Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 157: The auction is not standardized, and the emperor is sweating
Jing Hongchen was furious and the auctioneer in charge of the reception was frightened on the spot. He smiled tremblingly and said:

"Your Majesty, all the items in our auction house have been strictly inspected. How could there be any problem?"

Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice, "What? Are all of you in charge of reviewing Titled Douluo? This hall master is also a well-known figure in the entire continent and has seen countless treasures. You don't trust this hall master's vision?"

"Or do you think I'm being unreasonable? Don't forget, you submitted seven auction items, and I bought four of them.

If you don't explain this obviously problematic auction item, I will have no choice but to return it all. Even if Starlight Auction House talks a lot, it's pointless. From now on, don't even think you can get a soul guide above level six on the Sun and Moon Black Market. Don't think I can't do it!

Jing Hongchen made two huge threats in a row, and the auctioneer's face immediately turned pale. He waved his hands and smiled apologetically, then turned around and left the room at a flash.

Previously, the four soul guide auction items were all bought by the wealthy Jing Hongchen. The auctioneer was frightened but secretly happy at the same time. This was simply getting commission without doing anything. Now, when he heard Jing Hongchen's threat to return the goods, he was scared to death.

Jing Hongchen's threat was very effective. Ten seconds later, Xu Jiujiu announced on the light guide screen that the viewing time would be extended. In less than half a minute, the room was reopened.

Xu Jiujiu entered the room under the guidance of the auctioneer, bowed slightly, and asked anxiously:

"Your Majesty Hongchen, I wonder what problem you are referring to with the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone? I would certainly be grateful to you."

Just as Jing Hongchen said, his strength and status are among the best in the entire continent. Although this old guy is a bit cunning and shrewd, and likes to exchange conditions for soul bones, his vision cannot be questioned.

Jing Hongchen nodded slightly and said, "There is nothing wrong with the soul bone itself. It is indeed as you described. It is a top-notch 70,000-year soul bone, and the soul skills solidified in it are also outstanding."

Xu Jiujiu blinked her beautiful eyes and continued to ask, "So what you mean is..."

"The problem lies in the properties of this soul bone!"

Jing Hongchen asserted, "It comes from the Ice Jade Scorpion clan. This clan possesses the ultimate ice attribute and is naturally proud. Therefore, this soul bone can only be absorbed by ice attribute soul masters; it can only be absorbed by ultimate ice soul masters!"

"If an ordinary ice-attribute spirit master forcibly absorbs it, he will definitely suffer a backlash. If he's lucky, he may be able to suppress it with his cultivation, but it will definitely not be easy. If he's unlucky... hehe, no need to say more."

Xu Jiujiu's face turned pale, and she covered her mouth in astonishment: "Why does this soul bone have such high requirements? Isn't that the only one in the world who can..."

Jing Hongchen nodded slowly. "So, I'm saying that Starlight Auction House is putting this kind of soul bone with huge drawbacks up for auction to bring disaster to big customers like us!"

"If you don't believe me, you can find an ice-attributed soul master above the Soul Emperor level right now and see what happens after he absorbs it. But I don't recommend you do that."

Xu Jiujiu paused for a moment, then performed a complicated set of court etiquette towards Jing Hongchen. With a look of shame on his face, he said, "It is indeed our Xingguang Auction House that made a major mistake this time. Thank you, Your Majesty Hongchen, for reminding us. Xingguang Auction House will definitely keep this in mind."

Out of trust in Jing Hongchen, she did not doubt him. Although the leader of Mingde Hall was a black man, he would not deceive them about such things.

Jing Hongchen waved his hand, "Stop it. I said the last time I saved you that I don't believe in these empty promises. Since you owe me a favor, then repay it now. It would be best if we both don't owe each other anything."

Xu Jiujiu was stunned. Why is this Mingde Hall Master always so practical?

"Then... I wonder what His Majesty Hongchen wants this time?" Xu Jiujiu asked tentatively, "A soul bone?"

Jing Hongchen stretched out a finger and shook it, saying, "I won't ask for an exorbitant price this time. The four soul guides I won at the auction will all be free. I'll also give you a few million gold soul coins as an appraisal fee. That's not too much, is it?"

