Just as Yuwen Tuo was wholeheartedly purifying the Spirit Gold.
Inside the top-tier Auction House, under the hosting of Princess Jiujiu, one auctioned item after another was successfully bid upon.
The first item, an Eight-tier Soul Tool, the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade, was acquired by Dai Yueheng for over a million.
The second item, twelve sets of Fixed-Soul Artillery Shells, were acquired by Zhou Yi in the name of Shrek Academy for 650,000.
The prices of the preceding items hovered around 600,000 to a million.
Xiao Xiao was also diligently taking notes, but unfortunately, most buyers chose to hide their identities. She could only record which item was bought by the occupant of which VIP box number.
It wasn't until the last two items that prices began to soar abruptly.
The penultimate item was a 50,000-year Ice Jade Scorpion left arm Soul Bone, a powerful Soul Bone imbued with the might of Ultimate Ice. Its Soul Skill was solidified, meaning no matter who absorbed it, they would gain the most powerful ice-attribute attack Soul Skill, Ice Burst Technique.
Overall, the value of this Soul Bone was not much inferior to a 100,000-year Soul Bone.
Unfortunately, this Soul Bone could only be absorbed by an Ultimate Ice Soul Master. This time, the Ice Empress did not remind Huo Yuhao, so he did not intervene in this auction.
Although the Heavenly Dream Iceworm deeply loved the Ice Empress, the Ice Empress did not return its affection and had not interacted much with it. Even the Heavenly Dream Iceworm's understanding of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan was merely superficial.
Ultimately, this top-tier Soul Bone was acquired by VIP Box Number Two for a hefty price of 30 million.
This was more than three times the price of Wang Dong's Golden Earth Dragon King left arm Soul Bone. The Ultimate Attribute truly made its price ultimate.
The final, climactic auction item caused a sensation throughout the entire venue.
It was a 100,000-year Soul Beast embryo. If successfully absorbed, one could not only immediately gain a 100,000-year Soul Ring and a 100,000-year Soul Bone, but also have a chance to directly absorb the Soul Beast's spirit from the embryo as their second Martial Soul during the absorption process.
In other words, it was equivalent to creating a Twin Martial Soul.
Such an opportunity, how could any force with even a little foundation possibly want to miss it?
Bidding immediately began wildly below the stage, and soon, the price soared past 100 million.
Zhou Yi and Gongchang Long pounded their chests in frustration. They hadn't brought enough money! The price of this Soul Beast embryo had already far exceeded their limit. Even if Dai Yueheng immediately went home to fetch more, it would be too late. By the time he made a round trip, the dust would have long settled.
"Alright, alright, if we can't buy it, then so be it. This embryo might not even be that powerful; all these descriptions are just the auction house's unilateral claims. The specific details are still unclear. This bid, in fact, is calculated assuming successful fusion into a second Martial Soul. What if the fusion fails? Who knows, even the 100,000-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone might go to waste. So, let's just enjoy the show," Ma Xiaotao, as the team leader, comforted everyone.
Now, they could only comfort themselves in this manner.
"150 million Gold Soul Coins!" Inside VIP Room Number Two, Xiao Hongchen stood before the Soul Tool screen, his fists clenched. "This time, I'd like to see who dares to compete with me."
Ma Rulong said in a deep voice, "Is it really worth spending so much money at once?"
Xiao Hongchen's emotions, influenced by the 100,000-year Soul Beast embryo, had become extremely excited. He spoke without thinking, "Of course it's worth it. Brother Ma, don't worry about this. I'm not spending the academy's money; I have my own funds for this purchase. As long as I obtain this supreme treasure, I can possess a 100,000-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and even a Twin Martial Soul. Such an opportunity is rare and hard to come by. How could I let it slip away when I've encountered it?"
He was extremely agitated now. What Ma Xiaotao, what Yuwen Tuo, what Huo Yuhao—in the future, they would all be trampled under his feet.
