Chapter 182: Successful Snap

"What a good thing!" Li Xuan, looking at the huge White Dragon Fish corpse beside the auctioneer, couldn't help but feel his eyes brighten.

Snake soul beasts and fish soul beasts both ultimately evolve into dragons, and the Inner Core system generated by snake soul beasts is reclaimed; will the Inner Core system generated by fish soul beasts be reclaimed as well?

The only drawback of this White Dragon Fish is that it has been dead for too long, so even if it generates an Inner Core, the system is very likely not to reclaim it.

Still, Li Xuan thought of giving it a try; if the system does reclaim it, he'd make a huge profit, since the system has never caused Li Xuan any loss.

Lou Gao watched Li Xuan's expression in the reflection, then turned his head in puzzlement and glanced at Li Xuan.

"What's up, kid? You're interested in this soul‑beast corpse?" Lou Gao asked Li Xuan.

"Hmm, yeah, I'm a bit interested. I want to take this corpse for study, so Lou Lao, I'll trouble you to make a move and help me snap this up." Li Xuan smiled, nodded at Lou Gao, and gave a slight bow.

"Alright, since you like it, we'll snap it up." Lou Gao nodded and replied.

After speaking, Lou Gao pressed the auction button on the wall without hesitation.

"A VIP on the fourth floor has bid again: six hundred thousand Soul Coins! Anyone else raise the price? A seven‑hundred‑thousand‑year soul beast not only has an extremely high chance of producing soul bones, but the quality of those bones is also superb!" the auctioneer roared excitedly as soon as he saw Lou Gao make a move.

"Six hundred fifty thousand Soul Coins!"

"Six hundred sixty thousand Soul Coins!"

……

The price kept soaring, and finally Lou Gao snapped up the seven‑hundred‑thousand‑year White Dragon Fish for ninety Soul Coins.

Li Xuan watched the successful auction, his face full of joy, hoping the fish would bring him a surprise.

After the auction, Li Xuan handed another Soul Guide Device loaded with Soul Coins to Si Yu; after all, an item worth several hundred thousand Soul Coins is not something Li Xuan can let Lou Gao front for him.

A maid quickly arrived at the private room's door and knocked.

Si Yu pushed open the door, took the Soul Guide Device containing the White Dragon Fish corpse, and handed the Soul Guide Device loaded with Soul Coins to the maid.

"Here you go, Xuan Ge'er'er, your stuff?" Si Yu said to Li Xuan with a smile, then tossed the Soul Guide Device holding the White Dragon Fish corpse to Li Xuan.

"Thanks, Lou Lao, thanks, big brother Si Yu." Li Xuan steadied himself, caught the Soul Guide Device, and smiled, saying a line to Lou Gao and Si Yu.

Then Li Xuan tossed the Soul Guide Device into the space of the Palm Sky Vessel; in front of the crowd it was inconvenient for him to enter the Palm Sky Vessel directly, otherwise he would have gone straight in to dissect the White Dragon Fish corpse.

After the White Dragon Fish corpse auction ended, other soul‑beast corpses were auctioned, but they were mostly soul beasts with cultivation of only thirty to forty thousand years, essentially beasts of burden unrelated to snake or fish soul beasts, so Li Xuan didn't bid.

After the soul‑beast corpse auction, the soul bone auction began.

As the most stable commodity on Douluo Continent, soul bones are coveted by all soul masters, and their prices fluctuate little.

So when the soul bones went on sale, the auction entered its most intense stage. "This year's soul bone quality is a bit higher than previous years," Lou Gao muttered, rubbing his chin as he looked at each lot.

Li Xuan also examined the soul bones carefully; most of today's lots were Thousand-year Soul Bones, with only a few Ten‑thousand Soul Bones, and there wasn't a single Hundred‑thousand-year Soul Bone, as the auction list made clear.

But that makes sense; the Star Luo Empire would never put strategic Hundred‑thousand-year Soul Bones up for auction.

Moreover, Hundred‑thousand-year soul bones are extremely prized; even the Star Luo Empire may have only a few, let alone be willing to auction them.

Although Li Xuan inspected the soul bones closely, he wasn't lacking any; in the Killing Treasure Vault he had obtained several, even a Hundred‑ninety‑nine‑thousand-year blood‑red nine‑headed bat Head Soul Bone, so he had little interest in the auction's soul bones and made no bids.

Lou Gao did eye two Ten‑thousand Soul Bones, but the Blacksmith Guild was strapped for cash and had no extra Soul Coins to equip Lou Gao with soul bones.

Li Xuan had two soul bones similar to those in his hand; after Lou Gao fully joins his camp, he'll give those two soul bones to Lou Gao.

After watching the auction, Li Xuan had to admit that the White Tiger Auction's items were indeed of far higher quality than those sold at the Tian Dou Royal Auction.

The auction continued for another two hours, and with the final Eight‑ten‑thousand-year left‑arm soul bone sold, the event officially concluded.

As the auction ended, bidders from the first and second floors rose one by one to leave, and Lou Gao also stood up, ready to depart.

"Xuan Ge'er'er, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect probably won't leave right away, so you'll need to stay here for a while; staying in the private room won't be checked by the auction. I'll take Si Long and leave first, then head straight back to Gengxin City. Wait here for a day, until tomorrow night after the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect departs; I'll have Si Yu pick you up. Don't act rashly here, and be careful of any romantic entanglements." Lou Gao patted Li Xuan's shoulder and said seriously.

"Thank you, Lou Lao, you've worked hard at this auction." Li Xuan bowed respectfully to Lou Gao, his eyes full of gratitude.

Lou Gao truly does look after himself; knowing his feud with the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, he spares no effort to protect himself.

"Alright, no need for formalities, let's rest here. I have to go out; I still need to draw their attention for you." Lou Gao laughed, shook his head, and led Si Long and Si Yu out of the private room.

After watching Lou Gao leave, Li Xuan's spirit stirred, and he entered the space of the Palm Sky Vessel.

Even if the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect leaves, it won't be until tomorrow, so Li Xuan decided to rest a night in the Palm Sky Vessel's space and deal with tomorrow then, which also helps avoid being spotted by the auction crowd.

Back in the Palm Sky Vessel's space, Li Xuan took the White Dragon Fish corpse out of the Soul Guide Device and placed it on a platform built from a huge wooden board.

The White Dragon Fish had been dead for a long time, yet emitted no fishy odor, only a faint sweet fragrance.

Li Xuan retrieved the Three-Star Heavy Sword that Lou Gao had given him from the Void Pearl.

This White Dragon Fish is a seven‑hundred‑thousand‑year soul beast; its fish skin is incredibly tough, and ordinary gear can't pierce its defense.

Only a special blade can dissect this White Dragon Fish.

(End of Chapter)