"Wow, this Soul Beast sure knows how to talk," Dugu Bo couldn't help but laugh at Xiao Wu's words.
"Worth the trip, right?" Li Xun suppressed his laughter and said to Dugu Bo beside him.
"Definitely worth it. If this little girl is truly a benevolent Soul Beast, even I would feel a bit reluctant to take action," Dugu Bo nodded with a smile. "Her personality is quite endearing."
The auction was proceeding in an orderly manner.
Soon, a large iron cage covered with a red cloth was wheeled onto the stage.
At the sight of the large cage, the nobles and wealthy merchants in the audience erupted into intense discussions.
After the host delivered an impassioned speech, he dramatically pulled off the red cloth.
Inside the cage, a young girl, mostly naked, was curled up.
Her skin was fair, and her body proportions were nearly perfect. Her short green hair added a unique allure to her appearance. More importantly, the girl had a pair of ears and a slender cat tail that clearly didn't belong to a human.
At this sight, the already noisy auction hall exploded like hot oil meeting water.
"Your Teacher may be old, but his taste is still sharp," Dugu Bo clicked his tongue in admiration.
In a place like this, only the finest goods would be put up for auction. After all, the wealthy aren't fools.
And judging by the reactions of the people around, it seemed many had come specifically for this.
From the context of Ning Fengzhi's earlier conversation with Tang San, it was clear that Ning Fengzhi was a regular here.
"Indeed," Li Xun sighed with emotion. "Seeing how familiar Teacher is with this place, he must have come here often. I wonder where all the girls he 'rescued' ended up."
"Ahem..." Sword Douluo, hearing the conversation behind him, couldn't help but lower his head and cough twice into his hand. Only after smoothing out the smile at the corner of his mouth did he raise his head again.
"..."
"170,000 Gold Soul Coins!"
"180,000 Gold Soul Coins." After placing his bid, Ning Fengzhi glanced at Sword Douluo in surprise. How could someone at the level of a Super Douluo be coughing?
"I want to see who dares to keep bidding against me!" Prince Xue Xing, seated in the red VIP chair at the front of the auction hall, stood up angrily. His hawk-like eyes scanned the general seating area.
As one of the most powerful figures in the empire, he had never been so blatantly disrespected. But when his gaze fell upon Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, his expression instantly stiffened.
His anger dissipated in an instant.
Ning Fengzhi, being a regular here, was well-known to the auction house staff. Seeing that Prince Xue Xing had stopped bidding, the host quickly announced the winner.
"Tsk tsk, 180,000 Gold Soul Coins..." Dugu Bo marveled.
In his earlier years as a guest of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family, he had frequented high-end venues. But he had never experienced such extravagant spending.
Li Xun gave Dugu Bo a playful glance. "Do you also want to 'rescue' a young girl?"
He was curious whether someone like Dugu Bo, a Title Douluo in his seventies or eighties, still had any use for that sort of thing.
"Humph! Brat, what are you thinking?" Seeing the glint in Li Xun's eyes, Dugu Bo smacked him on the head, nearly knocking off his mask.
"Nothing..." Li Xun glanced at Ning Fengzhi in front of him and quickly adjusted his mask.
With Ning Fengzhi present, the auction was proceeding rather smoothly.
Seeing that the auction house was no longer releasing valuable items, Ning Fengzhi lost interest. Just as he was about to leave, something suddenly presented on the auction stage piqued his curiosity.
However, Xiao Wu's next sentence quickly extinguished Ning Fengzhi's curiosity.
"Brother, isn't that our Hidden Sand Projectiles?"
Having been reminded by the Sword Douluo, Ning Fengzhi no longer felt like engaging in casual conversation with Tang San.
Although he was quite interested in the Hidden Sand Projectiles, after some consideration, he decided to turn and leave.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? You were fine just now, why are you suddenly silent?" Seeing that no one was bidding on the Hidden Sand Projectiles, Xiao Wu said to Ning Fengzhi with dissatisfaction, "You were clearly very interested earlier."
"Although I am interested in this item, having just one piece is of no use to me," Ning Fengzhi pondered for a moment, not revealing the full story.
"How do you know my third brother only has one of these?" Xiao Wu proudly raised her head, "This hidden weapon isn't even that powerful. My brother has many more powerful and sophisticated weapons."
"Xiao Wu!" Tang San quickly interjected.
"Although you two are wearing masks, your voices still sound quite young."
Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi smiled and looked at the two of them, "If you have more powerful weapons than this, I am willing to pay a high price for them. I won't let you suffer just because of your young age."
Although Tang Hao's son had bullied his daughter.
Considering that the other party's hidden weapons could indeed be of some help to the sect, Ning Fengzhi decided to temporarily set aside their grievances and view the two from a commercial perspective.
"How much is the senior willing to pay?" Tang San's heart stirred upon hearing this.
"For each weapon like the one just now, I will pay five thousand Gold Soul Coins," Ning Fengzhi glanced at the unsold Hidden Sand Projectiles and smiled.
Tang San also noticed that his hidden weapon had gone unsold. Feeling embarrassed, he became very interested in Ning Fengzhi's proposal.
Five thousand Gold Soul Coins per piece. Given the purchasing power of Gold Soul Coins, just one piece would ensure he wouldn't have to worry about money for a while.
"Alright, how many do you want?"
"Let's start with a hundred of the kind just now. If you have others, you can bring them out now, and I will decide based on their power," Ning Fengzhi smiled indifferently, not treating Gold Soul Coins as money at all.
Their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was already as wealthy as a nation.
Li Xun had added two lucrative businesses, medicine and catering, to the sect, so they had more Gold Soul Coins than they could spend.
Thinking that Ning Fengzhi buying Tang San's hidden weapons was almost equivalent to aiding the enemy, Li Xun was about to stand up and stop him when he suddenly realized.
Gold Soul Coins weren't that important to them after all. Even if they earned more coins, without a place to spend them, they would just be a pile of metal.
What if Tang San earned them? What could he do with the coins? Build the Tang Sect?
Li Xun suddenly felt enlightened and found Tang San much more agreeable.
After some thought, Li Xun whispered a few words into Dugu Bo's ear.
Dugu Bo's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he immediately used his Soul Power to compress his voice into a thin line, transmitting it into Ning Fengzhi's ear.
Hearing an external voice suddenly in his ear, Ning Fengzhi was startled at first, but then his tension gradually eased, and his gaze towards Tang San softened considerably.
"One hundred?" Tang San and Xiao Wu widened their eyes in shock at the number.
"Senior, the quantity you're asking for is simply too large. You'll need to provide the materials and craftsmen yourself, otherwise the production process for these Hidden Weapons might take a very long time."
After speaking, Tang San looked at Ning Fengzhi: "I can provide the blueprints, but the assembly must be done by me personally."
"That's acceptable. Do you have any other Hidden Weapons? As long as they're suitable, I'll buy them all."
Ning Fengzhi nodded with a smile: "It would be even better if you could tell me the production methods. Name your price."
"That's impossible. These Hidden Weapons took me countless nights of painstaking research to develop. I'm afraid I cannot sell them." Tang San thought of the Tang Sect and refused.
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