"Brother, is it really worth using such a ten-thousand-year soul bone—something rarely seen even once in ten thousand years—to win over that guy called Huo Yuhao?"
Inside the corridor, Xu Jiujiu looked at Xu Jiawei's back. Although she understood her imperial brother's intentions, she still felt helpless.
That helplessness stemmed from the Empire's current state—like walking on thin ice. The superficial prosperity could be shattered by a single war at any moment.
Xu Jiawei stopped and smiled. "Of course it's worth it. A dual–martial soul soul master with top-tier spiritual attributes and the Extreme Ice attribute—Huo Yuhao's future achievements are impossible to predict. If we're bold, it's not impossible that he could even break through to the level of an Ultimate Douluo."
"Ultimate Douluo?" Xu Jiujiu secretly shook her head. She didn't really believe Huo Yuhao could reach that step—it was simply too difficult, terrifyingly so.
Xu Jiawei was unaware of his sister's thoughts. He said lightly, "Although we're gifting the soul bone to Shrek Academy, this soul bone will certainly be handed to that child. The signal of goodwill has already been sent. Shrek's upper echelons and that Huo Yuhao will definitely understand my intentions."
"Building a good relationship with Shrek Academy's future will only bring us benefits, no harm. Some time ago, we dealt with the southwestern nobles, and the Sun Moon Empire hasn't made any moves since—most likely they're brewing something. At times like this, we really need Shrek Academy's support."
"To put it bluntly, the Sun Moon Empire could once fight one against three back then. Today, it might not be impossible either. The more it's like this, the more we need the backing of top-tier soul master forces. Under heaven, only Shrek Academy has that capability."
Xu Jiujiu merely listened quietly, saying nothing.
"Oh right, Jiujiu—starting today, cut the trade taxes of all merchant groups affiliated with Shrek Academy within the Empire by half."
Xu Jiawei returned to his personal No. 1 VIP room, not forgetting to instruct Xu Jiujiu.
"I understand. After the auction ends, I'll go make the arrangements," Xu Jiujiu replied, raising her head.
Suddenly, however, her expression changed. In her ear was a white communication soul tool—clearly something had happened.
She listened carefully. The more she listened, the more radiant the smile on her face became.
"They've taken the bait?" Xu Jiawei raised an eyebrow and asked.
"That's right," Xu Jiujiu said excitedly. "The target has already begun selling large quantities of ready-made soul tools and soul tool technology in exchange for funds. All of these soul tools and technologies come from Mingde Hall."
Xu Jiawei sighed with a smile. "Just as we expected. That Xiao Hongchen really is lucky—his grandfather was willing to pay such a huge price to prepare a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone for him in advance. I just wonder, with the Hall Master Hongchen exchanging these things, will it provoke dissatisfaction from their imperial family?"
Xu Jiujiu analyzed calmly. "However, I suspect the soul tool technology they're providing is outdated."
"Idiot." Xu Jiawei lightly knocked Xu Jiujiu on the head. "Do you think Hall Master Hongchen would dare trade the latest soul tool technology for this soul beast? If he did, I guarantee he'd be executed the very next day."
Xu Jiujiu covered her head. "Brother, I'm already eighteen. Don't keep treating me like a child."
Xu Jiawei laughed heartily. "Even when we're both seventy or eighty years old, in your brother's eyes, you'll always be a child."
Xu Jiujiu stuck out her tongue. "I'll go tell sister-in-law later that you bullied me."
As she spoke, she prepared to slip away.
"Once you obtain the soul tools and technology, send them to the research institute immediately," Xu Jiawei reminded her.
"Got it," Xu Jiujiu responded, quickly disappearing from sight.
"That girl…" Xu Jiawei shook his head helplessly, then looked toward the Sealed God Platform on the soul tool light screen and let out a long breath. The plan had finally succeeded. It should be able to significantly boost the Empire's soul tool technology, right?
…
Thirty minutes was more than enough time for countless factions to engage in behind-the-scenes maneuvering.
When Xu Jiujiu announced the start of the auction, the fierce battle officially began.
