For the [Item Description] entry, Xu Huxiao did not understand what it meant.
What surprised him was the [Value] given by the Eye of Omniscience.
Impossible to assess?!
There was actually something even his Eye of Omniscience could not see through. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing.
So he decisively had his mother bid for it.
All purchased items would be delivered to the Xu Residence by dedicated auction house staff. This was a privilege for distinguished guests.
Other than all kinds of Soul Tools and exquisite items, the afternoon auction also featured various heavenly treasures that nourished the body.
Watching his mother's shopping spree, Xu Huxiao simply said that the family's supply of high-grade ingredients needed replenishing.
Ning Fengyu understood immediately and waved her hand grandly. Any heavenly treasure that appeared was to be bought.
In truth, the Xu Residence had never lacked high-grade ingredients or nourishing heavenly treasures. Every day, Xu Huxiao ate high-grade Soul Beast meat and all manner of costly ingredients.
That was why his strength and physique had grown so quickly.
Seeing that his mother Ning Fengyu was enjoying herself, the bored Xu Huxiao informed her before leaving the VIP room with Xiao Kong.
The two of them wandered around the Seven-Star Auction House.
Before he left, Ning Fengyu gave Xu Huxiao a black card with golden patterns and told him to spend as he pleased.
The black card had a certain weight to it, and he did not know what material it was made of. A ring of seven purple diamonds was embedded in its center, making it look exceptionally noble. It represented that its holder was a seven-star top-tier guest of the auction house.
The Seven-Star Auction House's guest ranks were determined by Gold Soul Coin expenditure. Spending one million Gold Soul Coins made one a one-star guest, with the ranks increasing accordingly. However, guests above four stars were assessed not only by their spending, but also by the status and standing represented by the guest. Only those who met the requirements could continue upgrading.
After leaving the VIP room, Xu Huxiao, who was visiting the auction house for the first time, did not know its layout. Xiao Kong, on the other hand, was very familiar with the place.
Not just with the place itself.
But also with those scantily clad female attendants.
If Xu Huxiao had not been present, and Xiao Kong had not been worried about leading a child astray, he would probably have already had a woman in each arm.
Seeing Xiao Kong's restless expression, Xu Huxiao said,
"Uncle Xiao Kong, if you have something to do, go take care of it first. You don't need to watch over me. I'll just look around."
Xiao Kong glared, pulling his gaze away from the curves of a sexy woman, and said,
"That won't do. I promised Big Brother that I wouldn't let you leave my sight for even half a second."
"Don't you go making me break my word, kid."
"Ah, if only you weren't so young. Then today, we could go enjoy ourselves together in the auction house's leisure district. Heh heh."
Hearing that, Xu Huxiao was somewhat speechless. Naturally, he understood what Xiao Kong meant by enjoying themselves. He just had not expected the auction house to offer that sort of business too.
"Uncle Xiao Kong, does this leisure district you mentioned have good food? If it does, we can go take a look."
Xiao Kong took a sip from his red gourd, thought for a moment, then gave a lewd grin.
"It does, and it's enough to make your soul soar and your heart drunk. But it's not something a little kid like you can enjoy. Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."
"Once you're older, you'll understand naturally. For now, we're going somewhere else that's fun."
"Oh."
I understand everything, but I really just wanted to find somewhere with good food...
Xu Huxiao grumbled silently.
Besides the central auction area, the Seven-Star Auction House also had a treasure collection district, a leisure district, and a lucky treasure draw district.
The treasure collection district and VIP rooms were both on the second floor, while the leisure district was on the third floor. It only received guests of five stars or above.
The lucky treasure draw district was on the first floor. After walking for a while, the two arrived there. This was the fun place Xiao Kong had mentioned.
With a single glance, Xu Huxiao saw that the entire lucky treasure draw district was enormous. The most eye-catching feature was the nine-story, pyramid-shaped treasure draw area in the center, enclosed by transparent mirrored walls.
