area51novel Chapter 85 Auction in progress
Chapter 85 Auction in progress
Chapter 85 Auction in progress
Wang Yan led the group underground, and Huo Yuhao then realized that the auction house was underground, not above ground. 💀☜ 69ˢĦ𝓾ⓧ.𝓒𝕠Μ 🐨💚
Continuing downwards for about twenty meters, the group finally saw an ancient wooden door. Ye Nanxiao and Jiang Nannan were already waiting for them. A girl in a red dress stood by the door. Upon seeing Wang Yan and the others, she stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Guests of Shrek Academy, please follow me."
Wang Yan handed each person a wooden plaque. After passing through the wooden door, the scene suddenly changed, and a magnificent golden landscape appeared before everyone's eyes.
Led by the hostess, we entered through a large door, and ahead lay a corridor leading to a more distant place.
Apart from Bei Bei and Ye Nanxiao, the group didn't look around like Huo Yuhao and the others. Bei Bei seemed to be used to it, while Ye Nanxiao was simply uninterested.
Beibei said to the receptionist who opened the door for them, "Could you please give us a brief introduction to the specifications of today's auction?"
The hostess respectfully explained the auction details for the evening, and then withdrew after Beibei thanked her.
Upon entering Auction Hall No. 12, the light dimmed immediately, as only wall lamps illuminated the surrounding walls. Everyone entering the auction hall received a beautiful mask, which was distinguished by color; everyone else's mask was white.
The decorations inside the auction hall give it a simple and elegant feel.
Two hundred comfortable large chairs, covered with dark blue velvet, were arranged in an arc around the room. Perhaps because of Dai Yueheng's presence, everyone was seated in the first row, the closest to the auction stage.
Wang Yan reminded everyone to wear masks. There could be all sorts of problems at the auction, so the auction house provides masks to cover the guests' faces and avoid trouble. He then explained the differences in mask colors.
Xiao Xiao turned to Huo Yuhao next to her for help, saying, "Yuhao, can I switch seats with you?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao looked to the other side of Xiao Xiao, where Jiang Nannan was sitting nestled on Ye Nanxiao's lap. Huo Yuhao decisively ignored Xiao Xiao's pleading eyes and firmly shook his head.
"Welcome, everyone. The auction is about to begin. Please take your seats." A melodious voice came from all directions, and the auction hall fell silent. The already dim wall lamps gradually dimmed, while the lights on the auction stage began to shine brighter.
A woman in a purple dress walked onto the stage from one side of the auction hall. She looked to be around thirty years old, with a dignified and beautiful appearance and a faint smile on her face. As she walked, she moved gracefully, and the well-tailored dress perfectly outlined her fully mature figure.
Xu Sanshi's eyes immediately widened, and he kept swallowing.
Ye Nanxiao buried his head halfway in Jiang Nannan's hair, closed his eyes to rest, and only then did he feel that the small hand on his waist, which was about to rotate, had stopped.
The auction began with the voice of an auctioneer named Qingya. Two girls in red dresses pushed a small cart covered with a purple cloth onto the auction stage. They pushed the cart to the center and stopped, at which point they lifted the cloth.
A black soul tool was displayed on the cart. The soul tool was rectangular, about a foot long, and engraved with intricate patterns.
"It's a level three soul tool, an arm-type one," Huo Yuhao said in a low voice, his eyesight as sharp as lightning.
After Qingya introduced the black soul tool, the price kept rising. Just as the noise gradually subsided, Wang Yan suddenly gathered the sign in his hand and shouted, "Two thousand five hundred gold soul coins."
Qingya smiled slightly at Wang Yan, and soon, the soul tool fell into Wang Yan's hands.
Wang Yan asked the crowd, "Who among you will use it?"
He Caitou was the first to speak, saying, "Give it to Junior Brother. Although he's only at the second ring, he can keep using the Dao Soul Sect."
Huo Yuhao never expected that the first soul tool would be given to him. Although Ye Nanxiao had helped Huo Yuhao improve his physical constitution in the early stages, and Bingdi had helped him reshape his body later, Huo Yuhao's cultivation speed was still very slow.
The auction continued. As a special session for soul tools, the vast majority of the items were level three to five. Wang Yan made frequent purchases and managed to buy more than a dozen soul tools on his own, which he then distributed to the others.
There was originally a level four soul tool that was intended for Ye Nanxiao, but Ye Nanxiao refused, as he had a better one, which he "borrowed" from Qian Duoduo.
When it came to the penultimate item, Qingya personally walked to the front of the cart and lifted the veil, revealing a silver necklace with a metal pendant shaped like a baby bottle, about the size of an adult's thumb.
He Caitou's eyes lit up, and he said to Huo Yuhao, "Junior Brother, this is the soul tool I told you you needed. This milk bottle looks like a level four soul tool."
A glint flashed in Ye Nanxiao's eyes as he looked at the necklace in Qingya's hand and fell into thought.
