An old man in a white jacket entered the auction hall, surrounded by many guards.

The old man's awe-inspiring temperament made many guests lower their heads at the same time, for fear of looking directly into his eyes.

"With the strength of a level 83 Soul Douluo, this guy's status is really not low." Han Yu murmured softly.

According to the information given by Di Tian, ​​there are only a handful of Titled Douluo masters on this continent, and there are not many Soul Douluo masters either.

This person must be a powerful person who holds a high position in the Blue Moon Empire.

With the arrival of the old man, the auctioneer walked from behind the scenes to the auction table in the center of the venue.

"Welcome all guests to our Dehai City Auction House. Today's auction is..."

The auctioneer's opening remarks were very brief, and soon after, the etiquette lady came up to the auction table carrying a tray. On the tray, covered with a red cloth, was the first item of the auction.

The auctioneer unveiled the red cloth and announced loudly, "Dear guests, the first lot of this auction is a 100-year-old flower fairy grass from the Demon Forest. Grind it into powder and mix it with water to drink. It has anti-aging and beauty-enhancing effects. Guests who need it should not miss it."

"The starting price is ten gold coins, and each bid increase must not be less than one gold coin."

Strictly speaking, the Flower Fairy Grass cannot be considered a soul beast, and its hundred-year lifespan is merely an exaggeration.

Han Yu was not interested in this.

After waiting for several items, he finally got what he needed.

"The seventh lot is a manual for studying first to fourth level soul guides. Soul guides are something that every soul master would love to have. If you can get this one and study it patiently, becoming a fourth level soul guide won't be a problem."

"The starting price is 2,000 gold coins, and each bid increase must not be less than 200 gold coins."

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, people started bidding.

"I'll give you three thousand gold coins."

"Three thousand two hundred gold coins."

"Three thousand six hundred gold coins, don't fight with me."

The price quickly reached the five thousand gold coins mark.

You know, the soul guide learning manual will come with many soul guide production drawings. Those drawings alone are enough to make many people envious.

Currently, there is no possibility for improvement in the Soul Guidance Department of Canaan College.

Lou Gao has been able to improve the design drawings of the third-order soul guide to make a fifth-order soul guide, which is already the limit. If you want to make a sixth-order soul guide, you need a lot of time to polish it. This is a long process, and it may not be effective within ten years.

Although the soul guide learning manual in front of him only goes up to the fourth level, it is enough to solve the urgent problem for Lou Gao at this stage. You know, Lou Gao improved the fifth-level soul guide based on the third-level soul guide, and its design itself has defects. If he can study the design drawings of the mature fourth-level soul guide, it will be of great help to his research on the fifth-level soul guide.

The price of five thousand gold coins is equivalent to five hundred thousand gold soul coins in Douluo Continent, which is a considerable amount.

"Six thousand gold coins." Han Yu spoke immediately when he saw that there were fewer and fewer quotes in the room.

"The VIPs in the box have made their bids, and I'm afraid more VIPs will join in next. For those of us with limited financial resources, let's just forget about it." The people in the ordinary seats chose to give up bidding.

Those who can sit in the box are all wealthy people. Moreover, they all have extraordinary status, so it is not very wise to offend them.

"Seven thousand gold coins." The person in the box number 16 next to him made the offer.

"Eight thousand gold coins." Han Yu took the lead.

The person in Box No. 16 hesitated for a moment and chose to give up bidding.

At the same time, the old man in Box 1 asked, "Who is in Box 18? Wasn't that the box of a Chamber of Commerce boss named Qia?"

"Your Excellency the Governor, they are two merchants from other places. I have already inquired at the auction house, and they sold items worth more than 10,000 gold coins in one go. In addition, three of the five finale items were provided by them."

The person who spoke was Jas.

Han Yu's eyes were always fixed on the auction table and he didn't notice Jas's situation.

"Oh? It seems that he is a powerful master." The old man said with a smile.

Jas said respectfully, "Compared to the Governor, their strength is not enough. I wonder if the Governor has any instructions. I have had contact with them before, maybe..."

"Back off." The old man interrupted him, "I'm very busy and don't have time to deal with these people. If he really has the ability, then you have to think about it carefully."

