Douluo Continent: Transmigrating to the Star Palace of Yuhao

Chapter 201

Huo Yuhao shrugged and said, "Auctioneer Qingya should have already told you. I meant exactly what I said."

"Let me see your second martial soul!" Xu Jiujiu stared intently at Huo Yuhao with her beautiful big eyes, as if she were searching for something.

Huo Yuhao felt a little uneasy under Xu Jiujiu's gaze, but he still did as she instructed.

He took off the coat he had just put on again and handed it to Zhang Lexuan. After taking off his inner clothes as well, Huo Yuhao slightly activated his soul power, and the strange totem reappeared on his back.

It has a human body and head, phoenix wings and a scorpion tail, with a white lotus rune between its brows.

Xu Jiujiu's pretty face flushed slightly, but she did not look away, still staring intently at the totem on Huo Yuhao's body.

Although she longed to get closer, even to touch and feel the totem herself, there were people all around, and as the Star Luo Princess, Xu Jiujiu had to maintain some composure.

"I understand. So, will you be coming with me again later?"

Wang Yan and the others were completely bewildered by Xu Jiujiu's words, not understanding what she was talking about. However, Huo Yuhao, as the person directly involved, immediately grasped the meaning behind Xu Jiujiu's words, "Of course."

After a long pause, he smiled and said, "Consider this a favor I owe you. Let's leave it at that. I'll explain things to my brother and contact you again later."

With that, Xu Jiujiu turned around and bowed to Wang Yan and the others, saying, "Time is of the essence, and I need to hurry up and deal with this matter. If there is anything impolite on my part, I hope you will forgive me." As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and left in a hurry.

Qingya didn't return to her room until after seeing Xu Jiujiu off, her face also filled with worry.

Wang Yan smiled slightly and comforted her, "Qingya, this matter has nothing to do with you. So don't worry too much."

Qingya shook her head and said, "This concerns the reputation of our auction house; it's a very serious matter. The starting price for this soul bone was originally over ten million gold soul coins. We've never had a problem with an item worth tens of millions."

Wang said, "It's better to discover it early than not to discover it at all. At least it hasn't been filmed yet, so there's always room for maneuver."

On the other side, after leaving the room, Xu Jiujiu walked inwards until she reached the door of the innermost room, numbered one. Without knocking, she pressed her right hand on the door, and it slid open to the side. She quickly went inside.

"Brother, something's wrong."

Inside the room, Xu Jiawei sat upright on the sofa. Upon seeing Xu Jiujiu enter, he immediately said in a deep voice, "I know, otherwise you wouldn't have extended the appreciation time. Tell me, what's going on?"

After a long pause, he said, "Huo Yuhao's second martial soul is of the extreme ice attribute. He just told me that the soul bone produced by the Ice Jade Scorpion can only be fused and absorbed by a soul master of the extreme ice attribute."

"Oh? So, he wants this soul bone?"

"He did not refuse to go to the Tibetan warehouse with me later."

Xu Jiawei smiled slightly. "Interesting. Well then, one will be a favor to Shrek Academy, and the other will be a token of our personal friendship with him. Go and handle it. Later, I'll personally go see them and deliver the favor first."

After a long pause, he nodded knowingly. "Brother, however, this means we'll suffer quite a loss."

"The losses are significant, but what investment doesn't involve risk? Getting Shrek Academy to owe us a favor is already enough to break even. And Huo Yuhao, this future prodigy of Soul Masters, requires us to cultivate our relationship carefully and invest in him in advance. After all, besides the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, our greater crisis actually comes from the Sun Moon Empire."

"A large portion of the nobles we dealt with earlier had almost blatant collusion with the Sun Moon Empire. It's easy to imagine how many people within our Starfall Empire's court have been infiltrated by them. And the soul tools produced by Mingde Hall make me feel even more threatened."

"Once the Sun Moon Empire prepares to restart its invasion of the old Douluo Three Kingdoms, our Star Luo Empire will inevitably be the first to bear the brunt. At that time, Shrek Academy will be the first to be able to provide us with real support."

"As for Huo Yuhao, there's no need for me to say more. What I want to ask you now is, did you see clearly what his second martial soul was?"

After a long silence, he sighed softly and shook his head. "Human body and head, phoenix wings and scorpion tail, with a lotus pattern between its brows—it's a complete hybrid. Given the time constraints, I can't ask too many questions. But I suspect it's true, as my brother guessed, that this martial soul is most likely a divine-level martial soul. However, my Star Crown didn't sense any stellar power in its martial soul..."

"Good lad, you've kept it well hidden! But it's alright, we'll talk when he gets to the vault. It's getting late, you should go too."

"Hmm." After a long while, Huo Yuhao's words and actions floated into her mind, and a strange ripple arose in her heart. Just how many secrets does this bad guy have?

The twenty-minute appreciation period finally came to an end, but surprisingly, the auction did not seem to be affected by Huo Yuhao's words and continued as usual.

The starting bid for the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone was a staggering twelve million gold soul coins. Each bid was capped at fifty thousand gold soul coins. Such an exorbitant price truly shocked the Shrek Seven Devils.

Wang Yan gritted his teeth and followed for two rounds, but ultimately had to give up. Although Shrek City was wealthy, its annual tax revenue was only a few hundred million gold soul coins. Faced with a treasure worth tens of millions, Wang Yan simply couldn't make a decision on his own.

Even with Zhang Lexuan present, the combined funds available to the two of them were simply insufficient to bid on such top-tier items.

The price skyrocketed, and this soul bone certainly attracted a lot of attention. But just as the price reached fifteen million, an even more shocking figure emerged!

Thirty million!

The terrifying price of a full thirty million gold soul coins appeared on the light guide screen. Whether it was the seven main members or the seven reserve members, their breathing quickened in unison when they witnessed this exaggerated and chilling number.

Although Huo Yuhao had anticipated this, when the enormous wealth—enough to buy a medium-sized city—was actually presented before him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe. The show orchestrated by Xu Jiawei, the Star Luo Emperor, was truly breathtaking and thrilling.

Thirty million—this figure exceeded the psychological price point for most people. With one minute remaining, the deal was finalized!