He Caitou explained the principle of the baby bottle and the reasons why it was suitable for Huo Yuhao in detail. At the end, he glanced resentfully at Ye Nanxiao, who was holding a beautiful woman in his arms, and said, "I could have made a level 6 baby bottle back then, but Nanxiao was too lazy. In the end, I had to make a level 3 one by myself. But making a baby bottle is really complicated."
Huo Yuhao's lips twitched; this wasn't the first time Ye Nanxiao had shown his dislike for trouble.
While the two brothers were talking, the price of a level 4 baby bottle had already broken through the 10,000 gold soul coins mark. The baby bottle was not hard to sell at the auction, but because the baby bottle was too complicated and difficult to make, the production speed could not keep up with the purchase speed.
He Caitou's voice was just loud enough for Wang Yan to hear. After they finished talking, Huo Yuhao subconsciously looked at Wang Yan, and Wang Yan nodded back at him.
In the end, this level-four baby bottle fell into Wang Yan's hands for 25,000 gold soul coins.
Just as Qingya walked over to the cart and pushed it to the center of the stage, Ye Nanxiao's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said in a voice that everyone could just hear, "Teacher Wang, bid on this item."
Seeing that Ye Nanxiao had finally spoken, Wang Yan immediately asked, "What is that? Nanxiao, do you know?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao trembled violently, covered his eyes with his hands, and shook his whole body.
"Junior brother, what's wrong!" He Caitou and Beibei asked at the same time.
It took Huo Yuhao several seconds to recover, but when he lowered his hands, both He Caitou and Bei Bei could clearly see the tears welling up in his eyes.
"It feels so sharp," Huo Yuhao said.
Qingya kept everyone in suspense before suddenly lifting the veil.
The moment the veil was lifted, everyone's attention was drawn to it.
The dazzling brilliance or unparalleled splendor that everyone had been anticipating did not appear. Instead, what appeared was an ordinary-looking item, just as Qingya had said, something that any Soul Master was familiar with and indispensable.
This item is quite small, about half a foot long and only the thickness of a finger. It gradually narrows from bottom to top, with a very sharp point at the very top, featuring a blade about half an inch wide. The overall appearance is simple and dark, with faint patterns engraved on it, exuding a faint sense of vicissitude.
It is the carving knife known as the "murder knife".
Many people sighed, but Huo Yuhao's eyes were filled with surprise. His own carving knife was a gift from Fan Yu and was made of diamond.
A hint of interest flashed in He Caitou's eyes.
Ye Nanxiao glanced at the murderous knife before burying his head back into Jiang Nannan's beautiful hair, greedily inhaling her fragrance.
Jiang Nannan's pretty face beneath the mask was flushed, and she once again pressed down on Ye Nanxiao's restless hand.
After Qingya explained the origin of the murderous knife, the bidders in the room all fell silent, and many of them became serious.
Qingya was helpless. This murderous knife had failed to sell at auction many times, and very few people were willing to risk being harmed by it.
Just as Wang Yan hesitated, Ye Nanxiao's voice came again: "Take a picture of it."
Wang Yan looked at Ye Nanxiao with a puzzled expression.
Suddenly, a childish voice rang out, "100,000 gold soul coins."
Qingya was stunned, not expecting anyone to offer such a high price, so much so that she forgot to respond.
"I'll offer 100,000 gold soul coins," Huo Yuhao said again.
Qingya then realized what was happening and quickly responded.
Bei Bei and the others all looked at Ye Nanxiao. Bei Bei's gaze lingered between Ye Nanxiao and Huo Yuhao as she asked, "Nanxiao, what did you and Junior Brother figure out?"
Ye Nanxiao said calmly, "Do you still remember the defensive soul tool I made for Nannan back then?"
He Caitou's voice trembled with excitement, "You...you mean, that knife is..."
Ye Nanxiao replied, "Most likely."
Beibei seemed to remember something as well. Wang Yan thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that this is made of the same material as the one Nanxiao made back then? Is it the metal of life? But this knife is cursed. Yuhao, don't be impulsive. This concerns your life and future. I can't let anything happen to you."
Huo Yuhao said in a low voice, "I just checked it, and I'm confident I can overcome its drawbacks. With my mental strength and the properties of ultimate ice, I can clean up the remaining curses without any problems."
Before Wang Yan could say anything more, Ye Nanxiao interrupted him, "No problem. As long as the curse is confirmed to have disappeared under the supervision of the academy teachers, it's fine."
Wang Yan then bid on the fierce knife. It was extremely rare for a list-engraving knife to appear at a top auction. Even if he only bought it for collection purposes, 100,000 gold soul coins would increase the academy's list-engraving knife collection to three. Even if it was just for collection, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
After his initial excitement subsided, Huo Yuhao noticed the surroundings had quieted down. Looking around, he saw a flicker of fervor in everyone's eyes and asked in confusion, "Do you all know about the Gold of Life?"
He Caitou sighed and said, "Nan Xiao found a large piece of living gold somewhere and made a defensive soul tool necklace for Nan Nan."
Huo Yuhao recalled the image of Jiang Nannan's necklace, and his lips twitched. So that thing was made of the Gold of Life.
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