In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Chapter 62. "Tears of Gratitude" - Huo Yuhao

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but ask, "Miss, if I deposit another nine thousand gold soul coins to upgrade to a gold membership, and don't make any purchases, can I withdraw these gold soul coins before leaving the auction house?"

"No, that won't do," the girl in the black dress explained. "Guest, the service you are receiving is based on the gold soul coins you have pre-stored in the Grand Auction House. Staff also require money to maintain."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Although he didn't understand it, it sounded quite reasonable.

For the sake of the gold that sustains life, he... endured it!

It's just 10,000 gold soul coins. He's not short of money right now. Throwing money down the drain... well, it's not really throwing money down the drain. Even if he can't buy the gold of life, he can still buy some medicinal herbs and give them to Xu Fengxian to refine medicine.

After paying another nine thousand gold soul coins, the girl in the black dress led him into the adjacent... warehouse.

Next door?

Due to certain unforeseen circumstances, all the carving knives here were sealed in their respective movable display cases. As soon as Huo Yuhao entered, he immediately saw the only carving knife emitting black smoke.

I searched for him a thousand times in the crowd, and suddenly when I turned around, there he was in the dim light!

Huo Yuhao forcibly suppressed his restless heart and turned his gaze to the girl in the black dress, cautiously asking, "Miss, if I want to purchase these non-auction items, what conditions... do I need to meet?"

The girl in the black dress pondered, "If I deposit 100,000 gold soul coins in the Starlight Auction House and upgrade to a diamond member, I can designate one non-auction item to be listed for auction each month."

"Guest, there's only half an hour left before the next beginner's auction. Would you like me to process your upgrade?"

Huo Yuhao: "..."

He had never been this speechless in his past life!

The 100,000 gold soul coins nearly emptied Huo Yuhao's savings, but compared to the Soul Devouring Carving Knife (Gold of Life), it was nothing.

After a long wait, the preliminary auction was successfully held. Facing malicious bidding from others, Huo Yuhao directly placed a bid of 100,000 gold soul coins and successfully won the item he wanted.

Carrying the portable display case containing the "Soul Devouring Carving Knife," Huo Yuhao returned to the Starlight Hotel with a delighted expression.

Back in the room, Huo Yuhao glanced at Dai Ying, who was still fast asleep, and quickly placed the display case on the table, carefully opening the mechanism of the display case.

The next moment, Huo Yuhao felt a wave of bloodthirsty aura unique to evil soul masters rushing towards him. Surprisingly, when bathed in the bloodthirsty aura, he not only did not feel any discomfort, but even felt extremely comfortable. Could it be... his imagination?

"No, no, this isn't living gold at all!"

Huo Yuhao angrily threw the carving knife on the ground, and in his anger, he stomped on it twice.

As an "excellent" Soul Master, he sensed something was wrong as soon as he got his hands on it. The raw material of this carving knife was clearly a jade-silver alloy made of heavy silver and magic silver, which could barely reach the level of an eighth-level melee Soul Tool.

As for the bloodthirsty aura above, it is estimated that the owner of this carving knife was an evil spirit master who used the carving knife as his weapon and often fed it with his own blood to keep it sharp.

He bought a near-level 8 melee soul tool for 100,000 gold soul coins. It shouldn't be a bad deal, right? But... what he really wanted was the gold of life!

"Damn it! Damn it! Who stole my Life Gold?!"

In an instant, Huo Yuhao was furious and began to stomp on the "Soul Devouring Carving Knife" like a rather unorthodox tap dance.

Just then, the door suddenly opened, and the six members of the Tang Clan saw... Huo Yuhao standing on a carving knife emitting black smoke, frantically swinging his arm, muttering something under his breath.

Is this... a sign of being possessed?

Bei Bei glanced at the carving knife that Huo Yuhao had stepped on, then whispered something in Xu Sanshi's ear. The two of them quickly stepped forward, knocked Huo Yuhao down, and slapped him across the face.

"Junior brother, bear with me for a moment. I will drive away the evil spirit that is trying to take control of your body."

As she spoke, Bei Bei slapped Huo Yuhao repeatedly.

Due to the stress response stemming from the Blood Demon Clan's bloodline, Huo Yuhao's body convulsed uncontrollably, with most of his blood rushing to his brain and heart.

Bei Bei thought that his beating had worked and that the evil spirit was about to leave Huo Yuhao's body, so he increased the force and slapped him much faster.

The more Bei Bei slapped Huo Yuhao, the more his body convulsed, and the more his body convulsed, the harder Bei Bei slapped him, perfectly forming a closed loop.

After a long while, Xu Sanshi couldn't bear to watch any longer and quickly stopped Bei Bei. "Bei Bei, we can't keep fighting like this. Junior Brother's body can't take it. Hmm... Oh right, isn't Xiao Fengxian's martial soul of the light attribute? If Junior Brother is possessed by evil spirits, Xiao Fengxian can use her martial soul ability to either annihilate or expel the evil spirits from his body."

Beibei: "..."

Xu Fengxian: "..."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Why didn't you do this sooner? You made him suffer such a beating without even giving him a chance to explain.

"I...I'm fine. I wasn't possessed by any evil spirits. I was just angry...I spent a whole 100,000 gold soul coins to buy a carving knife that an evil soul master had used," Huo Yuhao stammered.

"Huh? A carving knife used by an evil spirit master? Is this it?"

Xu Fengxian looked at the carving knife emitting black energy on the ground, then with a thought, a staff appeared in her right palm, and her long, jet-black hair, which was like a waterfall, instantly turned emerald green.

"In my name, dispel the darkness of this world."

With a flash of emerald green light, the bloodthirsty aura on the carving knife instantly vanished, and the remaining blood of the evil soul master inside also disappeared into the world.

"Here, the bloodthirsty aura is gone now, it can be used normally. The carving knife is made of good material, the 100,000 gold soul coins weren't wasted... Hey, why are you crying? Were you moved by me? Even if you were moved, there's no need to cry, is there?"

Xu Fengxian covered her mouth, looking at Huo Yuhao, who was "moved" to tears, with a shocked expression.

Huo Yuhao was genuinely crying. He'd worked all afternoon, not only failing to obtain the Gold of Life, but also getting a beating from Bei Bei. Then… Xu Fengxian, being a bit cheeky, washed away the enchantment from the carving knife!

Feeling wronged, Huo Yuhao buried his face in Xu Sanshi's arms, tears streaming down his face.

Seeing Huo Yuhao in his arms, who was covered in snot and tears, Xu Sanshi was extremely disgusted. This bastard actually wiped his snot all over him! His clothes cost 50,000 gold soul coins...

(This is the second round of recommendations tonight, with four chapters. Please recommend and read on. Starting tomorrow, there will be at least three chapters every day.)

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