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Chapter 197 Taking it Down (Seeking monthly votes!!! Bonus chapter 17)

Qingya looked at the ice-green scorpion pattern on Huo Yuhao's back and understood the source of the young man's confidence.

Indeed, if one possesses the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, then everything makes sense.

Qingya hurriedly left VIP room number two.

Only after Qingya left did Yan Shaozhe ask a question.

"Yuhao, are you sure there's something wrong with that soul bone?"

"Yes, Elder Yan, I can confirm that. As for the reason, I will explain it in a moment."

Yan Shaozhe did not press the matter further.

After a long pause, his expression changed slightly upon receiving the reminder.

"Due to the exceptional rarity of this lot, the viewing time will be extended by another ten minutes to allow our distinguished guests to make their final decision."

After saying that, she hurriedly left and entered the second private room.

"Which distinguished guest said there was a problem with our soul bone?" Xu Jiujiu asked anxiously.

Huo Yuhao stepped forward.

"You're an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Master? What's wrong with this soul bone?"

"The soul bone itself is fine, but the conditions for absorption are problematic."

"Oh?"

"The Ice Jade Scorpion clan is extremely proud. Whether it is a soul ring or a soul bone, only an ultimate ice soul master can absorb it; otherwise, they will explode and die."

"That's impossible. What kind of soul bone has such high absorption requirements? Wouldn't that mean no one in the world could absorb it?" Xu Jiujiu clearly couldn't accept this.

She hurriedly said goodbye to VIP room number two and ran to a nearby room to report the problem to Xu Jiawei.

"The original intention was to do someone a favor. Since there's a problem, it's actually better this way. Let's just abandon the auction and give this item directly to Shrek Academy. That would be more sincere."

Xu Jiawei made a decision.

The Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone shouldn't have been put up for auction in the first place.

The reason I showed it out was to Shrek so they could take it away.

Even for Shrek Academy, this kind of top-grade soul bone is a foundational asset.

To put it bluntly, the Star Luo royal family brought out this soul bone simply because they had been too assertive in the competition for spirit metals over the past year, and now they wanted to turn around and lick their boots.

"it is good."

After a long while, he returned to the podium and announced that the auction would continue.

Soon, the auction for the Ice Jade Scorpion began.

Yes, the auction is proceeding as planned.

If the auction items are cancelled outright, the auction house's reputation will inevitably be affected.

So the auction house took a different approach.

When the auction price climbed to 15 million gold soul coins, someone directly offered 30 million gold soul coins.

The entire room fell silent.

"Ten pieces of first-grade metal, forged a thousand times."

Su Ming spoke calmly.

He knew that the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone was problematic, and that this was a tactic employed by the auction house.

The Body Sect could still offer more at a price above 30 million, but it would be too much of a loss.

Since the auction house has chosen this method to recycle soul bones, he has no choice but to barter.

In the Douluo Continent III era, he certainly wouldn't have done that, because a hundred pieces of thousand-times-forged, first-grade metal couldn't compare to a single top-grade soul bone.

However, he dared to offer such a price back in the Douluo Continent II era.

The auctioneer in box number three was dumbfounded.

what?
Can spirit metal still be used as a unit of account at auctions?
She didn't know how to answer.

In the end, they could only hurriedly leave the private room and report back to their superiors.

When Xu Jiujiu learned that Su Ming was asking for ten pieces of spirit metal, he fell silent.

It's not that ten pieces of spirit metal are worth as much as thirty million gold soul coins, but rather it's Su Ming's attitude.

The Blacksmiths' Guild is expanding, and the forging system is spreading.

Currently, blacksmiths are scarce, so there is a shortage of spirit metals. However, in a few years, blacksmiths will emerge in large numbers, and even if there is a shortage of spirit metals, the price will not be driven up like this.

Therefore, ten pieces of spirit metal are definitely not worth 30 million gold soul coins, or even 10 million.

Previously, the competition among the Star Luo royal family was based on other criteria, not gold soul coins.

The so-called other conditions are nothing more than rare metals, talent cultivation, and policy cooperation. These investments are long-term and also beneficial to the Star Luo royal family. However, it is impossible to actually buy spirit metals with a large amount of gold soul coins.

When the first batch of top-grade, thousand-refined metal appeared at the auction, nine pieces only sold for 7.1 million gold soul coins.

Now that forging technology is not monopolized, it is certain that high-quality metals will appear in large quantities in the future. Of course, it is impossible to replicate this price again, let alone at a higher price.

"Distinguished guest, if you do not have sufficient funds, you may choose to bid on spirit metals at our auction house."

The auctioneer returned with this answer.

"Su Ming, if you need money, we'll lend it to you," Xiao Hongchen said.

"No need. The auction house started this by using underhanded tactics, doubling the price out of thin air. How is that possible? If you don't want to auction, then don't auction. You showed it to us, but quoted a false price. Today, I'm really going to stand up to them."

Su Ming sneered.

“I’ll use the spirit alloy to calculate it.”

As he spoke, he raised his right hand.

A flash of light appeared on his right hand, which was not equipped with a storage soul tool, and a piece of metal grew out of his hand!

Xiao Hongchen was taken aback.

Everyone present was stunned.

What did we just see?
“Spirit alloy can be directly integrated into a Soul Master’s body, fused with their Martial Soul, and amplify the Soul Master,” Su Ming said calmly. “Go, tell the people behind the auction house.”

The auctioneer's expression changed drastically.

Even though she wasn't a Soul Master, she could still understand the meaning behind it.

She apologized and hurriedly left.

"what?"

Xu Jiawei was shocked and stood up from his seat.

Beyond the spirit metal, there are indeed even more precious technologies.

Metal that is directly integrated into the Soul Master's body.
He now understood what Su Ming meant.

It's not that we're short of money; we need to use spirit metal to replace gold soul coins.

Instead, he was warning the auction house.

Especially after learning from the auctioneer what Su Ming had said in the private room, Xu Jiawei felt a chill run down his spine.

This time, we messed up.

Thirty million gold soul coins is an astronomical price, enough to buy a medium-sized city.

However, it's not that no one can afford this price; for example, Shrek and Mingdetang.

They all have the means to do so.

However, it's not worth exchanging 30 million for a soul bone.

Therefore, their idea was to use a price of 30 million to suppress the bidding of others.

But it was smashed.

Unexpectedly, someone took it seriously.

"You tell him."

Xu Jiawei had no choice but to tell Su Ming the truth about the problem with the soul bone.

However, Su Ming wasn't buying it.

"I, Su Ming, am determined to have this Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone today, and even the Sea God can't stop me!"

Xu Jiawei has a toothache.

Why are you so stubborn?

This isn't about gold soul coins, nor is it about a soul bone. It's about the soul bone itself being the problem, brother. If you really fuse with it and explode, won't the Body Sect come after our Star Luo Royal Family?
Xu Jiawei wished he could go to VIP room number three and grab Su Ming by the ear to explain to him word by word.

Soul bone!

has a problem!
It will explode if it melts!

Like a bang!

Unfortunately, Su Ming was very persistent.

Even with the addition of the new forging product, Spirit Alloy, Xu Jiawei was quickly defeated.

He stated that he would privately trade the item to the Body Sect for 15 million gold soul coins.

Su Ming sneered and finally stopped causing trouble.

　These few pages are a bit weak, but they still have some content. They're plot points, present in every book, and you've all basically memorized them, so they don't seem new. I'll finish this section as soon as possible in the fifth update.

　　
　
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