Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 67 The Three-Eyed Golden Lion Wants to See the World

"The first item up for auction is a piece of ancient whale glue. According to the seller who returned from the beach, they found it on the carcass of a demon whale."

The auctioneer pressed a metal button in her hand, and the black crystal displayed on the soul guide screen was magnified.

It rotates slowly 360 degrees, allowing everyone to see every detail.

"What you students usually see in the school's private kitchen is only ten-year-old or hundred-year-old whale glue. Thousand-year-old whale glue is quite rare and will not appear on the dining table. Its main function is to enhance the physical fitness of Soul Masters."

As the auctioneer was making her presentation, she noticed the students' indifferent reactions and gave them a bright smile.

"I know that all of you students are quite interested in high-quality pills that can accelerate your cultivation."

"We weren't very interested in products like whale gel that supposedly enhance physical fitness, so we partnered with the school to launch a major promotional campaign for it."

As soul masters, the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy naturally care more about their soul power cultivation.

If the side effects of high-quality pills were disregarded, they would unhesitatingly choose to improve their cultivation level rather than their soul power or physical constitution.

In the minds of most students, it's better to spend a lot of money on physical fitness.

Instead of wasting money, we should use it to quickly improve our soul power cultivation and develop high-level defensive soul tools.

Knowing what everyone was thinking, the auctioneer announced the promotional activities for this item.

"So this piece of ancient whale glue, as an appetizer for this auction, can also be considered a friendly perk prepared for everyone."

"The college covers 80% of the cost, which is why students who are interested will ultimately pay only 20% of the price."

The fact that this item was promoted suggests that, besides not aligning with the students' ideas, the quality of this piece of ancient whale glue also has certain issues.

As the exclusive auction house of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, it naturally wouldn't cheat any student.

The auctioneer said with some regret, "According to our teacher's preliminary examination, this piece of ancient whale glue has undergone a long period of weathering, and its interior has deteriorated slightly."

"However, please rest assured, students, it is still usable. Although the quality has declined, it is very effective in enhancing physical strength."

The atmosphere in the room became subtle.

The students weren't interested in items that could improve their physical fitness, and after hearing the description that it was even weathered, their desire to buy it plummeted instantly.

In their view, enhancing physical fitness is far less useful than defensive soul tools.

Everyone followed the auction house's rules and was very polite and well-mannered; no students tried to disrupt the proceedings by shouting for the next person to go.

After the auctioneer explained the drawbacks of the Millennium Whale Glue, she tried to ease the atmosphere in the room by offering huge discounts during the event.

"Quality Millennium Whale Glue, depending on its size, is generally priced between 2,500 and 5,000 Gold Soul Coins on the market."

"Although this piece of millennium whale glue has some flaws, its effect on enhancing physical strength, even at the very least, is incomparable to that of century-old whale glue."

The auctioneer reiterated, "The academy covers 80% of the cost, which is a significant discount."

Starting bid: 500 Gold Soul Coins. Each bid must be at least 50 Gold Soul Coins higher. Interested players, please place your bids!

The atmosphere inside was quiet, and the students remained silent.

Although the price is less than a thousand, for students from families that are not very wealthy, they must carefully calculate every gold soul coin and spend their money wisely.

In their understanding, a blade is either a high-quality elixir that accelerates cultivation or an item that helps inscribe a core magic array.

As for the wealthy and powerful students, they can obtain high-quality elixirs for enhancing their physical fitness, and they don't even look at things that have already weathered away.

Inside a regular private box at the auction house sat the seller of the Millennium Whale Glue and several of his friends.

"Dude, it seems the students aren't interested in whale glue. What if no one makes a bid?"

"It's alright, after all, they are all Soul Masters. If we can't sell them here, we'll take them to the black market in Shrek City."

"Sell it to Shrek Academy?"

"Hmm, Soul Masters always need these kinds of items that enhance their physique, right? If we just brag about it a bit, we can sell them for a lot of money."

"That makes sense. Shrek Academy students are all rather reckless."

Inside the luxurious private room of the Hongchen siblings.

Huo Yuhao was somewhat puzzled. Logically speaking, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy should have some big shots, so there should be no one who couldn't see through its true nature.

Either the insightful person wasn't there, or nobody really cares about this thing.

He has confirmed that this is the part that Huo Gua stumbled upon in the original work, which also gave Huo Gua a little bit of a cheat code in the early stages.

