Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 85 Xu Jiujiu: Heartbroken and unable to breathe

"Your Majesty, the God of War, of course there is no problem."

Xu Jiujiu showed a kind smile. Could she still refuse?
"Please." Xu Jiujiu made a inviting gesture to Huo Yumiao and Xian Lin'er. To be precise, this gesture was made to Xian Lin'er.

Xian Lin'er nodded to Huo Yumiao, and the two of them immediately followed Xu Jiujiu out of the auction room.

Xu Jiujiu led the two of them deeper into the corridor and came to a room numbered one.

She didn't knock on the door. She casually stroked the surface of the metal door with her right hand. With a clang, the metal door slid open to the right.

"Please." Xu Jiujiu did not go in immediately, but made a please gesture again. It must be said that his attitude was full of respect for the strong.

The smaller the auction room number, the more distinguished the identity and background of the people inside. No force has ever entered Auction Room No. 1 because it is reserved for the real owner behind the Starlight Auction House.

Seeing Huo Yumiao and Xian Lin'er step in one after another, Xu Jiujiu's eyes showed a strange color and his expression changed slightly. The order in which the two entered could vaguely reveal something.

Maybe Xian Lin'er didn't care about this, but her subconscious behavior at least showed that she attached great importance to the young man in front of her.

This should not be the intention of Shrek Academy, but the personal behavior of the young man in front of him. Xu Jiujiu secretly speculated in his heart that this is of course the best, and he hoped that what he thought was right.

There was no maid in the room, only a man sitting there. He was dressed in a black robe, and combined with his awe-inspiring temperament, he looked very solemn and dignified.

Huo Yumiao was no stranger to this person. This was the current Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei. During the previous competition, his passionate long speech almost put the participating teams to sleep.

Xu Jiawei sat on the chair with a frown. When he heard Xu Jiujiu let everyone view the finale item first at the auction, Xu Jiawei knew something had gone wrong. The pre-arranged process was not like this.

Upon hearing the sound of the soul guide door being opened, Xu Jiawei immediately put away the expression on his face and returned to his usual kingly image.

His gaze first fell on Huo Yumiao, who was in the front. He was slightly stunned when he saw the young face. Then he moved his gaze to Xian Lin'er. After seeing the face clearly, he was immediately shocked.

Xu Jiujiu recognized Xian Lin'er's identity. As the king of a country, he certainly knew it. The identity of a veteran of Shrek Academy was secondary. The only eighth-level half-soul mentor in Douluo Continent was what he was afraid of.

"Dean Xian." Xu Jiawei greeted her, and Xian Lin'er nodded without any further response.

What made Xu Jiawei unhappy was that Xian Lin'er didn't salute him, which was fine, after all, her status and strength were there, but this young man didn't salute him either, which was too rude.

In this world, any junior, even the disciple of the Extreme Douluo, should show respect in front of him.

He didn't say anything, but instead looked at Xu Jiujiu who closed the door.

"Brother, there was a problem with the previous Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone that we weren't aware of..."

Xu Jiujiu walked forward and did not call Xu Jiawei "Your Majesty". Calling him "Your Majesty" in public was to avoid suspicion, but the current occasion was a private communication, not to mention that Xian Lin'er must know their relationship, so calling him "Your Majesty" would only seem stupid.

After listening to Xu Jiujiu's explanation, Xu Jiawei nodded. He immediately understood the young man's thoughts and felt even more unhappy in his heart, but he put on a amiable smile on his face.

"Are you a member of the Shrek Academy team in this competition? What's your name?" Xu Jiawei paused, waiting for Huo Yumiao to introduce himself.

"Huo Yuhao."

After hearing the answer, Xu Jiawei continued with a gentle expression, "Huo Yuhao, what do you think of the Xingluo Empire?"

Huo Yumiao frowned, not understanding why Xu Jiawei asked this. After a moment of thought, he said, "The first empire in Douluo Continent, its military strength exceeds the combined strength of Dou Ling and Tian Hun."

Most people wouldn't dare to say this, even though it's true. But if the Tianhun and Douling people heard it, they would be in big trouble.

Xu Jiawei's smile froze, and he felt a little surprised. This answer was beyond his expectations. He didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward. From his calm tone, it was clear that he believed this from the bottom of his heart.

People in high positions and with great power have seen too many intrigues and will always subconsciously analyze every word a person says. Being able to rise from a prince to an emperor, Xu Jiawei is no exception. He also subconsciously analyzed what Huo Yumiao had just said.

Is this a gesture of goodwill towards Xingluo? Xu Jiawei pondered in his heart. Facing a teenager who was still a child saying such words, Xu Jiawei would only think that the other party was innocent.

But there were two special things about Huo Yuhao in front of him that prevented him from thinking that way.

