Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 125: Sucker? Prodigal Son?
Not only Xiao Hongchen couldn't hold it in anymore, but Old Ma also put down his pipe and his face became gloomy.

At this time, the blonde girl's voice rang out again, "These are twelve fixed-type soul guide shells, also from Mingde Hall. We collected them with great difficulty. Each of them has a different effect, and the size is standard. If used properly, these twelve fixed-type soul guide shells are enough to threaten the life of a Soul Douluo-level soul master."

"Mr. Ma, do you want to buy it?"

Mika and others looked at Mr. Ma. The Sun-Moon Empire's fixed-type soul guide shells have always been strictly prohibited from being sold to the original Douluo Three Kingdoms for the purpose of technological blockade.

Ma Lao shook his head and said, "No need."

Xiao Hongchen also sneered and said, "This fixed-type soul guide cannonball has the Mingde Hall's encryption array. Fortunately, that bastard has some sense, otherwise I will definitely ask grandfather to investigate thoroughly."

If there was no encryption array, the Xingluo Empire would not have put it up for auction. They would have researched it themselves long ago, and it has lost its research value. This fixed-type soul guide cannon shell is just a disposable weapon.

Liuxing and Liuying looked at each other. If they remembered correctly, Luanyu seemed to have the habit of selling unnecessary soul guides to the former Douluo Three Kingdoms.

After all, the prices of soul guides of the same level in the Sun-Moon Empire and the former Douluo Three Kingdoms are very different.

For example, the original Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Sword could only be sold for 800,000 gold soul coins in the Sun-Moon Empire, but in the Star Luo Empire, it doubled.

How could the money-loving Luan Yu bear this?

With such huge profits, in addition to Luan Yu, many soul masters are actually doing the same, but the Sun and Moon Empire just turns a blind eye.

Otherwise, where did these soul guides in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms come from?

Many soul guidance technologies of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy were developed in this way from purchased soul guidance devices.

However, these technologies were not considered too confidential to the Sun-Moon Empire, so they did not conduct a high-profile and strict investigation into these matters.

After all, if we really investigate, it will affect the interests of many people.

In addition to this fixed-type soul guide shell, the next five items are three soul bones, a rare metal, and a long-range eighth-level soul guide device.

Among them, the left arm bone, one of the three soul bones, was bought by Ma Rulong, and the rare metal was bought by Micah.

As for the last eighth-level long-range soul guide, it also came from the Sun-Moon Empire, but was not produced by Mingde Hall. It was bought at a sky-high price of seven million.

This is much more expensive than the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Sword, which is also an eighth-level soul guide. After all, long-range soul guides are rarer than melee soul guides, and the maker is said to be a ninth-level soul guide.

None of the first seven items were worthy of Liu Xing's attention. Although there were three soul bones, they were of a quality of only ten thousand years at most, so he was not very interested in them.

His requirement was that, not to mention a hundred thousand year soul bone, it had to be at least fifty thousand years old, and those three soul bones were not compatible with his attributes.

Of the seven items auctioned, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy won two, which shows how wealthy the academy is.

The beautiful figure of the blonde girl appeared on the big screen for the eighth time. She smiled and said, "The next two lots will be the highlights of today. I believe that all of you will be very interested. Don't miss your chance. Some good things are hard to come by, and you may not even find another one on the mainland. For example, our eighth lot is still a soul bone, but it is different. Please take a look."

With a flash of light and shadow, a soul bone that was magnified countless times appeared on the soul guide screen.

This soul bone is emerald green all over, and a green halo flows and fluctuates on it, as if there is emerald green liquid inside.

Judging from the appearance, this is a left arm soul bone, with a light white mist exuding from the green body.

Because it was magnified many times, bidders could clearly see the emerald green crystals on the soul bone, which were crystal clear and looked like gems. Compared with it, the previous three soul bones were simply eclipsed and not in the same league.

"This is?"

The Snow Girl raised her eyebrows and instantly recognized what soul beast this soul bone came from.

At this moment, the blonde girl's slightly seductive voice sounded, a bit deeper than before, more beautiful and melodious, and even more alluring. "Dear guests, please allow me to introduce this soul bone to you. It is a treasured piece from our Starlight Auction House. It is an ice-attributed soul bone. It is very special and requires a specific soul master to absorb it. Others will be harmed if they absorb it. This is one of its shortcomings, the attribute limitation."

"The ice attribute requirement is already very demanding. It is only suitable for ice attribute soul masters, and ice attribute soul masters are very rare. Moreover, this soul bone possesses solidified soul skills. In other words, no matter who fuses it, only fixed soul skills will appear."

"Also, this soul bone is between 50,000 and 70,000 years old. If you don't have sufficient physical fitness, don't try to absorb it, or you will burst."

