Chapter 11: I'm Just Luckier

Actually, talk of humans and soul beasts living in harmony was limited to the Star Dou Great Forest and the Extreme North—the two major soul beast gathering grounds whose rulers had contracts with the Spirit Pagoda, and many Hereditary Spirit Souls stood on their side, so Soul Masters wouldn't offend them.

But the Evil Demon Forest and Sea Soul Beasts were another matter.

After all, people always had greed...

The Evil Eye Tyrant ruler had vanished ten thousand years ago, Sea Soul Beasts had no ruler, and they certainly wouldn't sign contracts with the Spirit Pagoda. Given that soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and the Extreme North had become forbidden zones for Soul Masters, how could Soul Masters possibly pass up the soul beasts here?

Yes, the Spirit Ice Douluo's Spirit Soul Contract required the soul beast to volunteer, but ordinary soul rings and soul bones didn't need to care about the soul beast's wishes!

Thus, over the past ten thousand years, a large number of Soul Masters flooded into the Sun Moon Forest and the Ocean, causing the Sun Moon Forest to disappear completely, and there were no more soul beasts in the Near Sea domain.

This directly made soul beasts scarce, and indirectly made spirit souls capable of providing multiple soul rings increasingly precious, raising the status of spirit souls, especially those at the ten-thousand-year level or above.

Although both the Star Dou Great Forest and the Extreme North had reached cooperation with the Spirit Pagoda, ten-thousand-year soul beasts weren't cabbage, and not all soul beasts were willing to be made into spirit souls.

In this era, the value of a ten-thousand-year spirit soul was even more precious than a ten-thousand-year soul bone, let alone in a second-tier city like Donghai City.

So as soon as the Auctioneer's voice fell, fierce bidding voices rose.

"One hundred and ten million!"

"One hundred and thirty million!"

"Two hundred million!"

Mu Xi stared blankly at the Evil Eye Tyrant. Although its single eye looked terrifying, it was a rare ten-thousand-year spirit soul, appearing stronger than her father's spirit soul.

And it also possessed the Fire Attribute, meaning... it was a ten-thousand-year spirit soul suitable for her!

Mu Xi's eyes lit up instantly, and she turned to look at Mu Chen.

"Dad?"

Mu Chen noticed this scene, patted Mu Xi's head, and said with a smile: "Alright, the family's Hereditary Spirit Soul is on me; this spirit soul is just right to leave for your future self."

After speaking, he directly raised the bid.

"Three hundred million!"

This far exceeded the price of a ten-thousand-year spirit soul, but could a ten-thousand-year spirit soul be bought with money?

The Spirit Pagoda claimed to sell ten-thousand-year spirit souls and even marked a price of one hundred million, but everyone knew that once one truly reached that level, obtaining a ten-thousand-year spirit soul actually relied on personal connections...

Huo Yuhao watched the ever-rising price, turned his head to look at Hua Yichen beside him, "It's for me, right?"

It was said to be two attributes, but the person most suited to the Evil Eye Tyrant spirit soul was still a Spiritual Attribute Soul Master. Appearing at this timing, and still as a last-minute added final auction item—no matter how you looked at it, it was too coincidental.

Hua Yichen nodded, "There are no walls without leaks in the world; your special treatment at the Spirit Pagoda recently has obviously drawn attention."

How did I feel it was your fault?

Huo Yuhao thought of his recent living situation and was quite speechless.

Hua Yichen ran around the Spirit Pagoda all day, meeting him in public under the guise of guidance; it would be strange if it didn't draw attention.

Are the Branch Tower Masters so idle these days?

In the early days of the Spirit Pagoda's founding, everyone was busy working around the clock...

It was just that Huo Yuhao didn't say it out loud; otherwise Hua Yichen would definitely nod and admit it.

In Donghai City, he was indeed idle.

After all, Donghai City was too small for Huo Yuhao, but for him, Hua Yichen, was it any bigger?

As one of the Eighteen Heavenly Pillars Tower Masters, he was a Three-Word Battle Armor Master and a Titled Douluo!

Hua Yichen didn't know Huo Yuhao's thoughts; he just looked at the spirit soul and asked:

"The Evil Eye Tyrant is a top-tier soul beast of the Spiritual Attribute, one of the ten-thousand-year spirit souls most suited to you. Although the Spirit Pagoda internally also has some, to my knowledge, the best among them are also dual-attribute and might not be as good as this one. Do you want this spirit soul?"

"No need to trouble yourself for me; a ten-thousand-year spirit soul is still too early for me." Huo Yuhao shook his head.

A ten-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant spirit soul was attractive to others, but not to him.

After all, the Evil Emperor was sleeping in his Spiritual Sea!

