Xu Jiujiu let out a wistful sigh. "The reason we can't take it is that the risk is too great and the cost too high.
If we fail and don't gain a second martial soul, we'll have lost out.
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone aren't worth over a hundred million Gold Soul Coins, no matter how you look at it.
If we really wanted a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, we could ask the experts of Shrek Academy to help. It wouldn't cost nearly so much."
What Xu Jiujiu feared was waste.
Over a hundred million Gold Soul Coins was no small sum. She had no choice but to hesitate.
For a nation in particular, there were simply too many things that needed money.
It could improve people's livelihoods, or produce fine equipment to strengthen the soldiers' fighting power.
Xu Jiawei disagreed with Xu Jiujiu. "But what if we succeed? Our Star Luo Empire would gain another supreme expert. Even when facing Shrek in the future, we'd be able to speak with confidence..."
Xu Jiujiu shook her head at his words. "These are turbulent times. Friction between the Sun Moon Empire and our Star Luo Empire never stops. Perhaps next year, perhaps tomorrow-no one knows when war might break out.
Decades are far too distant. I care only about the here and now."
After hearing Xu Jiujiu's words, Xu Jiawei fell silent as well.
Only after a moment did he slowly nod.
He understood Xu Jiujiu and knew that whatever he said to persuade her now would be meaningless.
"Then how do you think we should handle these things?"
"Let's hold the auction as usual."
Xu Jiujiu considered it before answering. "Since that mysterious Level 9 Soul Engineer sent the God-Sealing