"In the entire Heaven Dou Empire, are the people from the seven major sects the only ones that your Sacred Dragon Sect can fear?"
Suddenly, an extremely terrifying pressure was generated at the entrance of the hall, and a fishy smell enveloped the entire hall. Vaguely, one could see that the flower decorations placed on the screen wall of the hall were instantly corrupted and melted by the fishy smell.
The next moment, an old man with dark green hair and his hands behind his back slowly walked in from the entrance of the hall.
Everyone's eyes were on the old man with dark green hair. When Lu Buliang looked at the old man, the old man's figure flickered like an illusion. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in the aisle near his seat and then walked slowly towards the central podium.
Dugu Bo? Lu Buliang was secretly surprised. Dugu Bo had come to the academy to visit Dugu Yan before, so he had seen Dugu Bo and had also experienced the sense of oppression emanating from Dugu Bo. The invisible pressure that filled the hall at this moment was released from Dugu Bo.
After a moment's silence, Lu Buliang suddenly realized that he had caught up with the plot where Dugu Bo obtained the Ruyi Treasure Bag, so Dugu Bo appeared here.
However, except for Lu Buliang and Ye Lingling, no one present seemed to know that the old man with dark green hair who suddenly walked into the auction hall was the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
Even Tuoba Xiang, the former captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team, looked at Dugu Bo with a confused look on his face, as if he had never seen this old man before. Logically speaking, if Tuoba Xiang was in the same team as Dugu Yan, he should know Dugu Bo.
"Yanyan joined the academy after Yu Tianheng became the captain of the first team of Heaven Dou Royal Academy." Ye Lingling said: "When Tuoba Xiang was the former captain, Yanyan was not yet a student of the academy."
"Really? No wonder he doesn't know Dugu Bo." Lu Buliang's unwilling mood was finally relieved. If these two Ruyi Treasure Bags fell into Dugu Bo's hands, he would still have a chance to get them.
"I want to see what qualifications a Holy Dragon Sect has to act so arrogantly in the Heaven Dou Auction House." Dugu Bo's voice echoed in the hall, and this sentence was spoken to Tuoba Xiang.
Just now Tuoba Xiang said that no one from the seven major sects was present, so the Heaven Dou auction house is under the control of the Holy Dragon Sect.
The Holy Dragon Sect feared the seven major sects, but were they not afraid of Poison Douluo who lived in Heaven Dou City?
Dugu Bo wanted to see if the name of Poison Douluo could suppress the Holy Dragon Sect.
Seeing the old man with dark green hair walking towards him step by step, Tuoba Xiang was trembling all over. He didn't know Dugu Bo, but he could feel the intimidating aura Dugu Bo exuded. His eyes were full of fear and confusion.
"Long, Uncle Long. Come on, help me teach that old man a lesson. He, he wants to hit me!" Tuoba Xiang was about to seek help from the strong man in white armor who came with him, but he found that even the strong man in white armor who was a Soul Saint looked guilty and panicked.
There were still some people in the entire hall who knew what was good. This sturdy man in white armor had never seen Dugu Bo, but he had heard of Dugu Bo's name. His every move could exude an aura that would scare even a Soul Saint. His strength might have reached the level of a Titled Douluo.
The smell caused the flowers decorating the screen walls everywhere to wither and decay instantly. The only Titled Douluo who could have such a poisonous smell was the Poison Douluo.
Dugu Bo walked to the front of the stage and looked at Tuoba Xiang indifferently. His cold and deep gaze fell on Tuoba Xiang, as if a giant python tightly wrapped around Tuoba Xiang's body, making him feel suffocated.
Tuoba Xiang stared at the dark green-haired old man in front of him, the fear in his heart revealed on his face without reservation. He was horrified, twitching, and his face showed all kinds of uncontrollable expressions due to fear.
Seeing his patriarch's grandson being frightened and suppressed like this, the strong man in white armor did not dare to move at all. He was stunned for a while before he stood up and showed the most respectful etiquette to Dugu Bo, saying guiltily: "I guess you are the Poison Douluo. I, Tuoba Long, have heard of your name for a long time."
