Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 151 Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone

As Qingya has already mentioned, wearing a gold auction outfit means that the final transaction price of the next item may exceed 100 million gold soul coins.

Even though the items to be auctioned were still unknown, Princess Jiujiu's mere change of clothes had everyone feeling a surge of excitement. As the chief auctioneer, our Princess Jiujiu truly understands people's hearts!

"Distinguished guests, you should be able to tell from Jiu Jiu's attire just how precious our final auction item will be today. In my opinion, its value is beyond measure in monetary terms."

Princess Jiujiu, now dressed in a golden gown, showed a subtle change in her voice. Unlike the previous alluring tone, her voice now carried a sense of solemnity. Her expression also became serious, and with just a few words, her sincerity was palpable, making one involuntarily believe every word she spoke.

"The final item in this auction is also a soul bone, but it is no ordinary soul bone. Please take a look."

A flash of light appeared on the screen, revealing an enlarged image of a soul bone.

This soul bone is entirely crimson red, radiating a red aura. What's astonishing is that a lifelike little phoenix circles around the soul bone, as if it were alive.

Ma Xiaotao, who had been nonchalant from the start, was shocked and jumped up from the sofa, rushed to the big screen, and stared intently at the soul bone.

Wang Yan and the others were startled by Ma Xiaotao and looked at her excited face in surprise.

"Ma Xiaotao, you..."

Before Wang Yan could finish speaking, Ma Xiaotao interrupted, "Teacher Wang, I want this soul bone. Use my permissions, or if that's not enough, use my teacher's permissions. This time, my teacher has already transferred his permissions to me."

Ma Xiaotao's teacher, as everyone at Shrek Academy knows, is Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department. With the dean's authority, what can't he buy? Ma Xiaotao is serious this time, clearly determined to obtain the soul bone on the screen that is obviously fire-attribute and inextricably linked to the phoenix.

After a long while, the melodious voice rang out again, "Distinguished guests, I believe you all already know what's going on. You are all intelligent people, and you can surely see that this soul bone is extraordinary. That's right, this soul bone is the most precious 100,000-year soul bone for a soul master. Even our Starlight Auction has never seen such a top-tier item. This is also the first time I've auctioned such a precious item, and I am honored to introduce it to you."

"A soul bone from 100,000 years ago!"

Wang Yan and the others were dumbfounded, clearly terrified by the 100,000-year-old soul bone.

Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up as she looked at the soul bone on the screen and exclaimed in amazement, "A 100,000-year soul bone! Is this the legendary 100,000-year soul bone? It's unlike any other soul bone; this is something many people will never see in their entire lives!"

Everyone then understood why Ma Xiaotao was so excited and determined to get it. A 100,000-year-old soul bone! It was fire-attribute and clearly came from a soul beast with phoenix blood. There was no soul bone more suitable for Ma Xiaotao than this one.

Suddenly, everyone's expression changed, and they all looked at Ji Lin. Ji Lin was also of the fire attribute, so this soul bone was also suitable for him.

Ji Lin rolled his eyes and shook his head, indicating that he wouldn't get his hands on Ma Xiaotao's soul bone.

Nonsense! He himself had Xu Jiujiu put the soul bone up for auction. He'd be asking for trouble if he didn't have the time and inclination to snatch it. He was certain Ma Xiaotao wouldn't miss it. Given their relationship, if the soul bone ended up in Ma Xiaotao's hands, it would be like keeping the wealth within the family. The proceeds from the auction could be used to build up the Zizai Sect. He had to contribute to his own sect; he couldn't rely entirely on the Star Luo Royal Family, or he'd appear too incompetent.

Moreover, the main item to be auctioned was originally supposed to be the Snow Empress Embryo, but Xu Jiujiu gave it to him. So, the original main item was the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone. Ji Lin took out this 100,000-year-old soul bone for three reasons: first, to fill the gap in this auction and replace the Snow Empress Embryo; second, to obtain funds to develop the Free Sect. Developing a sect requires astronomical sums of money, which cannot be covered by Xu Jiujiu's personal savings; and third, to use this auction to sell the soul bone to Ma Xiaotao, or rather, to Shrek Academy.

Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire strongly agreed with Ji Lin's idea. He had always wanted to maintain good relations with Shrek Academy. Despite his apprehension, the Sun Moon Empire was increasingly restless, and Shrek Academy, a powerful ally, was essential to win over. In recent years, the soul tools produced by Mingde Hall had become increasingly powerful, and Xu Jiawei sensed a crisis. If the Sun Moon Empire made any move, the Star Luo Empire would be the first to suffer. At that point, Shrek Academy would be the only one truly capable of supporting the Star Luo Empire. Therefore, Xu Jiawei was quite supportive of doing Shrek Academy a favor.

Shrek Academy was well aware that the Starlight Auction House was backed by the Star Crown Sect. A 100,000-year-old fire-attribute soul bone from a Phoenix bloodline soul beast appeared at the auction, and Shrek Academy students were specially invited to participate before the auction. Among the participants was Ma Xiaotao, a Soul Master of the Evil Fire Phoenix.

Shrek Academy will surely understand what the Star Luo Empire's royal family means.

Xu Jiujiu's voice echoed throughout the VIP rooms. "This soul bone comes from a 100,000-year-old gilded fire phoenix. It's a left arm soul bone. As everyone knows, a 100,000-year-old soul bone provides a soul master with two 100,000-year-old soul bone skills. Its value is self-evident. Of course, I must remind everyone that without sufficient physical strength, you cannot absorb it. I recommend that an eight-ring Soul Douluo is the most suitable candidate. This refers to those with physical strength reaching the eight-ring Soul Douluo level; it's not impossible for a very few geniuses to absorb it beyond their level."

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you're not strong enough right now. Soul bones are different from soul rings; they'll always be there."

"We now grant our distinguished guests a thirty-minute break to enjoy the auction. In thirty minutes, our final and most important auction will begin. This auction house allows for the exchange of collateral for cash. We will evaluate the collateral with the utmost fairness. However, a 20% handling fee will be charged for cash conversion. This is an opportunity not to be missed! With a 100,000-year-old soul bone, you are destined to become a super-strong individual. Don't miss this chance!"

In the VIP room, Wang Qiu'er looked at the 100,000-year-old gilded fire phoenix left arm bone on the screen, her eyes filled with doubt as she looked at Ji Lin. She recognized this soul bone as the one that Di Tian had given her in exchange for. She remembered that this soul bone was in Ji Lin's possession.

She had previously thought that the left arm soul bone that Ji Lin mentioned was already arranged was the 100,000-year-old gilded fire phoenix left arm bone that Di Tian had taken out, but she never expected it to appear at the auction.

Ji Linchong shook her head, indicating that they would discuss this matter later.

(End of this chapter)