Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 120 A Free Meal, A Free Gift

Three days later, in Tiandou City.

In a VIP room at the Tian Dou Grand Auction House, Tang Hao, dressed in a black robe and hood, stood quietly with his hands behind his back, pondering his plan.

"Knock knock knock—"

Suddenly, a knocking sounded on the door.

"Enter."

Coming to his senses and realizing who was outside the door, Tang Hao said something indifferently.

Soon, the door to the VIP room was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with a plump figure carrying a jade box and an elderly man with an extraordinary air walked in.

"Have you got what I wanted?"

Glancing at the old man radiating an aura of eighth-ring level soul power, Tang Hao asked the middle-aged man.

"Your Majesty, this left leg soul bone comes from the Dark Spirit Serpent Soul Beast. Although it is only a little over 20,000 years old, the attached Concealing Soul Bone skill can conceal and even change its own aura."

Most importantly, this concealment soul bone technique is somewhat special. Aside from consuming soul power when altering one's aura, maintaining the altered aura normally requires no soul power, and it's powerful enough to prevent most Title Douluos from seeing through it.

As he spoke, Xue Fengnian, the portly manager of the Tian Dou Grand Auction House, respectfully handed over the jade box in his hand.

A week ago, a man in black robes arrived at the Tian Dou Grand Auction House. After displaying impressive soul power and stating that he wanted to see the person in charge of the auction house, his staff brought him over to meet him.

Xue Fengnian originally thought he was just an ordinary rogue cultivator, but he never expected that he was actually a rare titled Douluo.

Although this lord had not shown him his martial soul or spirit rings, his aura was much stronger than that of the eight-ring-level imperial palace guest elders who presided over the auction house, and even surpassed that of the chief guest elder he had ever met: Bi Lin Douluo Dugu Bo. He was undoubtedly a titled Douluo lord.

When a Title Douluo came to visit, Xue Fengnian, a member of a collateral branch of the Xue clan, was extremely polite, wishing he could win over a Title Douluo for the empire.

When the black-robed emperor requested to order a soul bone with the ability to alter one's aura, Xue Fengnian immediately reported to Emperor Xue Ye, who then retrieved the Dark Spirit Serpent's left leg bone from the royal treasury, awaiting the black-robed emperor's return.

After waiting for a whole week, the black-robed emperor finally arrived.

Tang Hao took the jade box, glanced at the left leg soul bone inside that gleamed with a faint black light, nodded slightly, and put it into his storage soul tool.

Having obtained the item, Tang Hao glanced at Xue Fengnian, who stood respectfully before him, and the eighth-ring level elder standing beside him, before preparing to leave.

That's right, we just left.

If time could be turned back ten or twenty years, when Tang Hao was still the young sect master of the Haotian Sect, he certainly wouldn't have done something as tasteless as dining and dashing; he wouldn't have been so ashamed.

But things are different now; Tang Hao doesn't have any gold soul coins in his pocket.

Moreover, soul bones are very expensive. A soul bone that is 20,000 years old, no matter which part it is, will cost hundreds of millions of gold soul coins. Tang Hao can't afford it.

Since I can't afford it, but I still want it, I guess I'll just have to dine and dash.

Anyway, the Heaven Dou Empire isn't very strong, so they can't do anything about him. Besides, he didn't reveal his face or martial soul, so the Heaven Dou Empire has no idea that it was Tang Hao who was eating for free. The Heaven Dou Empire is definitely going to suffer this loss.

Of course, it's only because the owner behind this Heaven Dou Grand Auction House is the Heaven Dou Royal Family. If it were the Spirit Hall, Tang Hao would not only have to dine and dash, but he would also have to plunder the auction house's treasury before leaving.

However, just as Tang Hao was preparing to take advantage of his powerful cultivation to dine and dash, Xue Fengnian spoke up again: "May I ask Your Majesty's title? His Majesty said that this soul bone is given to Your Majesty, and the Empire wishes to be friends with Your Majesty."

For ordinary people, soul bones are precious, but for Emperor Xue Ye, who controls the Heaven Dou Empire, a soul bone is nothing, let alone a left leg soul bone that is only over 20,000 years old.

If I can do a titled Douluo a favor, then this deal is worthwhile.

If you can even win their favor and get them to join your empire, that would be a huge profit.

As for giving away a soul bone, only to find out the recipient was an ingrate?

nmmp~, so what if he's an ingrate? It's just a soul bone that's not very old. The Heaven Dou Empire can afford to lose money on it.

Upon hearing this, Tang Hao, whose face was shrouded in a black robe and hood, couldn't help but blush slightly. The Snow Night Emperor's generosity made him, who had originally planned to dine and dash, feel a little embarrassed.

After a moment of silence, Tang Hao said, "I, Haotian, will remember this kindness."

Then, without waiting for Xue Fengnian's response, Tang Hao's figure disappeared from the VIP room.

The Heaven Dou Empire has two major enemies: the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall.

However, as the Spirit Hall's power has grown stronger in recent decades, the Star Luo Empire, which was originally the number one enemy, has fallen to second place, and the ambitious Spirit Hall has become the number one enemy of the Heaven Dou Empire.

He has an irreconcilable hatred for the Spirit Hall, and since the Spirit Hall is powerful, he will need the help of other forces to take revenge in the future. The Heaven Dou Empire is a potential ally, and since Emperor Xue Ye has given him face this time, it is not unreasonable for him to leave his name behind.

"Tang Hao, the Haotian Douluo?!"

Inside the VIP room, Xue Fengnian stared wide-eyed in shock, then his face lit up with barely suppressed joy.

The Empire cannot win over this Haotian Douluo, after all, Tang Hao is not a free spirit, and he has the support of the former number one sect in the world, so there is no way he would join Tian Dou.

But if it's Tang Hao, then whether the empire can successfully win him over isn't actually that important.

Because apart from the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire has no other enemies, or rather, no enemies that the Empire can take seriously.

As long as the Spirit Hall stands, the Star Luo Empire will not be considered an enemy of the empire. This is a consensus between the two empires, lest the Spirit Hall, whose spirit masters are stronger than those of the two empires, reap the benefits.

As for dealing with the Spirit Hall, Haotian Douluo, who has a blood feud with the Spirit Hall for killing his wife and the humiliation of his sect being forced to close its doors, should definitely not be too proactive.

In this way, even if the Empire fails to win over Tang Hao, Tang Hao will still be the Empire's "ironclad ally," at least in dealing with the Spirit Hall.

We lost money!

Suddenly, Xue Fengnian slapped his thigh, a look of regret on his face.

They were already 'ironclad allies', so in that case, wouldn't the soul bone that the Empire gave away for free be a complete waste?

After all, even without this soul bone, Tang Hao would still do everything in his power to destroy the Spirit Hall if given the chance.

Clearly, what Xue Fengnian didn't know was that, regardless of what happened today, the Heavenly Dou Empire was destined to lose money on this soul bone.

Heaven's not going to send you off? Hmph~, I, Tang Hao, will just dine and dash!

No, this was all done by the Black-Robed Douluo, and has nothing to do with my renowned Haotian Douluo Tang Hao.

(End of this chapter)