"How did Starlight Auction House describe this soul beast embryo to you?"
Jing Hongchen asked with a frown.
Ye Luochen pondered for a moment before answering.
"Very little information was provided. They only said it was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo and that research indicated it might be possible to absorb it and turn it into a martial soul.
"Other than that, there was no information at all about its exact cultivation age, attributes, or anything else."
As he spoke, Ye Luochen recalled something and could not help asking, "Is there something wrong with the embryo?"
He had already sensed something off during the auction. Why had Starlight Auction House disclosed so little about something this precious?
Compared to making buyers open a blind box and gamble on the outcome, would not more information attract more bidders?
Yet the moment they returned and Jing Hongchen examined it, his expression immediately changed.
Could there really be a problem?
In response to Ye Luochen's question, Jing Hongchen frowned and explained in a highly complicated tone, "This embryo's attribute should be ice, unless something unexpected happened. Its stability is also good. It's just that this aura..."
Its aura?
Ye Luochen froze slightly.
"Could it be that its aura does not match the hundred-thousand-year level the auction house claimed? Did they pass off an inferior product to deceive us?"
"No."
Jing Hongchen immediately dismissed Ye Luochen's words.
"On the contrary, this embryo's aura is a little too strong."
"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast is roughly equivalent to a Titled Douluo. It is nothing to worry about.
"But this thing, even in its transformed embryo state with less than one-tenth of its strength remaining, has an aura that vaguely makes my heart tremble."
"How powerful must its original cultivation have been?
"It was likely no less