After reading the invitation, Qian Renxue knitted her brows. Clear killing intent flowed through her phoenix eyes, which commanded respect even when she was not angry.
Her gaze fixed on the words "Young Master Qian" on the invitation, Qian Renxue parted her jade lips and murmured to herself.
"Lin Auction House, is it?"
"You already have a way to die!"
Qian Renxue had spent more than ten years undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, making many contributions and putting in much hard work. Her purpose was simple: to help Spirit Hall take the Heaven Dou Empire without shedding a drop of blood, making it easier for Spirit Hall to unify the Douluo Continent in the future.
For more than ten years, Qian Renxue had played the part of Xue Qinghe, the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, very well. Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, the civil and military officials-without exception, none of them had ever suspected her. Qian Renxue therefore believed that if she kept up the act for another ten-odd years, she would have accomplished her mission once Xue Ye abdicated in favor of a worthy successor or passed away.
But now, an invitation had found its way to her, and it had even dared to point out her true identity.
In Qian Renxue's eyes, this was nothing less than a provocation.
An undisguised, blatant provocation!
Having said her piece, Qian Renxue resolved to go to Suotuo City immediately and destroy the Lin Auction House!
If she did not destroy the Lin Auction House, she would not be able to sleep. Her true identity absolutely could not be exposed. Otherwise, not only would her more than ten years of effort be wasted, but Spirit Hall behind her would also be implicated.
As for what the invitation said about auctioning off an Angel Douluo surnamed Ye from ten thousand years in the future, Qian Renxue considered it utter nonsense.
An auction house auctioning off people?
That happened.
But auctioning off a Titled Douluo? That did not happen.
To put it this way, if any auction house could put a lofty "Your Majesty" up for auction, then she, Qian Renxue, would take that auction house's surname-let alone a "Your Majesty" from ten thousand years in the future.
Looking out the window in the direction the golden light had come from, Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes grew resolute, and she thought to herself.
Suotuo City, Lin Auction House, I, Qian Renxue, am coming. Just wait for your destruction!
In the core region of the Far North stood a snow mountain that towered into the clouds.
At its summit stood a tall woman dressed in white.
Whoosh~
A bone-chilling wind blew past.
The woman's long, snow-white hair lifted in the wind.
A figure appeared out of thin air behind her.
The newcomer was not tall, standing around 1.6 meters, with her hair tied in twin tails and unmistakable excitement on her face. Her hair was the same bright emerald green as her dress.
The mature beauty in white was not human.
Nor was the loli in the green dress.
The former was the strongest Soul Beast in the Far North, the Heavenly Snow Woman, the Snow Empress.
The latter was the second-strongest Soul Beast in the Far North, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, the Ice Empress.
Fixing her gaze on the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress smiled and asked, "Xue'er, what did you call me here for? Did you miss me?"
Hearing the Ice Empress's question, the Snow Empress answered, "I just received an invitation. The moment I received it, I released my spiritual power to search for its source. I searched the entire Far North, but found nothing. I opened the invitation, and its contents were simple: tomorrow, the Lin Auction House in Suotuo City will auction off Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow."
"What?! Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow? That's good stuff! For ice-attribute Soul Beasts like us, calling it a heavenly treasure wouldn't be an exaggeration at all. How much Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow is the Lin Auction House auctioning?" the Ice Empress asked the Snow Empress.
"One hundred thousand tons of Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow. I'm planning to go take a look. Do you want to come with me?" the Snow Empress asked after answering the Ice Empress.
"One hundred thousand tons?!" The Ice Empress was stunned.
Before long, a figure left the core region of the Far North and headed south to the Heaven Dou Empire in the human world.
The figure was enormous. A closer look revealed it to be a giant snow-white bear.
The giant snow-white bear was the fourth-strongest Soul Beast in the Far North, the Ice Bear King Xiaobai, whose cultivation had reached one hundred thousand years.
Two figures rode on Xiaobai's back: the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress.
Sitting on Xiaobai's back, the Snow Empress gazed into the distance.
She recalled that the last time she had left the Far North for the human world had been tens of thousands of years ago.
