Chapter 35 Ten Thousand Years Soul-Inducing Wood

"The next lot is a strange piece of wood."

An enchanting voice was heard, and a plate covered with a red cloth was brought up.

The auctioneer tore open the red cloth, and a piece of black and somewhat rotten ancient wood appeared before everyone.

Before the auctioneer could introduce it, Hun Qinghao's pupils suddenly trembled when he saw the piece of black ancient wood on the plate. He tightly grasped the armrests of the chair with both hands and exclaimed in shock: "This is... the soul-guiding wood, and it's ten thousand years old!"

Her shocked expression directly attracted the attention of other people in the room. President Frank turned his head to look at her and asked in surprise, "Miss Qing, do you recognize this thing?"

Hun Qinghao nodded, calmed down his excitement, held his chin, and stared at the piece of ancient wood.

In order to avoid making a mistake, she even used a secret technique to investigate.

When the black light in his eyes faded away, a surprised smile appeared on Hun Qinghao's face.

It really is a ten thousand year soul attracting tree!

The soul-guiding wood is extremely rare. It is a rotten wood from the coldest and darkest place. It has been tempered for hundreds of years by continuously absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon. The older it is, the more precious it is.

But not all rotten wood can transform into soul-guiding wood. Among millions of rotten woods, only a few pieces of wood with extraordinary talents can transform into soul-guiding wood.

There is an extremely cold and dark place in the Soul Realm, which is used to cultivate the Soul-Guiding Wood. However, since the Soul Realm is a space opened up later, the essence of the sun and the moon is insufficient, and the Soul-Guiding Wood cultivated over the past thousand years is not only of low age, but also extremely rare.

However, there are only a few people in the Soul Clan who can practice the soul-stealing technique to the seventh level, so the Soul-Guiding Wood is not in short supply in the Soul Realm.

"It's just a piece of black rotten wood, how can it be so weird..."

"That's right, a piece of rotten wood, you guys have the nerve to auction it off..."

"Who would be willing to pay a high price to buy a useless piece of wood? Wouldn't that be a big sucker? Are there no other treasures to auction?"

"..."

Among the vast majority of people, the vast majority are ordinary people who don’t know what’s good.

When they saw that the item was just a piece of rotten wood, the guests on the first floor expressed their dissatisfaction loudly, and even some of the guests in the upstairs box frowned.

The experienced auctioneer didn't take this situation seriously. He just smiled and explained to everyone:

"Although this item is strange and looks rotten, the master of our auction house has appraised that this strange piece of ancient wood is invulnerable to swords and guns, and is impervious to water and fire. Even Douling masters cannot leave any marks on it. It should be an extraordinary treasure."

"It's a pity that our auction house has limited vision and can't tell what kind of treasure this is. We have no way to deal with it, so we have to put it up for auction."

At this point, the auctioneer shook his head regretfully. If their auction house had been helpless with the ancient wood, they would not have put it up for auction. Wouldn't it be better for them to keep such a treasure for themselves?
"Everyone, although we at the auction house don't recognize this ancient tree, I believe that there must be someone among you who knows the value of it. If this ancient tree is really a treasure handed down from generation to generation, it is also an opportunity, isn't it?"

"The auction begins now. The starting price for the mysterious ancient tree is three hundred thousand gold coins." The auctioneer announced the starting price with a smile. Since he didn't know the origin and function of the ancient tree, he didn't bid too high a price.

As soon as the starting price was announced, the entire venue fell silent.

Three hundred thousand gold coins might not be worth mentioning to the big powers, but for those who come to Black Rock City to attend the auction, it is a considerable sum.

No force is willing to take the risk and spend a huge sum of money to buy a piece of rotten wood that may be a treasure.

On the fourth floor, Sheng Linglong recognized the Soul-Guiding Wood, but he knew that Hun Qinghao would definitely take a picture of it, so he would not snatch it from her.

"Four hundred thousand." Just when the auctioneer thought that the item would fail to sell, the clear voice of a young girl was heard in the silent space.

The auctioneer was slightly startled and looked towards the box where the voice came from. He saw the girl who had been sitting next to President Frank of the Alchemist Guild and had not spoken a word.

"Miss, are you sure you want to bid 400,000 gold coins for this piece of ancient wood? Do you mind even if it is just a rotten wood?" The auctioneer came to his senses and asked symbolically.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes were focused on Hun Qinghao. Some people thought that this little girl was being taken advantage of, but many others were shaken.

After all, a girl who can stand on equal footing with President Frank doesn't look simple. Perhaps that piece of ancient wood is really a treasure.

Those who had such thoughts turned their eyes to the ancient trees on the auction table, and were eager to try.

After rolling her eyes, Hun Qinghao stood up with her hands on her hips, acting like a savage lady, and raised her head to speak in a domineering manner: "No matter if it is a treasure or not, I like to collect some strange things. I want this piece of wood. No matter who bids, I will add another 100,000."

Hun Qinghao: Humph! If you want to take advantage of my attitude, dream on!

There is no reason for her to give up anything she likes!

In Room 1 on the fourth floor, Sheng Linglong couldn't help but chuckle when he heard Hun Qinghao's overbearing words. "I haven't seen her for five years, and she is still the same person as before. She hasn't changed at all!"

When everyone heard Hun Qinghao's words, they couldn't help but feel disappointed.

It turned out that she was just a willful and capricious young lady, and she didn't realize that the ancient tree was a treasure.

"Is there anyone else bidding?" the auctioneer asked with his standard smile.

The scene fell into silence. After waiting for a long time, no one bid higher. The auctioneer shook his head and sighed, then shook the bell and smiled and said, "Four hundred thousand gold coins. Congratulations to the lady in Room 1 on the third floor for winning the ancient wood."

After the auctioneer finished speaking, a staff member quickly came up and took away the plate containing the ancient wood, and then delivered it to the room where Hun Qinghao was.

Hun Qinghao took the ancient wood, which was about fifty centimeters long, and looked at it again and again.

Beneath the decaying appearance, she could feel the powerful force contained within the ancient wood.

This trip to the auction was definitely not in vain!

After putting away the soul-guiding wood, Hun Qing was in a very good mood. No matter what treasures came next, to her, they were not as valuable as this thousand-year-old soul-guiding wood.

This is a thousand-year-old soul-guiding tree, something that even my daddy doesn’t have!

Following the mysterious ancient wood, several more lots were sold, and soon it was the exciting moment in every auction, when the finale lot made its grand debut.

"The last item of this auction is the Ice Spirit Cold Spring."

"You should all know that the Ice Spirit Cold Spring has a miraculous effect on cultivators who practice ice-attributed techniques, and can also help alchemists refine strange fires. However, because the Ice Spirit Cold Spring is produced in extremely cold places and is extremely difficult to preserve, the starting price is 500,000 gold coins."

"Half a million."

"Five hundred and sixty thousand."

"Six hundred thousand."

"..."

(End of this chapter)

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