The Heaven Dou Auction: Buying Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue

As the Poison Pearl in Dugu Bo's hand fused more deeply with the Snow Swan Kiss, a strange fluctuation spread outward.

"Hm?! Kid Yang, this Titled Douluo actually obtained a Second-Level God's Godhood Inheritance. You could take him on as a subordinate later. That way, once you obtain Godhood and become a god, you'll have a helper of your own."

The moment Yang Xingchen released the Fire Dragon King from the Undead Demiplane, he sensed that the fluctuations coming from Dugu Bo belonged to a Second-Level God.

Although the Fire Dragon King did not know what the Divine Realm was like now, judging by that great war back then, he could infer that the current Divine Realm must have been pitifully weak.

"A Second-Level God? Dugu Bo probably never imagined that his decision to fuse the Poison Pearl with the Snow Swan Kiss would have such a huge impact!"

Learning that Dugu Bo had obtained a Second-Level God's inheritance, Yang Xingchen could not help being startled. This treatment was far better than casually obtaining some wild god's inheritance in the comic version!

The instant the Poison Pearl and the Snow Swan Kiss fused completely, Dugu Bo's Soul Power Level also broke through to rank ninety-five, and the strange fluctuations gradually weakened until they disappeared.

"Kid Yang, guess what I just got?"

The moment Dugu Bo finished cultivating, his mischievous old-boy nature kicked in. He put away his Poison Core and ran over to Yang Xingchen, asking him to guess what he had just obtained.

"A stronger Poison Core? It couldn't possibly be-a Godhood Inheritance, could it?"

Naturally, Yang Xingchen knew that Dugu Bo wanted to see him fail to guess the answer, then look utterly shocked when he revealed it.

"Tsk, how do you know even more than a Titled Douluo like me? Sometimes I really feel like I'm a fake Titled Douluo."

Seeing that Yang Xingchen refused to take the bait, Dugu Bo clicked his tongue in disappointment and could not resist grumbling.

"Everyone has their own secrets! I certainly don't believe the Poison Douluo doesn't have any little secrets of his own."

"Oh, give it a rest. What Soul Ancestor has as many secrets as you? You probably need to build a vault just to hold them all."

After they finished teasing each other, Dugu Bo took an invitation out of his Storage Soul Tool. Such formalities were indispensable for attending an auction in Heaven Dou City. Those noble lords certainly had to show how different they were from everyone else.

"This is an invitation to the Heaven Dou Auction House. Without it, the auction staff won't let you in. But you needn't worry too much. I'll be going with you. They happen to be auctioning an extremely poisonous item."

Besides searching for poisonous substances, Dugu Bo had not been idle during this time. He had been drawing on his own cultivation experience to refine the Poison Core Method Yang Xingchen had given him.

Dugu Bo had never been the only person plagued by the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's poison. Although Dugu Yan was still young, once she cultivated to Soul Saint or Soul Douluo, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison accumulated in her body would certainly erupt.

Now that Dugu Bo had consumed the Snow Swan Kiss himself, there was no Snow Swan Kiss left to serve as the core of a Poison Core. By the time Dugu Yan's poison erupted, it would already be too late to have her condense a Poison Core.

The only feasible solution was to condense her Poison Core early, while Dugu Yan's cultivation was still shallow and little poison had accumulated in her body.

Later, when she broke through to Titled Douluo, she could follow Dugu Bo's example and condense a Poison Pearl to fuse with the core of the Poison Core inside her. That way, even if the resulting Poison Core was not as strong as Dugu Bo's, Dugu Yan's life would not be in danger.

Three days later, Yang Xingchen rode Dugu Bo's Martial Soul Avatar as they swiftly left Sunset Forest and headed toward Heaven Dou City.

"Poison Douluo, can't we really ride the Bone Dragon to Heaven Dou City? Your Martial Soul Avatar seems just a 'hundred million' little bits too slow!"

Yang Xingchen was still sore about Dugu Bo stopping him from riding the Bone Dragon. Not bringing out such an imposing mount to show off was truly a huge loss!

"Only you could think of riding an undead creature on the verge of breaking through to Titled Douluo level into Heaven Dou City. If I really let you do that, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would think I was staging a rebellion."

Over the past few days, Dugu Bo had also witnessed Yang Xingchen's absurd Necromancy. Those millions of undead creatures would be a kingdom-destroying force no matter where they were deployed.

"Then let's rebel! When the time comes, I shall make you a prince, with vast swathes of cities under your rule!"

Yang Xingchen continued joking with Dugu Bo. Of course he knew riding the Bone Dragon to Heaven Dou City was unrealistic. He was only saying this to chat with Dugu Bo and pass the time.

"We're here. This is Heaven Dou City's largest auction house. The items inside would make even Titled Douluo green with envy."

Dugu Bo pointed at the towering, magnificent complex before them, glittering with light and color everywhere, and explained it to Yang Xingchen.

"Then are you green with envy, Poison Douluo?"

Yang Xingchen was not surprised in the slightest that Heaven Dou City's auction house was this luxurious. On his way to the Far North back then, he had sold things at a town's auction house.

That town had originally been about the same size as Nuoding City, but its proximity to the Far North meant that vast quantities of cultivation resources flowed into it from there, giving rise to an auction house whose architecture was more lavish than the entire town.

Without exaggeration, selling a single stool from that auction house would have fetched enough money to feed a family of three for a month.

"Of course I'm green with envy. I may be a Titled Douluo, but I have neither authority nor influence. I have even fewer resources on hand than some Soul Douluo of the Upper Three Sects!"

"If I hadn't taken a nominal position with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and gathered some resources with their backing, I'd probably be even poorer now."

Still, Dugu Bo had long since grown accustomed to such a life. Once Dugu Yan grew up, he might set off to travel the continent and see for himself the sights he had never seen in the first half of his life.

The moment the auction house's reception staff saw the Titled Douluo Dugu Bo arrive, they immediately gathered around him enthusiastically.

"Lord Poison Douluo, this way, please. The private room prepared for you is in this direction."

The receptionist at their head was truly pleasing to the eye. In all the decades of Yang Xingchen's life, her looks could rank among the top ten.

Unfortunately, she had no Soul Power. Such beauty would only bring her endless trouble.

After leading Dugu Bo and Yang Xingchen into the private room and briefly introducing the things they might need, the receptionist withdrew and stood outside the door, waiting for the next request from those inside.

It had to be said that the private room the auction house had arranged for Dugu Bo was truly luxurious and comfortable. Even the view from the window was excellent, overlooking the entire auction venue.

"All right, stop being so curious about these things. Once you're stronger, these things will come into your life on their own and enthusiastically tell you how to use them."

Seeing Yang Xingchen examining every corner of the room with shining eyes, Dugu Bo thought this was his first visit to such a place and that he found it novel, so he offered a reminder.

In reality, Yang Xingchen had noticed that some of the symbols carved into the room's walls resembled the runes on Wind and Thunder Cloud Treading, so he wanted to see whether similar runes appeared elsewhere.

But after searching around, he found such runes only on the surrounding walls and the room's window. There were none anywhere else.

From this, Yang Xingchen deduced that these runes were most likely for soundproofing. As for how effective they were or whether they had other functions, he did not know.

Just as Yang Xingchen sat down beside Dugu Bo, Dugu Bo took out the list of items for that day's auction.