Douluo Continent: The Peerless Hunting Heavenly Lord, Huo Yuhao!

Neither she nor Gu Yue knew Huo Yuhao's true background; they only knew that he came from a commoner family, but they never expected that he had never even been to the VIP room of an auction house.

After all, as the young master of the Ningtian Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School, he had been used to occasions of this level since he could remember.

"I've never been here before." Huo Yuhao didn't hide anything, picked up the chilled juice on the table and took a sip. His tone was somewhat sentimental, yet also contained a hint of barely perceptible resentment. "I just suddenly felt that this world is quite ridiculous. A few people sit in places like this and casually toss over thousands or tens of thousands of gold soul coins without batting an eye; but most commoner soul masters have to save up for months just to get the most basic medicinal herbs, not to mention those ordinary people who haven't even awakened their martial souls yet, who can't earn the price of a cup of fruit drink here in their entire lives."

Ning Tian fell silent instantly.

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.

She is the young sect leader of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, born to stand at the top of the pyramid, and is one of the "few people" that Huo Yuhao mentioned.

Gu Yue leaned back on the other side of the sofa, her fingertips unconsciously tracing the patterns on the table. Hearing this, she raised her eyes, her gaze calm as if she had seen through the world, and slowly said, "The strong prey on the weak, and only the fittest survive. From soul beasts to humans, from ten thousand years ago to now, it has always been so."

The allocation of resources in the human world is essentially no different from the law of the jungle in the Starry Sky Forest.

"Survival of the fittest?" Huo Yuhao smiled, a smile tinged with helplessness and clarity.

He knew all too well how distorted the cultivation system of Douluo Continent was.

A person's martial spirit almost determines their fate in life.

At the age of six, a martial spirit awakens. For an ordinary person without soul power, the value of life is permanently defined from that moment on.

Their labor, wisdom, and emotions are as insignificant as dust before the absolute standard of "soul power." The entire continent's social structure, ethics, and even the so-called justice and evil ultimately serve, and only serve, the stability and expansion of the Soul Master system.

Whether it was the Spirit Hall's attempt to break the old aristocracy's monopoly on soul power resources through centralized power, or the "new order" later built by Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, they were essentially just vying for the power of "who has the right to define and allocate soul power resources".

In this power game, ordinary people are always just transferred from one management system to another, never truly becoming the subjects of their own destiny.

He was powerless to change this system that had been running for thousands of years, nor was he arrogant enough to think that he could overturn the rules of the entire continent.

But Huo Yuhao wanted to try, even if it was just in Shrek Academy or the Lionheart Society, to provide an umbrella and a way out for those geniuses from commoner backgrounds like himself.

There are always some things that someone has to try to do first.

Just then, the lights on the auction stage downstairs suddenly turned on, and a gentle female voice clearly came into the VIP room through the amplification array: "Good evening, distinguished guests. Welcome to the Jubaoge Quarterly Auction. I am your auctioneer tonight, Jiang Nannan."

Huo Yuhao's gaze fell on the auction stage through the one-way glass.

The girl wore a light purple Shrek Academy uniform, her long golden hair was tied into a simple bun, revealing her slender neck. Her appearance was exquisite and beautiful, and every smile and frown was charming. Even just standing there, she made many Soul Masters in the audience stare in disbelief.

"This is Jiang Nannan, a senior from the School of Foreign Languages. She's known as the most beautiful girl in the School of Foreign Languages." Ning Tian glanced at her and casually introduced her, his tone indifferent, clearly not taking her seriously.

Huo Yuhao nodded, looked at it carefully for a moment, and felt nothing.

He admired Jiang Nannan's determination and courage to give everything to save her mother; this filial piety deserves a thumbs up.

As for her choice not to go back to see her mother again, he could only say that opinions vary.

It was precisely because of her "absence" that Xu Sanshi had the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, fawning over her mother and ultimately leading to their later entanglement.

Before he could think further, Jiang Nannan had already raised her hand to signal the staff to bring out the first item for auction, and her clear voice rang out again: "The first item for auction tonight—a rare and precious treasure, the Heavenly Abyss Fruit."

In a transparent crystal dish, a completely black fruit with strange patterns lay quietly, wisps of cold air emanating from it.

"The Heavenly Abyss Fruit, a hundred-year-old body-forging spiritual material, has a mild and non-irritating medicinal effect. It can penetrate the bones and muscles, tempering the body. It is extremely effective for offensive and defensive Soul Masters." Jiang Nannan raised her jade hand lightly and said with a smile, "The starting price is 500 gold soul coins, and each bid must be at least 50 gold soul coins!"

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

He had always thought that the concept of rare and precious materials was not widespread in the Dou Er system, but now it seems that he was just assuming things.

Since the Xuanming Sect is capable of refining top-tier pills like the Xuan Shui Pill, its system of complementary spiritual herbs and rare treasures has naturally been widely adopted long ago.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but mentally rant: Damn Tang San! Damn Shrek Academy! They're really good at playing the double standard! The Sun Moon Empire uses elixirs to solidify its foundation, which is considered forcing growth and using unorthodox methods; but Shrek Academy uses rare and precious herbs to cultivate its disciples, who are considered exceptionally talented and have a solid foundation. It's simply outrageous!

"600!"

"700!"

The bidding from the audience rose and fell, quickly surpassing the threshold of a thousand gold soul coins.

Finally, a gruff male voice shouted, "1000 Gold Soul Coins!"

The entire room fell silent instantly.

A century-old Body Tempering Fruit, worth 1000 Gold Soul Coins, is worth far more than its actual value.

Huo Yuhao looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall, handsome young man in the front row holding up a bidding paddle, his eyes fixed on Jiang Nannan on the auction stage, his face full of flattery.

