As the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City was extremely prosperous. From the moment Tang San entered the city, his eyes couldn't help but wander around. His mouth almost watered, especially when he saw some gourmet restaurants.
At that moment, Tang San looked up and saw a very magnificent, yet peculiar, building. It was round, like half a ball buttoned onto the ground. This shape made it stand out right in front of them. There was no name sign, only a hammer pattern. Could it be a luxury blacksmith shop? Tang San wondered, having never forgotten his blacksmithing skills.
"Teacher, what is that place?" Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San, sensing his disciple's confusion. "That hammer isn't a forging hammer symbolizing a blacksmith," he explained. "That's an auction house. The logo above should be an auction hammer dedicated to the auction house."
Having lived for so many years, Yu Xiaogang knew things, even if he hadn't been to Heaven Dou City many times.
"Only in the capitals of the two great Empires can there be auction houses of the highest specifications, where they even sell Spirit Bones ," Yu Xiaogang continued. "This auction house should be the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House."
"A Spirit Bone?" Hearing this, Tang San couldn't help but feel a little shocked. He naturally knew about Spirit Bones. They were the treasure that all Spirit Masters dreamed of.
In a sense, as long as one's spirit power reached the necessary level, Spirit Masters could almost always get Spirit Rings, though the quality would vary. But Spirit Bones were different. Their scarcity made them forbidden fruit for most Spirit Masters. Anyone who acquired a Spirit Bone would try their best to hide it so others wouldn't find out. Countless bloody incidents had occurred because of Spirit Bones. Even the most ordinary Spirit Bone could be sold at a sky-high price.
Although Spirit Hall explicitly prohibited Spirit Masters from hunting Spirit Beasts on a large scale to obtain Spirit Bones, there were still many Spirit Masters who relied on their strength to take risks. Of course, not many people were willing to sell Spirit Bones. Most of the time, they were exchanged with others for Spirit Bones that were more suitable for them or for other precious items.
It was only when Tang San asked questions that Yu Xiaogang could feel a trace of his value as a "Grandmaster". Under his eloquent explanation, the two of them unknowingly walked towards the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House.
Only as they got closer could they truly appreciate the scale of the circular building. According to Tang San's visual estimation, the semicircle structure was at least nearly five hundred meters in diameter. The highest point exceeded eighty meters. Although it was slightly inferior compared to the Great Spirit Arena he had seen before, one must remember that this was just an auction house; it didn't require an audience.
Moreover, since Heaven Dou City was the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, every inch of land was extremely valuable. From this, one could see how important the auction house was to the entire city, and its background was even more mysterious.
The auction house's gate was also semi-circular, matching the building's overall shape. They were all milky white, and four tall young women stood in front of the door. These young women had obviously been strictly selected; not only were they all about 1.75 meters tall, but their figures were also extremely well-proportioned. Although they couldn't be described as stunning, their beautiful appearance was still very attractive. Looking at them, they were at most twenty years old.
They were wearing floor-length dresses that covered even their arms, not exposing a single inch of extra skin. However, the long skirt was very close-fitting, fully outlining their graceful curves. Silver patterns were embroidered on the snow-white dress, and the patterns vaguely formed words. The movements of the four young women were exactly the same, with their hands on their chests and smiling. Although this was a professional smile, it was still easy to give people a good impression.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang looked up and found a giant poster at the entrance of the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House. The content on the poster was simple but very explosive:
"Auction Preview! On the last day of this month, Heaven Dou Grand Auction House's finale auction item! Can directly improve the spirit power of Spirit Masters, so stay tuned!"
The poster did not specify what exactly this auction item that could improve spirit power was. And the fact that it was scheduled for the most important last day of the month was enough to show its importance. The sense of anticipation was full. There were very few things that could directly improve spirit power. This kind of thing was enough to attract many Spirit Masters. Therefore, even though this poster had been released for several days, people still stopped to watch it from time to time.
Yu Xiaogang gently shook his head. This kind of thing must be very valuable, and he was very poor now. He didn't have any money and couldn't even afford to eat. He wouldn't consider it for the time being.
The most important thing right now was to find Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then go to Flender to ask for something to eat. Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang suddenly froze. Because he realized he didn't know where Heaven Dou Royal Academy was. Since entering the city, he had been wandering around aimlessly with Tang San.
Thinking of this problem, he quickly directed Tang San to ask someone for directions.
Then Yu Xiaogang received a piece of information that almost made him collapse: "Heaven Dou Royal Academy is not in Heaven Dou City!" It was outside the city, and still a distance from there.
After hearing this, Yu Xiaogang felt like the sky had fallen. But he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take Tang San out of the city toward the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
The journey that originally shouldn't have taken long ended up taking the two of them half a day. It wasn't until dusk that they finally arrived at the gate of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
"Where did the beggars come from? Is this a place you can come to?" Before Yu Xiaogang could even stand firm, there were two scolding voices. "Get out of here!"
Yu Xiaogang's hopeful, grinning mouth suddenly tightened. He saw several people who looked like students staring at him and Tang San with mocking faces. Tang San also frowned slightly. Were the people of this Heaven Dou Royal Academy so uneducated?
Although Yu Xiaogang was very angry, he and Tang San looked like beggars right now, so it was indeed easy to be misunderstood. He squeezed out a stiff smile and stepped forward to explain, "I'm a teacher at Shrek Academy, and this is my disciple. Heaven Dou Royal Academy invited us here. Please let someone know."
It was very polite for Yu Xiaogang to say such a thing. This was also because he considered that the students here were all from noble families with deep backgrounds, which is why he spoke so carefully.
"Hahahahahaha!"
"Shrek Academy's?"
"Are you kidding me?"
Who would have thought that as soon as Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, a burst of undisguised laughter came from the front. Everyone at Heaven Dou Royal Academy knew that a few people from Shrek Academy had arrived a few days ago. And they were all very powerful. They had even been warmly received by the Education Committee. Therefore, the two people in front of them were obviously fakes!
"Get out of here, get out of here!"
"Don't even look at the time to cheat for food and drink!"
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San hadn't even reacted yet and were directly kicked out by everyone.
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