Deep Pockets

"The first item up for auction, from the Mingde Hall! Level 8 Melee Soul Tool, the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade! It's made from a right arm bone produced by a ten-thousand-year-old Tyrant Tiger Soul Beast. Its solidified Soul Bone Skill is the Tyrant Blade Slash, which can amplify the attack power of similar slashing Soul Skill by fifty percent."

Xu Jiujiu quickly finished introducing the information about this Level 8 Melee Soul Tool.

Actually, it doesn't matter if she doesn't explain it in detail, since it's a product of the Mingde Hall from the Sun Moon Sect. In addition to normal use, this Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade can also be disassembled and used to reverse-engineer Mingde Hall's Soul Tool technology.

It's unknown how much of it will ultimately be researched and developed. The fact that an Level 8 Melee Soul Tool produced by the Mingde Hall could be circulated to the Star Luo Empire speaks volumes.

Either the sword is faulty, or there's a problem at the Sun Moon Border.

"Next is the viewing time. The starting bid for the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade is 600,000 Gold Soul Coin, and each bid must be at least 5,000 Gold Soul Coin higher."

"If no one raises the price within one minute of the initial bid, the auction is complete."

"Distinguished guests, please take a good look at this lot."

Chen Yuan looked at the battle sword on the screen and thought it was pretty cool, and the level was also good. It would be even better if it were made from the Soul Bone of a fire-attribute Soul Beast, as that would suit him even better.

In the end, just like in the original story Dai Yueheng bought the sword for 1.56 million Gold Soul Coin.

The next item to be auctioned is a set of twelve Level 6 Fixed-Station Soul Guidance Cannonball, each with different attributes. If used properly, they could be deadly to Soul Douluo, and even Titled Douluo would find them troublesome.

Upon seeing this set of Fixed-Station Soul Guidance Cannonball, Ning Tian decisively took action. The numbers on the screen kept changing, but no matter how the numbers changed, Ning Tian's choice was always the same.

And!

The Nine Treasures Glazed Sect may not have much else, but it's rich!

She didn't bring that much money with her; she could just have Starlight Auction House collect the money directly from the sect later.

Having power has its advantages; you can run away but not hide, you can just buy on credit and settle the debt in one lump sum in the end.

In any case, including these twelve Level 6 Fixed-Station Soul Guidance Cannonball, if Ning Tian takes a liking to any of the auction items, as long as someone bids, Ning Tian can add hundreds of thousands of Gold Soul Coin in a second.

Apart from the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade Dai Yueheng at the beginning, half of the remaining six auction items that have appeared so far have been bought by Ning Tian.

The way they bid without hesitation showed they didn't treat Gold Soul Coin like Gold Soul Coin at all!

Everyone in Room Seven was stunned by Ning Tian's move; they finally understood what it meant to be the wealthiest sect in the world.

I also learned what it means to be rich and powerful.

"Tian Tian, is your Nine Treasures Glazed Sect really that rich? Aren't you even a little bit hesitant?"

"No need. Our Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda has an innate talent for appraising treasures. We can determine the appropriate reaction for items of different prices with just a little practice."

"In my opinion, those items were of decent value. At least with those few Gold Soul Coin, buying them wasn't a loss either, even if it wasn't a profit."

"Money won't grow if you just hoard it; it needs to circulate."

At this moment, Ning Tian was a successful businessman in Xiao Xiao's eyes.

The auctioneer in the room was also all smiles, and he chatted with Wang Yan even more enthusiastically.

Even if the payment wasn't made in Shrek's name, she would still make a profit from any transaction completed in this room.

This auction result might just be enough to get her promoted to Red-Level Auctioneer.

Xu Jiujiu appeared on the Soul Guidance Screen for the eighth time; this time, the item up for auction was the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.

This time, what appeared on the screen was a piece of emerald green Soul Bone, its surface covered with crystals, making the entire Soul Bone look like a piece of emerald green gemstone.

The area around the Soul Bone was filled with water vapor condensed due to the low temperature.