Of course, compared to other cheats, Wan Nian Jing Jiao is not a cheat; it's just ordinary.

The Hongchen siblings were also not interested in the thousand-year-old whale glue that was being auctioned.

Holding the sketch Huo Yuhao had drawn for her last night, Meng Hongchen pointed to the design of the breastplate and said playfully, "Yuhao, this is a little small compared to the original."

She compared herself to the drawing, puffed out her chest slightly, and chuckled, "It doesn't matter if there are slight discrepancies in other places, as long as it's drawn as beautifully as me. But this part won't do; it has to be made bigger."

Meng Hongchen's face was somewhat serious.

Huo Yuhao blinked, and seeing that Meng Hongchen's expression was serious and not fake, he couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Don't worry, Sister Meng, the final work I complete will definitely suit you perfectly."

Xiao Hongchen looked at the two comic books he had drawn last night; he had lost count of how many times he had read them.

But having only acquired two volumes, he felt a strong urge to buy more. He looked up at Huo Yuhao and found the other man carefully examining the Millennium Whale Glue on the screen.

"Yuhao, this Millennium Whale Gel won't do. The Moon Soul Pill I gave you last time is just as effective at enhancing your physique as the Millennium Whale Gel."

"I see."

Huo Yuhao nodded and asked curiously, "Brother Xiao, if no one participates in the auction, where will this piece of millennium whale glue end up?"

Xiao Hongchen placed the comic book in his hand on his lap and pondered for a moment.

"They'll either be placed in a secondary auction or end up on the black market; it mainly depends on what the seller decides."

Huo Yuhao understood what was going on. If there was no market for it here and it ended up on the black market, then the Millennium Whale Glue could indeed appear in Shrek City.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao also knew that it was time to accept this little cheat.

"Five hundred and fifty gold soul coins."

The students discovered that the quote came from a private room upstairs, but they didn't know what the other party saw in the Millennium Whale Glue.

Moreover, the people in the luxury private rooms upstairs were all of high status, and the students were not interested in the Millennium Whale Glue, so they naturally had no intention of bidding at this time.

Xiao Hongchen was somewhat puzzled: "Yuhao, I've already given you the pills, why are you buying this again?"

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, activated his Spirit Eye Martial Soul, and established a connection with the Hongchen siblings through mental detection and sharing.

His mental detection sharing, if it extends in a targeted direction, exceeds the longest route in the auction house.

The entire auction stage displaying the auction items, as well as the entire scene within a ten-meter radius, were displayed in the minds of the three people, with every detail clearly visible.

Inside the millennium whale glue, every minute trace and structural element was revealed in detail under mental detection.

"Brother Xiao, have you seen the internal details of the Millennium Whale Glue under mental detection?"

Xiao Hongchen gasped slightly: "Hiss, this piece of millennium whale glue seems unusual. The auction house's examiners weren't thorough enough."

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Based on my understanding of whale glue, it shouldn't be the ordinary, deteriorated thousand-year-old whale glue, but rather ten-thousand-year-old whale glue covered with weathered skin."

Xiao Hongchen, after examining the millennium whale glue displayed on the screen in conjunction with the detection map, slowly nodded.

"Yes, I've figured it out. Yuhao, you're right, it is the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue."

He expressed his carefree and generous attitude towards the world.

"Yuhao, the cost of this ancient whale glue is on my tab. It's a gift from your brother."

Meng Hongchen smiled and said, "Brother, Yuhao could have won this bid on his own. It's actually the price of the Millennium Whale Glue. If you want to thank Yuhao, shouldn't you give him something more high-end?"

"There's no chance."

Xiao Hongchen crossed his arms and chuckled, "If Yuhao encounters any useful and priceless treasures later, I will definitely get them for him."

As Huo Yuhao raised his bid, no student was willing to compete with the person in the luxury private room.

With a delighted expression, the auctioneer brought down the gavel and announced that the item up for auction, the Millennium Whale Glue, had been won by the VIP in Huo Yuhao's private room.

The next items up for auction were high-quality pills that students were interested in to accelerate their cultivation, as well as herbs such as calming roses and soul-condensing roses used to assist in engraving the core magic array.

Huo Yuhao wasn't very interested in the later items being auctioned, while the Hongchen siblings bought one or two medicinal herbs.