…

"Congratulations to the distinguished guest in box 18 for successfully bidding for the seventh lot at the price of eight thousand gold coins." As the auctioneer rang the hammer, Han Yu got the soul guide manufacturing manual as he wished.

"I still have 5,000 gold coins on me, and I'm afraid I can only exchange the remaining items for other items." Han Yu sighed.

Taking out items worth 10,000 gold coins at once is already the limit. If you take out more, you will most likely get into unnecessary trouble and may even be targeted by someone with ulterior motives.

If time wasn't so tight, Han Yu could have gotten at least tens of thousands more gold coins.

Fortunately, this auction house allows barter as a bid. Otherwise, I would have to resort to the worst possible means.

The price of the three soul bones can only fall into his hands after the auction is over.

The transaction price of 8,000 gold coins successfully ignited the emotions of the guests. The next few items were mostly collectibles, and the transaction prices did not exceed the 8,000 gold coins mark.

It was late at night, and after the auction of dozens of items, the last five items were held by five etiquette ladies standing on the auction table.

The auctioneer walked up to one of the hostesses and lifted the red cloth from the tray.

It was a document made up of several pages that looked no different.

The auctioneer said in an extremely exaggerated tone, "Wow, this is the mining rights document for an iron mine near Dehai City."

There is no time limit for mining documents in the Sun Moon Continent. From the moment you get the document, as long as the mine is not fully mined, it is not an exaggeration to treat the document as a family heirloom.

Furthermore, if there are other mineral veins connected to the underground of the mine, then this mineral vein is also covered by the mining document.

There are cases where people buy an iron mine and then develop a gold or silver mine.

The auctioneer continued, "After investigation by the auction house, we found that only a portion of the surface of this iron mine has been mined, and there is at least 300 meters of iron ore layer underground. Dear guests, if you are interested in mining, you must not miss it."

"The starting price is 20,000 gold coins, and each bid must not be less than 2,000 gold coins."

As soon as the words came out, many people were eager to try.

At first, the price was only slightly increased, until the VIP sale of the third private room, the price suddenly reached 40,000 gold coins.

"There is a high possibility that there is a gold mine underneath the iron ore. This item is indeed worthy of being the finale item," Han Yu analyzed.

There are several mines near Canaan City, and Han Yu has already bought the mining rights for all of them. As for the gold veins under the iron ore, Han Yu also saw it with his own eyes.

Finally, the mining documents were bought by the Lord of Dehai City at the price of 70,000 gold coins.

The auctioneer did the same thing and unveiled the red cloth on another tray.

“Soul bone!”

The fluctuations of soul power emanating from the soul bone were immediately captured by everyone present.

"Soul bones have always been an item that soul masters urgently need. In order to respond to the requests of many guests, the Dehai City Auction House specially put out soul bones for auction."

"This is the right leg bone of a nine hundred year old wind demon dog. Although the soul bone is a little worn, our treasure appraiser has determined that the effect of the soul bone has not been affected. The importance of soul bones is self-evident, but the seller who provided this soul bone hopes to use it to obtain a soul guide learning manual and soul guide design drawings of the same value."

"Those who offer the above items will be given priority in bidding. The starting price is 5,000 gold coins, and each bid increase must not be less than 500 gold coins."

Han Yu exclaimed in his heart, "Good guy."

The purchase price the auction house offered him was not even as high as the starting price of one of the items.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

But this is also normal. Since it is a commissioned auction, the auction house naturally wants to charge more commission. Moreover, the soul guide manual and production drawings have a high premium space. Raising the auction price seems to help Han Yu get better trading items.

"Six thousand gold coins."

"One thousand gold coins, plus thirty drawings for making first and second level soul guides."

Han Yu obviously underestimated the scarcity of soul bones on the Sun and Moon Continent.

In Douluo Continent, the value of a hundred-year soul bone is at most tens of thousands of gold soul coins. But here, the starting price is equivalent to 500,000 gold soul coins.

Han Yu suddenly thought that there were very few powerful soul masters on the Sun Moon Continent. Moreover, at this stage of the Sun Moon Continent, few soul masters dared to enter the Demon Forest.

