Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 182 Jiang Nannan: Shameless Ma Xiaotao, she actually stole my house!

Time flies, and half a month has passed.

That evening, Zhu Ziyang was dragged by Ma Xiaotao to Shrek City to attend a treasure appreciation event hosted by the Treasure Pavilion. Originally, Zhu Ziyang had no interest in such events, but he couldn't resist Ma Xiaotao's persistent pleading, and having no good reason to refuse, he had no choice but to come along.

Why did Jiang Nannan try to stop it? Because Jiang Nannan wasn't there, so how could she stop it? Not long after the start of the semester, Jiang Nannan and Elder Song left Shrek Academy to help children in some remote mountain villages awaken their martial souls. It's estimated that this will last for half a month, and they won't be back until next week.

The Treasure Appreciation Event hosted by Jubaoge offers very favorable prices for inner court disciples and outer court core disciples. Inner court disciples get a 30% discount, while outer court core disciples get a 50% discount, which is very thoughtful.

Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao soon arrived at Shrek City's Treasure Pavilion. As they walked through the exhibition area, Ma Xiaotao linked arms with Zhu Ziyang, keeping a very close distance. Zhu Ziyang felt his arm being enveloped by something soft, and unable to break free, he could only accept this treatment that would make any man envious, his expression one of pleasure.

"Brother Ziyang, let's go to the auction upstairs. There's not much to see down here," Ma Xiaotao suggested.

"Okay, let's go!" Zhu Ziyang nodded, then followed Ma Xiaotao upstairs.

Just before he entered the upstairs auction house, his gaze fell upon a pair of acquaintances. In front of a soul bone display stand, a black-haired boy was enthusiastically describing something to a blue-haired boy. The blue-haired boy had a smile on his face, a smile that Zhu Ziyang had seen on both Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong...

Upon entering the auction house, Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao were led into a private room by a waiter. The auction hadn't started yet, but most of the private rooms were already occupied.

Jubaoge's auction house is of the highest standard, with only individual private rooms and no public seating area. A group of private rooms are arranged in a circle, and the central area of ​​all the private rooms is an independent circular platform, which is the exhibition area for the auction items. Above the platform are four huge screens, each corresponding to one of the four private rooms.

Even inner court disciples need to meet certain conditions to qualify for entry into the Treasure Pavilion auction house. Of course, Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao didn't need to go through such trouble. One was a disciple of the Sea God Pavilion Master, and the other was a disciple of the Shrek Academy Dean. Their identities were extraordinary, and they were both registered with the Treasure Pavilion. Therefore, upon seeing their identity tokens, the attendant respectfully led them into an empty private room.

Incidentally, they also enjoy a 30% discount on items at the auction. Specifically, they first bid normally, and then pay 30% of the bid price. The academy covers the remaining 70% of the price.

The auction began quickly, and all fifteen private boxes were filled with guests. A mature woman in a white evening gown slowly rose from the circular platform. With a gentle and infectious smile and a soft voice, she said, "Welcome everyone to today's auction. I am your host and auctioneer, Luo Shuiyun."

"It's actually Senior Sister Luo! Looks like there are some good things at today's auction!" Ma Xiaotao said, looking at the young woman in the center of the round platform with considerable surprise.

Luo Shuiyun, a graduate of Shrek Academy's Inner Court, is 33 years old, an 82-level Soul Douluo, an Inner Court teacher, a gold-medal auctioneer at the Treasure Pavilion, and one of the Treasure Pavilion's managers. At the auctions she presides over, 100,000-year-old soul bones almost always appear.

Zhu Ziyang is also looking forward to it.

"Distinguished guests, without further ado, please take a look at the first item up for auction tonight!" Luo Shuiyun waved her hand, and a glass dome slowly rose up beside her. Floating inside the glass dome was a soul bone, emitting bluish-purple lightning. As the arcs of electricity flickered, the air inside the glass dome would boil.

The first item was actually a soul bone! Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao were both surprised, their eyes falling on the large screen in front of their private room, which displayed the basic information of the soul bone.

"As you can see, this left arm bone of the Thunderous Cloud Crane comes from a 60,000-year-old Thunderous Cloud Crane," Luo Shuiyun explained. "The Thunderous Cloud Crane is a rare thunder-attribute cloud crane soul beast. Not only does it possess extremely fast speed, but thanks to the strength of its thunder attribute, it also has powerful destructive force, making it an undisputed top-tier soul beast. This left arm bone can not only provide a soul master with a powerful amplification-type soul skill, but it can also increase their affinity for thunder elements and their resistance to thunder attributes, making it extremely valuable."

