Looking at the Ice Jade Scorpion pattern on Huo Yuhao's back, Qing Ya understood the source of this young man's confidence.
Indeed, if he possessed the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, then everything made sense.
Qing Ya hurriedly left Private Room Two.
Only after Qing Ya had left did Yan Shaozhe speak up to inquire.
"Yuhao, are you sure that Spirit Bone has a problem?"
"Yes, Elder Yan, I'm certain of that. As for the reason, I will explain it later."
Yan Shaozhe didn't press further.
Upon receiving the reminder, Xu Jiujiu's expression changed slightly.
"Due to the extreme rarity of this lot, the viewing time is extended by another ten minutes to allow our honored guests to consider carefully."
After saying this, she hurriedly left and entered Private Room Two.
"Which honored guest claimed our Spirit Bone has a problem?" Xu Jiujiu asked anxiously.
Huo Yuhao stepped forward.
"You are an Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Master? Where is the problem with this bone?"
"The bone itself has no issue, but the absorption condition is problematic."
"Oh?"
"The Ice Jade Scorpion tribe is extremely proud. Whether it's Spirit Rings or Spirit Bones they produce, only Ultimate Ice Spirit Masters can absorb them. Otherwise, the absorber will explode and die."
"That's impossible. How could the absorption requirement for a Spirit Bone be so high? Wouldn't that mean no one in the current world can absorb it?" Xu Jiujiu clearly couldn't accept this yet.
She hastily bid farewell to Private Room Two and ran to a nearby room to report the issue to Xu Jiawei.
"It was originally meant as a gesture of goodwill. Since there's a problem, it's actually better. Let's abandon the auction for this lot and directly gift it to Shrek Academy; that would show more sincerity."
Xu Jiawei made a decision.
Logically, the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone shouldn't have been put up for auction in the first place.
The reason it was displayed was for Shrek to see and for them to acquire it.
Such a supreme Spirit Bone was foundational even for Shrek.
To put it bluntly, the Star Luo royal family brought out this bone purely because, over the past year, they had been too prominent in the competition for Spirit Metal. Now, they needed to turn around and curry favor a bit.
"Alright."
Xu Jiujiu returned to the podium and announced the continuation of the auction.
Soon, the bidding for the Ice Jade Scorpion bone began.
That's right, the auction proceeded normally.
Canceling the lot directly would inevitably damage the auction house's reputation.
So, the auction house adopted a different method.
When the bid climbed to fifteen million Gold Spirit Coins, someone directly bid thirty million.
The entire hall fell silent.
"Ten pieces of Thousand Refined One Peak metal."
Su Ming spoke calmly.
He knew the Ice Jade Scorpion bone had a problem; this was now the auction house's tactic.
The Body Sect could continue bidding beyond thirty million, but it would be too costly.
Since the auction house chose this method to reclaim the bone, he could only resort to barter.
In the Douluo 3 era, he certainly wouldn't do this, because a hundred pieces of Thousand Refined One Peak metal couldn't compare to one supreme Spirit Bone.
But, in this Douluo 2 era, he dared to make such an offer.
The auctioneer in Private Room Three was dumbfounded.
What?
Can you use Spirit Metal as a unit in an auction?
She didn't know how to respond.
In the end, she could only hurriedly leave the private room and report to her superiors.
When Xu Jiujiu learned that Su Ming had offered ten pieces of Spirit Metal, she also fell silent.
It wasn't that ten pieces of Spirit Metal were worth thirty million Gold Spirit Coins, but rather Su Ming's attitude.
The Blacksmith Association was expanding; the forging system was spreading.
Currently, blacksmiths were scarce, hence Spirit Metal was rare. But in a few years, with an explosion in the number of blacksmiths, even if Spirit Metal remained scarce, its price couldn't be inflated like this.
Therefore, ten pieces of Spirit Metal were absolutely not worth thirty million Gold Spirit Coins, not even ten million.
Previously, when the Star Luo royal family competed, they used other conditions, not Gold Spirit Coins.
These so-called other conditions were merely cooperation in rare metals, talent cultivation, and policy support – long-term investments that also benefited the Star Luo royal family.
But spending a massive amount of actual Gold Spirit Coins to buy Spirit Metal was impossible.
When Thousand Refined One Peak metal first appeared at auction, nine pieces sold for just 7.1 million Gold Spirit Coins.
Now, with forging technology no longer monopolized, it was certain that Thousand Refined One Peak metal would appear in large quantities in the future. Of course, such prices couldn't be replicated, let alone higher ones.
"Honored guest, if you are short on funds, you may choose to consign Spirit Metal for auction with our auction house at a later date."
The auctioneer returned with this response.
"Su Ming, if you're short on money, we can cover it for you," Xiao Hongchen offered.
"No need. The auction house resorted to tricks first, doubling the price out of thin air. How is that possible? If they don't want to auction it, then they shouldn't. They showed it to us but reported a fake price. Today, I'm really going to stand my ground against them."
Su Ming let out a cold laugh.
"I'll bid using Spirit Alloy."
As he spoke, he raised his right hand.
A light flashed over his right hand, which bore no storage Spirit Tool, and a piece of metal seemed to grow out from his palm!
Xiao Hongchen was stunned.
Everyone present was stunned.
What... what did we just see?
"Spirit Alloy can directly integrate into a Spirit Master's body, fuse with their Martial Spirit, and amplify the Spirit Master," Su Ming said indifferently. "Go, tell the people behind your auction house."
The auctioneer's face changed dramatically.
Even if she wasn't a Spirit Master, she could understand the implications.
Apologizing, she hurried away once more.
"What?"
Xu Jiawei was shocked, rising directly from his seat.
As expected, there was technology even more precious than Spirit Metal above it.
Metal that could directly integrate into a Spirit Master's body...
He now understood Su Ming's meaning.
It wasn't about lacking money and needing to use Spirit Metal instead of Gold Spirit Coins.
He was warning the auction house.
Especially after learning from the auctioneer what Su Ming had said inside the private room, Xu Jiawei broke out in a cold sweat.
This time, they had messed up.
Thirty million Gold Spirit Coins was an astronomical price, enough to buy a medium-sized city.
However, it wasn't that no one could afford this price; for example, Shrek or Mingde Hall.
They both had the capital.
But spending thirty million for one Spirit Bone wasn't worth it.
So, their idea was to use the thirty-million price tag to suppress others' desire to bid.
But it backfired.
Unexpectedly, someone was taking it seriously.
"Tell him..."
Xu Jiawei could only inform Su Ming of the truth about the bone's problem.
However, Su Ming wasn't having any of it.
"Today, I, Su Ming, am determined to have this Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone. Even the Sea God himself couldn't stop me!"
Xu Jiawei felt a headache coming on.
Why was he so stubborn?
This wasn't about the Gold Spirit Coins, nor was it just about one Spirit Bone; the bone has a problem, big brother! If you really fuse with it and explode, won't the Body Sect come after our Star Luo royal family?
Xu Jiawei wished he could go to Private Room Three himself, grab Su Ming by the ear, and explain it to him word by word.
The Spirit Bone!
Has a problem!
Fusing will cause an explosion!
The bang kind!
Unfortunately, Su Ming was very persistent.
Coupled with the new forging product, Spirit Alloy, Xu Jiawei quickly conceded.
He offered to privately trade the bone to the Body Sect for fifteen million Gold Spirit Coins.
Su Ming let out a cold laugh and finally stopped causing trouble.
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