At the Lin Auction House in Suotuo City.
A young man stood at the reception desk.
He was handsome and tall, standing straight as a pine in a fitted black outfit.
Facing the empty air before him, the young man spoke to himself.
"System, I've written all ten invitations. Send them out for me."
The moment he finished speaking, a cold, indifferent mechanical voice sounded.
[Understood, host!] [According to the host's handwritten invitations, the recipients include Bibi Dong, Pope of Spirit Hall; Sword Douluo Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; the Snow Empress of the Far North; Qian Renxue, young master of Spirit Hall; the Scarlet King of the Great Ferocious Land in the Star Dou Great Forest; and Dai Mubai, third prince of the Star Luo Empire.]
The young man's surname was Lin, and his given name was Yuan.
Twenty-six years ago, Lin Yuan had transmigrated into the world of a book he knew all too well: Douluo Continent.
Twenty years ago, like the other children who had turned six, Lin Yuan had undergone the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony.
The final result?
It had fallen short of Lin Yuan's expectations.
Martial Soul: wooden sword.
Innate Soul Power: level one.
A little better than an ordinary person.
As for the system?
That story began a few days ago.
Three days ago, Lin Yuan had been absorbing a Soul Ring.
The moment he successfully absorbed the Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Lin Yuan officially became a Soul Elder. At that same moment, a system suddenly came knocking without warning and forcibly bound him as its host.
After a brief exchange with the system, Lin Yuan came to understand it.
It was called the God-Level Auction System.
Every seven days, it would offer Lin Yuan a choice.
Lin Yuan had to auction off everything he chose.
The more Gold Soul Coins the auction brought in, the better Lin Yuan's rewards would be.
For the first choice, he had to pick nine out of ten.
The ten options were as follows.
[Option one: Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's wisdom] [Option two: Ultimate Fire-the Green Lotus Core Flame!] [Option three: internal cultivation method-the Sunflower Manual!] [Option four: top-tier Tool Martial Soul-the Green Lotus Sword!] [Option five: one drop of the Dark Dragon King's essence blood!] [Option six: one hundred thousand tons of ten thousand year ice marrow!] [Option seven: Dark Demon Evil God Tiger bloodline!] [Option eight: Immortal Herb-the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!] [Option nine: External Soul Bone-the Wind Lightning Wings!] [Option ten: an Angel Douluo surnamed Ye from ten thousand years in the future!]
Of the ten options, it went without saying which one Lin Yuan hadn't chosen: option one, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's wisdom.
Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's wisdom?
Lin Yuan's assessment was that it was inferior to a border collie's.
A border collie wouldn't consider a Ten-Year Soul Beast suitable for its genius disciple's First Soul Ring.
After answering Lin Yuan, the system sent out his handwritten invitations one after another.
Some went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, said to be rich enough to rival a nation. Some went to Spirit City, known as the holy land of the Soul Master world. Some went to Heaven Dou City, capital of the northern Heaven Dou Empire. Some went to the distant, frigid Far North. Others went deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, to the Great Ferocious Land, where no human Soul Master had ever set foot.
Pope's Hall, Martial Soul Mountain, Spirit City.
Whoosh!
A sound of something slicing through the air rang out.
A streak of golden light flew into Pope's Hall.
It headed straight for the person on the papal throne.
With fair skin, red lips, a slender waist, long legs, and a full bosom, she wore a purple formal dress and the Nine-Curved Purple Gold Crown. She was none other than Bibi Dong, the current Pope of Spirit Hall.
The sudden, unwarned arrival of the golden light caught Bibi Dong off guard. By the time she reacted, it was already hovering before her.
Under Bibi Dong's beautiful gaze, the golden light swiftly became a golden card. The card was an invitation, and words were written on it.
