Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 118 Ye Guyi's Opportunity
As the sound came, the auction hall became quiet, the light in the hall gradually dimmed, and the light on the auction table became brighter.

A woman wearing a purple dress walked onto the stage from one side of the auction hall. She looked about thirty years old, with a dignified and beautiful appearance, and a faint smile on her face. As she walked, she looked graceful and graceful. The well-tailored long skirt perfectly outlined the curves of her mature body.

At this time, even Ma Rulong and others couldn't help but take a few more glances.

However, Meteor was very smart. He just took a quick glance and then focused his attention on the drink in his hand, which made the several pairs of eyes looking at him show satisfaction.

At this time, the purple-skirted auctioneer on the stage had walked behind the auction case with a smile on her face, and a soft female voice echoed softly in Auction Hall No. 12 with the help of the amplified soul guide on the auction case.

"Good evening, distinguished guests, I am Qingya, a purple-level auctioneer from Starlight Auction House, and I will be hosting the auction today."

"The auctioneers at Starlight Auction House use color to distinguish grades, from the lowest white to the highest gold, into six grades: white, yellow, purple, black, red, and gold."

Mr. Ma saw the confusion of Liuxing and others, and explained, as he was no stranger to the Starlight Auction House.

Liuxing and others suddenly realized that this was just the level divided by the color of the spirit ring.

Then Liuxing and others looked at the white masks on their faces. It turned out that the masks were also divided into levels, but theirs was the lowest level. This was normal. After all, it was their first time to come to the Starlight Auction House and they had not made any purchases, so of course they were at the lowest level.

At this time, the auctioneer named Qingya bowed to the crowd, smiled slightly, and said, "Today's auction is a special session for soul guides. All the items are soul guides below level six, suitable for use by Soul Kings and below. At the same time, to make your trip worthwhile, we have one last mysterious gift item. Please don't miss it."

When they heard that only soul guides below level six were being auctioned, Liuxing and the others showed disappointment. To them, they had access to any soul guide they wanted, so why bother coming to this auction house to bid? The only thing that interested them was the mysterious gift package.

For the sake of this mysterious gift package, they decided to take a look first.

Liuxing and the others were not interested in the several soul guides auctioned earlier, as they were just their leftovers. However, Shrek Academy auctioned off a few soul guides.

As for why he recognized the people from Shrek Academy, Liu Xing said that the Fire Eyes were really useful.

Although the masks cannot be seen through, everyone's soul power fluctuations are different. Liu Xing had already memorized the soul power fluctuations of the Shrek Academy group.

Especially that Huo Yuhao, his powerful mental fluctuations were too conspicuous in the Meteor Eyes with the Fire Pupils activated.

After all, it was just a small auction, and there weren't many soul guides up for auction, but the soul guides that appeared were quickly sold off, and each one was sold at a high price, as could be seen from the smile on Qingya's auctioneer's face.

Shrek Academy was the biggest spender, spending nearly 100,000 gold soul coins.

It seems that Shrek Academy wants to use soul guides to strengthen their reserve team and prepare for the next game.

However, Shrek Academy is only beginning to pay attention to soul guides now. Don’t you think it’s too late?
Meteor knew very well that the soul guidance technology of the Sun-Moon Empire was at least hundreds of years ahead of the continent, and it would be difficult to catch up in a short period of time.

As the last soul guide was acquired by Shrek Academy, Qingya auctioneer's pretty face flushed, and she was obviously a little excited.

She lowered her voice and said, "Dear guests, our mysterious gift is about to be presented. Originally, it wasn't supposed to be here, but to thank you all for your continued support of Starlight, with the permission of our chief auctioneer, we've added this item to the auction. Although it's very expensive, I believe that anyone who truly understands it will find it worthwhile. Now, please allow our etiquette lady to bring this mysterious gift up."

Hearing this, Liuxing and the others perked up. They had been waiting for so long, wasn't it just for this mysterious gift package?

Soon, a waiter pushed a small cart onto the auction table. Unlike the previous items, this item was wrapped in bright red cloth.

Everything in this Starlight Auction House is related to color, with gold being the most noble, followed by red, which is the same as the hundred thousand year soul ring.

From this we can see that this mysterious gift is very unusual.

Soon, Qingya auctioneer began to warm up the atmosphere and praised the mysterious gift package, which aroused the interest of all the bidders present.

As Qingya auctioneer lifted the red cloth, no stunning treasures appeared inside, but instead an ordinary, dark and ancient carving knife that exuded a sharp aura.

Some bidders sighed, obviously it was not what they wanted, while some had their pupils contracted and stared at the carving knife intently.

The same is true for Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ma Rulong and others.

This is a carving knife, an indispensable tool for soul engineers to make soul guides. Xiao Hongchen and the others all have their own carving knives.

