Douluo: Man in the Endless World, Auspicious Beast of the Far North

Chapter 117 Mingdu Auction, Evil Soul Carving Knife, Electrolux's Surprise
The Mingdu Auction House is located at the most eye-catching location on Zihuang Avenue. Unlike the Starlight Auction House in the original novel, the Mingdu Auction House is a completely huge building.

At this evening, countless soul guide lights lit up, illuminating the entire auction hall with incomparable splendor.

Yunze and Meng Hongchen walked to the gate, and soon a girl in a white dress came towards them.

The girl was first shocked by Yunze's appearance, then she smiled politely at the two of them and said, "Please show me your invitation."

Meng Hongchen handed the two invitations he had prepared to the girl. The girl took them and took a look, her expression instantly becoming extremely respectful. "Dear guests, Mingdu Auction House welcomes you. Please come in!"

As she spoke, the girl in the white dress immediately stepped aside to make way for her. However, Meng Hongchen did not walk in directly. Instead, he took out a card and handed it to the girl.

"Thank you, distinguished guest." Seeing this, the girl quickly took it and put it into the ring on her hand.

"Let's go." Meng Hongchen shook his hands gently and walked into the gate with Yunze.

"What did you just do?" Yunze asked curiously. Meng Hongchen smiled sweetly, "This is our tradition in Mingdu. At high-end auctions and cocktail parties like this, we always tip the service staff."

Ah this.

Yunze found it quite interesting and very similar to many countries in his previous life.

"So how much did you give her just now?"

"Not much, maybe around 10,000 gold soul coins."

Yunze, “.”

Although ten thousand gold soul coins were nothing to Yunze, one should know that on the mainland, many families might take a long time to save up ten thousand gold soul coins. Meng Hongchen just gave it to him as a tip.

She truly deserves to be the eldest daughter of Mingde Hall.

The interior of the Mingdu Auction House is even more spectacular than the outside. A huge white jade staircase goes straight up, and there are stairs on each floor extending to the next floor.

These floors correspond to the various auction areas of the auction house.

There were many girls in golden dresses walking back and forth in the auction hall, apparently sitting down to direct the work.

Soon a girl in a golden dress came over. When she learned that Yunze and Meng Hongchen were here to participate in the Tianzi Auction, she immediately took them upstairs respectfully.

There were five auctions held today, three of which were ordinary auctions and one was a Level 2 auction. There were only 150 invitations sent out for the Level 3 auction.

Yunze and Meng Hongchen were holding invitations No. 8 and No. 9, which meant that they could have a private room.

They can even make a request to the auction house to occupy a private box each.

This is the identity of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen. If Jing Hongchen was invited personally, it would be no problem for him to occupy one of the top three boxes.

Soon, led by the girl in the golden skirt, Yunze and Meng Hongchen arrived at the top floor.

The top auctions invite the best people from all walks of life in Mingdu. To be able to reach this level, their qualities are naturally not comparable to those of ordinary people.

When they entered the No. 1 Auction Hall where the Tianzihao Auction was held, Yunze and Meng Hongchen felt as if they had stepped into a brand new space.

Apart from some intermittent greetings, the entire auction hall seemed extremely quiet. Obviously, the walls around the auction hall were made of special sound-proof materials, and even sound-proof soul guides were used.

After discussing with Meng Hongchen, Yunze finally entered box number eight.

The entire box is also extremely luxurious. Not only does it have all kinds of facilities, it even has a dedicated kitchen where chefs are cooking dishes.

The kitchen is a separate space, and because of the existence of a special soul guide, no odor will be emitted at all.

There were also several girls in golden dresses sitting in the box, all of them were in their prime and had different body shapes.

After seeing Yunze's appearance, the eyes of all the girls in golden skirts lit up, but soon dimmed.

Meng Hongchen glanced at the girls as if giving a warning, then he held Yunze's arm and walked with him to sit on the sofa.

"Is this the life of rich people? It's really extravagant." Yunze looked around and couldn't help thinking in his heart.

He casually took a drink from a girl in a golden dress. It looked light, but after drinking it, he found that the taste was very rich. It was obviously a drink that had been specially mixed.

Meng Hongchen was not interested in this kind of drink. Instead, he skillfully found a box of ice cream from the freezer in the box.

"Xiao Ze, do you want to eat?" Meng Hongchen asked Yun Ze after taking a few bites.

"Okay." Yunze said, and was about to get up to taste what the ice cream in this world tasted like, but was held down by Meng Hongchen.

