radicalducati Chapter 138 The Three Wonders of Ice and Snow
Chapter 138 The Three Wonders of Ice and Snow
Chapter 136 The Three Wonders of Ice and Snow
It was at this time that Huo Yuhao gained a deeper understanding of money. He sighed to himself, "No wonder Teacher Wang Yan bought soul tools without batting an eye in his previous life, and didn't care about the price, only whether he needed them. Their wallets are truly bottomless."
"Thirty million gold soul coins!" The Shrek Academy's private room erupted in another bid, this time from the Gluttonous Douluo, who also represented Shrek. Judging from this attitude, they had decided to nurture Ling Luochen, grooming him into a respected elder.
"Fifty million gold soul coins!" Jing Hongchen said loudly, his voice so loud that all the low-level soul masters covered their ears, almost bleeding from the shock.
"Sixty million gold soul coins!" In another private room, Princess Vina sat calmly. She was also a twin martial soul master, one of her martial souls being the Snow Lotus, an ice-attribute martial soul. She was determined to obtain this Frost Trinity. Behind her was the support of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
Shrek Academy wouldn't keep raising prices for the sake of one academy. As for Jing Hongchen, she didn't know him, so it was hard to say.
"Grandpa, I don't want these three soul skills." As Jing Hongchen's granddaughter, Meng Hongchen naturally knew her grandfather's thoughts. But sixty million or even more gold soul coins—behind that lies six-sided tungsten steel, or even more rare metals. If they saved a little on materials, it would be a level nine soul tool.
Level 9 soul tools are strategic-level weapons; when used properly, they can change the course of a war. Soul skills, if used correctly, can also alter the course of a war by killing generals or vanguard soldiers. In comparison, soul skills only affect the individual, while soul tools can be used by anyone. Many level 9 soul tools have energy storage functions, so even an ordinary person can use them to some extent.
Meng Hongchen's meaning is simple: exchange the gold soul coins for rare metals, make cannonballs, and send them back. This is better than spending a high price to buy an ice attribute soul skill.
"Xiao Meng, don't worry about money. Grandpa's savings are bottomless." Jing Hongchen patted his granddaughter's shoulder and explained, "Grandpa has been in the martial world for so many years. Countless talents have tried to curry favor with me just to get a letter of recommendation. A few hundred million gold soul coins are nothing more than stars compared to the bright moon."
Big fish eat little fish, little fish eat shrimp. Where there are Soul Masters, there are social classes, and ordinary people are always the most pitiful. There are the poor, the sick, and the suffering. Many mortals exert all their strength, only to earn enough for three meals a day.
Even the most benevolent nobles in the imperial class of the four kingdoms accepted "tribute" from others and, under the protection of imperial laws, acquired a large amount of means of production. By possessing these, they possessed a great deal of social wealth.
They take every last penny, but use it like dirt.
When truly important figures are present, items that were previously meticulously valued are now being sold at unimaginable prices. The "Three Frost Wonders," items casually created by Huo Yuhao, have seen their value rise from ten million gold soul coins to ninety-five million gold soul coins, and are on the verge of breaking one hundred million.
Once the price reaches this point, it cannot be increased any further. Seeing that the price has reached its peak, Shrek Academy has withdrawn. Their academy has many elders, and Ling Luochen has stated that he will work hard to create a soul skill through his own efforts, so they did not continue to raise the price.
On Jing Hongchen's side, his eyes calmed down. He learned from Huo Yuhao who had been raising the price. After realizing that it wasn't the Star Luo Empire that could raise the price, he felt relieved. With a wave of his hand, the maid behind him placed a bid, and the auction price of the Three Wonders of Ice and Snow reached 100 million gold soul coins.
This price shocked all the major powers, including Xu Jiujiu, who was presiding over the auction. While self-created soul skills had been auctioned before, they were mostly fragmentary techniques, lacking a coherent system, and some were even inferior to ten-thousand-year soul skills. Normally, only soul masters from large families would come here to hunt for bargains; today, with so many powerful figures gathered, no one expected the auction price to reach nine figures.
The Starlight Auction House has sold items worth over nine figures before, but those items were mostly 100,000-year-old soul bones and development rights for some mineral veins. For a self-created soul skill to reach this price, it has already broken historical records.
"These old skinflint guys are really something else when they make a move." Huo Yuhao chuckled to himself. The higher the soul skill was activated, the more gold soul coins he would receive.
Princess Vina was also feeling the pressure. The Heavenly Soul Empire's money was all in the hands of various powerful families, whose influence was deeply entrenched, making it difficult to extract it. She could still compare prices up to one hundred million gold soul coins, but now, she was considering giving up.
Of the three nations in Douluo Continent, the Heavenly Soul Empire wasn't the strongest. Furthermore, recent news revealed that 40.8 billion gold soul coins had been misappropriated from their military budget, forcing the royal family to cover the shortfall themselves. Faced with this situation, Xu Jiujiu chose to withdraw.
"One hundred million gold soul coins at once!" Xu Jiujiu was shocked and smiled broadly. The high price of one hundred million gold soul coins brought the atmosphere of this auction to its peak. The commission from this auction alone was as high as 23.99 million. It was worth the effort of carefully crafting a story to beautify it.
"One hundred million gold coins twice!"
"One hundred million gold coins three times!"
With the third hammer blow, Huo Yuhao's self-created soul skill, woven from a set of rules from various 100,000-year soul skills, was auctioned off. When the three sheets of paper, still wet with ink, were handed to Jing Hongchen, his heart trembled slightly. One hundred million gold soul coins had just been spent.
Then he saw his beloved granddaughter's hopeful expression, and his heart softened again. He called her to his side and said kindly, "Xiao Meng, you'd better teach her a lesson this time and bring glory to our family."
The very first page describes how to fuse these three soul skills. The pale white flames burn, and the rules merge into Meng Hongchen's dantian, imprinting themselves on her martial soul, becoming a part of her power, which she then controls.
"The development of soul skills in Douluo Continent is truly profound. You can even teach self-created soul skills like this." Jing Hongchen exclaimed, removing his hand from his granddaughter's shoulder. He discovered that without any training or instruction, his granddaughter had already mastered three soul skills and reached the beginner level. This kind of skill was something he had never seen before in the Sun Moon Empire.
Actually, even those on the Douluo Continent side didn't know that this was a method Huo Yuhao devised after becoming a god, referencing the divinely bestowed soul rings and the secret techniques of the undead. Mortals couldn't understand it.
As the music ended, the Starlight Auction was halfway through. With the high price of 100 million gold soul coins, everyone's emotions were stirred, and they were looking forward to the next item.
Xu Jiujiu understood what everyone wanted. She clapped her hands, and the ninth girl took a few steps forward. A red silk ribbon fell down, revealing the item inside.
"The next two lots will be the highlights of today's auction, and I'm sure all of you will be very interested. Don't miss this opportunity! Some of these are rare finds, and you might not even be able to find another one like them on the mainland."
For example, our next auction item, the ninth one, is also a soul bone, but it's different from others. Please take a look!