Immediately afterwards, a seductive voice, filled with Xu Jiujiu, was transmitted to everyone's ears through the Soul Guidance Screen.

He introduced the various attributes of the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone to everyone, and speculated that ice-attribute Soul Master might be enhanced in their ice-related abilities after absorbing this Soul Bone.

If this Soul Bone is of the Ultimate Fire attribute, Chen Yuan would definitely want it, and Ma Xiaotao wouldn't let it go either. It's possible that by absorbing an Ultimate Fire Soul Bone, Ma Xiaotao's flames could advance.

Similarly, the ice-attribute Soul Master who were invited to this Top-Tier Auction because of this Soul Bone all share the same mentality.

Ultimate Ice! Ultimate Attribute!

Perhaps after absorbing this Soul Bone, their attributes will evolve, and in that case, they will at least be powerful figures who dominate an era.

The three individuals from the Shrek Academy who possessed Ultimate Attribute martial souls made the entire continent realize what Ultimate Attribute meant.

It also made everyone realize that Titled Douluo with Ultimate Attribute is invincible.

Now that they have a chance to advance their attributes, how could they not go crazy?

Unfortunately, according to the setting, only Soul Master with the Ultimate Ice attribute can successfully absorb this Soul Bone; otherwise, they will most likely explode and die.

These conditions are... outrageous.

Some Soul Bone may have a limitation that requires a certain level of physical fitness to absorb, such as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear External Soul Bone.

Most Soul Bone can be absorbed by Soul Master of any level without any absorption restrictions.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be the saying that One-Ring Soul Master could absorb Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone during the Douluo I.

It seems that among all the Soul Bone that have appeared in the Douluo series, only the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan's Soul Bone is explicitly limited to only the Ultimate Ice Soul Master being able to absorb it.

Another main character-only overpowered ability.

In this era, Chen Yuan knew of only two Ultimate Ice Soul Master: Huo Yuhao, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, and Su Tong, the Heavenly Snow Woman who appeared during the second Sea God Fate.

The latter was someone who suddenly appeared in Shrek Inner Court and, at the age of two thousand, cultivated his Ultimate Attribute to the Soul Saint realm.

Another supporting character whose character design was written with their feet.

"The Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, dating back 50,000 to 70,000 years, is available for viewing for ten minutes."

Xu Jiujiu, everyone in the Shrek room focused their attention on Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochеn.

These are the only two ice-attribute Soul Master here. If Shrek really participates in the auction for the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, it will ultimately go to them.

Of course, whether it will ultimately work out remains to be seen.

But the two must reach an agreement before the auction begins.

If the two cannot reach an agreement, Wang Yan won't even try; who knows what might happen if they filmed it that way?

In the Soul Master World, even among close relatives, there are instances of killing each other to steal bones, let alone between Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochеn, whose relationship is not particularly close.

If either of them were to encounter problems because of this Soul Bone, Wang Yan would regret it for the rest of his life.

"If you two can reach an agreement, then we can try to see if we can film it."

"Excuse me, could you please pause the auction? There seems to be a problem with this item."

Huo Yuhao did not discuss with Ling Luochеn how to distribute the Soul Bone, but instead questioned the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone itself.

Ning Tian frowned. There shouldn't be any problem with the auction item. This Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone was already the item that had elicited the strongest reaction from her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda so far.

Unless, there are any restrictions on this item.

However, didn't Xu Jiujiu say before that absorbing this Soul Bone requires not only being an ice-attribute Soul Master, but also extremely high strength and physical fitness, otherwise the energy within the Soul Bone will cause it to explode?

Are there any other restrictions?

Ning Tian couldn't understand it. The fact that it was limited to ice-attribute Soul Master was already unheard of; could there be an even more severe restriction?

As the Young Sect Master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, this was the first time she had ever seen Soul Bone with such high requirements, even more troublesome than Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

"Dear guests, we apologize, but due to the exceptional rarity of the items, we have decided to extend the viewing time by another ten minutes to allow you time to consider your options."

The auctioneer had only been gone for a Xu Jiujiu appeared on the Soul Guidance Screen, bringing with him this message.

