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Jing Hongchen was furious and the auctioneer in charge of the reception was frightened on the spot. He smiled tremblingly and said:
"Your Majesty, all the items for auction in our auction house have been strictly inspected. How could there be any problem?"
Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice: "What? Are all the people in charge of the review Titled Douluo? This hall master is also a well-known figure in the entire continent and has seen countless treasures. You don't believe in this hall master's vision?"
"Or do you think that I am being unreasonable? Don't forget that you sent seven auction items, and I bought four of them."
"If you don't give an explanation for this auction item with obvious problems, this hall master will have no choice but to return all the goods. I understand that no matter how much you, the Starlight Auction House, talk, it will be unreasonable. From now on, you will never be able to get a soul guide above level six in the Sun and Moon Black Market. Don't think that this hall master can't do it!"
Jing Hongchen made two huge threats in a row, and the auctioneer immediately turned pale. He waved his hands and smiled apologetically, then turned around and left the room at a flash.
The previous four soul guide auction items were all taken by the wealthy Jing Hongchen. The auctioneer was worried but also secretly happy, as he was simply getting commissions without doing anything. Now, when he heard Jing Hongchen threatening to return the goods, he was so scared that he almost lost his soul.
Jing Hongchen's threat was very effective. Ten seconds later, Xu Jiujiu announced on the optical screen that the viewing time would be extended. In less than half a minute, the room was reopened.
Xu Jiujiu walked in under the guidance of the auctioneer, bowed slightly and asked anxiously:
"Your Majesty Hongchen, I wonder what you mean by the problem with the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone? I will certainly be grateful to you."
Just as Jing Hongchen said, his strength and status are among the best in the entire continent. Although this old guy is a bit cunning and shrewd, and likes to exchange conditions for soul bones, his vision cannot be questioned.
Jing Hongchen nodded slightly and said, "There is nothing wrong with the soul bone itself. It is indeed as you introduced. It is a top-level 70,000-year soul bone, and the solidified soul skills are also outstanding."
Xu Jiujiu blinked her beautiful big eyes and continued to ask: "So what you mean is..."
"The problem lies in the properties of this soul bone!"
Jing Hongchen asserted: "It comes from the Ice Scorpion clan. This clan possesses the ultimate ice attribute and is naturally proud. Therefore, this soul bone can not only only be absorbed by an ice attribute soul master, but also can only be absorbed by an ultimate ice soul master!"
"If an ordinary ice attribute spirit master forcibly absorbs it, he will definitely suffer a backlash. If he is lucky, he may be able to suppress it by force with his cultivation, but it will definitely not be easy. If he is unlucky... hehe, no need to say more."
Xu Jiujiu turned pale and covered her mouth in astonishment: "Why does this soul bone have such high requirements? Isn't that the only one in the world who can..."
Jing Hongchen nodded slowly: "So I say that your Starlight Auction House is putting this kind of soul bone with huge disadvantages on the auction stage to harm us big customers!"
"If you don't believe it, you can find an ice attribute soul master above the Soul Emperor level and see what happens after he absorbs it. But I don't recommend you to do this."
Xu Jiujiu paused for a moment, performed a complicated court etiquette to Jing Hongchen, and said with a guilty look, "It is indeed our Xingguang Auction House that made a big mistake this time. Thank you, Your Majesty Hongchen, for reminding us. Xingguang Auction House will definitely remember this."
Out of trust in Jing Hongchen, she did not doubt him. Although the Master of Mingde Hall was a black man, he would not deceive them about such things.
Jing Hongchen waved his hand, "Stop it. I said this when I saved you last time. Don't believe in these empty words. Since you owe me a favor, then repay it now. It would be best if neither of us owed each other anything."
Xu Jiujiu was stunned. Why is this Master of Mingde Hall always so practical?
"Then... I wonder what His Majesty Hongchen wants this time?" Xu Jiujiu asked tentatively, "A soul bone?"
Jing Hongchen stretched out a finger and shook it, saying, "I won't ask for an exorbitant price this time. All four soul guides from the auction will be free of charge. In addition, I can just give a few million gold soul coins as the appraisal fee. Isn't that too much?"