Dugu Bo glanced at the white-armored sturdy man and said coldly: "I heard you want to teach me a lesson?"
Hearing these words, the sturdy man in white armor felt as if thunder had exploded above his head, and was so frightened that his entire body felt like it was about to fall apart.
Tuoba Xiang's legs went weak and he was so frightened by the question that he fell to the ground. In Dugu Bo's cold green eyes, he seemed to see himself being torn apart by the voice.
A fierce aura echoed in the hall along with the voice, and the faces of everyone present changed drastically. No one expected that this unkempt old man with dark green hair would be one of the top powerhouse in the continent today, the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo looked at the host who was trembling at the edge of the stage and said coldly, "Seven hundred and twenty thousand gold soul coins."
The host then realized that Dugu Bo was talking about raising the price, and that this Titled Douluo His Excellency also wanted to bid for the two Ruyi Treasure Bags.
"Your Excellency, please don't joke with me. If you like it, just take it." The host said timidly, "We will report the situation to the owner of this item."
"The auction house has its own rules." Dugu Bo stared at the host with cold eyes, "Do you want me to break the rules and ruin your reputation?"
"No. I don't want to." The host walked to the stage tremblingly, picked up the auction hammer with shaking hands, and shouted to everyone in the hall in a trembling voice: "Seven hundred and twenty thousand gold soul coins. Is there anyone who wants to bid more?"
Including Lü Buliang, everyone looked panic-stricken. Let alone raising the price, under the pressure of this Titled Douluo, how many people could easily move their bodies, and how many people could resist the suppression of the Titled Douluo's aura?
"Seven hundred and twenty thousand gold soul coins once."
"Twice."
"Three times."
"Sold!"
There was a dull thud of an auction hammer hitting the table on the podium, followed by a loud bang, which made Tuoba Xiang, who was sitting in front of the podium, tremble all over. A hot current flowed from his lower body, and he was completely numb with fear.
Dugu Bo reached into the transparent box placed on the stage and took out two Ruyi treasure bags. He glanced at Tuoba Xiang and then looked towards Lu Buliang's position.
When he walked into the auction hall, he happened to see Lü Buliang and Tuoba Xiang fighting for the two Ruyi Treasure Bags. It seemed that there were two young people in the hall who knew what was good.
Ye Lingling stood up and bowed slightly to Dugu Bo, "Hello, senior."
As a comrade-in-arms of Dugu Yan and possessing the magical martial spirit of Nine-Hearted Begonia, Dugu Bo naturally paid attention to Ye Lingling and knew that she was the teammate of his granddaughter Dugu Yan.
After nodding slightly to Ye Lingling as a sign of respect for the elder, Dugu Bo's gaze fell on Lü Buliang again. He handed the two Ruyi Baibao Bags in his hands to Lü Buliang and said indifferently, "Do you also want to bid for these two soul guides?"
Lü Buliang endured Dugu Bo's pressure and nodded with difficulty, "I want to."
Dugu Bo sneered, "Dream on, kid."
As the voice fell, the suffocating pressure in the hall disappeared, and Dugu Bo's figure disappeared from everyone's sight. Everything returned to calm. Everyone fell asleep in their seats the moment Dugu Bo left, as if they had escaped from the gates of hell.
No longer affected by Dugu Bo's pressure, Lu Buliang's ugly expression improved a little. He let out a long sigh of relief, gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. The feeling of being suppressed by others was too painful, and he never wanted to be suppressed like this again.
Becoming stronger, becoming stronger than anyone else, this is Lu Buliang's only obsession now.
Noon.
When Lu Buliang and Ye Lingling walked out of the auction house, many unexpected things happened, although they did not get the Ruyi Treasure Bag or other soul guides for storing living things.
But Lu Buliang used 60,000 gold soul coins to bid for a well-made ring soul guide.
This ring soul guide can only store inanimate objects, but it has a huge storage space.
In addition, Lu Buliang also bought a lot of anti-toxic protective gear, antidotes, etc. These things will definitely come in handy after entering the Sunset Forest.
