Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 294 Feng Jin Attracted by the Crown
"Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse": "Dr. Roman!!! Something's happened!"

"QAQ"

"Why did I see your record book at the Starlight Auction? And my name was written on it!"

"Did something happen?"

Inside the Snow King Ice City in Xingluo City, Roman was sipping his chilled lemonade, pondering how to solve the food problem immediately.

Although Huo Yuhao paid him his salary in advance, the cost of living in Xingluo City was too high, and some shops liked to overcharge customers, especially outsiders.

Roman didn't have much money to begin with, and if he accidentally got into trouble, he would have to find a way to "survive in the city with zero money".

However, in Xingluo City, even scavenging was divided into sections by various beggar gangs and heroes. The heroes from different factions often fought fiercely for the area closer to the inner city, and accidental killings were commonplace.

Fortunately, it's currently the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, so no one dares to cause trouble.

Roman is now missing the Sky Domination Plains. Although you have to work hard there, you definitely won't starve. In fact, Xilu City has even developed a welfare system that covers old age and medical care.

Soon, he received a notification from the Magic Network. With a plastic straw in his mouth, he opened the Magic Network in the air.

The MagicNet recently underwent a minor update, which allows the MagicNet's screen to enable a privacy screen mode.

Once enabled, unless you actively grant permissions, outsiders will only see a blank white screen on your magic network.

"The boss did seem to have said that he would take the Book of Records to the auction."

"Isn't the Starlight Auction the most prestigious auction in the Star Luo Empire?"

"Didn't the boss say that the proceeds from the auction of the Book of Records would go to me?"

"My Favorite Meryl": "It's okay, it's okay."

"It's meant to be sold."

"It's not anything particularly precious. It seems to record a lot of soul skills, but it still has great limitations in actual combat."

"After all, you have to hold the book all the time, casting spells has a pre-cast animation, and the energy consumption is high. It's okay for recording some functional soul skills, but for recording offensive soul skills, a soul tool is more useful."

"It's just a teaching tool. If Xiaofeng Jin is interested, I have even better ones here. They can record soul skills below the Soul Saint level, and they don't have any casting animation."

"Yes, right! Little Feng Jin! Can you tell me how much this book will sell for?"

"Please, this is really important to me!"

Roman stared nervously at the magic network screen, his lips loosening from the plastic straw covered in teeth marks.

On the other side of the screen, inside Auction Hall No. 7, Feng Jin looked at the rapidly changing numbers in front of her and felt somewhat ashamed.

She was well aware that the book of records, as an alchemical creation, involved very basic use of inscriptions and was by no means a miraculous creation.

Give her a month, and she can replicate a similar alchemical creation.

Dr. Roman's foundation was a truly cutting-edge alchemical creation. When Feng Jin assisted Roman, she had seen the related inscription design.

Every design requires extremely tedious calculations, and the hundreds of millions of inscriptions must be interconnected, with the structure of each inscription conforming to axioms.

Just thinking about it made her scalp tingle, while Roman could integrate all the theories with effortless ease.

Perhaps this is the sense of composure that comes with being an older generation.

At first, Feng Jin couldn't even understand the most basic theories; at most, she could only get paper and pen for Roman. Reality barrier is already very advanced for her at this point.

"Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse": "Um, Dr. Roman."

"The bidding amount at this auction has already reached 20 million gold soul coins!"

"Pfft!"

Roman, who was in Snow King Ice City, almost spat out his lemonade. A well-dressed lady sitting opposite him handed him a piece of paper with a conflicted expression.

"Sorry, thank you."

Roman took the paper, gave the lady an apologetic nod, wiped his mouth, and kept his eyes fixed on the magic network screen, his emerald green eyes wide open.

"It's already reached twenty million gold soul coins?!"

"This book is worth that much?"

"Great! Looks like I don't need to look up the Star Luo City zero-cost city survival guide anymore!"

"Even those who collect recyclables in this city have to join the beggars' gang."

