Douluo Continent: Newcomer Yuhao, thank you Lan Xuanyu

Chapter 141 Auction

After Huo Yuhao saw Long Qiu'er and Xue Di out of the hotel, Lan Xuanyu, who had been standing by the counter at some point, stared at him with unfriendly eyes.

"Huo Yuhao," Lan Xuanyu spoke, his words carrying a warning tone, "I don't think I need to remind you, but during the competition, it's best not to associate too closely with people of unknown origin, lest you leak Shrek Academy's secrets and cause unnecessary misunderstandings—"

"Oh—" Huo Yuhao tilted his head slightly, looking at Lan Xuanyu with some confusion. "But I'd like to ask, when did it become your place to interfere in my affairs! Are you running around making a fuss before your injuries have even healed?"

"You—" Lan Xuanyu suppressed the urge to rush up and fight Huo Yuhao, but instead asked the question he most wanted to know.

"Who is that blonde girl!?"

Huo Yuhao ignored him as if he were just a nobody on the street, walking straight past Lan Xuanyu.

Lan Xuanyu instinctively dodged, but couldn't completely avoid it; Huo Yuhao's shoulder grazed his chest, causing a burning pain.

Watching Huo Yuhao's departing figure, Lan Xuanyu gritted his teeth in resentment.

—Be patient, you must be patient! Settle things with him after you obtain the true bloodline of the Dragon God!

Night falls.

After finishing their meal, Huo Yuhao and his group arrived at the Starlight Auction House with their invitations.

Wang Dong seems to have fallen ill again, just like at the last auction. He absolutely refuses to touch soul tools, even though he used to be able to go to the Soul Tool Department to study, although he mostly slept through the whole thing.

So the extra invitation ended up in Lan Xuanyu's hands.

Wearing a long black dress, Qingya was waiting at the door. Her slender figure looked particularly mature and charming under the night lights, and her gaze towards the Shrek group was full of gentleness.

Xu Sanshi stared, his eyes wide, and lowered his voice to Bei Bei beside him, saying with a smile, "Little Bei, doesn't this lady have a very mature charm?"

Beibei pushed Xu Sanshi away with a look of disgust: "Aren't you ashamed? Nannan is still here."

"Uh—" Xu Sanshi glanced at Jiang Nannan with lingering fear, but Jiang Nannan acted as if nothing had happened, casually following the group.

Qingya quickly walked up to greet them, her face beaming with joy: "Welcome, distinguished guests!"

Wang Yan exchanged a glance with her, nodded and smiled slightly: "Thank you for your trouble, Auctioneer Qingya."

Qingya smiled at Wang Yan: "My task today is to properly receive the distinguished guests from Shrek Academy. Everyone, please follow me."

As she spoke, she nodded slightly to Wang Yan again, then gracefully led the way.

Wang Yan didn't know what was going on, but looking at Qingya's beautiful, hourglass-shaped figure, a feeling he had never experienced before lingered in his heart.

Led by Qingya, they continued walking inwards. Guided by two girls in long gold dresses, they passed through a pure white passage and arrived at an extremely luxurious white room, estimated to be over 200 square meters.

Two enormous sapphire velvet sofas were placed on either side of the table, and various drinks, wines, and foods were laid out on the jade table in front of them. However, Huo Yuhao didn't see any of the fruit.

Fortunately, he hadn't eaten dinner—Huo Yuhao didn't stand on ceremony and started munching on the drinks and food on the table.

He has already condensed a vortex of qi and blood, and the food energy he needs to consume every day is enormous. Since the gifts from this top-tier auction are undoubtedly free, he might as well eat them.

Huo Yuhao felt full after drinking just one bottle of a purple-blue juice he didn't recognize, but the deep blue vortex of qi and blood in his chest spun slightly and then the energy inside was digested.

Watching Huo Yuhao devour his food, Lan Xuanyu snorted disdainfully, but could only look at the delicious food with a troubled expression.

If he still possessed the bloodline of the Dragon God, he certainly wouldn't have let go of this free food, but now—

Huo Yuhao continued eating, while Qingya explained the rules to the two girls in gold dresses and turned on the projection screen.

Zhang Lexuan handed Huo Yuhao, who had already finished half the table, a handkerchief and said with a hint of disdain, "No wonder you didn't eat dinner tonight—"

"Ahem, these things are just a drop in the ocean compared to what's going to be auctioned off—"

"Are you ready?"

