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Chapter 200 You'll Never Lose Out (Please Subscribe!!!)
"Starting bid is 100 million gold soul coins. Are there any VIPs interested in this 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo?"

"One hundred million!"

The price for VIP room number one was announced immediately.

Subsequently, a private room saw a payout of 105 million.

The eight-armed man in VIP box number one immediately followed suit, offering 110 million.

After two more rounds of negotiation, the final price was set at 130 million.

Su Ming stared intently at the various private rooms whose prices had just been announced, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

Clearly, there are shills involved.

However, he didn't hold it against him this time.

What Su Ming couldn't stand was that the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone, which was clearly put up for auction, was instead sold out through malicious competition.

He could accept tactics used to achieve higher auction prices.

We have to earn something for the Star Luo Royal Family.

Of course, the Star Luo royal family may have made a profit, but Su Ming will never lose out. This is not a 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo, but the Snow Empress embryo!

Let alone 130 million, even if it were 300 million or 500 million to buy a single Snow Emperor embryo, I believe there would still be forces that would be tempted and have the means to do so, provided that the news is released early enough to allow them to prepare.

Just like this time, Mingde Hall is large enough to swallow this 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo, and it can also accommodate ten slots. However, the problem is that the person representing Mingde Hall present is not the head of Mingde Hall, nor is he an expert who has prepared well for this auction. Instead, he is a team that has simply come to Xingluo City to participate in the competition.

130 million.

The Body Sect in Box Number One obtained this 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo.

This was unexpected by Xu Jiawei.

However, this also relieved Xu Jiawei.

In this way, the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo will at least not fall into the hands of Mingde Hall, and he will no longer need to spend that 100 million gold soul coins to offer a reward.

"There are still spots available for auction."

Inside VIP room number three, Xiao Hongchen deflated.

His second martial soul, a 100,000-year soul ring and soul bone, were gone just like that.

"Let us congratulate the VIP in Box Number One on acquiring this 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo for 130 million gold soul coins."

They applauded for a long time.

"Finally, let's hand the stage over to the Blacksmiths Association, and let Duan Lin, the vice president of the Blacksmiths Association, preside over the next auction."

Duan Lin voluntarily demoted to vice president because he had not mastered the Thousand Refinements of Spirit.

In fact, he was also very close to achieving the "Thousand Refinements with Spirit" effect. According to Su Ming's understanding, Duan Lin was already able to carry out the "Thousand Refinements with Spirit" forging of rare metals that others had already imbued with spirit.

Among the association, there are three newly emerging forging masters, but there are actually three more who have learned to imbue with spirit. However, their forging foundation is poor, and they have not yet learned the later stage of Thousand Forging with Spirit. On the contrary, Duan Lin has a profound forging foundation and knows the later stage of Thousand Forging with Spirit, but he is unable to imbue with spirit because he does not have a soul spirit.

Duan Lin lacked the professional auction skills of Xu Jiujiu; he didn't use any fancy words when he went on stage.

"At this auction, the Blacksmiths Association is preparing to auction ten slots for the construction of future Blacksmiths Association branches. Each city can have a maximum of one branch, and each slot will come with a piece of spirit metal."

"Here, I will first explain to everyone what the so-called quota is for."

"The Blacksmith Association will complete the construction of the four branches of the four great empires within the next year. After the establishment of the four branches, a second expansion will be carried out. For cities that have these ten slots, we will directly build a branch of the Blacksmith Association in the corresponding city, and the four branches will be responsible for talent transfer and training to realize the circulation of spirit metal among the fourteen branches."

"In the future, for at least the next hundred years, the Blacksmith Association will not take the initiative to build any more branches beyond the fourteen existing branches. If any city wants to establish a blacksmith-related force, it will have nothing to do with our Blacksmith Association."

Duan Lin's words undoubtedly reassured the various factions present. At least it sounded like this spot wasn't meant to be used to exploit them.

It really works after I bought it.

Many cities can fund the construction of their own blacksmith associations, but without spirit metal and the support of legitimate blacksmith associations, it is difficult to develop in the early stages, and there is basically no output of spirit metal, making it a huge money-burning project.

Of course, one could also send someone to study at the orthodox blacksmiths' association first, and then build up the hometown after they have completed their studies.

But this would undoubtedly leave us far behind.

If development is slow, then it is slow.

The establishment of these legitimate branches will inevitably attract a gathering of forging talents from all over the continent, making it impossible for other cities to develop further, even if they establish their own associations later.

While feeling reassured, the forces present were also getting ready to fight.

We must secure at least one spot!
All the city lords who have the confidence to do so have already sent people over.

The two weeks of the round-robin tournament are for them to have time.

"The auction for the ten spots will now begin. The first spot is next, with a starting price of five million gold soul coins and each bid must be at least one hundred thousand gold soul coins."

The starting bid is only five million?
Many factions immediately became interested and began to vie for it.

However, it is clear that five million is just the starting bid.

This is not a 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo. The starting price and the final price differed by only 30%. The competition for this spot was normal, and it also gave the major cities that needed the spot time to prepare.

Often, a starting bid that is doubled or more by 30-40% is considered acceptable.

That is, around 12 million, will be a key point in the competition.

In fact, the competition for the first spot was extremely fierce.

Yes, there are still nine spots left, and there's still a chance to compete. So go compete for those nine spots, and don't try to take the first one from me.

This was the first and only auction of such a quota, and no one knew its actual transaction price.

The starting price set by the Blacksmiths' Association is merely their own opinion and may not necessarily be of reference value.

This is not the mature pricing system for soul bones that has evolved over thousands of years in the soul master world.

Ultimately, the first spot unexpectedly sold for a high price of 20 million gold soul coins, and was won by the third VIP box.

The competition for the second spot was even fiercer, but the price stopped rising at around 18 million, and it was won by the second VIP box.

The third spot has increased to 19 million.

The fourth spot cost over 20 million, and the final price was set at 22 million.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh spots all cost over 21 million.

By this point, the third VIP room had spent almost all of its funds. They had originally planned to return the remaining gold soul coins to the Starlight Auction House and get their soul tools back, but now it seemed that was just wishful thinking.

In this competition, Mingdetang directly secured four spots.

With over ten million gold soul coins remaining, Master Ma said that they should be purchased in the Douluo Three Kingdoms according to the old rules.

Seven out of ten spots were filled, and the competition for the last three became fierce instantly.

None of the three private rooms (number one, number two, and number three) made any further moves.

With many factions having figured each other out, it's now a matter of who has the strongest resolve.

(End of this chapter)