Douluo Dalu: The Holy Evil Emperor

But since he had already arrived in Xingluo City, Ye Qing didn't mind walking around the city. He stopped a passerby selling candied haws and bought one. Then, Ye Qing tasted the candied haws while learning about the customs and culture of Xingluo City.

Compared to Shrek City, a mixed city with residents from various countries, Xingluo City has the ethnic characteristics of the Xingluo Empire.

After returning this time, if Ye Qing goes to Shrek City again, he will probably be able to easily identify which buildings have the characteristics of the Star Luo Empire.

As he strolled around like this, Ye Qing didn't bother to care where he was going. He had no destination anyway, so he just walked wherever he wanted. When it was almost dark, he could find a hotel.

As the crowd slowly moved forward, Ye Qing discovered that there were fewer and fewer pedestrians and vendors on this road. Originally intending to have some fun, he was about to switch to a more lively snack street when he heard screams coming from the front of the path.

Originally, Ye Qing had no interest. After all, in Douluo Continent, there were too many cases of soul masters and nobles bullying ordinary people and civilians. How could he be interested in taking care of these trivial matters? However, the next childish voice made him stop in his tracks.

"Don't hit my mother!"

It was a boy's childish and sharp voice.

"No way?" Ye Qing blinked and tilted his head to look into the distance of the path.

There, a woman wearing an old dress and with long flaxen hair braided into a pigtail was holding a little blue-haired boy in her arms. Next to her were two people who looked like servants, beating and kicking the woman.

Look again at the end of the path.

The tall vermilion courtyard wall, two tiger-shaped stone sculptures, and the magnificent courtyard gate with carved beams and painted rafters, and of course, the most important thing, is the pure gold plaque hanging on the courtyard gate.

White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

Okay, the case was solved. As soon as I entered the city, I saw Lao Huo being beaten. No, it wasn’t even him who was beaten, but his poor mother who was often dragged out to gain sympathy and pick up girls.

Ye Qing patted his forehead and thought helplessly, "I didn't expect that the first time I met the protagonist of the original novel would be under such circumstances. It's a bit dramatic."

Before coming to Xingluo City, Ye Qing had wondered whether he would happen to meet Huo Yuhao, but he didn't expect that not only would he meet him, but he would meet him as soon as he entered the city.

“Poor protagonist, your tragic life has just begun.” Ye Qing gloated (crossed out) and looked at Huo Yuhao with pity, then turned around and walked away while eating a candied haws.

help?

It's so funny, I can't help you at all.

In the original novel, if Huo Yuhao destroyed the White Tiger Duke's Mansion in the late stage, he would be somewhat heroic, and Ye Qing would help him no matter what. But he himself was willing to change his surname to Dai and become a dog, so Ye Qing could only respect the fate of others.

Helping Huo Yuhao would do him no good, so it would be better for him to learn more about the Starlight Auction House and find a way to get the Soul-Devouring Knife as soon as possible.

After all, his vacation only lasts for a month. Not only does he have to get the Soul-Devouring Knife, he also has to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to get a 70,000-year fourth soul ring.

He has no time to waste here.

Chapter 64: Black Dress for a Long Time, Princess Auctioneer (First Order Request!)

Considering that it was getting dark, Ye Qing was too lazy to continue wandering outside and went straight to stay at the Xinghuang Hotel, which belonged to the royal family of the Xingluo Empire.

If you want to learn about the royal family's industry, what better place to go than another one of the royal family's industries?

So that night, Ye Qing asked the hotel waiter for the general information about the Starlight Auction House. After all, this information was public, and anyone who stayed in Xingluo City long enough would know it.

What's more, this is the Xinghuang Hotel. The guests who can stay here are either rich or noble. There are often out-of-town guests asking about the auction house. Being familiar with the information of the auction house is basically a compulsory course for the staff of the Xinghuang Hotel.

The first is the auction standards of the Starlight Auction House.

The first is the top auction, which is the one where the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and Snow Emperor Embryo were auctioned in the original novel. This level of auction is also called a red-level auction, and it is the highest-level auction in the Starlight Auction House. The auction items can reach top standards, and the lowest transaction price can reach seven figures.

However, auctions of this level are rarely held even by the Starlight Auction House. After all, there are limited treasures, and auctions are basically only held once every one or two years.

The next level is the black-level auction. Although the specifications are not as good as the red-level auction, the treasures at the auction are still precious, and even soul bones often appear. In other words, there will be a soul bone guaranteed to appear at a black-level auction.

After all, it is a top-level auction, so the main items have to be some good ones to attract attention. Black-level auctions are usually held every three to six months.

The next level is the purple-level auction, which is the same specification as the one where the Soul-Devouring Knife appeared in the original novel. The items that appear in the auction are basically low- and medium-level soul guides and some medicines or materials that are not very precious. Of course, for individual soul masters, an auction of this level is already large enough. This level of auction is held about once a month.

