Chapter 121: Acquiring the Desolate Land Map!

During the conversation between Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, two more precious items were sold at the auction.

One of these items was a whole piece of the rare metal Crimson Flame Magic Gold, weighing around fifty pounds. This rare metal is extremely resistant to high temperatures and has excellent ductility and flexibility, making it very suitable for components of soul tools that require long-term high-power output. Even in the Sun Moon Empire, this resource is strictly controlled.

The starting price for this piece of Crimson Flame Magic Gold was exorbitantly high, over a million gold soul coins, and the final price was astronomical.

The other auction item was a precious soul tool design diagram created by a seventh-level soul engineer. The value of this design diagram could rival that of the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone sold earlier. This was because it wasn't just any seventh-level soul engineer's design diagram; it was a self-made seventh-level soul tool design by a seventh-level soul engineer.

Each soul engineer's research direction has unique aspects. Those who reach the sixth level or higher have distinctive features. The higher the level of the soul tool, the more it embodies the characteristics of the soul engineer, making both its design and manufacturing extremely challenging. For example, soul tools designed by ninth-level soul engineers are considered strategic weapons by any nation and may even be beyond the designer's ability to operate.

The scarcity of high-level soul tools is one reason why soul engineers are less esteemed than soul masters on the continent. The seventh level marks the threshold for high-level soul engineers. For lower-level soul engineers, understanding some high-level designs can greatly benefit their growth, as there are many commonalities between lower and higher-level designs.

No high-level soul engineer would easily reveal their designs, as doing so would expose their unique traits and years of research to other engineers. Therefore, high-level soul engineer designs rarely circulate unless passed on to direct disciples.

Additionally, not all seventh-level soul engineers can design seventh-level soul tools. After reaching the seventh level, the constraints on engineers greatly increase, and many seventh-level engineers may only design one seventh-level soul tool in their lifetime.

Thus, this design diagram's final price exceeded that of the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, surpassing tens of millions of gold soul coins. This design diagram and the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone had appeared in the Inner Court's treasure appreciation event but remained unsold due to their exorbitant prices, allowing them to be auctioned again.

Consequently, the Inner Court students applied for significant funds from their family forces to participate in this auction. However, they did not expect Dai Yueheng to be directly suppressed by Huo Yuhao from the beginning, making a fool of himself.

These two precious items caught Dai Yueheng's eye, who was still upset about not winning the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone. For the White Tiger Clan and the Star Luo Empire, these items were invaluable, worth bidding on. However, Huo Yuhao always matched Dai Yueheng's bids, adding just ten thousand gold soul coins more each time.

Along with the competition from others, Dai Yueheng spent most of his funds to secure the Crimson Flame Magic Gold. The seventh-level soul tool design diagram did not fall into his hands, as he had no money left. Huo Yuhao's actions contributed to the design diagram's final price of over ten million gold soul coins.

Everyone present realized that Huo Yuhao was not someone to be trifled with. The White Tiger Duke's Mansion was outspent by sheer financial power, an impressive feat.

"The next item is tonight's final highlight, a desolate land map, said to have some connection with the Sea God from ten thousand years ago."

The stern-faced middle-aged man held up the item again, but this time, the tray contained a slightly yellowed beast skin map. The audience seemed indifferent, knowing from the auction catalog that the map had a staggering starting price of thirty million gold soul coins.

However, unlike Huo Yuhao, the participating soul masters did not know the significance of the Azure Snake Clan or the connection between Tang San and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring. Only the description of the immortal herb Beautiful Silk Tulip piqued their interest. Apart from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, most did not know what the Beautiful Silk Tulip was, as the events involving the original Shrek Seven Monsters were buried in history.

If it were a real immortal herb Beautiful Silk Tulip, they might have tried to bid for it. But a mere piece of information and a map were not worth the price. The name "desolate land map" suggested it was not a favorable place. If they spent a lot and lost many family experts exploring it, it would be a significant loss.

After the introduction, Jiang Nannan scanned the audience and noticed many showed little interest, with some even leaving the auction.

"Desolate land map, starting at thirty million gold soul coins, please place your bids!"

As soon as the words fell, Huo Yuhao raised his number plate and said, "Thirty million gold soul coins!"

Immediately, the audience looked at him as if he were a fool, thinking he must be insane, especially after his earlier competition with Dai Yueheng. Apart from Huo Yuhao's bid, the auction hall was silent. Even Dai Yueheng did not want to disrupt Huo Yuhao, knowing he lacked the financial means.

In fact, Elder Xuan put up this map to entice Ning Tian and owe Shrek a significant favor. Apart from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Huo Yuhao, the map held little appeal for others, except for Tang Ya, the head of the Tang Sect.

Tang Ya's eyes glistened, knowing the map was related to Tang San, but the Tang Sect's decline left them without the funds. She could not ask Bei Bei to spend such an enormous amount, as she already owed him too much.

Seeing the confident Huo Yuhao reminded Tang Ya of the young boy she met in the Star Dou Forest, wondering if he could lead the Tang Sect to new glory.

"Three! Two! One! The desolate land map goes to the guest with number 333!"