"Welcome to the Lin Auction House, everyone. This is an important area, so please do not fight at the entrance."
"The auction will begin in ten minutes. You may enter now with your invitations."
Still somewhat groggy and clearly not yet fully awake, Lin Yuan finished speaking, gave an enormous yawn, and stretched himself out.
He had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent and still had to get up for an eight a.m. shift?
Lin Yuan was truly speechless.
The Snow Empress looked at Lin Yuan and asked, "The invitation I received said that your Lin Auction House would auction a hundred thousand tons of Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow. Is that true?"
Hearing the Snow Empress's question, Lin Yuan's lips curled into a subtle arc. He gave her a kindly smile and answered sincerely and truthfully, "It's true. The Lin Auction House cheats neither young nor old. Whatever we say we'll auction, we auction."
Upon receiving Lin Yuan's answer, the Snow Empress immediately took the invitation from the Storage Soul Tool she carried and used her Soul Power to send it steadily over to him.
After accepting the invitation from the Snow Empress, Lin Yuan said one word to her: "Please."
As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, the Snow Empress leaped down from Ice Bear King Xiaobai's back.
Standing beside Ice Bear King Xiaobai, the Snow Empress said to him,
"Xiaobai, make yourself a little smaller. I'll take you inside."
"Okay, Mom." Ice Bear King Xiaobai nodded as he steadily shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Before long, Ice Bear King Xiaobai, who had originally been several stories tall, was only the size of an adult's head.
The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress walked side by side toward the Lin Auction House, with Ice Bear King Xiaobai trotting eagerly after them.
Seeing this, the people from Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan all chose not to stop them, without exception.
Not stopping them didn't mean they were "letting the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and Ice Bear King Xiaobai go."
On the contrary, they held back so they could better capture the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and Ice Bear King Xiaobai.
Watching the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and Ice Bear King Xiaobai, three Soul Beasts of considerable strength, enter the Lin Auction House, Bibi Dong, who held a slender scepter, narrowed her eyes and furrowed her brow. Without a second thought, she immediately sent a silent voice transmission to Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, who stood behind her.
"Gui Mei, return to Spirit Hall at once and gather our people. Have all the directly affiliated elders mobilize, then inform the Great Enshrined and have him bring the six enshrined elders to Suotuo City. I won't let a single one of those three Soul Beasts escape. I want all three of their Soul Rings!!!"
After sending the transmission, Bibi Dong was visibly excited and thrilled.
Bibi Dong didn't know how many years old the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress were as Soul Beasts.
She only knew that if she obtained their Soul Rings, she could become a god at least ten years sooner!
"As you command, Your Holiness!" After answering Bibi Dong by voice transmission, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei departed.
Bibi Dong had sent a voice transmission to Ghost Douluo Gui Mei.
Ning Fengzhi sent one to Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
"Uncle Bone, sorry for the trouble, but please return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect now and have all our powerful Soul Masters come out in full force. Then notify His Majesty and Qinghe and have them lead an army here."
"None of those three Soul Beasts is simple. No matter what, we mustn't let all of them fall into Spirit Hall's hands. Otherwise, it will be bad for both our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire."
"No problem. Leave it to me." Bone Douluo Gu Rong nodded and departed as well.
At this point, Lin Yuan spoke again in a clear voice. "Since all of you who received invitations have come, you must have some interest in our Lin Auction House. In that case, don't stand outside any longer. His Holiness the Pope of Spirit Hall, Your Excellency Sword of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Your Excellency Yu of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Third Highness of the Star Luo Empire, and the Young Master Qian watching from the shadows, please present your invitations and enter."
The moment the words "Young Master Qian" came out, Qian Renxue, who was watching from the shadows, abruptly changed expression, surprise showing on her face. Bibi Dong, scepter in hand, was shaken to the core.
Young Master Qian?
Which faction's Young Master Qian was he talking about?
Spirit Hall did have a Young Master Qian.
That was her daughter, Qian Renxue.
So could the Young Master Qian who had come to the Lin Auction House really be Qian Renxue?
Alongside her surprise, Bibi Dong was curious as she silently pondered this.
Not long after Lin Yuan finished speaking, Qian Renxue showed herself.
Since she'd already been discovered, there was no need to hide.
Two of Spirit Hall's directly affiliated elders appeared alongside Qian Renxue. One was She Long, titled Snake Lance Douluo; the other was Ci Xue, titled Porcupinefish Douluo. Both were ordinary Titled Douluo whose Soul Power Level had reached level ninety-two. They were protecting Qian Renxue in the Heaven Dou Empire on the orders of Spirit Hall's Great Enshrined, Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu.