This time, since Shrek Academy did not participate, they instead watched like spectators observing tigers fight from the mountain.
At the beginning, the price increases were fairly steady, rising by millions at a time. But once it reached 115 million, most competitors chose to withdraw.
There was no choice—this level of wealth was already terrifying. They simply couldn't continue.
In the end, only three parties remained in contention.
When the price reached 130 million, even those who had already withdrawn were breathing heavily. Damn it—just who was this rich?
Inside VIP Room No. 3, the two bidders were already preparing to pop champagne in celebration.
But suddenly, the number on everyone's screens jumped again.
One hundred and fifty million.
Yes—this time, it rose by a full twenty million at once.
Instantly, the entire venue fell silent. In VIP Room No. 3, the two people who were raising their glasses froze, then a fierce glint flashed in their eyes.
"Buzz."
A powerful spiritual fluctuation spread through the room. A middle-aged man with a small body but an oversized head spoke coldly, "Help me find out who just bid one hundred and fifty million."
Each VIP room was accompanied by a black-rank auctioneer and two female attendants. Strangely, at this moment, the auctioneer and the two attendants in Room No. 3 all looked dazed, as if their souls had been controlled. After receiving the order, the auctioneer quietly left the room.
"This treasure is for the young master. Perhaps it can help him truly obtain the seed of inheritance, saving the sect master from running around everywhere," another middle-aged man with a thick right arm said in a deep voice.
"Hmph. Anything our Body Sect sets its sights on has never been let go," the big-headed middle-aged man said coldly.
If Huo Yuhao were here, he would immediately recognize these two—they were Lang Ya and Yu Tao of the Body Sect.
There were not a few people who made the same choice as these two. As for the privacy of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Starlight Auction House did not offer much protection, inadvertently leaking it out.
At the same time—
Inside VIP Room No. 2, the people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy looked at the youth standing before the screen, their eyes filled with mixed emotions.
Envy, jealousy, dissatisfaction, and indifference.
Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists, breathing rapidly as he stared at the pearl within the Sealed God Platform on the screen, unwilling to look away even for a moment.
With this item, his future would be even more powerful. The Hongchen Family would rise to an even higher level under his hands.
After the terrifying figure of 150 million appeared, no one dared to bid further. In VIP Room No. 2, Pan Tianxing and Ma Mingzhu both wore grave expressions. Bidding was easy—bringing it back safely would be difficult.
Xiao Hongchen said, "Elder Ma, after this, there will definitely be people secretly making moves against us. Once you obtain the Sealed God Platform, please return immediately and hand it to my grandfather."
"Mm." Ma Mingzhu nodded. "Mingde Hall has secret channels in Xingluo City as well. I'll leave covertly then. Those with ill intentions will accomplish nothing."
Once the 150-million bid completely crushed all opposition, Xu Jiujiu excitedly announced the final result.
In VIP Room No. 1, Xu Jiawei turned around and left through the secret passage in the room. In fact, every VIP room had a secret passage, mainly to protect bidders.
"Sun Moon Empire's Mingde Hall—this great soul beast gift I've given you will not be so easy to take."
A concealed smile crossed Xu Jiawei's face. He was well aware of the hidden danger behind this soul beast, because it was not an embryo at all, but a genuine hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
If a rampaging hundred-thousand-year soul beast were to erupt inside Mingde Hall, the destruction it caused would surely give them quite a headache.
On Shrek Academy's side, they also received their auction items, personally delivered by Xu Jiujiu. Aside from the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, which was a gift, the other three soul bones and a piece of rare top-tier precious metal were all obtained through bidding.
Dai Yueheng also obtained the Overlord Tiger Refining Soul Blade. Although in the original story he barely used it, well… it was his own money anyway, so it didn't matter.
"Senior Brother He, can you give me one of the shells?"
As everyone left through the secret passage, Huo Yuhao approached He Caitou, who was storing the twelve sixth-rank fixed soul-guided artillery shells.
"What do you want that thing for?" He Caitou laughed. "Fixed soul-guided artillery shells require corresponding fixed soul-guided cannons to fire."
