Heaven Dou Auction House

"Big Sister, why did you bring me here?"

Ouyang Ling looked at the domed building not far ahead.

The strange structure before him was completely rounded, like half a sphere buckled onto the ground, with the image of a hammer marked on it.

By his estimate, the building had a diameter of at least five hundred meters and stood over eighty meters tall. It was quite large in scale.

"This is the Heaven Dou Auction House."

Qian Renxue led Ouyang Ling toward the auction house. "As the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City's auction house is the highest-grade one." As she spoke, she lowered her eyes toward Ouyang Ling.

"Didn't you want Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue?"

The moment Ouyang Ling heard that, he immediately understood what she meant.

"There's an auction here?"

"Consider yourself lucky."

Qian Renxue withdrew her gaze. "Elder She Long just sent me a voice transmission saying that Whale Glue is remarkably effective at strengthening one's physique. And there's news claiming that Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue is among today's auction items."

"The auction house can reveal information about its lots?"

"Not in principle."

"Aha... in principle..."

As they exchanged questions and answers, the two soon arrived before the Heaven Dou Auction House. Beside the semicircular, milky-white doors stood four tall young women who were rather eye-catching.

At that moment, seeing Qian Renxue and Ouyang Ling approach directly, one of the four women stepped forward three paces, bowed slightly, and asked, "May I help you two?"

Qian Renxue did not waste words. She had already taken a black credential from her soul tool. "Take us into the auction house."

The moment she saw the black credential, the young woman's attitude immediately changed.

She became extremely respectful.

"Yes, my lord. Please follow me."

Led by the young woman, the two entered the core area of the Heaven Dou Auction House. The instant they entered, they were handed two masks to conceal their identities during the auction.

Upon reaching the auction house's second floor, the young woman escorted them to the entrance of the auction center, where a dedicated attendant took over.

Faced with this voluptuous, beautiful, and rather revealingly dressed attendant, Qian Renxue shifted her right foot slightly and blocked Ouyang Ling behind her. She deliberately lowered her voice. "You aren't even eight yet. This is too stimulating for you. Don't tell me you understand."

Was that really necessary?

Hearing Qian Renxue say that, Ouyang Ling gave her a helpless half-lidded look. Still, he had never even held a girl's hand in his previous life, let alone faced something this explosive up close.

In any case, with Qian Renxue in front and him behind, the two entered the auction center under the guidance of the voluptuous attendant.

The auction center felt like a grand auditorium.

A circular stage stood at the center, surrounded by rows of seats arranged in radiating rings, divided into five major sections. The three rows closest to the stage were red, while the sections extending outward were black, purple, yellow, and white in turn, resembling soul rings.

Clearly, they had been arranged according to different ranks.

The innermost red seats could only be reached through a special passage, guarded by dedicated security personnel. Only people of status and standing were qualified for red VIP privileges.

Ouyang Ling glanced toward the first three rows and lowered his voice.

"Big Sister, you don't have a red credential?"

Without turning her head, Qian Renxue replied, "Black is just right."

It was neither too conspicuous nor lacking in respect. After all, their current identities could not stand up to scrutiny, so caution was best.

As for Ouyang Ling, he had a different thought:

Who knew whether some idiot among the red-seat bidders would try to throw their weight around? Novels always had that kind of thing.

At that moment, regardless of what the two were thinking, the attendant had already brought them to the black section and gestured for them to sit.

At this time, there were not many bidders in the auction center. Only about one-sixth of the seats were sparsely occupied.

On the auction stage, a soul tool resembling a leather pouch was being auctioned, and its price had already risen to eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

According to the host's introduction, this soul tool was called the Ruyi Hundred-Treasure Pouch. Its main feature was its ability to store living creatures.

"Ruyi Hundred-Treasure Pouch? It can store living creatures?"

Hearing those two phrases, Ouyang Ling became excited before his butt had even warmed the seat.

Wasn't this the soul tool Dugu Bo gave Tang San?

A soul tool capable of storing living creatures had not even been explicitly mentioned in the era of The Unrivaled Tang Clan. Even then, it would have been exceptionally rare, let alone in this age without soul tool technology.

"Storage for living creatures... no wonder it's so expensive."

Qian Renxue withdrew her gaze. Seeing that Ouyang Ling liked it, she did not even ask before casually pressing the button twice.

The host immediately announced, "One hundred thousand! A black VIP has directly raised the bid to one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins! Any higher bids?"

But right after that, he announced again.

"One hundred and three thousand! A red VIP has bid one hundred and three—"

Beep, beep, beep—

Three more presses in succession.

"One hundred and thirty-three thousand! The same black VIP has bid one hundred and thirty-three thousand Gold Soul Coins! Any further bids?"

The host was already ecstatic inside!

A premium, an enormous premium! It was at least forty thousand over value.

This time, no one bid again.

One hundred and thirty-three thousand Gold Soul Coins was far too high. It was not worth it.

Likewise, "Big Sister, you pressed too many times."

Ouyang Ling looked at Qian Renxue, whose expression had not changed, while his mind was filled with the already astronomical sum of Gold Soul Coins...

Good heavens! If these Gold Soul Coins were converted into the money from my previous life, how much RMB would that be?

One had to know that an ordinary rural family in this world earned or spent, at most, one Gold Soul Coin per month.

But then again, over the past nearly two years, he had also spent quite a bit of Sister Xue'er's money.

It was just nowhere near as shocking as this time!

What did it mean not to treat money like money?

This was it!

Pure extravagance!

"It's fine. This isn't much."

Qian Renxue swept her gaze over the next auction item, boredom flashing through her eyes. She simply said to Ouyang Ling, "Besides, didn't you want it just now? If you want something, buy it. It just so happens that over the past two years, I haven't given my little brother a single gift."

"But wouldn't the Whale Glue count as a gift?"

"The Whale Glue hasn't been bought yet, and that doesn't count."

How generous!!!

Was this what it felt like to lean on a rich big sister's thigh?! This time, I'm experiencing it firsthand!

For the moment, Ouyang Ling's eyes sparkled with admiration.

Very soon,

The next item on the stage was sold.

At that moment, the host held up his amplifying device and smiled at the bidders. "The next item we are auctioning is an exceptionally rare treasure. Interested parties, please pay attention. Especially all male VIPs. It will make you invincible on the 'battlefield' and leave your female companions utterly defeated!"

In an instant, Ouyang Ling's attention was caught by those words.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue was here!

But...

Did auction house hosts really make dirty jokes like this?

"Disgusting."

Just as he thought that, Qian Renxue happened to sneer as well, showing no attempt to hide her contempt and disgust.

Perhaps the dual concealment of the masks, especially the human-face masks, finally allowed her to shed her usual restraint.

At that moment, a tray covered with red cloth was brought out.

As the host livened up the atmosphere, he yanked away the red cloth, revealing three crystals gleaming with a dark golden luster.

"Gentlemen, these are three pieces of Whale Glue harvested from three thirty-thousand-year Evil Demon Orcas! Not only is Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue inherently rare, but thirty-thousand-year Evil Demon Orcas are also tyrants of the sea! They are truly treasures that are hard to come by!"

For a moment, quite a few male VIPs stirred restlessly.

Things were precious because they were rare, and many of them were curious about what kind of effect Whale Glue of this quality would have.

Then, seeing that he had successfully stirred up the interest of many people, the host appropriately revealed an expression of I understand, gentlemen, extending a hand in invitation.

"Distinguished guests, you may begin bidding."