Chapter 158: Shi Ming
After Flender and his companions packed their belongings, they came out of the private room.
The next items up for auction were so expensive that Flender and Shi Lin decided to give up watching and left the private room.
The auction was still in progress, and all eyes were on the auction stage, so the brightly lit corridor was empty.
"Looks like they're still waiting for the soul bone to make its dazzling debut," Shi Lin said with a smile and a shrug to Flender beside him as he walked out of the private room.
"Yes, soul bones are something you can only come across by chance. If I weren't short of money, I would also like to see what a soul bone looks like." Flender smiled and replied to Shi Lin.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar were still admiring the murals and oil paintings on the surrounding walls, so engrossed that they didn't understand Shi Lin and Flender's conversation at all.
Then, Flender led the children to the lobby on the first floor.
The auction hall was not open, so Flender and his companions walked through a corridor into a room.
Pushing open the door, you'll find a lounge with a waiter in a black business suit standing in the private room.
"Welcome, distinguished guests. Is there anything I can do for you?" The waiter bowed respectfully to Flender and his group and said in a soft voice.
"This is my VIP box number. Could you please settle the payment for my auction and have them bring the items here?" Flender handed a card to the waiter and said.
"Yes, please wait a moment!" The waiter took the card and left the private room.
Flender and a few others sat down directly.
"Teacher, why don't we wait for the soul bone to come out before leaving the private room? I want to see the soul bone." Ma Hongjun came to Flender's side and asked him.
"You're still too young to touch a soul bone. When you're older, I'll get you one to play with," Flender said with a smile, ruffling Ma Hongjun's hair.
"Alright…" Ma Hongjun shook his head helplessly, then turned and left Flender's side to find a place to rest.
Shi Lin glanced at Flender, then at Ma Hongjun, and shook his head with a smile. These two, master and apprentice, were really interesting.
By the way, Shi Lin suddenly remembered that Flender might not have enough gold soul coins, so he took out a soul tool containing 20,000 gold soul coins.
"Dean Flender, here are 20,000 gold soul coins. That should be enough for today's auction." Shi Lin took out a soul tool containing 20,000 gold soul coins and handed it to Flender.
Upon hearing Shi Lin's voice, Flender's eyes lit up. He chuckled as he took the soul tool from Shi Lin's hand and stuffed it into his pocket without hesitation.
Looking at Flender's money-grubbing appearance, Shi Lin shook his head helplessly and said.
Just then, a waiter walked in from outside, followed by several other waiters, each pushing a small cart.
The items that Flender and Shi Lin had won at the auction were in the cart.
"Your Excellency Soul Saint, your total expenditure for this auction is 41,000 gold soul coins." The waiter handed the bill to Flender with both hands.
Flender took another soul tool from his pocket and handed it to the waiter.
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment!" After taking the soul tool, the waiter took out a box, then took out the gold soul coins from the soul tool and poured them into the box.
Soon, four red lights and one purple light lit up on the box, proving that there were 41,000 gold soul coins that had just been poured into the box.
"Dear esteemed guest, the 41,000 gold soul coins have been counted. These are the items you participated in today's auction. Please check and sign them!" The waiter then presented Flender with another list.
Flender took the empty soul tool back from the waiter, then stood up to examine the items on the cart.
Jewelry, a soul tool, and a child.
Flender checked the form again before signing it for the waiter.
"Your Excellency Soul Saint, there are still some soul beast corpses that you need to collect from the backyard of the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House using your token." The waiter took back the list and then looked up at Flender.
"Okay, I'll be there in a bit," Flender nodded and said.
"Then I won't disturb you any longer." The waiter nodded and then turned and left the private room.
Shi Lin immediately arrived in front of the cage containing the child and used spatial cutting to shatter it.
The child in the cage was startled by Shi Lin's actions.
The others also gathered around, looking at the child.
"What's your name over there?" Shi Lin asked the child with a smile.
