Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 561 Auction

"Phew~"

Sitting on the Soul Guidance Train heading to Heaven Dou City, Nan Fusheng looked out the window and let out a soft breath.

Besides him, there was another person in the economy class of the Soul Guidance Train.

"Hmm~ It's been a long time since I've come out. I've been handling military affairs inside the legion, and it's really exhausted me."

With her long, flowing blue hair and curvaceous figure, Aquarius stretched leisurely.

"Did you bring what I asked you to bring?" Nan Fusheng asked Aquia across from him.

"Don't worry about me handling things." Aquarius casually took out a list and a black card from her storage soul tool and handed them to Nan Fusheng. "This is my savings from all these years. Don't let me squander it."

Nan Fusheng smiled slightly, "That's hard to say. After all, the thing I want to buy isn't cheap. If someone else bids against me at the auction, the expenses will definitely be huge."

Yes, Nan Fusheng's main purpose in choosing to go to Tiandou City this time is to participate in an auction in Tiandou City. Helping Aquia forge the four-word battle armor is just a side thing.

Nan Fusheng's gaze swept across the list of auction items, finally settling on the name of one item: The Heart of the Ice God. This was Nan Fusheng's main target this time.

Aquia also looked over curiously, and immediately saw that Nan Fusheng's gaze was fixed on the Heart of the Ice God. She said, "The military has been researching this for a long time, but they haven't been able to figure it out yet."

"But there's no doubt that this thing contains immense energy. It's just that the military must have lost their minds this time, otherwise it would never have appeared at the auction. If you want to buy it, I suggest you prepare more funds."

Nan Fusheng nodded. "I know, so before this trip, I transferred a lot of funds from the big families in Tianhai City. I think that should be enough to buy this thing."

The military force behind the Heart of the Ice God is the Central Legion, which is also the strongest legion in the Federation. Even the Sea God Legion of the Vast Ocean Douluo is inferior to the Central Legion in terms of overall combat strength.

Meanwhile, the headquarters of the Temple of War is also located within the Central Legion.

Although Nan Fusheng had many people on his side within the Central Army Corps, he didn't want to bother them for the Ice God's Heart. It was always better to obtain it through proper procedures.

Moreover, and most importantly, Yu Guanzhi, the commander of the Central Army Corps, might personally attend the auction. Nan Fusheng wanted to bring him into his own camp as well, which is why he chose to personally take the lead.

After all, he is a Limit Douluo, so we should at least give him some respect.

……

The journey on the Soul Guidance Train to Heaven Dou City was, after all, quite tedious.

Nan Fusheng casually swiped the soul communication device, browsing interesting stories from the Douluo Continent through "soul sound".

Soul Voice is a software on the Soul Guide Communication Device that has become quite popular among ordinary people in recent decades. Nan Fusheng would occasionally browse Soul Voice and watch the silly behavior of those idiots on the Soul Network.

However, Nan Fusheng noticed that compared to the tabloid news of the past, the mainstream of Soul Sound now seems to be intentionally being steered towards war.

"It must have been done deliberately by the federal government," Nan Fusheng said thoughtfully as he looked at the news.

The Federation's current propaganda efforts are focused on negative reports about the Star Luo Continent and the Dou Ling Continent. They're even bringing up things from thousands of years ago.

Undoubtedly, this is an attempt to manipulate public opinion to foster hatred towards the Star Luo Continent and the Dou Ling Continent.

In addition, another piece of news caught Nan Fusheng's attention: the Spirit Pagoda was making a big fuss about how they had successfully developed an artificial thousand-year-old soul spirit, and even released news that the research on an artificial ten-thousand-year-old soul spirit was also beginning to make progress.

A thousand-year-old soul spirit means a qualitative leap in a soul master's strength, while also reducing the overall requirements for mental power. After all, a thousand-year-old soul spirit can only grant a soul master a maximum of three soul skills, thus reducing the need to absorb more soul spirits.

"It seems that even if Fors and the others choose to mess with Gu Yuena, she's not entirely helpless."

Upon seeing this news, Nan Fusheng couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. As the saying goes, for every policy, there's a countermeasure. Even if Fors and the others choose to hinder Gu Yuena's plan, it will only delay things a little.