"Yuhao, is there really something wrong with this Soul Bone?"

Ling Luochеn looked at Huo Yuhao hopefully, hoping to get a negative answer from him.

This is a golden opportunity right in front of you, a chance to advance to the Ultimate Ice.

As Ling Luochеn's martial soul is ice element, her probability of advancing to the Ultimate Ice after absorbing this Ultimate Ice Soul Bone is much higher than others.

After Huo Yuhao nodded, Ling Luochеn visibly lowered his head.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Yuan also carefully examined the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion tattoo on Huo Yuhao's back.

The tattoo is very lifelike and covers a large area; most of the hook is inside the pants and not visible.

According to the original text, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion has five tail segments, which is the most direct way to distinguish it from the ordinary Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Ice Jade Scorpion.

Chen Yuan wanted to strip Huo Yuhao's clothes off to see if his tail really had five segments, but doing so would be too grotesque and perverted.

Since Huo Yuhao was shirtless, all the girls present except Ma Xiaotao covered their eyes.

"Chen Yuan, is there a problem with Yuhao's tattoo?"

"No, I was just wondering what level of martial spirit would be required for its owner to have such tattoos."

"This is a question I'm curious about too! I've been researching martial spirits for so many years, and I've only ever seen one case like Yuhao."

"Right? Teacher Wang, I've practically worn out all the Shrek Academy books, and I haven't seen a single one that mentions a martial soul being able to give someone a tattoo."

"Even without a martial spirit possessing them, this is unheard of."

"Teacher Wang, I think this is also a research direction."

"Wrong! Chen Yuan, your idea is excellent!"

Wang Yan and Chen Yuan carefully examined the tattoo on Huo Yuhao's back. Seeing how serious the two were, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Dai Yueheng also came over.

With so many people scrutinizing Huo Yuhao's back tattoo up close, it's unclear whether Huo Yuhao Huo Yuhao was embarrassed by their presence or simply afraid of being discovered.

The result was that Huo Yuhao's back tattoo was hidden by the effect of his Simulation Soul Skill, and then he put on his own clothes.

The auctioneer, who had left earlier, led Xu Jiujiu into the room.

After Xu Jiujiu, everyone in the room stood up as a sign of respect.

Xu Jiujiu Star Luo Princess's status, and the fact that they were currently in the Star Luo Empire, specifically at the Starlight Auction House, they were bound to be treated with the appropriate respect.

"Which VIP said there's a problem with this Soul Bone?"

The crowd immediately stepped back, shielding Huo Yuhao in front of them.

After Huo Yuhao pointed out that only an Ultimate Ice Soul Master could absorb the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, Xu Jiujiu instinctively objected.

If this Soul Bone really has the flaws Huo Yuhao mentioned, and if it gets auctioned off and problems arise, it will damage the reputation of the Starlight Auction House.

But if they were to simply believe Huo Yuhao's one-sided story, they would feel extremely unwilling for Xu Jiujiu.

At this moment, her heart was filled with conflicting emotions.

Chen Yuan watched this scene unfold, and sure enough, there were no such coincidences; it was all pre-arranged.

Chen Yuan didn't believe that after so much time had passed since the start of the competition, and considering the intelligence from the Star Luo Empire, if they still couldn't conclude that Meng Hongchen's martial soul possessed ice attributes, then the Star Luo Empire could just prepare to die.

Unless the people at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are complete idiots, they'll be able to see the value of this Soul Bone.

As an ice-attribute Soul Master, Meng Hongchen has almost zero resistance to this Soul Bone, so the Star Luo Empire can naturally extract as much profit as possible from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

This was just foreplay, intended to make the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy spend as much of its funds as possible.

When the final Snow Empress Embryo appears, if the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy wants this item, they will have to mortgage their Soul Tool at the Starlight Auction House to obtain sufficient funds due to insufficient funds.

Chen Yuan remembered that Xu Jiujiu had reminded him at the end of the original story that the Starlight Auction House allowed customers to exchange items for cash.