Xu Jiujiu's expression suddenly froze. My goodness, isn't this equivalent to our Starlight Auction House buying the things you bid for and giving them to you, and then spending millions of gold soul coins for free?
The Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and the fixed-type soul guide shells together cost over a million, and that's not all. The rare metals and the top-level eighth-level soul guide cannon behind it together cost more than tens of millions of gold soul coins.

Those were all items they had painstakingly obtained and carefully selected before being put up for auction. She had worked so hard for so long, and only sold seven in total...

Seeing Xu Jiujiu's expression change, Jing Hongchen calmly drank the tea Xiao Hongchen handed over and said with a smile: "If Your Highness Princess cannot make a decision, you can inform His Majesty. The conditions I offer are really not excessive."

"The starting price for your 70,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone is 12 million gold soul coins. It's no exaggeration to say that by the end of the auction, I'm afraid it won't go down to 20 million gold soul coins."

"Except for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the forces that can offer 20 million gold soul coins to bid for a soul bone are all top-tier in the world. If Shrek, the Clear Sky Sect, or the Body Sect win the bid and find that not only is it useless, but a top ice-attribute genius or even a Titled Douluo has died... what will they do to the Xingluo Empire?"

"Of course, Your Highness can also hope that His Majesty the Ice Phoenix of the Xuanming Sect has obtained it. In that case, nothing will go wrong. But how likely is that? Will he suddenly have the urge to use it on the younger generation, and then something bad will happen?"

Xu Jiujiu was so frightened by Jing Hongchen's words that he broke out in a cold sweat. If those top forces bought the soul bone but found out that they had bought a deadly weapon, it would be very likely that a huge conflict would break out with Xingluo. Then Shrek City would become a lesson for Xingluo City!

By that time, not to mention 20 million gold soul coins, even 50 million gold soul coins might not be enough to settle the matter!
"Thank you, Your Majesty Hongchen, for informing me. Jiujiu, on behalf of the Starlight Auction House, has agreed to your terms. I will go and discuss this matter with my brother the Emperor immediately. I hope the Hall Master and all the other talented scholars will forgive me for any impoliteness."

Xu Jiujiu bowed to Jing Hongchen, turned around, pushed the door open, and walked out in a hurry.

Looking at Xu Jiujiu's fleeing back, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but smile as if to say "young people still need to exercise".

I let you auction off Mingde Hall's smuggled goods in front of this Hall Master, and you didn't even properly inspect the soul bones. This time, I'll make you pay for it! ...

Xu Jiujiu left Room 3 and went straight to the innermost Room 1. After entering the door, he walked in quickly and whispered, "Brother, something happened."

Xu Jiawei knew something had happened from Xu Jiujiu's behavior of delaying the conversation. He pressed his brows with a headache and motioned Xu Jiujiu to sit down: "Tell me what happened slowly..."

Xu Jiujiu relayed Jing Hongchen's words. Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei did not doubt the judgment of Jing Hongchen, the big black man. He shook his head and smiled:
"I originally intended this soul bone as a gift for that person. I never thought there would be such a thing. It seems like we are truly a match made in heaven. You go and take care of it. I'll go see that person later."

"As for Hall Master Mingde's conditions... just agree to them. This guy may be a bad guy, but what he said is true. If those forces really get the soul bones and something unexpected happens, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Hey...why do I always run into this guy when something goes wrong? How great would it be if he were one of my Xingluo people?"

Talking about Jing Hongchen, Xu Jiawei couldn't help but frown. This guy helped them twice, and Xu Jiawei didn't dislike him; but this guy's style of asking for benefits for his help made people really dislike him.

But compared to Shrek, this old guy is surprisingly pleasing to the eye. At least he really helps when something important happens, even if it's for his own benefit.

Xu Jiujiu smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect this to happen. This is a huge loss for our auction house."

"It doesn't matter. Isn't there one last auction? That item is enough for us to recoup our costs and make a lot of money. Besides, it will most likely end up in Jing Hongchen's hands."

