Chicken Leg Douluo

"The first auction item, Moon Cold Jade."

"The starting bid is one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, with a minimum increment of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins."

The Golden-Haired Girl took out an exquisite wooden box and raised her jade hand to open it.

Inside the box lay a piece of gradient silver fatty jade, roughly the size of an infant's head, with streams of light rotating across its surface.

"This precious jade originates from the Far North and weighs about two jin. If carved into a pendant and worn long-term, it can nourish the soul and enhance spiritual power."

The moment her words fell, the venue went quiet.

A red-haired youth radiating an evil aura was the first to speak: "I bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins."

Soon, someone retorted: "For a treasure that can enhance spiritual power, you only offer that much? I bid one hundred fifty thousand!"

Feng Yan opened his eyes, and after his divine sense swept across the entire venue, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

This auction house was quite lively; all sorts of people had come.

Based on his perception, the fluctuations of soul power within the venue were extremely complex.

There were quite a few Evil Soul Masters, none of whom were weak, and there were several Titled Douluo among them.

In a private room on the third floor, a certain level 98 Super Douluo was currently gnawing on a chicken leg.

And directly beneath the auction house, there was a tunnel leading straight outside Star Luo City, where several Titled Douluo were also lurking, one of whom was also at level 98.

The number of Titled Douluo Feng Yan sensed alone exceeded the count of his ten fingers.

"It seems that since the advent of the Soul Core, Titled Douluo have become much more common."

Ten thousand years ago, the entire continent only had this many Titled Douluo on the surface, yet now they were all gathered in this Starlight Auction House.

Sighing inwardly, Feng Yan stopped paying attention.

"Two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins."

"Three hundred thousand."

"Five hundred thousand!"

"I bid six hundred thousand!"

The bidding in the venue began to turn fierce, with many people willing to spare no cost for this item.

A lazy voice drifted out from a private room on the third floor:

"Seven hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins; this price is actually about right."

"This item is of great use to my Shrek students, so I ask everyone to give us some face, considering Shrek Academy's efforts in maintaining the continent and purging Evil Soul Masters."

As soon as this voice emerged, the venue fell silent once again, and many people instantly sobered up, deciding not to participate in the competition any further.

Only the Golden-Haired Girl on the stage had an ugly expression, yet she could not say anything.

On the continent, natural treasures that could enhance spiritual power were already rare.

Moon Cold Jade was a top-tier item among them; for those old fellows stuck at a bottleneck, a piece of Moon Cold Jade might just be the key to breaking through.

In her projections, this piece of Moon Cold Jade should have fetched a high price of at least several million Gold Soul Coins, but now it had been suppressed by more than half by someone from Shrek.

Useful for students? She doubted it; it would likely be used by some old fellow stuck at a bottleneck the moment they returned.

Even so, the Golden-Haired Girl could not violate the auction rules and could only raise her auction gavel with resentment.

"Seven hundred thousand, going once... seven hundred thousand, going twice..."

"My Mingde Hall bids eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

The voice rang out from the second floor, and almost everyone's gaze was drawn to it.

The speaker was a middle-aged man who appeared to be no more than fifty or sixty years old, yet he was a level 9 Soul Instructor.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort came from the Shrek private room on the third floor.

Xuan Zi's voice had clearly turned cold: "Nine hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

He could naturally see that Mingde Hall was doing this on purpose, intentionally trying to drive up the price to make Shrek bleed more.

This time, the level 9 Soul Instructor from Mingde Hall did not speak again, as if his goal had already been achieved.

"Nine hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, are there any higher bids?"

The Golden-Haired Girl had not expected that the Sun Moon Empire's Mingde Hall would actually step in to help them, but she felt no gratitude for it.

"Nine hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, going once..."

"Going twice..."

Just as the transaction was about to be finalized, Feng Yan seemed to think of something, and no longer sitting idly, he began to bid.

"Nine hundred ten thousand Gold Soul Coins."

Feng Yan had just realized that he had seemingly always been giving gifts to Tang Wutong in the capacity of an uncle.

Moreover, this item can nourish the soul, which might also be of some help to Tang Wutong, whose divine soul has been separated...

Right now, as Tang Wutong is about to descend to the mortal realm and arrive at the Clear Sky Sect, he is unwilling to continue being her uncle.

Even if he must still account for Tang San up in the God Realm, he is determined to strive to become Tang Wutong's foster father.

It would be worth it just to hear her say the word "Father," a term he has never heard before.

Although the separated half of Tang Wutong's divine soul is being nourished within his own body, he will not rashly attempt to merge it.

If Tang San were to discover that things were not proceeding according to plan, it would be a major problem.

Some things must wait until he has broken through to the God King realm before he can make further plans.

"Kid, who are you?" Xuan Zi looked at Feng Yan, who was sitting on the first floor, his voice laced with anger.

Feng Yan replied casually, "Come to think of it, I also joined Shrek Academy a long time ago and graduated, but..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Xuan Zi's voice rang out again, though the anger had dissipated: "Since you were once a member of Shrek, I will say no more this time."

"However, the Academy is in urgent need of this item, so you had best stop bidding."

"Nine hundred and twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins."

Xuan Zi did not press for Feng Yan's identity; after all, there were countless people who had joined Shrek Academy, but only those who became Inner Court students were considered true members of Shrek.

In his mind, the fact that Feng Yan was sitting on the first floor meant he had no significant background and was most likely just a graduate of the Outer Court. The fact that he was letting it slide this time was already giving him plenty of face.

Seeing this, Feng Yan sneered and spoke up: "Nine hundred and thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins."

Shrek Academy has truly changed; it has become so shameless.

Do they really think that he, the God of Fire, has no temper?

Feng Yan had already decided that once this auction ended, he would definitely put a sack over this Xuan Zi and teach him a proper lesson on how to behave.

Come to think of it, it had been a long time since he had sparred with someone using only his physical strength.

Hmm...

Except for certain goddesses in the God Realm...

Xuan Zi was stunned; he had not expected this person to continue raising the price.

One million and forty thousand Gold Soul Coins—exactly ten thousand more than his own bid, the exact same tactic he had used himself.

His expression darkened as he suppressed the fury in his heart.

"Nine hundred and forty thousand."

"Nine hundred and fifty thousand."

"Nine hundred and sixty..."

"One million Gold Soul Coins!"

Xuan Zi realized it yet again: this Outer Court graduate was clearly just like the people from Mingde Hall, both here to spite Shrek.

Each time, he added exactly ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, no more, no less.

Since that is the case, I will let you keep this Moon Cold Jade for now.

After the auction ends, just wait and see how I teach you the meaning of respecting your elders!

Thinking of this, Xuan Zi stopped bidding.

"One million Gold Soul Coins, going once..."

"Going twice..."

"Third time, sold!"

"Let us congratulate Number 78 on successfully winning the Moon Cold Jade."

The Golden-Haired Girl breathed a sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that those thugs from Shrek didn't get their hands on it. One million was a bit lower than expected.

But this small loss was merely a drop in the bucket for the Starlight Auction House, which had the support of the royal family.

Besides, this was only the first auction item; the ones to follow would surely earn back the principal and interest.