The first is malicious bidding. It takes skill to be able to see that there is something wrong with the item. Then, after winning the item through bidding, one can ask for compensation. Xu Jiawei thinks this is nothing, but it must conform to normal logic.

In Xu Jiawei's opinion, the price was raised from 20 million to 30 million, which was purely a malicious claim. He even suspected that the other party had calculated it in advance.

If Xing Luo offered 100 million gold soul coins, he would have to withdraw 200 million gold soul coins from the national treasury as compensation, which was definitely impossible. He could take it out, but after taking it out, Xu Jiawei would explode.

Because these 200 million gold soul coins are real liquid funds. Even though there are tens of gold soul coins in the national treasury, most of them have been allocated long ago.

Funds for building repairs, disaster relief, and rewards are core funds and must not be moved. Only a small part of them are truly liquid funds, and every additional expenditure will take more time to make up for it.

If a force really wants to pay 200 million gold soul coins as compensation, most of them will pay a small part first, and then find various reasons to pat their chests and promise to pay it back later.

As long as the other party agrees, the money is almost equivalent to not having to be paid. There are many ways to do this, and a simple and direct one is to create a small accident to make a person or organization disappear forever.

If the other party has a strong background, then you can delay him first and then spread some bad rumors so that the opponent will be too busy to take care of himself and have no time to pay compensation.

This kind of thing that affects reputation has low cost and high return, and Xu Jiawei likes it very much. He did this kind of thing many times when he was competing for the position of crown prince.

In a word, if you delay time by any means, as long as the time is delayed long enough, it will become a dead debt and you will not have to pay it back in the end.

If the bid is 30 million, then the compensation would be 60 million, which is just the amount that can be paid but is painful. It is difficult not to pay such an amount. It will be even more troublesome if the enemy country takes the opportunity to maliciously manipulate public opinion.

The second is the appearance of Xian Lin'er. In such occasions, Xian Lin'er standing here represents participation, which is what makes Xu Jiawei most uncomfortable.

The top strong people are the most uncontrollable factors in all things, and there is no way to control them at all. It’s okay if the other party has a relationship, and at most you will just curse at each other openly or secretly.

The most terrifying thing is not having affiliation. It is completely the same as a time bomb, destroying here and there without any solution. The only way is to use more powerful spirit masters to intercept, but this is only effective for forces with a fixed area and a small range.

To intercept a person in such a large area as the Star Luo Empire is more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack, so for such a lone wolf, we have no choice but to treat him well.

With this thought, Xu Jiawei felt relieved. At least Xian Lin'er was from Shrek Academy, and she had to consider the forces behind her every word and action. She was much better than those lone wolves.

"Yuhao, where are you from?" Xu Jiawei asked kindly.

"I was born in the countryside surrounding Xingluo City."

"Oh? Since you were born in the Xingluo Empire, you are also my people."

Xu Jiawei raised his eyebrows. This was a pleasant surprise. It was rare for a soul master to become enemies with his own country. Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao became much more pleasing to Xu Jiawei.

It is not normal for an emperor to say the word "subjects" in the feudal imperial system of Douluo Continent, but it depends on the person. Xu Jiawei didn't know that his words offended both people in front of him at the same time.

According to Huo Yumiao's philosophy, the word "people" is completely a term used by superiors to address inferiors. As soon as this sentence came out, Xu Jiawei had already been remembered by him, and in the future he would prepare a big gift for the Xingluo Empire.

Ever since Xian Lin'er knew about Huo Yumiao's existence, she had been thinking of taking Huo Yumiao as her apprentice. With her strength, even the ruler of a country was not qualified to ask her to show respect, and the same went for the people she protected.

Xu Jiawei's words made Xian Lin'er, who already valued Huo Yumiao, very unhappy. Although she didn't say it out loud, her eyes had unconsciously become a little colder.

Xu Jiawei didn't know yet, and continued with a pleasant face: "Yuhao, since you found that there is something wrong with our auction item, according to the rules of Starlight Auction House, this soul bone is yours.

Not only do you not have to pay, our Starlight Auction House will also give you double the bid price as compensation, which is 60 million, and it will be delivered to you immediately."

So straightforward? Huo Yumiao was slightly surprised. He had expected the other party to start arguing and talk about the past, present and future.

Xu Jiawei: What are you talking about? Don't you see Xian Lin standing there?
If it were an ordinary person, Xu Jiawei would definitely use both emotional and logical means to communicate for half an hour. He is the best at speaking. By then, maybe he would only need to pay a small amount of money and even get his soul bone back.

But with Xian Lin'er as his guardian, Huo Yumiao was obviously not an ordinary person, which made all his original plans go down the drain, and all his drafts were useless.