Xu Jiawei waved his hand, comforting his sister while sighing softly.

Xu Jiujiu nodded and left the room.

A moment later, the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone was put up for auction. Xu Jiawei, the king of a country, personally took the stage and watched the auction house bidding against wealthy people who were unaware of the truth. He raised the price from 12 million to 30 million before stopping.

Hearing the long-awaited "Auction Completed" sound, even Xu Jiawei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He changed into a comfortable position on the sofa, rubbed his aching heart, and murmured:
"I must instruct my subordinates to do a good job of identifying the auction items from now on... Forget it, I'll just go and see it myself. These useless guys are really wasting my rice money. It's a huge loss..."

The auction was not standardized and the emperor was sweating.

……

"Next, will be today's finale auction."

In the soul guide light curtain, Xu Jiujiu changed her clothes gorgeously, from a red long skirt to a golden long skirt, and solemnly introduced the finale to everyone - the one hundred thousand year old soul beast embryo sealed in the ninth level soul guide device Fengshen platform.

In room number three, Dean Jing Hongchen's smile, which had just appeared on his face for a short while, froze again. He blinked his eyes and even wondered if he had heard it wrong.

Ninth-level... soul guide? That's the best!
Aside from multi-talented, top-tier Ninth-Level Soul Masters like him, the average Ninth-Level Soul Master only has one or two masterpieces in their lifetime! What lunatic did this? He's done with this, right?!
Xu Tianxi looked at Yan Jing Hongchen sympathetically. The dean's mood swings tonight could probably be drawn into a roller coaster tunnel diagram.

This was quite strange to him. How could a ninth-level soul engineer create the God-conferring Platform, a ninth-level soul guide device that was almost useless except for sealing the Snow Empress? And why did he have to go to the Far North and use this device to capture the weakest Snow Empress?

I don’t understand, I really don’t understand, this is too mysterious.

Xiao Hongchen tentatively shook Jing Hongchen's wrist and whispered, "Grandpa, are you okay?"

Jing Hongchen was silent for a long time before he recovered from his anger and said stiffly, "It's okay... What could happen to me..."

His eyelids slightly lowered, his gaze became completely silent, and a cold light gradually appeared in his eyes:
"That damn bastard is messing around everywhere, and he still wants Mingde Hall to cover for him. This time, I've taken some photos of the things, and I'm going to find this black sheep and show no mercy!"

At this moment, Jing Hongchen really wanted to kill; the ninth-level soul masters were strategic figures in the Sun-Moon Empire, and people like the emperor and Jing Hongchen would not touch them easily, but the premise was that their bottom line was not touched.

For the sake of money, he sent his ninth-level soul guide to the auction house of the enemy's royal family. As long as it was exaggerated, it would be a crime of treason. Jing Hongchen, who was repeatedly angered, made up his mind that even if the bastard knelt in front of Master Kong, he would never keep this bastard!
Even given Confucius's character, he might take personal action to clean up the mess if he learned about this.

As long as the other person is not a ruthless character like Ye Yulin, or has some powerful background, Jing Hongchen, who has a lot of stolen goods in his hands, has absolute confidence in killing the other person.

Jing Hongchen was certain that this was definitely not sold by those top-level ninth-level soul masters. It must be a counterfeit product among counterfeit products, and the person must be extremely greedy for money, otherwise he would not do such a thing.

A moment later, all parties started a tense and fierce price competition. Jing Hongchen fully utilized the advantages of Mingdetang and overwhelmed the crowd with a high price of 150 million, and obtained the ninth-level Conferred God Platform and the Snow Empress Embryo.

Being as wealthy as Jing Hongchen, he certainly wouldn't use a ninth-level soul guide as collateral, but would pay by credit card. The Starlight Auction House was also very satisfied with this - they finally got back some of the money they lost.

After obtaining the Snow Empress embryo, Jing Hongchen carefully kept it and instructed everyone in the Sun and Moon Team:
"From now on until the end of the game, you are not allowed to leave the hotel. I will personally guard you and will not let anyone get close to you."

(End of this chapter)