After hearing Lin Yuan's words on the raised platform, the guests below began to look forward to what was coming. Their gazes were all fixed on the first glass case from the left, covered by a red silk cloth. They all wanted to know what was inside, or rather, what the first item in the auction was.
Soon, Lin Yuan stepped up to the glass case.
Then he reached out and pulled off the red silk cloth.
The instant the cloth came away, the item inside the glass case was revealed, appearing before one pair of eyes after another.
Floating inside the square glass case, which was about the size of a human head, was a small, round, bright golden pill.
The pill was no bigger than a little finger.
The Ice Empress stared fixedly at the pill with her beautiful eyes and spoke, curiosity written all over her face. "The item up for auction is a little pill? It probably isn't an ordinary one. I wonder what it does."
With that, the Ice Empress turned her gaze to Lin Yuan and waited for him to introduce the item.
Under the gazes of the Ice Empress and the other Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, Lin Yuan soon began his introduction.
"As you can see, the item is a pill. It's called the Martial Soul Evolution Pill, and as its name suggests, taking it allows one's Martial Soul to evolve. Whether you possess a Beast Martial Soul, a Tool Martial Soul, a Body Martial Soul, or some other special Martial Soul, as long as you take the Martial Soul Evolution Pill, your Martial Soul will evolve and become stronger than before."
When Lin Yuan finished, Sword Douluo Chen Xin sent a voice transmission to Ning Fengzhi.
"Fengzhi! You must get that Martial Soul Evolution Pill!"
"With that Martial Soul Evolution Pill, your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul can evolve, and your support abilities can reach the next level! The Seven-Ring Soul Sage realm will no longer be your limit either!"
After receiving Sword Douluo Chen Xin's reminder, Ning Fengzhi kept his eyes on the Martial Soul Evolution Pill in the glass case and replied by voice transmission, "I understand, Uncle Jian! I'll do my utmost to get the Martial Soul Evolution Pill, but I can't be sure whether I'll succeed. After all, my opponents include the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Spirit Hall, which is like the sun at high noon in the Soul Master World, the Star Luo Empire, which holds half the Douluo Continent, and two unfathomable groups of Soul Beasts who can't be underestimated."
After listening to Lin Yuan, Spirit Hall's Second Worship Golden Crocodile Douluo asked the Great Enshrined, Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu, with curiosity, "Big Brother, what do you think your Martial Soul will become after it evolves?"
Hearing Golden Crocodile Douluo's question, Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu looked at the Martial Soul Evolution Pill and shook his head as he answered, "I don't know."
After answering Golden Crocodile Douluo, Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu added, "We'll know once we get the Martial Soul Evolution Pill."
Then Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu looked at Lin Yuan and asked, "Boss Lin, what is the starting price?"
"One Gold Soul Coin," Lin Yuan answered Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu with a smile.
"One million Gold Soul Coins!" Before Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu could make a bid after receiving Lin Yuan's answer, Ning Fengzhi, who couldn't wait to get the Martial Soul Evolution Pill and evolve his Martial Soul, called out the high price of a million Gold Soul Coins.
"Two million Gold Soul Coins!" Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu followed, unwilling to be outdone.
"Three million Gold Soul Coins!" This time, the bidder was not a Soul Master, but a Soul Beast. He sat on Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI's sofa, and he was none other than Beast God Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King from the Great Ferocious Land of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Martial Soul Evolution Pill was an auction item relevant only to Soul Masters. Ordinarily, Soul Beasts would not take part in bidding for such an item. Beast God Di Tian had joined in because he bore a grudge against Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu.
Seven days ago, the Angel Sword had inflicted quite a few serious injuries on Beast God Di Tian.
Now that he had a chance to retaliate, Beast God Di Tian would never miss it.
Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu glanced at Beast God Di Tian. In the end, he said nothing else and simply called out a new price: "Four million Gold Soul Coins!!!"
"Five million Gold Soul Coins!"
"Six million."
"I bid seven million Gold Soul Coins!"
Meanwhile, elsewhere, in the teachers' dormitory at the intermediate Soul Master Academy, Shrek Academy.
Inside the dormitory, Yu Xiaogang lay on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
What had happened three days ago was still vivid in his mind. He couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.
That day, Bibi Dong, whom he hadn't seen for many years and who had become the current Pope of Spirit Hall, had come to see him.
After they met, Bibi Dong, more beautiful than she had been in the past, said she had brought him an internal cultivation manual called the Sunflower Manual. Once he cultivated and mastered it, he could become a powerful existence on par with a nine-ring Titled Douluo. Yu Xiaogang had been overjoyed; he would finally no longer have to be a useless Soul Master.
However, when Yu Xiaogang opened the first page of the Sunflower Manual and saw the words written there-"To master this art, first castrate yourself"-he regretted it.
Yu Xiaogang would rather be a useless Soul Master than a useless man!
What Yu Xiaogang hadn't expected, however, was for Bibi Dong to attack him.
"Yu Xiaogang, it was because you were weak that we couldn't end up together back then. Now I've finally found a way for you to grow stronger, and you dare refuse? I won't allow it!"
With that, Bibi Dong acted decisively without a second thought. She released a surge of her vast Soul Power and crippled Yu Xiaogang.
His four limbs were unharmed.
His fifth limb was ruined.
Bibi Dong, you already have a way to die! I'll train Little San well, and I'll have him avenge me!
Staring at the ceiling, Yu Xiaogang made the vow silently, his determined gaze somewhat terrifying.
Beside Yu Xiaogang lay the internal cultivation manual called the Sunflower Manual. He had not yet begun to cultivate it.
Of course, Yu Xiaogang would inevitably cultivate it in the end. After all, he had already been ruined.
Since he was ruined, he might as well cultivate it. Otherwise, wouldn't he have been ruined for nothing?
Just then, a gust of chilly wind blew through and flipped open the Sunflower Manual.
As luck would have it, the Sunflower Manual was flipped open to its last page.
Yu Xiaogang glanced at it. His vision went black on the spot, and he fainted dead away.
Just like the first page, the last page also bore a line of words.
"Without castrating yourself, you can still practice this art!"
Beside sofa number three stood the Ice Empress.
Looking at the second glass case from the left, the Ice Empress murmured curiously to herself, "The first item was the Martial Soul Evolution Pill. It has nothing to do with us Soul Beasts. I wonder what the second item is."
As soon as the Ice Empress finished speaking, Zhu Zhuqing's voice sounded from the entrance. "Guests, please come in. The auction has already begun."
Yes, more guests had arrived.
There were three arrivals.
To be precise, it was one guest accompanied by two others.
All three wore black cloaks without exception.