"I mainly want to see if I can use my spiritual power to probe the internal core array. If it doesn't work, I'll return it to you later," Huo Yuhao casually found an excuse.
He Caitou thought for a moment but didn't dare make the decision himself, instead looking at Zhang Lexuan.
"It's fine," Zhang Lexuan nodded. "But Yuhao, after you get it, you must not privately dismantle it."
"Don't worry, Senior Sister. I understand," Huo Yuhao replied with a smile.
"Which attribute do you want?" He Caitou asked.
"Poison," Huo Yuhao gave an unexpected answer.
"Poison?" He Caitou was stunned. He had thought Huo Yuhao would definitely choose an ice-attribute shell.
"That's right," Huo Yuhao confirmed.
He Caitou scratched his completely hairless head, then took out a dark-purple shell and handed it to Huo Yuhao, repeatedly reminding him not to dismantle it.
After returning to Star Emperor Hotel, everyone dispersed. There was still a match against Douling Royal Soul Master Academy the next day—somewhat difficult to fight.
After washing up, Huo Yuhao immediately sat cross-legged on the soft bed. He closed his eyes and entered meditation, while his consciousness sank into his Sea of Spirit.
The moment he entered, he saw Ice Empress sighing there. As for the usually "playing dead" Heaven Dream Iceworm, it had already awakened.
The two beasts were conversing. Judging from Heaven Dream Iceworm's cautious demeanor, he was probably afraid of Ice Empress continuing to beat him.
Ice Empress spoke with anger mixed with sighs and worry. "Human development is too fast. For countless years, I never once saw humans dare enter the core of the Extreme North, yet now they even dare hunt my kin. In another thousand or ten thousand years, what kind of scene will it be?"
This time, Heaven Dream Iceworm wasn't lazy at all. He sighed and said, "No matter what, what has happened has already happened. We've now become a part of Yuhao. Wanting to change those things is impossible. Besides, this world has always been one of the strong preying on the weak."
"When humans were weak in the past, the number who died in the mouths of soul beasts far exceeded this. Now it's just the scales tipping the other way."
Ice Empress said in a low voice, "I understand all that. I'm just worried that one day soul beasts might truly go extinct."
"As long as I'm not dead, soul beasts won't go extinct."
Huo Yuhao's voice suddenly rang out.
Hearing this, the two beasts immediately stopped and looked over from afar.
"Yuhao, you're here," Heaven Dream Iceworm flew over, his massive body shrinking into a small, exquisite silkworm, landing on Huo Yuhao's shoulder.
"I thought you were still playing dead," Huo Yuhao teased.
Heaven Dream Iceworm's old face flushed red. "Playing dead is the only way to avoid getting beaten."
"You…" Ice Empress looked at Huo Yuhao. That line—as long as I'm not dead, soul beasts won't go extinct—had struck deep into her heart.
Huo Yuhao said seriously, "Why do you think I want to establish the magic soul ring system? Isn't it precisely to reduce the hunting of soul beasts? The extinction of soul beasts brings no benefit to humanity—it would cause an imbalance of heaven and earth's vital energy, and humans would face trouble as well."
"But all of this is predicated on me being able to create the magic soul ring system. If I can't, then what I've said to you is nothing more than empty talk."
"You two keep chatting. I need to speak with my teacher about something."
After glancing at the silent Ice Empress, Huo Yuhao turned and walked toward the Sun God Pillar.
Watching Huo Yuhao's departing figure, Heaven Dream Iceworm hovered in the air and cautiously asked, "So… should we keep chatting?"
"Chat my ass. Go to sleep early," Ice Empress said, her body turning into a mass of ice as she entered sleep.
"Tch." Heaven Dream Iceworm snorted disdainfully. Still calls me the God of Sleep—you're even better at sleeping than I am.
Of course, he only said that in his heart. He didn't dare say it out loud. Ice Empress's fists really hurt when they landed.
His delicate little body couldn't take it.
Huo Yuhao didn't seek out Electrolux for anything else—he just wanted to give him the poison-attribute fixed soul-guided artillery shell for research.
