Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline

"Where is your manager? I have something to auction off."

auction?

Soon, staff members led Su Ming and the other two to a private room.

"Distinguished guests, please wait a moment while we inform the manager."

Elders Babi and Leizhen did not deliberately conceal their auras; the faint but palpable pressure of their soul power clearly indicated that they were not ordinary people, so the reception staff naturally dared not neglect them.

The auction manager arrived in just three minutes.

"Hello, distinguished guests. What treasures would you like to auction at our auction house?"

Su Ming took out a piece of top-grade, thousand-times-refined silver and placed it on the table.

Rare metals?

The manager, of course, didn't believe it.

He carefully examined the sunken silver that Su Ming had taken out.

"This distinguished guest doesn't mind if I get close, does he?"

"do not mind."

After obtaining Su Ming's consent, the manager took the first-grade refined silver in his hand, and his expression changed drastically.

He took a deep breath, held it, and carefully extended his soul power.

"Could this be the legendary spirit metal?"

Su Ming nodded, confirming the manager's guess.

The manager took another deep breath and continued to carefully probe the piece of sunken silver with his soul power. By communicating with the spirituality inside through his soul power, he could sense the abundant spiritual energy.

hiss~

The more he examined it, the more alarmed he became.

Aside from blacksmiths, very few people know the term "spirited metals." He was in charge of identification, so he knew about different metals and occasionally learned about spirited metals, but none of the information he knew about spirited metals contained such exaggerated spiritual descriptions.

How exaggerated is the spirituality within this piece of sunken silver?

Without using the soul power of a soul master, the spiritual energy within these two fist-sized pieces of silver is enough to construct a core array at the level of a sixth-grade soul tool!

What abundant spirituality this is!

The manager took a deep breath and looked up at Su Ming.

"The spirit metal you have presented is too incredible. Do you intend to auction it at this auction? If not, we suggest you do so at the next major auction."

"No, let's hold the auction right here."

Su Ming then took out eight more pieces of spirit metal forged from other rare metals.

"Let's auction off all eight of them together."

The manager's eyes widened in disbelief.

What the hell?

He actually pulled out nine pieces of spiritually potent metal that even the book's slightly exaggerated, legendary accounts couldn't match.

The manager's gaze turned serious.

If it's one piece, it's an absolute treasure.

The manager realized something was amiss when nine pieces appeared at the same time.

He looked down at the nine pieces of extraordinary, spiritually potent metal on the table, his mind racing.

"What, is it that the auction can't be completed?" Su Ming asked when he saw that he didn't answer for a long time.

"Since you have made the request, our Starlight Auction House will naturally make the arrangements. These nine pieces of spirit metal are all top-quality, and their value may be no less than that of a top-grade soul bone. It would be a real pity to put them in an auction of this scale."

As he spoke, he secretly observed Su Ming's expression and found that Su Ming showed no regret whatsoever.

"The guests at this auction are all here for a medium-sized auction, and the gold soul coins I have prepared may not be enough to get the best price for the nine spirit metals. Therefore, I hope you will allow me to sell the nine spirit metals separately."

separate?

This was exactly what Su Ming wanted.

He nodded in agreement.

"I'll have someone arrange it right away!"

The manager put all nine pieces of spirit metal into his storage soul tool and handed it to a staff member, instructing him to make arrangements quickly. Then, he personally led Su Ming and the other two out of the room and towards a private room.

"This is Qianqian, our auctioneer. Please feel free to tell her if you have any needs. I'll take my leave now."

The manager beckoned over a woman with a purple name tag around her neck, introduced her, and then left.

"Do you have the list of items for this auction?" Su Ming asked Qianqian.

"The items to be auctioned are not normally disclosed to the public, but since you have just added nine special items to our auction, the manager specifically instructed me to give you a list of the items to be auctioned."

She took out a list, which was densely packed with hundreds of auction items.

Su Ming's gaze went straight to the back.

This mid-sized auction only had three final lots, though now there are twelve.

"Soul-Devouring Carving Knife"

On the list, Su Ming was surprised to see the Soul Devouring Carving Knife.

Qianqian's expression changed slightly when she heard Su Ming mention this name.

"Distinguished guest, although this Soul-Devouring Carving Knife is the final item in the auction, it has failed to sell many times. If it weren't a listed carving knife, we wouldn't have auctioned it as the final item."

The eight-armed creature standing to the side, not understanding, spoke up directly.

Why did the final item fail to sell at auction multiple times?

"In the process of creating a soul tool by a soul master, inscribing the core magic array is an essential step. Besides the soul master, the carving knife is also a very important part of this step. A truly good carving knife can even double the success rate of a soul master in creating a soul tool. Over the thousands of years, among countless carving knives, some have stood out, each with its own characteristics and special effects. Some soul masters have ranked these effects from one to one hundred and created a list. The carving knives on this list are the ranked carving knives, and the Soul Devouring Carving Knife is one of them."

"However, unfortunately, although this Soul-Devouring Carving Blade is powerful, it is also a deadly weapon. As far as we know, it was made by an evil soul master. We don't know what the master did when making the carving blade, but this blade will turn against its owner. In the history we have found, it has had a total of thirty-seven owners, and all thirty-seven of them died tragically."