After all, in addition to traditional soul spirits, the Spirit Pagoda also sells artificial soul spirits. As long as Gu Yuena focuses on artificial soul spirits, she can always win over a large number of soul masters.

Moreover, the Spirit Pagoda proactively lowered the price of its newly developed Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, resulting in booming business. Describing them as incredibly wealthy would not be an exaggeration.

It's said that the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind, but judging from the current situation of the Spirit Pagoda, this doesn't seem to be a problem at all. They have even become the major financial backers of the military hawks.

"However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing for me." Since he has already infiltrated the Spirit Pagoda quite a bit, the greater the influence of the Spirit Pagoda, the better it will be for Nan Fusheng.

After all, Nan Fusheng is a man who aspires to become the Speaker of the Federal Parliament, and for this, at least on the surface, he still needs quite a few allies.

Lu Fa, Fors and Qian Gu Qingfeng in the Spirit Pagoda, Duanmu Yan and Shenwei in the War God Temple, and even Yun Ming who is still in prison are all his hidden forces.

The Speaker is the highest authority in the federal government, but even the Speaker is subject to the overall checks and balances of the House.

The Federal Parliament has a total of 231 seats, or 231 members. This was determined after several adjustments.

Each member of parliament is elected from a different region. Some large cities will definitely have members of parliament, and may even have more than one, while smaller cities may not.

These 231 members of parliament make up the entire federal parliament, from which 42 members of the presidium are elected.

The Presidium members decide on the day-to-day affairs of the Federation. They can also be considered permanent members of the legislature. These forty-two Presidium members include one Speaker, fifteen Vice-Speakers, and twenty-six Commissioners. They constitute the highest authority in the entire Federation.

That's right, there is only one speaker, but there are fifteen deputy speakers.

This is to balance the power of various major forces. Large organizations such as the Spirit Pagoda, the Temple of War, and the Blacksmith Association all have a permanent vice chairman position.

Originally, both the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy had this position. However, Shrek Academy relinquished this permanent vice-chairmanship position approximately six thousand years ago, maintaining absolute neutrality. The Tang Sect's permanent vice-chairmanship position was abolished after Shrek City was destroyed.

Two hundred and thirty-one members of Congress, including forty-two members of the Presidium, constitute the highest authority of the Union.

Incidentally, Nan Fusheng is now one of the forty-two members of the presidium, because the camp he stands on is somewhat awkward.

The federal parliament is mainly divided into two factions: hawks and doves. There is also a certain number of neutrals. However, the neutrals are relatively few in number, only about twenty, and do not have much say in many decisive matters.

Unfortunately, Nan Fusheng chose the neutral side.

"Things will work themselves out." After thinking about these topics for a while, Nan Fusheng stopped dwelling on them. In any case, he had informants of both hawks and doves.

Even if he can't become the speaker in the future, it won't be difficult for him to control the general direction of the federal parliament.

……

A full year has passed since the attack on master craftsman Zhenhua.

Tian Dou City appears to have recovered its vitality, remaining unchanged, with its antique charm showcasing many features of the ancient Douluo Continent.

After getting off the Soul Guide Train, Nan Fusheng took Aquia into a taxi and easily arrived at the headquarters of the Blacksmith Association.

Because of the established connections, Nan Fusheng easily arrived at the top floor of the Blacksmiths' Association, where Master Craftsman Zhenhua and others, along with Lu Fa, were all in the office. In addition, there was one unexpected person present.

"Wu Lin?" Nan Fusheng looked at Tang Wu Lin with some surprise.

"Fusheng, it's been a long time." Tang Wulin greeted Nan Fusheng with a smile.

"Didn't you join the army? It's only been a year at most, how come you're back so soon?"

"Things are a bit complicated, and some issues are related to military secrets, so..." Tang Wulin stopped there. The Blood God Legion was a federal secret, so he couldn't tell Nan Fusheng directly.

He will leave the Blood God Legion this time in order to find life energy for the Seed of Life, that's why he came out.

After defeating the Abyss Saint King in the Blood God Legion, he was specially appointed by Legion Commander Zhang Huanyun and Xue Yi as the Honorary Deputy Commander of the Blood God Legion, enjoying the rank of Major General.

