"Our eighth lot is something I'm sure will interest you all! Like the previous lot, it is a soul bone, but this one is truly exceptional. Please take a look!" As the image on the large screen expanded, an emerald-green soul bone appeared above the auction floor.
"Although this soul bone is only sixty thousand years old, I can assure you that its rarity rivals that of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, because the soul beast that produced it was an overlord of the Far North-the Ice Jade Scorpion. Among soul beasts of the same cultivation age, this species reigns supreme."
As soon as those words fell, the temperature in the auction hall suddenly plummeted.
"Bastards!" The Ice Empress's furious voice rang in Tian Chen's ears.
"Sister!" Tian Chen called out to stop her.
"That soul bone belonged to one of my clansmen!" The air around her seemed on the verge of freezing solid.
For the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, having a clansman's soul bone auctioned so openly was an unbearable humiliation.
"Sister! You have to understand that soul beasts and soul masters have always been enemies. Whichever side kills the other, there's no inherent right or wrong! I can't stop other people from hunting soul beasts, but I won't shamelessly claim that only other people's killings are indiscriminate slaughter while my own are perfectly justified."
Hearing this, the Ice Empress immediately calmed down. She felt that it was reasonable for this soul bone to appear here; after all, her own kind ate members of the Ice Silkworm Clan as food. Still, her anger at humans hunting her clansmen had not diminished in the slightest.
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