Qingya's voice rang out amidst a chorus of dissatisfaction, "I'm sure you're all a little disappointed, but please listen to what Qingya has to say. As everyone knows, a carving knife is very important to a soul engineer, and the carving knives on the carving knife ranking list are even more priceless. The carving knife in front of you is on the carving knife ranking list, it's a listed carving knife. You should all understand its value, so Qingya doesn't need to say more." As soon as the words "listed carving knife" were spoken, there was an uproar in the audience, and the previous sighs had all disappeared.

Xiao Hongchen and the others were all excited, even Meng Hongchen clenched her fists, obviously she was also attracted by the list engraving knife.

The suddenly heated atmosphere in the audience brought a dazzling smile to Qingya's pretty face. She was not in a hurry at all and waited for more than five minutes before the bidders in the audience gradually calmed down.

"Auctioneer Qingya, what are you waiting for? Start bidding." Someone couldn't help but urge.

Qingya glanced regretfully at the ranking carving knife in front of her and said softly, "Don't worry, everyone. As everyone knows, we at Starlight Auction House are honest and fair. We will point out the shortcomings and advantages of the auction items one by one. Now, let Qingya explain the advantages and disadvantages of this carving knife to everyone."

Following the explanation of Qingya auctioneer, all the bidders in the venue had quieted down, and many people's faces became solemn.

Because this is not only a carving knife ranked 99th on the list, but also the notorious Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.

"In the history of our Starlight Auction House, this Soul Devouring Carving Knife has had thirty-seven owners. Without exception, all of them eventually met tragic deaths. Nine of them even fell into the trap of becoming evil soul masters. It is because of this that this carving knife has fallen from its original 30th place to 99th place."

"Of course, if you have the light attribute and don't inject soul power into it, you won't be cursed. It would be nice to keep it as a treasured collection!"

After listening to Qingya's explanation, many people fell silent. Xiao Hongchen and others also showed regret and lost interest in this soul-devouring carving knife.

However, Meteor was lost in thought at this time. The Soul-Devouring Knife was created by an evil soul master, and it even contained a remnant of the evil soul master's soul, cursing its owners throughout the generations.

This evil soul master is a ninth-level soul engineer, also known as a Titled Douluo.

Thinking of this, Liuxing looked at Ye Guyi who was yawning boredly beside him, and whispered a few words in her ear.

As Liuxing spoke, Ye Guyi's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Mr. Ma, buy this Soul-Devouring Carving Knife."

Meteor suddenly spoke.

Ma Lao and the others were startled, and Xiao Hongchen also hurriedly said: "We can't take this knife. The curse on this evil knife is very strong. Grandpa once said that even he dared not use it lightly."

Liu Xing smiled and shook his head, pointing at Ye Guyi and said, "Have you forgotten what Guyi's martial spirit is?"

Xiao Hongchen and others came back to their senses and looked at Ye Guyi. Yes, any curse would be useless in front of the angel martial spirit.

"Gu Yi, can you purify the Soul Devouring Knife?"

Meng Hongchen excitedly pulled Ye Guyi's hand and asked, if Ye Guyi could really purify the Soul-Devouring Knife, then wouldn't they have a chance to get a knife that ranked in the top 30 on the list of knives?

Ye Guyi nodded and said excitedly, "Not only that, I can also improve my soul power by purifying the evil soul master's residual soul in the Soul Devouring Carving Knife."

"If the shooting star hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought of this at all."

Ye Guyi looked at Liu Xing with gratitude. If she could purify the residual soul of a Titled Douluo-level evil soul master, she would most likely surpass Gu Yuena and Xue Nu directly and be the first to break through level 40.

"Okay, in that case, we must obtain this Soul Devouring Carving Knife."

Old Ma also said that not only could Ye Guyi's strength be improved, but he could also obtain a ranking engraving knife. How could he give up such an opportunity?

As for the final ownership of the ranking engraving knife, we will have to wait until Ye Guyi is purified.

"The Soul-Devouring Carving Knife has a starting price of 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, and each bid increase must be no less than 5,000 Gold Soul Coins. Distinguished guests may begin bidding." Qingya said with a smile. In fact, she was not excited at all. With her nearly ten years of experience as an auctioneer, she could tell from the reactions below that this Soul-Devouring Carving Knife was likely to fail to sell again.

In fact, when the Soul Devouring Blade first arrived at the Starlight Auction House, it was originally sold at a top-tier auction. The initial price wasn't 100,000, but 300,000 Gold Soul Coins. This carving knife was accidentally acquired by the Starlight Auction House, so no matter how you look at it, it's definitely a top-tier carving knife!
But unfortunately, the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife was so notorious that no one dared to buy it, so it remained unsold until it finally landed at this small auction house. If it couldn't be sold again, the Starlight Auction House was going to throw it into the warehouse to gather dust.

(End of this chapter)