Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 145: The Godly Craftsman
With such a large piece of earth vein fire crystal, Chen Ming could easily understand how much the fire attribute soul beasts in that place would be affected. God knows whether there was a small-scale beast tide in that place.

Chen Ming had always thought that he could only see such taboo items in auction houses such as the black market. He did not expect that the Tiandou Royal Auction House would actually auction such items openly.
Chen Ming used his mental power to sense it a little bit. The half-man-high earth vein flame crystal contained a lot of spirituality and soul power. It was a rare top-level material. Although the spirituality gradually disappeared due to the rough excavation method, it was still very valuable.

If it were placed in the peerless Tang Sect era ten thousand years later, such a large piece of Earth Vein Flame Crystal would probably be worth tens of millions of gold soul coins, and could be used to make three or four level nine and eight soul guides, and the leftovers could also be used in the manufacture of soul guide shells.

But in this era, such a piece of Earth Vein Fire Crystal with extraordinary significance and value is only worth a few hundred thousand gold soul coins.

Chen Ming is currently thinking about the application of spirituality, and he needs to use a lot of materials that contain or can carry spirituality and laws as experimental products. Such a large piece of earth vein fire crystal can also allow him to conduct a lot of experiments.

The price of the Earth Vein Fire Crystal had just been raised to around 150,000 gold soul coins by a group of people, and Chen Ming turned on the loudspeaker soul guide in the room and shouted out his price.

"Two hundred thousand gold soul coins."

This was the first bid for the top floor room, and it was raised by 50,000 gold soul coins at once. The soul masters who were preparing to bid below paused and gave up bidding.

Just when Chen Ming thought that he could get the Earth Vein Flame Crystal like this, an old voice came from the middle private room.

"Three hundred thousand gold soul coins!"

It was normal for someone to raise the price at an auction, and Chen Ming was not a brainless villain, so he naturally wouldn't get angry. He casually opened the soul guide and continued to bid.

"Four hundred thousand gold soul coins."

Anyway, nowadays, the huge wealth accumulated by the Chen family can be used by him at will, and Dugu Bo himself has also given him a lot of gold soul coins.

The cash he could use now was about 20 million gold soul coins, and he didn't even blink an eye at a mere increase of a few hundred thousand.

Even if it is not enough, he can go to the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect and continue to withdraw the 45 million gold soul coins that the family has stored in the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect. This power is even higher than that of Chen Shijie, the head of the Chen family.

With the talent that Chen Ming has shown now, even if Chen Ming spent all the gold soul coins that the Chen family has accumulated for hundreds of years, the Chen family members would clap their hands and shout that it was a good investment. Chen Shijie and Chen Tianyun can also continue to lead the clansmen with soul power to hunt souls to give money to Chen Ming.

"Four hundred and fifty thousand gold soul coins!"

It was as if the voice was competing with Chen Ming. As soon as Chen Ming finished his quotation, the old voice in the middle private room immediately increased the price, but there was still some fluctuation in the voice.

Obviously, this price was a bit painful for him.

"Five hundred thousand gold soul coins." Chen Ming ignored all that and continued to add more.

For a small noble, 500,000 gold soul coins were all the wealth accumulated by the family over the past hundred years. After hearing this offer, the old man in the middle room was silent for a long time, until Ah Zhen had shouted for the second time, then he continued to raise the price tremblingly. "510,000 gold soul coins"

In the middle room, Lou Gao tremblingly said out his final bid. At this moment, the famous craftsman in Douluo Continent hated himself very much for not bringing more money this time.

Blacksmithing is not a noble profession. Even though Lou Gao is the president of the Blacksmith Association, one of the three great masters of the world, and has the final say in Gengxin City, the capital of blacksmiths, what attracts more attention on the continent is his Soul Saint-level status.

In this era, most of the blacksmiths' works are aimed at low-level soul masters. A precious weapon or armor that took several years to make is considered good if it can be sold for a few thousand gold soul coins. The income is almost a dimension difference compared to the soul masters in the second part.

As a master craftsman, Lou Gao usually buys a lot of rare materials for his research, so he naturally consumes a lot. Although he came here because he heard that there would be top-quality materials at the auction, he only brought 500,000 gold soul coins with him.

But he never expected that he would meet someone who would compete with him on this kind of material. Every time he raised the price, it was by 50,000 or 100,000, as if he had tens of millions of gold soul coins as assets to back him up, and he didn't care about the price at all.

Although this kind of thing is indeed rare, for most people, it is probably not worth the price.

These 510,000 gold soul coins were the price that Lou Gao called out after gritting his teeth and preparing to use the materials and works he had on him to exchange for the materials and works that he had brought with him at the Tiandou Royal Auction House.

He really didn't bring any good stuff with him this time. If the price was a little higher, even one or two thousand gold soul coins higher, Lou Gao wouldn't be able to afford it.

"Five hundred and fifty thousand gold soul coins." Chen Ming didn't know who the soul master sitting in the middle room was, so he just casually raised the price. But after the price of five hundred and fifty thousand gold soul coins was called out, the whole audience fell into complete silence.

Lou Gao in the middle room opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. But looking at the half-man-high earth vein flame crystal, the master craftsman who devoted himself to the blacksmith industry couldn't help but turn on the amplified soul guide, but this time it was not to increase the price.

"Sir, I am Lou Gao, the president of the Blacksmith Association, and a master blacksmith. The auction is over. Would you mind letting me see the Earth Vein Flame Crystal? If you are willing to sell me one-fifth of it, I will pay you two hundred thousand gold soul coins."

When Lou Gao said this, the person in charge of the auction house immediately changed his expression. He immediately called the Soul Saint-level guardian who was basically slacking off on weekdays, and walked directly towards Lou Gao's room.

Lou Gao's way of shouting would never be allowed in the Tiandou Auction House. Even if he was a master craftsman or a soul saint, he would be kicked out. At the very least, he would not be allowed to enter the auction house for five years, and at the worst, he would be banned from entering for life.

Of course, the rules are set by fists. If Lou Gao was a Titled Douluo, he would certainly pretend not to hear such illegal shouting. But after all, Lou Gao is only a Soul Sage, right?
Although the so-called master craftsman sounds good, its value on the mainland is far less than that of a Soul Saint.

When he said this, Lou Gao was already prepared for the result of being kicked out. So he lowered his head and walked to the door. Not long after, he saw the door of the room open, and a serious-looking manager walked over with an elderly soul master whose soul power was faintly fluctuating.

Seeing that Lou Gao was ready to be expelled, the administrator and the old soul master looked a little better and did not make any coercive moves. But just as the three were about to go down, a gentle voice suddenly appeared in their minds.

"Ahem, I'm Chen Ming in Room 6 on the top floor. Could this manager please make an exception and allow Master Lou Gao to come to my room for a chat?"

(End of this chapter)