The nine-tier pyramid was filled with black boxes of varying sizes. No one knew what they contained, and the rules were written beside them.
The lowest level cost one thousand Gold Soul Coins per black box. Each level higher added another thousand Gold Soul Coins, while the black boxes on the top level cost nine thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
If the item inside a purchased box was worth more than the Gold Soul Coins spent on it, the buyer could keep the item, and the auction house would also refund the purchase price.
For the nobles of Spirit City, buying black boxes was a novel kind of lottery and was extremely popular.
When Xu Huxiao and Xiao Kong arrived, quite a few people had already gathered around the nine-tier pyramid treasure draw area to make purchases.
The winning rate was said to be quite good. Several people had opened black boxes containing extremely valuable items.
Xu Huxiao understood with a single glance.
A blind box lottery.
Then Xu Huxiao immediately became interested. With the Eye of Omniscience to cheat, wouldn't he be able to draw to his heart's content?
He was not short on money, but no matter how rich one was, it was hard to resist the joy of getting something for free!
"Heh heh, little Huxiao, want to try your luck?" Xiao Kong asked, seeing Xu Huxiao's eyes light up.
"There's also box betting over there. Two people choose black boxes at the same time and compare which one contains the more valuable item. The winner gets the wager."
"Sure."
Xu Huxiao smiled. Just as he was about to show off his skills, a haughty girl's voice rang out.
"Hey, Xu boy, how about competing with me to see whose luck is better?"
Xu Huxiao looked over at the words and saw one adult and two children walking toward him.
The speaker was a girl with wine-red hair. She was Orleans, whom he had met during his Martial Soul awakening.
Beside her stood her younger brother Ao Li'ao, along with a short, fat Soul Master serving as their bodyguard.
Xu Huxiao looked at the short, fat Soul Master for three seconds and received the information. Like Xiao Kong, this man was a Soul Sage.
[Human]: Jin Huan [Age]: Forty-four [Martial Soul]: Three-Legged Golden Toad [Level]: Seventy-two [Soul Skills]: First Yellow—Golden Toad Crash; Second Yellow—Three-Legged Shadowless Kick; Third Purple—Radiant Gold Bind; Fourth Purple—Golden Toad Demon God Transformation... [Inner Monologue]: This lord is good for more than fighting. Treasure hunting is what I'm best at.
Three-Legged Golden Toad, treasure hunting?
Xu Huxiao focused on the [Martial Soul] entry, and information came to him.
[Martial Soul Trait]: Soul Masters with the Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul possess an innate, keen perception of treasures and are exceptionally talented at treasure hunting.
This treasure-hunting trait was rather similar to his mother's Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul.
Then Xu Huxiao suddenly understood his mother's frenzied bidding.
Most of the items Ning Fengyu had purchased were worth slightly more in the Eye of Omniscience than the prices she had paid.
At first, he had thought his mother was simply lucky. Looking back now, it was probably the influence of the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul.
It seemed his mother had her own way of making money.
Sure enough, there was a reason the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could become the richest on the continent.
After obtaining the information, Xu Huxiao looked at Orleans, who was slightly shorter than him, and said,
"Oh, little girl from the Ao Family, what do you want to compete in?"
"What do you mean, little girl? You're so rude! I have a name. My name is Orleans."
"Same here. I'm not some Xu boy either. My name is Xu Huxiao."
"Hmph!"
Orleans was left speechless and knew Xu Huxiao was pointing out her own earlier rudeness.
She had done it deliberately. As the child of a Title Douluo herself, she naturally knew the Demon Bear Douluo's son's name. But in Orleans's eyes, his Mutated Martial Soul, Body Arms, was far inferior to the Ghost Leopard Martial Soul she had inherited. Even with Innate Full Soul Power, he would never amount to much, so she instinctively regarded herself as superior.
Moreover, she ranked seventh on the Talent Ranking, while Xu Huxiao was beyond twentieth place.
