Douluo Continent: When Huo Yuhao Becomes the Lord of the End

Chapter 24 Sun and Moon Royal Auction House, Secret Soul Bone
Kong Deming felt as if a sacred voice full of destiny exploded in his ears. He stared at Huo Yuhao in disbelief, and it took him a long time to recover before he stammered out.

"Yuhao, that...that voice just now, was that also an ability of your martial soul?"

Nodding, Huo Yuhao no longer needed to explain anything further.

"Alright, I believe in you."

Faced with that overwhelming sound, Kong Deming was now absolutely certain that his disciple's second martial soul was unimaginably powerful.

The ability to inscribe special characteristics alone is enough to push this martial soul to an unprecedented level when acquiring a soul ring in the future. As long as his disciples' physical fitness can keep up, he doesn't even dare to imagine how far he can go by specially selecting soul beasts with extreme attributes.

Not to mention it also possesses the mysterious chimes of "Destiny"!
"However," Kong Deming was still worried, and added, "I will not interfere with your own opportunities, but to ensure your safety, I will still have someone secretly protect you."

This was already the best possible outcome, and Huo Yuhao agreed without hesitation.

At worst, he could wait until he entered the far north and then secretly use his mental interference field to shake off the people protecting him. With the stealth ability of the Star Ring, no one could find him unless he wanted to, not even a Title Douluo.

"Alright, you always bring surprises to your teacher. Don't you even consider whether this old man's heart can take it? This week's medicinal bath is over, so hurry up and get out of here. Go do what you need to do."

"Oh." Huo Yuhao still had things to do, so he didn't stay there any longer.

He was completely unaware that the old man had fallen into a deep state of self-isolation.

After he left, Kong Deming's eyes were still somewhat unfocused, and he kept muttering words of envy.

"With this inscription of special properties, how many extreme attributes will he have in the future? Can this brat's physique handle it? He's acting like nothing happened."

Throughout the entire process, he never mentioned the reward given by Xu Tianran; a teacher should protect and safeguard their own disciple.

He knew perfectly well what Xu Tianran was up to; politics was not something Yuhao could get involved in at the moment.

night.

Sun and Moon Empire Royal Auction House.

As the most prestigious auction house in the capital of the Sun and Moon Empire, the Royal Auction House's prestige goes without saying.

When Huo Yuhao stepped inside, the Soul Guidance Exhibition Hall that greeted him almost blinded him.

Even in this ordinary exhibition hall on the first floor, excluding the auction, dozens of level 5 and 6 soul tools of all sizes are on display, including soul tool milk bottles, invincible shields, and flying soul tools, as well as many other treasures. One can imagine how many treasures will be up for bidding during the auction.

Today happens to be the monthly auction of precious artifacts.

After verifying his funds, Huo Yuhao, as a bidder, signed a confidentiality agreement according to procedure and, with his huge sum of over 13 million gold soul coins, followed his maid into the private auction hall.

The 10,000-year-old whale glue could be purchased directly from the exhibition hall outside. After selecting two pieces of whale glue that were about 10,000 years old and one piece that was 30,000 years old, and paying 800,000 gold soul coins, Huo Yuhao could say that he had achieved his goal for this trip.

The value of whale glue is directly linked to its age and quality. A piece of high-quality thousand-year-old whale glue is worth approximately 10,000 to 100,000 gold soul coins, while ten-thousand-year-old whale glue commands a significant premium, with a value ranging from approximately 100,000 to 500,000 gold soul coins. Huo Yuhao, having bought all the ten-thousand-year-old whale glue, became interested in the auction. After all, it was a Douluo Continent specialty, and he couldn't miss it.

Perhaps Jing Hongchen or Kong Deming had given instructions, because after verifying Huo Yuhao's identity, the maid led him directly to the VIP room.

The passageway to the auction hall is designed to be very discreet. The main entrance is a sunken staircase that leads down 20 meters underground to the registration area, where a maid in a red dress will then guide you inside.

Beyond that is a golden passageway, 10 meters wide, with the ground paved with ivory-white jade bricks, the walls covered with gold leaf and engraved with intricate patterns, and a soul-guided crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Once inside, the auction house space is transformed into a three-dimensional golden world.

The auction hall is divided into a regular hall and a VIP box. The regular hall can accommodate 200 people and is dimly lit. It is used for auctions of low to medium scale, that is, soul tools below level six and some treasures worth around one million gold soul coins.

The VIP room is not about money, but a symbol of status. It has a private viewing window made of high-definition, specially made soul-guided glass, which overlooks the entire room. The sofas are made of rare soul beast fur, and there is also a private built-in light guide screen that is driven by a dedicated person's soul power to transmit images of the auction items in real time.

Huo Yuhao was brought to the second VIP room in the top hall. To be honest, he was a little surprised, but when he thought about his current status as Kong Deming's closed-door disciple, it made a lot of sense.

The walls of the VIP boxes are made entirely of special soul-guided metal, making it impossible to detect who is in the other box.

What Huo Yuhao didn't know was that in the third private room, the brother and sister pair Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had already arrived before him.

Half an hour later, the auction officially began.

Huo Yuhao originally thought he was a big spender, but as the items on the soul guide screen were auctioned off, especially some level seven and even level eight soul guides, their exorbitant prices still made him hesitate.

It's not that he can't afford them, but that it's unnecessary. He already has the Red Dust Blessing, a trigger-type level nine defensive soul tool, and the Starlight Ring, another level nine soul tool. There's really no need for him to be interested in these unremarkable level eight soul tools, and he can't use them anyway.

However, as the auction proceeded, something that piqued Huo Yuhao's interest finally emerged.

"Secret Soul Bone?"

Looking at the special soul bone on the soul guide screen, he couldn't help but become more serious.

This kind of thing is different from natural soul bones. It is a special existence with artificial synthesis properties. It is synthesized through special means, such as killing 100 soul beasts of the same kind within half an hour. It has only a 10% probability of being generated. Its essence is closer to "pseudo-soul bones" than naturally dropped soul bones.

It also has functional defects. It does not come with soul bone skills, only increases soul power by 5%, and its quality is far lower than that of natural soul bones. It also does not specify the exact age of the bones. Its value mainly depends on the strength of the materials used to synthesize it.

But none of this could dampen Huo Yuhao's interest, because this kind of soul bone had a characteristic that he desperately needed: it possessed fusion properties and could be compatible with other soul bones.

"I never expected to encounter something like this here."

Later, heading to the far north, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the fusion of the soul bones from the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's sacrifice, along with the secret technique soul bones, will play a crucial role.

After listening to the auctioneer's introduction, Tianmeng, who had been sleeping, suddenly emerged.

"Tsk tsk tsk, human soul masters are really cruel, they actually came up with this method."

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