Starting from the young master of Haotian Sect

Chapter 154 Physical Mutation

Entering the auction hall, it didn't feel resplendent. The floor was milky white marble, and the surrounding walls were decorated with various reliefs. The reliefs were simple and bright, with a distinctly elegant look. Besides the reliefs, there were also several wall-mounted display windows. Inside, there were exhibits of porcelain, armor, and other items. These weren't auction items, but were clearly marked with prices. Tang San even saw items from the Haotian Sect.

Soon, after a casual stroll, the few of them went to the seats in the auction hall. Tang San did not sit in the red auction seat at the front. For him, he no longer needed a VIP seat to prove his identity.

"This is the auction. It's my first time here." Xiao Wu was like a lively rabbit. From the moment she entered the auction house until now, she has been in an excited state, looking left and right, jumping around.

"Hey Tang San, how do you buy things at an auction?" Xiao Wu was sitting next to him and asked while pulling Tang San's sleeve. Tang San came to buy things, while Xiao Wu simply came to see what an auction was like.

Tang San looked at the pink and tender girl beside him, who should have been his opponent, and patiently explained the complicated auction rules. Xiao Wu's eyes spun as she listened.

"In short, you can buy it if you have money. Do you have money?" Tang San asked with a smile.

Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue and said playfully, "Hey, no, I used it all to buy food."

Tang San spread his hands and said, "Then there's nothing we can do."

At this time, the auction had already begun, and precious items were brought up one after another. However, Tang San did not like these things at all. Even precious elixirs, powerful armors and even soul guides were not Tang San's targets.

It was not until the end of the auction that the item that Tang San had his eye on was brought out. Seeing the item being brought up to the stage, Tang San sat up straight and looked at the item covered with red cloth.

The host on the stage said to the bidders with a megaphone and a smile on his face, "Next, we will auction a rare treasure. Please pay attention if you are interested. Especially male guests."

As he spoke, he motioned to the audience, and three strong men pushed a cart up. The cart was covered with red cloth, and the contents inside could not be seen, but from the appearance, it looked like a large square box.

Seeing Tang San sitting up straight, Xiao Wu and the others also became interested and looked towards the center of the stage.

The host said somewhat mysteriously: "Can you all guess what this is? Well, let me first reveal the base price to all the distinguished guests. The starting price of this lot is 100,000 gold soul coins. Each increase in price must not be less than 10,000 gold. Soul coins. This is the best of the best."

"One hundred thousand!" Xiao Wu's eyes widened when she heard the astonishing price. This was enough for her to buy so many carrots!

"Now, distinguished guests, please take a closer look." As he said this, he grabbed the red cloth and pulled it off fiercely.

After the red light flashed, what was revealed was not a box, but a huge iron cage. Inside the iron cage, a girl was curled up.

Most of the girl's body was naked, with only the key parts covered by shells. Because she was curled up, her appearance could not be seen clearly, but her figure was almost perfect.

Her fair skin is like crystal jade, and her light green short hair has a unique charm.

Seeing that the item being auctioned was a woman, not only Xiao Wu, but even the masked Ah Yin next to them revealed a look of disgust, all looking at Tang San. So perverted? He came here specifically to buy a female slave?

"Tang San, are you a pervert?" Xiao Wu's soul asked.

Bai Chenxiang's face flushed immediately, and she leaned over to Tang San's ear and whispered, "Young Sect Master, if you need me, I..."

Tang San rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Can you guys see more clearly?"

The one who reacted the fastest was naturally Ah Yin. When she looked at the iron cage again, she saw something strange about the girl in the cage and said, "Cat?"

The auction hall was immediately filled with discussions, and many men's eyes lit up. It was obvious that they all came for this special person.

"Perhaps the VIPs are wondering why such a girl can have such a high reserve price. But if you observe carefully, you will find that she is special." As he spoke, the host took out a stick from somewhere, reached into the iron cage, and gently lifted the girl's short light green hair by her ears, revealing her ears.

Those were not human ears, but small pointed ears similar to those of cats. Under the light touch of the stick, the ears turned slightly red.

"Yes, the distinguished guests did not read it wrong. This is a rare catwoman. When her martial spirit awakened, her body mutated and she took on some cat forms. Her eyes were one blue and one green, and she had a unique look. It's charming and even has a long tail." He hit the girl's buttocks with a stick. The girl twisted in pain, revealing a white cat tail that had been hidden behind her.

Seeing this scene, Bai Chenxiang was also a little confused and asked: "Young Sect Master, so why did you buy her? Is it because her martial soul mutated?"

Tang San's eyes flashed with a special light, and he narrowed his eyes slightly, saying: "No, this is not a martial soul mutation, her body has mutated, and the martial soul has occupied a part of her body, making her appearance similar to her martial soul. The martial soul mutation will only affect the martial soul and cannot affect the body. If her martial soul is an insect martial soul."

