The Spirit Alloy ultimately wasn't used.
Su Ming was merely using the name of core technology to warn the Star Luo royal family that the Body Sect was not what it used to be.
Whether they curried favor with Shrek or gave away favors, they just shouldn't disgust the Body Sect.
If you didn't put this Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone up for auction, then however you traded it privately was your business. But since you did put it up for auction, if you still didn't play by the rules, then you were in the wrong.
Acquiring this Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone for fifteen million Gold Spirit Coins was, to some extent, a profit for Su Ming.
He stopped causing trouble, but the auction house was now in an awkward position.
Everything that had just transpired looked too much like they were preparing to gift the bone, and now the Shrek private room was probably expecting the auction house to deliver the Spirit Bone to them.
Xu Jiujiu's expression was somewhat unnatural.
Clearly, she had also learned about what happened below.
She straightened her attire and posture and began the auction for the final lot.
The Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone didn't achieve the intended effect, but it didn't matter; there was still one final trump card.
"I believe everyone has been waiting for a long time. Next is our final lot."
Xu Jiujiu could feel countless gazes falling upon her.
She revealed a confident smile.
She could guarantee that everyone's emotions would rise and fall dramatically next.
"To be frank, this lot is also the first of its kind I have ever seen in my life. Its preciousness is already difficult to measure with money."
Xu Jiujiu's words caused a sense of foreboding to rise in the hearts of the guests waiting for the Spirit Metal.
Wait, wasn't this auction supposed to include the Blacksmith Association branch construction spots? Weren't they bound with Spirit Metal?
Why did it sound from Princess Jiu Jiu's words like this final lot wasn't the spots...
"Let us welcome the final lot."
As Xu Jiujiu's voice fell, a white tray appeared on the Spirit Tool screens within the private rooms. On the tray was a wooden stand inlaid with over a hundred gems of various colors. On the small wooden stand, a mass of gaseous energy gently fluctuated.
This mass of energy was white, a soft white airflow that condensed without scattering, rushing left and right trying to break free, but was trapped by the pale golden light shield emitted by the wooden stand below, unable to escape.
At this point, the guests' moods instantly turned sour.
Because they felt like they had been tricked.
What kind of junk was this?
How could it compare to Spirit Metal and the Blacksmith Association branch spots?
"Honored guests, please allow me to first introduce this lot to you."
"As everyone knows, when a Spirit Beast's cultivation reaches the hundred-thousand-year mark, it can choose to continue cultivating, embarking on the path of a Fierce Beast, or choose to start over, transforming into human form."
"This mass of white air before you is the form of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast during its transformation process."
Xu Jiujiu's voice carried a slight tremor, her tone as she introduced it.
"The wooden stand below is a Level 9 Spirit Tool, the God Sealing Platform. And what is sealed within the God Sealing Platform is a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast in a special state during its transformation. I dare say such a sight is unprecedented across our entire Douluo Continent."
The guests who had just been looking down on the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast embryo now revealed fervent gazes.
Holy crap!
How could such a thing exist?
You should have said it was a hundred-thousand-year embryo earlier!
For Spirit Masters, the value of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone had never diminished.
"Our honored guests must be astonished, right? Jiu Jiu has even more astonishing news here." Xu Jiujiu smiled slightly and said, "The senior who provided this hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast embryo stated that, in this state, besides the guaranteed hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, there is also the possibility of direct absorption."
What is direct absorption?
Just as everyone was forming this question, Xu Jiujiu promptly continued her explanation.
"It is now solidified in this state, which is the state of a gestating life, and also the critical period when a Spirit Beast's beast form transforms into a human Martial Spirit. If one can use the God Sealing Platform's ability to directly absorb its power, it might very well grant the absorber a Martial Spirit!"
"I believe that even a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone cannot compare to a Martial Spirit capable of attaching nine Spirit Rings, right?"
Private Room Two.
In Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, Tianmeng acknowledged this possibility.
Because Tianmeng had achieved the ability to provide a second Martial Soul slot, Huo Yuhao trusted his judgment immensely.
Although the possibility of this hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast embryo providing a second Martial Soul was extremely low, requiring perfect absorption of the embryo and potentially losing its hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Bone, who wouldn't want a new Martial Soul?
Even Huo Yuhao now had thoughts, wondering if he could get a third Martial Soul.
Even more expectant than Huo Yuhao regarding this hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast embryo was Yan Shaozhe.
At this moment, Yan Shaozhe's breathing was very heavy, his eyes even slightly red, staring fixedly at the hundred-thousand-year embryo on the screen.
"Everyone, even with the assistance of the Level 9 Spirit Tool, the God Sealing Platform, the possibility of directly absorbing this mass of energy is very small. If the energy self-destructs, the resulting hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone won't be easy to absorb either. A friendly reminder: it's best for a Level 90 Spirit Douluo to attempt absorption; otherwise, the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring will be wasted."
Xu Jiujiu's reminder came at the right time.
Yan Shaozhe's breathing became even heavier.
Spirit Douluo!
Shrek Academy had one, a very suitable candidate.
Zhang Lexuan.
Once Zhang Lexuan broke through to Level 90 and attempted to absorb this hundred-thousand-year embryo, success would mean possessing a second Martial Soul. The academy would hunt a new hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring for her, and then also hunt high-age Spirit Beasts like crazy for her second Martial Soul.
By then, at most in a year, she would have the opportunity to reach Level 98, with a chance to sprint to Level 99!
The light in Yan Shaozhe's eyes blazed brightly.
He even considered making a move to snatch it directly.
But on second thought, he dismissed the idea. Since they dared to put this hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast embryo up for auction, the Star Luo royal family must have prepared accordingly.
"Um, I have a question."
Someone in their private room raised a question, asking whether the Blacksmith Association branch spots would be auctioned or not.
This was a sensible person who knew they likely couldn't obtain the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast embryo, so they turned their attention back to the current puzzle.
After the auctioneer relayed the message, Xu Jiujiu saw the question.
"We have an honored guest asking how the auction for the Blacksmith Association branch construction spots will proceed. Please rest assured on this point. After completing our auction house's top-tier auction, we will hand the stage over to the Blacksmith Association, allowing them to arrange their own exclusive auction segment."
"So, Jiu Jiu must remind our friends from the Blacksmith Association to prepare for the upcoming auction process."
Not to mention the other guests, even Su Ming didn't expect the Star Luo royal family to pull this move.
If it were only the spot auction, along with the single piece of Spirit Metal gifted with each spot, that would indeed be a bit too monotonous.
So, was the Star Luo royal family forcing the Blacksmith Association to bring out more Spirit Metal?
This was malicious.
But goodwill also existed. Handing the auction over to the Blacksmith Association meant the Star Light Auction House was giving up the high auction commission, only charging a venue fee in the end.
Su Ming thought for a moment and sent his thoughts to Duan Lin via his Spirit Communication Device.
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