Xu Jiujiu's expression froze. My goodness, isn't this equivalent to our Starlight Auction House buying the things you bid for and giving them to you, and then spending millions of gold soul coins for nothing? The Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and the fixed soul guide shells together cost millions, and that's not all. The rare metals behind and the top-level eighth-level soul guide cannon together cost more than tens of millions of gold soul coins.
Those were all things they had worked so hard to get, and they were carefully selected before being put on the auction table. She had worked so hard for so long, but she only sold seven items in total...
Seeing Xu Jiujiu's strange expression, Jing Hongchen calmly drank the tea handed to him by Xiao Hongchen and said with a smile: "If Your Highness Princess cannot make a decision, you can tell His Majesty. The conditions I offer are really not excessive."
"The starting price for your 70,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone is 12 million gold soul coins. It's no exaggeration to say that by the end of the auction, I'm afraid that you won't be able to get it down without 20 million gold soul coins."
"Except for the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, the only forces that can offer 20 million gold soul coins to bid for soul bones are all top-notch in the world. If Shrek, Haotian Sect, or Body Sect bid for it and found that it was useless and a top ice attribute genius or even a Titled Douluo died...what would they do to the Xingluo Empire?"
"Of course, Princess, you can also hope that the Ice Phoenix Crown of the Xuanming Sect gets it. In that case, nothing will go wrong. But how likely is that? Will he suddenly have the urge to give it to the younger generation, and then something bad will happen?"
Xu Jiujiu was frightened by Jing Hongchen's words and broke out in a cold sweat. If those top forces bid for the soul bone but found out that they bought a deadly weapon, there would be a great possibility that a huge conflict would break out with Xingluo. Then, Shrek City would become a lesson for Xingluo City!
At that time, let alone 20 million gold soul coins, even 50 million gold soul coins might not be enough to settle the matter! "Thank you, Your Majesty Hongchen, for informing me. Jiujiu, on behalf of the Starlight Auction House, agrees to your terms. I will go to discuss this matter with my brother. I hope the hall master and all the talented people will forgive me for my impoliteness."
Xu Jiujiu bowed to Jing Hongchen, turned around, pushed the door open, and walked out in a hurry.
Looking at Xu Jiujiu's fleeing back, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but smile and thought "young people still need to exercise".
I let you auction Mingde Hall's smuggled goods in front of this hall master, but you didn't check the soul bones properly. This time, I will make you pay for it! ...
Xu Jiujiu left Room 3 and went straight to Room 1 at the innermost part. After entering the door, he walked in quickly and whispered, "Brother, something happened."
Xu Jiawei knew something had happened from Xu Jiujiu's behavior of delaying the time. He pressed his forehead with a headache and motioned Xu Jiujiu to sit down: "Tell me what happened slowly..."
Xu Jiujiu relayed Jing Hongchen's words. Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei did not doubt the vision of Jing Hongchen, the big black guy. He shook his head and smiled, "I originally wanted to give this soul bone to that person as a gift. I didn't expect there would be such a thing. It seems that it is really a match made in heaven. You go and deal with it. I will go to see that person later."
"As for the conditions of Hall Master Mingde... just agree to them. This guy may be a bad guy, but what he said is true. If those forces really get the soul bones and something unexpected happens, the consequences will be disastrous."
"Hey... Why do I always run into this guy every time something goes wrong? How great would it be if he was from Xing Luo?"
Talking about Jing Hongchen, Xu Jiawei couldn't help but frown. This guy had helped them twice, and Xu Jiawei didn't dislike him; but this guy's style of asking for benefits for his help made people really dislike him.
But compared to Shrek, this old guy is surprisingly pleasing to the eye. At least he will really help when there is something important, even if he is also doing it for himself.
Xu Jiujiu smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect this to happen. This is a huge loss for our auction house."
"It doesn't matter. Isn't there still one last auction? That item is enough for us to recoup our costs and make a lot of money. Besides, this item will most likely end up in Jing Hongchen's hands."
