(Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse):
"Dr. Roman!!! Something's happened!"
"QAQ"
"Why did I see your record book at the Starlight Auction? My name was even written on it!"
"What happened?"
In a Snow King Ice City in Star Luo City, Roman was sipping iced lemonade, pondering how to solve his food problem.
Although Huo Yuhao had paid him his salary in advance, the cost of living in Star Luo City was too high, and some shops liked to overcharge customers, especially outsiders.
Roman didn't have much money to begin with, and if he accidentally got caught, he'd have to find a way to "survive in the city for free."
However, in Star Luo City, even scavenging was divided into sections by various beggar gangs, and the various gangs often fought over areas closer to the inner city, with accidental killings being commonplace.
Fortunately, it was during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition, and no one dared to cause trouble.
Roman was starting to miss the Sky Domination Plains.
Although he'd have to work hard there, he'd never starve.
Xiru City even had a welfare system covering retirement and healthcare.
Soon, he received a notification from the Magic Network. With a plastic straw in his mouth, he activated the Magic Network in the air.
The Magic Network had recently undergone a minor update, allowing its screen to activate an anti-spyscreen mode.
Once activated, unless the user actively granted access, outsiders would only see a blank white screen on their Magic Network.
"The boss did seem to say he was going to auction off the Book of Records."
"Isn't the Starlight Auction House the top auction house in the Star Luo Empire?"
"I remember the boss said the proceeds from the auction of the Book of Records would go to me?"
'Merry's Favorite': "It's okay, it's okay."
"It's just going to be sold."
"It's not anything particularly valuable. It seems to record a lot of soul skills, but it still has a lot of limitations in actual combat."
"After all, you have to hold the book all the time, there's a cast time delay, and it consumes a lot of energy.
It's okay for recording some functional soul skills, but for recording offensive soul skills, a soul tool is more useful."
"It's just a teaching tool. If Xiaofeng Jin is interested, I have something even better.
It can record soul skills below the Soul Saint level, and there's no cast time delay."
"Right, right! Xiaofeng Jin! Can you tell me how much this book can sell for?"
"Please, this is really important to me!"
Roman looked nervously at the magic network screen, his mouth loosening the plastic straw full of teeth marks.
On the other side of the screen, inside Auction Hall Seven, Feng Jin looked at the rapidly changing numbers in front of her, feeling somewhat ashamed.
She knew that the Book of Records, as an alchemical creation, involved very basic inscription techniques, far from being a miraculous creation.
Given a month, she could replicate a similar alchemical creation.
Dr. Roman's foundation, however, was a truly cutting-edge alchemical creation. Feng Jin had seen the inscription designs when she assisted Roman.
Every design required extremely complex calculations, and the hundreds of millions of inscriptions had to be interconnected, with each inscription's structure conforming to axioms.
Just thinking about it made her scalp tingle, while Roman could seamlessly integrate all the theories.
Perhaps this was the composure of the older generation.
Feng Jin couldn't even understand the most basic theories back then; at most, she could only get Roman paper and pen.
Reality barriers were already too advanced for her at the moment.
'Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse': "Uh, Dr. Roman."
"The bidding amount at this auction has already risen to 20 million gold soul coins!"
"Pfft!"
Roman, located in Snow King Ice City, almost spat out his lemonade.
A well-dressed lady sitting opposite Roman handed him a piece of paper with a conflicted expression.
"Sorry, thank you."
Roman took the paper, nodded apologetically to the lady, wiped his mouth, and kept his eyes fixed on the magic network screen, his emerald green eyes wide open.
"It's already reached 20 million gold soul coins?!"
"This book is worth that much?"
"Great, looks like I don't need to look up the Star Luo City zero-yuan survival guide anymore!"
"Even collecting scrap in this city requires joining the Beggars' Guild."
"I finally have money to buy all kinds of Meryl merchandise and strawberry cakes again!"
