Chapter 104 Electrolux is more important, Liu Yuan starts to have ideas.
The atmosphere in the auction room had reached its peak, fueled by the auctioneer's almost desperate encouragement.
The Snow Empress embryo within the Soul Guidance Shield emitted a faint blue halo, and every movement stirred the hearts of countless powerful individuals within the arena.
Vina turned her head, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she stared at Liu Yuan.
Her current mental state is very simple. As the princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire, she has the power to mobilize a huge amount of wealth, and what she wants to do most is to pile up the best resources in the world in front of Liu Yuan.
As long as she could see Liu Yuan nod or hear a word of praise from him, she could feel happy for a long time.
"Liu Yuan, you still haven't answered me. Should we bid on this 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo?" Vina asked again, her finger already on the bidding button.
However, to everyone's surprise, Liu Yuan stared at the icy blue light and shadow for a long time, but the desire in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by an extremely rational indifference.
He doesn't really have any strong ideas about the "Snow Emperor Embryo" at the moment.
The reason I say "at present" is because Liu Yuan is very clear that even if the Heavenly Soul Royal Family were to buy this thing and give it to him at any cost, it would be of no use in the short term.
In the traditional understanding of Soul Masters, the best way to obtain an embryo is to wait until one's cultivation reaches a bottleneck, then kill it and absorb its 100,000-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
However, Liu Yuan is extremely selective about his soul skills. Each of his soul rings must perfectly match and resonate with his double-pupil martial soul.
While Xue Di's ultimate ice attribute is indeed powerful, its overlap with his double pupil origin is not very high.
Even if he were to force his way to level 50 now, he would never waste this spot for a fifth spirit ring that wasn't a perfect match.
Moreover, Liu Yuan knew very well that to truly unleash the Snow Empress's value, it was not through short-sighted absorption, but by transforming her into a "soul spirit" or by using some kind of nurturing method to help the Snow Empress regain her full strength.
To achieve this goal, there is one person you absolutely cannot bypass—the Death Saint, the Undead Scourge, Elex.
Only someone like Electrolux, whose spiritual attainment transcends the limitations of the Douluo Continent plane, possesses the heaven-defying ability to separate souls and transform spirits.
However, the current reality is that Electrolux is currently residing in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea and has no nominal connection with him or Liu Yuan for the time being.
Liu Yuan sat in a chair, his fingers gently stroking the Soul-Devouring Blade he had just acquired.
Compared to the Snow Emperor embryo on the auction stage, which was priced at over 100 million, he was now more interested in the aged soul inside Huo Yuhao's body.
He had already used his financial power to seize the Gold of Life from Huo Yuhao. This meant that Huo Yuhao had lost the most important vessel for nurturing Electrolux's divine consciousness.
In the current timeline, Electrox's fragments of consciousness are in an extremely unstable "dangerous state," and could dissipate completely at any moment due to a lack of life force replenishment.
"Now that I have the Gold of Life, can I use it as leverage to 'poach' Electrolux from Huo Yuhao?"
Liu Yuan kept calculating in his mind.
Electrolux's awakening has not been long, and at this stage, the bond between him and Huo Yuhao is far from being one of life and death.
Electrolux needs vitality to survive and needs to rebuild his soul, things that Huo Yuhao can't provide right now, but Liu Yuan can.
The Gold of Life is in his hands, and his double pupils are countless times more powerful than Huo Yuhao's nascent spiritual eyes, making them a more perfect place to reside.
Therefore, whether or not to buy this Xue Di embryo now is actually not important.
If we can get Electrolux on board, we can save the embryo for later.
Anyway, the Star Luo Emperor will ask their Body Sect to attack Mingde Hall again in the future. In the original novel, Huo Yuhao obtained the Snow Emperor at that time. At that time, Liu Yuan can just take the Snow Emperor away.
Seeing that Liu Yuan hadn't spoken for a long time and his expression was changing, Vina reached out and waved her hand in front of his eyes with some doubt.
"Liu Yuan? What's wrong? Are you scared by the price? It's okay, I can afford 500 million gold soul coins if you want it."
Liu Yuan snapped out of his daze, looked at Vina's face, which was filled with concern and "domineering" expression, shook his head gently, and smiled.
"Vina, let's not get rid of this. Although its attributes are rare, they don't quite match my martial soul."
"Under these circumstances, spending hundreds of millions of gold soul coins to buy something that we don't need right now is too low a cost-performance ratio. Let's save that money to purchase some more practical defensive resources for our team."
Seeing Liu Yuan's resolute attitude, Vina felt somewhat regretful that she hadn't been able to give him a "big gift," but she always had unwavering faith in Liu Yuan's judgment.
"Alright, since you put it that way, then I won't bid." Vina obediently put down her bidding paddle.
With Liu Yuan withdrawing his bid, the competition in the room quickly intensified.
Ultimately, after a tense and agonizing bidding war, the Xue Di embryo, due to its high starting price and enormous risks, was won by a mysterious buyer at an extremely high cost.
The auction officially ended with the conclusion of this grand finale.
At the exit of the Xingluo Grand Auction House, crowds surged.
Xuanzi's face was terribly gloomy. Although he had led the team to purchase some items at the auction, the frustration of missing out on the Soul Devouring Blade and the fear of Liu Yuan's three consecutive promotions made him seem somewhat neurotic.
Huo Yuhao followed behind him, head down, looking dazed. It was clear that failing to obtain the Gold of Life had dealt him a great psychological blow.
The Shrek team did not linger and left into the night.
Poison Undying also stood up, stretched his limbs, and looked at Liu Yuan, saying, "Let's go, Liu Yuan. We've got the stuff and seen the excitement. Let's go back to the hotel. Tonight, I'll personally protect you and help you research the exorcism method for this Life Gold."
Liu Yuan stopped in his tracks, looking in the direction the Shrek Academy members had gone, a deep light flashing in his double pupils.
"Master, please take Senior Brother Aotian and Vina back first." Liu Yuan turned his head, his tone calm but not negotiable. "I suddenly remembered something very important that I need to talk to Huo Yuhao at Shrek Academy. I think some things must be resolved tonight."
Poison Undying paused for a moment, then frowned slightly: "Looking for Shrek Academy people? That old dog Xuanzi is holding back his anger right now. If you go there now, what if he loses all sense of shame and attacks you?"
"Don't worry, Master. He wouldn't dare do that in public. Besides, what does it have to do with him that I, Huo Yuhao, am looking for?" Liu Yuan replied with a smile.
After thinking it over again, Du Bu Si said, "How about this, you go talk to Huo Yuhao, and I'll keep an eye on them, okay?"
"This way, it won't interfere with your conversation, and it also ensures your safety..."
(End of chapter)