Treasures, Ten-Thousand-Year Tiger Bone Marrow [Please Follow and Vote]

The Communication Soul Tool beeped.

It was a message from Xiao Hongchen.

"Sun Moon Auction House recently received a new batch of lots. I heard there are treasures that can improve physical fitness. Want to take a look?"

Xu Tinglan stroked his Sun Moon Card and replied with only two words.

"Wait for me!"

He had previously asked Xiao Hongchen to keep an eye out for him.

Over the next few days, Xu Tinglan continued studying the properties of Deep Sea Silver while patiently waiting for the auction to arrive.

Until Xiao Hongchen brought good news.

The four of them set out together.

They headed toward the Sun Moon Auction House.

From the outside, the Sun Moon Auction House was magnificent and resplendent, with a ten-meter-wide red carpet stretching onward.

At the entrance, a woman dressed in red bowed slightly.

Xiao Hongchen took out his identification card.

The woman accepted it and examined it carefully before returning it to the young man. The smile on her face deepened a little further.

"Welcome to the Sun Moon Auction House. Private Room Number Twelve is currently vacant."

Xiao Hongchen waved a hand, unconcerned.

In his eyes, rare metals were the true beauties. Women were nothing but pretty skeletons.

Luxurious crystal lamps hung overhead.

They illuminated the path ahead.

Led by an usher, they passed through a large door and entered the private room.

Xiao Hongchen sprawled carelessly onto a tiger-skin sofa.

"Whenever I come here, I always manage to get some nice metals. Buying a few with Gold Soul Coins is good too—it saves some of my quota."

All sorts of rare fruits were arranged on the crystal table.

Xu Tinglan casually grabbed one and stuffed it into his mouth, its sweet juice bursting across his tongue.

"Is there any Whale Rubber this time?"

He had originally wanted to ask his adoptive father for some, but asking for things right after becoming his adopted son felt rather embarrassing.

Since there was news from here, he might as well check the auction first.

Xiao Hongchen leaned back against the sofa with a comfortable expression.

"Whale Rubber has limited effects. The bigger the piece, the better the results."

The stuff truly was not expensive.

A thousand-year Whale Rubber piece the size of a human head cost only around fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

"This time, there's Ten-Thousand-Year Tiger Bone Marrow. It can cleanse the marrow, strengthen the meridians, and transform the body. I used it before, and the effect was quite good."

Xu Tinglan's eyes lit up at those words.

Tiger Bone Marrow.

Although he had never heard of it before, Xiao Hongchen had used it, so it should not be a problem.

He activated his Communication Soul Tool and sent Kong Deming a message.

Unexpectedly, he received a reply very quickly.

"Tiger Bone Marrow is an excellent treasure with no significant side effects. It belongs to the same category as Whale Rubber and can improve a soul master's physique."

"You can use it."

With Kong Deming's approval, Xu Tinglan wanted to secure that piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Tiger Bone Marrow.

"About how many Gold Soul Coins will it cost?"

"This piece is fairly large. I estimate around five hundred thousand."

Xu Tinglan could accept that price. The Gold Soul Coins he had accumulated over this period alone were enough to buy that piece of Tiger Bone Marrow.

When it came to treasures capable of improving his physical condition, he was never stingy.

The Sun Moon auctioneer did not waste much time on pleasantries.

"I know all our honored guests' time is precious, so Le Yue will not waste any more of it. Let us directly present our first lot."

What appeared before them was a Spirit Bone Soul Tool.

According to the auctioneer's introduction, this Soul Bone was of six-thousand-year quality, but it was damaged, so it had been made into a Level 7 Soul Tool.

The starting bid was two hundred thousand.

After a series of escalating bids, it finally sold for six hundred and forty thousand.

Xu Tinglan was not surprised.

Once a Soul Bone was damaged, its value dropped drastically.

Xiao Hongchen made several bids on the later lots, all for rare metals.

Meng Hongchen and Jiang Nannan, however, were both rather uninterested.

