Chapter 184 Level 7 Soul Guidance Device, Illusionary Spirit Mask.
Audu Auction House.
The auction house's entrance was semi-circular, and like the rest of the building, it was milky white. Four tall, slender girls stood before the entrance.
These girls had clearly been carefully selected; not only were they all around 1.75 meters tall, but their figures were also extremely well-proportioned. While not stunning beauties, their attractive appearances were still quite appealing. They looked to be no more than twenty years old.
They wore floor-length dresses that covered even their arms, revealing no excess skin, yet the dresses were very form-fitting, perfectly outlining their graceful curves.
Seeing Wu Xuan walk straight towards them, one of the four girls stepped forward three paces, bowed slightly, and said, "Esteemed guest, is there anything I can help you with?"
Wu Xuan said, "I need to purchase some high-level soul guidance devices. Please show me the way."
The girl was somewhat taken aback. Although she didn't look down on Wu Xuan because of his age, she had never seen such a young customer wanting to buy high-level soul guidance devices before. The young woman spoke, "Sir, may I ask what your approximate budget is?"
Wu Xuan frowned slightly. "What? Is it so troublesome to buy something at your Aodu Auction House?"
Sensing the displeasure in Wu Xuan's voice, the young woman quickly explained, "Sir, you misunderstand. It's mainly because you are too young and accomplished, and we cannot accurately assess you. For guests like you, our Aodu Chamber of Commerce has several different levels of reception standards, with the entry threshold being one thousand gold soul coins. That is to say, you need at least one thousand gold soul coins in cash as proof to be received by our Aodu Chamber of Commerce. This is to provide better service to customers at all levels."
Upon hearing this, Wu Xuan pointed to the storage soul tool on his wrist, revealing more than twenty gold cards with a casual gesture.
Each gold soul coin savings card can store up to ten thousand gold soul coins, and Wu Xuan's ability to casually pull out more than twenty was enough to demonstrate his substantial assets.
The girl's eyes lit up, and she quickly gestured for him to follow her. "Please follow me, guest," she said, taking small steps towards the auction hall.
Entering the auction hall, he found it lacking in opulence. The floor was milky-white marble, and the walls were decorated with various soul tools. While the lighting soul tools weren't particularly colorful, they were simple, bright, and extremely elegant.
Besides the lighting, there were display cases built into the walls, showcasing various strange soul tools. If Wu Xuan hadn't known what this place was for, he might have mistaken it for a soul tool museum.
The girl leading the way was very professional, pausing every ten steps or so to gesture for him to follow, accurately indicating the direction. She led Wu Xuan to a room next to the hall, a room marked "Reception Room."
A moment later, a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who appeared to be in charge, pushed open the door and entered.
"Esteemed guest, I am the manager of the Aodu Auction House. May I ask what you require?" Wu Xuan put down his teacup and said calmly, "I'll get straight to the point. Manager, I need an auxiliary soul tool that can conceal one's face at least at level six, and a high-age secret technique soul bone with fusion properties. Ideally, it should be from a lion or eagle-type soul beast."
"Please wait a moment, sir. I will arrange it immediately. Our Aodu Chamber of Commerce is absolutely honest and trustworthy. However, I cannot ascertain the quality of the secret technique soul bones in our inventory. I will retrieve them first to see if they meet your expectations before making a decision," the middle-aged man said respectfully.
"Hmm! As long as they meet my expectations, price is not a problem," Wu Xuan said calmly, taking a sip of tea.
The middle-aged manager's expression brightened slightly, and he quickly left the reception room.
Secret technique soul bones were first developed by the Sun Moon Empire. Because the soul beast resources in the Sun Moon Empire were far inferior to those in the original Douluo Continent, it was difficult to obtain such high-quality soul bones. The secret soul bone was born from this.
The middle-aged steward returned less than a quarter of an hour later. When he came to the VIP room again, the girl who had led the way earlier entered with him, carrying a tray with two sealed metal boxes and an invitation.
The middle-aged manager personally opened one of the metal boxes, revealing a transparent white film in Wu Xuan's vision. The film was as thin as paper, with what appeared to be liquid flowing within it.
"Please look, sir. This is a level seven soul tool, the Phantom Mask. This soul tool is crafted from the head core of a ten-thousand-year-old Phantom Fox and various rare metals. Its greatest function, qualifying it as a level seven soul tool, is to alter the appearance of a person's head. Before wearing it, one simply imagines the desired appearance in their mental sea, and the transformation will occur instantly upon wearing it. Even a Title Douluo-level expert wouldn't be able to detect the change."
"However, this soul tool also has drawbacks. It is extremely mentally taxing, making it difficult for ordinary people to use other auxiliary soul tools after wearing it. Furthermore, it cannot conceal one's aura; anyone familiar with the person can easily detect it by their presence."
"These are the advantages and disadvantages of the Phantom Mask. A fixed price: 600,000 gold soul coins. What do you think, sir?" The middle-aged manager looked at Wu Xuan with slight trepidation. This soul tool was truly useless; it had been sitting in their Auction House for over two years. He was only introducing it to Wu Xuan to try his luck; if that didn't work, he had another level-six soul tool to recommend.
"Excellent! I'll take this soul tool." Wu Xuan took out six gold cards, each worth 100,000, and handed them to the manager, then immediately put away the metal box.
The middle-aged manager was overjoyed upon receiving the gold cards.
He then eagerly opened another metal box beside him, and a small soul bone appeared before Wu Xuan's eyes.
"Please look, sir. This is a left leg bone of a Mystic Soul. As you likely know, Mystic Soul Bones are obtained by killing one hundred of any kind of spirit beast within half an hour, and then using a secret technique to activate it—there's a ten percent chance of obtaining one."
"This particular Mystic Soul left leg bone comes from a spirit beast called the Golden Lion. Compared to traditional soul bones, Mystic Soul Bones have limitations. The accompanying soul skill is always a basic amplification skill. I believe you are aware of this."
"The soul skill attached to this bone is soul power amplification, with an amplification effect of approximately ten percent."
Upon hearing only ten percent, Wu Xuan was immediately disappointed. During the two years he studied under Elder Mu, Elder Mu had explained the basic information about Mystic Soul Bones to him in detail.
Just as the middle-aged manager had said, Mystic Soul Bones are far inferior in quality to soul bones obtained through normal hunting methods, even compared to the most common hundred-year-old soul bones.
The soul skills attached to a secret technique soul bone are only amplification-type soul skills, similar to increases in strength, attack, defense, speed, and soul power.
Such soul skills are extremely common. Whether a user possesses a weapon-type martial soul or a beast-type martial soul, many will add such an amplification-type soul skill that suits their martial soul when choosing their first soul ring.
For example, Qian Guming's first soul skill, Blazing Body, although a weapon-type martial soul, greatly enhances his flame intensity and defense, roughly by no less than 50%.
Taking Nanmen Yun'er as an example, her Jade Bird martial soul isn't a particularly top-tier beast-type martial soul; it only falls into the category of high-level martial souls. The age difference between their first soul rings isn't significant, but Nanmen Yun'er's first soul skill doesn't provide as much of an improvement as Qian Guming's.
With her arms transformed into jade blades, the speed increase is estimated to be only around 40%.
This illustrates the difference in advantages and disadvantages between top-tier and non-top-tier martial souls in terms of soul skills.
Therefore, it's clear that the quality of this secret technique soul bone's left leg bone is extremely low. The accompanying soul skill effect was roughly comparable to a ten-year soul skill. It fell far short of Wu Xuan's expectations.
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