Douluo Continent: Becoming a God of Magic Starting with Your Martial Soul

Two days later.

Starlight Auction House.

Lu Yi, dressed in formal black attire, calmly entered the Starlight Auction House.

He returned to the front desk and, facing the same staff member, pulled out a black VIP card amidst the staff member's surprised and suspicious gaze.

This time, without any complicated procedures, the other party directly summoned a beautiful and graceful young woman in a red dress to guide Lu Yi into the auction house.

Following the swaying hostesses through the ancient wooden door, Lu Yi's gaze was finally forced to shift to the interior of the auction house, which was surprisingly spacious.

As the biggest money pit in the world of Soul Masters, the auction house is extremely luxurious.

Everywhere you look is resplendent with gold and jade, and every pillar is inlaid with gold and jade and carved with intricate patterns. Its extravagance even slightly surpasses that of the Nine Treasures Pavilion.

Upon entering a VIP room, a beautiful hostess presented me with an exquisite black mask and a number plate.

"Distinguished guest, your desired item is located in Hall 10. Please follow me into the hall."

Lu Yi nodded, put on the mask, and followed the hostess into Auction Hall No. 10.

The auction hall is not large, with only two hundred seats in total.

Lu Yi was led to the middle seat in the first row.

This location is undoubtedly the best in the entire auction hall—closest to the display stand, best for observing the items, and guaranteed to be the auctioneer's immediate focus. It's clearly reserved for the most distinguished guests.

The stage lights weren't very bright at the time, but as soon as Lu Yi appeared, he immediately became the focus of attention.

The eyes of dozens of people in the hall converged on him. Those who were scrutinizing him were mostly wearing yellow masks, with a few wearing purple masks. Apart from himself, no one wore a black mask.

It's no wonder he's getting attention.

Lu Yi suppressed his inner thoughts and sat down calmly, ignoring the gazes directed at him, and directly ordered a small glass of sweet water from the waiter.

Just then, an auctioneer dressed in a purple dress and exuding elegance walked onto the stage.

She smiled and gave an opening speech and self-introduction, exuding elegance and approachability.

The auction officially began with the presentation of the first item.

Hall 10 appears to be a Level 3 auction hall, with no starting bid for any item below 5,000 gold soul coins.

The auction items mainly consist of mid-level soul tools, rare metals, and pills that aid cultivation, with the occasional appearance of one or two precious medicinal herbs.

This arrangement was clearly prepared for the Soul Masters.

With the exception of a very few items that failed to sell, the final transaction prices were generally in the range of 20,000 to 50,000 gold soul coins.

During the auction, although Lu Yi could always sense the auctioneer's eager gaze on the stage, he remained uninterested, only sipping his sweet drink.

When the auction reached its final item, a huge trolley was pushed onto the stage, covered with a bright red cloth.

Lu Yi thought to himself, "They've finally arrived," and unconsciously sat up straight.

"Now, I would like to introduce to our distinguished guests the final and most anticipated item of today's auction."

The auctioneer raised his voice, drawing the attention of the audience.

"This item was originally worthy of being featured in our top auction, but with the chief auctioneer's special permission, we're offering it as a special treat for everyone today..."

As the auctioneer launched into a long and detailed presentation, Lu Yi's face twitched slightly beneath his mask, as if he felt the words "family members" were about to spill out at any moment.

Besides, the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife has fallen from the top auction house and failed to sell so many times, yet you still praise it to the skies.

However, the auctioneer's introduction did indeed pique the interest of many people, and at this point, some people in the audience were already urging him on impatiently.

"Then what are we waiting for? Bring it on quickly!"

The auctioneer smiled slightly, said no more, and instead drew everyone's attention to the trolley: "Distinguished guests, please take a look!"

As the red cloth was lifted, a slender, simple yet sharp carving knife lay quietly inside the thick glass cabinet.

Needless to say, such a thick glass cabinet is not for theft prevention.

Because he was closest to the carving knife, Lu Yi could even sense that in addition to its sharpness, the knife also exuded a fierce aura.

Others, however, didn't feel the same way and just kept urging the auction to start quickly.

However, Starlight Auction House was already aware of the curse of the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife. In order not to ruin its reputation, the auctioneer still informed them of its origin and dangers in advance. But in order to sell it, he still said a few good words about it at the end.

Saying things like "as long as you don't use it, you won't suffer any backlash" or "it's nice to keep it at home as a collectible."

This sounded like pure nonsense to Lu Yi.

Having spent so much time with the ghost form of Electrox, coupled with his training in mental strength, Lu Yi's perception of the soul is now far more acute than that of ordinary soul masters.

At this moment, in his perception, even through the thick glass, the carving knife still emanated malice at all times.

Otherwise, why would none of the thirty-seven owners of this carving knife have met a good end, including many powerful level eight and nine soul masters?

Because as long as you carry the carving knife with you for a long time, even if you don't use it, you will be subtly influenced by it, which has nothing to do with cultivation level.

The auctioneer's warning silenced the previously enthusiastic crowd, and they all began to hesitate.

After all, only a few fools would be willing to pay to commit suicide.

"The Soul-Devouring Carving Knife starts at 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, with each bid increasing by at least 5,000 Gold Soul Coins. Distinguished guests, you may now begin bidding."

As the auctioneer announced the starting price, Lu Yi did not immediately bid, but waited.

He was worried that if he appeared too eager, some people might take advantage of the situation and drive up the price maliciously.

He only had 130,000 yuan on him, which couldn't withstand several rounds of price gouging.

The auction hall fell silent instantly, with only the auctioneer repeatedly asking if anyone would bid, maintaining a friendly smile on the surface but inwardly feeling extremely anxious.

She had heard beforehand that there was a VIP guest today whose target was this Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, so why hadn't anyone bid for it after all this time?

Compared to the commission of one-thousandth for the other dozen or so items, the total income is only three hundred gold soul coins.

The commission for this Soul-Devouring Carving Knife is one percent. Once the deal is completed, she will directly receive one thousand gold soul coins, which is equivalent to her income from three or four events.

"Distinguished guest, this is a rare item. Are you interested?"

The auctioneer tried to ask Lu Yi, who had remained silent but was the highest-ranking guest at the event, a question.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Yi pretended to hesitate and slowly raised the sign in his hand.

"Great!" The auctioneer was instantly delighted upon seeing this, and routinely asked the audience, "Anyone else want to raise the bid?"

However, she didn't plan to delay any longer, otherwise she would offend this big client and also hurt her own wallet.

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins once, twice, three times!"

The auctioneer's countdown had already begun.

"Snapped!"

The auction gavel slammed down.

"Sold! Congratulations to this esteemed guest!"