Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 330 Listing Carving Knife - Star Etching (Daily 10,000 pages)

Elder Xuan stared at Huo Yuhao in shock.

You little brat, you're trying to destroy the Star Luo Empire! A terrorist attack by evil spirit masters, and you're joining forces with the Sun Moon Empire to start a war.

Regardless of which of these two charges is brought to light, they would likely cause the credibility of the Star Luo Empire's royal family to plummet instantly, along with the collapse of the entire nation's public trust.

If the Sun Moon Empire were to seize the opportunity to incite further conflict and unilaterally declare war on the Heavenly Spirit and Fighting Soul Empires, the Star Luo Empire, a vast empire with a history spanning over ten thousand years, might truly become nothing more than a term from history.

As one of the Guardian Douluo, Cheng Gang may not be very bright, but he has been scheming and maneuvering in this circle for decades, so he must know a thing or two about it.

The charges of launching attacks that resemble those of evil spirit masters, or even joining forces with the Sun and Moon to instigate war, are enough to warrant his death ten times over.

When Huo Yuhao finished speaking, everything went black before his eyes, and he almost fainted.

He only now realized that he had made a huge mess of things!

Huo Yuhao's question wasn't about whether to go easy on him or hard; it was like asking him whether he wanted to be boiled in oil or climb a mountain of knives!

Cheng Gang was terrified, while Huo Yuhao was already figuring out what he could get from the Star Luo Empire.

What's the use of beating Cheng Gang, this penniless wretch? He's a penniless pauper without a single ten-thousand-year soul bone. If he just followed the example of the other title holders and supported some merchants, and went to be someone's backer to make some money, he should have saved up a dollar or two to buy a ten-thousand-year soul bone by now that he's so old.

Then I'll keep an eye on the soul bone market and see if there are any soul bones that match my attributes. I should at least have one soul bone, right?

But Huo Yuhao scanned the poor man with his mental detection and found that he only had a thousand-year-old soul bone on him, which was the most important right arm bone. This completely ruined his future path.

Without the powerful boost from a ten-thousand-year-old strength-type soul bone, this old pauper will become more and more useless as time goes on. Even if he obtains a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone in the future, it will completely trap him.

A thousand-year-old soul bone only provides a small boost to a Title Douluo. It occupies the soul bone slot, and even if a suitable ten-thousand-year soul bone becomes available later, it won't provide any further improvement.

So, what should I ask Xingluo for?

Gold Soul Coins, rare Soul Tool Blueprints, rare metals, rare treasures, or should we just rip them off and steal the Star Luo Empire's List Carving Knife?

Qian Duoduo still doesn't have a single engraving knife for listing lists!

"Elder Xuan, you're asking for an exorbitant price, but let's try to negotiate a lower one. Let's agree to this for now."

After half an hour.

Xu Jiawei, who had just finished court and was about to start his work, was blocked in his study by an angry Elder Xuan, leaving him completely dumbfounded.

This was especially true when he was carrying something that looked like a pig's head.

"Elder Xuan, what brings you here?"

Xu Jiawei had studied at Shrek Academy and even had a relatively unsuccessful romantic experience there. With his talent, it was impossible that he had never met Elder Xuan.

But why did Elder Xuan come to see him?

Elder Xuan remained silent and slowly handed over the recording bead that Huo Yuhao had started recording earlier.

Xu Jiawei had a bad feeling the moment he saw the photo pearl. When he finished watching the whole video, his blood pressure soared. He had no choice but to take two blood pressure medication pills to calm down.

After dismissing the clueless assassins who were trying to risk their lives to save their master, the first thing he did was apologize to Elder Xuan and the Shrek Academy behind him.

Immediately afterwards, the Star Luo Emperor delivered a solid slap, sending Cheng Gang flying. Cheng Gang crashed through a pile of valuable furniture and books, finally slamming into the wall so hard that he couldn't be pried out.

This should be the third time Cheng Gang has been thrown into some kind of place today. Huo Yuhao came once, Elder Xuan came once, and Xu Jiawei came again.

No one knows what Xu Jiawei and Elder Xuan talked about in the room, but Elder Xuan left the palace with a smile on his face, and Xu Jiawei seemed to be in a good mood as well. It seems that the two sides reached some kind of exchange of benefits.

Huo Yuhao wasn't entirely clear on this, but his share had arrived.

All of Cheng Gang's assets now belong to Huo Yuhao, which has opened the eyes of both Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao.

So, there really are such poor Title Douluos in this world?

"Barely enough for 200,000 gold soul coins, a bunch of household odds and ends, a pair of level seven gauntlet-type melee soul tools, and the discount sign is still on? Is he planning to return it if he doesn't like it?"

Wang Dong clicked his tongue in amazement as he looked at the mess of things Huo Yuhao had scattered on the bed.

"He probably only had the money to buy these gauntlets because of the new close-combat soul tools that hit the market. A level seven soul tool would cost at least a million gold soul coins, and the current market price is around six or seven hundred thousand, and they're not easy to sell."

"It's estimated that Cheng Gang has saved up over a million gold soul coins to buy a soul bone. However, even with just over a million gold soul coins, it's unlikely he can buy a soul bone that matches his own attributes. Because of the new soul tools, the price of soul bones is rising."

Huo Yuhao shrugged. He used to get some gold coins from Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe, so he thought all Title Douluo should be this rich. But today, after getting his hands on Cheng Gang's inventory, he realized just how poor a Title Douluo could actually be.

Inside the rather large storage soul guide ring were a bunch of gold soul coins, a pair of discounted soul guide gauntlets, and a lot of other miscellaneous items. Very few things were useful, except for a few bottles of decent healing pills that could be of some use.

The remaining dozen or so rare metals in decent condition could fetch a decent price, probably around a million gold soul coins. Rare metals are hard currency in this day and age, and almost every high-level soul master has some.

Even if you don't use it yourself, finding a good opportunity to sell it and make a profit is a good option.

"He's so openly poor, what a magnificent and awe-inspiring Might Douluo! No wonder he mistook you for a ferocious beast in human form; this old guy has gone mad with poverty."

Wang Dong sighed.

Huo Yuhao could only shrug helplessly at this.

Thanks to a gift from an unknown kind-hearted person at level 91, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's soul power levels both increased by one level. However, Huo Yuhao could only barely feel it, since he had not yet obtained his third soul ring.

These earnings are only Huo Yuhao's share and deposit. In addition, Xingluo will also suffer a huge loss, but it hasn't been sent over yet.

Huo Yuhao wasn't too clear about the other things, but he was aware that Elder Xuan had signed a fifty-year lease agreement with Xingluo.

In short, the contract stipulated that the Star Luo Empire would lend Shrek Academy the 'Star Etching' engraving knife for free for fifty years, and Shrek would not have to pay a single penny, getting it for free for fifty years.

I don't know about others, but Qian Duoduo must be quite happy. He has been looking forward to a list-engraving knife for a long time, and most of the time he can only borrow it from his wife Xian Lin'er. But Xian Lin'er also has a lot of scientific research work.

That's why, many times, when Qian Duoduo wanted to use the engraving knife, he actually couldn't quite grasp it.

However, Qian Duoduo won't have this problem for the next fifty years.

(End of this chapter)