Electrolux had previously told Huo Yuhao that if he encountered good soul tools, he should give them to him. After all, he had nothing else to do.
After taking the shell, Electrolux tossed it into the undead demi-plane.
The reckless skeletal undead thought it was food—hundreds and thousands surrounded it. Without Electrolux driving them away, they might have actually gnawed the shell apart.
"Poison."
During meditation, a thought arose in Huo Yuhao's mind.
If the poison of this shell were mixed with the poison of the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flower, wouldn't its power increase even more?
The Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flowers were a group of top-tier poison-attribute plants that Tang San had planted around the outer perimeter of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. In the future, when he went there, he would certainly come into contact with these flowers.
Among them, the Nine Absolute Flower was even a ten-thousand-year–level soul beast. It could let Tang Ya hunt one as a soul ring—its enhancement to the Blue Silver Grass martial soul would be considerable.
It seemed that the trip to the Ice and Fire Twofold Eye should also be put on the schedule.
…
In a distant sea region, the waters churned endlessly, like a curse that devoured everything. This was a silent place, far from land. Any soul beast living here possessed at least fifty thousand years of cultivation.
Thunder roared endlessly from the sky, as if trying to expel evil. Thick, black clouds pressed down, giving the illusion that the heavens were about to collapse.
Deep beneath the sea was a pitch-black world. In the center of a massive undersea canyon, a woman in a dark-purple gown sat cross-legged. Around her surged terrifying waves of soul power, repeatedly blasting the seawater away.
Yes—beneath the waters of a sea filled with countless ferocious sea soul beasts, a person was actually sitting in meditation.
But in truth, she was not human.
When soul beasts become ferocious beasts, they are capable of transforming into human form.
Before the woman floated a deep-blue whale pearl over a meter in diameter. From within it poured pure soul power, cleansing the injuries within her body.
Several minutes later, the woman slowly opened her eyes. They were dark purple, shining clearly in the pitch-black depths like the moon in a night sky.
A slender, jade-like hand grasped the whale pearl from afar. Power surged, and visibly, the pearl gradually shrank until it finally disappeared into the woman's body.
"Sea God…"
Though underwater, her voice still spread—a hatred that pierced to the bone.
"The damage the Sea God's Light inflicted on me—I still cannot fully recover even after ten thousand years. Truly worthy of a god's power. Such power, yet soul beasts cannot possess it. Ridiculous."
Feeling the faint pain within her body, the woman placed a hand on her chest. On her face, densely covered with purple light patterns, a cold smile appeared.
"Poseidon conquered the sea to achieve godhood—that's an example worth referencing. Unfortunately, that Sea God Tang San guards the ocean too tightly. I've never had a chance to act. The people of the Holy Spirit Cult also keep strict watch over me—truly troublesome. If this drags on, I fear I won't be able to avenge you."
With a sigh, the woman shook her head.
"Whoosh."
Suddenly, just as she was lamenting, a faint blue幽光 flew in from nowhere and landed before her.
"My child…"
Seeing the pale blue glow, the coldness on the woman's face eased slightly. Her husband was dead—her only remaining kin was this daughter.
She released her spiritual power and connected to the glow.
Very soon, a hurried voice rang out. The woman's pupils violently contracted.
[Mom, I encountered four Sea God High Priests. They discovered me and launched an attack. I'm heavily injured now—I condensed my internal soul power into a whale pearl to escape. You must be careful. I'm worried they'll come looking for you.]
The last few words were almost inaudible.
Even so, just hearing the words heavily injured was enough to make the woman's eyes split with rage.
"Sea God High Priests… you deserve to die!"
A nearly broken roar suddenly echoed.
At the same time, terrifying spiritual waves spread outward.
The already turbulent sea now grew even more violent—layer upon layer of waves surged, reaching a terrifying height of a hundred meters.
The intense spiritual shockwaves even detonated the sea itself.
Every sea soul beast swimming within this region shuddered, suppressing its own aura to the absolute minimum.
"Swish."
In the next instant, a purple streak of light shot through the pitch-black sea surface toward the distance. Dark purple radiance spread, dyeing everything it touched.
The enraged woman slowly vanished.
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