Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 144: The Smoking Auction Item

Ning Fengzhi was very interested in Chen Ming.

This kind of interest is the good kind of interest, not the bad kind.

Chen Ming had received favors from his disciple Xue Qinghe before, and he would most likely be a member of Xue Qinghe's staff in the future. Although Dugu Bo owed Xue Xing a favor, he had repaid it several times over the years, but he had never resigned from his position as a worshiper.

In this state, Chen Ming is definitely a person who can be won over. Even if he cannot be allowed to join the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, it does not prevent him from leaving a good impression and communicating more in the future.

As an old sect, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had ways to deal with things both openly and secretly, and had also targeted geniuses from hostile forces. Ning Fengzhi did not deny this at all.

But if possible, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would still try to win him over first. Even if he didn't join their sect, they could still gain a friend.

If there is really no other option, and when it is certain that this genius will definitely or most likely stand against them, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect will kill him without hesitation to prevent the sect from being threatened in the future.

As a sect that mainly uses auxiliary martial spirits, the way of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is to make more friends and fewer enemies. If you can be neutral, try to be neutral. If you can't be neutral, do it cleanly and don't let others catch you.

Since Poison Douluo said that Chen Ming had excellent talent, and Uncle Jian also said that he was not an ordinary spirit master, then Ning Fengzhi should consider how to invest in Chen Ming.

Time passed little by little, and the auction finally began.

No one knew what mechanism had been activated, but the lights in the auction hall suddenly disappeared by 70%, and it became very dim. Ordinary buyers sat on the stools, just like elementary school students sitting in a movie theater waiting for a movie.

A large amount of light beams shone down from the ceiling, illuminating the stage. A female auctioneer with fox ears on her head and a snow-white hair swaying behind her stood in the center of the stage and bowed slowly with a smile on her face.

"Hello, distinguished guests. I am Ah Zhen, the gold medal auctioneer of the Tiandou Royal Auction House. I will host this auction from now on."

"This auction is a resource field for soul masters. A total of 22 treasures will be auctioned. All of them have been certified by appraisers and are rare treasures in the outside world. I wish you can find the treasure that suits you."

“Here is the first lot in our auction house.”

The female auctioneer who called herself Ah Zhen clapped her hands with a smile, and several strong men came up carrying a cabinet covered with a layer of black cloth. Ah Zhen lifted the black cloth on the cabinet, revealing the cards inside.

In the cabinet was a huge glass jar filled with light green liquid. A heart the size of a basketball was immersed in the liquid, emitting a faint red color.

"The heart of the eight thousand year old volcanic earth dragon was taken from the famous fire-attributed earth dragon subspecies, the volcanic earth dragon, in the Red Flame Mountains. After identification, it was found that the heart contained a trace of the blood power left by a true fire dragon, and its quality far exceeds that of ordinary earth dragons."

"The starting price is 100 gold soul coins, and the minimum increase is gold soul coins each time."

"Start bidding now!"

Although the fire-attributed earth dragon is not a good thing at all for Chen Ming, it is indeed a good training material for an ordinary soul master family.

Especially for those dragon spirit masters and fire spirit masters, this well-preserved heart can play a significant role. What's more, it also contains the power related to the fire dragon.

A true dragon is a particularly noble existence on the Douluo Continent.

As soon as the auction started, the heart was bid for 15,000 gold soul coins. After a short pause, the price was raised to 20,000 gold soul coins. Finally, after a fierce competition, it was bought by a middle-aged man wearing a mask for 26,000 gold soul coins.

In fact, in terms of market price, 26,000 gold soul coins are already a bit overpriced. But auctions are like this. Under the stimulating bidding, it is not uncommon to see a premium transaction that is several times higher than the market price.

The heart of the earth dragon is just an appetizer at this auction.

The second auction item is the skeleton of a top-level ten thousand year old ice-attribute soul beast, which contains powerful ice-attribute power.

Chen Ming looked at the skeleton and remembered that he had seen this kind of soul beast in the outer part of the Far North. He felt a little moved that it was worthy of being a royal auction house, and that things from the Far North could be brought up in this era.

The bone containing the power of ice was bought by an ice soul emperor for 49,000 gold soul coins. The next item to come on stage was a huge ore of fire attribute.

This piece of ore was placed on a huge shelf, about half a person's height, and it condensed powerful and pure fire-attribute soul power.

Even if it was only exposed to the air, it was still passively repelling the other attribute soul powers in the air, and gradually transforming the soul powers without attributes into the soul powers of fire attributes, as if it itself was the crystallization of the materialization of the fire element.

"This thing is called Earth Flame Crystal. It is extremely beneficial for the cultivation of fire-attributed soul masters, and it can be used to create an excellent fire-attributed mimicry training ground."

"The starting price is 100,000 gold soul coins, and the minimum bid increase each time is no less than 1,000 gold soul coins."

The auctioneer named Azhen only gave a brief introduction to the item and did not look like a qualified auctioneer at all.

Many people in the field were confused about this thing called Earth Vein Flame Crystal, but only a few people, including Chen Ming, understood why the auctioneer gave a quick introduction.

Because the way to obtain the Earth Vein Fire Crystal is somewhat taboo.
Chen Ming had seen records about this kind of crystallization in Dugu Bo's collection of books.

Earth Vein Fire Crystals only appear in places where a large amount of fire attribute soul power is concentrated, such as in volcanoes. Their essence is the crystallization of a large amount of fire attribute soul power and the remains of dead fire attribute soul beasts after tens of thousands of years of sedimentation in the earth.

Once this crystal is formed, it can instinctively absorb and exhale the fire-attributed heaven and earth energy, improve the surrounding environment, and make the ground veins more suitable for the survival of fire-attributed soul beasts. And it will give birth to a subsidiary ore called Flame Iron Ore.

Yes, this kind of thing is equivalent to the foundation for the survival of fire attribute soul beasts. Once a piece is dug out, the living environment of fire attribute soul beasts in a large area will be affected. Not only will the quality of new fire attribute soul beasts born in the future be slightly reduced, but the growth rate in the future will also be reduced.

The half-human-sized piece of Earth Vein Fire Crystal in front of him was the result of a fire-attribute soul beast's living environment sinking for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years.

This thing is essentially the heart of a vein. When it is dug out, the entire vein will die. Digging this thing out is like digging for the roots of a fire-attributed soul beast.

Although the Spirit Hall has not issued an explicit ban, for thousands of years the Spirit Hall has always advised soul masters not to easily touch things that are crucial to the growth of soul beasts.

Otherwise, it will cause problems in the growth of soul beasts, leading to a shortage of soul beast resources in the future, and a soul beast gathering place will disappear.

In serious cases, it may cause a riot among soul beasts, resulting in a huge beast tide that threatens a large number of innocent people and soul masters. In history, there have been many small-scale beast tides caused by similar reasons.

(End of this chapter)