Xu Jiawei stood to the side, looking at his younger sister who was already dressed, and asked in a deep voice.

Xu Jiu smiled confidently, "Of course, Your Majesty, don't worry!"

"Hmm—in terms of talent, Xiao Hongchen, the grandson of the Mingde Hall Master, may not be as good as Huo Yuhao, but his pride is his biggest weakness! He will definitely not give up any way to become stronger."

Xu Jiawei wore a confident smile. "Therefore, he cannot possibly give up on the 100,000-year soul ring and soul bone, or even the second martial soul—"

After a long while, he shook his head with a wry smile. "Brother, I've noticed you've become increasingly wicked since you became emperor—"

Xu Jiawei let out a heavy sigh. "The situation is pressing—I've already sent people to Mingdou Mountain to hand over military power. You need to spend more time and make sure to keep the Dai family here."

After a long pause, he nodded vigorously. "Don't worry, brother!"

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Just then, the entire room was enveloped in an extremely soft golden light, and the soul guidance screen became clear. A wide platform appeared before everyone's eyes, and in the center of the platform, a girl in a long red dress gracefully walked out from a golden glow.

Her elegant red dress accentuated her fair skin and slender figure, giving her a perfect appearance. However, there were no auction items or auction items on the platform she was on.

Huo Yuhao rarely saw Xu Jiujiu dressed as an auctioneer. Her demeanor now was indeed different from that of the Star Luo Princess he usually saw in public. Her smile was more genuine, and it was clear that she really enjoyed her job.

"So beautiful!"

Although Xu Sanshi's voice was soft, it was still heard by the people around him.

He Caitou, who was always amiable, moved to the side to get a little further away from Xu Sanshi. Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, rolled his eyes at Xu Sanshi with some disgust. Did this guy have to act like he'd never seen a woman before?

Seemingly realizing his lapse in composure, Xu Sanshi chuckled nonchalantly, then sat up straight, his shameless demeanor utterly despicable.

"Distinguished guests, I am your auctioneer, Jiu Jiu, and it is my honor to host this top-level auction. Your time is precious, so let's begin the auction. Now, please take a look at today's first lot."

She smiled sweetly, performed a complex yet very elegant curtsy, and made a gesture of invitation.

The scene shifts, and an item is now displayed on the soul guide screen covering the entire wall.

Is it being broadcast live? Interesting — the soul-guided technology at Mingde Hall shouldn't be underestimated either.

Huo Yuhao tapped his chin, wondering if he should visit the Sun Moon Empire sometime.

"The Level 8 close-range soul guide device produced by Mingdetang, the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade — viewing time: five minutes."

Even the well-informed Zhang Lexuan couldn't help but gasp. Level eight right off the bat! It seems the Star Luo royal family really went all out this time.

Mingde Hall, the highest authority in the Sun Moon Empire for developing soul tools, is now recognized as synonymous with quality.

As if he had thought of something, Lan Xuanyu glanced at Huo Yuhao's calm and composed profile.

In his era, it was no exaggeration to say that the Tang Sect's ability to dominate the Federation's technology was all thanks to Huo Yuhao, who laid the foundation for the Tang Sect's unparalleled technological dominance throughout the ages.

It wasn't until he arrived in this era that Lan Xuanyu truly understood how important Huo Yuhao was to the Tang family and the Tang Sect.

When Ge Gong was alive, no one noticed anything unusual; but after his death, no one has seen anything like him.

Lan Xuanyu clenched his fists in frustration. What would become of our Tang Sect?

After a long while, an elegant and melodious voice rang out, "The Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, starting price 600,000 gold soul coins, each bid increment no less than 5,000 gold soul coins. Auction begins. If no one raises the bid within one minute, the auction is complete."

In the end, Dai Yueheng, sitting in his room at the Star Luo National Academy, made up his mind and bid 1.65 million gold soul coins for the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade.

The auction continued.

At He Caitou's strong suggestion, Wang Yan bid on the second item, twelve fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells. Shrek Academy didn't bid on anything else after that. After all, they didn't have much money on them this time, and Shrek City didn't have enough money for them to squander.

Surprisingly, all the soul tools at this auction were made by Mingdetang. It's hard to tell whether this means Mingdetang's products are guaranteed or that the black market of the Sun Moon Empire is simply too rampant.

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao felt that Emperor Xu Jiawei was not as simple as he had imagined.

