Chapter 257: The Body Soul Spirit Maid Appears, Lin Yu's Auction Method
"I bid 50,000 gold soul coins!"
"I bid 60,000 gold soul coins!"
"I bid 70,000 gold soul coins!"
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As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, an intense bidding war erupted in the auction hall.
Although everyone attending this auction knew that the final and most anticipated item, the Body Soul Spirit maid, would be auctioned last, not everyone was necessarily interested in it.
This was because everyone knew that after the live broadcast had already exposed the immense power of Body Soul Spirit soul masters, if the Body Soul Spirit maids the Heaven Dou Auction House had found possessed good talent, they would likely keep them for themselves and cultivate them.
If they were being auctioned off now, it was highly probable that these maids did not have great talent.
If that were the case, most soul master factions and nobles would not be interested in bidding for these maids. After all, no one knew how to evolve a Body Soul Spirit.
The only possible way to learn it was through the mysterious live stream, but only top-tier forces like Spirit Hall and the two imperial families had a good chance of answering the live stream's questions correctly.
Therefore, most people at this auction were simply there to observe the event.
Now, seeing the decent "Heart of Jade" necklace being auctioned, many people immediately started bidding, including Prince Xuexing and many other nobles, with Ning Fengzhi seeming to be interested as well.
In the end, the Heart of Jade was won by Ning Fengzhi for 500,000 gold soul coins.
"Next up for auction, the Black Steel Armor forged by the famous blacksmith, Heishi. Starting bid is 30,000 gold soul coins, with each bid increasing by no less than 1,000 gold soul coins. The auction begins now!"
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"Next up for auction, the thousand-year-old seven-colored coral from the endless seas. Starting bid is 50,000 gold soul coins, with each bid increasing by no less than 1,000 gold soul coins. The auction begins now!!"
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"Next up for auction, a rare storage Soul Guidance device from an ancient ruin. Starting bid is 70,000 gold soul coins, with each bid increasing by no less than 1,000 gold soul coins. The auction begins now!"
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After the Heart of Jade, the auctioneer continued to speak loudly while striking the auction hammer, which produced a series of loud "bang!" sounds, as many items were successfully sold.
Soon, almost an hour passed, and 32 items had been auctioned off.
According to the schedule, it was finally time for the last item to be auctioned.
"Alright, now we begin the final item of the auction. I'm sure everyone is familiar with this item already, so I won't say much more. Let them come up!"
The auctioneer, smiling as he addressed the crowd, clapped his hands.
At that moment, two young women in white dresses, both with beautiful faces and smiling expressions, walked forward, leading five girls dressed as maids. Their ages and heights varied, but all their faces were filled with panic as they approached the auction stage.
As the five girls stood near the auction stage, it became clear that they all had very distinct features.
The first girl, with short black hair that reached her ears, looked pure and cute. She had black cat ears on her head and a cat tail behind her, which nervously swished back and forth.
The second girl, looking slightly older than the cat-eared girl, had silver-white long hair and an aloof face. She had silver wolf ears on her head and a white wolf tail behind her.
The third girl, about the same age as the wolf-eared girl, had orange-yellow long hair and a beautiful face, though she appeared panicked. She had golden fox ears on her head and a fox tail behind her.
The fourth and fifth girls had characteristics of a cow and a white tiger. Both were tall, but the former looked delicate, while the latter appeared calm and full of heroism.
"Hehe, let me introduce to you all these five girls, who are Body Soul Spirit maids that our Heaven Dou Auction House has found."
"However, unlike the Body Soul Spirits in the live stream, the five girls here are not the humanoid Body Soul Spirits but rather beast-type Body Soul Spirits."
"I won't go into their names here. Let me just introduce their Soul Spirits and innate soul power!"
"The maid with cat ears has the Soul Spirit of an ordinary black cat with innate soul power at level two. The maid with wolf ears has a white wolf as her Soul Spirit with innate soul power at level three. The maid with fox ears has a red fox as her Soul Spirit with innate soul power at level two. The maid with the cow Soul Spirit has an innate soul power of level three. The maid with the white tiger Soul Spirit has innate soul power at level four."
"These five girls will be auctioned together according to our Heaven Dou Auction House's rules. The starting bid is one million gold soul coins. Let the bidding begin!"
After the five Body Soul Spirit maids were presented on stage, the auctioneer smiled as he introduced them, then waved his hand to begin the auction.
For these five maids, starting at one million gold soul coins, the auctioneer didn't think it was too much.
After all, rare and special maids like the cat-eared and wolf-eared maids, even without the live stream's exposure of their potential, were enough to make countless nobles and soul masters in Heaven Dou Imperial City go wild.
Now that their potential was revealed, their value was even greater—an average of 200,000 gold soul coins per maid, which was hardly expensive!
Down below, after hearing the auctioneer's introduction of the Body Soul Spirit maids, Lin Yu, who had long prepared for this auction and devised his best bidding strategy, immediately slapped the armrest with excitement, standing up.
"I bid 2 million gold soul coins!"
As he spoke, overwhelmed with excitement, seven soul rings of yellow, purple, black, black, black, black, and greenish-blue suddenly appeared, swirling around Lin Yu's body.
In an instant, a powerful pressure from his soul power erupted from him, sweeping across the room and pushing down the excitement of all the nobles and soul masters who were about to bid.
Upon seeing the seven shocking soul rings around Lin Yu, all the soul masters and nobles felt a chill down their spines. They gulped nervously and quickly sat back down.
Isn't this the Lin Yu from the live stream?
To think he's already a Soul Saint!
And the configuration of his soul rings—his second ring is a 10,000-year ring, and his seventh ring is a never-before-seen greenish-blue ring. What's going on?
But to think this guy is also interested in these Body Soul Spirit maids?
He's not someone to mess with!
Thinking back to the live stream where Dugu Bo mentioned that Lin Yu could defeat Sword Douluo Chenxin and Yu Yuan Zhen working together, his strength was undoubtedly formidable.
And looking at his age, he was clearly still a young man, at an age where impulsiveness prevailed.
It was likely that he intentionally released his power to intimidate everyone. If anyone dared to outbid him and take what he wanted, they would be asking for trouble!
At that moment, all the nobles and soul masters, including Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xuexing, decided not to challenge Lin Yu's bid, afraid of offending him.
(END CHAPTER)
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