Xu Jiujiu, who was standing by, was filled with heartache when he heard this. He was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe. Sixty million, that was a full sixty million. Once this money was spent, he would also lose a top-level soul bone.

By this calculation, today's auction was held in vain. The profits from the first seven lots added up to less than 60 million, and their Starlight Auction House even had to lose part of the profit, so they could only pin their hopes on the finale lot.

Her original plan was to use the charm of language. Such a young boy should be the easiest to fool, but Xian Lin'er forced herself to stand firm, forcing her to give up.

Xu Jiawei chatted with Huo Yumiao for a while, and his words were full of praise for the power of the Xingluo Empire, intentionally or unintentionally, as if he wanted to deepen Huo Yumiao's impression and let him join the royal family in the future.

After about a quarter of an incense stick of time, the soul guide door was opened, and a man covered in a black robe and whose appearance could not be seen clearly walked forward quickly. He first bowed to Xu Jiawei, and then respectfully presented six gold soul cards and a silver square box.

Each of the six gold soul coins was a golden color, representing ten million. The silver box was emitting obvious soul power fluctuations, undoubtedly a soul guide. Xu Jiawei did not take it, but said softly, "This is for this little friend."

Hearing this, the man in the black robe simply turned around without changing his posture, and presented six gold soul cards and a silver square box in his hands, placing them in front of Huo Yumiao.

Huo Yumiao took the gold soul card and the silver box without hesitation and put them into the storage soul guide. Xian Lin'er saw this and said directly, "Since this is over, we will leave first."

"Jiujiu, please see Dean Xian and Yuhao off." Xu Jiawei raised his hand to signal, and Xu Jiujiu immediately stepped forward, came in front of Huo Yumiao and the others, and made a gesture of invitation.

"Lieying, what do you think of this young man named Huo Yuhao?" Xu Jiawei suddenly asked. The black-robed man called Lieying did not respond immediately. Instead, after thinking for a moment, he slowly said:
"Your Majesty, I think he is very rude, but he doesn't seem like someone who doesn't know etiquette. It's more like..." At this point, Liuying hesitated, not knowing whether he should say it.

"It's okay, keep talking."

"He seems to put himself on the same level as you. I would venture to speculate that he might be Xian Lin'er's apprentice, which is why he feels he doesn't need to pay respect to you."

After getting Xu Jiawei's consent, Liuying continued respectfully that he had actually arrived a long time ago, but had not gone in. He had been waiting for Xu Jiawei's order until he sensed the light from the soul guide device and then he opened the soul guide door.

The reason why Xian Lin'er didn't sense it was because Liuying's martial soul was special. It was a soul beast that was extremely good at hiding. With his cultivation level of a level 93 Titled Douluo, it was not difficult for him to avoid the detection of a Super Douluo.

"Disciple? It's certainly possible."

Xu Jiawei secretly thought in his heart that Huo Yuhao was too steady. At such a young age, he was not at all disturbed when meeting the king of a country. This showed that he had a very broad vision and it was very likely that he was Xian Lin'er's apprentice.

"Thank you, Dean Xian."

"With your ability, the result won't change whether I'm here or not, it just saves some time."

Facing Huo Yumiao's gratitude, Xian Lin'er shook her head. She believed that with Huo Yumiao's maturity, even if Xu Jiawei used some moral kidnapping and deliberate pitiful rhetoric, it would be useless, and he would definitely get the 60 million and the soul bone.

The main reason she came forward was because she was worried about the emergence of some soul masters with strange abilities. There are all kinds of martial souls in the world, and each has its own unique abilities. If there really is a soul master with the ability to brainwash, Huo Yumiao, a soul master, will not be able to resist at all.

Huo Yumiao smiled slightly and said nothing more. It was enough for him to express his gratitude and make it clear to Xian Lin'er that he knew her intention.

But there is no need to say too much, words are empty and no matter how much you say, it is useless. Just have the intention, and the truth must be spoken through actions.

As soon as the two returned to the auction room, Wang Dong couldn't wait to ask, "Yuhao, how is it?"

"Got it." The matter had been resolved and the body was back under Huo Yuhao's control. He gave Wang Dong a big smile, his voice filled with uncontrollable excitement.

Sixty million gold soul coins! For Huo Yuhao, this was an astronomical figure, a figure he had never dared to imagine before.

"Yuhao, awesome!" Xu Sanshi said silently. According to the compensation terms that Qingya mentioned, the transaction price of 30 million means a compensation of 60 million gold soul coins, which is a windfall for their Xuanming Sect.

"No, no." Huo Yuhao said embarrassedly. After everyone talked for a while, Xu Jiujiu's voice came again from the soul guide light screen.

"It's viewing time..."

(End of this chapter)