Douluo Dalu: Huo Yuhao Knows the Plot

Chapter 298: Traveling Abroad

Aodong City, a border town of the Tianhun Empire, is adjacent to the Sun Moon Empire. Because it is close to the border, the治安 (zhì ān - public security) here is very chaotic, and all kinds of 牛鬼蛇神 (niú guǐ shé shén - demons and monsters) appear.

Huo Yuhao, who left the Far North, came here without a precise destination.

The guidance given by the Power of Destiny was very vague. Huo Yuhao only knew that the opportunity for a breakthrough was within the Sun Moon Empire.

Since that's the case, then I'll just wander around and experience the customs and practices of the Douluo Continent.

Walking into Aodong City, Huo Yuhao used his Mimicry Soul Skill to change his appearance, transforming into a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth with ordinary features, the kind that would be lost in a crowd.

"Young man, get in the carriage and chat about life with me. Why are you working so hard?"

Huo Yuhao's hearing was excellent. Hearing this, he looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman dressed as a young widow lifting the curtain of a carriage, revealing her charming face, and flirting with a spirited young man dressed as a scholar on the roadside.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao smiled. The atmosphere here is quite open.

After walking for a while, a large auction house came into view. This auction house seemed to be newly opened, with lanterns and colorful decorations at the entrance, strings of red lanterns hanging one after another, and two teams of beautiful young girls dressed in silk veils dancing on both sides of the gate.

As for this style, how should I put it? If it weren't for the words "Yuanhe Auction House" on the gate, Huo Yuhao might have thought it was the opening of a brothel.

Today I have nothing to do, so I'll listen to music in a brothel...呸 (pēi - bah, pooh), I mean, search for treasures. There's no other reason. These newly opened shops always bring out some attractive items to make a name for themselves.

The Heavenly Court used this trick in the beginning.

Seeing Huo Yuhao approaching, a pretty maid on either side of the gate came forward gracefully.

"Welcome, sir, to the Yuanhe Auction House. Would you like to participate in the auction?"

The maid bowed slightly, revealing the whiteness and cleavage in front of her.

Huo Yuhao chose to ignore this. He nodded slightly and said, "Are there any requirements?"

"Yes, if you want to participate in the auction, you need to provide proof of assets. The requirement is that VIPs have at least 50,000 gold soul coins in assets," the maid introduced.

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao didn't waste any words. He took out a gold soul coin card for the maid to see. He also knew some of the rules of the auction house.

The maid looked at the gold soul coin card in Huo Yuhao's hand. The amount displayed on it was 200,000, which could be considered a mid-to-low-level rich person.

"Okay, sir, please follow me."

After confirming that Huo Yuhao was qualified to participate in the auction, the maid led Huo Yuhao towards the interior of the auction house.

In less than two minutes, they arrived at the auction hall. Unlike the Tianhun Auction House and the Starlight Auction House in Xingluo City, Aodong City is just a small city, so the Yuanhe Auction House is limited in scale.

The Yuanhe Auction House only has this one auction hall, and the decoration is not so luxurious.

Under the guidance of the maid, Huo Yuhao came to a relatively forward position and sat down.

At this time, the auctioneer appeared, a young man wearing a black top hat and a black suit, and a girl in a red dress, with a beautiful appearance and noble temperament.

This auction house really knows how to play tricks. Normally, only one person hosts, but the Yuanhe Auction House has a male and female pairing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Yuanhe Auction House. I am the auctioneer, Chenxing."

The man in the suit said loudly.

Then the woman also continued, "I am the auctioneer, Yiyi."

At this time, the two said in unison, "We are very honored to serve you."

Chenxing said, "Today is the first opening of our Yuanhe Auction House. To thank everyone for their support of the auction house, all the auction items today will only charge 80% of the transaction price."

Yiyi continued, "There are many treasures, and opportunities don't come twice. It's better to take action than to be tempted."

"Now, please welcome the first auction item of our auction."

The two of them said one sentence after another, and Huo Yuhao felt that they had the talent for performing sketches.

At this time, the staff of the auction house carried a tray up, yes, carried it up. Their cautious appearance made people curious about what kind of rare treasure was in the tray.

However, the tray was covered with a red cloth, and everyone could not see what was inside.

The tray was not big, less than fifty centimeters long and wide, but the foreheads of the two maids were covered with fine beads of sweat, which was very puzzling.

Chenxing saw everyone's doubts, smiled slightly, and stepped forward to pull off the red cloth.

At this moment, the items in the tray finally revealed their true colors. It was a fiery red right arm soul bone, exuding a majestic flame aura.

Soul bone.

This is a soul bone.

Seeing that the auction house had taken out a soul bone, the people present suddenly became agitated, and their eyes showed greed.

"Distinguished guests, as you can see, this is a soul bone, from a three-thousand-year-old Fire Scale Wolf. It can not only greatly increase the soul power level of the soul master, but also bring a top-level strong attack-type soul skill to the owner..."

Huo Yuhao was not interested in listening. It was just a thousand-year soul bone, and these two people were almost blowing it up to the sky.

But other people were different. The strongest of the bidders in the hall was only a Soul Saint, and the thousand-year soul bone was still very attractive to them.

But even though he couldn't see it, Huo Yuhao planned to bid for it anyway. He didn't lack money now, so he could buy it back and put it directly into the Heavenly Court Treasure Vault or give it to the Tongzheng Hall.

At this time, Chenxing and Yiyi finally finished their nonsense. Yiyi said in an impassioned tone: "Fire Scale Wolf right arm bone, starting price 500,000 gold soul coins, with a minimum increase of 50,000 each time."

"600,000."

As soon as Yiyi finished speaking, someone on the bidding seat couldn't wait to shout out the price. Others also followed suit.

"800,000."

"One million."

......

After a round of competition, this thousand-year soul bone finally fell into Huo Yuhao's hands, costing 3.5 million gold soul coins, which was not cheap for a thousand-year soul bone.

Huo Yuhao could also feel that at the moment he bid for the soul bone, several unkind gazes were staring at him, and some inferior marks were planted on him.

He only had disdain in his heart for this. Wealth can move people's hearts, but it also depends on whether they have the life to take it.

The auction continued, but Huo Yuhao's face was not very good-looking. This time, what was being auctioned was people, three women and two men, all of whom were black people, people of the Sun Moon Empire.

They really are talents. They even came up with black slave trading. A cold light flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and he felt a trace of disgust for this Yuanhe Auction House.

But he didn't intend to intervene. The atmosphere of the entire country was like this, so what could he do? Let them do it. When the Abyss Plane is solved in the future, the Sun Moon Empire will naturally clean them up.

Huo Yuhao didn't know what the Sun Moon Empire was like, but at least when the Soul Guidance System developed to a certain extent, the common people would not be as powerless to resist as they are now.

Among the following auction items, except for a soul tool called the Spirit Kite Warship, there was nothing that piqued Huo Yuhao's interest.

As for the Spirit Kite Warship, it was a level six flying soul tool. Unlike ordinary propulsion soul tools installed on soul masters, the Spirit Kite Warship was a large manned flying ship.

Huo Yuhao felt that this thing was very meaningful for reference and could be bought back for the Scientific Research Hall to study.