Douluo Continent: My name is Lu Mingfei, and my martial soul is Lu Mingze.

Hyotei and Yuki-tei exchanged a glance.

"Okay," Xue Di said first.

Hyotei hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "As long as he doesn't use my power to do anything strange."

"What strange things could I possibly do?" Lu Mingfei muttered.

"Who knows?" Hyotei glanced at him sideways.

Lu Mingze clapped his hands: "Then it's settled. Relax, sisters, don't resist, I'll guide you inside."

He raised his hand, and a golden light shot out from his fingertips, enveloping the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor. Their figures gradually became transparent, and finally turned into two streams of light, one white and one green, which entered Lu Mingfei's brow.

Lu Mingfei felt that there were two more beings in his sea of ​​consciousness.

He could sense their location, their emotions, and even vaguely what they were thinking.

Hyotei looked around curiously in his sea of ​​consciousness, while Yuki-tei stood quietly at the edge of the sea of ​​consciousness, gazing at the boundless darkness, lost in thought.

Lu Mingze's figure reappeared in the sea of ​​consciousness, and he gestured "please" to Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor: "Please make yourself at home, sisters. The area on the left is yours, the right side is my territory, and the middle is my area."

Hyotei snorted, "The place is not bad."

Xue Di nodded slightly, without saying a word.

Lu Mingfei exited the Sea of ​​Spirit, opened his eyes, and found that he was the only one left in the cave.

"Alright, bro, let's go. We're heading back to Shrek Academy. It's still a long way to go," Lu Mingze's voice rang out.

Lu Mingfei stood up, brushed the ice off his clothes, and walked out of the cave.

The wind and snow outside had stopped sometime ago, and a hazy, bright gray sky appeared in the far north.

The distance from the far north to Shrek Academy is not short; it involves traversing a large part of the Heavenly Soul Empire's territory.

After walking for three days, Lu Mingfei finally saw the first city – Dragon City.

Dragon City is the largest city in the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the last supply station on the way to the far north.

The city walls were built of grayish-white stones and covered with a thin layer of snow. People came and went at the city gate, with caravans, soul masters, and ordinary people all mixed together, making it very lively.

Lu Mingfei paid the entrance fee and entered Dragon City.

He first found a hotel to stay in, took a hot shower, changed into clean clothes, and then went out to find something to eat.

Walking on the streets of Longcheng, Lu Mingfei looked at the shops and stalls on both sides, his stomach growling.

He touched the storage bag that Old Song had given him; it contained quite a few gold and silver coins, so he didn't need to worry about money.

"Brother, Hyotei-nee asked you to buy that."

Lu Mingze's voice suddenly rang out.

Following the sound, Lu Mingfei looked and saw a barbecue stall. Golden chunks of meat sizzled and dripped oil over the charcoal fire, and the aroma wafted far and wide.

"Does she want to eat?"

"She said it smells nice."

Lu Mingfei's lips twitched, and he went over to buy two. As soon as he received them, Hyotei in his spiritual sea let out a satisfied hum.

"Delicious." Hyotei's voice echoed in his mind. "Buy two more skewers."

"Aren't you a soul beast? Soul beasts eat roasted meat too?"

"I am now the King of the Ocean and Water, not an ordinary soul beast."

"..."

You, a spirit beast, must be dealt a heavy blow.

Lu Mingfei bought two more skewers.

Then Xue Di's voice rang out, calmly, with only one word: "Buy."

Lu Mingfei was taken aback: "Sister Xuedi wants to eat too?"

"Um."

Lu Mingfei obediently took out his money.

For the next half hour, Lu Mingfei wandered back and forth on the streets of Longcheng, buying a lot of things.

Lu Mingfei's storage bag visibly deflated.

"Who is the master here?" He stood on the street, carrying a bag of snacks, on the verge of tears.

"I feel like I've become a gofer."

"The capable should do more, bro." Lu Mingze's voice was full of schadenfreude.

Lu Mingfei sighed and continued walking forward.

As he walked, he suddenly stopped.

Ahead was a building that occupied a huge area. Its exterior walls were made of white marble, and two thick pillars with exquisite carvings stood at the entrance.

Above the main gate hangs a plaque with large, gold-embossed characters: "Dragon City Auction House".

The largest auction house in the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Lu Mingfei stood at the door, looking at the plaque, feeling that something was attracting him, as if something was resonating in his blood.

"Lu Mingze, can you feel it?" he asked in his mind.

"I can feel it." Lu Mingze's voice became serious.

"What is it?"

"I don't know, but it's definitely not simple."

Lu Mingfei hesitated for less than three seconds before stepping inside.

The auction hall was decorated in a magnificent style, with crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, expensive oil paintings on the walls, and dark red carpets on the floor.

A waitress in a long black dress approached with a smile: "Hello sir, do you have an invitation?"

"No." Lu Mingfei thought for a moment and took out the Shrek Academy's inner courtyard token from his storage bag.

"Can we go in from here?"

The waitress's eyes immediately changed when she saw the Shrek emblem on the token, and her attitude became much more respectful: "Students of Shrek Academy are of course allowed to enter. Please follow me, sir."

She led Lu Mingfei through the hall, into a corridor, and finally to the door of a private room.

"This is a private box reserved for Shrek's VIPs. Please come in, sir. The auction has already begun. You can see the items up for auction through the crystal screen in the box."

Lu Mingfei nodded and pushed the door open to go inside.

The private room wasn't large, but it was very comfortable.

A sofa, a coffee table, and a crystal screen the size of a washbasin hanging on the wall, broadcasting the auction scene in real time.

Lu Mingfei sat down on the sofa and looked at the crystal screen.

On the auction stage, an auctioneer in a red robe was introducing a soul tool, enthusiastically describing its effects and rarity.

The bidders in the audience raised their paddles frequently, driving the price up.

Lu Mingfei wasn't interested in any of that; his attention was drawn to something in the corner of the crystal screen.

It was a knife.

To be precise, it is a Tang sword.

The blade is long and straight, with a deep, dark red color, like congealed blood.

But Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat the moment he saw the knife.

That sense of resonance returned, and it was more than ten times stronger than what I felt outside the gate.

"Buy it."

Lu Mingze's voice rang in my mind, resolute and without any hesitation.

Lu Mingfei looked at the starting bid for the knife on the crystal screen, then silently calculated the money left in his storage bag.

After he finished calculating, he was completely deflated.

"Lu Mingze, we don't have enough money." His voice was a little hoarse.

"How much difference?"

"It's a few zeros off."

"..."

Lu Mingze was silent for two seconds, then smiled as if he had thought of something.

The laughter carried a familiar scent that sent chills down Lu Mingfei's spine. Every time this little rascal showed that kind of smile, it meant someone was about to be in trouble.

"Brother, I'll teach you a new kind of Word of Power."

Lu Mingfei asked warily, "What kind of 'word power'?"

Lu Mingze's voice rang out slowly, enunciating each word clearly: "Show me the money."