When Tang San first saw the auction's competing items, he was also shocked. There were actually spirit masters whose bodies had mutated into the appearance of martial spirits, showing the characteristics of martial spirits! This was very similar to those insect-man spirit beasts!

Possessing human intelligence, even possessing martial spirit power, and being able to use spirit skills. If this catwoman in front of him could also do this, then Tang San would have a more rigorous guess about the origin of the insect-man spirit beast.

That's why Tang San came to the auction house.

Tang San glanced at Ah Yin at the edge. He noticed when he was talking just now that her eyes changed when he said "her martial spirit is an insect martial spirit".

"This soul master named Lan Yin, does she know about the insect-man soul beast? That's impossible. Even if she is a Titled Douluo, she shouldn't know about this if she didn't participate in the Titled Douluo meeting. How did she know about the insect-man soul beast? Has she encountered it before?" Tang San analyzed in his heart.

Bai Chenxiang asked, "Master, should we buy it?"

To Bai Chenxiang's surprise, Tang San actually shook his head and said, "I was originally planning to buy it, but now it seems that I don't need to do anything."

"One hundred and one hundred thousand gold soul coins." At this time, a middle-aged man sitting not far in front of Tang San and his companions suddenly said.

Even though it was just his back, Tang San recognized him. This was Ning Rongrong's father, Ning Fengzhi!

"It seems that Sect Master Ning has also discovered the uniqueness of this catwoman and associated her with the insect-man soul beast."

Chapter 155 Natural disaster or man-made disaster

Tang San asked through soul power transmission: "It seems that Sect Master Ning has also discovered the uniqueness of this cat woman and associated it with the insect-man soul beast."

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi also turned around and looked at Tang San behind him, cupped his hands and said: "Young Sect Master Tang, it's been half a year."

Then Ning Fengzhi looked at Xiao Wu and Lan Yin and nodded in greeting.

Seeing the other party nod to her, Xiao Wu blinked, frowned, and said, "He looks a little familiar."

Tang San smiled and said, "He is Ning Rongrong's father, Ning Fengzhi, the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect."

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After hearing Tang San's introduction, Xiao Wu quickly said, "Hello, uncle. I'm Ning Rongrong's classmate."

Ning Fengzhi also smiled and nodded, but there was not much communication because the fighting had already begun in the auction hall.

Shouts were heard one after another, and many men sitting in the red seats stared at the trembling Catwoman on the stage with bloodshot eyes, and kept raising the price. As for how many of them were really as Xiao Wu and Bai Chenxiang thought, Tang San estimated that there were quite a few.

"One hundred and seventy thousand. A red VIP has bid seventy thousand gold soul coins. Is there anyone who can raise the price? One hundred and eighty thousand. Any more?"

Prince Xuexing even tried to reveal his identity to lower the price, but it was obvious that Ning Fengzhi was not afraid of Prince Xuexing at all. Even if Emperor Xue Ye came, it would not necessarily scare Ning Fengzhi.

In the end, Ning Fengzhi bought this mutated catwoman at the terrifying price of 180,000 gold soul coins.

Seeing Ning Fengzhi leave to pay for the goods, Tang San also stood up and prepared to follow. He said to Bai Chenxiang beside him, "Chenxiang, go find out who is selling this cat woman. You must find out the truth. Even if you have to search the entire Tiandou Imperial City, I want to know the origin of this cat woman."

"Yes, Young Sect Master." Bai Chenxiang actually didn't know much about the insect-man soul beasts, but as long as it was Tang San's order, there must be a reason for it.

Bai Chenxiang disappeared in a flash. Spying on intelligence was exactly what the Min clan was good at.

Seeing Tang San go to look for Ning Fengzhi, Lan Yin said, "Let's go check on Xiao Wu too."

"Ah? Sister Yin, you want to go and see it too?" Xiao Wu was stunned. What's so good about this? Can't you just look at your own things?

Afterwards, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin followed Ning Fengzhi to the backstage of the auction house. Ning Fengzhi was not at all surprised by Tang San's arrival and said, "It seems that Young Sect Master Tang is also very interested in this."

Tang San also got straight to the point and said directly: "I think Sect Master Ning and I are thinking the same thing. I suspect the appearance of the insect people is related to the mutation of this martial spirit."

Ning Fengzhi also put away his smile and said with a serious face, "Although the Titled Douluo Conference has been held, we know very little about those insect-man soul beasts. When I found this cat woman, it suddenly occurred to me that we all subconsciously think those insect-man are soul beasts. What if they were originally human, but their martial spirits suddenly mutated, resulting in them having the appearance of insect martial spirits? Is this also possible?"

Tang San nodded. He was also surprised when he saw it at first. A spirit master could actually turn into a spirit beast! And this wasn't a martial spirit possession, but a complete transformation into the appearance of his own martial spirit. And this couldn't be changed back. The possession wouldn't be lifted just because the spirit power was exhausted.