According to the original plan, he should have continued to hone his skills in the Blood God Legion for a few more years, but the situation on the continent is too tense now, and he also learned from Blood Mouth that war may be about to begin.

So, after a long talk with Cao Dezhi, the Blood God Legion, Tang Wulin finally decided to leave, not only to prevent the war from happening, but also to find new life energy for the Seed of Life.

Given Tang Wulin's current situation, if he dared to appear near the Abyss Passage, the Abyss Saint King might once again act recklessly. For his safety and future growth, Cao Dezhi ultimately decided to send him to the Blood God Legion.

Before leaving, Cao Dezhi also helped him select twenty people from the Blood God Legion as his subordinates, all of whom had a cultivation level of six rings or above, and named them the Blood Dragon Squad.

Nan Fusheng naturally learned about Tang Wulin's situation through his clone. Since Tang Wulin was unwilling to elaborate, Nan Fusheng didn't press him further, simply nodding to indicate that he understood.

"Come on, it's been so long since we've seen each other, let's give each other a hug." Nan Fusheng gave Tang Wulin a big hug first. Hmm, a little soft? And smells a little good?

"Wu Lin, have you gained weight? You look a bit chubby, and you even smell nice," Nan Fusheng said with some suspicion.

Tang Wulin was immediately embarrassed. She didn't want too many people to know that she had turned into a girl, so she gave a somewhat forced smile, "Really? You must be imagining things. Where would a grown man like me have any fragrance?"

"Really?" Nan Fusheng didn't delve into the topic, which made Tang Wulin breathe a sigh of relief.

"Senior Zhenhua, Senior Muchen, it's been a long time." Nan Fusheng then greeted Zhenhua and the others.

"Hmm." Zhenhua nodded lightly. "So, what brings you here, kid? You wanted to see Lu Fa this time?"

"It wasn't him who needed to see Master Craftsman Lufa, it was me." Aquia stepped forward and said, "I heard that Master Craftsman Lufa has already mastered Heavenly Forging, so I came here this time to ask him to forge a four-word battle armor for me. I will pay the fee."

Four-word battle armor? Lu Fa has already mastered Heaven Forging?! As soon as Aquia said this, Tang Wulin's pupils shrank. Zhenhua and the others hadn't told him about this yet.

"May I ask who you are?" Because Aquarius wasn't wearing her signature military uniform on this trip, Zhenhua didn't recognize her immediately, but felt that she looked somewhat familiar.

"Aquaria, the commander of the East Navy Legion," Aquaria began.

Upon hearing this, Zhenhua was about to say something more when Lufa stepped forward and said, "Teacher, I did promise to forge a four-word battle armor for Captain Aquia, so leave this matter to me."

"Alright." Zhenhua trusted his disciple quite a bit. "You have your own ideas, so your teacher naturally won't interfere too much."

"Thank you, teacher." Lu Fa bowed to Zhen Hua, then said to Aquia, "In that case, let's not delay any longer and begin forging the four-word battle armor. You should have the blueprints ready, right?"

"Of course." Aquarius nodded; she was a level nine mecha builder. Then, pointing to Nan Fusheng beside her, she said, "Can he observe along with us?"

Lu Fa hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay." He then walked towards the elevator, with Aquia and Nan Fusheng following closely behind.

"Tsk tsk, this guy named Nan Fusheng seems to have a rather complicated relationship with General Aquia." Zhenhua clicked his tongue in amazement as he watched the three figures leave.

Tang Wulin, standing to the side, asked with some curiosity, "Uncle-Master, what do you mean by that?"

Before Zhenhua could speak, Mu Chen explained to Tang Wulin: "Designing one's own battle armor is no small matter. Generally speaking, only the blacksmith and the battle armor master should be present. The original intention of doing so is to protect the privacy of the battle armor master."

"But look at General Aquaria, he doesn't mind letting Nan Fusheng watch from the sidelines at all. That's not just ordinary trust."

Zhenhua chimed in, "That's right. Even classmates of many years might not have this kind of trust. It seems your friend is quite shrewd."

Zhenhua didn't follow because he knew about these taboos.