The blonde girl kept talking about the shortcomings of this spirit bone, but the eyes of everyone present were getting more and more heated. What shortcomings? It was simply advantages. Spirit bones with attribute requirements were all very strong without exception, and spirit bones with solidified spirit skills must have terrifyingly strong spirit bone skills. As for the age, isn't the higher the better?
"After talking about the disadvantages, I have to tell you all its advantages." The blonde girl said in a clear voice, changing the subject.

"As the chief auctioneer of the Starlight Auction House and a princess of the Xingluo Empire, I assure you that what I'm about to say is absolutely true. This soul bone comes from the forbidden zone of humanity, the Far North, or even the Far North's core circle. It comes from one of the dominant races in the Far North, the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan."

It was not until then that Liuxing and others realized that this auctioneer Jiujiu was actually the princess of the Xingluo Empire.

No wonder she could become the only gold-level auctioneer at the Starlight Auction House at such a young age, although this Princess Jiujiu is indeed very capable.

Princess Jiujiu continued her introduction, "You may be unfamiliar with the Ice Jade Scorpion, but you are probably familiar with the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, ranked seventh among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts. Yes, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion is the king of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan."

"The Ice Jade Scorpion is a natural possessor of Ultimate Ice. This left arm bone came from an Ice Jade Scorpion that has cultivated for over 50,000 years. Therefore, what I want to tell you is that once this left arm bone is fused, the Ice-attributed Soul Master's own martial soul attributes will be greatly improved. There is even a slight possibility of evolving their own martial soul into Ultimate Ice."

"As for the soul skill solidified by this soul bone, Jiujiu no longer keeps it a secret. It is the soul skill, Ice Explosion. For the Ice Jade Scorpion, this soul skill is also a divine skill. Only a very small number of Ice Jade Scorpions can comprehend it. As long as there is ice, Ice Explosion is not inferior to a soul skill of 100,000 years old."

"I think any ice-attribute spirit master will never regret owning this. Now, I'll give you all ten minutes to enjoy it."

Princess Jiujiu's words were full of temptation.

Even though they knew that the so-called martial soul evolution was only a tiny hope, any ice attribute soul master would never give up this hope.

It can be seen from Meng Hongchen's sparkling blue eyes and her pretty face which is flushed with excitement.

Meteor looked at the Snow Girl. Compared to the excited Meng Hongchen, the Snow Girl, who was herself the ultimate ice, was very calm. She did not need any Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone to help her martial soul evolve, but the soul skill of Ice Explosion still made the Snow Girl a little moved.

As far as she knew, even the Ice Emperor, the king of the Ice Jade Scorpion, had not been able to comprehend the magical skill of Ice Explosion. Thinking of this, even the Snow Girl became interested in this soul bone.

However, there is a big problem with this soul bone!
The Snow Girl frowned. The Ice Scorpion clan was arrogant by nature. As one of the three overlords in the Far North, the soul bones released by the Ice Scorpion could not be absorbed even by ice-attribute soul masters. Only the ultimate ice soul masters could successfully absorb them.

She was confident enough that she could absorb it successfully, but looking at Meng Hongchen's expression, it was obvious that he also wanted to fight for it. If she pointed out this disadvantage now, it would mean that she was trying to dissuade Meng Hongchen from doing so.

Whether it is the knowledge she has learned in the past few years of living in the human world or the plots she has read in novels, she is now in a dilemma.

If she said it, it would be suspected of malicious competition. If she didn't say it, if Meng Hongchen bought it and absorbed it directly, she would be doomed.

"As far as I know, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan is born with ultimate power. Their soul bones can only be absorbed by equally ultimate ice-attribute soul masters. If other ice-attribute soul masters absorb them, there is a high possibility that they will be counterattacked by the residual soul of the Ice Jade Scorpion in the soul bones." At this moment, Gu Yuena said softly.

"Huh!? Gu Yue, are you telling the truth?"

Meng Hongchen and others looked at Gu Yuena in astonishment.

Gu Yuena nodded and said, "It's absolutely true. Princess Jiujiu said someone tried to absorb it before, but failed. The reason wasn't because the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone was too old, but because it could only be absorbed by a soul master with the ultimate ice attribute."

"Is that so! Well, forget it, I don't want it."

Meng Hongchen still believed what Gu Yuena said. Gu Yuena could not absorb this soul bone, so she could not be lying.

"Then the only thing that can be absorbed here is the Snow Girl!"

Everyone looked at the Snow Girl.

Liu Xing took out a black crystal card from his soul storage device and handed it to Xue Nu, saying, "If you want it, take a picture of it. This is what my aunt gave me before I left Mingdu. It contains 20 million gold soul coins. If that's not enough, Liu Ying still has the soul card given to her by Aunt Feng, which is enough to buy this soul bone."

Originally, Xue Nu wanted to refuse, but when she heard that it was given by Luan Yu, she accepted it without hesitation. Luan Yu sealed her origin. Although he had been very good to her in the past few years, spending Luan Yu's money made Luan Yu feel distressed, so she regarded it as some interest for sealing her origin.

"If it's not enough, I can make up the rest on behalf of the academy."