Compared to the Star Dou Great Forest, the Evil Eye Tyrants in the Demon Forest are almost distributed in every corner of the forest. In the Star Dou Great Forest, whether it is the fierce beasts under the Lake of Life, or the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, they have no tribes behind them. Moreover, they rarely leave their habitats on their own initiative.

Therefore, in terms of danger level, the Demonic Forest is definitely a hell for human soul masters.

This can be seen from the price of the previous hundred-year-old herb.

In private room number one.

An intriguing smile appeared on the old man's face. "I didn't expect you were going for the soul guide."

"Governor, the first to fourth level soul guide learning manuals that you sold earlier were also bought by them." Jas reminded respectfully.

The old man said, "In that case, it will save us a lot of trouble. Jas, go contact them after the auction."

Jas nodded respectfully, and then asked, "Governor, didn't you buy the iron mine through our Puja Chamber of Commerce at a high price? Why are you selling it at a slightly lower price now? I am a little confused, please explain it to me."

"You can't find out what the Governor is thinking." The middle-aged man next to the old man said with a bad look.

Jas apologized and quickly left the room.

As for the situation of the iron mine, the old man naturally knew it very well.

Dehai City is a coastal city, and the iron ore vein extends to the seabed. If there is any carelessness during the mining process, the entire vein will be submerged. Since the risk is so great, why not sell it? Moreover, after selling the iron ore at the upper end of the vein that is easy to mine, plus the proceeds from the auction, he still made a small profit.

…

In the end, the three soul bones provided by Han Yu were traded with ten fifth-level soul guide production blueprints, six thousand gold coins, and the notes of a seventh-level soul guide.

"Dear guests, the last lot is a 10,000-year-old soul bone from the left arm of a deep-sea crab. There is no starting price, and the upper limit is 100,000 gold coins. The first guest to bid the highest price will directly win this lot. In addition, the auction house allows barter transactions."

After hearing these words, everyone knew that this soul bone belonged to the auction house.

"Ten thousand gold coins."

"Ten thousand gold coins are enough to get a ten thousand year soul bone? I'll pay thirty thousand gold coins."

Han Yu touched his chin and analyzed: "The arm bone of a crab soul beast."

The arms of crab soul beasts are pincers, and the soul energy provided by the arm soul bones is most likely related to the pincers. As for whether it uses the pincers to control people or just puts on a "practice more if you're a beginner", only the person who absorbs this soul bone can know.

Han Yu naturally had no interest in bidding for an ordinary ten thousand year soul bone.

In the end, this soul bone was bought by the man in private room number one for 100,000 gold coins.

The auction ended here.

In Han Yu's private room, the auction staff came in with his items and the proceeds from the auction.

After paying eight thousand gold soul coins, he successfully received the manual on soul guides from level one to level four.

"Sir, for the soul bones you have entrusted the auction house to auction, we will charge a handling fee of 5% of the total transaction price, a total of 1,000 gold coins."

The auction houses on Douluo Continent generally only charge a 3% handling fee. But in line with the idea of ​​adapting to local customs, Han Yu did not care about such a high handling fee.

"Now, should we set off?" Di Tian couldn't help but ask.

Han Yu did not rush to agree, "Wait one or two days at most."

Just the soul guide learning manuals and drawings in hand are far from enough.

The notes of the seventh-level soul guide were certainly helpful to Lou Gao, but even if he had the experience of his predecessors, it would still be difficult for him to carry out the research and development of high-level soul guides without a solid theoretical foundation.

In front of the auction house's gate, Han Yu saw Jas again.

"This guy doesn't seem to have bid at the auction." Han Yu murmured.

"Brother Han, please stay." Jas called out quickly.

"Brother Jia Si, what's the matter?" Han Yu asked.

Jas smiled and said, "Brother Han, to be honest, I just had a pleasant conversation with a nobleman and accidentally mentioned the matter of soul guides."

"Guess what, that noble man is willing to make a deal with you. Of course, this is premised on you having enough bargaining chips."

As he spoke, Jas touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "Look, I work hard for what my brother needs, shouldn't I..."

Han Yu smiled faintly.

Jas's personality is quite different from his appearance.

(End of this chapter)