Douluo Continent: The Rebirth of Huo Yuhao

Chapter 30 Top-Tier Auction

The door opened, and Xiao Hongchen walked in. He had been diligently cultivating in his room, but the incident of the evil spirit master injuring his sister earlier that day had left him somewhat unsettled, greatly reducing his cultivation efficiency. He had come to check on his sister's condition, but unexpectedly, he found Huo Yuhao there as soon as he opened the door.

Seeing Huo Yuhao still standing by his sister's bedside late at night, Xiao Hongchen suddenly flew into a rage and shouted, "Huo Yuhao, what are you doing in my sister's room?" As she spoke, she suddenly rushed over and grabbed Huo Yuhao's collar.

"Brother Xiao Hongchen, I didn't do anything. I just wanted to check on Meng's injuries." Huo Yuhao said nervously after being discovered by Xiao Hongchen.

Huo Yuhao kept in mind Elder Yi's instruction to keep the Gold of Life and the Magic of Life a secret, and not to tell Xiao Hongchen the truth. But for a moment he couldn't think of a good reason, and stood there stammering, unable to speak.

"Why did you have to come so late? Do you know it's the middle of the night? Did you sneak in? I asked the nurses outside, and they said you didn't come in through the front door at all!" Xiao Hongchen yelled at Huo Yuhao, completely unconvinced by his lame excuse.

Huo Yuhao barged in late at night without giving any legitimate reason, so he was already in the wrong. Hearing Xiao Hongchen's roar at him, he couldn't withstand the pressure. Suddenly, Meng Hongchen woke up.

After being healed by Huo Yuhao using life magic combined with the Life Gold, Meng Hongchen's only remaining injury was the wound pierced by the spear. For a Soul King, this was no longer considered a serious injury. Furthermore, with the life force infused by the Life Gold, Meng Hongchen had recovered from her unconscious state.

"Yuhao, brother. What are you arguing about? Brother, why are you holding Yuhao? Let him go!" Meng Hongchen, now awake, looked anxiously at the two people in front of her. Why did her brother look like he was about to beat Yuhao up?

Xiao Hongchen was somewhat surprised to see his younger sister wake up. They had invited a famous healing-type Soul Master from the Star Luo Empire to treat Meng Hongchen's injuries. According to him, given Meng Hongchen's injuries, she would need at least three more days to wake up. He hadn't expected his sister to wake up tonight.

He immediately disregarded Huo Yuhao and went to his sister's bedside, gently helping her up and holding her in his arms, asking with concern, "Meng, are you alright? You really scared me to death. I never expected that an evil soul master would appear in the arena, otherwise I would never have let you participate in this competition."

Although Xiao Hongchen is a very proud person, he still shows a warm side to his younger sister.

"Brother, I'm fine. Look, I'm all better now. Nobody would have expected something like this, you don't need to blame yourself. By the way, why did you look like you were about to beat up Yuhao just now? What happened between you two?" Meng Hongchen asked after comforting Xiao Hongchen.

"Hmph! This kid, sneaking into your room in the middle of the night, I wonder what mischief he was up to. Luckily I caught him in time. I never expected that this kid, who usually seems so honest, would do something like this behind my back."

We'll talk about his matter later. How's your injury? The doctor said you wouldn't wake up for at least three more days. How come you woke up early?" Xiao Hongchen scorned Huo Yuhao's behavior in front of her sister.

Huo Yuhao was speechless and could only awkwardly scratch his head. He looked at Meng Hongchen as if to say, "That's not how it is; it's a misunderstanding."

Meng Hongchen was also somewhat surprised by Huo Yuhao's behavior. Based on their previous interactions, Huo Yuhao was definitely not that kind of person. Moreover, the way Huo Yuhao looked at her seemed to suggest that it was a misunderstanding. "I'll ask him later," Meng Hongchen thought, still trusting Huo Yuhao's character.

"I don't know either. I just suddenly felt a huge surge of life energy flow into my body, making me feel warm and giving me strength. Then I heard you guys arguing, and that's when I woke up." Since she had decided to ask Huo Yuhao privately, Meng Hongchen could only answer her brother's question for now.

Meng Hongchen's words only made things worse. Suddenly, Xiao Hongchen seemed to explode, his eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao as if he wanted to kill him on the spot. Suppressing his rage, he spat out each word through clenched teeth: "A surge of life energy has entered your body?"

Upon hearing these slightly ambiguous words, Huo Yuhao gasped, his heart and lungs nearly stopping! He shook his head frantically, "No, that's not it, Brother Xiao Hongchen. You've misunderstood, it's not like what Meng said."

Meng Hongchen's description wasn't wrong, but the current situation did sound very easy to misunderstand. Huo Yuhao could only frantically deny it; he couldn't muster any more words.

Meng Hongchen seemed to have noticed something was wrong as well, but that was her feeling. For a moment, she didn't know how to speak, so she could only look at Huo Yuhao with a puzzled expression, wondering what was going on.

Xiao Hongchen's murderous gaze remained fixed on Huo Yuhao. If Huo Yuhao couldn't provide a reasonable explanation in his next words, Xiao Hongchen was unsure what he might do.

Huo Yuhao inwardly roared to the heavens, tears welling up in his eyes. How could things have turned out this way?

In this situation, he had no other choice but to tell the story of the Life Gold in a half-truthful way.

He told the two that he had purified the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife from the auction a couple of days ago. What remained was a magical metal called the Metal of Life, which contained immense life force.

Huo Yuhao came here tonight because when Meng Hongchen was injured, his spiritual detection detected that a portion of Meng Hongchen's life force had been drained. That's why he brought the Life Gold to try and replenish Meng Hongchen's life force that had been drained.

Then he took out the piece of "living gold" containing an extremely rich life force and showed it to the two of them. Xiao Hongchen felt the powerful life force within the metal and only then did he reluctantly believe Huo Yuhao's reasoning.

Meng Hongchen felt that the life force that had just surged into her body was very similar to the aura emanating from the metal, and she completely believed Huo Yuhao's words. Her gaze towards him softened even more.

Huo Yuhao then instructed the two of them again, warning them not to reveal that he possessed a rare artifact, or he would be in extreme danger. Meng Hongchen readily agreed, and Xiao Hongchen, seeing his sister's gaze, reluctantly agreed as well, promising not to divulge it.

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Only in this way could tonight's farce come to an end.

The round-robin tournament is over, and there's a day of rest. After that, the knockout stage for the round of 16 will begin, which is the most intense part of each tournament. There are no weak teams among the sixteen. Their battles are the most exciting!

On the very day that everyone was resting, they suddenly received an invitation.

They were invited to attend an auction held tonight by Starlight Auctions. The invitation stated that auctions of this scale are only held twice a year.

This is their auction house's highest-level auction, featuring treasures from all over the continent—absolutely not to be missed!

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(End of this chapter)