After leaving the auction house, Lu Buliang and Ye Lingling took off their masks. Lu Buliang put the black mask into the silver ring soul guide on his left index finger, and then put the two anti-poison pills given by Dugu Yan and the gold card given by Xue Qinghe into the ring.
Halfway through the journey, Lu Buliang suddenly stopped and sighed. This experience at the auction made him truly realize what it meant to put strength first.
Lu Buliang swore that he would practice hard in the future, seize every opportunity, and reach Titled Douluo as soon as possible.
He also wanted to experience the feeling of Dugu Bo being able to scare everyone with just the name of Poison Douluo.
"What's wrong?" Ye Lingling asked.
"It's okay." Lu Buliang smiled, "Let's go to the flower shop to pick up the goods. Then we will go back to the academy to practice. Thank you so much today, Lingling, you helped me a lot."
Hearing these words, Ye Lingling's depressed heart due to not being able to help Lu Buliang suddenly relaxed. Her pretty face turned slightly red and she smiled and shook her head.
"Junior brother, what a pity. We didn't get the Ruyi Treasure Bag." A sudden voice sounded beside him, interrupting the conversation between Lu Buliang and Ye Lingling. "A commoner is using the 300,000 gold soul coins given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to flirt with noble girls, and even makes the noble girls willing to spend money on you. You are really amazing."
The person who spoke was Tuoba Xiang who walked out of the auction house.
"Lingling, long time no see." Tuoba Xiang ran to Ye Lingling and asked with concern: "How have you been recently?"
"It's okay. There's no need for you to worry about me, senior brother." After saying that, Ye Lingling left first.
Lu Buliang followed Ye Lingling without asking about the grudge between her and Tuoba Xiang. He knew without asking that the senior brother should be Ye Lingling's suitor, and Ye Lingling did not agree to him.
"——"
In Heaven Dou City, Dugu Bo's family.
After leaving the academy and returning home, Dugu Yan originally wanted to give her grandfather a surprise so she didn't tell him that she was going home today. But when she got home, she found that her grandfather was not there and it was a wasted trip.
Just as she was about to leave, Dugu Bo's figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Grandpa." After a surprised shout, Dugu Yan threw herself into Dugu Bo's arms.
Dugu Bo hugged his granddaughter whom he hadn't seen for many days and laughed, "Yanyan, why didn't you tell me you were back? Grandpa was just about to go to the academy to look for you."
"You're trying to lie to me again!" Dugu Yan pushed Dugu Bo away and shouted angrily, "Except when Prince Xuexing troubled you, you would never take the initiative to come to the academy to find me! Moreover, you must have felt that I disturbed your practice at home, so you sent me to the academy!"
"How could that be?" Dugu Bo argued, "Grandpa sent you to the academy in the hope that you could make more friends during your training. Don't be like grandpa, who doesn't even have a friend worth confiding when he's old. That would be very lonely."
Dugu Yan crossed her arms across her chest, she was sulking and ignored Dugu Bo.
"Oh, right. Yanyan, do you remember the agreement we made two years ago? You were naughty and played with Grandpa's soul guide ring, and Grandpa got angry and scolded you. At that time, Grandpa promised to find you the best soul guide in the world. Now I have found it."
After hearing Dugu Bo talking about the agreement made two years ago, Dugu Yan finally calmed down, "Grandpa, I see you still remember this agreement."
"Of course, when has grandpa ever cheated Yanyan?" As he spoke, two more magic bags appeared in Dugu Bo's hands.
These two magic bags were exactly what he won at the auction this morning. There were two in total, one blue and the other green, both of which had the function of storing living things.
"These two soul guides are called Ruyi Treasure Bags, which can store living things. With them, you can raise some poisonous things and store them in them like grandpa did. You can take them out when you need to refine poison."
"Ruyi treasure bag?" Dugu Yan was stunned for a moment, and looked at the two different colored brocade bags in Dugu Bo's hands, thinking, isn't the living creature storage soul guide that Lü Buliang wanted before called a ruyi treasure bag?
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