The moment the red silk cloth covering the glass case was lifted, the auction item was revealed for all to see, reflected in pair after pair of eyes.
It was a huge purple chrysanthemum, each of its petals covered in fine fuzz. Its central stamen stood tall and bright gold, exceptionally striking against the mass of purple.
The instant Bibi Dong saw the chrysanthemum, she froze. It was no stranger to her; in fact, she knew it very well.
After checking again and again that she wasn't mistaken, Bibi Dong turned her beautiful eyes to Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan beside her. Looking at him, she parted her jade lips and curiously asked him to confirm it.
"Yue Guan, take a look. Isn't this auction item exactly the same as your Martial Soul?"
Faced with Bibi Dong's question, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan didn't answer her aloud.
Staring at the auction item, his eyes wide and shock plain on his face, he answered Bibi Dong through voice transmission.
"Your Holiness, your eyes don't deceive you. This auction item really is identical to my Martial Soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!"
After receiving Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's answer, a thought immediately sprang into Bibi Dong's mind.
Was Lin Yuan going to auction another Martial Soul?
Gulp~
After answering Bibi Dong through voice transmission, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan swallowed.
A greedy longing appeared in Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's eyes.
His gaze fixed on the auction item, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan continued speaking to Bibi Dong through voice transmission.
"Your Holiness, although that auction item is identical to my Martial Soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, it isn't necessarily the Martial Soul. It could also be the Immortal Herb, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum! If it's the Martial Soul, then it has nothing to do with me. But if it's the Immortal Herb, please make sure to win it, Your Holiness. I want it! I want it very much!"
Having finished his transmission, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan looked at Lin Yuan.
As he stared intently at Lin Yuan without blinking, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan desperately hoped that when Lin Yuan introduced the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, he would say it was the Immortal Herb, not the Martial Soul.
As long as the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was an Immortal Herb, he, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, was determined to obtain it.
For no other reason than that the Immortal Herb, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, could send Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan soaring ninety thousand li into the sky!
Here, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was speaking to Bibi Dong through voice transmission.
Over there, Ning Fengzhi was speaking to Sword Douluo Chen Xin through voice transmission.
"Uncle Jian, if I'm not mistaken, isn't the chrysanthemum in that glass case Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's Martial Soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum? So are they auctioning another Martial Soul this time?"
As Ning Fengzhi transmitted his words, his heart pounded, and he was tempted.
If this auction item was also a Martial Soul, he, Ning Fengzhi, might have to break his agreement!
As the saying went, a Soul Master who didn't want to possess Twin Martial Souls wasn't a good Soul Master.
He, Ning Fengzhi, also wanted to have two Martial Souls and become a possessor of Twin Martial Souls.
After receiving Ning Fengzhi's question, Sword Douluo Chen Xin studied the chrysanthemum in the glass case again and again with a serious expression. Only after repeatedly confirming that there was no mistake did he answer Ning Fengzhi through voice transmission: "You're not mistaken. The chrysanthemum in that glass case is Yue Guan's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."
Smiling, Lin Yuan spoke up and began introducing the auction item.
"Everyone, allow me to introduce this auction item. Its name is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."
"There are two types of Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."
"One type is a Martial Soul."
"The other is a spirit herb."
"This auction item belongs to the second type."
"It's worth mentioning that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum is no ordinary spirit herb, but an Immortal Herb that stands far above spirit herbs!"
"Whether a Soul Master or a Soul Beast, anyone who wins and consumes the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum can greatly increase their strength."
"Along with that great increase in strength, they can circulate Qi through their limbs, let blood flow through their eight meridians, and cultivate an indestructible diamond body!"
When Lin Yuan finished speaking, the eyes of both Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI and the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff lit up.
An Immortal Herb?
The two of them were no strangers to it!
In the little-known Great Ferocious Land, they had a colleague who had once consumed an Immortal Herb.
That colleague bore the honored title of Myriad Demon King, and his true form was a high-grade Soul Beast, the Demonic Eye Demon Tree. In his youth, the Myriad Demon King had consumed an Immortal Herb. It was precisely because of that Immortal Herb that he became a powerful Soul Beast with more than five hundred thousand years of cultivation, the strongest plant-type Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Without that Immortal Herb?
The Myriad Demon King would have struggled to become even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!
An Immortal Herb could be described in five words.
Something that defies heaven and changes fate!
"Martial Souls, Ultimate Fire, Dragon King blood essence-none of them are simple. I never expected Boss Lin to be able to put them up for auction before, and now he's even brought out an Immortal Herb. He might be even more extraordinary than our lord," the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff Scarlet King silently transmitted to Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI as he watched Lin Yuan on the stage.
"Leave out the 'might.' Our lord couldn't do what he's done. He's definitely a far more terrifying existence than our lord," Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI replied disdainfully through voice transmission after hearing the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff Scarlet King.
The Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff Scarlet King continued transmitting to Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI, obvious regret on his face this time. "It's just a pity that we didn't bring enough Soul Bones when we left the Great Ferocious Land to attend the auction at the Lin Auction House. Otherwise, we could have claimed that Immortal Herb too."
Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI answered, "It's all right. If there's a first time, there'll be a second. Next time we come to an auction at the Lin Auction House, we'll just bring more Soul Bones. Then we'll take every auction item!"
"Like the previous items, this auction item has a starting price of one Gold Soul Coin. Honored guests, please place your bids!"
As Lin Yuan's words rang out from the raised platform, Bibi Dong bid without hesitation.
"One hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"
"One million Gold Soul Coins!"
No sooner had Bibi Dong bid than someone followed.
The bidder was none other than Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, who had missed out on the Martial Soul Green Lotus Sword, the hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone Wind Lightning Wings, and the Dark Dragon King's blood essence.
This time, as Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen placed his bid, his eyes were red.
He hadn't obtained the Green Lotus Sword.
He hadn't obtained the hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone Wind Lightning Wings.
He hadn't obtained the Dark Dragon King's blood essence either.
This time, he was determined to obtain the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!
Ning Fengzhi didn't bid.
Good as the Immortal Herb, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, was, it wasn't enough for him to break his agreement.
The Snow Empress and Zi JI, who represented the Scarlet King, didn't bid either.
One was waiting for other auction items, while the other had run out of money.
And so, the Immortal Herb, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, became the auction item with the fewest bidders ever.
Although there were few bidders, the competition was no less fierce.
"One million one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"
"One million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"
"Two million Gold Soul Coins!"
"Two million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!!"
P.S. Dapao has noticed that a lot of readers are comparing the currency system in Douluo II to Douluo I, saying that a Thousand-Year Soul Bone costs several million Gold Soul Coins in Douluo II, while one here costs only tens of thousands, which is too little. Dapao just wants to say, yamete, please don't do that! There's a gap of ten thousand years between them, so there's simply no basis for comparison.
If a Thousand-Year Soul Bone cost several million Gold Soul Coins, then Eight-Ring Soul Douluo Niu Gao would have to work with his Soul Master family for at least a thousand years to buy one. After all, they struggled to save even ten thousand Gold Soul Coins in a year.
While I'm at it, Dapao would like to thank all the readers for following the story, and for your recommendation votes and monthly votes!