Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 137 The Money Bag That's Almost Bursting (Daily Ten Thousand Words)

Just as Huo Yuhao and his two companions were celebrating their victory, Ning Tian, ​​who had been watching from below the Soul Arena, came up.

"Um, Miss Ning Tian, ​​is there anything I can help you with?"

Huo Yuhao looked at Ning Tian, ​​not expecting that the other party would still come to watch his match after being eliminated.

"My brother said he's found a carving knife for you, but it seems a bit strange. Maybe it'll be just right for you. This is a letter he wrote to you. Besides this letter, my second uncle also wrote one to you."

As he spoke, Ning Tian ran his crystalline fingers across his storage ring, and two letters appeared in his hand.

Huo Yuhao opened the first letter with some curiosity; it was written by Ning Ge.

[Yuhao, you've been saying you wanted a better carving knife, and I've been looking around for you, but the carving knives on the market are all too low-grade, at most only usable up to a level six Soul Master. But thankfully, we're finally seeing some progress.]

[Do you remember that Hutu Treasure Pavilion you mentioned back in Xingluo City? I told you before, it's a shop run by my second uncle. The reason I was able to find a carving knife that suits you is thanks to my second uncle.]

According to my second uncle, he encountered a very strange carving knife at an auction in Xingluo City some time ago. It was a legitimate, listed carving knife, ranked ninety-ninth on the carving knife ranking list.

My second uncle originally intended to just buy this carving knife, but it's too eerie. It's said to be the work of an evil spirit master from three thousand years ago, and it has killed thirty-seven owners, so he didn't make a bid.

To my second uncle's surprise, the carving knife failed to sell at auction, even though its starting price was less than 200,000 gold soul coins.

According to my second uncle's later investigation, the infamous reputation of this engraving knife extends far beyond that. To date, no one has ever lived more than ten years after obtaining it. It has been sitting unsold at the Xingluo auction house for many years, failing to sell more than ten times.

[Although the auctioneer explained that if a Soul Master with the Light attribute were to wield this carving knife, its malevolent nature might be countered, there's no guarantee that many Light attribute Soul Masters would choose to become Soul Masters. Even if they did, there's still the concern that this thing might bring misfortune to themselves or their families.]

[Yuhao, I know your martial soul is rather unusual; it seems to possess extreme light attributes, which is why I recommended this carving knife to you.]

【If you're interested, you might as well ask my second uncle to help you bid on this carving knife. Even if you can't suppress its evil aura, you'll only be throwing away the money you'd spend on a mediocre thousand-year-old soul bone. I think it's a good deal.】

If you're interested, you can have Ning Tian tell me so I can contact my second uncle.

"List Carving Knife"

After reading the letter Ning Ge had sent to Ning Tian, ​​Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up. A carving knife was an essential tool for all Soul Masters. And a good carving knife was the most crucial element for becoming a high-level Soul Master.

The carving knife ranking list in Douluo Continent only records the top one hundred carving knives, and unfortunately, more than two-thirds of them are in the Sun Moon Empire. This is one of the important reasons why the Sun Moon Empire has so many Soul Masters.

It should be noted that even Qian Duoduo, the vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy, does not possess a single Listing Engraving Knife. The entire Shrek Soul Guidance Department only has two Listing Engraving Knives, one held by Dean Xian Lin'er and the other by Fan Yu.

Although according to Ning Ge's description, this thing seems to be the masterpiece of a demonic soul master from three thousand years ago, and it's incredibly eerie, the eerieness of something depends on who you compare it to.

For ordinary people, evil spirit masters are simply too bizarre.

However, for evil spirit masters, the ultimate light and ultimate fire of the six-winged angel are also quite sinister. To put it more provocatively, it is like "divine light shining like a pardon, dark lairs becoming bright everywhere, the unjustly dead being transformed into demons, and thousands of evil souls being reborn."

For the vast majority of evil spirit masters, any one of the events that happened to the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago would be the most terrifying episode they had ever experienced in their lives. Surely no one really thinks that all evil spirit masters genuinely like the City of Slaughter and that's why they went in voluntarily?

It was just that the Spirit Hall used a combination of force and incentives back then.

If you go in voluntarily, you might live a little longer, and you can unleash your desires to your heart's content in the City of Slaughter.

If you're not willing to go in voluntarily, then we're going to unleash our desire to eliminate demons and uphold justice on you.

Huo Yuhao then opened the second letter.

[Yuhao, you've been keeping this a secret for a while now. If Ning Ge hadn't mentioned you, I really wouldn't have been able to connect you with "The Mole" at all.]

I heard you're doing very well at Shrek Academy, which doesn't surprise me at all. You've done such a good job with the work I take on; it would be strange if you didn't make a name for yourself there.

Ning Ge should have already told you about the carving knife. If you're interested, have Ning Ge pass on a message to me, and I'll contact the people at the Starlight Auction House.

Don't worry about getting a high bid. Starlight Auction is eager to get rid of these hot potatoes that have failed to sell more than ten times.

However, no matter how little it is, I think the price of this ranking engraving knife will not be less than 10 gold soul coins. To be on the safe side, you'd better prepare 15 gold soul coins.

Although someone as talented as you will most likely stay at Shrek Academy in the future, I still want to add that if you're looking for work, you can come to me. The Soul Master underworld of Star Luo City is in dire need of skilled individuals like you, and I'm exactly looking for capable and valiant individuals like you.

After putting away the two letters, Huo Yuhao consulted Qian Daoliu for his opinion, and after receiving an affirmative reply, he looked at Ning Tian.

"Miss Ning Tian, ​​could you please tell Brother Ning Ge that I want that murderous knife?"

"Besides that, I'd also like to do business with your Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. Let's meet at Brother Ning's secondhand soul tool repair shop after the start of the next semester to discuss it. What do you think?"

When Ning Tian heard Huo Yuhao claim that he wanted to do business with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, he couldn't help but be curious, but he still nodded.

"Alright, I've noted both of these things down. In that case, I won't disturb the three of you from celebrating your victory."

Ning Tian left after saying a few words, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao looked curiously at the two letters in Huo Yuhao's hand.

"Yuhao, why do you look so happy?"

At this moment, Huo Yuhao could no longer suppress his smile.

During his time in Ashina, the weight of a nearly bursting money bag was enough to make even Huo Yuhao smile. Huo Yuhao's haul this time was roughly equivalent to picking up a hundred nearly bursting money bags in one go.

(End of this chapter)