"So that's what it was."
Ning Tian's reaction was rather subdued. Clearly, although the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could afford this thing, she was not particularly interested in the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.
That was normal enough. After all, during Douluo II, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had practically vanished from sight, in stark contrast to the Body Sect, which claimed to be a secluded sect while actually hopping up and down all over the stage of the Douluo Continent.
This also matched how, in the original story, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in private room two and the Body Sect in private room three had fought tooth and nail over it.
Sure enough, after barely two rounds of bidding, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect in private room six withdrew outright, taking the attitude that getting it would be nice, but going without was fine too.
At this point, the others from Shrek were still caught up in descriptions such as "Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo," "Second Martial Soul," and "a guaranteed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone," which made Chen Ping chuckle.
"All right, stop dwelling on this thing. If you really want one, it would be more practical to go back and ask the academy when you reach eight rings. At least that won't cost money. Getting one would be great, but you lose nothing if you don't."
"There really is a considerable chance that this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo Princess Jiujiu introduced could give a Soul Master a second Martial Soul. But this is still the embryo of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, an existence with intelligence no lower than an adult's."
"Even if we paid for it, failing to absorb it would be the better outcome. That would be equivalent to