Douluo Dalu: Huo Yuhao Knows the Plot

This was evident from Qingya's surprised expression. Clearly, the auction price of this first item had already exceeded her expectations. The higher the final price of the auctioned item, the more commission she would receive, so how could she not be delighted?

Seeing that no one was raising the price, Qingya raised the small hammer in her hand, "Two thousand two hundred gold soul coins once, two thousand two hundred gold soul coins twice, two thousand two hundred..."

Just as Qingya was about to bring down the hammer, a voice rang out.

"Two thousand five hundred gold soul coins." The one bidding was Wang Yan, the Shrek Academy teacher who was with Huo Yuhao.

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao smiled. Had they exhausted their tricks? To think that even the usually arrogant Shrek Academy, which rejected soul tools, had set aside their prejudices.

Wang Yan's shout made everyone else give up bidding completely. It wasn't that they didn't have the money, but it wasn't worth spending two thousand five hundred gold soul coins to buy a level-three soul tool.

Qingya brought the hammer down three times. No one competed with Wang Yan, and just like that, the first soul tool was successfully auctioned off to Wang Yan.

Next, a dozen or so level-three to level-five soul tools were brought out one after another, but none of the final prices exceeded six thousand gold soul coins.

Without exception, these soul tools were all acquired by Wang Yan. This lavish spending drew a lot of attention to the Shrek Academy group.

From beginning to end, Huo Yuhao didn't bid even once. He was there for the Ranked Blade alone, and he really didn't care much for the other odds and ends.

"Next up is the third-to-last item in today's auction. After this item, it will be the highlight of today's event. I believe everyone will be pleasantly surprised then."

A ceremonial attendant pushed up the third-to-last item. From the shape of the cloth covering it, it could be seen that the item was not large. The cloth was almost touching the cart.

Qingya held a sound-amplifying soul tool and walked to the cart, smiling, "I think the distinguished guests here, who are well-versed in soul tools, will be very familiar with this item. It often appears at soul tool auctions. It has a fun name, called... the Milk Bottle."

As she spoke, she lifted the cloth and took the item off the cart.

It was a silver necklace. The pendant was a metal pendant shaped like a milk bottle, about the size of an adult's thumb.

Auctioneer Qingya smiled and said, "Milk Bottle, as the name suggests, is naturally used for drinking milk. However, for soul engineers or soul masters, their milk bottle is used to replenish soul power. Of course, I must say that breastfeeding is still better."

The little joke immediately caused the bidders below to burst into laughter, and Qingya herself laughed too.

"Getting back to the point. The scientific name of this milk bottle should be Charging Soul Tool, which can be used by both soul masters and soul engineers. Milk bottles can be of any level, but at least a level-three or higher soul engineer is needed to make them to have a certain effect. It is very common among soul tools, but high-level milk bottles are very expensive. I remember that once, a level-seven milk bottle appeared at our Starlight's top auction, which caused a sensation. It eventually sold for seven million gold soul coins, setting a historical record for the selling price of a milk bottle."

"The function of the milk bottle is naturally to replenish soul power. Whatever level the milk bottle is, it can replenish the same amount of soul power as a soul master of that level. When using it, you only need to charge it with soul power in advance. But it also has a certain limitation, which is that when using it, you must stop and wholeheartedly absorb it. Otherwise, if you are not focused, you will not be able to guide this soul power. Therefore, we always remind all distinguished guests when auctioning milk bottles not to use them in battle. Alright, I believe all distinguished guests are very familiar with milk bottles, so I won't say more. The auction will now begin, with a starting price of six thousand gold soul coins, and each bid must be no less than one hundred gold soul coins."

Huo Yuhao became interested when he heard it was a milk bottle. It wasn't that he cared about the milk bottle's ability to replenish soul power. He cultivated the Heavenly Demon Art, and the total amount of soul power in his body was at least ten times that of a soul master of the same level. To replenish his soul power, he would need at least a level-six milk bottle.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao made up his mind to buy this thing and study it carefully.

While Huo Yuhao was thinking, the auction of the milk bottle had already begun, and the price had soared to 15,000, indicating that there were quite a few people interested in the milk bottle.

"Twenty thousand."

Someone raised the price again. The people in the venue were no strangers to this voice. This person had almost monopolized today's auction, having bid on more than a dozen items alone.

Because he had already made several bids earlier, almost every time using financial resources to suppress others from raising the price too high, after bidding again, the vast majority of bidders withdrew from the competition.

Of course, there were still some people who were unwilling to give up. After all, the actual price of this level-four milk bottle was around 20,000 gold soul coins.

"Twenty-one thousand." A deep voice rang out from behind.

Wang Yan said without changing his expression, "Twenty-five thousand."

This time, the entire venue suddenly fell silent again.

After this series of auctions, auctioneer Qingya's gaze towards Wang Yan clearly changed from the initial professional smile to eagerness. No one would dislike a big spender, especially since this was no longer just a big spender, but a god of wealth who was sending money. Just the items Wang Yan had bid on today had brought Qingya personally an income of thousands of gold soul coins.

"Twenty-five thousand once, twenty-five thousand twice, twenty-five thousand..."

Perhaps in order to give Wang Yan a good impression, auctioneer Qingya brought down the hammer exceptionally quickly. Having seen the previous auction trends, as long as Wang Yan made a bid, there would rarely be anyone competing, and Qingya thought this time would be the same.

"Thirty thousand." The one calling out the price was Huo Yuhao. Honestly, this price was a bit high, but he didn't care too much. The gold soul coins he had obtained from killing Cui Lian and others earlier amounted to more than 500,000, and coupled with the fact that he usually didn't spend much money, he still had at least 450,000 gold soul coins in his storage soul tool, so he could afford this money.

Besides, he also believed that Song Ming would definitely have made some preparations for accompanying him to the auction.

"Thirty-five thousand." Wang Yan continued to raise the price.

"Forty thousand." Huo Yuhao did not back down.