"Once the money arrives, I must reward Meryl's live stream with a fairy herb!"
If there weren't so many people around, Roman would have wanted to get up and do a dance to express his joy.
20 million gold soul coins, and that's not even the final result. How many strawberry cakes could that buy?
Roman felt like he could finally be considered Old Money in the Heaven Dou Plain.
After sending Roman a message, Feng Jin sat next to Die Bao, holding her arm, staring in shock at the fluctuating numbers.
"We understand the situation, add another five million."
An old voice rang out in the room. Old Song and Old Zhuang, led by two maids in golden dresses, arrived at Auction Hall No. 7.
Wang Yan hurriedly got up to greet them, but Old Song smiled and gestured for him not to stand up.
"I've already reported this book of records to the Sea God Pavilion."
"Elder Mu personally ordered that we acquire this book at all costs."
"Even if we can't get it, we mustn't let the people of the Sun Moon Empire get their hands on it."
"They're definitely at this auction house."
Elder Song's eagle-like eyes glanced at Qingya.
The auctioneer felt as if she were being pricked by needles all over her body, extremely uncomfortable, but out of professional ethics, she bit her lip and dared not say anything.
Before the auction house's higher-ups spoke, she dared not reveal the VIP's information.
Fortunately, Elder Song didn't target her too much, only glancing at her before continuing to watch the numbers change on the screen.
After Shrek Academy raised their bid by five million, another party quickly raised their bid again.
The bidding amount had reached forty million gold soul coins.
This price was enough to buy a top-grade ten-thousand-year soul bone; the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone of the Ultimate Ice was estimated to cost about twenty million gold soul coins in the final auction price.
"Who on earth is going against us?"
"It's our Sun Moon Royal Academy bidding here!"
"Add twenty million!"
Xiao Hongchen, his face flushed with anger as he watched the numbers change, added twenty million gold soul coins in one go.
He was determined to get this Book of Records.
Ma Rulong frowned and said:
"Is adding so much okay?"
"Our reserves might not be enough."
Xiao Hongchen waved his hand and said,
"We can always sell some more soul tools."
"I'm afraid that won't work."
Their team leader, Elder Ma, walked in from outside.
He had just tried to pawn some soul tools at the auction house, but was directly refused.
In the past, the Star Luo Empire would gladly accept such behavior.
"The Starlight Auction House refuses to accept soul tools as collateral."
"They are probably determined to get this book."
Meng Hongchen asked doubtfully,
"Why?"
"Isn't this book the one they put up for auction?"
Elder Ma shook his head, a helpless look on his face, which was very similar to Ma Rulong's.
"I'm afraid this book has nothing to do with the Star Luo Empire.
Someone forced the Star Luo Empire to auction it."
"I've already sent people to investigate who it is, but I don't think we'll find any useful information in the short term."
Just as Xiao Hongchen was about to say something more, the bidding amount in front of him surged again, directly reaching 80 million gold soul coins.
"Are they crazy?!"
"Eighty million gold soul coins? Did they grow their money on trees?"
Ma Rulong stood up abruptly. The amount on the table had exceeded their expectations.
The starting price for this book was only eight million! This was ten times higher!
Xiao Hongchen was unwilling to give up and wanted to continue bidding, but was stopped by Elder Ma.
"Don't bid anymore, there are still items to be auctioned."
"I've already sent someone to keep an eye on who will win this item."
"Then, hehe."
Elder Ma revealed a dangerous smile, and everyone in the room immediately understood his meaning.
Xiao Hongchen hesitated for a moment and lowered his hand.
"Hmph, they're pretty good!"
In Auction Hall Seven, Wang Yan looked at the amount on the table and sighed,
"I wonder who will be so wealthy."
"Hopefully it won't be the Sun Moon Empire."
Then, Elder Song and Elder Zhuang exchanged a glance, and Elder Zhuang silently left Auction Hall Seven.