"I...I don't have a name. I've been here since I was born." The child hugged his knees, looking at Shi Lin and the others with fear.
"Don't be afraid. Since you don't have a name, you'll take my surname from now on. Your name will be Shi Ming." Shi Lin gave the child a bright smile.
"Shi Ming?" The child stared blankly for a moment, then repeated the sentence in a low voice.
"thump!"
Shi Ming immediately fell to the ground and kowtowed to Shi Lin.
"From now on, you are my master!" Shi Ming raised his head and said to Shi Lin seriously.
"Get up. From today onwards, you'll be with Shi An, Brother An." Shi Lin pointed at Shi An and said to Shi Ming.
Shi Ming glanced at the towering Shi An and his eyes widened. Although he was a little scared, he still stood up and bowed deeply in front of Shi An.
"Greetings, Brother Shi An!" Shi Ming bowed respectfully to Shi An.
"Alright, that's enough for today. You stay with Brother An for now. Take a shower when you get home tonight, and I'll change you into new clothes." Shi Lin patted Shi Ming on the shoulder and said gently.
"This... alright." Shi Ming suddenly shrank back in fear, but then straightened up.
Looking at Shi Ming's expression, Shi Lin knew that the child had probably misunderstood, but Shi Lin didn't dare to explain it here.
He waved his hand, signaling Shi An to lead Shi Ming to the back, and took out some easily digestible food for Shi Ming to fill his stomach.
"This kid seems pretty clever. If he can cultivate, he'll achieve a lot in the future. You've really struck gold," Flender said with a smile to Shi Lin.
After hearing Flender's words, Shi Lin smiled and nodded without saying anything more.
Shi Lin believed that with his guidance, this child would definitely become a Title Douluo in the future!
After settling Shi Ming in, Shi Lin and Flender went to the jewelry and soul tools.
Shi Lin first put several pieces of jewelry into his soul tool, leaving two boxes containing two soul tools.
Flender reached out, picked up a box, and opened it to find the Eye of the Fire Dragon soul tool inside.
Flender carefully took the soul tool out of the box.
The Eye of the Fire Dragon is a very well-preserved soul tool, and it was also the item that Flender spent the most money to buy at this auction.
"Take a look," Flender said to Shi Lin with a smile.
Shi Lin nodded and accepted the Eye of the Fire Dragon.
The Eye of the Fire Dragon was still warm in his hands, but Shi Lin did not open the space rashly. He admired it for a while and then prepared to return it to Flender.
"Xiao Lin, that soul tool is with you. Please take care of it for me," Flender said to Shi Lin.
After hearing Flender's words, Shi Lin realized that he was thinking of having Shi Lin repair the soul tool and improve its quality.
"No problem." Shi Lin nodded with a smile.
Flender also knew that Shi Lin could revitalize old soul tools, and Flender wanted to give Liu Erlong a perfect gift.
Next, Shi Lin took out a small red manor Gu from his personal space.
For some unknown reason, after two hundred Flame Gu moved into this small manor, it turned fiery red, looking like a piece of red jade, very beautiful and lovely.
The Little Manor Gu originated from the Pocket Gu, so it also has the ability to repair soul tools. And this Little Manor Gu has the same attributes as the Eye of the Fire Dragon, so it should be able to repair the Eye of the Fire Dragon.
The little manor Gu lay in Shi Lin's palm and then carefully swallowed the Eye of the Fire Dragon.
After swallowing the Eye of the Fire Dragon, the little manor Gu stiffened and then collapsed directly into Shi Lin's palm, turning white.
Flender was stunned by what he saw; he hadn't expected Shi Lin's method to be so simple and brutal.
"That's all?" Flender's eyes widened, and he asked incredulously.
"Of course, what else would there be?" Shi Lin said to Flender with a smile.
At this point, only one box remained on the cart.
The box contained Shi Lin's auction item, the Soul Guidance Device Sumeru.
As the box was opened, inside was a bluish-gray stone ring covered in cracks.
