"Help me?" Xu Jiujiu asked, puzzled.
"Honestly! Do you really think the Ice Jade Scorpions crowned themselves the second-greatest clan in the Far North? Their soul bones aren't something you can absorb just because you want to!" Tian Chen said casually.
"What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said. There's a problem with that soul bone!"
"Impossible!" Xu Jiujiu slapped her delicate hand against the table and sprang to her feet.
Tian Chen's words did more than accuse her of lying; they called the entire Starlight Auction House's credibility into question.
After all, the Starlight Auction House belonged to the imperial family. Saying there was a problem with its auction items was as good as questioning the imperial family's credibility.
"Do I have any reason to lie to you about this? Actually, there's nothing wrong with the soul bone itself. The issue is who absorbs it. You said it yourself at the auction: Ice Jade Scorpions primarily live in groups, so hunting them is undoubtedly extremely difficult.
"That's precisely why no one has discovered this! Only someone who possesses ultimate ice can absorb an Ice Jade Scorpion's soul bone. Otherwise, at best, they'll lose an arm or a leg. At worst, they'll drop dead on the spot!"
"What?!" Xu Jiujiu cried out in shock at Tian Chen's words. "How could that be? If that's true, who on the continent could possibly absorb it?"
"That's the pride of the Ice Jade Scorpions. Unless someone possesses ultimate ice, they won't allow that person to absorb their soul bones!"
Worry swept through Xu Jiujiu. If that was true, then without Tian Chen, they would have unwittingly auctioned off the soul bone. If anything went wrong afterward, the Starlight Auction House's reputation would suffer.
Taking it a step further, since the Starlight Auction House