He was going to find out who the final winner was.
If it was Douluo Three Kingdoms, then they wouldn't care, but if it was the Sun Moon Empire, they would have to use some underhanded methods.
There's no need to talk about chivalry when dealing with the Sun Moon Empire; just go for it.
In the Body Sect's room, Lang Ya crossed his arms and looked at Yu Tao, saying,
"Eighty million gold soul coins?"
"Hmph, the more expensive the better.
The Sect Master said we should find out who won the bid for this thing."
"The more expensive, the more conquering he'll feel when he finally gets his hands on it."
Yu Tao said with a wicked grin,
"Why do you say the Sect Master sounds like that blond guy from the Magic Network?"
"Watch out, or I'll tell the Sect Master."
Lang Ya glanced at him and said,
"Looks like you want to spar with me."
"Alright, get ready, we'll get to work right away."
Lang Ya turned and left the room, Yu Tao following closely behind.
Inside the VIP room, a beautifully dressed maid rushed to Xu Jiawei and knelt down, saying,
"Your Majesty, we have successfully bid for the Book of Records."
Xu Jiawei nodded in satisfaction and looked at the large screen, saying,
"Find a way to conceal your identity. Winning the bid is only the first step; protecting it is the most crucial."
"Go, be prepared."
"Try to make the Body Sect and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy misunderstand each other, let them fight like dogs."
The perspective shifted back to the auction stage.
Xu Jiujiu saw the final price stop at 80 million gold soul coins and breathed a sigh of relief. The competition for this book was too fierce, with the price increasing tenfold.
She immediately began auctioning the subsequent items.
The third item was the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, which appeared in the original work.
It was originally going to be won by Dai Yueheng, but unfortunately, he was already socially dead.
Dai Huabin successfully won this level eight soul tool thanks to Shrek Academy's promise.
The fourth item was several fixed-position soul tool shells, which everyone lacked interest in and failed to sell.
The fifth item was a ten-thousand-year-old ice-attribute soul bone that Huo Yuhao casually gave him.
He traded five ten-thousand-year-old ice-attribute soul bones for the Ice Jade Scorpion 's left arm bone.
He himself didn't intend to absorb this soul bone, mainly out of consideration for the Ice Emperor's feelings, so he chose to exchange it.
As for Su Tong, she didn't need it either; her subsequent soul bones had already been taken care of, with the Ice Emperor's clan possessing a hundred-thousand-year-old remnant soul bone.
This ice-attribute soul bone was bid on by Ling Luochen, who felt it suited her well.
Until the eighth item, Xu Jiujiu presented a small crown, covered in thick rust, faintly revealing its original light green color.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this crown comes from some ruins, and according to the auctioneer, it may be hundreds of thousands of years old."
"It's suspected to be an ornament from an ancient civilization, but no soul power fluctuations have been detected on it, so it might just be an ordinary object." "
However, considering its extraordinary significance, the starting bid is 100,000 gold soul coins."
Of course, just like the Book of Records, the claim of hundreds of thousands of years ago is false; this thing is the Wind Crown, which Electrolux personally extracted from the Wind Dragon King's dragon bones a week ago.
Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power to materialize the rust and cover it up, leaving only a trace of bloodline connection.
Unsurprisingly, everyone who saw the crown showed little interest. Most of the people here were Soul Masters; who would buy a rusty crown?
"Is the Star Luo Empire out of business?
I'd believe you if you said that crown had nine soul rings, but they're putting this up for sale?"
Xiao Hongchen glanced at it and then closed his eyes to rest; he had absolutely no interest in these buried things.
Perhaps some history buffs within the academy would be interested.
The atmosphere in Auction Hall Seven was similar; Bai E and Medemos were already arm-wrestling, except for Feng Jin.
Feng Jin felt her heart suddenly leap; a urgency emanating from her blood compelled her to obtain the crown.
"That, what is that?"
(End of Chapter)
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