Douluo Continent: Transmigrating to the Star Palace of Yuhao

Chapter 206 Setting the Scene

Xu Jiawei waved his hand. "No need for excuses; they're useless if they don't solve the problem. We can only take it one step at a time and see how things go. In a while, I plan to personally visit Shrek Academy. If the Sun Moon Empire really makes a big move, they're our only ally. How are those powerful competing sects reacting?"

After a long pause, he said, "They all reacted. Among them, the Body Sect and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect showed the clearest intentions and sold us quite a few good items. Conservatively speaking, our direct profits from this auction will exceed 50 million gold soul coins. This amount is enough for us to buy quite a few good items in the Sun Moon Empire through our agents."

A cold glint flashed in Xu Jiawei's eyes. "Try to make them spark."

"Um."

Thirty minutes is enough time for many people to handle many things.

The Shrek Academy members, who had long since become calm, were now like spectators waiting for a good show, completely relaxed.

The starting bid for a 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast embryo, plus a level-nine soul tool called the Conferred God Platform, is a staggering 100 million gold soul coins. This starting bid has set a new record for the Starlight Auction House.

The ensuing bidding was nothing short of brutal. Initially, as many as three parties participated in the bidding. The price continued to climb, quickly surpassing the 130 million mark. Even a fraction of that difference in bids already exceeded the price paid during Xu Jiawei's internal auction of the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone.

At this point, the auction's growth rate finally began to slow down. After all, exceeding one hundred million gold soul coins is a devastating blow to any power. Ordinary powers simply cannot afford such a large sum of money.

Just then, the numbers on the light guide screen suddenly changed to "150 million"! One side had actually added as much as 20 million!

In VIP room number two, a teenager stood in front of the optical screen, his fists clenched. "Let's see who dares to compete with me this time!"

The dozen or so people sitting on the sofa behind him had different expressions on their faces: some were envious, some were indifferent, some were jealous, and some were dissatisfied.

If the Shrek Academy students came here, they would definitely recognize them. Aren't these the contestants and their instructors from the Royal Soul Master Academy of the Sun Moon Empire?

Standing at the very front was none other than Xiao Hongchen, the captain of the reserve team, who was also Meng Hongchen's older brother and the grandson of the famous Mingde Hall Master Jing Hongchen.

Old Master Ma frowned deeply. "Laughing at the World, isn't this raising the price too much? Twenty million gold soul coins at a time, this..."

Xiao Hongchen shook his head and sneered, "The point is to intimidate them so they won't dare to bid! Only by slowly wearing them down can we possibly get a higher price."

On the other side, Ma Rulong, the grandson of Old Ma and the captain, said in a deep voice, "Is it really worth spending so much money at once?"

Xiao Hongchen was completely influenced by the 100,000-year-old soul beast's embryonic form, and his emotions were incredibly excited. Without thinking, he said, "Of course it's worth it! I didn't spend any of the academy's money! With this treasure, I can possess twin martial souls, or a 100,000-year soul ring, or a 100,000-year soul bone! This is something that can only be encountered once in a lifetime, how could I possibly let it go?"

Ma Rulong's face immediately turned even uglier, but Old Ma glared at him fiercely at this moment, and he didn't say anything more.

VIP Room No. 3

"Damn it! If I find out who offered this price, I'll kill him!" There were only two people in the VIP room, both appearing to be in their forties. However, their appearances were strange in their own ways. The speaker was tall, with an extremely thick right arm, at least twice the size of his left, making his body seem somewhat disproportionate. The aura he exuded was like that of a prehistoric beast.

The other was small in stature, but with an enormous head on his neck, making him look a bit like a bobblehead. The few sparse strands of hair on the top of his head were yellow, making him look increasingly comical, but his eyes shone with a sharp light as they opened and closed, like a beacon.

"I think we'll find out who they are. If we can't get this back to the young master, we should at least know where we took it from."

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As he spoke, the middle-aged man, whose head resembled a giant doll's, narrowed his eyes, causing the air in the VIP room to distort violently. It was like seeing ripples on water above a raging fire in a trance. Everything in the room seemed to become unreal at that moment.

Each VIP room has an auctioneer and two maids to assist with reception. VIP room number three is no exception. After the big-headed doll suddenly made a move, the staff of these three auction houses were the first to be affected.

Under the influence of this inexplicable mental fluctuation, they began to tremble violently, their eyes quickly becoming glazed over, and they stood motionless in place.

The big-headed man sat back on the sofa, beckoned to the woman who was also a black-level auctioneer, and said, "You, come here."

The black-level auctioneer strode forward and stood frozen in front of him.

"Go and find out who the person who just bid 150 million gold soul coins is."

"Yes." The black-level auctioneer respectfully agreed and turned to leave the room.

"Second brother, you're the best! Why don't we just take control of everyone at the auction and steal everything?"

The burly-armed man spoke in a low voice, his face contorted with malice. As he spoke, the ferocity in his eyes intensified, and his thick right arm emitted a series of crackling sounds. These weren't the sounds of bones, but rather the result of changes in the airflow around his arm.

"Do you want to die? This Starlight Auction House is owned by the Star Luo Royal Family! How could such a top-tier auction house not have powerful figures in charge? I can sense at least four powerful auras, meaning there are at least four Title Douluo here! Unless a sect elder is here, we won't fare well! Besides, the transformation embryo of a 100,000-year-old soul beast isn't so easy to absorb! What's wrong with letting them bid on it first? In the end, we might not even have the last laugh!"

Besides Auction Hall No. 2, an elderly man in Auction Hall No. 4 frowned and whispered a few words to the person next to him. Then, one of them quietly left the room to inquire about the news.

Similar scenes unfolded in other VIP rooms at the same time, with everyone employing a variety of methods to gather information, much like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. With the Starlight Auction House's subtle cooperation, the identities of the students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in VIP Room Number Two were as transparent as open secrets, leaving no room for secrecy.