He was using this method to divert attention, to tell the Sun Moon Empire that if he could obtain soul tools from the Mingde Hall through them today, he could naturally also obtain the heads of Mingde Hall soul masters.

To shift the conflict to the enemy's own territory—truly befitting an emperor!

Just as Huo Yuhao had guessed, in the room where Xiao Hongchen and the others were, Old Ma, who was leading the group, was so angry that he almost threw away his pipe.

While on enemy territory, watching them use products smuggled from our own country's science and technology innovation centers, we have to chase after them and buy them back.

This feeling is just... well, you know.

Even that useless Heaven-Opening Cannon was something they had to pay out of their own pockets, screeching for it at a price of seven million gold soul coins.

This made Huo Yuhao sincerely realize how good it is to be rich!

Although he was quite wealthy, he didn't have that much money, unless he went to the Star Luo royal family to become a stable boy—

When Princess Jiujiu's beautiful image appeared on the big screen for the eighth time, her voice was even more melodious and pleasant than before, with a hint of deep allure.

"The next two items will be the highlights of today's auction, and I believe all of you distinguished guests will be very interested. Be sure to seize the opportunity! Some of these items are extremely rare. You might not even find another one like them on the mainland. For example, our eighth item is another soul bone, but it is unlike any other. Please take a look."

With a flash of light and shadow, a left arm soul bone, magnified many times over, appeared on the soul guidance screen.

It is entirely emerald green, with an emerald green halo flowing and undulating on it, as if there is emerald green liquid inside.

Because it has been magnified many times, its strangeness can be felt even more. On the emerald green surface of this arm bone, there seem to be tiny crystals, crystal clear, just like they are carved from gemstones.

Judging by its appearance alone, it is even more dazzling than the golden left arm bone that Lan Xuanyu gave to Wang Dong.

Huo Yuhao was taken aback. "Huh?"

Hyotei's roar echoed from the Sea of ​​Spirit.

"asshole!"

Xu Jiujiu's melodious voice was not only pleasant to listen to, but also captivating, naturally drawing everyone's attention into her description.

The three major "drawbacks" of this Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone are: increasing the purity of the Soul Master's ice attribute, greatly enhancing the strength of the left arm, and solidifying the Ice Explosion Soul Skill.

"—Any ice-attribute soul master who possesses this will never regret it. Now, I'll give you all ten minutes to appreciate it."

After Princess Jiujiu finished speaking, everyone was stunned.

Even Ling Luochen, who was usually aloof and cold, had a flushed face as he stared intently at the ice-green scorpion's left arm bone, his fists clenched tightly.

Lan Xuanyu scoffed inwardly. A mere Ice Explosion spell? Teacher Nana used it when she taught him how to use water elements back then. He knew it too. And these guys even needed to take up a soul bone slot—

It's not some rare soul skill. Before Xiuxiu's martial soul was upgraded to Deep Blue Ice Devouring Dragon, she already had this soul skill as just the Demon Soul Great White Shark martial soul. Why are you so excited?

Lan Xuanyu naturally had no interest in appreciating the soul bone. Seeing it inevitably brought back memories of his beloved wife, Bai Xiuxiu.

He must become stronger in order to rekindle his romance with Xiuxiu in the dangerous ocean.

As for the private room where the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was located—

Meng Hongchen grabbed Xiao Hongchen by the throat, roaring without any semblance of ladylike decorum, "Buy! Buy it!"

Xiao Hongchen stretched out his hands, unable to break free from Meng Hongchen's strong hold, and cried out in pain, pleading for help from those around him, but no one was willing to pay him any attention.

Old Ma shook his head with a wry smile. "Xiao Meng, you should understand what our goal is this time. Don't argue with your brother. I will do my best to help you get the shot."

Meng Hongchen released her brother, whom she had almost strangled, and jumped in front of Old Ma. "I really need this, please, Old Ma! No matter how much it costs, I'll have Grandpa make it up to you when we get back!"

"Although I may not be able to use it, it should be very useful to Xue Di."

Ice Emperor was genuinely surprised by Huo Yuhao's words.

-

"You're still thinking about Xue Di! Yu Hao, you wouldn't be—"

Huo Yuhao made a "hold on" gesture in his mental sea. "Stop, stop, don't overthink it. We're allies now, so helping each other is only right. It's settled then. I'll go talk to Xingluo."