Lin Kong and Ning Fengzhi a smile, having reached a consensus.
The auction continued in full swing, with one rare item after another being brought to the stage and, amidst the rising and falling bids, finding their respective owners.
Just as the atmosphere in the room was gradually calming down, the auctioneer suddenly raised his voice, a mysterious smile on his face, "Ladies and gentlemen, the next item for auction is quite a special one!"
He raised his hand and lifted the red cloth on the tray, his tone suddenly becoming impassioned. "This is—a fragment of the External Soul Bone the Man Faced Demon Spider!"
"Boom!"
These words caused an uproar throughout the room!
The legendary treasure of External Soul Bone was something most of the people present had only seen mentioned in ancient books; they had never heard of a real one, let alone seen one in person. In an instant, countless burning gazes focused on those few dark fragments, and even their breathing became rapid.
"Please don't be impatient, everyone!" The auctioneer raised his hand to calm the crowd, and explained with a smile, "Although this item is precious and rare, it cannot be directly absorbed and fused, and cannot be used to enhance one's strength. As for its origin... those of you who are well-informed can probably guess most of it, so I won't go into details."
Lin Kong Kong's feat of defeating the Imperial Fighting Team single-handedly with his Eight Spider Lances at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy had already become the talk of the town in the upper echelons of Heaven Dou City within just a few days. People might not recognize Lin Kong's appearance, but they were deeply impressed by his two Soul Ring, one yellow and one white, and his ferocious and terrifying External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances.
"These fragments contain extremely potent toxins. Our expert Grandmaster have determined their toxicity to be comparable to that of a ten-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider! They would be of immense use whether for crafting deadly poisons or rare elixirs!" the auctioneer announced loudly. "Starting bid: one Gold Soul Coin!"
Ning Fengzhi his head to look at Lin Kong, a playful smile on his lips, "What? Are you short of money?"
Lin Kong shook his head and said frankly, "No. It's just something I casually took out to get into this auction house."
"You've been fighting in the Great Soul Arena for so long, you must have made a lot of money." Ning Fengzhi glanced at him with a half-smile.
Lin Kong's lips curled up slightly, a sly glint in his eyes. " Uncle Ning, would you like to guess the deeper meaning behind my actions?"
Ning Fengzhi stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then a look of understanding gradually appeared in his eyes. "I don't understand the use of these fragments and toxins for now. But I know you—you're fishing for me!"
" Uncle Ning, you flatter me." Lin Kong chuckled and readily admitted.
As the two conversed, bidding erupted from the audience, driving the price ever higher. When the bid reached five thousand Gold Soul Coin, a steady voice suddenly rang out from a VIP box, raising the price to its peak. "Ten thousand Gold Soul Coin!"
The moment the price was announced, the entire room fell silent, and no one dared to raise the price any further.
"I hope they can make progress in their research after obtaining the Man Faced Demon Spider venom," Lin Kong said.
Ning Fengzhi smiled and shook his head, "Then they had to ask you for help many times, and you expanded your network, right?"
Nothing much happened after that. Lin Kong broadened his horizons, encountered some strange and unusual things, bought them, and spent all the Gold Soul Coin he earned from the fragments of the Man Faced Demon Spider's External Soul Bone.
Ning Fengzhi's goal here was a Thousand-Year Soul Bone. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was wealthy and powerful, and he immediately doubled his bid, snatching the Thousand-Year Soul Bone with an extremely domineering price.
The party's over!
Lin Kong returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy as an ordinary student.
Dugu Yan's situation is rather special. Since being taken away by Dugu Bo that day, she has never returned. She has been missing for several days in a row. The Imperial Fighting Team's team battle training cannot proceed normally without her as a core Control System Soul Master.
That afternoon, Lin Kong was resting under the shade of a tree when Ye Lingling suddenly found him.
She maintained her aloof and ethereal demeanor, walked up to Lin Kong, bowed slightly, and said softly, " Lin Kong, there's something I'd like to tell you."
Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, Osler, who were not far away, immediately became interested upon seeing this scene. They all crowded around, their eyes full of gossip.
Logically speaking, Ye Lingling is one of the most beautiful women in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with both good looks and temperament. She should be surrounded by a group of suitors, just like Dugu Yan.
However, her situation was somewhat unusual.
The Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul is extremely rare in the world, and it has an extremely strict rule for inheritance—at any given time, only two Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master can exist in the world. Only when the current generation of Soul Master perishes will the next generation of Soul Master awaken in the family.
As the successor of the Nine Heart Begonia in this generation, Ye Lingling could never marry out in order to ensure the continuity of the Martial Soul's inheritance; she could only take in a son-in-law.
Most of the students at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy are noble children, proud and arrogant, and very few are willing to marry into the Ye family. As for those who are talented enough to attract Ye Lingling's attention, they are even more proud and would never marry into the Ye Clan.
Therefore, she has very few male friends and it's difficult for her to find any.
As for those irresponsible lechers who think "it's just a fling," they don't even dare to have any dirty thoughts when they think about the influence of the Ye Clan in Heaven Dou City.
Although the Nine Heart Begonia Clan doesn't possess any formidable fighting power, they are all skilled doctors who have healed countless patients. Countless high-ranking officials and nobles in Heaven Dou City owe the Ye Clan a debt of gratitude.
You can't afford to offend anyone but these people who hold the "Book of Life and Death."
Lin Kong snapped out of his thoughts, looked at Ye Lingling, and asked calmly, "What is it?"
Ye Lingling looked at him and cut to the chase. "Did you go to the Heaven Dou City Grand Auction House a few days ago?"
Lin Kong raised an eyebrow, understanding something, and a smile appeared on his lips, "Oh, you mean those External Soul Bone fragments? Your family bought them?"
Ye Lingling nodded, her expression serious. "Mm."
Doctor, doctor, who says doctors can't research poisons? As the saying goes, medicine and poisons are inseparable!
Ye Lingling looked embarrassed, fidgeted with the hem of her clothes, and finally reluctantly said, "It's like this, my elders in the family are doing research and they've used up all the venom from the Man Faced Demon Spider. We're out of options and might need your help. Don't worry, my family can provide payment, just like the price we got at the auction that day, how about that?"
Auction prices are already inflated, and if the two parties transact this way without deducting commissions, Lin Kong will earn even more, so he should agree.
But the actual situation is different!
Lin Kong sighed, still shaken. "Broken External Soul Bone are equivalent to breaking your own bones; the pain is similar to a broken bone. This... isn't about the money."
Ye Lingling extended an invitation, " Lin Kong, would you like to come to my house as a guest?"