These herbs are more affordable than tranquilizing pills because they are not processed into pills; pure natural herbs have almost no side effects.

Downstairs, in the ordinary seats, students were fiercely competing for bids on metals, elixirs, and medicinal herbs.

"Sold! Congratulations to student number 140 for winning five kilograms of Star Stones with a bid of 1,200 Gold Soul Coins."

"Sold! Congratulations... You've won three Mystic Soul Pills."

The auction was still ongoing, while the supreme Hongchen siblings in the luxurious private room sat and watched, occasionally making a small purchase.

Listening to the students bidding on high-quality pills, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but click his tongue.

The pills in Dou Er are almost like they were forcibly stitched in. The system with an extremely high ceiling has been completely overused. There has never been a profession similar to alchemist in the entire Dou Er.

Let's not even mention Shrek's Mystic Water Pill, since it was blessed by Buddha.

After taking it, the students just needed to take a shower and were fine; there were no side effects whatsoever.

But the elixir of the sun and moon is different; it must have been cursed by the God-King, for taking it will inevitably leave one with a chronic illness.

This is what makes Shrek Academy so awesome—it's blessed by Buddha's light, which is why it reached Douluo Continent III...

*Snap*, the Buddha's light vanished, swept away by the spatial turbulence, and Shrek Academy was destroyed.

The Sun and Moon Sect has abundant elixir resources, so our Shrek Academy will loudly proclaim that your cultivation levels are all built up by elixir, resulting in serious side effects, a weak foundation, and unstable roots, making you all just medicine pots.

While there's some truth to that, it's a double standard to describe Shrek's Mystic Water Pill as incredibly rare and priceless, with the only side effect being that you need to take a bath after taking it.

A while later, Haoyue Auction House sent someone to deliver the Millennium Whale Glue.

"Looks like you can still find good stuff in the ocean."

While some elixirs might have the effect of millennium whale glue, the degree to which ten-thousand-year whale glue enhances physical strength is unmatched by most other elixirs.

Huo Yuhao pursed his lips: "There are quite a few good things in the ocean."

Who knows, you might even catch a 100,000-year-old mermaid princess or a 100,000-year-old demon soul great white shark in the sea.

Xiao Hongchen patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder and said cheerfully, "Yuhao, you need to understand that in the future, you can just buy whatever you need in the name of Mingdetang."

"Grandpa only looks at the number on your bill, regardless of what you bought."

Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded, then looked at the packaged black crystal on the table, a subtle feeling stirring within him.

"I never imagined that I would be nourished by the sun and moon, and even obtain ten-thousand-year-old whale glue..."

This time, his storyline is completely different from the original story, and his destiny still favors him.

……

Starry Sky Forest, Core Area.

Beside the Lake of Life, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion lay listlessly in front of a ball of light, having read the story of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Dog inside the ball countless times.

She realized something crucial: "Is there a scheme orchestrated behind the intertwining of Benrui Beast's and Yuhao's fates?"

As she pondered this question, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt that her entire beastly form had been elevated.

"Huh? Why do I suddenly feel a little itchy..."

The three-eyed golden lion stretched out its claws and scratched its head, looking at the scene frozen in the sphere of light, which was the scene of her sacrifice.

"In the end, I simply can't believe I'd choose to sacrifice myself for him!"

Having read the script several times, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was a little tipsy. If he were to do it all over again, he would definitely not let love cloud his judgment.

"Hmm, I wonder how that human is doing now."

"If he knew that I, this auspicious beast, had understood so much from the orb of light during this time, he would definitely be very surprised." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion wanted to prove herself again, and this time she would not fall in love.

At this moment, the Red King came over with several marinated soft-boned rabbits.

"My little darling, what are you thinking about now? Eat your food, then you can think about it later."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked at the several Soft-Boned Rabbits in front of it and said something seemingly unintentionally.

"Uncle Red King, I've already explored the entire Star Dou Great Forest, and it feels a bit small."

The three heads of the Red King were all stunned for a moment, then gradually became serious, fell into a brief moment of contemplation, and then showed a kind smile.

"My little darling, what's wrong with you now?"

The three-eyed golden lion's eyes gleamed, its golden pupils sparkling: "Uncle Red King, the world is so big, I want to go out and see it."

The Crimson King's three heads all looked at the Imperial Beast, their eyes full of question marks. What was this little ancestor up to now?

(End of this chapter)