Douluo Continent: The True Body and Blood Soul, Starting from Blacksmithing

Emperor Xueye's invitation was somewhat unexpected for everyone present. Joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy would come with a free soul beast meat every month?

This treatment was rather meager for such a large empire as the Heavenly Dou Empire, and it was even more beneath its dignity to come from the mouth of Emperor Xueye.

But for Lin Yu, who looked poor, this treatment was clearly much more generous.

Liu Erlong opened her eyes and looked at Lin Yu, somewhat curious about his choice. Ning Fengzhi remained silent, but his gaze kept shifting back and forth between the First Prince of Tiandou and Lin Yu.

Although each of them had their own thoughts, they were all waiting for Lin Yu's reply.

Lin Yu, who had initially thought it was just casual conversation, suddenly realized that something was off about the atmosphere around him. Wasn't it just an invitation to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?

It's normal for Liu Erlong to look serious, after all, she really couldn't meet the conditions set by Emperor Xueye.

But what does this have to do with you, Ning Fengzhi? Why are you also frowning like that?!

Although she wasn't sure if she had overlooked some details, everyone was waiting for her answer, so Lin Yu had no choice but to bite the bullet and give her thoughts.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. The soul beast meat you mentioned is indeed what I need right now, but I have just become Dean Liu's disciple, and Dean Liu has treated me well."

Lin Yu clasped his hands in a fist salute and moved closer to Liu Erlong.

"Now that Blue Tyrant Academy is just beginning to be established, the dean is willing to abandon the academy at such a critical juncture and consider my interests..."

"I hope Your Majesty will forgive my offense. Please reserve the spots for the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy for those who truly need them."

Lin Yu's words left everyone stunned. Goodness, with this attitude, it would be a bit unreasonable to invite him again.

However, Emperor Xueye was not angry because Lin Yu dared to disobey him. On the contrary, he praised Lin Yu for "respecting his teacher and valuing the way".

Not only did he guarantee that his previous promise would still stand, and that he would deliver the soul beast meat he had promised Lin Yu to Blue Tyrant Academy every month, but he also gave Xue Qinghe, who had been silent all along, a lecture.

"Qinghe is a man of great loyalty and respect for his teachers. If you have the opportunity in the future, try to get to know more people like him."

Xue Qinghe, who originally didn't think much of Lin Yu, glanced at Lin Yu more after hearing his father's words and nodded to him.

Ning Fengzhi frowned, deep in thought.

Before seeing real soul beast meat, Lin Yu didn't believe a word Emperor Xueye said.

Therefore, at the subsequent auctions, when he encountered suitable soul beast meat, he still bid on some of it. In addition to soul beast meat, he also bid on some relatively precious herbs.

The auction soon entered its intermission.

It's called a halftime break, but it's really just a time for buyers who don't have enough gold soul coins to leave, since the auction after the halftime break only sells items priced around a hundred gold soul coins.

Having obtained what she wanted, Lin Yu naturally had no intention of staying any longer.

Just as Lin Yu and Liu Erlong got up to leave, Ning Fengzhi, who had remained silent throughout the first auction, spoke up to persuade them to stay.

"Please don't rush off, you two. It's fate that we met. His Majesty promised to send you some soul beast meat every month. As the wealthiest sect in the world, how could my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School not offer something in return?"

To demonstrate the reputation of being the wealthiest sect in the world, Ning Fengzhi waved his hand and said with great pride.

"If either of you find anything you like in the upcoming auction, feel free to bid on it. My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will cover the cost."

Faced with Ning Fengzhi's generous invitation, Liu Erlong remained very open and honest.

"Since Sect Leader Ning is treating, then I won't stand on ceremony. Xiaoyu, you shouldn't be shy either."

Liu Erlong had also been a wanderer in the martial arts world in her early years. Although she was rather reckless, she wasn't brainless.

She didn't believe that the events that happened at the auction today, at such a crucial time when the Haotian Sect was retiring, were just coincidences.

Since Ning Fengzhi and Emperor Xueye are making trouble for me and my disciples, I don't need to be polite to them.

The intermission passed quickly, and the second auction began soon afterward.

The second auction mainly focused on cultivation resources, but the resources auctioned were only usable by Soul Masters above the third ring level, with most items priced in the thousand-year range.

There were a few auctions of soul beast meat, but they were all of thousand-year quality. For Lin Yu, a one-ring soul master, he couldn't stomach the meat of a thousand-year quality soul beast.

In the second auction, not only did Lin Yu fail to bid on anything, but Liu Erlong also failed to acquire anything.

The auction quickly moved into its third session.

The quality of the items in the third auction reached a new level, with some rare and precious materials dating back ten thousand years.

Even more remarkably, a right leg bone of a wolf-type spirit beast of millennium quality was discovered!

"Xiaoyu, your current methods of attack are limited. Acquiring this wolf-type soul bone will be useful to you."

To encounter a soul bone at an auction is an incredible stroke of luck. Fearing that Ning Fengzhi might change his mind, Liu Erlong quickly reminded Lin Yu to bid on the soul bone, since the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's sect leader would be paying for today's expenses anyway.

Lin Yu would have accepted it if it were a soul bone from another part of his body.

But this is the right leg bone!

There is a 100,000-year-old right leg bone somewhere in Holy Soul Village waiting for him, the destined person, to obtain it. How could he possibly take down this thousand-year-old right leg bone?

"Dean, soul bones are too precious. With my current strength, I'm afraid I can't protect them. Let's leave them to someone who is destined to have them."

Lin Yu pretended to hesitate and looked around, but finally shook her head and refused.

"What is there that I can't protect? Do you think I, a Soul Saint, can't even protect my own students?"

Liu Erlong was somewhat displeased with Lin Yu's reaction. However, Lin Yu remained unmoved by Liu Erlong's displeasure.

Ning Fengzhi, standing to the side, didn't try to force the soul bone on Lin Yu. After confirming that Emperor Xueye wasn't interested in the soul bone, Ning Fengzhi happily accepted it.

Seemingly dissatisfied with Ning Fengzhi's hypocrisy, Liu Erlong directly bid for two cultivation resources of ten thousand years quality in the following auction.

As the third auction was drawing to a close, Lin Yu finally spotted something that interested him.

It was a belt-type storage soul tool with four jade stones on it. Each jade stone could provide three cubic meters of independent space, which could only hold inanimate objects.

Storage soul tools may be rare items for ordinary soul masters, but for powerful forces like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heaven Dou Royal Family, they are not as attractive as some precious medicinal herbs.

Lin Yu originally thought the auction would end there, but the auctioneer's words before the intermission kept the eagle-like Lin Yu in the game.

"Distinguished guests, I'm sure many of you are here for today's special auction items."

"Next, please leave the venue in an orderly manner if you are a minor or have less than 10,000 gold soul coins."

After leaving those words, the auction house began to be cleared out.

With Emperor Xueye present, the Heavenly Dou nobles dared not participate in the upcoming special auction, and many left.

In the end, only a dozen or so "buyers" sat diligently in their black chairs in the auction room.

As for Lin Yu's side, since they were in red seats and were sitting with Emperor Xueye and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Master, no one came over to ask them to leave.