Douluo: Steadily Becoming Stronger in Shrek

Chapter 280 The First Lot

Zhou Lin had a black card, so he was naturally arranged to stay in the box.

The three of them pushed open the door of the box and entered.

The box was extremely luxurious. The sofa and table were made of precious golden nanmu wood, and the table was filled with rich fruits and snacks.

In addition, the soul guide technology in this box is also the highest in the Heavenly Soul Empire. There are several soul guide buttons on the table. If you like the auction items, just press the corresponding button and enter the bidding price. The people present can instantly see your offer. You don’t even need to bend down to eat fruits. Just press some control buttons and metal tentacles will deliver the fruits to your mouth. You just need to open your mouth to eat. This also made Lin Chen feel vaguely like he was in the Mingdu of the Sun and Moon Empire.

Although these things are not of much use to powerful soul masters and are more of a symbol of status, the Tianhun Empire is corrupt and there are no direct descendants of the royal family who can take on important responsibilities. The highest level of cultivation is just the Soul King, and most people are greedy for pleasure and revelry day and night. These functions seem to be tailor-made for them.

There is even a special service button in the box. As long as you want and have money, you can find many female slaves affiliated with the auction house to serve you.

During the auction process here, the auctioneer is allowed to leave the scene during the bidding process. After all, there will not be any powerful beings participating in the auction, not even soul masters. For them, it is naturally impossible to regulate their body's endocrine system.

However, if you have already started bidding and leave during the auction, but someone else offers a higher price than you, I'm sorry, the auction house will not argue with you after the auction. The item will naturally belong to someone else. It's your fault for not going earlier or later and leaving only when the auction is about to start.

However, these are not a problem for Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan, as they are both powerful beings above the Titled Douluo.

"Friend Lin, Miss Zhang, this auction may be different. I'm afraid it's held to strengthen the country's strength, so the price may be ridiculously high."

Lin Chen asked: "Patriarch Zhou, what does this mean?"

Zhou Lin sighed and said, "According to the information I received, the Heavenly Soul Empire held this auction to recruit more soul masters and young and strong men to join the army to fight against the Sun and Moon Empire."

Lin Chen nodded. Zhou Lin had explained these things before.

"However, the entire Sky Soul Empire is in a state of panic, and few people dare to enlist in the army to fight against the Sun Moon Empire, so the royal family came up with this idea to strengthen the Sky Soul Empire's national strength."

"Isn't this human trafficking?" Lin Chen blurted out. The common sense from Blue Star directly revealed the nature of this auction.

"Alas, what Mr. Lin said is true. In fact, I had already found a way out for the Zhou family. But that incident happened along the way. If it weren't for Mr. Lin and Miss Zhang, I'm afraid our entire Zhou family would have been forced to join the army." Zhou Lin sighed and said with some emotion, his tone revealing helplessness and relief at having escaped a calamity.

Lin Chen said nothing, frowning.

Zhang Lexuan saw this and didn't say anything.

He didn't expect that the Tianhun Empire could achieve such a level. How is this different from the original black trade?
Just as he was thinking about it, the lights on the auction table below suddenly lit up.

"Hello everyone, I am today's auctioneer Qing Ning. First of all, on behalf of the Tianhun Empire Auction House, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the distinguished guests present!"

After he finished speaking, the soul guides at the scene suddenly "burst into" a torrent of applause.

Afterwards, Qing Ning started to speak at great length, which consisted of nothing but nice things.

This made Lin Chen a little sleepy, because the auction in Shrek City was not like this.

"This is how the auction in Tiandou City works. Don't blame me, both of you," Zhou Lin said.

Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan nodded. Since they had chosen to try their luck here, they could only follow the local customs.

After a round of greetings, we finally got to the point.

"Next, please take a look at our first lot!" Qing Ning announced loudly. After that, several auction staff members came up with a cart wrapped in a large red cloth.

Before the auctioneer could say anything, some people in the audience had already started whispering.

As frequent visitors to auctions, they naturally knew what this was.

Zhang Lexuan clenched her fists instantly, and a cold aura emanated from her whole body.

With her strength, how could she not sense that there was a living person in the cart?

Lin Chen also felt disgusted with this practice, but he did not show it.

“These are all common. Generally, items of this level are used to warm up the atmosphere,” Zhou Lin explained.

Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan didn't say anything, but in their hearts they were filled with disgust and aversion towards this kind of human trafficking and even female slavery.

Qing Ning directly lifted the red cloth wrapped around the cart, and ten naked women appeared right in front of him.

"This lot is ten female slaves."

"Don't underestimate these ten female slaves. They are specially trained by our auction house. They have no other advantages except that they are beautiful and listen to their masters!"

After saying that, he rang the bell he had just taken.

After hearing this, the ten female slaves all crawled towards Qing Ning on all fours.

One bidder said somewhat unhappily, "It's always like this. How much do you want to sell it for this time?"

It was obvious that this was not the first time this person had seen such a scene.

As a professional auctioneer, Qing Ning was not angry. Instead, she turned around, smiled at the person who stood up and said, "Dear guest, please be patient. I haven't finished the introduction. Compared with the female slaves in the previous auction, the female slaves kept in captivity this time have another advantage, that is: they are all virgins! Pure and innocent, they have never been defiled!"

Everyone present widened their eyes, for there had never been a virgin female slave auctioned before. Usually, those who were auctioned before were female slaves that were unwanted by others, or those who had nowhere else to go and were kept in captivity in order to help their family pay off debts. But no matter which type it was, it was impossible for the female slaves to be virgins.

Compared with the female slaves that were auctioned before, this batch of virgin female slaves were obviously more popular.

"The starting price is 500,000 gold soul coins! Each bid increase must not be less than 100,000 gold soul coins!" Qing Ning announced loudly.

"Five hundred thousand? So expensive?"

"You think we are leeks, don't you?"

"I won't keep you company any longer. If you want to buy something, you buy it!"

Many dissatisfied voices suddenly emerged in the field.

There was no sign of annoyance on Qingning's face. Her purpose was to arouse dissatisfaction among the audience.

"Or, you can offer thirty strong men to offset the auction amount, and each bid must not be less than two strong men!"

(End of this chapter)