Xu Jiawei waved his hands and sighed softly while comforting his sister.
Xu Jiujiu nodded and left the room.
A moment later, the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone was put up for auction. Xu Jiawei, the king of a country, personally took the stage and watched the auction house bidding against wealthy people from all sides who were unaware of the truth. He raised the price from 12 million to 30 million before stopping.
Hearing the voice of "auction completed" for a long time, even Xu Jiawei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He changed to a comfortable position on the sofa, rubbed his aching heart, and murmured: "I must instruct my subordinates to do a good job of identifying the auction items in the future... Forget it, I'd better go and see it myself. These useless guys are really wasting my rice money. I'm losing so much..."
The auction was not conducted in a standardized manner and the emperor was sweating.
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"Next, we will have today's finale."
In the soul guide light curtain, Xu Jiujiu changed her clothes gorgeously, from a red dress to a golden dress, and solemnly introduced the finale to everyone - the one hundred thousand year old soul beast embryo sealed in the ninth level soul guide device Fengshen platform.
In room number three, Dean Jing Hongchen's smile, which had just appeared on his face for a short while, froze again. He blinked his eyes and even wondered if he had heard it wrong.
Ninth-level... soul guide? That's the best! Except for a versatile top-level ninth-level soul guide like him, ordinary ninth-level soul guides only have one or two masterpieces in their lifetime! Which lunatic did this? He doesn't even want to act anymore, right? !
Xu Tianxi looked at Yan Jing Hongchen sympathetically. The ups and downs of the dean's mood tonight could probably be drawn into a roller coaster tunnel diagram.
This was quite strange to him. How could a ninth-level soul engineer create the God-Sealing Platform, a ninth-level soul guide device that was almost useless except for sealing the Snow Empress? And why did he have to go to the Far North and use this device to capture the weakest Snow Empress?
I don't understand, I really don't understand, this is too mysterious.
Xiao Hongchen tentatively shook Jing Hongchen's wrist and whispered, "Grandpa, are you okay?"
Jing Hongchen was silent for a long time before he recovered from his anger and said stiffly, "It's okay...what can happen to me..."
His eyelids slightly drooped, his gaze became completely silent, and a cold light gradually appeared in his eyes: "The damn bastard is messing around everywhere, and he wants Mingde Hall to cover for him; this time, take a picture of the things, and I will find this black sheep, and show no mercy!"
At this moment, Jing Hongchen really wanted to kill; ninth-level soul masters are strategic-level existences in the Sun Moon Empire, and people like the emperor and Jing Hongchen will not touch them easily, but the premise is that they have not touched their bottom line.
For the sake of money, he sent his ninth-level soul guide to the auction house of the enemy's royal family. As long as it was exaggerated, it would be a crime of treason. Jing Hongchen, who was angered one after another, made up his mind that even if the bastard knelt in front of Mr. Kong, he would never leave this bastard! Even with Mr. Kong's character, he might personally take action to clean up the mess after learning about this.
As long as the other party is not a ruthless character like Ye Yulin, or has some powerful background, Jing Hongchen, who has a lot of stolen goods in his hands, has absolute confidence in killing the other party.
Jing Hongchen was certain that this was definitely not sold by those top-level ninth-level soul masters. It must be a counterfeit product among counterfeit products, and the product must be extremely greedy for money, otherwise he would not do such a thing.
After a while, all parties started a tense and fierce price competition. Jing Hongchen fully utilized the advantages of Mingdetang and overwhelmed the whole audience with a high price of 150 million, and obtained the ninth-level Conferred God Platform and the Snow Empress Embryo.
Being as wealthy as Jing Hongchen, of course he would not use a ninth-level soul guide as collateral, but paid by credit card. The Starlight Auction House was also very satisfied with this - after all, they got back some of the lost money.
After getting the Snow Emperor embryo, Jing Hongchen carefully kept it and told the Sun and Moon team, "From now on until the end of the game, you are not allowed to leave the hotel. I will personally guard you and will not let anyone get close to you."