It was none other than Xu Sanshi, the young sect master of the Xuanming Sect.

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but glance sideways, his lips twitching slightly.

Wow, is this the power of money?

To win a smile from a beauty, he bid double the price for a useless fruit. This sycophantic nature is truly well-deserved.

Wu Feng rolled his eyes and muttered irritably, "Pathetic."

Over the next half hour, seven or eight more auction items were displayed, and the bidding from the audience rose and fell, with bids often reaching thousands or even tens of thousands of gold soul coins, making it dazzling to watch.

Huo Yuhao showed little interest throughout, leaning back on the sofa, swirling his cup, occasionally glancing at the sign, but never raising it.

It's not that he didn't have anything he liked, but any item he liked cost tens of thousands of gold soul coins, and he didn't dare to touch his meager savings.

The 100,000 gold soul coins were the Lionheart Society's start-up capital, and not a single penny could be wasted; his own personal savings were less than 10,000 gold soul coins, which was really not enough in this extravagant auction.

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but sigh inwardly, this was no auction, it was clearly a showcase of the wealth of top soul masters.

Just as he was bored and about to fall asleep, Jiang Nannan's voice rang out again, this time with a hint of solemnity: "The next item to be auctioned is one of the highlights of tonight's auction—the Jadeite Liquor."

The staff carefully carried a white jade tray, in the center of which was a mutton-fat jade bottle no bigger than a thumb, its body shimmering with a faint halo.

Huo Yuhao's eyes narrowed instantly, and he sat up straight.

Even through the one-way glass, dozens of meters away, he could clearly feel the extremely rich light and ice element aura emanating from the small jade bottle, gentle and pure, without the slightest impurity!

"This bottle of Jade Elixir is made from the heart blood of a mutated ten-thousand-year-old Jade Dragon, supplemented with dozens of ice and light dual-attribute spiritual herbs, and solidified over a thousand years." Jiang Nannan's voice came clearly. "The medicinal power is mild and mellow, with no side effects. Its core effects are twofold: first, to temper and consolidate the Soul Master's own foundation, and second, to greatly enhance the Soul Master's elemental affinity."

A low gasp of surprise immediately filled the audience.

What is element affinity?

In the Holy Demon Continent, that's a top-tier talent possessed only by a Child of Light like Long Haochen; in the Douluo Continent, that's a privilege only Soul Masters with ultimate attributes deserve!

Enhancing elemental affinity is essentially about purifying one's own martial soul attributes, allowing ordinary attributes to approach their ultimate potential!

This is a treasure that any elemental soul master would dream of!

Not to mention, this bottle of Qilinjiao Jade Liquid has both ice and light attributes, making it practically tailor-made for ice and light dual-element soul masters!

Huo Yuhao's breathing quickened slightly.

His Heavenly Eye Martial Soul is dominated by the ultimate spirit and the ultimate lightning attribute, while the Emperor Bow of Destiny is dominated by the ultimate light and the ultimate wind attribute; the Pure Origin Mystic Dao True Monarch Martial Soul is compatible with nine ultimate attributes, one of which is ice.

This bottle of Jade Elixir can not only help him consolidate the foundation of his physical body, which has been tempered by the Nine Revolutions Yuan Technique, but also further purify his affinity for light and ice elements.

"Qilianjiao Jade Liquid, starting bid €50,000 Gold Soul Coins! Each bid must be at least 5,000 Gold Soul Coins higher!"

As soon as Jiang Nannan finished speaking, Huo Yuhao immediately withdrew his gaze, leaned back on the sofa, and the burning passion in his eyes faded, leaving only helplessness.

Expensive! Too expensive!

The starting bid was 50,000 gold soul coins, and the final price would only be higher; he simply couldn't afford that amount. Even if he could use the club's start-up capital, he would never do it.

The Lionheart Society's money is for the use of its thousands of members, not for Huo Yuhao to buy rare and precious materials.

"Sixty thousand!"

Just then, Ning Tian, ​​who was standing next to him, suddenly raised the number plate on the table. His voice was calm and without any emotion, as if he were calling out six copper soul coins instead of sixty thousand gold soul coins.

Huo Yuhao turned his head sharply, looked at her, and exclaimed in astonishment, "Ning Tian, ​​you..."

“It’s nothing.” Ning Tian interrupted him, his blond hair falling down, his profile exquisite and resolute. He didn’t even look at him, his gaze still fixed on the auction stage. “If this thing is useful to you, you should bid for it.”

She is the young master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. She has plenty of everything except money.

Let alone 60,000, even if it were 600,000, she wouldn't blink an eye if it were something Huo Yuhao needed.

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, looking at Ning Tian's composed profile, and felt a warm feeling in his heart, as if something had struck him.

In the end, Huo Yuhao didn't refuse anymore, but just smiled and shook his head, silently adding in his heart:

At worst, I can just "sell" myself to Ning Tian to pay off my debts.

Anyway, he didn't lose out.

Chapter 35 Picking Up the Weak Point, Assassination

"Seventy thousand gold soul coins!"

The gloomy bidding voices came from downstairs. Dai Huabin sat in the VIP room opposite, holding up his bidding paddle and glancing at Huo Yuhao with a venomous look in his eyes, clearly intending to raise the price and oppose him.

"Eighty thousand!" Ning Tian raised his paddle again without changing his expression.

"Eighty-five thousand!"

"Ninety thousand!"

"Ninety-five thousand!"

The price soared and quickly broke through the threshold of 100,000 gold soul coins.

Just as Ning Tian was about to raise her placard, Huo Yuhao reached out and grabbed her wrist, gently shaking his head.

"Don't add any more."