"Guest Number 96 has bid one million Gold Soul Coins. Is there a higher bid?"
The host shouted excitedly.
As soon as his words fell,
everyone's gaze turned toward Qin Xuan in unison.
Wasn't Guest Number 96 just a six- or seven-year-old child?
Even the descendants of the Upper Three Sects might not be this lavish with their spending!
For a moment, everyone secretly speculated about the true identity of Guest Number 96.
"The Wind Bird really is a rare treasure. One million Gold Soul Coins is already an astronomical price, but it's absolutely worth every coin," Xia Hui said with a sigh.
"Mm." Qin Xuan nodded slightly, his brows furrowed as if he were still worried about something.
After about three minutes had passed with no further bids, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself:
Thank goodness there aren't any big spenders at this auction.
If Ning Fengzhi were here, with his level of knowledge, he'd never let me buy the Wind Bird so easily!
When the male host saw that nobody was raising the price, he grew a little flustered and hurriedly added:
"The Wind Bird is a top-tier Soul Tool. It's extremely useful both for traveling and for saving your life!"
"Besides Guest Number 96, is there really no one else interested in this item?"
Although the Wind Bird had a starting price of just one million Gold Soul Coins, the auction house's estimated reserve price put its value at no less than three million.
If it sold for one million Gold Soul Coins, the auction house wouldn't lose money, but it would only break even.
Hearing this, a portly middle-aged man wearing a suit and round glasses scoffed:
"The Wind Bird is certainly a rare treasure, but what use is it to ordinary people like us?"
"Not only can this ship be operated only with Soul Power, but its unique ability to fly also requires a Soul Saint to control it."
"Do you expect me to hire a Soul Saint just to get this ship in the air?"
"Besides, one million Gold Soul Coins is no small sum. I could buy several more beautiful slaves with that kind of money!"
As he spoke, he squeezed the shoulder of the beauty beside him, looking quite pleased with himself.
"Disgusting, sleazy noble," Song Qingling said with clear distaste as she glanced at the middle-aged man.
Meanwhile, the host was left speechless by the man's retort. He wanted nothing more than to tear the fat man's mouth off, but kept a smile plastered on his face as he said:
"Since all of you feel that way, I won't waste any more time."
"One million Gold Soul Coins, once!"
"One million Gold Soul Coins, twice!"
"One million Gold Soul Coins, three times!"
"Congratulations to Guest Number 96 on winning the final treasure of this auction, the Wind Bird!"
"This auction is now over!"
With that,
the crowd gradually got to their feet and left the auction hall.
Qin Xuan led the two women to the auction hall's back office, where he paid and collected his items.
He had spent a total of 1.8 million Gold Soul Coins on this trip, but felt it had been worth every coin.
The Wind Bird in particular was an incredible bargain!
Qin Xuan examined the Wind Bird for a long while before storing it in his storage ring. Then he looked at the silver soft armor and said to Xia Hui, "Go on, put it away."
"Thanks, Brother Qin!" At his instruction, Xia Hui bashfully put the Spirit Snake Soft Armor into her Soul Tool.
In other people's eyes, spending eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on this set of soft armor would make him a complete sucker.
But Qin Xuan had his own reasons.
He wasn't buying the armor with those eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. He was buying a favor from the Purple Heaven Sect.
Watching the two women walk ahead of him, Qin Xuan followed, thinking: If I'm not mistaken, the Crape Myrtle Exquisite Pagoda should be able to evolve again.
And Song Qingling's talent is quite high, too. There's an eighty percent chance she'll become a Titled Douluo in the future. She's just a little too proud.
If I can bring both women under my wing, they'll undoubtedly become capable subordinates!
Once they had left the auction hall,
Qin Xuan suddenly stopped and said calmly, "You two go back to the academy first. I have something to take care of."
At his words, Song Qingling and Xia Hui showed good sense and didn't press him for details. After saying goodbye to Qin Xuan, they headed off in the opposite direction.
Once the two women were out of sight, Qin Xuan quickly made his way toward the outskirts of Spirit City.
Behind a large tree not far away,
a short, sleazy-looking man asked with a puzzled expression, "This is strange. Could he have noticed us?"
Hearing this, another man wearing a cowboy hat scoffed, "The three of us hid ourselves so well. How could that kid possibly have noticed?"
"Besides, if he'd spotted us, why would he head to the outskirts of Spirit City alone?"
"Bu Le has a point," agreed the tallest of the three.
"If the kid had noticed us, he'd have gone back to the academy with those two girls."
"He's probably just a One-Ring Soul Master, or maybe even a Soul Scholar without a Soul Ring."
"With the strength of three Soul Grandmasters like us, taking him down will be a piece of cake!"
With that,
sinister looks spread across the three men's faces.
They were none other than Bu Le, Tian Ya, and E Kao—the infamous Sleazy Trio of the Douluo Continent.
After secretly watching Qin Xuan for some time, they'd realized he was a big catch. There was no way they'd let him get away!
In a narrow alley on the outskirts of Spirit City,
"Now this brings back memories!" Qin Xuan said, looking around with a sigh.
The alley was less than five meters wide, and a wall blocked the way a hundred meters ahead. It was clearly a dead end.
It was right here that he'd first met Qian Renxue.
Whoosh!
At that moment, two shadows leaped down from the wall, blocking his path.
Qin Xuan turned around and saw a man in a cowboy hat standing behind him as well.
"Hahahaha..."
After getting a good look at the three men, Qin Xuan burst out laughing, his expression full of mockery.
He'd thought this might be an interesting fight, a perfect chance to test the Nine Nether Evil God Tiger's destructive power. Who could have guessed it would be the Sleazy Trio?
These three specialized in preying on innocent civilians.
Countless respectable women had fallen victim to them.
Yet even so, Tang San hadn't made sure to wipe them out in the original story. Qin Xuan had never understood why.
Now that they'd crossed paths, there was no way he'd let them go.
"You're about to die, and you're still laughing?"
"Hand over everything valuable on you, or the three of us will make you wish you were dead!"
Bu Le summoned his Ghost Claw Martial Soul and threatened him.
"Rob me? Let's see if you've got what it takes!"
Qin Xuan's expression turned cold. He couldn't be bothered to waste any more words on three nobodies. Two Thousand-Year Soul Rings began to rise one after another from beneath his feet.
"Thousand-Year Soul Rings!" the Sleazy Trio cried out in shock, fear written across their faces.
A moment later,
the enormous phantom of the Nine Nether Evil God Tiger appeared behind Qin Xuan!
When the three men met the tiger's blood-red, gleaming eyes, they trembled with fear, as if they'd fallen into an abyss of ice!
E Kao snapped out of it, spread his wings, and immediately turned to fly into the sky. "Brothers, I'll avenge you someday!"
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