Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

Ultimately, the level-eight soul tool from Mingde Hall was auctioned off for 1500 million.

"I never expected that the soul tools of our Sun Moon Empire would be so profitable. A soul tool that costs only about 500 million gold soul coins to make is still so crudely made."

"It's obviously something that some new level 8 Soul Master used for practice, yet they treated it like a treasure and even bought it for 1500 gold soul coins."

"It's making me want to sell some of the junk in my storage soul tool. It's really easy to make money from the people of Douluo Three Kingdoms."

"No wonder the head of the hall would selectively turn a blind eye to this behavior; the royal family does the same."

Over the years, Xu Yang has accumulated quite a few soul tools that he made as practice, but which did not meet his expectations. There are nearly a hundred of them, ranging from the lowest level one to level seven.

Although the individual items are of low value, when added together they constitute a considerable fortune.

Zhang Lexuan was even more alarmed upon hearing Xu Yang's words.

The auctioneer described the level-eight soul tool on the stage in glowing terms. To laymen like them, it seemed like the pinnacle of level-eight soul tools.

Moreover, she seemed to hear a somewhat familiar voice in the bidding announcement just now.

It was Qian Duoduo, the vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department at Shrek Academy. An eighth-level Soul Guidance Master with the cultivation of a Title Douluo—didn't that mean that in Qian Duoduo's eyes, this Soul Guidance Device also had considerable research value?

But in Xu Yang's eyes, it was belittled as trash.

After the first level-eight soul tool was auctioned off, the atmosphere at the auction was completely ignited. Item after item was sold at extremely high prices.

However, apart from glancing at the Xuanwu Divine Pill, which was said to be an advanced version of the Xuanshui Pill, Xu Yang seemed rather uninterested in the other items.

However, Di Ni'er was very excited and bought a lot of novel gadgets.

"The next item up for auction is a piece of... somewhat unusual metal."

The old auctioneer's voice rang out, and everyone present listened quietly to the introduction.

"Based on our experiments so far, this metal has only one function: to enhance the affinity between different types of metals."

"It provides a significant improvement to soul tools made of alloys and is suitable for secondary upgrades of soul tools."

The audience's enthusiasm visibly waned. In Douluo Three Kingdoms, Soul Masters were rare creatures, so this treasure, useful only to Soul Masters, naturally bore them.

They generally prefer items that can directly enhance their strength and talent. For example, the level-eight soul tools and the Xuanwu Divine Pill that were auctioned off previously.

Kong Deming, however, was quite interested in this mysterious metal. His second natal soul tool was not yet finished, and perhaps this was an opportunity.

The more Xu Yang looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. He remembered that there was a peculiar metal in the Douluo Continent that had similar effects.

It seems to be called something like "gold and water in harmony," and it plays a significant role in the forging process, making it exceptionally valuable.

"The starting bid is 100 million gold soul coins, and each bid must be at least 10 gold soul coins higher."

The price is prohibitive for many people; no one would be foolish enough to buy a metal lump that is of little use to them.

An awkward silence fell over the room.

For the first time ever, Xu Yang started making a bid.

"One million one hundred thousand."

As Xu Yang began bidding, many people turned their attention to the private room from which his voice was coming, probably wanting to see which fool would buy such a thing.

At the same time, Gu Yuena, Di Ni'er, and Zhang Lexuan all looked at Xu Yang's face.

They also wanted to know why Xu Yang wanted to photograph this thing.

He hadn't been interested in any of the other things, yet he was asking for a price on this strange stone.

Why are you all looking at me?

"This thing is quite interesting, just like he described. It should be quite useful for upgrading soul tools. It just so happens that Grandpa hasn't finished making his second natal soul tool yet. What a coincidence!"

"Life-bound Soul Tool," Zhang Lexuan heard a new term.

She increasingly felt the vast gap between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire, but why were the students at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy so poor?

"Is it to mislead them?"

"Also, I have a friend who has some talent in forging. This piece of metal will probably be of great use to him."

"Besides, 110 million gold soul coins isn't a very high price. I made a billion before, didn't I?"

Xu Yang put on an air of "I'm rich, I can do whatever I want."

After Xu Yang offered 110 million, someone else offered 120 million gold soul coins.

Xu Yang wasn't too surprised; the Soul Master profession was relatively easy to make money in. Besides, those who could afford to spend money here weren't ordinary people.

One million gold soul coins are just a drop in the ocean for these people; many are willing to spend a little money to satisfy their curiosity.

In the end, Xu Yang won the bid for the metal he desired with 180 million gold soul coins.

Throughout the entire process, there was a voice constantly bidding against Xu Yang.

Only Zhang Lexuan recognized that it was still Qian Duoduo, and at the same time she secretly regretted that she hadn't been able to snatch that mysterious metal from Xu Yang.

Di Ni'er noticed that Zhang Lexuan was in a low mood.

Why do you seem unhappy?

"Tell me about it so I can have a good laugh..."

Di Ni'er's words made Zhang Lexuan choke up completely. She didn't expect that this girl's mouth was just as venomous as Xu Yang's.

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Zhang Lexuan chose to remain silent.

"The next item up for auction is—the inner core of the Ice and Fire Demon Tiger!"

The auctioneer opened the box, and inside lay a longan-sized inner core.

It is red and blue in color, with some strange patterns on it, and ice and fire energy is active around it.

"Please look, everyone. This is the inner core of an 80,000-year-old Ice and Fire Demon Tiger."

"Everyone has probably heard of the Ice-Fire Demon Tiger. It is a rare and powerful soul beast that can control the two opposite attributes of ice and fire, and there is a chance that an inner core will drop after hunting it."

"This Ice and Fire Demon Tiger was obtained by one of the Title Douluos of my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School when he was hunting for the ninth soul ring, and its age is as high as 80,000 years!"

"This inner core has many wonderful uses, so even if it is not as good as a soul bone of the same age, it is still a rare treasure."

"Starting bid: 10 million gold soul coins! Each bid must be at least 500,000 gold soul coins higher."

"The Ice and Fire Demon Tiger is another relatively rare soul beast."

"This thing seems quite interesting; it should be able to be made into a soul tool to aid in cultivation."

"I've prepared gifts for everyone, so I can't be biased. It would be quite a headache if Meng made a fuss about it."

"It's not too expensive, so I'll buy it..."

"Fifteen million!"

Xu Yang directly raised the price by five million gold soul coins, which deterred many people who were eager to buy his services.