The two focused on dealing with the fruit platter before them.

Until the lot Xu Tinglan was interested in appeared.

"Ten-Thousand-Year Tiger Bone Marrow. This substance is produced only by Mutated White Tiger Soul Beasts within the Sun Moon Empire. It is exceptionally rare."

"It has excellent strengthening effects on a soul master's body and can increase the strength of muscles and bone marrow."

"According to the Treasure Appraisal Pavilion's assessment, this piece of Tiger Bone Marrow can increase the Soul Ring absorption limit by eighteen hundred years."

"The starting price is one hundred and eighty thousand."

As soon as the words fell, the price of the Tiger Bone Marrow began rising rapidly.

It soon reached four hundred and eighty thousand.

Xu Tinglan pressed the button inside the private room and entered five hundred thousand, which was also the price Xiao Hongchen had estimated.

The price on the Soul Tool display soon changed.

Inside Private Room Number Ten.

The Heir of Shanhai King looked at the five-hundred-thousand price and sneered. "Competing with me? You overestimate yourself! Five hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

Things had reached this point.

Only their two private rooms were still bidding, neither willing to give up.

Raising the price by fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins in one go—this guy was truly determined to get it. What a spendthrift.

Seeing this, Xu Tinglan frowned slightly.

The people of the Sun Moon Empire generally had poor martial souls. No matter how high their Soul Ring age limits were, it was difficult for them to achieve much.

The fierce bidding now ultimately came down to having plenty of Gold Soul Coins. But on this land, rare metals were clearly more sought after.

Thoughts raced through his mind.

Xu Tinglan decided to simply use rare Hundred-Refined Metal to make the purchase.

After all, the Soul Tools he made in the future would all be of Thousand Forging quality.

Xu Tinglan pressed the Soul Tool bidding device on the other side.

"Twenty jin of Flawless Hundred-Refined Titanium."

Titanium was a rare metal unique to the Sun Moon Empire and one of its strategic resources. Many Soul Tools required Titanium.

Its price was therefore extremely stable and had remained high.

Any Soul Engineer capable of forging metal to Flawless quality was at least a Level 6 Soul Master.

But Xu Tinglan, who had specialized in forging these past years, was an exception.

Private Room Number Ten.

The Heir of Shanhai King's face twitched. "Ridiculous. Is there really a need to trade with Flawless Titanium? It's only Tiger Bone Marrow."

He truly could not understand it.

Those capable of forging Flawless Metal were at least Level 6 Soul Masters.

At roughly the level of a six-ring Soul Emperor, the maximum age of the seventh Soul Ring was fifty thousand years. This Tiger Bone Marrow could only raise it by eighteen hundred years.

Was it useful?

The Heir of Shanhai King could only guess that this was some big shot buying it for his descendants.

After all, an ordinary Level 6 Soul Master would not be willing to buy such a heavenly treasure for their child.

Good things naturally had to be considered for one's own needs first.

Only old immortal big shots would think about nurturing the younger generation.

That was also why grandparents and grandchildren were close.

Auctioneer Le Yue understood.

Although the value of twenty jin of Flawless Titanium was about the same as five hundred and fifty thousand, rare metal would definitely be given priority.

If Private Room Number Ten wanted to bid further, it could only offer a rare metal quota.

That was the rule of the Sun Moon Auction House.

She struck the hammer three times and announced that the lot belonged to Private Room Number Twelve.

"Your forging skill is practically turning stone into gold."

Xiao Hongchen looked utterly envious.

"In the blink of an eye, you increased Titanium's value tenfold."

Xu Tinglan shrugged.

"Want to learn? Then get your control over Soul Power down solid first."

Twenty jin of Flawless Titanium sounded like a lot, but it was only one-third the size of a human head. He did not feel the slightest regret.

With this piece of Tiger Bone Marrow, he could raise his absorption limit by an additional eighteen hundred years.

He estimated that a seven-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring would not be a problem.

He just wondered whether the items his adoptive father had prepared would hold any surprises.