Finally, there is the yellow-level auction held every day. There is nothing much to say about this. It is a channel for Starlight Auction House to clear its inventory, but in fact, the yellow-level auction is the most profitable channel for Starlight Auction House.

No matter which world, the grassroots are the majority.

Ye Qing was very lucky, or he came at a good time. During this period of time, both Shrek Academy and other academies were on holiday, and many students were on vacation from their respective academies.

Therefore, during this period of time, the flow of people in major cities has increased. After all, the students who have been stuck in the academy for almost a year, the first thing they do when they return home is to go out and play with their family members.

Therefore, the Starlight Auction House will also hold two large-scale auctions during this period of time, a purple-level auction two days later and a black-level auction seven days later.

What they need to pray for now is that the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife that Ye Qing wants will appear at these two auctions.

The items at an auction are generally kept confidential, and only certain powerful forces can obtain the list of items before the auction begins.

Ye Qing came here only on his own behalf this time. Without the identity of Moon's disciple, he would definitely not be able to get the list of auction items.

But it doesn’t matter. It’s only a week. Even if he gets nothing this time, Ye Qing still has twenty days to hunt souls, which is basically enough.

In this way, Ye Qing stayed in the Xinghuang Hotel. He ate and strolled around Xingluo City during the day, and returned to the Xinghuang Hotel to practice at night.

Ye Qing is not a robot. When he was studying at Shrek, he basically didn't give himself much leisure time. Now that he has come to Xingluo City, it won't hurt to relax a little and experience the local customs and culture.

Two days passed quickly.

On the third night, Ye Qing walked into the gate of the Starlight Auction House. After verifying that he had sufficient assets, he successfully obtained the qualification to participate in the purple-level auction.

But to Ye Qing’s disappointment, the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife did not appear at this purple-level auction.

Perhaps because it had not been sold at a low price enough times, the Starlight Auction House still believed that this Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, which was ranked 99th on the list of carving knives, could bring them more profits, so it was not moved to the Purple Level Auction.

Ye Qing can only pin his hopes on the black-level auction in a few days.

After the purple-level auction ended, Ye Qing left the auction venue and returned to the Xinghuang Hotel to wait for the black-level auction to begin.

And the other side.

Xu Jiujiu, who has little experience and whose professional ability is not as high as it will be in a few years, is only a black-level auctioneer now, and this black-level auction happens to be hosted by her.

Xu Jiujiu, wearing the long skirt and uniform of the black-level auctioneer of the Starlight Auction House, was in the backstage of the auction house, counting the items that would be auctioned in a few days.

Compared to the slightly revealing long skirts of other auctioneers, Xu Jiujiu's uniform was obviously different. Her long skirt was not slit, but directly covered her calves, revealing only her white ankles, and her jade feet were wearing black rhinestone high heels.

The same was true for her upper body. Only her collarbone could be vaguely seen through the conservative long skirt. Her pair of white arms were also covered by the black gauze sleeves, and only at her wrists did her fair and slender hands appear.

But even such an extremely conservative long dress cannot conceal her radiance.

Sometimes, the same dress looks completely different on different people.

Xu Jiujiu is very happy now.

Being an auctioneer was one of Xu Jiujiu's few hobbies, but she was still young before and Xu Jiawei didn't want her, a princess, to show up in public, so she had relatively little experience.

Rationality is rationality. After all, she is just a girl. Young girls are always so persistent in the things they like.

Initially, she just followed Xu Jiawei to an auction and saw that the auctioneer's few words could make the guests at the auction bid frantically, which aroused her interest in the profession of auctioneer.

She imagined what it would be like if she could be that "powerful" and make others spend money like crazy with just a few words. It must be very fun.

If she had been allowed to satisfy her desire to be an auctioneer back then, she probably wouldn't have this hobby now.

But Xu Jiawei did not satisfy her at that time, and being an auctioneer changed from an interest to a real hobby.

Have fun.

She will take every auction she will host very seriously, remember the information of each item, and make sure there will be no problems with the items that will affect her interest in being an auctioneer.

"There is still one item missing..." After completing the inventory, Xu Jiujiu bit his lips in distress.

"What's one more thing?"

Chapter 65: The auction begins, the list of engraving knives (first order required!)

“It’s really frustrating…”

Xu Jiujiu rubbed her temples with a headache, pacing back and forth while thinking. Her high heels made a slight muffled sound as they stepped on the precious carpet, and her slender, white jade-like calves were faintly visible under the black gauze skirt.

It’s a pity that no one appreciates this beautiful scenery.

Looking at the many items in front of me, Xu Jiujiu felt like he was having difficulty making decisions.

It was a rare opportunity for her to host an auction, so she naturally hoped that the auction would be successfully completed, but this last item really troubled her.

Finally, when she set her sights on a very controversial and dangerous item, Xu Jiujiu made up her mind.

"Soul-Devouring Carving Knife..." After looking at the box containing the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife for a long time, he lowered his head and wrote down this last auction item.

Prior to this, the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife had actually been unsold three times. As a ranked carving knife, it was even qualified to be put on a red-level auction, let alone a black-level auction.

