After bidding for Ye Qingmei, who came from ten thousand years in the future, and bringing her back to Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong asked her a great many questions: who besides Bibi Dong would become a god in the future, where heavenly treasures could be found, why Bibi Dong would be the last emperor of the Spirit Hall Empire, and so on. Because each question delved too deeply into the secrets of the future, Ye Qingmei did not answer any of them.
It was not that Ye Qingmei did not want to answer. She could not; the system restricted her.
Now, Bibi Dong's question did not delve too deeply into the secrets of the future, so Ye Qingmei could answer.
However, before Ye Qingmei could speak, Lin Yuan, who was serving as the auctioneer on the raised platform, spoke up.
"Auspicious Beasts are exceptionally noble beings among Soul Beasts. The reason they are so noble is that they possess a special ability. That ability is simple: they bless every Soul Beast within a habitat!"
"No matter which Soul Beast habitat it is, as long as an Auspicious Beast is present, not only will the growth rate of every Soul Beast in that habitat double, but after a Soul Beast becomes a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, its chance of successfully breaking through a heavenly tribulation will also double."
Dai Weisi spoke up at that moment, asking Lin Yuan, "So Auspicious Beasts are very important to Soul Beasts?"
Faced with the question from Dai Weisi, the Star Luo Empire's eldest prince, Lin Yuan answered without hesitation, "Not just very important. They are exceptionally important!"
"Put it this way: the Star Dou Great Forest currently has an Auspicious Beast. If that Auspicious Beast were to die at the hands of a human Soul Master, every Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest would come after human Soul Masters. They would unite, form a beast tide, and unleash a mad vengeance on humanity. Whether or not a human was a Soul Master, they would regard them as mortal enemies-enemies locked in a fight to the death!"
After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Di Tian, Hell Demon Dragon Zi Ji, and Emerald Swan Bi Ji all showed their agreement.
Lin Yuan was right. If anything really happened to their precious little Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and she died at the hands of a human Soul Master, they would indeed go to war with human Soul Masters-a war that would not end until one side was dead!
There was no helping it. The Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, was simply far, far, far too important to the Star Dou Great Forest.
Leaving everything else aside, without the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Hell Demon Dragon Zi Ji, Emerald Swan Bi Ji, and the others would face twice the risk of death when breaking through their heavenly tribulations every hundred thousand years. Anyone would find that hard to accept.
Lin Yuan had just finished answering Dai Weisi when Qian Daoliu asked him, "Boss Lin, does the bidding for this item also start at one Gold Soul Coin?"
"Yes." Lin Yuan nodded.
Having received Lin Yuan's answer, Qian Daoliu made a bid for the item without the slightest hesitation. "Ten million Gold Soul Coins!"
After making his bid, Qian Daoliu turned his gaze to Beast God Di Tian beside him.
Looking at Beast God Di Tian, Qian Daoliu curled his lips into a smile, his face full of mockery.
Hadn't Di Tian messed with him, Qian Daoliu, just now?
Now it was his, Qian Daoliu's, turn to mess with Di Tian!
Di Tian ignored Qian Daoliu's smile. When he had messed with Qian Daoliu, he had already prepared himself for Qian Daoliu to do the same to him. Expressionless, Di Tian spoke up and bid right after Qian Daoliu, "Eleven million Gold Soul Coins!"
No sooner had Di Tian finished bidding than someone else called out, "Twelve million Gold Soul Coins!"
Hearing the voice, Bibi Dong was surprised and taken aback. Her beautiful eyes fixed on the King of Slaughter. She wondered why a Soul Master like him would bid on the Auspicious Beast Qilin, which was useful only to Soul Beasts. Could it be that, like Qian Daoliu, he wanted to mess with Di Tian? Or was he bidding for fun, or perhaps hatching some other plan?
Little did Bibi Dong know that the one now controlling the King of Slaughter's body was not the King of Slaughter himself, but the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King.
The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King was a powerful and highly evil Soul Beast, as well as one of the Asura Nine Trials.
Since he was a Soul Beast, the King of Slaughter-or rather, the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King-naturally wanted the Auspicious Beast Qilin very much.
Even though his competitor was Di Tian, he was determined to fight for her regardless of the cost!
Unable to understand why the King of Slaughter was bidding on the Auspicious Beast Qilin, Bibi Dong grew curious.
The King of Slaughter was the one Bibi Dong was second most curious about.
And the one Bibi Dong was most curious about?
It was Lin Yuan, standing on the raised platform!
Ning Fengzhi had taken part in both of the previous auctions without exception.
This time, Ning Fengzhi did not participate.
The Auspicious Beast Qilin was tremendously useful to Soul Beasts but of little use to Soul Masters, so he did not bid.
Ning Fengzhi sat quietly on the sofa, thinking instead of participating in the bidding.
There are six auction items left. Although I don't know what they are, none of them will be ordinary. I have to secure at least one. It would be best if I could get two, but that's most likely impossible.
Beside Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin had disappeared.
He had gone to a quiet room on the second floor.
He wanted to test whether the boost the Four-Word Full-Set Battle Armor, the Black God Set, gave him was truly as powerful and formidable as Lin Yuan had said.
There were many quiet rooms on the second floor.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin picked one at random and walked in.
Just as Sword Douluo Chen Xin entered that quiet room, Qian Renxue emerged from another.
The instant Qian Renxue stepped out of the quiet room, a powerful being sensed her presence.
That being's beautiful eyes widened, and her eyes and face were full of shock and disbelief.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, in the vast Divine Realm, stood the Angel God Palace.
The Angel God Palace, as its name suggested, was the palace of the First-Level God, the Angel God.
In a cultivation room inside the palace, the Angel God Qian Yuhan was cultivating her divine power diligently.
She wanted to make her divine power stronger.
It would be best if she could reach the God King level.
Suddenly, Qian Yuhan's tightly shut eyes snapped open. The shock and disbelief in them were plain to see and impossible to conceal.
A thought took over Qian Yuhan's mind.
An angel even stronger and more formidable than me has appeared back home?!
On the first floor of the Lin Auction House, in the auction hall.
As time passed, the price of the Auspicious Beast Qilin rose higher and higher, climbing from the original ten million Gold Soul Coins to fifty million. One of the three original competitors had dropped out, leaving only Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu and Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian.
"Fifty-one million Gold Soul Coins." As Qian Daoliu made his bid, he looked at Di Tian with a smile.
"Fifty-two million Gold Soul Coins. Human, my patience has reached its limit." Suppressing the anger in his heart, Di Tian spoke up and warned Qian Daoliu.
"All right, then. I won't compete for the Auspicious Beast Qilin anymore. You can have her," Qian Daoliu replied.
Qian Daoliu was no fool. He knew that if he continued competing with Di Tian, it would only end with both sides suffering, so it was time to put an end to it.
Hearing Qian Daoliu's words, Zhu Zhuyun suddenly grew curious.
She wondered what the fourth auction item would be.