Among the three major soul beast gathering grounds, one could negotiate with Di Tian and the Snow Empress, but the Evil Emperor, who had cooperated with the Holy Spirit Cult ten thousand years ago, was not open to negotiation!

When Huo Yuhao first came knocking, he first wiped out the Evil Soul Master headquarters of the Sun Moon Forest as a matter of course.

Then the Evil Emperor, for some reason, had a brain twitch and made a decision similar to the original work, fighting him to the death, letting him absorb its soul ring, and plotting possession.

Well, he had lost spirit souls like the Snow Empress, but correspondingly, the stronger Electrolux was still there!

Wasn't this delivering a gift to his door?

Thus, the Evil Emperor became his spirit soul and even contributed a Head Soul Bone...

So, the extinction of soul beasts in the Sun Moon Forest was related to him, and Sea Soul Beasts also indirectly suffered misfortune earlier because of him.

But Huo Yuhao hadn't boasted about his own conduct, nor did he accept moral blackmail!

He created the Spirit Soul Contract so that soul beasts like the Snow Empress and those of the Extreme North who had helped him could live less hardship in this era; it was out of selfishness, and helping the Star Dou Great Forest was just incidental.

As for the Sun Moon Forest and Sea Soul Beasts... aside from Mermaid Princess Li Ya's tribe, Huo Yuhao hadn't bothered with them. The former could fend for themselves; the latter could go find the Sea God. He wasn't a god, but a human, and didn't have such great ability to manage everyone, nor did he think he should be responsible for all soul beasts!

Seeing Huo Yuhao refuse, Hua Yichen chuckled and shook his head, transmitting his voice via Erqing Chengxian:

"Being down-to-earth is a good thing, but as a member of the Spirit Pagoda, don't look down on yourself. I've said, with your talent, you will receive the highest level of attention from the Spirit Pagoda!"

Originally possessing a Spiritual Attribute martial soul, his innate Spiritual Power had reached three hundred—an example Hua Yichen had never seen in his life—and it meant Huo Yuhao would far outstrip others in Spiritual Power Realm, possibly even breaking through to the God Yuan Realm, reaching a realm like... Erqing Douluo!

Thinking this, Hua Yichen looked at the Auctioneer and said lightly:

"Six hundred million Federal Coins!"

Directly doubling the bid, Hua Yichen's posture of being determined to win was fully revealed.

The venue instantly fell silent; many people turned their gazes toward Hua Yichen and secretly frowned.

Mu Chen also looked at Hua Yichen with a tightly furrowed brow, "Tower Master Hua, the Spirit Pagoda shouldn't be lacking ten-thousand-year spirit souls, right?"

"President Mu is joking; ten-thousand-year spirit souls are also very precious things within the Spirit Pagoda, let alone a top-tier spirit soul like the Evil Eye Tyrant. I certainly don't want to miss it."

Hua Yichen smiled faintly, not using Erqing Chengxian, but said it directly.

Hearing this, most people reluctantly withdrew their gazes and gave up the thought of competing.

Compared to a power as wealthy as the Spirit Pagoda in terms of liquid funds, it is simply a fool's dream.

Others cast their gazes toward Huo Yuhao, obviously knowing more of the inside story.

Mu Chen's expression changed for a moment, and in the end he sighed.

"Alas, forget it……"

The auctioneer spoke at a hurried pace, as if afraid someone might bid again, saying at the fastest speed of his life: "Any more bids? Six hundred million Federal Coins once! Twice! Thrice! Sold!"

……

Outside the museum, Hua Yichen went to collect the various auction items, while Huo Yuhao waited beside the soul guidance car.

Mu Xi walked out of the auction venue, spotted Huo Yuhao from afar, her eyebrows raised slightly, and walked straight over.

"Hey, did Tower Master Hua bid for that soul spirit for you just now? I saw him looking at you after he won the soul spirit."

"You could put it that way." Huo Yuhao saw Mu Xi reveal a displeased expression at those words, "Do you want that soul spirit?"

"Hmph, I don't want it at all."

Mu Xi, having her thoughts hit the mark, like a cat with its fur standing on end, flatly denied it, "I'm just curious how impressive the person who could get Tower Master Hua to personally accompany them and provide a ten-thousand-year soul spirit could be."

"But judging by appearances now, they don't seem that impressive either."

An utterly ordinary appearance, only the bright blue eyes counting as a feature, but lacking the arrogance and sharpness a genius should have, far off from the geniuses Mu Xi knew.

Huo Yuhao showed no change in expression, merely smiling faintly: "My talent is indeed poor, far inferior to true geniuses. I just…… have comparatively better luck."

"Then your luck is indeed pretty good."

Mu Xi pursed her lips, turned away with a cold attitude, and left, "Hope your talent lives up to that soul spirit."

(End of Chapter)