This thing is not as simple as the mutation of martial spirit. It is a huge change at the genetic level, even the race has been mutated.

A moment later, a large iron cage was brought in, pushed by several burly men. Inside the cage was not only the catwoman, but also several other young women, all of whom were top-notch, each with their own unique characteristics.

Ning Fengzhi explained, "Ahem, I saw that the other girls were being trafficked, and I couldn't bear it, so I decided to let them work in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, so that they could earn a living."

Of course, Tang San and even Ah Yin beside him had no interest in what kind of person Ning Fengzhi was. They all looked at the catwoman in the cage.

Hiss! When she saw Tang San and the others approaching, Catwoman immediately let out a threatening cry like a cat, revealing her sharp claws. Her nails were not only sharp but also curved like a hook, just like a cat's. The only difference was that she had no hair on her body, so her fur did not stand on end.

Tang San did not try to provoke her, and asked softly: "Can you understand what people say?"

Hearing Tang San's gentle voice, Catwoman gradually calmed down, nodded and whispered: "Yeah."

Be wise!

Ning Fengzhi, who was standing by, brought some food and handed it to Catwoman before asking, "Can you use your soul skills?"

Catwoman ate something, and after hearing Ning Fengzhi's question, she shook her head and said, "My innate soul power is level 0, so I'm not a soul master."

Tang San knew this from the beginning. He used the Rakshasa Divine Pupil to discover that Catwoman's soul power was level 0, which meant that her innate soul power was 0, and her martial soul was the most ordinary cat martial soul.

The Cat Martial Soul, like the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, is a useless Martial Soul with an innate soul power of level 0. When summoned, it is just an ordinary kitten that cannot be used in combat. It is even worse than the Hoe Martial Soul in terms of hoeing the ground.

Ah Yin, who was standing by, suddenly asked, "Have you been like this since the beginning?"

Catwoman's eyes dimmed as she said, "No, I became like this because I discovered a mutation when my martial spirit awakened."

"Can you tell me more about what happened when your martial spirit awakened?"

Hearing this, Catwoman shook her head and said, "I don't know."

"do not know?"

"Well, I fell asleep when my martial soul was awakening, and after I woke up, the martial soul awakening was complete."

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Hearing this, Tang San and Ning Fengzhi looked at each other. They both knew what it was like to awaken a martial soul. How could they possibly fall asleep during awakening?

Tang San continued to ask: "Who awakened for you? Was it a spirit master from the Spirit Hall?"

Catwoman shook her head and said, "I don't know. It's all arranged by the village. And what is the Spirit Hall?"

For a moment, Tang San and the others were silent. With the reputation of the Spirit Hall, how could the entire continent not know about it? Even if children didn't know it, adults should know it. But the cat girl in front of them didn't even know about the Spirit Hall.

There are only two possibilities in this situation: one is that Catwoman is lying, and the other is that she has been living in an isolated place. The elders in the village are either also isolated from the world and don't know about the Spirit Hall, or they are deliberately concealing it.

Tang San narrowed his eyes. Speaking of isolated places, he had actually heard of them, and more than one.

The City of Slaughter, the Ghost Town, and the Seagod Island, these three places can be said to be isolated from the world. Most people don’t know how to enter, and can’t find the place, especially the Seagod Island, which was accidentally discovered by the Spirit Hall decades ago. That is to say, decades ago, the residents of the Seagod Island actually didn’t know about the Spirit Hall.

Chapter 156 Golden Generation

Although Tang San and Ning Fengzhi asked a lot of questions one after another, Catwoman didn't know most of them. She didn't even know where her village was. She was once found and captured after getting lost in the mountains.

The only thing she knew was that in that village, besides her, there were other people who had undergone such martial soul mutations and changes in their physical characteristics.

Ning Fengzhi said, "She can't even summon her martial spirit anymore. It must have merged with her body."

Tang San looked at the cat girl in front of him and said, "I once found some special soul guides in the cave in the Wumu Basin. Some wolf bandits were imprisoned in those soul guides."

"Wolf bandit?"

Tang San nodded and said, "Well, Wolf Bandits are special soul beasts born from a Demonic Wolf Soul Beast and a Human woman. However, in that cave, these Wolf Bandits all developed insectoid characteristics, as if they had been tortured. It's just that Wolf Bandits themselves don't have martial spirits, so I didn't think about it that way at the time."

Ning Fengzhi said in a deep voice, "During the Titled Douluo Conference, some spirit masters suspected that those insect-man spirit beasts might have only appeared recently. Now I suspect that some spirit masters are using some ancient spirit guide technology to conduct human experiments, fusing their martial spirits with their bodies, and thus giving birth to beings like Catwoman."

Xiao Wu looked at Catwoman with some pity and asked, "Why do you do this?"