If Yuwen Tuo were to become one of them, perhaps in five years, he could ride on his coattails and together win a championship honor in the Soul Master Competition.
"Damn it." Inside VIP Room Number Three, Long Aotian furiously slammed his fist, shattering the table in front of him. He had brought a lot of money, and with what Wina had, it was over 100 million. Yet, he still couldn't win.
His main purpose for coming here was to take Huo Yuhao and Yuwen Tuo. Who could have known that the Starlight Auction House would auction such a heavy treasure?
"Mr. Lang Ya, please go and investigate who is inside VIP Box Number Two. Both the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and the Soul Beast embryo were bought by them. To possess such financial power, they absolutely cannot be an ordinary force. If it's another force, that's fine, but if it's the Sun Moon Empire, then we're in trouble," Wina said.
The other three kingdoms were well aware of the Sun Moon Empire's ambitions.
Furthermore, the Sun Moon Empire's strength already surpassed any single kingdom, and their research in Soul Tools was unrivaled. They absolutely could not allow their Soul Master strength to also soar, otherwise, in the future, they might truly be unstoppable.
"Yes, Miss!" Lang Ya immediately accepted the order to investigate.
Yuwen Tuo paid no mind to the drama at the Auction House. His Spirit Gold had already been purified.
Yuwen Tuo placed the Spirit Gold on his forehead. The next moment, the Xuanyuan Sword soul within his Spiritual Sea sensed the Spirit Gold's energy and directly absorbed the Spirit Gold into his Spiritual Sea.
Yuwen Tuo immediately operated the Ghost Valley Sect's method for condensing spiritual power, infusing the vast life force of the Spirit Gold into his entire Spiritual Sea, causing his Spiritual Sea to expand twofold in one go.
Since his Martial Soul was his soul, the expansion of his Spiritual Sea meant the strengthening of the Xuanyuan Sword.
Not only that, Yuwen Tuo successfully opened a second Spiritual Sea on his own, utilizing the Divine Flame Dao cultivation method, and with the power of the Spirit Gold, condensed a fiery red new Spiritual Sea.
The Ice Empress jolted awake from her slumber. In that very instant, she discovered that her previously depleted spiritual power had been replenished in one go.
Looking at the Spirit Gold floating beside the Xuanyuan Sword above the Spiritual Sea, the Ice Empress exclaimed in shock, "Little Tuo, what is this?"
"This is Spirit Gold," Yuwen Tuo explained the wondrous uses of Spirit Gold to the Ice Empress.
The Ice Empress was excited upon hearing this. "Opening a second Spiritual Sea, and as long as the Spiritual Sea is not destroyed, it can heal the entire body? Good, good indeed, Spirit Gold. Little Tuo, this means we can..."
Yuwen Tuo nodded, "I can now use my second Spiritual Sea to revive you once without cost, and it will be you at your peak. The duration will be about half an hour!"
With the Spirit Gold present, as long as Yuwen Tuo didn't continuously summon the Ice Empress in a short period, the Spirit Gold would be entirely sufficient to protect his main Spiritual Sea from any impact. It didn't matter if the power of the second Spiritual Sea was completely depleted; as time passed, the Spirit Gold would gradually restore his second Spiritual Sea, and once fully restored, he could continue to summon her.
This was the goal Yuwen Tuo had been striving for in the past few days. Now, he essentially carried a 400,000-year Ferocious Beast bodyguard with him.
As for how long he needed to wait between each summon, Yuwen Tuo himself wasn't sure, as he hadn't tested it yet.
He also didn't plan to try it out first. Such a thing, of course, was to be saved for a critical moment to save his life.
At this moment, Yuwen Tuo was finally no longer a rootless wanderer; he also had a powerful backing.
And soon after, he was going to use this backing to plan the demise of one particular fellow from Shrek Academy! As his first "gift" to thank them for taking care of him for seven years!
He believed that Mu En would be very excited when he received the gift.
Because the child they had poured all their efforts into "nurturing" for seven years had finally achieved something great!
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