With a solemn expression, Qianqian explained the murderous knife very clearly.

"The murderous blade?" Su Ming stared intently at the four words "Soul Devouring Carving Blade".

"Xiao Ming, are you going to auction this carving knife?" Lei Zhen asked.

He could tell that Su Ming carved the list.

"Ah."

Lei Zhen's expression was solemn as he said, "We should be more cautious about the things of evil soul masters. Even if an evil soul master was weak in life, their abilities are still terrifying. This murderous blade may not have been anything special at first, but after going through thirty-seven masters and killing all thirty-seven of them, the danger of it turning against its owners is unpredictable."

Anything involving evil spirit masters is never good.

These guys are like a bug in this world.

A living evil spirit master is fine, but if something left behind by a dead evil spirit master has developed, then we have to be extremely careful.

Three chapters today, then two chapters tomorrow.

Regarding the updates of this book, I'd like to let you guys know in advance that it can't be too fast, meaning I can't update 10,000 words a day. After it's released, I'll try my best to maintain six updates a day, which is three updates a day.

Writing about the Trinity from three perspectives definitely put a lot more pressure on me, but perhaps it's a habit I developed from writing books before. I'm quite used to this way of describing things by constantly switching perspectives, so while the pressure was great, I could still accept it.

Just being able to accept it doesn't mean it's the same as before. I can feel that there are too many things to consider when writing the Trinity series, because each perspective I switch to is the protagonist, and I have to carefully plan his growth path and every opportunity he has. Most importantly, the timing of switching the perspectives of the three main characters has to be reasonable.

This means I can't write too quickly, otherwise, if I get carried away and several months pass, it's easy for me to cut out crucial parts of the story from another timeline.

Based on this, the writing speed of this book certainly cannot be the same as before. This book has achieved great success, and so many brothers are following it. I have to be responsible and can't let it fall apart.

Even the drafts are the same. I planned to publish ten chapters, and I have to save at least seven of them before the publication. So after finishing three chapters today, I have to start saving. I can only resume two chapters for a while.

Chapter 73 Some Some

“I know, my grandfather introduced me to the List Carving Knife, and I also know about the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, but I am a Soul Master, and I can’t lose my desire to collect a List Carving Knife.”

Lei Zhen wanted to persuade him again.

Su Ming raised his hand.

"Don't worry, Elder, I know what I'm doing. I won't use this carving knife. I have another carving knife at home."

Well.

Lei Zhen, who was about to retort with "With such a fine carving knife in hand, how can you resist trying it?", got stuck.

Oh ~

Turns out there was a list-carving knife at home.

Qianqian was also shocked upon hearing this.

Having a carving knife for displaying names at home is quite remarkable.

There are only about a hundred engraving knives listed in the past few thousand years, most of which are either listed as collectibles or lost. There are at most twenty engraving knives in use on the mainland, and this boy actually has one in his family!

She didn't try to persuade her further.

The reason for the persuasion was also out of concern that the forces behind the other party might cause trouble later.

They were actually happy that the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife could be auctioned off; at least it wouldn't be stuck in their hands anymore.

"The auction has begun."

Su Ming looked at the soul guidance screen on the private room.

On the screen, a young girl dressed in palace attire slowly walked onto the stage, eliciting cheers from the audience.

Qianqian was also very surprised.

"It's Princess Jiujiu!"

"Distinguished guests, welcome to our Starlight Auction. We have just received a batch of extremely high-quality rare metals, which will be the highlight of today's auction. We apologize for the delay in arranging this."

After a long pause, he finally delivered his prepared remarks.

Although she said that, she was actually implying that she made a special trip to attend because of this extra batch of rare metals.

The audience was astonished and puzzled, wondering what kind of rare metal could make Jiu Jiu say such a thing, revealing its information right at the beginning of the auction, without worrying about delaying the bidding for other items.

However, no matter how hard they racked their brains, they couldn't understand why a simple rare metal could be auctioned off as the final item.

"Alright, next up is our first item for today's auction: a soul bone produced by a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast!"

"This soul bone has some minor flaws."

Su Ming was not interested in the previous items.

After waiting for about three hours, it was finally time for the final item to be auctioned.

Before auctioning this item, I would like to explain the drawbacks of the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife to everyone present. Only then did I begin to announce the auction information: "The Soul-Devouring Carving Knife has a starting price of 100,000 gold soul coins, and each bid must be at least 5,000 gold soul coins higher."

100,000 Gold Soul Coins?

Everyone present showed little interest.

Buying a carving knife that could endanger one's life and contains the evil methods left behind by a wicked soul master, costing 100,000 gold soul coins, is something no fool would fall for.

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins."

Su Ming casually announced the price.

He gestured for Qianqian to go up and do it.

When his private room participated in the guessing game, and the amount of 100,000 gold soul coins appeared on the screen, the entire room fell silent.

Jiu Jiu also looked at the private room where Su Ming was with a puzzled expression.

She remembered that this private room was assigned to the guest who brought the spirit metal. How could he want the Spirit-Eating Carving Knife?

Various thoughts flashed through her mind, but she did not forget her duty. After asking again, she counted to three.

"Three, two, one, deal!"

After a long while, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She had someone take the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife down and hand it to Su Ming.