Mr. Ma spoke at this time.

"Then thank you Ma Lao."

Meteor thanked Mr. Ma on behalf of Xuenu.

If it was just an item worth a million gold soul coins, Mr. Ma could decide to buy it for the Snow Girl and treat it as an investment for the academy, but this Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone was worth at least tens of millions of gold soul coins, and he couldn't make the decision.

Soon, the ten-minute appreciation time ended and the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone began to be auctioned.

The starting price of the ice jade scorpion's left arm bone is as high as 12 million gold soul coins, and each increase in price is no less than 50,000 gold soul coins.

Soon the price of this soul bone skyrocketed and directly rose to 15 million.

Meteor looked at the auctioneer and whispered, "Twenty million."

A hint of joy flashed in the auctioneer's eyes. She got a commission from the money spent by Liuxing and others! With 20 million gold soul coins, she could earn at least tens of thousands of gold soul coins!
But to Liuxing's surprise, just as he offered 20 million, a quote of 30 million appeared on the screen.

Liu Xing's mouth twitched. Who the hell is so rich? Thirty million is already more than the original value of this soul bone, right?
Liuxing took a black card directly from Liuying and said through gritted teeth, "Forty million."

This is all the gold soul coins they have. Only Luan Yu and Luan Feng, two ninth-level soul masters, can come up with so many gold soul coins.

This is because they have no other relatives, so Liuxing and Liuying can have such a huge sum of money. When Liuxing thought about the empty wallet after buying this soul bone, he hated the guy who raised the price.

But the next moment, under Liu Xing's dull gaze, three big words "50 million" appeared on the screen.

"Who is this? Are you sick?"

Meteor couldn't help but swear.

"Ah!"

In a private room, Xu Jiujiu sneezed, rubbed his nose in confusion, looked at the middle-aged man beside him and said, "Royal brother, who was the victim just now? He offered 40 million for a soul bone worth only 20 million gold soul coins. If it weren't for the problem with this soul bone, I would really like to sell it to him for the reputation of our Starlight Auction House. Such a victim is rare."

The person who was called a sucker sat on the sofa speechlessly. Liuying picked up a piece of fruit and stuffed it into his mouth with amusement.

The Snow Girl shook her head and said, "Forget it, it's too expensive."

Meng Hongchen also nodded. Even if she didn't know that this soul bone could only be absorbed by the ultimate ice soul master, she was not going to spend 50 million to buy it. What kind of fool would you have to be to spend such a lot of money?

You know, when Liu Xing bid 40 million, the eyes of everyone in the box looking at him were filled with only three words: "prodigal son".

The ten thousand year soul bone that Ma Rulong bought before was only worth five million gold soul coins!
Forty million gold soul coins are enough to buy eight ten-thousand-year soul bones.

Obviously, the price of 50 million exceeded everyone's psychological expectations. In the end, this soul bone was bought by a mysterious person at a sky-high price of 50 million gold soul coins.

Although he was a little depressed, Liuxing still suppressed the idea of ​​going to rob the rich man and waited for the last item, which was also the finale, to appear.

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

The picture on the soul screen turned golden again. When the golden light gradually faded away, Princess Jiujiu, who reappeared on the screen, had actually put on a golden dress.

Her fair skin looks graceful and elegant against the backdrop of the luxurious golden palace dress, and the fitted cut perfectly outlines her charming curves.

According to the auctioneer, there is only one possibility when Princess Jiujiu changes into the golden auction dress, and that is that the next item will most likely be sold at a price of more than 100 million.

Even though no one knew what the auction item was, just Princess Jiujiu's change of clothes made everyone feel excited. As a top auctioneer, Her Royal Highness the Princess really knows how to control people's hearts!

"Dear guests, you can tell from Jiujiu's outfit how precious our finale lot is today. Frankly speaking, this is the only time I have ever seen this lot. In my opinion, its preciousness is so valuable that it is difficult to measure it with money."

Princess Jiujiu's voice, which had changed slightly after she changed into a golden dress, was different from the previous voice that was somewhat seductive. Now her voice was more serious and her expression became solemn. Just a few words were enough to make people feel her sincerity and they could not help but believe every word she said.

"I won't say any more words for a while. Let's take a look at this final lot first. I'll be honest, this is something very special."

Princess Jiujiu clapped her hands, and soon two girls in golden dresses appeared on the screen, pushing a huge cart covered with a red cloth.

Princess Jiujiu took action herself and lifted the red cloth.

What appeared on the screen was a metal cage. Inside the cage was a blue-haired girl wearing a white dress and looking only eight or nine years old. She had soul guides on her hands and feet that sealed her soul power. She had tears in the corners of her eyes and looked terrified.

"What do you mean? What do you, the Starlight Auction House, want to do?"

Seeing the little girl, Liuxing and others stood up suddenly. Although slave trading was common in this world, it was usually held in underground auction houses tacitly, and all major empires openly prohibited slave trading.

(End of this chapter)