"You..."
When Xu Jiujiu heard Huo Yuhao flatly reject her goodwill-or rather, that of the Star Luo Imperial Family-anger immediately crept into her voice.
"Please don't misunderstand, Princess Jiujiu. I'm not an ill-mannered person," Huo Yuhao said with a smile. "This Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone is extremely precious. Hunting down a ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion in the Far North and returning unscathed must have been the work of several of the Star Luo Empire's imperial retainers."
"That being the case, although I stake my reputation on my claim that only a Soul Master with ultimate ice can absorb this Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, a matter this important certainly shouldn't be decided on my word alone. My suggestion is that you find a powerful expert you trust to appraise it personally, Princess Jiujiu. Ideally, they should test it. Only then can you know whether I'm right."
"Of course, if it really is as I say, and only a Soul Master with ultimate ice can absorb this soul bone, then all we can say is that it and I, Huo Yuhao, are bound by fate. I'll pay the Starlight Auction House a satisfactory price to purchase this Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone. What do you think?"
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Xu Jiujiu took a deep breath and calmed down. She gazed at him with a complicated expression, considerable surprise in her eyes.
Huo Yuhao's words were perfectly reasonable. The starting bid for this ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone already exceeded ten million, so they really couldn't reach a decision based solely on his claims.
But find a trustworthy expert to appraise this soul bone, as Huo Yuhao suggested?
Who? Wang Yan had already said that Huo Yuhao was the only Soul Master with ultimate ice at present. Moreover, before