Yet this Xu boy had no awareness whatsoever that his talent was supposedly inferior. It would have been one thing if he did not admire or flatter her, but he even carried himself with such confidence and pride.
Hmph, how annoying!
Orleans had been spoiled since childhood and naturally could not tolerate being slighted. In an instant, she came up with a good idea for revenge.
"Fine, Xu Huxiao, is it? Then I'll compete with you in box betting."
"However, we won't bet Gold Soul Coins. That's boring. We'll bet something more interesting."
Xu Huxiao smiled. This little girl from the Ao Family had her dissatisfaction and desire to play tricks written all over her face.
"Orleans, then what interesting thing do you want to bet?"
"Let's wager an oath. The loser must swear that whenever they see the winner in the future, no matter the occasion, they must call her Boss and obey Boss's words one hundred percent."
"Best two out of three. What do you say? Do you dare agree?"
Just as Xu Huxiao was about to answer, Xiao Kong grabbed him and gave the Soul Sage opposite them a suspicious glance.
"Huxiao, I won't interfere in matters between children, but I seem to have heard that the fat man called Jin Huan has extremely good luck with drawing black boxes."
"Uncle Xiao Kong doesn't want you to suffer for nothing. If you compete with this girl, make them agree that neither side's Soul Sage can interfere."
Xiao Kong did not deliberately lower his voice, so Orleans heard him clearly.
"It's all about luck. This uncle can help pick boxes too. Or are you afraid and don't dare compete with us?"
Xiao Kong was about to argue, but Xu Huxiao spoke first.
"Who said we're afraid? I agree. Best two out of three."
Good luck? So what if he could hunt for treasure? Could he possibly be stronger than my titanium-alloy Eye of Omniscience?
"Good! Then let's begin right now!"
Before the nine-tier pyramid treasure draw area.
Orleans was brimming with confidence. She knew Jin Huan's Martial Soul trait. Even with the black boxes concealing the contents, finding valuable items would be effortless for him.
Thinking of this, Orleans wanted to test her own luck in the first draw. In any case, they had a Soul Sage to back them up.
"The first level has the most black boxes. How about we draw from this level?"
"Anything is fine."
"Then will you draw first, or should I?"
"Ladies first."
Although the Xu boy was fairly polite, Orleans disliked him more and more, especially when she saw that calm expression of his, as if victory were always already in his grasp.
She simply could not accept it. Why should he be like that?
Orleans secretly thought that she would make him lose completely in a moment.
But when she thought of how Xu Huxiao would soon have to call her Boss and obey her every word, she became excited.
"Fine! I'll draw first. Let's see... I'll choose that black box, 1-26."
That black box was neither large nor small, less than two feet long and wide, and utterly ordinary.
Yet after Orleans chose it, she inexplicably felt that some treasure had to be hidden inside.
A sexy attendant took out the box and placed it on the special box-betting table.
Orleans raised her chin, put her hands on her hips, and said proudly,
"Your turn, Xu... Xu Huxiao."
Xu Huxiao looked at the black box Orleans had drawn. Since he was only extracting its [Value] information, the box's details appeared in his mind in less than three seconds.
[Value of Black Box 1-26]: Five Copper Soul Coins.
It seemed this little girl had rather bad luck. She had spent one thousand Gold Soul Coins on a draw and gotten something worth only five Copper Soul Coins.
"Let's see. Then I'll choose the adjacent black box, 1-27. I have a feeling there's definitely treasure inside."
Xu Huxiao swept his gaze across the boxes and directly chose Black Box 1-27, which was worth five Gold Soul Coins according to the Eye of Omniscience.
The sexy attendant took out the box. The two black boxes were about the same size and were placed on the box-betting table. Xu Huxiao and Orleans both handed over their black cards. After paying one thousand Gold Soul Coins each, it was time for the exciting box opening.
"Esteemed guests, I am attendant Liu Qingqing. I will now open the boxes for you."
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