It’s just because its evil nature is so strong that none of the dozens of owners it has had in history had a good ending.

This resulted in no one buying it.

But Xu Jiujiu just wanted to challenge herself to see if she could sell it. Even if she had to be an auctioneer, the princess felt that she could do her best.

Of course, in the auction in the original novel, the Soul-Devouring Knife was undoubtedly a failure. Even in the hands of her, the princess of the empire, it failed to be sold. In the end, this Soul-Devouring Knife was left on the bench and ended up at the purple-level auction.

After the last item was written on the auction list, Xu Jiujiu let out a long sigh, turned around and left.

……

a few days later.

Ye Qing, wearing a decent formal suit, walked out of the gate of Xinghuang Hotel and slowly walked towards the Starlight Auction House.

Along the way, Ye Qing also met many well-dressed nobles whose destination was the same as his. The Black Level Auction was already a large-scale event, and these soul master nobles naturally wanted to see if they could find any treasures.

Even if I don’t find any treasures, I just treat it as a way to spice up my boring life.

After all, there aren't many things that can entertain people in Douluo Continent. If Ye Qing is willing to tinker with these things, he might be able to develop an entertainment industry chain and make money.

It's just that this thing is too time-consuming. With Shrek's support, he doesn't need to worry about money at all. As a person who has not grown up, he cannot maintain this kind of lucrative entertainment industry chain.

Before long, the Starlight Auction House was already in sight.

It seemed that because today was a black-level auction, the quality of the maids at the gate of the Starlight Auction House had greatly improved. Ye Qing even saw from afar a noble throwing out a gold card, then hugging one of the maids' slender waist and walking into the auction house.

Here, these maids are nothing more than commodities.

Walking into the auction hall again, Ye Qing casually found a seat in the middle back and sat down, closing his eyes and waiting for the auction to begin.

He was very excited and nervous.

If he fails to obtain the Soul-Devouring Knife at the auction this time, his chances of abducting Alex in a few years will be greatly reduced.

As the personal grandfather during the Peerless Tang Sect period, Electrolux is indispensable.

Therefore, he was determined to obtain the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife. If he could not get it at this auction, he would really have no choice but to try to open up a new channel from Xu Jiujiu.

After a while, all the lights in the auction hall went out, and then a soft golden light came on on the booth at the front.

A white hand lifted the red cloth, and then Xu Jiujiu's slender figure in a black auctioneer's dress walked out slowly, came to the middle of the booth, and looked at everyone with a smile.

"Dear guests, welcome to this black-level auction. I am the auctioneer Jiujiu, and I am very honored to host this auction." Xu Jiujiu made a very complicated etiquette gesture with his hands in front of him like a butterfly, and saluted slightly to everyone present. His soft and pleasant voice was clearly heard by everyone.

I have to say that Xu Jiujiu's outfit is really beautiful, generous and elegant, and coupled with her natural noble temperament, it is simply irresistible.

But none of the nobles present dared to say anything flirtatious to Xu Jiujiu, and even the way they looked at her was very honest.

Those who can participate in an auction of this level basically know Xu Jiujiu's origins. There were also some young people who didn't know her identity before, and then made a lot of nonsense at the auction, wanting to buy Xu Jiujiu as a maid.

The result is obvious. Those idiots never appeared in the Star Luo Empire again and simply disappeared from the face of the earth.

Xu Jiujiu might not do anything to them, but Xu Jiawei, who has always been paying attention to Xu Jiujiu, will not let these brainless idiots go.

After coming here a few times, unless you are tired of living, the look in your eyes when you look at someone for a long time will be so clear.

However, many nobles still flocked to the auction hosted by Xu Jiujiu. It was an honor to be able to attend an auction hosted by a princess of a country. It was even hyped that if one had not attended an auction hosted by Xu Jiujiu, one would not be considered a real noble.

With such a celebrity effect, there will basically be no unsold items at the auctions hosted by Xu Jiujiu, and every item can be sold at a price that satisfies her.

"I believe everyone has been looking forward to today's auction for a long time. I will not say any more. Let us get straight to the point of today." Xu Jiujiu gently knocked the auction hammer and said with a smile.

"Let's invite you to the first lot of today's auction."

The maid who had been waiting in the side aisle, holding a tray covered with red cloth in her hands, walked quickly to Xu Jiujiu's side.

"Ten thousand years ago, whale glue was only used as an aid to enhance sexual intercourse, but thousands of years ago, people discovered that whale glue has more functions than that. It can enhance the physical strength of soul masters, allowing soul masters to absorb soul rings beyond the limit." Xu Jiujiu told the story, and then lifted the cloth covering the tray, revealing the true appearance of the first item.

It was a dark yellow translucent crystal, about the size of a fist, and had an irregular round shape.

"That's right. Today's first lot is a piece of top-grade whale glue that is eight thousand years old! If it is consumed intact, it can at least increase the endurance limit of a soul master's soul ring by about five hundred years!"