Luo Shuiyun paused for a moment, then said, "Lei Teng Bengyun's left arm bone, starting price: eight million, minimum increment: one hundred thousand. Bidding begins!"

As Luo Shuiyun finished speaking, the sounds of bidding erupted from the surrounding private rooms. In just a few minutes, the price of this 60,000-year-old soul bone exceeded ten million gold soul coins, causing Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao's expressions to change slightly.

Soul bones are the most difficult items to price in the entire Soul Master world, and also the items with the greatest price differences. Soul bones of the same age can have two vastly different prices because there are simply too many factors influencing their pricing, with age being the least important factor. Of course, 100,000-year-old soul bones are an exception, because any soul beast that reaches 100,000 years old is no longer considered a soul beast.

The left arm bone of Lei Teng Beng Yun in front of me, in terms of its soul beast level, attribute effects, age, and location, is worth at most thirteen million gold soul coins.

Sure enough, as the price reached twelve million, the number of bidders instantly dwindled by more than half, leaving only a few people still vying for it. In the end, the sixty-thousand-year-old soul bone was won by a guest in VIP room number seven for twelve million eight hundred thousand.

The second item came up for auction: an eighth-level defensive soul tool. The moment this soul tool appeared, Zhu Ziyang instantly realized who its creator was: Qian Duoduo!

Neither Zhu Ziyang nor Ma Xiaotao were interested; they watched others scrambling and fighting over the prize with great enjoyment.

Soon, three more items were displayed and sold, but Zhu Ziyang and his companion showed no interest. It wasn't until the sixth item appeared that the bored Zhu Ziyang immediately sat up straight, his eyes fixed on the item.

Zhu Ziyang's reaction puzzled Ma Xiaotao. She looked at the exhibit information on the big screen, then at Zhu Ziyang, and asked, "Little brother Ziyang, what is this item? Do you recognize it?"

Zhu Ziyang nodded but didn't speak, his gaze fixed on the items in the glass case. The sixth item was a silver-white seal, carved with strange and unique patterns. The upper half of the seal was carved into the shape of a crescent moon, upon which lay a lifelike beauty.

"This 'Beauty Reclining Under the Moon' seal is carved from the finest Yuanhun jade. It possesses the effects of harmonizing vital energy, calming the mind, and dispelling inner demons." Luo Shuiyun's expression was strange, as if she wanted to laugh but couldn't, yet her voice remained normal as she explained, "The 'Beauty Reclining Under the Moon' seal has a starting bid of five million, with each bid increment no less than five hundred thousand!"

As soon as Luo Shuiyun finished speaking, it caused an uproar at the scene. Everyone was shocked and couldn't understand why this worthless broken seal could be put on the auction and have a starting price of five million!

Luo Shuiyun was also embarrassed and secretly annoyed. The person in charge of reviewing and arranging the auction items could pack his bags and leave tonight. Wasn't this ruining her reputation? It seemed that she would have to have items from a particular school up for auction tonight. How infuriating!

Time ticked by, and soon the maximum time allotted for an item to remain in the auction was reached, yet still no one bid. Luo Shuiyun had given up and was preparing to have the backstage staff bring in the seventh item.

"Five million!"

At that moment, a price was announced from VIP room number three, immediately catching Luo Shuiyun's eye. Without hesitation, she exclaimed, "VIP room number three bids five million! Five million once! Five million twice! Five million three times! Sold!"

Without a doubt, the box number three that won the bid for this seal was the box belonging to Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao. Their actions did not attract the attention of others. After all, at every auction, there are always fools with too much money who are easily taken advantage of.

"Ziyang, what's the story behind this seal?" Ma Xiaotao asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just think it looks nice and matches Nannan well," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.

His words immediately changed Ma Xiaotao's expression. A strong sense of resentment and dissatisfaction welled up in her heart, along with a trace of sadness. Her voice became somewhat forlorn as she said, "Oh! Is that so?"

"Hahaha, Sister Xiaotao, I was just teasing you!" Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Ma Xiaotao's performance. His gloating made Ma Xiaotao so angry that she reached out and pinched his weak spot without hesitation.

Zhu Ziyang immediately begged for mercy, thus glossing over the matter of the seal.

So, what is the purpose of this seal? Actually, it relates to a vague yet audacious plan that Zhu Ziyang has recently come up with.

The true name of this seal is the Moon Emperor's Jade Seal!

(End of this chapter)