The practice of charging a 20% handling fee for exchanging goods for money is outrageous. Even if Mingde Hall only charges a 10% handling fee for Soul Tool, it's still a rip-off.

The Snow Empress Embryo is certainly important, but no one knows what attributes or race the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast inside that has not yet transformed into a human is.

Why would a powerful, normal-blooded Soul Beast Soul Beast, one confident enough to survive the Heavenly Tribulation, choose to reincarnate as a human?

No one would have guessed that the Snow Empress, the leader of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, was imprisoned inside the God Sealing Platform.

After all, the Snow Empress has lived for 690,000 years. Under normal circumstances, Soul Beast of this level would not be qualified to transform and rebuild its cultivation.

An embryo of unknown origin might give rise to a powerful being, but that's still not a sure thing, so the Star Luo Empire put this embryo up for auction.

The purpose was to obtain more Soul Tool from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, research the more advanced Soul Guidance Technology of the Sun Moon Empire, and narrow the gap in strength between the empires as much as possible.

Faced with the choice between a potentially unsuccessful fusion of an embryo and an opportunity to narrow the gap in Soul Tool between the two countries, Xu Jiawei chose the latter.

Besides, who says that the embryos will definitely be absorbed by the Sun Moon Empire after the auction? Won't the Star Luo Empire make its own moves?

However, if this Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone cannot be auctioned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the number of Soul Tool that the Star Luo Empire can obtain will be greatly reduced.

Finally, Xu Jiujiu left with a gloomy face, seemingly to discuss things with Xu Jiawei.

In the end, the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, just as it was destined to be, was returned to the Star Luo Imperial Family.

Xiao Xiao looked bewildered, not understanding why the Starlight Auction House would still auction off this piece of Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, even though it had a problem.

"Tian Tian, isn't there something wrong with this Soul Bone? Why is the Starlight Auction House still auctioning it?"

"Who do you think could have raised the bid by 15 million Gold Soul Coin just now? It's just a show staged by Starlight Auction House to boost its reputation."

The price increase was so drastic just now; anyone with a bit of experience could see the problem.

Starlight Auction House would never admit that there were problems with its auction items that they hadn't discovered; doing so would only damage its reputation.

Therefore, doing so is their best option.

After waiting a while, everyone's curiosity was piqued. The grand finale was a treasure like the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone; what level would be the last one to appear?

On the Soul Guidance Screen, Xu Jiujiu changed into a golden dress. Judging from this, the final auction price of this item will most likely be over 100 million.

The camera pans, and a white tray appears on the Soul Guidance Screen.

In the center of the white tray was a wooden stand, inlaid with at least a hundred gemstones of various colors, and a wisp of air floated above the wooden stand.

This wisp of air appeared calm and even, yet it remained condensed and did not dissipate, with subtle fluctuations, as if it wanted to break free from the wooden support.

However, the wooden base continuously maintained a layer of pale golden light that enveloped it.

The airflow was thus firmly locked in that small area above the wooden support, unable to break free.

"Distinguished guests, this item is one of Jiu Jiu life. Jiu Jiu am extremely honored to be able to auction such an item. I believe that there are definitely no more than a handful of people in the entire Douluo Continent who have seen this item!"

"What's sealed inside the Level 9 Soul Tool, the God Sealing Platform, is the embryonic form of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast when it was reincarnated as a human!"

"Killing it will yield a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone."

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"If you want to fuse directly, you'll need to use the power of the God Sealing Platform that's trapping it. The probability of successfully absorbing it directly is not high, but if you do succeed, the user will have a very high chance of obtaining a brand new Martial Soul! Becoming an unparalleled genius with Twin Martial Souls!"

"This is something that can't be compared to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring or a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!"

"If the fusion fails, esteemed guests need not worry. The Soul Beast will undoubtedly die if the fusion fails, but its Soul Ring and Soul Bone will naturally appear."

"It's recommended to attempt fusion only after you've reached the level of Eight-Ring Soul Douluo, ideally Level 90. That way, even if the fusion fails at the last moment, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring won't be wasted."