Shi Lin carefully took the ring out of the box.
This ring is quite heavy and feels very hard. It doesn't feel like stone; it feels more like metal. Moreover, the ring is very sturdy, so even if there are cracks, it won't break.
Shi Lin channeled his soul power into the ring. The space inside the soul tool was vast, numbering several thousand cubic meters.
This space size is already quite good compared to ordinary soul tools, but it's still a bit lacking for Shi Lin.
After all, the soul tools in Shi Lin's possession were of very high quality after being repaired.
Shi Lin thought for a moment, then reached out his hand.
With a burst of white soul power released, the Little Manor Gu appeared in Shi Lin's hand.
Under normal circumstances, when the Little Manor Gu sees a damaged soul tool, it will swallow the damaged soul tool directly into its stomach to repair it.
However, today Shi Lin's little manor Gu hesitated and stopped moving forward. Shi Lin could sense the emotions of his little manor Gu.
Simply put, Shi Lin's natal Gu worm does not yet have the ability to repair this soul tool.
This shocked Shi Lin, who never expected that there were soul tools that he couldn't repair.
This also proves the power of this soul tool.
Shi Lin pondered for a moment, then put the Sumeru Ring into his personal space, planning to find a way to repair it later.
"The auction items are all packed up, let's get going," Shi Lin said with a smile to Flender.
"Let's go gamble on soul bones. Hopefully, we'll get one, then we'll be rich," Flender said with a smile to Shi Lin.
"Okay, let's go." Shi Lin nodded to Flender.
Next, the group left the lounge and went to the backyard of the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House, arriving outside a huge warehouse.
"Gentlemen, please show your cards." Two guards in black armor stopped Flender and his companions.
Flender and his group showed the Soul Bone Hand Cards they had previously purchased.
The guard glanced at them briefly, nodded, and let them into the warehouse.
Upon entering the warehouse, a strong smell of blood assaulted the senses. The vast warehouse was filled with shelves piled high with all sorts of soul beast corpses. These corpses appeared to be fresh, as there was no smell of decay.
"Welcome to the Soul Bone Gambling Venue. Would you like to cut it here or take it back?" A staff member in a black tuxedo approached Flender, nodded slightly, and then asked a few people.
"We'll cut it on the spot," Flender said with a smile.
Then, Flender and the others showed their lists.
"Okay, everyone, please wait a moment." After carefully examining the list, the staff member went to the back to retrieve the soul beast corpses.
Flender and the others sat on a sofa to the side, waiting for the auction staff to dissect the soul beast's corpse.
A few minutes later, several burly men, each about two meters tall and covered in chest hair, pushed a corpse of a soul beast from a distance and came to Flender's side.
"Distinguished guests, we are your dedicated butchers today. We will now dissect and dissect the soul beast corpses for you." One of the butchers, holding a pig-slaughtering knife, bowed respectfully to Flender and said.
"Let's begin," Flender nodded and said to the person in front of him.
"Yes, esteemed guest." The butcher responded and then lifted the carcass of a Golden Feathered Hawk with 30,000 years of cultivation onto the dissection table, and began to dissect the carcass.
These butchers were exceptionally professional; in just a few minutes, they dissected a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast into pieces of bone and flesh.
However, these butchers often did this job, so in the end they covered the corpse with feathers.
"Distinguished guest, please unveil the curtain." The butcher took two steps back and then said to Flender.
Flender nodded, stood up, stepped forward, and parted the feathers.
Inside were all the flesh and bones of this golden-feathered hawk, but no soul bone.
"What a pity," Flender sighed.
"Excuse me, do you still want this flesh and bones?" Shi Lin asked the butcher in front of him.
"No, someone will clean it up in a bit," the butcher nodded and said to Shi Lin.
"Can I take it with me?" Shi Lin asked again.
"Sure," the butcher nodded.
Shi Lin didn't stand on ceremony and directly put the Golden Feathered Hawk into his personal space.
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