[One day from now, the Lin Auction House in Suotuo City will auction nine supreme treasures. His Holiness the Pope is cordially invited to attend! Besides Your Holiness, this auction has also invited such eminent figures as Sword Douluo Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Snow Empress of the Far North, and the Scarlet King of the Great Ferocious Land.] [Note: with this invitation, Your Holiness may bring two companions.]
Bibi Dong read ten lines at a glance and quickly finished the invitation.
Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and a puzzled look appeared on her face.
Still puzzled, Bibi Dong parted her lips and murmured curiously.
"Chen Xin and Yu Yuanzhen, I know. Who are the Snow Empress and the Scarlet King? Powerful Soul Masters who have retired to the mountains and forests, unconcerned with worldly affairs?"
After speaking, Bibi Dong found herself curious about something else.
She wanted to know what the nine so-called supreme treasures were.
In the Heaven Dou Empire stood the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, said to be rich enough to rival a nation.
In a pavilion on Seven Treasure Mountain, Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong stared fixedly at the invitation before them.
[One day from now, the Lin Auction House in Suotuo City will auction the Green Lotus Sword, a sword-type Tool Martial Soul that surpasses the Seven Kill Sword. His Holiness Sword Douluo is cordially invited to attend. If Your Holiness purchases and uses it, you can become the fourth person on Douluo Continent to possess Twin Martial Souls, and you will also have a chance to become the true number one swordsman under heaven!] [Note: with this invitation, Your Holiness may bring two companions.]
"Hahaha."
After reading the invitation, Bone Douluo Gu Rong laughed on the spot.
His laughter was unrestrained and full of disdain.
As he laughed, Bone Douluo Gu Rong spoke.
"You bastard, look! Isn't what this invitation says just too funny?"
"Who on the continent today doesn't know that Martial Souls can't be plundered or transferred to someone else? Whatever you awaken is what you get. Yet this Lin Auction House claims it's going to auction a Martial Soul. It's utterly absurd."
"They didn't even prepare their lies properly. If word got out about an auction for a Martial Soul, let alone a normal Soul Master, I'd say even a three-year-old child or a fool on the roadside wouldn't believe it."
Sword Douluo Chen Xin ignored Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
He was staring intently at the invitation.
Seven large characters on the invitation had caught Sword Douluo Chen Xin's attention.
Which seven characters?
The true number one swordsman under heaven!
After a long silence, Sword Douluo Chen Xin answered Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
"Rongrong has been at Shrek Academy for a while now, hasn't she? I wonder how she's doing. I miss her a little. How about we go see her together tomorrow? We can also stop by the Lin Auction House."
Hearing Sword Douluo Chen Xin's words, Bone Douluo Gu Rong laughed repeatedly. "Sure! I miss Rongrong too. And while we're at it, we can see how that Lin Auction House goes about swindling people. Swindling people is one thing, but daring to set their sights on the two of us is truly unforgivable. They must be tired of living!"
The crown prince's bedchamber, Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Heaven Dou City.
In the exceptionally luxurious bedchamber, Qian Renxue, disguised as Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, sat before a dressing table, carefully checking something.
Checking what?
Whether there was anything wrong with the human-skin mask she wore on her face.
Just then, a brilliant, dazzling streak of golden light entered Qian Renxue's bedchamber through the open window.
It finally came to a stop, hovering before Qian Renxue.
Like the golden light Bibi Dong had encountered, it transformed into a golden invitation faster than she could cover her ears, in the instant between a flash of lightning and a spark from flint.
The moment Qian Renxue saw the invitation, she naturally saw what was written on it as well.
[One day from now, the Lin Auction House in Suotuo City will auction a nine-ring Titled Douluo. This Titled Douluo is surnamed Ye, and her Martial Soul is an Angel Martial Soul, just like Young Master Qian's. Purchasing her can strengthen the Qian Family of angels or Spirit Hall. Young Master Qian is therefore cordially invited to attend.] [Note: with this invitation, Young Master Qian may bring two companions.]
Qian Renxue: "???!!!"