A Bite of Douluo Continent

Chapter 467 The Abnormal Price of Soul Bones (Bonus Chapter for the New Leader of this Book, Senior Brother Chang Geng)

The distance from Jingyang Mountain Range to Banlan City is not far; with the speed of the Cloud Chaser, it can be reached in half an hour.

After landing in a remote area outside the city of Banlan, Qi Han took Zhuiyun into his small world and then carried Gulu to Banlan.

In the Douluo Continent, this wouldn't be necessary, as Zhuiyun could return to normal and stay by his side. However, this is not the case in the Sun and Moon Continent.

This was a problem that Qi Han only discovered after carefully examining the complete list of ingredients from the Sun and Moon Continent.

There are no Blood Red Unicorns on the Sun and Moon Continent, so no matter which form of Chasing Cloud is in, it is a completely new soul beast that the people here have never seen before, which will inevitably bring a lot of trouble.

Fortunately, he discovered it in time, otherwise he might not have been able to survive.

As for Gulu, that's easy to deal with.

Although there are no Misty Cloud Cats on the Sun and Moon Continent, Gulu has mutated and has no relation to Misty Cloud Cats. He can be used as a pet cat in disguise.

No problem.

After successfully entering the Colorful City with Gulu in his arms, Qi Han asked some passersby for directions and quickly headed towards an auction house called Mingde Auction House in the city.

It is said that this auction house is related to Mingde Hall. The soul tools made by the soul masters in Mingde Hall can only flow into the outside world through Mingde Auction House. Mingde Auction House has also taken advantage of this to expand wildly, and now it can be found in every city on the Sun Moon Continent.

After some subtle inquiries, Qi Han realized that only the Mingde Auction House could handle such a large batch of soul beast materials.

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"Hello sir, are you here to attend the monthly auction?" As Qi Han entered the Mingde Auction House, a waiter came forward to greet him, but his words left Qi Han somewhat puzzled.

"Um... I haven't heard of any monthly auction. I'm here to sell some things."

"I see, I'm sorry I misunderstood." The waiter smiled apologetically, but remained polite. "Please come this way, I'll take you to the special appraisal room to assess the value of the goods."

"It's nothing." Feeling more favorably disposed towards the polite waiter, Qi Han followed behind him and casually asked, "Could you tell me about that monthly auction you mentioned earlier?"

“No problem. The monthly auction is a grand event held once a month by our Mingde Auction House. Each time, there will be a batch of top-quality soul tools made by the soul tool masters in Mingde Hall. The quality is basically level seven or above, and sometimes even level eight soul tools will appear.” The waiter explained with a smile, “The items auctioned in the monthly auction are even more precious, so an invitation is required to participate.”

"Sir, you've arrived. This is the testing room."

Qi Han nodded, then pushed open the door and entered. Inside the appraisal room, an old man wearing a special type of soul guide device looked at Qi Han and then said, "Please come in. Take out your goods and I will appraise their value for you. If you are satisfied with the value, the payment will be settled. If you are not satisfied, take your goods and leave this place."

Goodness, that's so blunt?

Grinning, Qi Han sat down in front of the old man and silently took out a large pile of materials from his system space, mainly made from the heart blood of the Golden Silk Demon Ape.

Because storage soul tools are more common on the Sun and Moon Continent, Qi Han only needs to conceal it slightly to openly take things out of the system space, pretending that they are taken out of a storage soul tool.

"Hmm?" As Qi Han took out more and more things, the old man's expression gradually became solemn.

Who would have thought that this young-looking guy would be such a big client?

He originally thought this kid was just there to sell some junk.

He was mistaken.

When Qi Han took out all the soul beast materials he had collected in the first five days from his storage space and piled them into a small mountain in front of the old man, the old man could no longer hide his smile.

Wonderful.

He also gets a commission from the appraisal, and it seems he can make a fortune from it now.

"Please wait a moment, esteemed guest, and I will calculate the price for you immediately."

As he spoke, he began to sort and count the soul beast materials in front of him.

"These materials are worth a total of 93,000 gold soul coins. What do you think, esteemed guest?" The old man quickly gave his purchase price.

Qi Han nodded. The price was not much different from what he had expected, and was even a little higher. He was still very satisfied.

"Okay, then take a look at this for me." With that, Qi Han took out another soul bone that looked like a leg bone and handed it over.

This was a soul bone that Gulu found while hunting a golden silk demon ape that had just reached the thousand-year level. Since it had just reached the thousand-year level, the price was probably not too high, and Qi Han didn't pay much attention to it.

"Hmm?" The old man's expression turned serious after just one glance. "A soul bone?"

"Please wait a moment, esteemed guest." With that, the old man took the thousand-year-old golden silk demon ape leg bone and examined it carefully. Thinking of the large batch of golden silk demon ape soul beast materials he had just received, he tentatively asked, "Esteemed guest, this leg soul bone is... from a golden silk demon ape?"

"good."

"This..." The old man remained silent for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "Let's price this soul bone at forty thousand gold soul coins."

"How much?" Qi Han almost thought he had misheard.

The value of a thousand-year-old soul bone generally starts at ten thousand gold soul coins. This soul bone is only a thousand years old and is the most ordinary leg soul bone. You should know that the Golden Silk Demon Ape is powerful in its arm strength, so this soul bone is quite useless.

Ten thousand gold soul coins is considered a good price.

This old man actually offered 40,000?

"Honorable guest, you may not know this, but the market price of soul bones has decreased slightly recently. In addition, the age of this soul bone is indeed not high, so this price is already my limit. I cannot go any higher." The old man looked bitter, thinking that Qi Han was not satisfied with the offer, and then he explained.