"I finally have money again to buy all kinds of Merry merchandise and strawberry cake!"

"Once the money arrives, I must donate a magic herb to Meili's live stream!"

If it weren't for the large crowd, Roman would have loved to get up and dance to express his joy.

Twenty million gold soul coins, and that's not even the final result. How many strawberry cakes could that buy? Roman felt he could finally be considered Old Money in the Heaven Dou Plain.

After sending a message to Luo Man, Feng Jin sat down next to Die Bao, put her arm around her, and stared in astonishment at the fluctuating numbers on the screen.

“We understand the situation. We’ll add another five million.”

An aged voice rang out in the room, and Elder Song and Elder Zhuang arrived at Auction Hall No. 7, led by two maids in golden dresses.

Wang Yan hurriedly stood up to greet him, but Old Song smiled and pressed his palm down to indicate that he didn't need to stand up.

"I have already reported this book of records to the Sea God Pavilion."

"Elder Mu personally instructed that we acquire this book as much as possible."

"Even if we can't get it, we must not let the people of the Sun Moon Empire get it."

"They must be at this auction house too."

Old Song glanced at Qingya with his eagle-like eyes.

The auctioneer felt as if she were being pricked by needles all over her body, and was extremely uncomfortable, but out of professional ethics, she bit her lip and dared not say anything.

She dared not reveal the VIP's information without the approval of the auction house's higher-ups.

Fortunately, Old Song didn't target her too much; he just glanced at her and continued watching the numbers change on the screen.

After Shrek raised its bid by five million, another party quickly raised the price again.

The bidding amount has reached 40 million gold soul coins.

This price is enough to buy a top-grade ten-thousand-year soul bone. The Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone of the Ultimate Ice is expected to fetch around twenty million gold soul coins at the auction.

"Who exactly is against us?"

"Let's have the Sun Moon Royal Academy bid for it!"

"Give me an extra twenty million!"

Xiao Hongchen angrily watched the numbers change, some of them turning red, and added 20 million gold soul coins in one go.

He was determined to get his hands on this book of records.

Ma Rulong frowned and said, "Is adding this much okay?"

"Our cash reserves may not be enough."

Xiao Hongchen waved his hand and said:
"At worst, we can sell some more soul tools."

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Their leader, Old Ma, walked in from outside. He had just planned to pawn some soul tools at the auction house, but was directly rejected.

In the past, the Star Luo Empire would gladly accept such behavior.

"Starlight Auction House refuses to accept soul tools as collateral."

"They are probably determined to get their hands on this book as well."

Meng Hongchen asked in confusion:
"why?"

"Wasn't this book the one they put up for auction?"

Old Ma shook his head, a hint of helplessness appearing on his face, which bore a striking resemblance to Ma Rulong's.

"I'm afraid this book has nothing to do with the Star Luo Empire; someone forced the Star Luo Empire to auction it off."

"I've already sent people to investigate who it is, but I don't think we'll find any useful information in the short term."

Just as Xiao Hongchen was about to say something more, the bidding amount in front of him surged again, reaching 80 million gold soul coins.

"are you crazy!"

"Eighty million gold soul coins? Did they just get their money from the wind?"

Ma Rulong stood up abruptly; the amount on the table had exceeded their expectations.

The starting bid for this book was only eight million! This is ten times that!

Xiao Hongchen was unwilling to give up and wanted to raise the price further, but was stopped by Master Ma.

"Stop bidding, there are more items to be auctioned."

"I've already sent someone to find out who got the photo of this item."

"Then, hehe."

Old Ma revealed a dangerous smile, and everyone in the room immediately understood his meaning. Xiao Hongchen hesitated for a moment before lowering his hand.

"Hmph, they're pretty good!"

In Auction Hall No. 7, Wang Yan looked at the amounts displayed and sighed, saying:

"I wonder who could be so rich and powerful."

"I hope it's not the Sun and Moon Empire."

Afterwards, Elder Song and Elder Zhuang exchanged a glance, and Elder Zhuang silently left Auction Hall No. 7. He was going to find out who the final winner was.