Overall, she had found that trip to the human world unremarkable. She wondered how she would find this one overall.
And whether anything interesting would happen...
In the Heaven Dou Empire, at the girls' dormitory of Shrek Academy, an intermediate Soul Master Academy.
Knock, knock, knock.
A series of orderly knocks sounded at the door.
Ning Rongrong trotted over and opened it.
As soon as the door opened, Dai Mubai came into view.
"Boss Dai?" Ning Rongrong called out instinctively, then asked, "What is it?"
Dai Mubai did not answer Ning Rongrong immediately. He first looked inside the girls' dormitory, then replied, "I'm looking for Zhu Zhuqing. Where is she?"
"She went to take a bath. She'll be back in a little while. What's wrong?"
"When she's done, tell her to come to the main gate. I'll wait for her there. Remember to tell her I have something very, very important to discuss with her and that she has to come."
"Okay, leave it to me."
Dai Mubai waited at Shrek Academy's main gate for half an hour.
At last, an icy voice reached his ears.
"What do you want with me?"
Looking toward the voice, Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing, whom he had been longing to see.
The moment he saw her, a smile spread across his face.
Seeing Dai Mubai smile at her without saying a word, Zhu Zhuqing frowned, disgust and displeasure appearing on her face. She soon spoke again, her tone noticeably icier than before. "If you're not going to tell me, I'm leaving now."
With that, Zhu Zhuqing immediately turned around without waiting for Dai Mubai to reply.
There was an important reason Zhu Zhuqing was so impatient with Dai Mubai.
The reason was simple: besides being classmates, Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai were also fiancée and fiancé.
Even so, Dai Mubai spent his days flirting with women, paying no regard whatsoever to Zhu Zhuqing, his fiancée.
Just a few days ago, for example, Dai Mubai had spent an entire night at the Rose Hotel in deep exchange with a pair of twin sisters.
In other words, Dai Mubai had made Zhu Zhuqing wear a green hat, and more than one at that.
Given that, Zhu Zhuqing was already treating Dai Mubai very well by coming to see him.
Zhu Zhuqing had once thought about castrating the bastard, but in the end, she had not done it.
The reason was equally simple.
She did not have the strength.
If she were strong enough, she would absolutely castrate Dai Mubai and cripple him!
Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was about to leave, Dai Mubai knew better than to delay and hurriedly said, "Zhu Zhuqing, don't go! I'll tell you!"
"Just now, I received an invitation."
"It said the Lin Auction House in Suotuo City is holding an auction tomorrow."
"The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Bloodline will be auctioned there."
"The invitation also said that if I bought and used the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Bloodline, my White Tiger Martial Soul could evolve. If you used it, your Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul could evolve too. I'm planning to go take a look at the Lin Auction House. Do you want to come with me?"
After hearing Dai Mubai out, Zhu Zhuqing fell silent.
In her silence, Zhu Zhuqing thought of her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun, and the struggle for the throne. She thought of how she would lose if she was not strong enough, and how defeat meant either death or being reduced to a cripple.
Only after thinking for quite a while did Zhu Zhuqing speak.
"The Lin Auction House? They're auctioning the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Bloodline, and our Martial Souls can evolve if we use it? Is that true?"
"Whether it's true or not, won't we know if we go and see?" Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was interested, Dai Mubai smiled even more broadly.
"Do you have enough Gold Soul Coins? Don't come up short when the time comes and fail to buy it," Zhu Zhuqing asked Dai Mubai.
"If I don't have enough Gold Soul Coins, I'll leave you there as collateral," Dai Mubai said instinctively.
Zhu Zhuqing immediately gave Dai Mubai a look.
It was so fierce that it sent a chill down his spine.
Dai Mubai scratched his head awkwardly. "Just kidding, just kidding."
"I'm going tomorrow." Having finished speaking, the ever-terse Zhu Zhuqing turned and left.
"All right, I'll call you tomorrow morning!" Dai Mubai's eyes lit up.
At that moment, Dai Mubai did not yet know that his so-called joke would become reality tomorrow.