She scooped a piece of ice cream with a delicate little spoon and handed it to Yunze's mouth, "Xiaoze, open your mouth."

Yunze glanced at Meng Hongchen and found that the latter's face was not even red, so he simply stopped thinking about it and ate it in one bite.

When you take a bite of the ice cream, the rich milky aroma mixed with a special plant fragrance blooms in your mouth. It tastes great, not too sweet, but very addictive.

"Is it delicious?" Meng Hongchen shook her little feet, her bright eyes twinkling.

Yunze nodded, "It's delicious."

"Hehe, sister will give you another bite, come on, open your mouth, ah~"

Yunze actually enjoyed the feeling of being fed. He immediately opened his mouth and let Meng Hongchen feed him another bite.

The girls in the golden dresses in the box looked at the behavior of the young couple, each of them feeling extremely resentful, but they still had professional smiles on their faces.

Woohoo, I also want to feed this handsome brother~
After a while, the lights in the auction hall, which was originally a little dim, suddenly came on, instantly illuminating the entire auction hall.

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Accompanied by the sound of slow and steady footsteps, a graceful figure walked towards the center of the auction hall from one direction.

This is an absolutely alluring beauty, with a slightly thin, but not revealing, long dress wrapped around her proud body. Her hair has not been processed in any way and looks extremely natural, falling behind her like a waterfall.

Her age is estimated to be around 27 or 28, which is the most touching age in a woman's life. She does not have the gradual aging of a middle-aged woman, nor the shyness and purity of a young girl.

Many male guests fixed their eyes on her, but since they were people of status after all, they restrained themselves a lot.

Snapped--

A slap landed on Yunze's thigh, neither light nor heavy.

He withdrew his gaze and looked at Meng Hongchen, who was glaring at him with his hands on his hips in a righteous manner.

"Don't look!" Meng Hongchen hummed. Yunze said seriously, "How can I auction the items if you don't watch me?"

"Humph, you can't watch it anyway!" Meng Hongchen said, and then her pretty face flushed slightly, "Ru, if you want to watch it, I'll let you watch it after we get back~"

When Yunze heard this, his eyes turned strange, "Are you sure?"

"Of course! When have you ever seen me go back on my word?" Although Meng Hongchen was extremely shy in her heart, she still said with her chest puffed out.

Yunze couldn't help but smile, "Well, you mustn't break your promise when you go back."

"Welcome all distinguished guests to participate in the Tianzihao auction held by our Mingdu Auction House. Today's auction will be hosted by me." The beautiful host stood on the central stage with a sweet smile, which was extremely moving.

"I believe that many of you are not attending the Tianzihao Auction for the first time. In our Mingdu Auction House, it is held every six months. Today's auction has also produced items that will excite you. So let's get into the main topic of today's auction."

As the host's delicate hand gently pressed the operating table in front of her, a booth quickly rose from the ground beside her, with an object quietly placed on the booth.

"Dear guests, this is the first lot of this auction. It's a sixth-level soul guide called Breath of the Deep Sea. It's said that in the vast ocean, there lives a unique sea soul beast that, before dying, will unleash its final burst of brilliance, with astonishing power. This Breath of the Deep Sea is named after it. When injected with soul power and activated, it can release a soul power explosion compressed tenfold, with a range of approximately fifty meters."

"Because this Breath of the Deep Sea is a disposable soul guide, after review by our auction house and discussion among the appraisers, we have finally set the starting price for this soul guide at two million gold soul coins. Each bid increase must not be less than one hundred thousand gold soul coins."

"Next, the first lot is Breath of the Deep Sea. The auction begins!"

As soon as the host finished speaking, someone immediately made an offer.

"Two million gold soul coins!"

"Two million one million gold soul coins!"

"Two million and two million!"

In box number eight, Meng Hongchen looked at the soul guide device with some surprise.

"This seems to be made by Uncle Xiang from Mingde Hall. Its power depends on the soul master himself. The upper limit can reach the full force of the soul douluo. However, because its lower limit is too low, the level of the soul guide is only level five."

Listening to Meng Hongchen's words, Yunze nodded, "But even so, it's impossible to sell it for two million."

"Generally speaking, the items auctioned at the Mingdu Auction House are about 25 percent more expensive than those sold directly by the Chamber of Commerce. Generally speaking, the price of a fifth-level soul guide should be over one million gold soul coins, and those with stronger functionality can be sold at a higher price. But this soul guide can actually reach the level of a sixth or even seventh-level soul guide in terms of peak power, so the price is so expensive." Meng Hongchen said.

