Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 15 The Grand Auction in Hanhai City

Ji Wuming packed his things and headed towards the auction house in Hanhai City. Ever since he had enough gold soul coins, he had been searching for soul tools and special items.

As Dean Shui said, his second spirit ring, which is a thousand years old, is extremely eye-catching. Even if he doesn't release the spirit ring during battle, he will have to show it when participating in a spirit battle competition with others.

If they are not concealed and are discovered, they will either have to join some faction or be eliminated by those factions beforehand.

Although Dean Shui greatly admired him and wouldn't proactively discuss his millennium-long second-ring cultivation with others, he couldn't possibly remain alone in a secluded place to cultivate until he reached the Soul King or even Soul Emperor level before emerging from seclusion.

The most important thing on the path of a Soul Master is to fight against others and Soul Beasts in order to make up for any shortcomings.

"I hope this grand auction held every three years at Hanhai City won't disappoint me!"

As Ji Wuming looked at the blue circular building in front of him, which covered an area of ​​no less than 3000 square meters, his obsession with battle grew even stronger.

Just as he took out his gold card to have the doorman verify it, Ji Wuming turned around and saw that it was Dean Shui.

"It can't be that much of a coincidence. Is this auction house in this important coastal town of the Heaven Dou Empire also owned by the Shui family?"

Just as he was pondering this, Dean Shui, who was talking to someone, also noticed him and immediately walked forward.

Before he could speak, Ji Wuming asked, "Dean, what brings you here? Could it be that the Shui family also receives a share of the profits from the Hanhai City auction?"

"No, I'm here to bid on some things."

Dean Shui looked at Ji Wuming, whom he hadn't seen for a month, and felt quite nostalgic. Now that he was also attending the auction, things would be much easier from there.

"Let's go, the auction is about to start. If anything catches your eye, I can bid for it for you."

"Dean, I have plenty of money."

Ji Wuming then received the gold card after verification and walked inside, with Dean Shui following closely behind. The two collected masks at a corner and put them on. Guided by a waiter, they arrived at the magnificent auction area.

As the bidders entered the room one after another,

"boom"

The auction area doors closed, and the massive auction, held only once every three years, officially began. A graceful woman in a gorgeous blue dress walked onto the auction stage.

"Distinguished guests, our grand auction held every three years in Hanhai City is about to begin. We wish you all the best in finding the items you desire."

Before the words were even finished, an item was brought out for auction. As the red cloth was lifted, ten pieces of yellowish-red whale glue, stacked together, appeared before the crowd.

"Distinguished guests, this whale glue is sourced from a pod of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts—deep-sea narwhals. I don't need to explain its wonderful uses, do I? This auction will not be based on weight, but will start with each piece. Each piece of ten-thousand-year-old whale glue will be priced at 1 gold soul coins. Bidding will now begin."

"I want one, 1,100 gold soul coins."

"I'll offer 1200."

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The number of people bidding was still relatively small. Even though they were all wearing masks, they still didn't want others to criticize them for anything because of the bidding for whale glue.

Ji Wuming stared at the ten pieces of whale glue on the auction stage, swallowing hard, eagerly anticipating them. Although some whale glue aged a few thousand years no longer had any effect on his body tempering, ten-thousand-year-old whale glue was far superior to other lower-aged whale glue.

However, he had limited money and couldn't spend it recklessly. At that moment, Dean Shui raised his bidding paddle and shouted,

"Ten yuan equals ten thousand gold soul coins."

The entire room fell silent abruptly, and then many people turned to look at Dean Shui, sneering at him.

"Buying so much at once? Are you perhaps extremely weak?"

Dean Shui ignored the gossip, glanced at Ji Wuming beside him, and then waited for the host to give the final verdict.

"Sold for 10,000 gold soul coins once, twice, or three times."

After receiving the auction items and paying 1 gold soul coins, Dean Shui handed two of them to Ji Wuming.

"Xiao Ji, these are for you. If you take this ancient whale glue to the inland and sell it, the price will be several times higher. Consider this my investment in you. If you achieve something in the future, don't forget me."

Before he could finish speaking, the whale glue was already in Ji Wuming's hands, leaving him no choice but to accept it.

Dean Shui continued to look at the next item. As time ticked by, various auction items were sold one after another, including a storage soul tool or two.

As an object made of a peculiar material, neither a weapon nor a soul bone, was brought to the table, the host began to speak.

"This is a special soul tool that can conceal the presence of others. Whether hunting soul beasts or escaping from their sight, with it, all dangers are no problem."

At this point, the host glanced at the curious guests in the VIP section, pointed to the special soul-guided device on the display stand, and continued helplessly,

"However, this item was discovered in a deep-sea ruin. When it was found, it was already damaged in several places and had been eroded by the sea for many years. Although it still has the function of concealment, it is very unstable. The starting price is one thousand gold soul coins. The auction will now begin."

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The VIPs below adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards this item. Although this special soul tool was very practical, its drawbacks were also quite obvious.

Ji Wuming was extremely interested in this, and he had actually found something he liked at the auction. If he could repair this special soul tool with the ability to conceal itself...

Then wouldn't I no longer need to go through the trouble of hunting down mythical sea spirit beasts or traveling to the far north to hunt down ice silkworms and obtain their soul bones?

"Thirteen hundred gold!"

A portly nobleman dressed in fine clothes began to bid. Although the soul tool was useless to him, he simply enjoyed collecting these seemingly useless soul tools.

At this moment, Ji Wuming didn't have time to compete with him, so he directly raised his paddle and called out a relatively high price.

"I'll offer four thousand gold soul coins!"

Upon hearing this, the first to be surprised was Dean Shui Wuliang, who was standing to the side.

"Xiao Ji, are you crazy? This damaged soul tool is worth at most three thousand. Even if it was bought, it would most likely be a collectible and would have no practical value. Besides, the method of repairing soul tools has long been extinct."

"Dean, as you know, I've been buying soul tools from all over the place lately. I want to try to see if I can replicate or repair one or two soul tools."

As a coastal city, soul tools appear quite frequently. Although starting to research soul tools now is a bit premature, there really isn't a better way at the moment.

You can't just add a simulated spirit ring or a spirit bone that's been around for thousands of years just to hide your strength!

Besides, I have collected no less than twenty complete soul tools. I should be able to try to reverse the various manufacturing processes of soul tools and the most core soul power transmission array.

(End of this chapter)