As the Level 8 soul-guided cannon was bought by a big spender for seven million gold soul coins, the auction entered the phase of its grand finale items.
At this point, the auction was no longer just a normal auction.
In the original story, the concluding and grand finale items were a seventy-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Ice Explosion Soul Bone and the hundred-thousand-year Snow Empress Fierce Beasts embryo, respectively.
The Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone was used to win over Huo Yuhao, while the Snow Empress embryo was meant to give the Mingde Hall something to do, attempting to slow down their steps towards war.
This already belonged to strategy; it was no longer a simple auction.
Even in this world, the Star Luo Empire would likely still proceed with their original plan.
The only difference was that the two auction items would change.
Without Huo Yuhao, an ultimate ice-attribute Soul Master, the Star Luo Empire would most likely not bring out the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone from the original story, because there were no ice-attribute Soul Masters present worth winning over.
The only remaining question was what the Star Luo Empire would bring out to attract the attention of Mingde Hall, to lure Xiao Hongchen, that chuunibyou youth, into their trap.
And indeed, it was just as Lin Yun had expected.
On the soul-guidance screen, Xu Jiujiu's graceful and delicate figure reappeared, bearing a dignified and elegant smile, holding a pale golden soul bone in her hands.
It was a right leg bone, extremely complete in appearance, showing no flaws, and of very high quality. The surface of the soul bone also had faint dragon scale patterns, which served as proof of its identity as a dragon-type soul bone.
"Oh? Golden Earth Dragon?" Ice Empress's slightly surprised voice rang out.
On the screen, Xu Jiujiu began to introduce this soul bone.
"Distinguished guests, this is the grand finale item of tonight's auction. Its name is the Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone." Xu Jiujiu smiled.
The Golden Earth Dragon, a top-tier among the sub-dragon species, possessed a pure yet diluted Golden Dragon bloodline. For all dragon-type Soul Masters, it could almost be called a priceless treasure, rarely encountered.
Moreover, this Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone was unlike the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion in the original story, which was exclusively beneficial to light-attribute Soul Masters.
It was power-type; any dragon-type Soul Master who absorbed it would gain the greatest benefits. The significant increase in physical attributes and strength was secondary; the Golden Dragon bloodline contained within the soul bone was the main point.
Even if diluted, pure Golden Dragon bloodline was still Golden Dragon bloodline. There was a high probability it could help them evolve their martial souls!
"And the age of this soul bone is—"
"Eighty thousand years!"
Eighty thousand years, Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone! No, if it was this old, calling it the Golden Earth Dragon King Right Leg Bone would be more appropriate.
Among the three dragon-type Soul Masters in the private box, aside from Lin Yun, Beibei and Wu Feng's faces visibly flushed red, their eyes filled with desire and possessiveness as they looked at this soul bone.
It was a good thing Gongyang Mo wasn't here, otherwise, with his Rainbow Dragon martial soul, he would be even more frantic than Beibei and Wu Feng.
The Rainbow Dragon Soul Master's body was inherently the most fragile among all dragon-type Soul Masters. His physical fitness was even worse than some Earth Dragon Soul Masters with diluted bloodlines, simply because the Rainbow Dragon was not adept at combat, but rather a support type.
This Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone would not only greatly compensate for his physical shortcomings but might even solve his habit of being a pushover.
If Gongyang Mo were truly here, he probably wouldn't hesitate even if it meant selling himself to Shrek for the rest of his life to acquire this soul bone.
This was an opportunity to defy destiny!
However, now the problem arises.
The Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone in the original story was explicitly priced at nine million five hundred thousand gold soul coins at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion. The price of this Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone would only be more outrageous, conservatively estimated to be upwards of forty to fifty million gold soul coins.
One must know that this was a soul bone with Golden Dragon bloodline. It was not just for dragon-type martial souls; even ordinary power-type martial souls could potentially evolve due to the Golden bloodline within the soul bone.
This meant its price would definitely be astronomical.
For Beibei, as Mu En's junior from the Sea God Pavilion, he could indeed request the academy's assistance to fund the purchase of this soul bone. However, Wang Yan, as the team leader, didn't have the authority to make that decision. Shrek Academy's credit card was undoubtedly with Wang Yan; would he dare to authorize spending half a small target's worth of gold soul coins to buy this soul bone for Beibei?
He wouldn't dare, unless Xian Lin'er, who was secretly present, was called out to guarantee it; otherwise, he had no right to make such a decision.
Wu Feng, on the other side, was in a similar situation.
The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect was wealthy, immensely wealthy, basically capable of treating money as nothing. But again, even if the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect wasn't short on money, they'd still have to consider if she was worthy of them throwing money at her.
Was Wu Feng, a Great Soul Master not even at the three-ring level, worth the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect spending a huge amount of gold soul coins to buy her a soul bone?
This definitely warranted a question mark.
Wu Feng herself didn't believe that Ning Tian would buy this soul bone for her. Even if Ning Tian did buy it, it would most likely be used to win over Lin Yun.
The originally somewhat antagonistic Beibei and Wu Feng both sighed deeply after realizing this problem.
Damn it, they couldn't afford it!
Sure enough, under Wu Feng's resentful gaze, Ning Tian immediately turned her head and asked Lin Yun if he was interested in this Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone. As she asked, she pulled out a dazzling Nine-Colored Glazed Supreme Card from her storage soul tool.
The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect's unlimited credit card!
At this moment, Ning Tian was so radiant, exuding the sweet scent of gold soul coins.
Indeed, a beautiful girl who is rich is the most charming.
However, it was unfortunate that Lin Yun had no interest in this soul bone. To others, this Golden Earth Dragon soul bone was a rare treasure, but to Lin Yun, such items were probably scattered everywhere in the Dragon Graveyard.
He already had divine-grade soul bones from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings for his left and right arms; would he still care for an eighty-thousand-year soul bone from a mere Earth Dragon species?
That would be purely ridiculous.
Although Ning Tian regretted that she couldn't spend money on Lin Yun, she still bought this soul bone. The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect wasn't short on money, and she naturally wouldn't let go of such a top-grade soul bone that could be acquired with gold soul coins.
The final price was similar to Lin Yun's estimate, over forty-six million gold soul coins, close to fifty million.
And this soul bone was probably eventually used by Wu Feng.
Beibei was sour; he was starting to lose his composure.
Such a good item didn't fall into his hands, and his distress was imaginable. If he could absorb this Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone, his light awakening would definitely be more stable.
But there was no 'if,' as could be seen from Xian Lin'er's constant absence.
She must have been nearby, but she didn't show herself, which meant that in Xian Lin'er's eyes, this soul bone was not worth it.
Beibei could only accept this outcome.
(End of Chapter)
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