If it were Douluo Three Kingdoms, they wouldn't care, but if it were the Sun Moon Empire, they would have to resort to some less-than-honorable methods.

There's no need to talk about chivalry when dealing with the Sun Moon Empire; just fight them directly.

In the Body Sect's room, Lang Ya crossed his arms and looked at Yu Tao, saying:
"Eighty million gold soul coins?"

"Hmph, the more expensive the better. The sect leader said we should find out who won the bid for this thing."

"The more expensive it is, the more conquering he feels when he finally gets his hands on it."

Yu Tao said with a mischievous grin:
"Why do you say the sect leader looks so much like that blond guy on the Magic Network?"

"Be careful, or I'll tell the sect leader."

Lang Ya glanced at him and said:
"Looks like you want to spar with me."

"Alright, get ready, we'll get to work right away."

Lang Ya turned and left the room, with Yu Tao following closely behind.

Inside the VIP room, a beautifully dressed maid hurried to Xu Jiawei, knelt down, and said:

"Your Majesty, the record book has been successfully acquired."

Xu Jiawei nodded in satisfaction and looked at the big screen, saying:
"Finding a way to conceal your identity is only the first step; protecting it is the most crucial thing."

"Go, and get ready."

"Let the Body Sect and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy misunderstand each other as much as possible, and let them fight like dogs."

The view shifted back to the auction stage, and after a long while, seeing the final amount stop at 80 million gold soul coins, I breathed a sigh of relief. The competition for this book was too fierce, with the price increasing tenfold.

She immediately began auctioning off the remaining items.

The third item is the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade, which appeared in the original work. It was originally intended to be taken by Dai Yueheng, but unfortunately, he had already died in the process.

Relying on Shrek Academy's promise, Dai Huabin successfully obtained this level-eight soul tool.

The fourth item was a few fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shells, which everyone was uninterested in and failed to sell.

The fifth item was a ten-thousand-year-old ice-attribute soul bone that Huo Yuhao casually gave him. He gave Xu Jiujiu five ten-thousand-year-old ice-attribute soul bones in exchange for the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone.

He himself did not intend to absorb this soul bone, mainly because he was concerned about Hyotei's thoughts, so he chose to exchange it.

As for Su Tong, she doesn't need it either. Her subsequent soul bones have already been taken care of, as the Ice Emperor clan has a 100,000-year-old level of remaining soul bones.

Ling Luochen bought the ice-attribute soul bone, feeling that it suited her well.

Until the eighth item, Xu Jiu Jiu presented a small crown, covered with thick rust, from which one could vaguely see that it was originally light green.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this crown comes from a certain ruin, and according to the auctioneer, it may be hundreds of thousands of years old."

"It is suspected to be an ornament from an ancient civilization, but no soul power fluctuations were detected on this ornament, so it may just be an ordinary object."

"However, considering the extraordinary significance it represents, the starting bid is 100,000 gold soul coins."

Of course, just like the Book of Records, which says it was from hundreds of thousands of years ago, this thing is the Crown of Wind, which Electrox personally extracted from the bones of the Wind Dragon King a week ago.

Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power from the Spirit Realm to materialize the rust and cover it up, leaving only a trace of bloodline connection.

Unsurprisingly, everyone who saw the crown showed little interest. Most of the people here were Soul Masters; who would buy a rusty crown?
"Is the Star Luo Empire out of business? I'd believe you if you said that crown had nine spirit rings, but they're actually selling this?"

Xiao Hongchen glanced at it, then closed his eyes to rest, showing no interest whatsoever in these things buried in the ground.

Some history enthusiasts within the college might find it interesting.

The atmosphere in Auction Room No. 7 was similar; Bai E and Medemos had already started arm wrestling, except for Feng Jin.

Feng Jin felt her heart skip a beat; an urgent urgency from her blood compelled her to obtain the crown.

"Then, what is that?"

(End of this chapter)