So that's how it is. It's indeed a top auction that only the rich can attend.

However, Yunze had no interest in this soul guide at all. Spending more than two million to buy a soul guide that was only equivalent to a Soul Douluo's attack was a complete waste of money for Yunze who had the Emperor Sword Ningbing and the Demon Spirit King by his side.

Although two million was not a lot of money for Yunze, he didn't know how to just throw the money away.

In the end, the price of this Deep Sea Breath Soul Guide was bought by a well-dressed middle-aged man, and the price was fixed at 2.9 million.

"He should be a senior officer of the Tsunami Soul Mentor Corps. It is said that in a while, the Tsunami Soul Mentor Corps will replace the Red Lion Soul Mentor Corps and go to the northeastern front to confront the Northwest Army of the Star Luo Empire. I guess he bought this soul guide device as a preparation for wartime." Meng Hongchen said.

Yunze looked at her in surprise. Meng Hongchen stuck out her tongue cutely when she saw this. "Don't think I don't know anything. With my grandfather around, I know a lot about the situation in the empire."

"Sister Meng, you are really amazing."

"Hee hee~"

After the first item was sold, the next item was soon presented to the public under the host's operation.

The second lot was also a soul guide, also at level five. However, it was an extremely rare level five group defense soul guide, and most importantly, it could be used multiple times!

In terms of value, this is already more expensive than many sixth-level soul guides, and the final price is set at just over five million!
It’s double the price of the first item!
And most importantly, these two soul guides were produced by Mingdetang. Excluding the handling fees and some miscellaneous expenses deducted after the auction, the rest of the money all belonged to Mingdetang.

That’s right, the money is not handed over to the producer, but to Mingdetang.

When Mingdetang's researchers sell or auction soul guides, they need to hand over the soul guides to Mingdetang for outflow. Half of the proceeds will be handed over to the researchers, and the rest will belong to Mingdetang.

Take the second soul guide for example. The final price was five million. After deducting the fees from the auction house, there was probably about four million left, and Mingdetang directly received two million of it.

No wonder Mingdetang is known as one of the richest forces on the mainland. Damn, they make money really quickly.

And the most important thing is that Mingdetang does not have to rush to sell the soul guides. Instead, other forces and powerful people will beg Mingdetang to sell the soul guides.

Therefore, in the entire Sun Moon Empire, apart from the royal family, Mingde Hall has the highest status. Even the emperor has to give Jing Hongchen full respect.

The prices of the first few items were getting higher and higher, but Yunze had no intention of bidding at all.

Soul guides are indeed very practical soul guides, but whether it is a one-time burst attack, defense, rare soul guide bottle, etc., Yunze has similar substitutes for them all.

For him, money can be spent, but it must be used in the best way.

But soon, Yunze's eyes lit up.

To be precise, it was Electrolux in my mind who made a sound of surprise and confusion.

"This is."

At this time, the auction had entered its sixth round. The item for auction this time was a knife, or to be more precise, a carving knife that every soul engineer would use.

If it was just an ordinary carving knife, I guess Electrolux wouldn't be so surprised.

"If I'm not mistaken, this knife is made of a special kind of bone called Soul-Devouring Bone," said Alex.

Just then, the host's voice rang out.

"Everyone, this sixth lot was added at the last minute before the auction began. It was only after discussion at our auction house that it was placed in the sixth round."

"I believe that knowledgeable guests should have noticed that this item is a carving knife that every soul guide must use."

"Among carving knives, there is a ranking called the Listed Knives. Every carving knife on the list is a treasure that any soul engineer dreams of. Although this carving knife is not a Listed Knives, after our appraisal, we have placed it on the same level as the Listed Knives."

"This carving knife is called the Fierce Soul Carving Knife. The main material of the blade is the skull bone of a special soul beast - the Soul Devouring Nightmare Beast. When using the carving knife, it not only stimulates the soul engineer's own crafting precision, but also enhances the soul engineer's spiritual power."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar!
It can actually improve mental strength!

Yunze also stared at the carving knife intently. In his mind, Alex's voice sounded again, "She missed something. This carving knife can not only be used as a tool for soul masters in your world to create soul guides, but can also be used as a medium for casting necromancy and storing undead spirits!"

"Boy Yun, you must take a picture of it. It will be of great use to you!"

(End of this chapter)