He offered this price to make friends with the young man because he had a lot of goods.

Under normal circumstances, the maximum is 35,000 gold soul coins, no more than that.

Qi Han was somewhat bewildered.

Did this soul bone misjudge itself?

That's not that bad...

"Ruyi, what's going on?" Qi Han silently asked in his mind.

"Ahem." Ruyi coughed lightly, then began to explain, "Do you know how soul tools come about?"

"Keep it short, don't keep me in suspense."

“Okay… Soul tools originated about 10,000 years ago. The earliest soul tools were actually inspired by soul bones. After imitating the patterns engraved on the soul bones, the core magic array was invented, and then it gradually evolved into what it is today.”

"Even now, soul bones are still an indispensable material in the production process of many soul tools. As an auxiliary and extension of the core magic array, they are used in many soul tools. Therefore, the Sun Moon Continent's thirst for soul bones is much greater than that of the Douluo Continent. As the saying goes, scarcity makes things valuable, and the price of soul bones has naturally risen step by step."

ha?

This was the first time Qi Han had heard of this claim, but upon closer examination, it seemed to make a lot of sense.

Aren't the patterns in the core array of the soul tool very similar to the complex patterns on the soul bone?

Even during Huo Qubing's era, soul tools that used soul bones in their creation process were still quite common...

Qi Han suddenly realized, and then he was overjoyed.

A leg bone that has just reached the thousand-year mark can be sold for 40,000 gold soul coins.

What about that 20,000-year-old torso bone lying in his system space?

This is a huge profit!

Chapter 468 The Price of Torso Bones

Qi Han readily agreed to the old man's offer of 40,000 gold soul coins, and then took out various materials for the gargoyle, selling them for more than 20,000 gold soul coins.

Everything except the ten-thousand-year-old torso bone was sold, earning 160,000 gold soul coins.

This doesn't even include the ancient torso bones that are about to be sold.

Looking at the smiling old man in front of him, Qi Han suddenly hesitated.

Based on the market price of soul bones in the Sun and Moon Continent, the final price of this soul bone is very likely to exceed one million gold soul coins.

Wouldn't an auction be better than selling directly?

Thinking of this, Qi Han suddenly spoke up, "Hello, I heard there's going to be a monthly auction later, is that right? How can I get an invitation to participate?"

"Oh?" The old man glanced at Qi Han, then smiled and said, "Invitations are usually given to distinguished guests whom Mingde Auction House considers to have sufficient financial resources. With the value of the batch of materials you sold today, it is not difficult to obtain an invitation. I can arrange for someone to send one to you. You can go straight in when the monthly auction starts."

This is much more convenient.

"Then let me ask, if I have an item that needs to be auctioned, can it be included in this month's grand auction?"

The old man was taken aback at first, then looked at Qi Han with a meaningful expression.

“Normally, it won’t work, because the items for the monthly auction are already set, unless…” The old man smiled knowingly, his gaze towards Qi Han becoming more scrutinizing, “unless that item can be worth as much as the final item, then it can be added as the new final item. The final items are usually worth millions of gold soul coins.”

"If you are sure you want to do it this way, I will inform the person in charge immediately."

"Then please inform them." Qi Han nodded.

Is there really such a precious treasure?

The old man was secretly surprised, then stopped talking, pressed a special button, and soon a middle-aged man pushed open the door and walked in.

"Manager Yin, this person wishes to place their items in the monthly auction." After explaining briefly, the old man got up and left.

What happened next was none of his business.

"Hello, sir." The man, surnamed Yin, smiled slightly before speaking, "May I take a look at the items you wish to auction?"

“It’s this.” Qi Han took out the gargoyle’s torso bone from his system space and handed it over.

"Tortoise bone?!" Master Yin's expression instantly became more serious. Don't underestimate the torso bone just because it's only one of the six soul bone parts. Its probability of appearing is much smaller than one in six. Theoretically speaking, the probability of the torso bone and skull appearing among soul bones is less than 10%, which is why they are so valuable.

However, if it's just a thousand-year-old torso, it probably still wouldn't qualify for cutting in line.

Let's look at the year.

Thinking of this, Steward Yin took out a soul tool similar to the old man's glasses from his pocket, put it on his face, and carefully examined the soul bone in front of him.

As the precise energy value provided by the soul-guided probe appeared, a look of shock flashed across Steward Yin's face. "Twenty thousand years?!"

"This soul bone..." Master Yin gently stroked the stone patterns on the surface of the soul bone and felt its peculiar aura. "A gargoyle?"

He was naturally familiar with the various soul beasts in the nearby Jingyang Mountains. Judging from the flesh and blood that were faintly attached to the surface of this soul bone, it was probably obtained not long ago after hunting a soul beast. It most likely came from the Jingyang Mountains. Considering the aura, he naturally came to the conclusion.

Gargoyles are a well-known type of spirit beast. They possess incredibly strong physical strength, and their stone-like bodies are as hard as boulders. The torso bones produced by this special spirit beast, which excels in physical strength, are more precious than those of other spirit beasts because absorbing them will greatly enhance the overall strength and quality of the body.

"Yes." Qi Han's face showed a hint of surprise. This Manager Yin was clearly more discerning than the old man, able to see so much in an instant, even identifying the origin of the soul bone.

Manager Yin's expression turned serious. After a moment of contemplation, he spoke in a deep voice, "Sir, this soul bone is undoubtedly qualified for this month's grand auction."

Just as Qi Han was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Steward Yin spoke again, "But..."

"According to the auction house's rules, a 20% commission is deducted after a successful auction. Are you aware of this?"