Qian Renxue had originally brought the two nine-ring Titled Douluo, She Long and Ci Xue, to the Lin Auction House to destroy it outright. But when she arrived and found the two sides facing off, she abandoned that idea.
The Lin Auction House was clearly far less simple than Qian Renxue had imagined, so it was better for her not to act rashly.
Instead of acting rashly, Qian Renxue had chosen to hide in the shadows with Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue and observe.
She understood one principle well.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.
She had planned to watch first and show herself at the critical moment.
But in the end, Lin Yuan had found her outright and called her out with a single remark.
The moment Qian Renxue showed herself, she received an angry voice transmission from Bibi Dong.
"Why are you here?"
"Aren't you supposed to be undercover in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace?"
"Get back there now!"
"If you delay Spirit Hall's grand plan, you'll be a sinner to Spirit Hall!"
"You're old enough. Can't you tell what's important?"
After hearing Bibi Dong's voice transmission, Qian Renxue immediately frowned, and her expression darkened.
Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong hadn't seen each other for a long time.
Qian Renxue truly hadn't expected Bibi Dong to come at her so harshly the moment they met.
That also left Qian Renxue extremely displeased and unhappy.
Facing Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue snapped, "What business is it of yours?!"
With that, Qian Renxue walked toward Lin Yuan, taking the invitation she'd received the day before from her Storage Soul Tool as she went.
With her invitation, Qian Renxue entered the Lin Auction House, bringing Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue with her.
Watching Qian Renxue enter the Lin Auction House, Bibi Dong was just as displeased and unhappy.
The little girl's grown up, her bones and wings have hardened, and now she dares speak to me like that!
Bibi Dong tightened her grip on her scepter.
She very much wanted to teach Qian Renxue a lesson.
In the end, after thinking it over, she decided to let it go.
The most important matters right now were the three Soul Beasts and the Lin Auction House. Everything else could be set aside and dealt with another day.
After that...
Spirit Hall's Pope Bibi Dong entered with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Sword Douluo Chen Xin entered with Ning Fengzhi.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen entered alone. Proud by nature, he was accustomed to coming and going on his own.
The Star Luo Empire's third prince, Dai Mubai, entered with his fiancée, Zhu Zhuqing.
Including the Snow Empress from the Far North, who had entered earlier, six invitees had now entered the Lin Auction House.
The remaining four?
Some were on their way.
Some hadn't come to attend.
Before long, more arrivals appeared in front of the Lin Auction House.
No, that wasn't right.
They couldn't be called people.
Soul Beasts would be more accurate.
This time, there wasn't one Soul Beast, but two.
One Soul Beast was three meters tall and three meters long, with fiery red fur and three dog heads, one on the left, one on the right, and one in the middle. The air around him was scorching hot. He was one of the Great Ferocious Land's six super Soul Beasts, wielder of the powerful Fire of Hell, and the strongest canine Soul Beast on the continent today, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff, Scarlet King!
Scarlet King was in beast form.
The other Soul Beast, like the Snow Empress and Ice Empress from the Far North, had used her spiritual power and Soul Power to temporarily transform herself into human form.
She had a slender figure, a bewitching face, purple eyes, and dragon scales covering her body. Her shoulders revealed skin as lustrous and white as snow, and her long, smooth purple-black hair was striking. Like the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff Scarlet King, she came from the Great Ferocious Land in the Star Dou Great Forest. She was the Demon Empress, also known as Zi JI, and her true form was a Hell Demon Dragon!
Arms folded across her chest, Zi JI looked the Lin Auction House up and down as she asked Scarlet King, "Scarlet King, is this the Lin Auction House you were talking about? It seems pretty ordinary. I seriously suspect you've been tricked. I don't really believe it can produce Ultimate Fire for auction."
Of the two, Zi JI and Scarlet King, Scarlet King was the one who had received an invitation.
[One day from now, the Lin Auction House in Suotuo City will auction a flame that surpasses Hellfire. This flame is called the Green Lotus Core Flame, and it is genuine Ultimate Fire. Driven to its full power, it can trigger volcanic eruptions, burn the heavens, and boil the seas! If Scarlet King is interested, you may attend the auction, purchase it, and use it. Then you, Scarlet King, will be the strongest fire-attribute being on the Douluo Continent, without equal!]
[Note: With this invitation, you may bring two people with you.]
Before Scarlet King could answer Zi JI, Lin Yuan's amused voice rang out from inside the Lin Auction House. "Whether you've been tricked or not, won't you know once you come in? The auction is about to begin!"