A few days later, night, Star Luo City.
In the hotel adjacent to the Starlight Auction House, a hotel dedicated to serving it, Long Xiaoyao and Wang Lin, shrouded in black robes, arrived at the hotel's top floor led by a woman in a black dress.
The woman in the black dress looked about thirty years old, with a graceful and beautiful appearance. As she walked ahead, her body swayed naturally. Under the black long dress, the fully mature curves of the woman's body were faintly discernible, gentle and elegant.
"Two esteemed guests, this is your room. Can the soul bone be appraised now?" The woman stopped in front of a room, turned, and spoke, a faint smile playing on her face.
"It's late. Arrange for your most senior appraiser to come tomorrow morning. I have something else that needs appraisal."
A hoarse voice rang out. Under the black robe, faint golden patterns flashed across Wang Lin's skin. The aura of a Titled Douluo was released.
"Yes, Your Excellency." The woman's expression tightened, and the subtle smile on her face turned into flattery.
"Go back for now. Don't come to disturb us if there's no business tonight." Wang Lin said casually. The woman hurriedly offered the room card.
Taking the room card and dismissing the woman, Wang Lin and Long Xiaoyao entered the suite prepared by the auction house.
Click!
Closing the door, Wang Lin immediately took off his black robe. The golden patterns on his skin flashed once, and his figure transformed, changing back from Yanzu to himself.
"I'm going out for a stroll and to see a few old friends. Stay put here." Long Xiaoyao did not take off his black robe but spoke.
"Okay, Master." Wang Lin nodded. The old Black Dragon leaped two steps, jumped directly out of the suite window, and disappeared into the darkness.
With the old Black Dragon gone, Wang Lin simply examined the suite specially prepared for them by the Starlight Auction House.
One must know that due to the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition being held in Star Luo City, the inns and hotels in the city were almost all fully booked at this moment.
Wang Lin had merely shown the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and the Starlight Auction House had immediately prepared a suite for him.
The suite was not small. Both the large master and smaller secondary bedrooms had separate bathrooms and toilets. There was even a dedicated reception room, and the suite's decorations were luxurious.
Such a suite would cost thousands of Gold Soul Coins per night in Star Luo City. It seemed Wang Lin had underestimated the value of a ten-thousand-year soul bone.
Without looking further, Wang Lin walked straight into the secondary bedroom, closed the door, and sat down on the soft sofa. Invisible mental power permeated from his body.
It swept over every corner of the room. After confirming there were no issues, he sat up straight.
Swish!
A faint azure light lit up between his eyebrows. The Staff of Life immediately appeared in Wang Lin's hand. Soul power drilled into the staff, and Wang Lin spoke.
"Elder Yi, Elder Yi."
As if hearing Wang Lin's call, the Staff of Life in his hand immediately flew out, floating in the very center of the room. It emitted a dazzling azure light. The azure light shone on every corner of the room.
A phantom white figure slowly flew out from the Staff of Life and solidified. Wang Lin watched this scene without surprise, shaking his head helplessly.
He didn't know why, but this Elder Yi of his always gave him the feeling of an old child. When there were no outsiders around, he would let loose.
It was better this time. The last time he called out to Elder Yi in the dormitory, the old man first tossed out a human skull taller than him, and then climbed out of the eye socket of the skull.
It scared Wang Lin half to death, and then the old man even mocked him for being timid.
"What is it, Little Linzi?"
Electrolux's aged voice rang out. The Staff of Life flew back into Wang Lin's hand.
"Didn't I ask you last time to help tamper with the soul beast embryo?"
Wang Lin said, taking out the God Sealing Platform from his storage soul tool.
The God Sealing Platform, inlaid with dense colorful gems, was placed on the coffee table. Electrolux's figure descended from mid-air, staring intently at the white airflow on the God Sealing Platform.
He extended a finger directly to point at the white airflow. The finger passed straight through the white airflow. The airflow trembled slightly.
"This creature's heart is filled with hatred. Once the seal is opened, it will detonate all its power." Elder Yi said, a thoughtful look appearing on his face. "Unless it is converted into an undead creature, or..."
"Or what?"
"The relationship between soul beasts and humans in this world is very peculiar. This old man has an immature idea, but no rush." Electrolux spoke, raised his hand, and pointed at the white airflow.
A strange gray magic array appeared between Electrolux's fingers. It floated toward the white airflow, passed through it, and slowly landed on the wooden tray beneath the airflow.
It submerged into the wooden tray and disappeared. Electrolux waved his hand, indicating it was done.
"As soon as this God Sealing Platform is unsealed, the power I left behind will instantly suppress that airflow, and then forcefully pull it, along with the God Sealing Platform, into the Undead Demiplane. Does that meet your request, Little Linzi?"
"It meets it, it meets it." Wang Lin nodded like a pecking chicken, clearly very satisfied.
It was only after confirming that Elder Yi could fulfill his request that Wang Lin decided to sell the soul beast embryo. Anyway, with the back-and-forth, he could get one hundred and fifty million for free, and the embryo would still be his. Why not?
Otherwise, Wang Lin would be out of his mind to sell the Snow Empress embryo. He was already passively standing on the opposite side of Huo Yuhao.
If he still let the Snow Empress embryo fall into Huo Yuhao's hands as in the original work, wouldn't Wang Lin be an idiot!?
Moreover, he could only sell it as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo. It was the continent's consensus that soul beasts could only transform into human form after reaching a hundred thousand years of cultivation. Even Long Xiaoyao believed he had captured an embryo of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast undergoing rebirth.
Wang Lin could not expose the Snow Empress embryo. Whether people believed him was one thing; the key was fearing that someone would believe him.
The Snow Empress, the leader of the Three Great Kings of the Far North, a top-tier soul beast with nearly seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, had transformed into an embryo. If that news got out, the auction would turn into a massive brawl.
"Elder Yi, can you help me check this bone?" Putting away the God Sealing Platform, Wang Lin took out the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone from his storage soul tool.
"Is this a soul bone?" Electrolux looked at the emerald green left arm bone permeated with a faint white mist and became interested.
He immediately reached out to take it. Before he even touched the soul bone, just his proximity caused the faint white mist permeating the soul bone to quickly converge, disappearing into the soul bone.
"Interesting." Electrolux grabbed the soul bone, raised his hand, and beckoned the Staff of Life in Wang Lin's hand. It immediately flew to his hand.
Click!
The Staff of Life gently tapped the soul bone. The faint white mist that had previously converged quickly surged out from the soul bone, gradually forming a small scorpion.
The small scorpion, controlled by Electrolux, jumped off the soul bone and landed on the coffee table.
"Is this the remnant soul of an Ice Jade Scorpion?"
"Exactly. It's quite interesting." Electrolux nodded. Wang Lin looked at the small scorpion and suddenly realized something. He hurriedly spoke: "Elder Yi, can you let me look at the soul bone?"