Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 84 Belonging

White VIP area?

This is clearly the area where the lowest-ranking VIPs stay, yet they are able to participate in this battle for soul bones?

Everyone immediately felt that it was somewhat absurd.

White represents the lowest level of bidder, and it is strange enough that a white bidder would participate in the auction of such a top-level item.

Even more strangely, after the price was raised to 510,000 gold soul coins, his account never showed any signs of being overdrawn.

This demonstrates that the other party has the capability to participate in the auction.

Seeing this, Ning Feiliu guessed that the bidder in the white VIP area was obviously his father, Ning Fengzhi, who loved to keep a low profile.

only……

"520,000 Gold Soul Coins! The red VIP has placed a bid of 520,000 Gold Soul Coins!" the host announced.

This time, it was Dugu Bo who made the move.

Unlike Yu Luomian and Ning Fengzhi, he didn't spend lavishly and directly increase the price by 100,000 gold soul coins.

This is because after the price of this soul bone increased by 200,000 gold soul coins, its value has almost reached its actual value.

After all, it was just the soul bone of a ten-thousand-year-old Netherworld Demon Wolf, and the worst right leg bone among all the soul bones.

Even if soul bones are extremely rare, their actual value cannot exceed 500,000 gold soul coins.

Their previous bid increases were merely a deterrent to bidders who harbored the illusion of winning the bid "at a low price".

The three bidders who were truly capable of acquiring this soul bone—Dugu Bo, Yu Luomian, and Ning Fengzhi—were all well aware that the real contest was about to begin.

However, Yu Luomian, who was also in the red VIP area, soon made her move.

"530,000 Gold Soul Coins! A red-clad VIP has now bid 530,000 Gold Soul Coins!" the host shouted excitedly.

Ning Fengzhi, from the white VIP area, remained calm and composed, smiling as he pressed the button to increase the price by 10,000.

"540,000 Gold Soul Coins! The White VIP has bid 540,000 Gold Soul Coins!"

Then, Dugu Bo continued to press the button.

"550,000 Gold Soul Coins! The Red VIP has bid 550,000 Gold Soul Coins!"

Thus, Dugu Bo, Yu Luomian, and Ning Fengzhi seemed to have reached a tacit understanding and kept raising the price during this period.

"Six hundred and eighty thousand gold soul coins! The red VIP has bid six hundred and eighty thousand gold soul coins!"

After the host announced that the price had reached 680,000 gold soul coins, Yu Luomian, sitting in the red VIP area, sighed and ultimately did not press the bid-increasing button.

Six hundred and eighty thousand gold soul coins is already more than the original value of the right leg bone of the ten-thousand-year-old Netherworld Demon Wolf.

Their Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect is not a sect as wealthy as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Therefore, he probably can't get this soul bone, so he might as well withdraw from the competition.

However, Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, remained largely unmoved.

For the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, anything that can be solved with money isn't a problem.

Even if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has to pay a 20% to 30% premium for what it wants, that's not a problem.

So he pressed the price increase button without hesitation.

"Six hundred and ninety thousand gold soul coins! The white VIP has bid six hundred and ninety thousand gold soul coins!" the host announced loudly.

"Hmph!" Prince Xuexing couldn't sit still any longer. Wanting to curry favor with Dugu Bo, he stood up and said, "I'd like to see who dares to try and take something from Mr. Dugu!"

As he spoke, he glanced at the white area behind him.

Although Prince Xuexing was wearing a mask, as mentioned before, the mask issued at the auction could not possibly conceal his identity.

This is especially true for famous figures like Prince Xuexing and Ning Fengzhi.

Soon someone recognized Prince Snowstar.

Upon seeing this, Ning Fengzhi smiled, stood up without flinching, and even removed the mask from his face.

His appearance was immediately visible to everyone present.

There were quite a few people looking back with Prince Xuexing. When they saw Ning Fengzhi standing up, not only was Xuexing stunned and all his arrogance vanished, but a chorus of exclamations also rang out around him.

Even the host on stage looked a little stiff.

"The auction house has its own rules. Can we continue?" Ning Fengzhi's voice wasn't loud, and he still maintained his gentle and refined demeanor, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

"Yes, of course," the host replied obsequiously.

But just then...

Dugu Bo stood up, and since he wasn't wearing a mask, everyone recognized him.

Is he trying to put pressure on Ning Fengzhi?

However, at that moment, Dugu Bo smiled slightly at Ning Fengzhi.

"Sect Leader Ning," he said with a faint smile, "it's been a long time; you're still as dashing as ever."

His words and attitude conveyed a sense of closeness to Ning Fengzhi.

"Mr. Dugu, you look even better than before," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

"Well, thank you so much for your kind words," Dugu Bo said with a light laugh, his tone carrying a deeper meaning.

Ning Feiliu, standing beside him, shook her head, somewhat helplessly.

"This soul bone is of great use to me." He then said very seriously, "So I'm making this clear today: I'll pay a million gold soul coins to get this soul bone."

"Sect Leader Ning... let's continue with fair competition."

Ning Fengzhi's eyes flickered upon hearing this.

He didn't detect any threat in Dugu Bo's words.

There was even a hint of kindness in his words that seemed to come from nowhere.

It was as if it were telling him that if he was willing to give up the fight for this soul bone...

Dugu Bo might as well make friends with him and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

But if the competition continues, that's fine too.

Dugu Bo will not reconcile with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

However, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School also lost the opportunity to become friends with Dugu Bo.

Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly and said, "Since that's the case... I won't take away what Mr. Dugu wants. I'm willing to help him achieve his goal."

He was a businessman. Because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's direct disciples lacked combat power, they had to rely more on the outer sect experts.

The ancestors of both Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were like this; Sword Douluo's father was not originally from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

He joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and became its Grand Elder Protector only because he was taken care of by the ancestor Ning Fengzhi and moved by him.

Therefore, for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which is unable to break through the shackles of its martial soul and whose martial soul is still of the support type, it is inevitable to recruit more powerful people from the outside world if it wants to expand the sect.

Poison Douluo Dugu Bo... has no powerful backing, only himself and his granddaughter Dugu Yan.

This is obviously a suitable position to recruit.

The premise is that Dugu Bo is willing.

However, in the original storyline, Dugu Bo was willing to join the Tang Sect and become an elder because of Tang San.

This is enough to prove that recruiting Dugu Bo is not impossible.

Ning Fengzhi at least had some thoughts, after all, Dugu Bo had shown him goodwill.

Dugu Bo smiled and nodded. "Then thank you very much, Fengzhi."

And so, with Ning Fengzhi withdrawing from the competition, the right leg bone of the ten-thousand-year-old Netherworld Demon Wolf smoothly fell into the hands of Dugu Bo.

(End of this chapter)