Douluo: The Peerless King Dong'er's Restarted Life

Chapter 176 There's something wrong with your soul bone.
Thinking of her grandfather, Jing Hongchen, Meng Hongchen's brows relaxed a little.

Jing Hongchen is the head of Mingde Hall and one of the most powerful level nine soul masters in the Sun Moon Empire.

But to be honest, there are very few soul tools like the Conferred God Platform since they were created, and no one would use them for experiments. It's more like a preliminary test of some kind of "special soul tool". It's a bit doubtful whether Jing Hongchen can really see through it.

Inside VIP box number three, the burly-armed man from the Body Sect appeared furious.

"The young master's things were just stolen like that?"

"Don't be impatient." The big-headed man next to him shook his head. "We'll find out who the person who took the picture is, and then we'll have a solution."

Apart from Box No. 3, most of the other boxes were also discussing who the force that had won the bid for the Conferred God Platform was, and the various methods they used to gather information were numerous.

Inside the second private room, Xiao Hongchen sneered, "Now everyone else is probably asking about our identities. Elder Ma, our safety can still be guaranteed during the transaction. Take this opportunity and take this Conferred God Platform back to the academy and hand it over to my grandfather. Once it's inside the Mingde Hall, anyone who wants to mess with it will have to think twice about whether they're even worthy of it."

The entire top-tier auction has now come to an end, and the VIPs in each box will leave Starlight Auction House through a secret passage inside their box.

However, Wang Dong'er did not leave.

She spent 17 million gold soul coins just to ensure that the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone could be in her own hands, so that Xu Jiawei wouldn't take it and give it to Shrek Academy as a favor, and then Shrek Academy would reward someone else with it.

But that doesn't mean that her seventeen million gold soul coins were so easy to obtain.

"Auctioneer Qingya, I have a question."

Qingya smiled and said with a hint of respect, "Does the distinguished guest have any questions?"

"Your advertising of this Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone is false. In fact, by buying this soul bone, I've actually saved the reputation of your Starlight Auction House."

"What?" Qingya was taken aback. Every item auctioned by Starlight Auction House was inspected and tested. If there was a problem, it would be discovered during the inspection process.

Even with royal backing, Starlight Auction House has built its reputation over a long period to reach its current scale. If it were to be revealed that the auction items were seriously inconsistent with the promotion, the impact would be significant.

However, Wang Dong'er is not only a student of Shrek Academy, but also a successor of the Clear Sky Sect. With such a status, she has no need to make baseless accusations.

Qingya realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately made a decision: "Please wait here, esteemed guest."

Not long after, the door to the private room opened again, and in addition to Qingya, Xu Jiujiu, who had been appearing on the screen the whole time, also entered.

She hadn't changed out of her gold auction dress yet, and her beautiful face looked even more perfect up close.

Seeing Wang Dong'er waiting alone here, his long-held thoughts began to stir slightly.

"Distinguished guest Wang Dong'er, hello. I am Xu Jiujiu, chief auctioneer of Starlight Auction House." Although she had already mentioned herself once at the beginning of the auction, Xu Jiujiu still introduced herself first, and then said, "First of all, I would like to thank you very much for bidding on this Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone. However, I would like to know why you said that our Starlight Auction House's advertising was false?"

"Could there be something wrong with this soul bone?" Wang Dong'er asked in return. "Then I need Princess Jiu Jiu to explain the absorption conditions of this soul bone again."

Xu Jiujiu found it somewhat strange, but still repeated himself: "Only ice-attribute soul masters, and those with enough cultivation to absorb soul bones over 50,000 years old, can attempt this. But what does it matter?"

Bringing up this condition again, Xu Jiujiu remembered that Wang Dong'er was a successor of the Haotian Sect, but the martial soul she displayed was clearly a butterfly martial soul, and it did not have the ice attribute.

However, Xu Jiujiu didn't think too deeply about it. Perhaps Wang Yan couldn't make the deal with Shrek Academy, so he made some conditions to let Wang Dong'er bid on his behalf.

“That’s a big deal,” Wang Dong’er said. “Your business doesn’t know enough about the Ice Jade Scorpion clan. In fact, whether it’s absorbing the Ice Jade Scorpion’s soul ring or soul bone, there’s a special prerequisite: extreme ice.”

"Without the ultimate ice martial soul, one cannot absorb any soul rings or soul bones produced by the Ice Jade Scorpion clan. This is the pride of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan."

"Impossible!" Xu Jiujiu retorted almost instantly: "It's just a soul bone, how could it have such high requirements? There are simply not many people who can absorb it!"

"Before this soul bone, have there been any soul rings or soul bones from the Ice Jade Scorpion clan?" Wang Dong'er asked calmly.

“That… is indeed not the case. But there’s no way to prove what you’re saying, is there?” Xu Jiujiu said.

"Are all the people of your Star Luo Empire living in peace and prosperity, without a single evil Soul Master? Or have they all been executed?"

"Of course, you can choose not to believe what I'm saying, after all, I've already bought it and you've received the money. However, if I personally find a wicked Soul Master to try it out, things won't end so easily."

Xu Jiujiu was caught in a mental struggle.

From a rational standpoint, the soul bone has already been sold, and Starlight Auction House has already secured its profits. While 17 million gold soul coins is not a small sum, given Wang Dong'er's status, there is no reason for her to lie to deceive her for 17 million.

But if Wang Dong'er knew there was a problem, why did she take the picture first before reporting it?
or……

After a long time, Xu Jiujiu made up his mind. He performed a courtly salute to Wang Dong'er and then said, "Thank you for protecting the reputation of our Starlight Auction House. We will always remember this kindness. If you wish, our Starlight Auction House can refund the portion of the bid that exceeds the starting price by 12 million gold soul coins... no, we are willing to refund you 7 million gold soul coins."

The refund of seven million gold soul coins means that Wang Dong'er directly bid for the soul bone at a price of ten million gold soul coins.

In fact, although Xu Jiujiu knew that what Wang Dong'er said was very likely true, without concrete evidence in front of her, she would still find it difficult to make a decision.

But thinking about the decision he made after paying attention to Wang Dong'er, he gritted his teeth and made a decision after a long time.

Opportunities to befriend Wang Dong'er are rare. Judging from Wang Dong'er's various behaviors, she is at least not a Shrek fanatic like her emperor brother.

In the future, Wang Dong'er will inevitably achieve something beyond Super Douluo. Using ten million gold soul coins to befriend a Super Douluo is a very worthwhile deal!
"Don't you need to have someone test it?" Wang Dong'er smiled slightly. "I can cooperate with your bank to keep this soul bone for a while longer."

Xu Jiujiu smiled and said, "I believe you wouldn't joke with us. I also hope to establish a closer working relationship with you. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)