounter with one at sea.

Zhu Yao's expression eased considerably, and she once again revealed her earlier polite smile. "I believe many distinguished guests have already recognized it. That's right, tonight's eighth auction item is this fifteen-hundred-year Evil Spirit Orca. All of you should know better than I do just how powerful Evil Spirit Orcas are. I can guarantee on Yueshu Auction House's reputation that this Evil Spirit Orca has sufficiently tenacious vitality and can survive for at least another four or five days. In other words, after purchasing it, there will be plenty of time to absorb the precious Soul Ring produced after its death. At the same time, there is also the priceless Thousand-Year Whale Rubber inside this Evil Spirit Orca's skull."

"The starting bid is three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. You may begin bidding now. Each increase must be no less than one thousand Gold Soul Coins."

As soon as Zhu Yao finished speaking, the atmosphere in the entire auction hall instantly boiled over.

The vast majority of people living in the Yuenan Islands were sea soul masters. Naturally, there was no issue of incompatibility with an Evil Spirit Orca's Soul Ring attributes. What sea soul master would not hope to one day fuse with an Evil Spirit Orca's Soul Ring and soar through their cultivation path?

An exceptional Evil Spirit Orca Soul Ring could potentially improve a soul master's aptitude. Moreover, unlike a Soul Bone, it was not a troublesome hot potato. For a time, the scene became exceptionally heated.

"Three hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

"Three hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

"..."

"Four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

"..."

"It seems this thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca is even more attractive to these people than I imagined." Xu Zihuang returned to the sofa and sat down, casually picking up a pastry and putting it into his mouth.

That was fine too. The crazier these people became, the more profit they would make.

But unlike Xu Zihuang, Shui Qianqian and Shui Jixi in another VIP room were not in such a good mood.

"Five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins." Shui Qianqian lightly bit her silver teeth and named the highest price she could accept. Before coming to Yueshu Island, her mother had only given her four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. The remaining hundred thousand had been advanced by her aunt.

If five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins were still not enough to win it, then she could only give up and settle for hunting another Soul Beast for her Third Soul Ring.

Shui Jixi, sitting beside her, also straightened up and watched the situation in the auction hall. Although she and Shui Qianqian held different views, the affection between them remained very deep.

As soon as the high price of five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins was announced, everyone present became hesitant to continue.

After three tense strikes of the hammer, fortunately no one bid again. They successfully purchased the thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca.

The atmosphere in the auction hall grew ever more intense, but when the ninth item, the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, went up for auction, an exceedingly awkward scene occurred.

This Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, something extraordinarily rare even in human history, received not a single bid and ended up unsold.

Even Xu Zihuang had not expected such an outcome.

Yaoyang, on the other hand, appeared rather calm.

This was caused by the Yuenan Islands' unique geography. Although Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber could raise the maximum age of Soul Rings a soul master could absorb, exactly how much it increased that limit was impossible to determine. Not everyone was a Spirit Attribute soul master like Xu Zihuang and Yaoyang, capable of using Spiritual Power to sense it precisely. Furthermore, soul masters in the Yuenan Islands had only one way to obtain Soul Rings: from the sea. Although Sea Soul Beasts in the ocean surpassed the Soul Beasts on the continent in both quantity and quality, the ocean was vast beyond measure. Finding a suitable Soul Ring there was actually far more difficult than for continental soul masters to obtain one from a Soul Beast Forest. This made obtaining Soul Rings even more dependent on luck.

Wandering the seas at enormous risk just to obtain a somewhat higher-aged Soul Ring was clearly not worth it.

"Next is tonight's finale item." Zhu Yao's crisp, pleasant voice rang out again.

This time, the display was grander than at any previous point. A young girl held a dark rectangular metal box in both hands, and beside her stood a full fifty Yueshu City Guard soldiers clad in platinum-colored armor.

Zhu Yao walked up to the young girl, extended her slender jade-like fingers, and opened the closed metal box as she introduced it to the crowd.

"This is tonight's final auction item: a Soul Bone. To be more precise, it is a Demon Soul Great White Shark Head Bone from a Nine Thousand Year Demon Shark. According to Yueshu Auction House's appraisal, any soul master can fuse with it easily. After fusing with this Soul Bone, one will gain an Attack Type Spirit Attribute Soul Skill, while their own Spiritual Power will also be greatly enhanced. The starting bid is one million Gold Soul Coins, and each increase must be no less than ten thousand Gold Soul Coins."

No one present paid attention to what Zhu Yao was saying, because their gazes were already fixed firmly upon the small, crystal-clear bone in the center of the metal box.

It resembled a miniature human skull, roughly the size of a palm.

Intense Soul Power fluctuations swept outward, blending with the faint silver radiance spilling from its surface and giving it an indescribably smooth, rounded quality.

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